Invitation to Graphene+2018: The 4th Industrial Revolution conference
Monday October 8, Hawthorn Arts Centre, Melbourne
Scientists, academia, advanced manufacturers and global start-up incubator leaders address: How Australia can spearhead the technology, and foster the start-up culture, that will drive the next generation of interconnectedness through the Internet of Things using graphene as the enabler of change.
Speakers include —
Government:
- Daniel Mulino MLC, Parliamentary Secretary for Treasury and Finance, Victoria
Startup incubation:
- Omer Gozen, VP, New Materials & Packaging, Plug and Play (USA)
Academia:
- Professor Linda Kristjanson AO, Vice Chancellor, Swinburne University
- Professor Bronwyn Fox, Director, Manufacturing Futures Research Institute, Swinburne University of Technology
- Professor David Officer, Centre of Excellence for Electromaterials Research
Business:
- Chris Gilbey OAM, CEO Imagine IM; Chair, Australian Graphene Industry Association
- Ray Gibbs, CEO, Haydale Limited
- Brendan Swifte, CEO, Geofabrics
- Elina Ollila, CEO, UX-Fit (USA)
- Dominic Rohrmus, Senior Engineer, Siemens AG (Germany)
- Professor Peter Middendorf, Director Arena2036 (Germany)
- Volkmar Doericht, R&D for Digitalization and Automation, Siemens (Germany)
Issues to be discussed include —
- Graphene: Solving big problems
- Designing Materials: Doing more with less
- From startup to billion dollar markets
- Invention, research and IP
- Making Australian manufacturing globally relevant
For the complete agenda, please visit: grapheneindustry.org.au/conference/schedule
The FIG Congress — the largest and most prestigious conference of surveying and geospatial professionals — will this year be held in Poland.
The organisers are expecting an attendance of 1,000 to 1,500 surveying and geospatial experts from all over the world.
This year the local host is the Association of Polish Surveyors, and the conference theme is ‘Volunteering for the future – Geospatial excellence for a better living’. Geospatial excellence and all related professions and topics are now seen in a much broader context and as public goods and beneficial for the well-being and betterment of the entire society.
The sub themes are:
- Surveyor 4.0
- The surveying profession in and after COVID times
- Open access to data
- Surveying competence for other disciplines
The FIG Congress 2022 will give passionate professionals the opportunity to:
- Learn globally, with participation from around 80 to 90 countries
- Learn across silos, from other countries, industries and professional roles – with sessions and representation from a broad range of surveyors and geospatial experts
- Have influence on careers, organisations and communities
The overall theme for the FIG Working Week 2023 will be ‘Protecting our world, conquering new frontiers,’ which refers to the importance of looking ahead and discovering what will be needed in the future for our profession and at the same time make sure to preserve what works well today.
The FIG Working Week 2023 will give passionate professionals the opportunity to:
- Learn globally, with participation from around 80 to 90 countries.
- Learn across silos, from other countries, industries and professional roles, with sessions and representation from the broad range of surveyors and geospatial experts.
- Make impacts on careers, organisations and communities.
