Posts Tagged ‘conference’
Smart Water Conference
Posted in Events by Kate Archdeacon on October 5th, 2009
The inaugural Smart Water Conference is a single day event to showcase the innovative water management projects supported by the Smart Water Fund.
The Smart Water Conference will provide a platform for knowledge sharing and give delegates the opportunity to meet some of the leading innovators in the water management and research fields.
The conference features 18 speakers across three different topic streams from a range of industries and sectors. Each project has received funding and support from the Smart Water Fund to implement an innovative project that provides new learnings into water conservation, water recycling and biosolids management.
The three topic streams are:
1. Science and technology
2. Industry and business
3. Community, education and social science
Registration closes October 14.
Green Roofs Australia: Annual Conference
Posted in Events by Kate Archdeacon on September 8th, 2009
Image: Roof garden at CH2, via greenroofs australia
Green Roofs Australia Annual Conference
When: 24-25 September 2009
Where: University of Melbourne, Burnley campus
The rapidly growing Green Roof and Wall industry is providing a realistic and tangible response to the climate change challenges many cities are currently facing.
Green roofs and walls can make a unique contribution to the quality of our urban environment. Few technologies have ever had so much to offer by way of improving the health and well being of urban residents, while contributing to the development of restorative, high performance buildings.
Green Roofs Australia’s mission is to increase the awareness of the economic, social, and environmental benefits of green roof & wall infrastructure, to advance and support its growth by the sharing of ideas and knowledge via research, development & education.
Delegates, speakers, exhibitors and sponsors this conference will provide you with a unique opportunity to share, learn, network and have fun while being a part of a new industry, a new living architecture that integrates the living and non living into restorative and healing buildings.
We look forward to seeing you at the conference and sharing in the opportunities and growth of this exciting new industry. It’s with your support that Green Roofs Australia can continue to support this technology & its future.
Visit the conference website.
Bike Futures Conference
Posted in Events by Kate Archdeacon on September 7th, 2009
Source: Going Solar Transport Newsletter
Thursday 15 – Friday 16 October,2009
Bicycle Victoria will host the first annual Bike Futures Conference this October.
Bike Futures ’09 is dedicated to the people who will transform our communities into bike-friendly, economically thriving and sustainable environments. This conference is the first in an annual series designed to assist national and local leaders, planners, designers and builders respond to the critical demands brought on by the explosion in growth of bike transportation and recreation across Australia. We all have a massive challenge ahead of us: more of our citizens are riding, and riding more often; riding in places and at times that were never envisaged; placing stresses and strains on physical infrastructure and political patience alike. Answers can be hard to come by in these resource-constrained times. Bike Futures ’09 is the key to unlocking the solutions that government professionals and community leaders require at the local, state and national level.
Register here.
Source: Going Solar Transport Newsletter
Climate Change Adaptation Futures
Posted in Events by Kate Archdeacon on September 1st, 2009
Source: Rural Climate Network
Image: SMH
Conference: Climate Change Adaptation Futures: preparing for the unavoidable impacts of climate change
29 June – 1 July 2010, Gold Coast, Queensland
Co-hosted by Australia’s National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility and the CSIRO Climate Adaptation Flagship, this conference will be one of the first international forums to focus solely on climate impacts and adaptation.
It will bring together scientists and decision makers from developed and developing countries to share research approaches, methods and results. It will explore the way forward in a world where impacts are increasingly observable and adaptation actions are increasingly required.
The Climate Adaptation Futures Conference will showcase leading impacts and adaptation research from around the world.
It will explore the contribution of adaptation science to planning and policy making, and how robust adaptation decision making can proceed in the face of uncertainty about climate change and its impacts.
Registrations open online Monday 31 August, 2009.
Food Farming & Health Conference
Posted in Movements by Kate Archdeacon on August 25th, 2009
Source: Rural Climate Network
Image: SMH
‘Nurture the land, nourish the people…’
The Food Farming & Health Conference is a one-day investigation into future farms and food chains. Join experts to examine the way we grow, distribute and share healthy food. Get into grassroots networking and strengthen the links between farmers, food processors, consumers and health professionals. Explore regional development and business systems to get healthy food to the community.
October 6th
Warragul Arts Centre, Warragul, Victoria.
Register by RSVP 31st August
Keynote speakers include Andrew Campbell (author of the 2008 ACF report ‘Paddock to Plate’), Veronica Graham (State Health Nutritionist for Victoria), Kirsten Larsen (Victorian Eco-Innovation Laboratory), and Bruce Kefford (Dep. Sec. R&D, Dept of Primary Industries).
Enviro 2010 Conference: Call for Papers
Posted in Seeking by wmaa on August 4th, 2009
The Enviro Conference and Exhibition is the premier national assembly of Australian environment and industry stakeholders. To be held in Melbourne from 21 to 23 July 2010, the Enviro 2010 Conference and Exhibition will be presented by ‘Enviro Conventions’ – a joint venture between the Australian Water Association and the Waste Management Association of Australia.
Enviro 2010 invites papers focussing on the following elements – water, waste, resource recovery and energy.
04 Nov 2009 Abstract submission closes
Food Futures: an Australian approach
Posted in Events by Kate Archdeacon on July 29th, 2009
Source: Rural Climate Network
Abstracts and conference registrations are invited for the PHAA conference, Food Futures: An Australian Approach, 20-21 April 2010 in Canberra.
Concerns about the relationship between food and the food system, nutrition, and population health are part of the motivation for the Public Health Association of Australia (PHAA) to facilitate a national conference seeking an overarching approach to food policy that looks well into the future. Although health may be the driver for the PHAA, any such national policy or approach must also take into account issues such as agriculture, scientific research, production and manufacture, environment, retail and community concerns, to appropriately encompass all aspects of food.
Abstract submission closes October 5
3rd National Farmers’ Markets Conference
Posted in Movements by Kate Archdeacon on July 17th, 2009
A little over ten years ago there were no farmers’ markets in Australia; today they number over 120 across the country. With solid foundations now established, the Victorian Farmers’ Market Association is hosting the 3rd National Farmers’ Market Conference .
22 – 24 August 2009
Glen Erin, Romsey, Victoria
Sustainable Cities for the Future
Posted in Events by Kate Archdeacon on July 9th, 2009
Image: amirjina via Flickr
Graduate Research Conference: Sustainable Cities for the Future
Globally, economies are facing challenges to future sustainability and are investing in strategies to mitigate, and adapt to, the potential of new climatic realities. People are increasingly moving into urban areas, placing stress on transport and other basic infrastructure. Australia provides an excellent ‘laboratory’ to review the future sustainability of cities, with climate scientists suggesting it will be one of the first countries to be impacted by climate change. Read the rest of this entry »
Kitchen Garden Program Conference
Posted in Events by Devin Maeztri on October 7th, 2008
What: “Kitchen Garden Conference Program” – The Kitchen Garden Classroom: Educating Children for a Healthy Future by The Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden Foundation (SAKGF)
When: Monday 13 October, 2008
Where: Abbotsford Convent, St Heliers St, Abbotsford, Vic, 3067
For more information about the conference please contact SAKGF on (03) 8415 1993 or conference@kitchengardenfoundation.org.au or download the full program.