Posts Tagged ‘conference’
Sustainable Urbanisation : A resilient future
Posted in Events by Kate Archdeacon on December 20th, 2010
| 16 February , 2011 5:00 pm | to | 18 February , 2011 2:30 pm |
An international one-off conference for inter-disciplinary researchers and practitioners to advance the knowledge and create pathways to resilient, sustainable cities. This 2011 Sir Mark Oliphant International Frontiers of Science and Technology Conference is hosted by the Melbourne Sustainable Society Institute, University of Melbourne and Swinburne University of Technology. The conference is intended to be:
CREATIVE: engage in TEDxCarlton public forum with international speakers, facilitated workshops and city tour with other disciplines and early career professionals
PURPOSEFUL: workshops to create a leading-edge book on sustainable urbanisation, to develop new theory, research agendas and practical proposals for public policy.
You should attend if you are interested in working with other disciplines and solving the real world problem of sustainable urban development, specifically:
• Early career researchers and professionals
• Professionals engaged in urban planning, design and development
• Land and park management
• Urban Researchers
• Government at all levels (local, state and federal) from sectors as varied as planning, environment and community services
We look forward to your input, attendance and enthusiasm. Please email your name and organisation to info@sustainableurbanisation.com.au to receive conference updates.
The program in a snap shot :
Visit the website for more information and to register – www.sustainableurbanisation.com.au
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Sustainable Cities Net: posting from Mexico City
Posted in Events, Movements by Kate Archdeacon on November 18th, 2010
| 17 November , 2010 10:00 am | to | 26 November , 2010 6:00 pm |
Centro Historico, photo: K Archdeacon
On behalf of Sustainable Cities Net, I (Kate) am attending and blogging on the United Cities and Local Governments Congress and the World Mayors’ Summit, held this week in Mexico City. The content will appear on Sustainable Cities Net and also on a site created by Siemens, who provided a similar service at COP 15 and will do so at COP 16 next month. Over three thousand delegates from around the world will attend the presentations from city mayors on the pressures and responses they meet in their own city. The opportunity to expand the discussion and learn about pressures, models, scales, successes and failures in other cities is unique, and the material from Sustainable Cities Net and Sustainable Melbourne will make its way into my perspective and reports. Bloggers from other countries will be there too, so keep an eye on all the sites for a diversity of opinion!
Please keep adding your content, activities and events to Sustainable Melbourne – we’ll be publishing as usual, but the time difference might slow it down a bit.
Muchas gracias!
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All Australia Energy Conference 2010
Posted in Events by Kate Archdeacon on October 1st, 2010
| 6 October , 2010 | ||
| 7 October , 2010 |
All-Energy Australia 2010 is a free-to delegate, business-to-business exhibition, conference and networking forum showcasing renewable energy, clean coal, carbon sequestration and energy efficiency. It targets no single solution, but embraces all opportunities within the clean energy market.
The exhibition & conference runs over 2 days, October 6 & 7.
VEIL (Victorian Eco-Innovation Lab) will give two presentations as part of the Built Environment sessions:
Distributed Systems for Low Carbon & Resilience: Distributed systems represent an innovative approach for responding to risk and uncertainty. They can build adaptive capacity by increasing the diversity and flexibility without locking utilities, customers and future governments into rigid pathways for delivering critical services. By creating distributed systems through infrastructure design choices at the building-to-precinct-to-regional level, societies can reduce social, economic and environmental vulnerability to climate change and energy supply shocks.
EcoAcupuncture – a new approach to retrofitting in neighbourhoods: A case study from Broadmeadows in Melbourne’s West Eco-Acupuncuture is a new model and a new process to design small interventions that can redirect the forces that shape development, to deliver a number of new low-investment, highly visibility, projects that act as catalysts for change. A year long exploration and trial of this process in the Melbourne suburb of Broadmeadows (in collaboration with the City of Hume) has produced some startling results.
Visit the Exhibition website http://www.all-energy.com.au/ for more information.
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Greening the Existing Building Stock: Conference 2010
Posted in Events, Research by Kate Archdeacon on August 6th, 2010
How can we meet the challenge of transforming our existing buildings for a sustainable Australia? While new buildings are becoming increasingly energy and water efficient, the overwhelming majority of existing buildings in Australia were built without any consideration for sustainability. The improvement of their performance plays a crucial part in the nation’s efforts for climate change mitigation and adaptation. The transformation of the existing building stock is regarded as the biggest challenge facing owners, government and the building industry today.
The Green Building and Design Conference 2010 will provide you with the inspiration and guidance to successfully transform the existing building stock to meet sustainability criteria. Site visits, presentations and discussions will illustrate how theory has been put into practice and how practice can be used to refine theory.
Topics include:
* key strategic issues and trends in the refurbishments of residential and commercial buildings
* successful mitigation and adaptation strategies
* mandatory disclosure of building performance
* retrofitting heritage listed buildings
* post-occupancy studies
* economic strategies for improving building performance
* life cycle analysis in the decision making process
* non-technical factors influencing successful retrofits
Hosted by the RMIT Centre for Design, this highly regarded, annual professional training conference is the most comprehensive and informative in its field due to its breadth of speakers and the practical emphasis of the program. The conference brings together architects and designers, policy makers, councilors, energy consultants, building owners and stakeholders in the construction industry. An online virtual participation mode is available for those who are unable to attend the event personally. This provides an interactive experience, providing access to presentations and the ability to ask questions in real-time. Lunch and refreshments during morning and afternoon breaks will be provided for in-person attendees.
Friday 3rd – Saturday 4th September 2010
State Library of Victoria
Contact Nicola Willand RMIT Centre for Design Tel: (+61 3) 9925 3902 Email: nicola.willand@rmit.edu.au
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3rd Victorian Sustainable Development Conference
Posted in Events by Kate Archdeacon on April 23rd, 2010
The 3rd Victorian Sustainable Development Conference will be held on May 25-26, 2010 at Zinc, Federation Square, Melbourne.
The Conference will be solution-oriented, bringing together key decision-makers from the private and public sectors, industry leaders, local government, scientists, conservationists and others to discuss ways in which to achieve real and lasting change in areas such as:
- Water
- Waste and resource recovery
- Energy efficiency
- Climate change response
- Planning and urban design
- Land remediation
- Air quality
- Human health
- Sustainable workplaces
Knowledge Collaboration & Learning for Sustainable Innovation: Call for Papers
Posted in Seeking by Kate Archdeacon on March 9th, 2010
The ERSCP-EMSU 2010 conference, ‘Knowledge Collaboration & Learning for Sustainable Innovation’, will take place in Delft, the Netherlands, on 25-29 October 2010. Representatives of academia, business, government, NGOs and civil society organizations are very much invited to submit abstracts for (1) paper presentations or (2) poster presentations, as well as proposals for (3) discussion workshops/roundtables or (4) paper sessions that are within the Conference’s scope or themes.
The conference themes are:
1. Sustainable Universities and Higher Education
2. Knowledge Collaboration for Sustainable Innovation, Design, Business & CSR
3. Sustainable Consumption and Production
4. Climate, Energy, Water
5. Sustainable Cities and Regions
6. Sustainable Consumption, Production and Innovation in Developing Countries
All paper and poster abstracts can be submitted online at http://www.erscp-emsu2010.org/submissions until March 20, 2010. Full papers are due on September 1, 2010. More information can be found in the call and on the website. The organising committee can be contacted at conference@erscp-emsu2010.org.
Confirmed opening key notes include prof Tim Jackson, University of Surrey and prof Wubbo Ockels, Delft University of Technology. The conference is a joint effort by TU Delft, TNO and The Hague University of Applied Sciences.
Healthy Parks Healthy People Congress
Posted in Events by lridley on March 2nd, 2010
Image: Introducing Healthy Parks Healthy People Part 1
The Healthy Parks Healthy People Congress is a world-first event coordinated by Parks Victoria to explore how nature significantly contributes to our wellbeing and broader societal benefits. It is expected to attract over 1000 delegates from Australia and over 28 countries represented from around the world. Participants will come from many different sectors including urban planning, community development, physical and mental health, tourism, education, recreation, ecology and park management (urban and protected area) industrial and technological. This diversity of perspectives will allow delegates to understand the benefits of nature through the eyes of many.
Over the course of the Congress delegates will engage in a memorable way with different models of engagement including; inspirational speakers in plenary sessions, field tours to key locations across Melbourne, outdoor sessions and practical workshops and discussions.
Keynote Speakers include:
- Professor Tim Flannery (Aus) Environmental activist and author of ‘Weather Makers’.
- Richard Louv (USA) author of ‘Saving our children from nature deficit disorder’,
- Guillermo Penalosa (Canada) Executive Director Walk and Bike for Life Canada
- Dr Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka (Uganda) CEO Conservation Through Public Health
and many more…………….
Why attend the Congress?
- If you work in physical or mental health, planning, tourism, community development, education, conservation, climate change, government, policy development or park management you can’t afford not to be a part of this innovative event.
- Learn more about emerging research demonstrating the integral ties between nature and human health and well being.
- Gain practical insight from evidence based case studies.
- Be inspired by innovative and non-pharmaceutical tactics to improve health outcomes for individuals and communities.
- Gain a truly international perspective, with presenters from 27 countries.
- Gather intelligence and build networks within and across your sector.
- Participate in setting the agenda for this important movement.
Melbourne Convention Centre, Melbourne Victoria
11 – 16 April 2010
For more information, a full program and registration details please visit the website.
Get Up in Copenhagen: Day 1
Posted in Movements by Kate Archdeacon on December 9th, 2009
Source: Get Up
G’day from Copenhagen!
Things have kicked off here for the most important meeting of our time – and what an amazing scene it is: tens of thousands of delegates, observers, and media all packed in to one space in the Danish capital. Our team is here on the ground, and have put together the first of our exclusive behind-the-scenes videos for ‘COPtv: Australia’s eyes and ears in Copenhagen‘. It’s only day two of the two week conference, but already things are heating up. We’ll be keeping you posted with regular updates from the inside of the negotiations, and designing the best actions Australians can take at home to influence the outcomes over here. Get your bearings with our first video for ‘COPtv’, and find out what’s going on in the nerve centre.
Video: Welcome to COP15
Source: Get Up
Green Cities 2010: People, Places, Performance
Posted in Events by Kate Archdeacon on November 25th, 2009
Source: Green Building Council Australia (GBCA)
Green Cities 2010 – People, Places, Performance – is now taking bookings.
“Join us in Melbourne from the 21-24 February 2010 at the largest and most influential green building conference in the Asia Pacific region. Bringing together green building innovators and leaders from around Australia and internationally we will explore new ideas and share practical knowledge in the expanding sustainable building industry. ”
- Hear from renowned global green building experts including: Malcolm Smith – Director of Integrated Urbanism, Arup UK; Jerry Yudelson – Principal, Yudelson Associates USA
- Learn about the latest industry developments, techniques and strategies
- Network with global and domestic sustainability leaders
- Visit some of Melbourne’s latest Green Star certified buildings including CH2, The Gauge and Goods Shed North
- Brush up on your professional development at a Master Class
Are we on the edge of a ‘re-localisation’ revolution?
Posted in Events by CBiggs on November 3rd, 2009
VEIL and the McCaughey Centre are holding a one-day conference in Melbourne.
Localised Solutions: Building capacity and resilience with distributed production systems
This conference will explore the value, diversity and implications of a localised and networked approach to creating more sustainable and resilient critical services.
The past few years has seen an explosion of innovative responses to high oil prices, climate change and resource scarcity. Many represent a fundamentally different approach to the traditional centralised systems we currently rely on. Energy, water and food are being delivered via networked, localised production and consumption systems that lower carbon, increase efficiency, build resilience and strengthen local economies. These ‘distributed’ systems offer an alternative infrastructure model that over-turns old ideas of how services can and ‘should’ be delivered. The evolution of this approach is just beginning but is already shaping our image of the future. Communities are adopting solar panels, wind generation, rainwater tanks and neighbourhood gardens – changing the built environment into a more diverse landscape where resources are generated. The concept of the individual as either isolated producer or passive end-user is also changing. People are redefining themselves as part-producers of critical resources, integral to a wider network of exchange.
The Localised Solutions conference is the first of many events to build interest and linkages between those pursuing new solutions for energy, water, food, transport and local economies. For a full list of speakers across a diverse range of topics click here.
Date: Monday 30th November, 2009
Time: 8:30 am – 18:00 pm
Venue: Flagstaff Bowls Club, Flagstaff Gardens, Dudley St. West Melbourne
Cost: $99.00 (Incl GST) / Student Concession: $66 (Incl GST)
Registration: Download the application form or contact Sharnee Chislett on 03 9810 3146 or s.chislett@mccp.unimelb.edu.au
VEIL Contact: Che Biggs 03 8344 0626 cbiggs@unimelb.edu.au