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Engineers: Visioning a Sustainable Future Conference & Workshops
Monday 6th – Friday 10th March 2006

Sustainable Infrastructure: Roads, Drains,
Transport, Buildings, Electricity Networks, Project Management and Systems

Tuesday 7th March 2006
Jupiters Hotel and Casino

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Program of Activities Day 2 
8:15 - 8:45 » Arrival and Registration  

Sustainability and Sustainable Engineering - Introduction

8:50 - 9:00 » Conference Opening Deputy Mayor & Chair of Sustainable Development Committee Townsville City Council (TCC) Cr Ann Bunnell

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9:00 - 9:20 » Sustainable Infrastructure - an Executive Engineering Perspective Director – Engineering Services (TCC) Dawson Wilkie

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9:20 - 9:40 » Citiworks Sustainability Vision and Implementation Manager Citiworks (TCC) Russell Plant
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Part 1 - Sustainability Business Strategies & ISO14001 EMS

9:40 - 9:55 » Citiworks Sustainability Strategy (Environment) Environmental Engineer Adam Sadler

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9:55 - 10:10 » Citiworks Sustainability Strategy (Business) Operations Engineer Mark Ryan

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10:10 - 10:25 » Ergon Energy Sustainability Strategy Manager Sustainability and Reporting Dean Comber

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10:25 - 10:35 » Questions on Sustainability Strategies

 
10:35 - 11:00 » Morning Tea

 

Part 2 - Catalytic Thinking Presentations

11:00 - 12:00 »  Ergon Energy – on Making a Difference Greg Nielsen
Ergon Energy - on Demographic Framework for Strategic Planning as well as Demand Side Considerations. Perry Tonking

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12:00 - 12:30 » Guest speaker: Sustainable Engineering in Constructions Principal Consulting Engineer, Department of Public Works (Project Services) Len Taplin

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12:30 - 13:00 » Sustainable Transport - Advanced Traffic Concepts Griffith University - Prof Ljubo Vlacic

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13:00 - 14:00 » Lunch

  
14:00 - 14:30 » National & International perspectives on Sustainable Engineering & Infrastructure The Natural Edge Project Charlie Hargroves

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14:30 - 16:30 » Workshops Commence (includes Afternoon Tea)

 
Ballroom 1 & 2 » Sustainable Infrastructure Workshop
Conducted by TNEP with support of TCC Citiworks & Ergon Energy

 
Sunrise Room » Student Sustainability Forum: infrastructure & environment
Conducted by TCC EMS & The Engineering Link Group - TELG

 
16:30 - 17:30 » Report Back on Workshop Results: Questions and Summation
» Students Forum report
» Main Workshop report

 
17:30 - 18:00 » Networking Drinks  

 

 

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