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Food & Agriculture
What if the Silicon Valley of food manufacturing was in Australia?
The recipe for sustainable growth? Talent, Opportunity and Innovation. When the three line up, something special happens. Unfortunately, they are all in short supply in Australia at the moment, hence building the conditions for them to collide and create new possibilities is essential to underpin healthy growth prospects. Nicolas Georges, Director of Research and Development -…
1 Oct 2014, by Informa InsightsMining & Resources
Close-Up: Thomas Boehlert
Mr Thomas Boehlert is the current President, CEO, Director of First Nickel Inc., a position he has held since September 2011. Mr. Boehlert has had extensive experience with international natural resource and energy companies in optimizing operations and executing growth strategies. He was most recently Chief Financial Officer, Executive Vice President of Toronto and New…
1 Oct 2014, by Informa InsightsMining & Resources
Close-Up: Dr Scott Bensley
Dr Scott Bensley is currently the Principal Metallurgist Processing - Resource Development/Metallurgical Development, Rio Tinto Iron Ore. After graduating from Mineral Processing at the University of Queensland in 1993, Scott took a graduate metallurgist position at Tarong Coal near Nanango Queensland. During these first 2 years, he completed a 7 month secondment to the Century…
1 Oct 2014, by Informa InsightsDefence & Security
Chief Minister Adam Giles to open the Northern Australia Defence Summit
We are pleased to advise that the NT Chief Minister The Hon. Adam Giles MLA will be opening the 2nd Annual ADM's Northern Australia Defence Summit, which will take place on the 15th and 16th October in Darwin. Here is a snippet of the Chief Minister's background: Chief Minister Adam Giles was born in the Blue…
1 Oct 2014, by Informa InsightsHealthcare
The challenge of gaining international consensus in clinical testing
Despite the routine nature of comparing sequence variations identified during clinical testing to database records, few databases meet quality requirements for clinical diagnostics. To address this issue, The Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia (RCPA) in collaboration with the Human Genetics Society of Australasia (HGSA), and the Human Variome Project (HVP) is developing standards for…
30 Sep 2014, by Informa InsightsEducation
Higher Education Reform: What are Pyne’s options for compromise?
Despite vocal opposition from some quarters, the Abbott government remains strongly committed to its Higher Education reforms– but how will it go about securing the support of the Senate? We asked several of the sector’s leading experts, all speakers at the Financial Review’s Higher Education Reform Summit in November, where they expect to see changes…
29 Sep 2014, by Informa InsightsHealthcare | Technology
The role of ethics in emerging health technologies
In the lead up to the 3rd Annual Health Technology Assessment Conference, which is taking place on the 24th and 25th November at Swissotel Sydney, we caught up with Dr Monique Jonas, Lecturer in Health Systems at the University of Auckland. Dr Jonas will be presenting a session on "Integrating Ethics in the HTA" at the event…
24 Sep 2014, by Informa InsightsInfrastructure | Leadership & Communication
Triumphs and Regrets: Tim Pallas talks Melbourne infrastructure and inspirations
Infrastructure investment has been big news in 2014. The Victorian Labor Opposition has ignited debate with the launch of its Project 10,000 transport alternative, which includes an ambitious plan for Melbourne Metro Rail. We recently sat down with Tim Pallas, Shadow Treasurer, who shared with us some insights on the Project. Do you have a…
23 Sep 2014, by Informa InsightsMining & Resources
Challenging times not a barrier for Moranbah North
Anglo America's Moranbah North longwall mine has been producing metallurgical coal since it opened in 1998. Located north west of Mackay within the Bowen Basin, the mine site has been producing 5-6 million tonnes of high quality hard coking coal for its customers; primarily steel manufacturers in Japan, Taiwan, Korea, India and throughout Europe. Late last year, it won…
22 Sep 2014, by Informa InsightsMining & Resources
3 interesting facts for gas turbine vibration issues
If you are a gas turbine engineer, solving vibration problems is an issue that you may be dealing with. We spoke with Chris White of SVT Perth and asked him to share 3 little facts on vibration implications for gas turbines. Did you know? Manufacturers own permissible acceptance test levels for most gas turbines are…
18 Sep 2014, by Informa InsightsInforma Connect Australia is the nation's leading event organiser. Our events comprise of large scale exhibitions, industry conferences and highly specialised corporate training.
