Upcoming B-HERT Activities
Roundtable Breakfast—The Value of Design for Business and Industry
Date: Thursday 16th February 2012, 8am
Venue: Advanced Technology Centre at the Hawthorn Campus of the Swinburne University of Technology
Speaker: Professor Goran Roos
B-HERT is working with the Faculty of Design at Swinburne University to strengthen the link between design and the untapped value it offers to Australian business and industry. In February, the Faculty will host an expert conference with international speakers titled Strategic Design: Value Creation for Business and Industry.
In order to make the most of their time in Australia, B-HERT—along with Swinburne University of Technology and the Design Research Alliance—is organising a breakfast for leaders in business and industry to hear how design contributes to successful business outcomes.
Goran Roos is Professor of Strategic Design at Swinburne University of Technology. He has also been Thinker in Residence for the government of South Australia and he is Chairman of VTT International. VTT is Finland's Technical Research Centre, an organisation with global operations that brings many issues together around a design framework.
His perspective and experience in demonstrating how value-focused design in the context of business and industry is all about innovation and the future.
This is an outstanding opportunity to hear from a world renowned expert. If you would like to attend please contact Linda Toshner on 03 9953 3426 or at email bhert@bhert.com.
download Professor Goran Roos' biography
Round Table: Investing in the Fieldonomics of Mining Automation and Innovation
Date: Tuesday 21 February 2012
Venue: Central Qld University, Mackay campus
B-HERT, CSC and Curtin University of Technology hosted a round table on the Changing Face of Mine Operations and Management in April 2011 in Perth. A position paper resulted from the discussions with a view to holding a 2nd round table in order to further progress initiatives.
Both B-HERT and CSC believe an integrated approach from tertiary education providers and industry is the best way to address the critical drivers for change and the execution of these change initiatives. B-HERT, CSC and CQU are, therefoe, hosting a one-day round table focusing on five key themes:
- Crossing the skills gap utilising tertiary and career-cycle learning pathways.
- Future proofing skills and training requirements through initiatives such as the SMART Centre.
- Mapping the IT - OT conversion and its possible implications for business models.
- Implications of automation on sustainability, local community and indigenous participation/development.
- Measuring impact re applied innovation, industry application and cross-sector collaboration.
download Mining Round Table brochure (includes Schedule)
download ABC news article: Miners Sound Warning on Skills Shortage
Corporate Governance Roundtable
MELBOURNE
Date: Friday 24 February 2012, 12 noon – 2 pm
Venue: CPAA, 28 Freshwater Place, Southbank VIC
SYDNEY
Date: Tuesday 28 February 2012, 12 noon – 2 pm
Venue:
ICAA, Level 9, 33 Erskine Street, Sydney
The Auditing and Assurance Board Standards Board would like to bring industry, practitioners, government and academics together to both inform and encourage some in-depth thinking about corporate governance issues. On this basis, the AUASB, ICAA, CPAA and B-HERT have organised a roundtable to discuss topics that include audit quality, auditor scepticism, role of board members in the governance debate, relationships with audit committee among others. A panel is being organised to introduce some of the topics.
Research Skills for an Innovative Future:
Business Views and Needs
Date: Friday, 2 March 2012, 10:30am - 12:30pm with a light lunch to follow
Venue: Queensland University of Technology
A series of workshops to ascertain business views about research workforce skills, employers' current and future needs and projected employment opportunities for higher degree research graduates.
Food Security: Science, Sustainability and Governance
Date: Thursday 5th & Friday 6th July 2012
Venue:
La Trobe University, Melbourne
This conference will address the challenges facing food security and will bring together business, industry, government, and academics to discuss practical solutions for local and global concerns. The conference presents an excellent opportunity to showcase current thinking and projects for a crisis with a web of interconnected issues that is not easily analysed or quantified.
download Food Security conference premailer
Food Security: Call for papers (deadline: 31 January 2012)
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