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Pacific 2012 International Maritime Conference
31 January 2012 - 1 February 2012
As part of the Pacific 2012 Maritime Conference, Dr Susan Pond chaired a forum on Sustainable Maritime Fuels, co-sponsored by the United States Studies Centre and Maritime Australia Limited.
This forum included Australian and International speakers. Topics discussed included drivers and demand for fuel diversification, advanced maritime biofuels and maritime fuel infrastructure. The Sustainable Maritime Fuels Forum also had a dedicated Sustainable Maritime Fuels Showcase for exhibitors wishing to participate in this event.
If you would like to view the agenda for the event, please click on the "Sustainable Maritime Fuels" Forum Program.
TEDxDubbo
19 August 2011
The aim of TEDxDubbo was to bring attention to FACETS – Food, Agriculture, Climate, Energy, Topsoil and Sustainability. These FACETS are actually potent ideas shared by everyday people with an interest in these disciplines. TEDxDubbo allowed the sharing of these ideas amongst 100+ inspirational thought leaders at Taronga Western Plains Zoo in Dubbo. One of the experts speaking at the conference was Dr Susan Pond, Adjunct Professor in the Dow Sustainability Program at the US Studies Centre. She spoke on the topic "Small Farmers: Enabling Heroes".
TEDxDubbo:The Good Carbon Story
19 August 2011
Ichsani Wheeler was one of the many speakers at the TEDxDubbo event. Ichsani is a young scientist as well as a mad keen gardener, lover of worms, fungi, and all lowly compostable things. With a succinct soft spot for home made aquaponics systems and soil that smells good enough to eat she has a long standing passion for agriculture, the environment and pragmatic approaches to the challenges of sustainability. After graduating from a Bachelor of Land and Water Science she worked as an environmental consultant to the design and development industries. Her project experience primarily focused on designing natural storm water treatment systems, waterway rehabilitation and urban design.
TEDxDubbo:The Complexity Imperative For A Sustainable Food System
19 August 2011
Professor John Crawford spoke at the TEDxDubbo event about the complexity imperative for a sustainable food system. John Crawford was awarded the prestigious Judith and David Coffey Chair in Sustainable Agriculture at the University of Sydney in 2008. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Natural Philosophy from the University and Glasgow and a PhD in Theoretical Astrophysics from the University of London. He switched fields to theoretical biology about 20 years ago and studies the factors that regulate the structure and function of ecological communities and particularly the soil-plant-microbe system.
Powering Ahead? Meeting our energy needs in the 21st Century
18 August 2011
Dr Jamie Pittock, the US Studies Centre's Program Leader for the Australia and United States Climate, Energy and Water Project, was a keynote speaker at this seminar in Darwin hosted by Charles Darwin University and The Australian National University.
A growing population and changing climate change are putting enormous pressure on governments and industry to find new, innovative ways to power our lives. Drawing on research from Australia, Europe and the United States, this seminar explored the complexities of the 'climate-energy-water' nexus, with a particular focus on meeting Darwin's needs for the coming decades.
A dialogue with Thomas Friedman on the world today
2 August 2011
Three-time Pulitzer Prize recipient for The New York Times and one of the world's most well-known and influential journalists discussed the trends that are shaping our world today at the Sydney Opera House. Thomas Friedman is the author of several best-selling books including The World Is Flat, which has sold more than four million copies in thirty-seven languages.
A conversation with Thomas Friedman
29 July 2011
In partnership with the US Studies Centre and the Sydney Opera House, The Wheeler Centre hosted three-time Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and acclaimed author Thomas Friedman at the Melbourne Town Hall. A long-standing and influential commentator on the Middle East and global affairs, the best-selling author discussed the trends that will shape the future. He was joined by veteran journalist turned politician Maxine McKew.
Fault-lines in Immigration Policy: The Harvard-Sydney Immigration Summit 2011
22 July 2011
This conference was part of a longer meeting for a range of international scholars, to develop the first large database of immigration and naturalisation policies, the International Migration Policy and Law Analysis Database (IMPALA).
This event was designed to share more broadly the benefits of bringing these experts to Australia. It showcased the recent work or thinking of a range of international scholars, discussing three key areas of immigration policy: skilled migration (and the balance with family migration); refugees and humanitarian flows; and integration, settlement and citizenship.
Resilience: Can our environment keep bouncing back?
8 July 2011
The Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources at the University of Sydney hosted an important symposium on the future of world environmental and economic systems. Over the next 25 years, the global community will need to balance its increasing demand on natural resources, while managing environmental sustainability. Understanding the links between resilience and the stability of social, financial and ecological systems will be of universal importance. In particular, the resilience of managed systems, such as those used for food production, are of crucial importance to issues of food, water and energy security.
Conflict between climate, energy and water policies: lessons from the United States (Melbourne)
2 June 2011
A public lecture by Michael Webber from the University of Texas, Austin. He introduced the climate, energy and water nexus with particular reference to the situation in Texas, a jurisdiction of similar dimensions to Australia and with similar climate, energy and water challenges. He outlined the limits to new fossil, nuclear and renewable energy generation due to water scarcity, and the energy demand implications of supplementing water supplies. A. Prof. Webber concluded by outlining examples of potential knowledge, technological and regulatory solutions to the climate, energy and water nexus from Texas and the United States more broadly, and gave his thoughts on priority policy measures.
VIDEOS & INTERVIEWS
Geoffrey Garrett says that Mitt Romney's greatest weakness is that many Americans see him as representing Wall Street: a place loathed even more at the moment than Capitol Hill.
Brendon O'Connor comments on the results of the South Carolina primary and looks ahead to Florida.
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