Galapagos Islands Cruises & Trip 2016 (HD 1080p)

Venue: Yasuko Myer Room, Sidney Myer Asia Centre

Presenters: Professor Robert C Liden

Introduced in 1970 by Robert Greenleaf, servant leadership is unique among approaches to leadership for its focus on prioritising the needs of followers. Servant leaders develop an in-depth understanding of each follower’s needs, abilities, skills, values, and potential, and then proceed to bring each follower’s potential to fruition through empowerment and role modelling.

Included in the presentation are results of recent research on servant leadership, coverage of organizations that embrace servant leadership, along with an historical example. Key issues in practicing servant leadership are also discussed.

Professor Robert C. Liden (Ph.D., University of Cincinnati) is Professor of Management at the University of Illinois at Chicago, where he is also Associate Dean of College of Business Doctoral Programs.

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Aboriginal Memories of Inundation of the Australian Coast

Venue: Elisabeth Murdoch Theatre A, Elisabeth Murdoch

Presenters: Associate Professor Nicholas Reid

18,000 years ago at the end of the last ice age, when sea level was about 120 metres below its present level, land ice started melting and sea level began rising, a process that ended some 6000 years ago around Australia. Postglacial sea-level rise transformed the coastline of this island continent, permanently inundating vast expanses of the continental shelf and severing the mainland from New Guinea, Tasmania and countless of today’s offshore islands. The drowning of Australia’s coast affected the ways in which its inhabitants – the Aboriginal peoples who arrived there 50-60,000 years ago – lived, principally by submerging lands on which they had previously lived.

The changes to the geography of coastal Australia wrought by postglacial sea-level rise were so noticeable that its inhabitants created stories – both mythical and narrative – that described the observed changes for posterity. Owing to the remarkable effectiveness of trans-generational storytelling in Aboriginal cultures, some of these stories have survived for millennia to reach us today.

Reid and Nunn have collected extant stories of coastal drowning from 21 locations around the coast of Australia. Using information about where sea level stood (relative to today) in the past, it is possible to assign age ranges to each story. Most stories are believed to date from at least 7000 years ago, making them remarkable for both their antiquity and the cultural continuity that their survival until today requires.

A few similar stories are known from some other parts of the world, including northwest Europe and India but most have been dismissed by most scientists as wholly fictional. Given the likely age of the Australian stories, the earliest of which might be 12,000 years old, it is worthwhile re-evaluating possible evidence of human memories of ancient coastal drowning elsewhere in the world.

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Sir Vivian Ramsey: reflections on a career

Venue: Theatre 102, Level 1 , Law

Presenters: Sir Vivian Ramsey

The Honourable Sir Vivian Ramsey will reflect on his career to date as an engineer, lawyer and judge.

Recognised as one of the world’s foremost construction lawyers, Sir Vivian's past judicial appointments include nine years as a Judge of the High Court (Queen’s Bench Division) of England and Wales, including a period as judge in charge of the Technology and Construction Court. His current appointments include being an International Judge on the Singapore International Commercial Court.

Sir Vivian’s academic contributions include his authorship of several editions of Keating on Construction Contracts and many years teaching at King’s College London, where he is a Visiting Professor.

Refreshments will be served before the lecture from 5.30pm

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Big Animals (Africa) Vacation Travel Video Guide

Venue: Yasuko Myer Room, Sidney Myer Asia Centre

Presenters: Professor Robert C Liden

Introduced in 1970 by Robert Greenleaf, servant leadership is unique among approaches to leadership for its focus on prioritising the needs of followers. Servant leaders develop an in-depth understanding of each follower’s needs, abilities, skills, values, and potential, and then proceed to bring each follower’s potential to fruition through empowerment and role modelling.

Included in the presentation are results of recent research on servant leadership, coverage of organizations that embrace servant leadership, along with an historical example. Key issues in practicing servant leadership are also discussed.

Professor Robert C. Liden (Ph.D., University of Cincinnati) is Professor of Management at the University of Illinois at Chicago, where he is also Associate Dean of College of Business Doctoral Programs.

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Bernina Express (Switzerland) Vacation Travel Video Guide

Venue: Yasuko Myer Room, Sidney Myer Asia Centre

Presenters: Professor Robert C Liden

Introduced in 1970 by Robert Greenleaf, servant leadership is unique among approaches to leadership for its focus on prioritising the needs of followers. Servant leaders develop an in-depth understanding of each follower’s needs, abilities, skills, values, and potential, and then proceed to bring each follower’s potential to fruition through empowerment and role modelling.

Included in the presentation are results of recent research on servant leadership, coverage of organizations that embrace servant leadership, along with an historical example. Key issues in practicing servant leadership are also discussed.

Professor Robert C. Liden (Ph.D., University of Cincinnati) is Professor of Management at the University of Illinois at Chicago, where he is also Associate Dean of College of Business Doctoral Programs.

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The World Of Birds (Africa) Vacation Travel Video Guide

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Ecuador Travel Guide 2016 (HD 1080p)

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Genesis (Africa) Vacation Travel Video Guide

Venue: Yasuko Myer Room, Sidney Myer Asia Centre

Presenters: Professor Robert C Liden

Introduced in 1970 by Robert Greenleaf, servant leadership is unique among approaches to leadership for its focus on prioritising the needs of followers. Servant leaders develop an in-depth understanding of each follower’s needs, abilities, skills, values, and potential, and then proceed to bring each follower’s potential to fruition through empowerment and role modelling.

Included in the presentation are results of recent research on servant leadership, coverage of organizations that embrace servant leadership, along with an historical example. Key issues in practicing servant leadership are also discussed.

Professor Robert C. Liden (Ph.D., University of Cincinnati) is Professor of Management at the University of Illinois at Chicago, where he is also Associate Dean of College of Business Doctoral Programs.

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Things to Do in New York | Expedia Viewfinder Travel Blog

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Top 5 Walt Disney World Thrill Rides

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Santa Catalina Monastery, Arequipa, Peru

Venue: Room 107, MacMahon Ball Theatre, Old Arts

Presenters: Ms Janet Passehl

Sol LeWitt (1928- 2007) was a leading figure of Minimalism and pioneer of Conceptual art. LeWitt’s work was characterized by serialization, repetition, and progression, exemplified by his iconic open-grid structures. Studying systems of line and color, his prolific output of wall drawings represents a breakthrough in his career and solidified his engagement with two-dimensional practices spanning painting, drawing, photography, and printmaking.

Janet Passehl, Curator of the LeWitt Collection, will take a behind-the-scenes look at Sol LeWitt’s life and practice. She will provide unique access into LeWitt’s studio practice and his methods for developing structures and wall drawings through working drawings, with a focus on works in Australian collections. Glimpses of his home, studio, the art collection warehouse, the diaries he carried everywhere from 1969 through 1993, and rarely seen early work, will be included. Passehl will also address LeWitt’s passion for collecting and showcasing work by more than seven hundred artists whom he encountered in his daily life and his travels abroad.

Janet Passehl is an artist and the Curator of the LeWitt Collection. Passehl worked in close proximity with LeWitt in Chester, Connecticut, USA, during the last seventeen years of his life, and she continues to work for the LeWitt family.

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Erosion (Africa) Vacation Travel Video Guide

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The Zero Moment of History: Pier Paolo Pasolini

Venue: Theatre A, Elisabeth Murdoch Building

Presenters: Associate Professor Ara H. Merjian

Why did Italy’s most prominent counter-cultural figure abjure the post-war avant-garde, even as his work helped to dynamize its activity? Why, for all his own iconoclasm, did Pier Paolo Pasolini - director, poet, critic, and painter - specifically reject the ethos of abstraction? Along with his intermittent critical writings, the films La Rabbia (1963) and Teorema (1968) provide some answers, particularly regarding abstraction as a metaphor of - and vehicle for - the "barren wasteland" of neocapitalism. This talk will situate Pasolini's defiance of abstraction in the context of early 1960s Italy, specifically Rome's burgeoning neo-avant-garde.

'The Zero Moment of History': Pier Paolo Pasolini, Abstraction, Neocapital. From the forthcoming book, Against the Avant-Garde: Pier Paolo Pasolini, Post-War Art and Politics, 1960-1975 by Ara H. Merjian, Associate Professor of Italian Studies at New York University.

Ara H. Merjian is Associate Professor of Italian Studies at New York University, where he is an affiliate of the Institute of Fine Arts and the Department of Art History.

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Wayne Newton’s Casa de Shenandoah | Expedia Viewfinder Travel Blog

Venue: Room 107, MacMahon Ball Theatre, Old Arts

Presenters: Ms Janet Passehl

Sol LeWitt (1928- 2007) was a leading figure of Minimalism and pioneer of Conceptual art. LeWitt’s work was characterized by serialization, repetition, and progression, exemplified by his iconic open-grid structures. Studying systems of line and color, his prolific output of wall drawings represents a breakthrough in his career and solidified his engagement with two-dimensional practices spanning painting, drawing, photography, and printmaking.

Janet Passehl, Curator of the LeWitt Collection, will take a behind-the-scenes look at Sol LeWitt’s life and practice. She will provide unique access into LeWitt’s studio practice and his methods for developing structures and wall drawings through working drawings, with a focus on works in Australian collections. Glimpses of his home, studio, the art collection warehouse, the diaries he carried everywhere from 1969 through 1993, and rarely seen early work, will be included. Passehl will also address LeWitt’s passion for collecting and showcasing work by more than seven hundred artists whom he encountered in his daily life and his travels abroad.

Janet Passehl is an artist and the Curator of the LeWitt Collection. Passehl worked in close proximity with LeWitt in Chester, Connecticut, USA, during the last seventeen years of his life, and she continues to work for the LeWitt family.

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Myths & Legends (Africa) Vacation Travel Video Guide

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Dean's Lecture Series: Some Criteria for Mapping Consciousness in Living Buildings

Venue: B117 Theatre, Melbourne School of Design, Masson Road, University of Melbourne

Presenters: Professor John Woods

By regarding buildings as inanimate, we accept them as fundamentally dissipative. This is because the passive idea of ‘conserving’ building reflects the pessimistic logic of classical thermodynamics.

In discussing ways to re-direct the current Building Information Modeling (BIM) agenda, John draws upon theories of living systems furnished by Maturana & Varela and Jakob von Uexküll. He asks whether BIM could be developed to make future buildings come to life?

By contrast, the life sciences depict living creatures as systems that maintain their collective survival by resisting entropy. The reason why thermostats and clocks are the dumbest gadgets on the planet is because they are expressly designed to ignore their own role and context. If BIM files were to be interactively updated by the metabolic states of a given building, this might help it to acquire a level of consciousness that includes its own presence and interdependency with the habitat.

Ultimately, perhaps living buildings will learn to share tasks with their inhabitants on a symbiotic basis.

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Women in STEM

Venue: Laby Theatre, Physics South Building

Presenters: Dr Nadine Pesor, Dr Felicity Splatt

Come and join us this International Women’s Day and hear from two inspiring women in Physics as they recount their diverse pathways to their current careers in the Finance and Data Science industries and how Physics led them there.

Dr Nadine Pesor undertook her undergraduate studies at Flinders University before completing her PhD in Particle Physics at the University of Melbourne in 2014.

Dr Felicity Splatt has studied all over the world after completing her Bachelor of Science at the University of Melbourne and majoring in Physics and Mathematics.

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Natural Parks: The Beginning (Africa) Vacation Travel Video Guide

Venue: MSD-B117 (Theatre), Melbourne School of Design

Presenters: Professor Marion Nestle

In public health terms, soft drinks are low-hanging fruit. Containing little more than sugars and water, and increasingly linked to obesity and other health problems, they are an easy target for health advocacy.

Sugary drinks have enabled their makers – primarily Coca-Cola and PepsiCo – to become multi-billion dollar, international industries. These companies spend billions of dollars annually to promote sales to children, minorities, and low-income populations, not only through advertising, but also through every other trick in the tobacco industry’s playbook. Health advocates, however, have found many ways to counter the relentless marketing and political pressures. As a result, sales are falling, at least in the United States and Mexico.

In this free public lecture, nutrition and public health expert Professor Marion Nestle will examine how lessons learned from soda advocacy are applicable to advocacy for additional aspects of healthier and more sustainable food systems.

This lecture is part of the Faculty of Veterinary and Agricultural Sciences’ 2016 Dean’s Lecture Series.

Professor Marion Nestle is Paulette Goddard Professor in the Department of Nutrition, Food Studies, and Public Health at New York University. Her research examines scientific and socioeconomic influences on food choice, obesity, and food safety, emphasizing the role of food marketing. She released Soda Politics: Taking on Big Soda (and Winning) in October 2015.

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The Colt Festival (France) Vacation Travel Video Guide

Venue: B-117 Theatre, Basement, Melbourne School of Design

Presenters: Professor Paul Dourish

Arguments around the rise of automation and associated digital technology advances have traditionally focused on deskilling and the transformation of work. Lately, a new focus has emerged around the role of algorithms as things that shape our lives. Algorithms dispatch us taxis, evaluate our credit-worthiness, assess the security risks of online transactions, and choose which ads we see. They drive online dating sites, and gather the search results that help us decide on what to eat for dinner and where.

Algorithms aren’t just technical objects; they’re also social objects that play a role in the organisation of everyday sociality, and are the outcome of the social actions of organisations, professions, regulators, and lawmakers. Together, algorithms and data come to constitute a new way of understanding and talking about society and ourselves.

This lecture will address the social life of algorithms – both how we come to understand algorithms as objects, and the consequences of enabling them to act in and upon our world.

Professor Paul Dourish is a Professor of Informatics in the Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences at UC Irvine, with courtesy appointments in Computer Science and Anthropology. He teaches in the Informatics program and in the interdisciplinary graduate program in Arts Computation and Engineering.

Presented as part of the Miegunyah Distinguished Visiting Fellows Program.

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"That book changed my life" Reading and Creative Writing for Wellbeing

Venue: Seminar Room, Ground Floor

Presenters: Ms Polly Wright

How many times do you hear people say,‘That book or play changed my life’?

Can reading and creative writing promote wellbeing and develop professional empathy?

This free public lecture will interest anyone who enjoys reading and works with, or alongside, individuals and groups to promote their wellbeing in formal and informal contexts. This includes carers and people who have struggled with mental ill health themselves; health and social care professionals; occupational therapists, social workers and psychologists.

Polly Wright is a theatre director, occasional performer, facilitator, writer, lecturer, and researcher. She is Artistic Director of HEARTH (Change through the Arts). Polly has taught in secondary schools and adult and higher education. She is a part time lecturer in Clinical Communication Studies and Literature and Drama in Medicine at Birmingham University.

The Hearth Centre (thehearthcentre.org.uk/) was set up in 2003 as a centre for Health, Education and the Humanities with Art at the Heart. Hearth uses the arts to animate key issues in mental health, social care and the humanities, and to promote well being. Since 2007, the Hearth Centre has been introducing Reading for Wellbeing, a shared reading approach, into secure and community mental health settings in Birmingham, UK.

In this lecture, you will learn about the work of the Hearth Centre to date and exciting new directions, including how Reading for Wellbeing is being used in a recently funded Melbourne Social Equity Institute interdisciplinary seed funding project.

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How Can Stereotypes Be So Accurate Yet So Wrong?

Venue: B117. Theatre 1, Melbourne School of Design

Presenters: Professor Alice Eagly

Stereotypes of social groups have remarkable accuracy because they reflect everyday observations of group members’ behaviors in their typical roles. This research demonstrates this principle by showing that group members’ occupational roles are an important source of their stereotypes. Members of disadvantaged groups often contest their stereotypes because their content is consistent with their currently disadvantaged social position. Groups’ progress toward more advantaged status benefits from replacing these stereotypes with ones that are consistent with more desirable role occupancies. In this manner, social change and stereotype change are joined in a challenging and continually disputed alliance.

Alice Eagly is Professor of Psychology and of Management and Organizations, James Padilla Chair of Arts and Sciences, and Faculty Fellow in the Institute for Policy Research, all at Northwestern University.

This discussion will be relevant to those with an interest in gender in the workplace, diversity and inclusion, and women's leadership, from both a corporate and academic perspective. Please note that Professor Eagly's lecture will be followed by audience Q&A.

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Leadership and Disasters

Venue: A1 Theatre, Old Engineering

Presenters: Mr Paul Levy

Every society faces catastrophic events--some generated by weather, some by the earth itself, some caused by human beings. We tend to focus on emergency preparedness as a way of dealing with disasters once they occur, and there is certainly a need for that kind of contingency planning. But there is also an important place for thinking about how we organize our activities in the first place.

How can we engage in effective risk assessment while doing the work we do every day?

What is the proper role for leaders in supporting organizational learning that can mitigate both exogenous and endogenous risks?

Paul Levy has had an extensive career in a variety of societally important activities--regulating electricity and natural gas utilities; operating the Boston metropolitan area water and wastewater system; and leading a large academic medical centre. He is currently in Melbourne as a Thinker in Residence at Deakin University, through which he serves as an advisor to the Victorian Managed Insurance Authority.

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Climate Change and our future city - a public conversation

Venue: Carrillo Gantner Theatre, Sidney Myer Asia Centre

Presenters: Professor Kate Auty

How prepared is our city with responding to climate change? Can we look to local innovation and global opportunities as we explore issues and challenges for our coming decade in Melbourne? How can people and communities actively shape and improve our collective future in the city?

Join 'Future Melbourne' Ambassador Kate Auty and several of Melbourne's key thought leaders in the arts, science, business and community in a public conversation to discuss solutions, ideas, challenges and opportunities for our future Melbourne.

Ideas and contributions shared at this free, public forum will directly contribute to the revitalisation of the City of Melbourne’s next 10 year Future Melbourne strategy that aspires for a prosperous, sustainable and liveable city in 2026 and beyond.

Professor Kate Auty is widely known for her work on climate change, law and with Aboriginal communities. Kate was Commissioner for Environmental Sustainability, Victoria (2009-2014), Chair Ministerial Reference Council Climate Change Adaptation from 2008-2010, Member of the Premier's Advisory Council on Climate Change Victoria 2009-2010.

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The Pleasures of Allegory: Rethinking ‘Susanna and the Elders’

Venue: Theatre 1, Alan Gilbert Building

Presenters: Professor Patricia Simons

'Susanna and the Elders' is commonly read as a case of male voyeurism, in subject and purpose, or as mere moralizing allegory. This lecture moves away from each reductive extreme by re-examining the story's history and visual effect.

Professor Patricia Simons is Professor of Art History, University of Michigan. Her field of study includes the art of Renaissance Europe (primarily Italy, France and the Netherlands) with a special focus on the representation of gender and sexuality

Image: Tintoretto, Susanna and the Elders. Circa 1555. Vienna, Kunsthistorsiches Museum.

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Maximising the Capacity of Connections to Concrete - Advances in Anchoring Technology

Venue: Building 168, Herbert Wilson Theatre

Presenters: Professor Rolf Eligehausen

Fastenings to concrete are often poorly understood by designers with many relying on ‘data tables’ published by anchor suppliers. However, comprehensive design guidelines for post-installed and cast-in anchors are now available through Standards Australia TS 101:2015 and shortly, in EN 1992-4. Design engineers are constantly trying to push the boundaries of anchor performance by positioning anchors close to a free edge, providing challenges for how to achieve the required capacity. The Concrete Capacity method embodied in design guidelines includes conservative assumptions for anchors in groups with or without supplementary reinforcement loaded towards a concrete edge, hampering efficient anchor design and preventing addition capacity from being exploited.

For many decades The University of Stuttgart has been at the cutting edge of anchor technology and is largely responsible for the underlying methodology adopted in anchor design standards throughout the world. This seminar presents the findings from an extensive testing program that explores the performance beyond currently available design guidelines and reveals the true capacity for applications involving anchors close to an edge loaded in shear. The complex anchor-reinforcement interaction will be reviewed including limits of existing design guidelines and solutions available for optimal design involving the use of supplementary reinforcement. A new and innovative analytical design model calibrated on the experimental program that evaluates failure modes and predicts the failure load of anchorages will be presented. This innovation will enable the designer to safely exploit the full capacity of an anchor connection close to an edge allowing more efficient structures and will be considered as an update in future revisions of anchor design guidelines.

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The Chantilly Fireworks (France) Vacation Travel Video Guide

Venue: B-117 Theatre, Basement, Melbourne School of Design

Presenters: Professor Paul Dourish

Arguments around the rise of automation and associated digital technology advances have traditionally focused on deskilling and the transformation of work. Lately, a new focus has emerged around the role of algorithms as things that shape our lives. Algorithms dispatch us taxis, evaluate our credit-worthiness, assess the security risks of online transactions, and choose which ads we see. They drive online dating sites, and gather the search results that help us decide on what to eat for dinner and where.

Algorithms aren’t just technical objects; they’re also social objects that play a role in the organisation of everyday sociality, and are the outcome of the social actions of organisations, professions, regulators, and lawmakers. Together, algorithms and data come to constitute a new way of understanding and talking about society and ourselves.

This lecture will address the social life of algorithms – both how we come to understand algorithms as objects, and the consequences of enabling them to act in and upon our world.

Professor Paul Dourish is a Professor of Informatics in the Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences at UC Irvine, with courtesy appointments in Computer Science and Anthropology. He teaches in the Informatics program and in the interdisciplinary graduate program in Arts Computation and Engineering.

Presented as part of the Miegunyah Distinguished Visiting Fellows Program.

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Gornergrat (Switzerland) Vacation Travel Video Guide

Venue: South Theatre, Room 224, Old Arts (Building 149)

Presenters: Professor Russell West-Pavlov

Europe and Australia have a long history of cultural connections and a shared stake in global challenges of the 21st century, such as human migration and social cohesion.

Professor Russell West-Pavlov, an Australian researcher from the University of Tübingen will discuss in a keynote lecture whether Germany can learn from Australia's approach to migration and multiculturalism.

A panel of researchers and practitioners will explore Australia's cultural connections to Europe in the 21st century and shared challenges we face. This workshop seeks to transcend trite political discussions of Australia as either "European" or "Asian" in its orientation and instead account for the globalised cultural, political and economic relationship between Europe and Australia.

This event will be of interest to those with a personal or professional interest in Europe and there will be an opportunity to discuss the topics with the panelists over refreshments.

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The Medoc Marathon (France) Vacation Travel Video Guide

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The Romans of Aalen (Germany) Vacation Travel Video Guide

Venue: South Theatre, Room 224, Old Arts (Building 149)

Presenters: Professor Russell West-Pavlov

Europe and Australia have a long history of cultural connections and a shared stake in global challenges of the 21st century, such as human migration and social cohesion.

Professor Russell West-Pavlov, an Australian researcher from the University of Tübingen will discuss in a keynote lecture whether Germany can learn from Australia's approach to migration and multiculturalism.

A panel of researchers and practitioners will explore Australia's cultural connections to Europe in the 21st century and shared challenges we face. This workshop seeks to transcend trite political discussions of Australia as either "European" or "Asian" in its orientation and instead account for the globalised cultural, political and economic relationship between Europe and Australia.

This event will be of interest to those with a personal or professional interest in Europe and there will be an opportunity to discuss the topics with the panelists over refreshments.

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The Queens' Battle (Switzerland & Italy) Vacation Travel Video Guide

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Beyond Social Entrepreneurship: From Niche to Mainstream

Venue: B117 Theatre 1, Melbourne School of Design

Presenters: Dr Pamela Hartigan

Dr Pamela Hartigan, pioneering entrepreneurial thought leader and practitioner, currently Executive Director of the Skoll Centre for Social Entrepreneurship at the University of Oxford and co-founder of Volans, will launch the Visionary Series at the University of Melbourne.

She will share her edgy, controversial view on the limits of social entrepreneurship and discuss efforts to embed entrepreneurial thinking for social impact wherever our career paths lead us. This provocative talk is not for social entrepreneurs only.

Whether you are in the corporate, government or academic sectors, this talk is for you!

Join us at 6.15pm for a 6.30pm sharp start.

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Sunshine Coast Vacation Travel Guide | Expedia

Venue: Theatre A, Elisabeth Murdoch Building

Presenters: Dr Gerard Vaughan

In late 2015, the Director of the National Gallery of Australia, Dr Gerard Vaughan announced: ‘We have commenced an ambitious project to transform the experience at the NGA. Every time you visit the Gallery there will be new discoveries as we constantly revitalise the galleries dedicated to the permanent collection.’

In this lecture, Dr Vaughan will provide a detailed account of the new rehang, which has included the relocation of the entire Australian collection downstairs. International art, including Jackson Pollock’s famous Blue Poles (1952), has now moved upstairs into refurbished gallery spaces. What does this major ‘re-thinking’ of the permanent display mean for our understanding of the nation’s collection?

This is the keynote address for the New perspectives on Italian and Australian Art History symposium, presented by The Australian Institute of Art History and the School of Culture and Communication in the Faculty of Arts.

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Jeremy is creating change through food science

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Top 5 Walt Disney World Special Moments

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The Kids Festival (Germany) Vacation Travel Video Guide

Venue: Theatre A, Elisabeth Murdoch Building

Presenters: Dr Gerard Vaughan

In late 2015, the Director of the National Gallery of Australia, Dr Gerard Vaughan announced: ‘We have commenced an ambitious project to transform the experience at the NGA. Every time you visit the Gallery there will be new discoveries as we constantly revitalise the galleries dedicated to the permanent collection.’

In this lecture, Dr Vaughan will provide a detailed account of the new rehang, which has included the relocation of the entire Australian collection downstairs. International art, including Jackson Pollock’s famous Blue Poles (1952), has now moved upstairs into refurbished gallery spaces. What does this major ‘re-thinking’ of the permanent display mean for our understanding of the nation’s collection?

This is the keynote address for the New perspectives on Italian and Australian Art History symposium, presented by The Australian Institute of Art History and the School of Culture and Communication in the Faculty of Arts.

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QS Stars Student Photo Challenge

Venue: Carlton Connect Initiative, 290

Presenters: Mr Roland Stulz, Dr Andreas Luzzi, Ms Martina Blum

With a global agreement for the transition to a low carbon economy, how can we achieve our goals to increase energy efficiency, develop renewable energies and reduce greenhouse gas emissions?

Collaboration is critical to how the principles of the Paris agreement are turned into real action. Australia and Switzerland have much to share in their approaches to take decisive action to address climate change, from designing sustainable cities to increasing public awareness.

This forum with Swiss and Australian experts will look at an innovative energy policy model called the 2000-Watt Society. This concept of a society, which uses only 2000 watts per person per year, was developed at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) and it serves as a model for energy policy that demonstrates how it is possible to consume only as much energy as is sustainable in terms of the impact on the environment and society.

Chaired by Prof. Chris Ryan of the Victorian Eco Innovation Lab, presenters include:

Roland Stulz, Co-founder and Ambassador of the 2000-Watt Society Martina Blum, Energy Advisor to the City of Zürich Dr. Andreas Luzzi, CEO of LAROS Technologies

The forum will also include a panel discussion with experts from the City of Melbourne and Sustainability Victoria.

An exhibition accompanies the forum showcasing the most innovative Swiss energy projects awarded the prestigious Watt D’Or Annual Prize by the Swiss Federal Office of Energy.

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Citizens of the Anthropocene: community and polity in a changing climate

Venue: G08, Melbourne Law School

Presenters: Professor Sheila Jasanoff

Climate change is influencing the scale at which human societies and their governments understand and potentially redesign the relationship between humans and the ‘natural world’. Using examples from contemporary environmental and legal controversies in the US, Australia, and Europe, this lecture will question the meaning of the mandate to ‘think globally and act locally’ in the face of planetary environmental problems. It will explore legal and institutional barriers to effective citizenship at the global level, and ask what it means to press for greater democratisation of decisions affecting the future of the planet.

Professor Sheila Jasanoff will reflect on what it means to be an engaged citizen when the scale and complexity of problems affecting the human future have undermined the apparent efficacy of traditional legal and political institutions.

Sheila Jasanoff is Pforzheimer Professor of Science and Technology Studies (STS) at Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government. She is also affiliated with the Department of the History of Science, member of the Board of Tutors in Environmental Science and Public Policy, and visiting professor at Harvard Law School

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Ideafest 2016

Venue: Lecture Theatre 1 (Room B117), Melbourne School of Design

Presenters: Professor David Stuckler

Politicians have talked endlessly about the seismic economic and social impacts of the recent financial crisis, but many continue to ignore its disastrous effects on human health—and have even exacerbated them, by adopting harsh austerity measures and cutting key social programs at a time when constituents need them most. The result is that many countries have turned their recessions into veritable epidemics, ruining or extinguishing thousands of lives in a misguided attempt to balance budgets and shore up financial markets. Yet sound alternative policies could instead help improve economies and protect public health at the same time.

David Stuckler is a Professor of Political Economy and Sociology at University of Oxford and research fellow of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and Chatham House. He has written over 170 peer-reviewed scientific articles on global health in The Lancet, British Medical Journal and Nature in addition to other major journals.

Professor Stuckler presents this McCaughey 10th Anniversary Oration

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Quebec Skilled Worker Program for Immigration to Canada to Reopen This Summer

Pour la version française, cliquez ici. The Canadian province of Quebec has confirmed that its flagship immigration program, the Quebec...

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Le Programme des Travailleurs Qualifiés pour immigrer au Canada rouvre cet été

La province canadienne du Québec a confirmé que son programme d’immigration des plus populaires, le Programme Régulier des Travailleurs Qualifiés...

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Canadian Bar Association Raises Client Concerns with Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada

The Canadian Bar Association (CBA), the largest professional association for lawyers in Canada, has requested an emergency meeting with officials...

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Saint Dominic and the Foundation of the Order of Preachers, in Italian Art

Venue: The Oratory, Newman College, University of Melbourne

Presenters: Dr Joan Barclay Lloyd

In the thirteenth century Saint Francis of Assisi and Saint Dominic founded two great mendicant orders – the Franciscans and the Dominicans. The imagery of Saint Dominic (c. 1170-1221) is much less well known than that of Saint Francis. This lecture will show some of its important features. Major works discussed will be the early parts of the tomb or Arca of Saint Dominic, by Nicolo Pisano , c. 1264-67, in Bologna; the Portrait of Saint Dominic with Scenes from his Life by Francesco Traini, c. 1342-5, in Pisa; and the frescoes in the ‘Spanish Chapel’ at S. Maria Novella in Florence by Andrea Bonaiuti, c. 1366-68.

Dr Joan Barclay Lloyd taught art history from 1980 to 2006 at La Trobe University and continues her research on medieval art and architecture from her base in Rome.

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Trip to Ecuador with Patricio Fernández tour guide

Venue: Lecture Theatre 1 (Room B117), Melbourne School of Design

Presenters: Professor David Stuckler

Politicians have talked endlessly about the seismic economic and social impacts of the recent financial crisis, but many continue to ignore its disastrous effects on human health—and have even exacerbated them, by adopting harsh austerity measures and cutting key social programs at a time when constituents need them most. The result is that many countries have turned their recessions into veritable epidemics, ruining or extinguishing thousands of lives in a misguided attempt to balance budgets and shore up financial markets. Yet sound alternative policies could instead help improve economies and protect public health at the same time.

David Stuckler is a Professor of Political Economy and Sociology at University of Oxford and research fellow of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and Chatham House. He has written over 170 peer-reviewed scientific articles on global health in The Lancet, British Medical Journal and Nature in addition to other major journals.

Professor Stuckler presents this McCaughey 10th Anniversary Oration

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The Basque Strongman Challenge (France) Vacation Travel Video Guide

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How to Prepare for the QS #StudyinUSA Virtual Fair

Venue: Lecture Theatre 1 (Room B117), Melbourne School of Design

Presenters: Professor David Stuckler

Politicians have talked endlessly about the seismic economic and social impacts of the recent financial crisis, but many continue to ignore its disastrous effects on human health—and have even exacerbated them, by adopting harsh austerity measures and cutting key social programs at a time when constituents need them most. The result is that many countries have turned their recessions into veritable epidemics, ruining or extinguishing thousands of lives in a misguided attempt to balance budgets and shore up financial markets. Yet sound alternative policies could instead help improve economies and protect public health at the same time.

David Stuckler is a Professor of Political Economy and Sociology at University of Oxford and research fellow of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and Chatham House. He has written over 170 peer-reviewed scientific articles on global health in The Lancet, British Medical Journal and Nature in addition to other major journals.

Professor Stuckler presents this McCaughey 10th Anniversary Oration

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The Palio of Montagnana (Italy) Vacation Travel Video Guide

Venue: Theatre C1, Engineering Block C

Presenters: Mr John Woodside

Whilst engineers are immersed in the design of reinforced concrete right from their undergraduate days, little time is spent on teaching and instruction of the detailing aspects of reinforcement.

Part science, part art form, good clear reinforcement detailing is critical to both the performance of the structure and in reducing disputes during construction.

John Woodside has been a practicing Engineer for nearly fifty years and has worked throughout Australia and as well as in the United Kingdom and Kuwait.

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Japan Travel Guide 2016 (HD 1080p)

Venue: Theatre C1, Engineering Block C

Presenters: Mr John Woodside

Whilst engineers are immersed in the design of reinforced concrete right from their undergraduate days, little time is spent on teaching and instruction of the detailing aspects of reinforcement.

Part science, part art form, good clear reinforcement detailing is critical to both the performance of the structure and in reducing disputes during construction.

John Woodside has been a practicing Engineer for nearly fifty years and has worked throughout Australia and as well as in the United Kingdom and Kuwait.

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Arequipa, Peru tourism 2016 (HD 1080p)

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St. Moritz - Chur Part 2 (Switzerland) Vacation Travel Video Guide

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The Witches of Rouffach (France) Vacation Travel Video Guide

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Trip to Mongolia with tour guide Amaraa Yura (HD)

Venue: Theatre C1, Engineering Block C

Presenters: Mr John Woodside

Whilst engineers are immersed in the design of reinforced concrete right from their undergraduate days, little time is spent on teaching and instruction of the detailing aspects of reinforcement.

Part science, part art form, good clear reinforcement detailing is critical to both the performance of the structure and in reducing disputes during construction.

John Woodside has been a practicing Engineer for nearly fifty years and has worked throughout Australia and as well as in the United Kingdom and Kuwait.

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Rio De Janeiro, Brazil trip 2016 (HD 1080p)

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Swiss Wrestling (Switzerland) Vacation Travel Video Guide

Venue: Theatre C1, Engineering Block C

Presenters: Mr John Woodside

Whilst engineers are immersed in the design of reinforced concrete right from their undergraduate days, little time is spent on teaching and instruction of the detailing aspects of reinforcement.

Part science, part art form, good clear reinforcement detailing is critical to both the performance of the structure and in reducing disputes during construction.

John Woodside has been a practicing Engineer for nearly fifty years and has worked throughout Australia and as well as in the United Kingdom and Kuwait.

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Visit Copacabana, Tiwanaku, La Paz in Bolivia (HD 1080p)

Venue: Theatre C1, Engineering Block C

Presenters: Mr John Woodside

Whilst engineers are immersed in the design of reinforced concrete right from their undergraduate days, little time is spent on teaching and instruction of the detailing aspects of reinforcement.

Part science, part art form, good clear reinforcement detailing is critical to both the performance of the structure and in reducing disputes during construction.

John Woodside has been a practicing Engineer for nearly fifty years and has worked throughout Australia and as well as in the United Kingdom and Kuwait.

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The Bear Carnival (France) Vacation Travel Video Guide

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Top 5 Sweet Treats and Desserts At Walt Disney World Resort

Venue: Theatre C1, Engineering Block C

Presenters: Mr John Woodside

Whilst engineers are immersed in the design of reinforced concrete right from their undergraduate days, little time is spent on teaching and instruction of the detailing aspects of reinforcement.

Part science, part art form, good clear reinforcement detailing is critical to both the performance of the structure and in reducing disputes during construction.

John Woodside has been a practicing Engineer for nearly fifty years and has worked throughout Australia and as well as in the United Kingdom and Kuwait.

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The Question of Nineteenth Century Mimesis: Precinema and the Literary Imagination

Venue: Macmahon Ball Theatre (Room 107), Old Arts

Presenters: Dr Alberto Gabriele

A rich tradition of art historians and literary critics have often privileged the “window onto the world” view metaphor to understand the focal point of a painting, and to define nineteenth century mimesis. A wide semantic field of metaphors such as “focalization,” “point of view,” “perspective,” “photographic” and later “cinematographic” have insisted on a still observer, and most importantly, on an immobile spectacle in the history of literary and artistic representation at the time of the emergence of nineteenth century realism.

This lecture shall address an alternative aesthetic that runs throughout the long nineteenth century by focusing on the variegated media landscape of pre cinematic entertainment, which includes the optical “philosophical toys” of late eighteenth/early nineteenth century treatises on optics and the expanding attractions of popular culture. Novel theory, therefore, can be recast, by tracking the references to these visual devices in French, British and American fiction. More importantly, print culture through the optical medium of the novel is relevant in this history for it explored, disseminated and contributed to naturalize forms of vision and conceptualization that are coextensive with the emergence of modernity, and which paved the way for the experiments of modernism.

Dr Alberto Gabriele, a graduate of New York University’s Comparative Literature Department is the author of Reading Popular Culture in Victorian Print: Belgravia and Sensationalism (2009).

Supported by the Macgeorge Bequest

IMAGE: Mondo Niovo. Fondazione Musei Civici di Venezia. Museo Correr, Gabinetto dei Disegni e delle Stampe.

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The Sete Water Tournament (France) Vacation Travel Video Guide

Venue: Herbert Wilson Theatre, Doug McDonell Building

Presenters: Mr David Dollar

China’s stock market correction and currency devaluations have sent shock waves through global markets since last summer. President Xi Jinping on his recent visit to the US said that China’s growth slowdown was a normal development now that China has reached middle income and is re-balancing from an investment-led economy to one based more on innovation on the supply side and consumption on the demand side. Chinese leaders expect the economy to grow at 6.5 percent for the rest of this decade. But many analysts and investors around the world fear that the slowdown in China will be sharp and prolonged, with implications for other developing countries and advanced economies.

David Dollar will discuss the recent developments in the Chinese economy, the progress with economic reforms that could ease the transition, and different scenarios going forward.

David Dollar is a Visiting Fellow at the Lowy Institute, attached to the G20 Studies Centre in February 2016.

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Things to Do in Dubai | Expedia Viewfinder Travel Blog

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The Remarkable Irish Economy: From Catastrophic Collapse to Recovery

Venue: Copland Theatre, The Spot,

Presenters: Professor Frances Ruane

The collapse of the Irish economy during the Great Recession brought a substantial decline in GDP, a trebling of the unemployment rate, and a sharp increase in public debt. Key to the crisis was the size of a domestic property bubble. Since 2013, however, there has been a notable turnaround in the Irish economy, far stronger than in the other European countries which experienced crises.

This lecture, presented by Professor Frances Ruane will explore what has driven this recovery and what further challenges face Ireland. What lessons are there for the members of the European Union in managing crises in a monetary union, and indeed for other countries in seeking to recover from an economic crisis?

Professor Frances Ruane is currently an Honorary Professor at the Department of Economics at Trinity College Dublin (TCD), where she taught for over 25 years. In addition to her academic and research roles, Frances has contributed to policy making in Ireland and is currently a member of the Economic Advisory Group in Northern Ireland, the Council of Economic Advisors in Scotland and the Executive Committee of the European Statistical Advisory Committee (ESAC).

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Sol LeWitt: Arcs and Tangents

Venue: Room 107, MacMahon Ball Theatre, Old Arts

Presenters: Ms Janet Passehl

Sol LeWitt (1928- 2007) was a leading figure of Minimalism and pioneer of Conceptual art. LeWitt’s work was characterized by serialization, repetition, and progression, exemplified by his iconic open-grid structures. Studying systems of line and color, his prolific output of wall drawings represents a breakthrough in his career and solidified his engagement with two-dimensional practices spanning painting, drawing, photography, and printmaking.

Janet Passehl, Curator of the LeWitt Collection, will take a behind-the-scenes look at Sol LeWitt’s life and practice. She will provide unique access into LeWitt’s studio practice and his methods for developing structures and wall drawings through working drawings, with a focus on works in Australian collections. Glimpses of his home, studio, the art collection warehouse, the diaries he carried everywhere from 1969 through 1993, and rarely seen early work, will be included. Passehl will also address LeWitt’s passion for collecting and showcasing work by more than seven hundred artists whom he encountered in his daily life and his travels abroad.

Janet Passehl is an artist and the Curator of the LeWitt Collection. Passehl worked in close proximity with LeWitt in Chester, Connecticut, USA, during the last seventeen years of his life, and she continues to work for the LeWitt family.

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The Valencia Fallas (Spain) Vacation Travel Video Guide

Venue: Carrillo Gantner Theatre, Sidney Myer Asia Centre

Presenters: Emily Maguire, Professor Nancy Glass, Professor Kelsey Hegarty, Clementine Ford, Dr Anastasia Powell, Mark Oliver, Professor Cathy Humphreys

The potential of new and emerging technologies in the area of violence against women is increasingly becoming recognised by governments, researchers, and community organisations alike.

This public panel will discuss technology’s potential as a tool to help women seek safety, challenge and change gender attitudes, as well as its potential for harm.

The Melbourne research Alliance to End Violence against women and their children (MAEVe) is an interdisciplinary research alliance that draws together research and evaluation capacity from across the University, in partnership with community, industry and government agencies. Our aims are: to reduce harm and improve the safety and wellbeing of women, families and communities; increase accountability and improve responses to men; and prevent violence before it starts. Panelists include:

Clementine Ford, writer, broadcaster and public speaker
Professor Nancy Glass, Johns Hopkins University
Professor Cathy Humphreys, University of Melbourne
Emily Maguire, CEO, Domestic Violence Resource Centre Victoria
Mark Oliver, General Manager, Tigerspike
Dr Anastasia Powell, RMIT University

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2015 UVic Co-op Students of the Year

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Servant Leadership’s Positive Influences on Employees and Organisational Outcomes

Venue: Yasuko Myer Room, Sidney Myer Asia Centre

Presenters: Professor Robert C Liden

Introduced in 1970 by Robert Greenleaf, servant leadership is unique among approaches to leadership for its focus on prioritising the needs of followers. Servant leaders develop an in-depth understanding of each follower’s needs, abilities, skills, values, and potential, and then proceed to bring each follower’s potential to fruition through empowerment and role modelling.

Included in the presentation are results of recent research on servant leadership, coverage of organizations that embrace servant leadership, along with an historical example. Key issues in practicing servant leadership are also discussed.

Professor Robert C. Liden (Ph.D., University of Cincinnati) is Professor of Management at the University of Illinois at Chicago, where he is also Associate Dean of College of Business Doctoral Programs.

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The San Domenico's Serpents (Italy) Vacation Travel Video Guide

Venue: Carrillo Gantner Theatre, Sidney Myer Asia Centre

Presenters: Emily Maguire, Professor Nancy Glass, Professor Kelsey Hegarty, Clementine Ford, Dr Anastasia Powell, Mark Oliver, Professor Cathy Humphreys

The potential of new and emerging technologies in the area of violence against women is increasingly becoming recognised by governments, researchers, and community organisations alike.

This public panel will discuss technology’s potential as a tool to help women seek safety, challenge and change gender attitudes, as well as its potential for harm.

The Melbourne research Alliance to End Violence against women and their children (MAEVe) is an interdisciplinary research alliance that draws together research and evaluation capacity from across the University, in partnership with community, industry and government agencies. Our aims are: to reduce harm and improve the safety and wellbeing of women, families and communities; increase accountability and improve responses to men; and prevent violence before it starts. Panelists include:

Clementine Ford, writer, broadcaster and public speaker
Professor Nancy Glass, Johns Hopkins University
Professor Cathy Humphreys, University of Melbourne
Emily Maguire, CEO, Domestic Violence Resource Centre Victoria
Mark Oliver, General Manager, Tigerspike
Dr Anastasia Powell, RMIT University

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QS Winter Meeting 2016

Venue: Carrillo Gantner Theatre, Sidney Myer Asia Centre

Presenters: Emily Maguire, Professor Nancy Glass, Professor Kelsey Hegarty, Clementine Ford, Dr Anastasia Powell, Mark Oliver, Professor Cathy Humphreys

The potential of new and emerging technologies in the area of violence against women is increasingly becoming recognised by governments, researchers, and community organisations alike.

This public panel will discuss technology’s potential as a tool to help women seek safety, challenge and change gender attitudes, as well as its potential for harm.

The Melbourne research Alliance to End Violence against women and their children (MAEVe) is an interdisciplinary research alliance that draws together research and evaluation capacity from across the University, in partnership with community, industry and government agencies. Our aims are: to reduce harm and improve the safety and wellbeing of women, families and communities; increase accountability and improve responses to men; and prevent violence before it starts. Panelists include:

Clementine Ford, writer, broadcaster and public speaker
Professor Nancy Glass, Johns Hopkins University
Professor Cathy Humphreys, University of Melbourne
Emily Maguire, CEO, Domestic Violence Resource Centre Victoria
Mark Oliver, General Manager, Tigerspike
Dr Anastasia Powell, RMIT University

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Climate Justice after Paris

Venue: GM15, The David P. Derham Theatre, Law Building

Presenters: Mrs Mary Robinson

The 2015 Paris climate summit is widely recognized as a milestone in the global debate about climate change. As the UN Secretary-General’s Special Envoy on Climate Change Mary Robinson played a key role in the summit deliberations.
This will be a unique opportunity to hear one of the world’s most respected human rights and climate justice advocates reflect on the implications of the Paris agreement.

Mary Robinson is the President of the Mary Robinson Foundation, and formally the UN Secretary-General’s Special Envoy on Climate Change (2014-2015), UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (1997-2002) and the President of Ireland (1990-1997). She was also the former President of the International Commission of Jurists and former chair of the Council of Women World Leaders. She served as Honorary President of Oxfam International from 2002-2012. She is the recipient of numerous honours including the Presidential Medal of Freedom from the President of the United States, Barack Obama.

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Cultural Connections and Shared Challenges for Australia and Europe

Venue: South Theatre, Room 224, Old Arts (Building 149)

Presenters: Professor Russell West-Pavlov

Europe and Australia have a long history of cultural connections and a shared stake in global challenges of the 21st century, such as human migration and social cohesion.

Professor Russell West-Pavlov, an Australian researcher from the University of Tübingen will discuss in a keynote lecture whether Germany can learn from Australia's approach to migration and multiculturalism.

A panel of researchers and practitioners will explore Australia's cultural connections to Europe in the 21st century and shared challenges we face. This workshop seeks to transcend trite political discussions of Australia as either "European" or "Asian" in its orientation and instead account for the globalised cultural, political and economic relationship between Europe and Australia.

This event will be of interest to those with a personal or professional interest in Europe and there will be an opportunity to discuss the topics with the panelists over refreshments.

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Changing the National Gallery of Australia: re-thinking the installations

Venue: Theatre A, Elisabeth Murdoch Building

Presenters: Dr Gerard Vaughan

In late 2015, the Director of the National Gallery of Australia, Dr Gerard Vaughan announced: ‘We have commenced an ambitious project to transform the experience at the NGA. Every time you visit the Gallery there will be new discoveries as we constantly revitalise the galleries dedicated to the permanent collection.’

In this lecture, Dr Vaughan will provide a detailed account of the new rehang, which has included the relocation of the entire Australian collection downstairs. International art, including Jackson Pollock’s famous Blue Poles (1952), has now moved upstairs into refurbished gallery spaces. What does this major ‘re-thinking’ of the permanent display mean for our understanding of the nation’s collection?

This is the keynote address for the New perspectives on Italian and Australian Art History symposium, presented by the Faculty of Arts .

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Trujillo Vacation Travel Guide | Expedia

Venue: Carrillo Gantner Theatre, Sidney Myer Asia Centre

Presenters: Emily Maguire, Professor Nancy Glass, Professor Kelsey Hegarty, Clementine Ford, Dr Anastasia Powell, Mark Oliver, Professor Cathy Humphreys

The potential of new and emerging technologies in the area of violence against women is increasingly becoming recognised by governments, researchers, and community organisations alike.

This public panel will discuss technology’s potential as a tool to help women seek safety, challenge and change gender attitudes, as well as its potential for harm.

The Melbourne research Alliance to End Violence against women and their children (MAEVe) is an interdisciplinary research alliance that draws together research and evaluation capacity from across the University, in partnership with community, industry and government agencies. Our aims are: to reduce harm and improve the safety and wellbeing of women, families and communities; increase accountability and improve responses to men; and prevent violence before it starts. Panelists include:

Clementine Ford, writer, broadcaster and public speaker
Professor Nancy Glass, Johns Hopkins University
Professor Cathy Humphreys, University of Melbourne
Emily Maguire, CEO, Domestic Violence Resource Centre Victoria
Mark Oliver, General Manager, Tigerspike
Dr Anastasia Powell, RMIT University

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That moment when you forget your work badge. #TimeForVacay

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The Rocamadour Balloon Festival (France) Vacation Travel Video Guide

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That moment when you should've worn a black shirt. #TimeForVacay

Venue: Carrillo Gantner Theatre, Sidney Myer Asia Centre

Presenters: Emily Maguire, Professor Nancy Glass, Professor Kelsey Hegarty, Clementine Ford, Dr Anastasia Powell, Mark Oliver, Professor Cathy Humphreys

The potential of new and emerging technologies in the area of violence against women is increasingly becoming recognised by governments, researchers, and community organisations alike.

This public panel will discuss technology’s potential as a tool to help women seek safety, challenge and change gender attitudes, as well as its potential for harm.

The Melbourne research Alliance to End Violence against women and their children (MAEVe) is an interdisciplinary research alliance that draws together research and evaluation capacity from across the University, in partnership with community, industry and government agencies. Our aims are: to reduce harm and improve the safety and wellbeing of women, families and communities; increase accountability and improve responses to men; and prevent violence before it starts. Panelists include:

Clementine Ford, writer, broadcaster and public speaker
Professor Nancy Glass, Johns Hopkins University
Professor Cathy Humphreys, University of Melbourne
Emily Maguire, CEO, Domestic Violence Resource Centre Victoria
Mark Oliver, General Manager, Tigerspike
Dr Anastasia Powell, RMIT University

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The Saint Tropez Bravades (France) Vacation Travel Video Guide

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St. Moritz - Chur Part 1 (Switzerland) Vacation Travel Video Guide

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That moment when you're trying to make a copy. #TimeForVacay

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The Arles Horseman (France) Vacation Travel Video Guide

Venue: Carrillo Gantner Theatre, Sidney Myer Asia Centre

Presenters: Emily Maguire, Professor Nancy Glass, Professor Kelsey Hegarty, Clementine Ford, Dr Anastasia Powell, Mark Oliver, Professor Cathy Humphreys

The potential of new and emerging technologies in the area of violence against women is increasingly becoming recognised by governments, researchers, and community organisations alike.

This public panel will discuss technology’s potential as a tool to help women seek safety, challenge and change gender attitudes, as well as its potential for harm.

The Melbourne research Alliance to End Violence against women and their children (MAEVe) is an interdisciplinary research alliance that draws together research and evaluation capacity from across the University, in partnership with community, industry and government agencies. Our aims are: to reduce harm and improve the safety and wellbeing of women, families and communities; increase accountability and improve responses to men; and prevent violence before it starts. Panelists include:

Clementine Ford, writer, broadcaster and public speaker
Professor Nancy Glass, Johns Hopkins University
Professor Cathy Humphreys, University of Melbourne
Emily Maguire, CEO, Domestic Violence Resource Centre Victoria
Mark Oliver, General Manager, Tigerspike
Dr Anastasia Powell, RMIT University

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That moment when you can't reach. #TimeForVacay

Venue: Carrillo Gantner Theatre, Sidney Myer Asia Centre

Presenters: Emily Maguire, Professor Nancy Glass, Professor Kelsey Hegarty, Clementine Ford, Dr Anastasia Powell, Mark Oliver, Professor Cathy Humphreys

The potential of new and emerging technologies in the area of violence against women is increasingly becoming recognised by governments, researchers, and community organisations alike.

This public panel will discuss technology’s potential as a tool to help women seek safety, challenge and change gender attitudes, as well as its potential for harm.

The Melbourne research Alliance to End Violence against women and their children (MAEVe) is an interdisciplinary research alliance that draws together research and evaluation capacity from across the University, in partnership with community, industry and government agencies. Our aims are: to reduce harm and improve the safety and wellbeing of women, families and communities; increase accountability and improve responses to men; and prevent violence before it starts. Panelists include:

Clementine Ford, writer, broadcaster and public speaker
Professor Nancy Glass, Johns Hopkins University
Professor Cathy Humphreys, University of Melbourne
Emily Maguire, CEO, Domestic Violence Resource Centre Victoria
Mark Oliver, General Manager, Tigerspike
Dr Anastasia Powell, RMIT University

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The Highland Games of Braemar (Scotland) Vacation Travel Video Guide

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British Columbia Launches new Registration System for Immigration to Canada Through BC PNP

The province of British Columbia (B.C.) has launched an innovative new points system for immigration to Canada through the British...

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Express Entry: January, 2016 sees Record Number of Invitations to Apply Issued in a Single Month

A total of 4,449 Invitations to Apply (ITA) for Canadian permanent residence were issued over the course of January, the...

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Foreign Workers in TV, Film, and Dance Industries to have Clearer Path to Working in Canada

Certain non-Canadian workers in the television (TV) and film industries, as well as those working in dance and theatre, may...

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CanadaVisa Social: Bringing the new CanadaVisa.com to your News Feed

You may have noticed that CanadaVisa.com recently underwent a makeover — and we like the results. We have received overwhelmingly...

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Two People Charged with Immigration Fraud in Canada

Candidates for immigration to Canada encouraged to perform due diligence on representatives After this week’s news that two people are...

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Canadian Immigration Questions and Answers with Attorney David Cohen

Every month, Attorney David Cohen will answer a few general Canadian immigration questions submitted by our readers. These questions cover...

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David’s Blog: It’s time to grow the country

Next year Canada will celebrate its 150th birthday, and, as we enter what is hopefully a positive new era with...

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Reading and Writing Communities in the Trenches 1914-1918 (France & Italy)

Venue: Leigh Scott Room, Baillieu Library

Presenters: Professor Emeritus Martyn Lyons

Over 38 years ago, in The Great War and Modern Memory, Paul Fussell examined the literary dimensions of the First World War for British combatants. Fussell was primarily concerned with the officer class, a well-read and articulate elite whose war experience did not necessarily reflect that of other ranks.

Professor Emeritus Lyons' paper does not forget the officer elite, but seeks to broaden the focus to include the reading and writing of ordinary people during the war years. In drawing evidence from French and Italian soldiers, the lecture will also refer to prisoners of war. 
He argues that the trenches constituted a reading community, where soldiers shared similar values, and similar expectations of and appetites for reading. They devoured newspapers while paradoxically maintaining a healthy cynicism towards their exaggerations and falsehoods. They read for information, for recreation and for clues to understand their own involvement in the war. 
At the same time, the trenches were also writing communities in which soldiers plunged into an epistolary frenzy of bulimic proportions. They wrote for similar purposes, in similarly laconic prose and they sometimes wrote, just as they read, in common.

This event is to coincide with the Somewhere in France - Australians on the Western Front exhibition at the Noel Shaw Gallery, Baillieu Library from 11 March - 26 June 2016.

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Cyber Security: Is Australia Ready?

Venue: Charles Pearson Theatre, Eastern Resource Centre

Presenters: Melissa Hathaway

The Internet supports the development of economic growth, drives innovation and the delivery of services. However, as connectivity has increased so too have security risks.

In this public lecture, Melissa Hathaway discusses need for cyber security and how Australia is placed to respond to this challenge.

Melissa Hathaway is visiting Australia as a guest of Cisco.

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How to Prepare for the QS World Grad School Tour

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Top 5 Things To Do At Walt Disney World Resort For Adults

Venue: Carrillo Gantner Theatre, Sidney Myer Asia Centre

Presenters: Emily Maguire, Professor Nancy Glass, Professor Kelsey Hegarty, Clementine Ford, Dr Anastasia Powell, Mark Oliver, Professor Cathy Humphreys

The potential of new and emerging technologies in the area of violence against women is increasingly becoming recognised by governments, researchers, and community organisations alike.

This public panel will discuss technology’s potential as a tool to help women seek safety, challenge and change gender attitudes, as well as its potential for harm.

The Melbourne research Alliance to End Violence against women and their children (MAEVe) is an interdisciplinary research alliance that draws together research and evaluation capacity from across the University, in partnership with community, industry and government agencies. Our aims are: to reduce harm and improve the safety and wellbeing of women, families and communities; increase accountability and improve responses to men; and prevent violence before it starts. Panelists include:

Clementine Ford, writer, broadcaster and public speaker
Professor Nancy Glass, Johns Hopkins University
Professor Cathy Humphreys, University of Melbourne
Emily Maguire, CEO, Domestic Violence Resource Centre Victoria
Mark Oliver, General Manager, Tigerspike
Dr Anastasia Powell, RMIT University

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Reinforcement Detailing: The Devil is in the Details

Venue: Theatre C1, Engineering Block C

Presenters: Mr John Woodside

Whilst engineers are immersed in the design of reinforced concrete right from their undergraduate days, little time is spent on teaching and instruction of the detailing aspects of reinforcement.

Part science, part art form, good clear reinforcement detailing is critical to both the performance of the structure and in reducing disputes during construction.

John Woodside has been a practicing Engineer for nearly fifty years and has worked throughout Australia and as well as in the United Kingdom and Kuwait.

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That moment when bedtime is a struggle. #TimeForVacay

Venue: Fritz Loewe Theatre, McCoy Building (Earth Sciences)

Presenters: Dave Schimel

One of the greatest uncertainties in climate predictions is how the natural uptake and release of carbon by the ocean and terrestrial biosphere will respond to climate change. There is a large range of modelled responses and few observations to test them. This talk will describe how new observations ranging from individual leaves to the globe are shedding new light on this problem.

Dave Schimel is the chief advisor on carbon cycle science at NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab. He has previously been director of the National Ecological Observing Network in the U.S. and the Max Planck Institut for Biogeochemistry in Germany.

This event will be followed by drinks and networking opportunities.

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Funchal (Madeira) Vacation Travel Video Guide

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Improve Your Brain Health

Venue: Auditorium, Kenneth Myer Building

Presenters: Professor Anthony Hannan

The Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health is ending the year on a high. While we are all born with a certain set of genes, every one of us can make the most of environmental factors to stay well for longer. In this presentation, Professor Anthony Hannan and a panel of experts will discuss how you can keep your brain healthy and in peak condition.

Professor Anthony Hannan is Head of Neural Plasticity at the Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health.

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Parkinson’s Disease in the Future: Through the Researcher’s Lens

Venue: Auditorium, Kenneth Myer Building

Presenters: Professor Malcolm Horne

A huge international effort is driving medical research into Parkinson’s disease. From stem cell therapies to gene therapy and deep brain stimulation – we explore the future.

Professor Malcolm Horne is a senior member of the Neurodegeneration laboratory at the Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health.

He also spends time as a consultant neurologist at St Vincent’s Hospital Fitzroy and is a Conjoint Professor, Centre for Neurosciences at the University of Melbourne.

Professor Horne’s clinical interests are in movement disorders, especially in Parkinson’s disease. His research interests relate to factors underlying the control of movement and in particular the biological basis underlying Parkinson’s disease.

Specifically, he has been studying how the nervous system repairs injured nerve cells and how these nerve cells are guided to their targets.

This will be Professor Horne’s final public lecture. We thank him so much for many years of wonderful public service.

This presentation is proudly sponsored by Parkinson's Victoria.

Parking: including many disabled spaces is available under the building with lift access to the foyer/auditorium.

Public Transport: Tram 19, Stop 11 heading away from the city to the Kenneth Myer Building (opposite Royal Melbourne Hospital).

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Recovery After Stroke: latest research from the Florey

Venue: Auditorium, Kenneth Myer Building

Presenters: Professor Julie Bernhardt

A stroke is a common and devastating event but Florey research is changing the way rehabilitation is practiced across the world. In this presentation, Professor Julie Bernhardt, discusses the effect of strokes and how life skills can be regained.

Professor Julie Bernhardt is the Head of the Stroke Division and Leader of the AVERT Early Intervention Research Program. She is a Senior Principal Research Fellow and clinician researcher. Working in a large multidisciplinary team of researchers, the focus of Julie’s group is the development and testing of new exercise and rehabilitation interventions that aim to reduce the burden of stroke related disability. Julie is Australia’s leading stroke rehabilitation trialist, recently completing the largest, international trial of early mobility based rehabilitation ever conducted (AVERT), which included over 2000 patients from five countries.

Julie is also Director of the NHMRC Centre of Research Excellence in Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery that outlines an interdisciplinary program of work from bench (discovery) to bedside (implementation). This program aims to transform how we do stroke recovery research in Australia. Julie is also committed to improving the retention of women in science and she founded the Women in Science Parkville Precinct collective impact initiative.

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Major Depression: an update on the latest research with a world leader in the field

Venue: Auditorium, Kenneth Myer Building

Presenters: Professor Patrick McGorry AO

Professor Patrick McGorry AO presents the latest research around depression.

Professor Patrick McGorry is the Executive Director of Orygen, Professor of Youth Mental Health at The University of Melbourne, and a Director of the Board of the National Youth Mental Health Foundation (headspace). He is a world-leading researcher in the area of early psychosis and youth mental health, and has a strong interest in promoting the mental health of the homeless, refugees and asylum seekers.

His work has played a critical role in the development of safe, effective treatments and innovative research into the needs of young people with emerging mental disorders, notably psychotic and severe mood disorders. He has also played a major part in the transformational reform of mental health services to better serve the needs of vulnerable young people.

Professor McGorry was a key architect of the headspace model and has been successful in advocating with colleagues for its national expansion. He has successfully advocated for the establishment of a national early psychosis programme based on the Early Psychosis Prevention and Intervention Centre model. He is frequently asked to advise on youth mental health policy both nationally and internationally.

Professor McGorry has published extensively in the specialist literature, and serves as Editor-in-Chief of Early Intervention in Psychiatry. He is a Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia, and the current President of the Society for Mental Health Research, and the President-Elect of the Schizophrenia International Research Society.

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What Causes Parkinson’s Disease?

Venue: Auditorium, Kenneth Myer Building

Presenters: Professor Malcolm Horne

Did you know that Parkinson’s disease occurs when nerve cells die in the brain? This causes the chemical dopamine to decline and has many other effects. In this presentation, Professor Malcolm Horne will discuss brain changes and possible symptoms.

Professor Malcolm Horne is a senior member of the Neurodegeneration laboratory at the Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health.

He also spends time as a consultant neurologist at St Vincent’s Hospital Fitzroy and is a Conjoint Professor, Centre for Neurosciences at the University of Melbourne.

Professor Horne’s clinical interests are in movement disorders, especially in Parkinson’s disease. His research interests relate to factors underlying the control of movement and in particular the biological basis underlying Parkinson’s disease.

Specifically, he has been studying how the nervous system repairs injured nerve cells and how these nerve cells are guided to their targets.

This presentation is proudly sponsored by Parkinson's Victoria.

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Alzheimer’s Disease: the latest research and a search for a cure

Venue: Auditorium, Kenneth Myer Building

Presenters: Professor Ashley Bush

In this presentation, Professor Ashley Bush will discuss the research he and his Oxidation Biology Unit are looking at with regards to how key proteins interact inappropriately with metals in the brain to cause oxidative stress in diseases including Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s. He will also present on their work to develop disease-modifying drugs for Alzheimer’s and Parkinson's diseases, as well as blood tests for the disorders.

Professor Ashley Bush is Chief Scientific Officer at the Cooperative Research Centre for Mental Health.

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That moment when gravity is a jerk. #TimeForVacay

Venue: B117 theatre, Melbourne School of Design. Building 133. The University of Melbourne, VIC 3010

Presenters: Associate Professor Holger Kehne

Folding space into space, Plasma draw landscapes into buildings, streets into facades, inside to outside. Transformative tectonics set spaces, planes and bodies into unforseen relationships that challenge discrete conditions, conventional topographies and spatial codes. An architecture of trajectory and momentum, which responds to the specificities of the local context and the possibilities of engagement.

Holger Kehne, co-founder and director of Plasma Studio, will illuminate through projects of a wide range of scales, types and locations; processes and techniques; and forge a tectonics of transformation, conductivity and complexity.

Replacing specificities of scale and type with that of context and affect, Plasma fuses architecture and landscape/urbanism to link the global, regional, urban and environmental systems and forces on the one hand, and the sphere of subjective, individual corporeal experience on the other. Plasma seeks to render visible some of the infinite pragmatic and poetic structures and, by extension, evoke a more active participatory environment.

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Troodos Ekklisies (Cyprus) Vacation Travel Video Guide

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Jungfraubahnen Part 1 (Switzerland) Vacation Travel Video Guide

Venue: B117 theatre, Melbourne School of Design. Building 133. The University of Melbourne, VIC 3010

Presenters: Associate Professor Holger Kehne

Folding space into space, Plasma draw landscapes into buildings, streets into facades, inside to outside. Transformative tectonics set spaces, planes and bodies into unforseen relationships that challenge discrete conditions, conventional topographies and spatial codes. An architecture of trajectory and momentum, which responds to the specificities of the local context and the possibilities of engagement.

Holger Kehne, co-founder and director of Plasma Studio, will illuminate through projects of a wide range of scales, types and locations; processes and techniques; and forge a tectonics of transformation, conductivity and complexity.

Replacing specificities of scale and type with that of context and affect, Plasma fuses architecture and landscape/urbanism to link the global, regional, urban and environmental systems and forces on the one hand, and the sphere of subjective, individual corporeal experience on the other. Plasma seeks to render visible some of the infinite pragmatic and poetic structures and, by extension, evoke a more active participatory environment.

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Jungfraubahnen Part 3 (Switzerland) Vacation Travel Video Guide

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Jungfraubahnen Part 4 (Switzerland) Vacation Travel Video Guide

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Jungfraubahnen Part 2 (Switzerland) Vacation Travel Video Guide

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What science tells us about the advantages of living a meaningful life

Venue: Q230, Room 230

Presenters: Associate Professor Michael Steger

Researchers have been busily at work for more than five decades studying the qualities of meaningful and fulfilling lives. Particularly in the past 15 years, sound and unambiguous research have revealed wide-ranging advantages to living a meaningful life. In this talk Dr Michael Steger touches on the highlights of this research and shares the most reliable and sometimes most surprising ways to add more meaning to your own life.

Associate Professor Michael Steger is Director, Laboratory for the Study of Meaning and Quality of Life, Colorado State University, USA. He has spent close to 15 years researching the factors that promote health, flourishing and wellbeing. His research on the benefits of finding meaning in one's life and work is internationally recognised.

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China's Slowing Growth and Implications for the Global Economy

Venue: Theatre 2, Old Geology

Presenters: Mr David Dollar

China’s stock market correction and currency devaluations have sent shock waves through global markets since last summer. President Xi Jinping on his recent visit to the US said that China’s growth slowdown was a normal development now that China has reached middle income and is re-balancing from an investment-led economy to one based more on innovation on the supply side and consumption on the demand side. Chinese leaders expect the economy to grow at 6.5 percent for the rest of this decade. But many analysts and investors around the world fear that the slowdown in China will be sharp and prolonged, with implications for other developing countries and advanced economies.

David Dollar will discuss the recent developments in the Chinese economy, the progress with economic reforms that could ease the transition, and different scenarios going forward.

David Dollar is a Visiting Fellow at the Lowy Institute, attached to the G20 Studies Centre in February 2016.

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Amalfi Coast Vacation Travel Guide | Expedia

Venue: B117 theatre, Melbourne School of Design. Building 133. The University of Melbourne, VIC 3010

Presenters: Associate Professor Holger Kehne

Folding space into space, Plasma draw landscapes into buildings, streets into facades, inside to outside. Transformative tectonics set spaces, planes and bodies into unforseen relationships that challenge discrete conditions, conventional topographies and spatial codes. An architecture of trajectory and momentum, which responds to the specificities of the local context and the possibilities of engagement.

Holger Kehne, co-founder and director of Plasma Studio, will illuminate through projects of a wide range of scales, types and locations; processes and techniques; and forge a tectonics of transformation, conductivity and complexity.

Replacing specificities of scale and type with that of context and affect, Plasma fuses architecture and landscape/urbanism to link the global, regional, urban and environmental systems and forces on the one hand, and the sphere of subjective, individual corporeal experience on the other. Plasma seeks to render visible some of the infinite pragmatic and poetic structures and, by extension, evoke a more active participatory environment.

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