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Climate Change @ Work Brisbane

Conference

Climate Change @ Work Brisbane

Date: 4th Aug 2010
Time: 09:00am - 05:00pm
Venue: The Ship Inn Function Room, Griffith Graduate Centre, Southbank, Brisbane

Full Day: $300.00 (inc GST)
Early Bird Full Day: $250.00 (inc GST)

The Workplace Research Centre is bringing Climate Change @ Work to Brisbane for the second year following the success of last year's conference. The conference is run in partnership with the Asia Pacific Centre for Sustainable Enterprise, Griffith University and Ken Hickson, Director, ABC Carbon and will take place on the 4th of August at the Ship Inn Function Room, Griffith Graduate Centre, Southbank, Brisbane.
 
The Climate Change @ Work Conference will provide an insight into the latest green business solutions and carbon emissions mitigation practices in the workplace as well as providing and update on green policy, green jobs and green workforce development in Australia.
 
The conference gives you the opportunity to meet with inspiring environmental business leaders and to hear the latest workplace sustainability research. New to this year's program will be 'Workplace Sustainability initiatives in the Tourism Industry'. The day will also include a valuable insight into sustainable leadership in the workplace with presentations by Accenture Australia and Hewlett Packard.
 
The interactive seminar style format of last year's conference will be repeated to encourage debate and participation amongst attendees. To register for the conference click 'Register for this Event'. 
 
Speakers include:

Empowering Sustainability in the Workplace

  • Professor Ian Lowe, President, Australian Conservation Foundation
The Future of environmental policy in Queensland
  • Matthew Skoien, Senior Director, Office of Climate Change, Department of Environment and Resource Management

Environmental Leadership in the Workplace

  • Dr. Sally Russell, Lecturer in Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management,Griffith University
  • Accenture Australia
  • HP Imaging and Printing Group, South Pacific

Workplace Sustainability Initiatives in the Tourism Industry

  • Dr. David Weaver, Professor of Tourism Research, Centre for Tourism, Sport and Service Innovation Research, Griffith University

  • Stewart Moore,CEO, EC3 Global

Skills for Sustainability in Australia

  • Serena Yu, Senior Research Analyst, Workplace Research Centre, University of Sydney
  • Dr. Georgina Davis, Renewable Energy Skills Strategy & Workforce Plan, Energy Skills Queensland.

Green Ventures, a sustainability showcase

  • Ken Hickson, Director,ABC Carbon
 

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