The 5th Civil Engineering Conference in the Asian Region (CECAR5) and Australasian Structural Engineering Conference 2010 (ASEC 2010) will be held in Sydney 8-12 Aug. Inquiries: www.cecar5.com.
The 86th National EESA Conference and Trade Exhibition will be held in Sydney 1-3 Sep. Inquiries: www.eesa.asn.au/events.
The Biennial Conference on Railway Engineering CORE 2010 – Rail – Rejuvenation & Renaissance, organised by the Railway Technical Society of Australasia, will be held in Wellington, New Zealand, on 12-15 Sep. Inquiries: www.core2010.org.nz.
The ICAS 2010 – 27th Congress of the International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences will be held in Nice, France, on 19-24 Sep. Inquiries: Prof Murray L Scott 03 9676 4924, fax 03 9676 4999, email m.scott@crc-acs.com.au, web www.icas.org.
Chemeca 2010 will be held in Adelaide 26-29 Sep. Inquiries: www.chemeca2010.com.
A conference on Practical Responses to Climate Change 2010 will be hosted by the National Committee on Water Engineering in Melbourne 29 Sep to 1 Oct. Inquiries: www.climatechange2010.org.
The 17th Asia Pacific Software Engineering Conference will be held in Sydney 30 Nov to 3 Dec. Inquiries: www.apsec2010.com. The deadline for submission of abstracts is 6 August.
The Engineering and Physical Sciences in Medicine and the Australian Biomedical Engineering Conference will be held in Melbourne 5-9 Dec. Inquiries: www.epsmabec2010.org. The deadline for submission of abstracts is 23 July.
The 19th Australian Institute of Physics Congress incorporating the 35th Australian Conference on Optical Fibre Technology (AIP/ACOFT 2010) will be held in Melbourne on 5-9 December. Inquiries: www.aip2010.org.au.
The National Committee on Applied Mechanics of Engineers Australia is hosting the 6th Australasian Congress on Applied Mechanics in Perth 12-15 Dec. Inquiries: www.acam6.org.
The 14th Australasian Tunnelling Conference will be held in Auckland, NZ, on 8-9 March 2011. Inquiries: www.atstunnellingconference2011.com.
The IAHR 34th Biennial Congress including the 33rd Hydrology and Water Resources Symposium and the 10th National Conference on Hydraulics in Water Engineering will be held in Brisbane 26 Jun to 1 Jul 2011. Inquiries: www.iahr2011.org.
The 15th International Conference for Women Engineers and Scientists will be hosted by Engineers Australia's National Committee for Women in Engineering and the International Network for Women Engineers and Scientists in Adelaide 19-22 Jul 2011. Inquiries: www.icwes15.org. The deadline for submission of abstracts is 1 December 2010.
Other events
The Australian Stainless Steel Development Association is holding a half day industry workshop on the use of stainless steel in marine infrastructure at Engineers Australia’s Northern Division in Darwin on 21 Jul from 8.30am.
A special seminar on construction excellence will be held in Melbourne 27 Jul. For further details and registration, contact nationalevents@engineersaustralia.org.au.
Engineers Australia is running an Eminent Speaker Tour featuring Chris Dann, the 2009 Civil Engineer of the Year. He will speak on Building a Dam – Value through Innovation. The remaining presentations will be held on 21 Jul in Hobart, 22 Jul in Adelaide, 28 Jul in Darwin, 17 Aug on the Sunshine Coast. For details go to www.engineersaustralia.org.au/eminentspeaker/.
The Concrete Institute of Australia is running a seminar series on Serviceability: Design for Deflection and Crack Control, presented by Professor Ian Gilbert. The seminars are supported by Engineers Australia. The remaining seminars will be held in Brisbane 21 Jul and Melbourne 26 Jul. Registration can be done at https://events.concreteinstitute.com.au/nat10service/.
A four-day training course with a strong practical bias for engineers involved with the Design or maintenance of high capacity belt conveyor systems for the mining or related industries will be held on 26-29 Jul in Perth (www.bmhtraining.com.au).
The Institution of Structural Engineers, Australian Division (SA Branch), in conjunction with the Structural Branch, Engineers Australia, South Australia Division, and the Concrete Institute of Australia, South Australian Branch, is presenting a seminar on Fire engineering for structures and a brief overview of the Eurocodes. The seminar will be held on 4 August in Adelaide. It will also be live streamed. To access the live stream, follow the links from the home page of the Engineers Australia website (www.engineersaustralia.org.au) on 4 August at 6pm SA time (6.30pm EST). To register for the presentation click here.
Seminars on Introduction to precast for structural engineers will be held in Brisbane 20 Aug, Perth 20 Oct, and Hobart 7 Dec. Inquiries: Rachel Parsons at National Precast, phone 08 8178 0255, email admin@npcaa.com.au.
A one-day forum titled WoodSolutions 2010 will present a new look at timber as a structural material. It will be held in Sydney on 7 Sep, Melbourne on 9 Sep and Brisbane on 15 Sep. For further information and to register, go to www.woodsolutions2010.com.au. Engineers Australia members can attend at the special rate of $495 or early bird until 12 August of $395. This is $300 off the non-member rate.
RedR Australia is running two courses preparing engineers and logisticians for working in disaster areas. The courses are Humanitarian Logistics in Emergencies on 5–10 Sep and Water, Sanitation & Hygiene in Emergencies on 4–10 Oct. Both courses will be held in Dookie, Victoria. For more information click here.
The Electromagnetic Compatibility Society of Australia in conjunction with the IEEE EMC Society Victorian Chapter will hold its 9th Annual Symposium on EMC in Melbourne on 8-10 Sep. Full details are on www.emcsa.org.au.
The 2010 World Congress and Exhibition, organised on behalf of the World Federation of Engineering Organisation, will be held on 17-20 Oct in Buenos Aires. For more information go to www.ingenieria2010.com.ar.
The 14th Australian International Aerospace Congress will be held in Melbourne on 28 Feb - 3 Mar 2011. It incorporates the 14th Australian Aeronautical Conference, the 7th DSTO International Conference on Health & Usage Monitoring (HUMS2011) and the 3rd Asia-Pacific International Symposium on Aerospace Technology (APISAT 2011).
The 2011 World Engineers' Convention will be held on 4-9 Sep 2011 in Geneva, Switzerland. Titled "Engineers power the world - Facing the global energy challenge", the convention seeks to encourage innovative engineering aimed at solving the problem of globally sustainable use of energy. For more information go to www.wec2011.org or contact info@wec2011.org.
