NZ Chapter

Back in May The Society received an invitation from The North American Illuminating Engineering Society (IESNA) to attend a one-day Global Lighting Summit that would coincide with their 2018 Annual Conference and all the side line events that go along with it.  The Global Lighting Summit aimed to put lighting organisations from all over the world in the same room to create an international group of societies who are able to have contact, share information and otherwise support each other’s activities as a truly international society.

We had also been discussing our co-operation with the IESNA actively for some time now and I felt it was time for a face to face meeting to help secure our relationship moving forward.  Gaining access to IESNA resources including awards programs, research, speakers, and the like would be an amazing way to gain recognition for our members on an international stage and increase the growth of our society in both Australia and New Zealand.

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IESANZ is proud to announce the first of our on-going webinar series which will be available to all IESANZ member free of change and all non-member for a small fee.

Our first webinar will be delivered live from AIA Auditorium, 70 Merivale Street, South Brisbane and I encourage all Queensland member to attend to engage in the conversation.  For all other members our new webinar system will allow you to log in live and engage in the conversation from your office or home.  The event will also be recorded and accessible for all members on our website shortly after the event.
 

Where:  Online or onsite at AIA Auditorium, 70 Merivale Street, South Brisbane
When:  Thursday, 25th October 2018 - 12 noon

Healthy Lighting – Where are we now?

“Healthy lighting” is getting considerable attention in the lighting community and beyond, but do we really know what healthy lighting is? This talk will explore how we might think about healthy lighting, present existing research on how light can affect human health and wellbeing, and consider limits to our current knowledge.
 
Dr Alicia Allan is a postdoctoral research fellow at QUT, with a background in psychology. Her research investigates both the psychological and physiological effect of environmental light on humans.
 

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For all other enquiries please contact secretariat@iesanz.org

Despite the Construction, Infrastructure and Engineering industries dominating Australia's economy, there is a lack of female representation in executive, leadership and technical roles. Ambitious women trying to reach the top must equip themselves with new skills and tools to take the next step in their leadership career.  

The Women in Construction, Infrastructure and Engineering Leadership Summit offers the platform for taking this crucial career step. The summit will provide women with the capabilities to advance their career, voice their value and overcome the obstacles faced on the journey into executive leadership roles.

Make the most of this unmissable opportunity and secure your organisation's place in a progressive wave of industry transformation.  
 
Explore:

• Develop confidence and resilience
• Build better professional relationships
• Strengthen skills to achieve your best
• Position yourself for promotions 

Liquid Learning is excited to offer a 10% discount to IES subscribers. Use booking code Q1.
 

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2018 Gwenyth Ewens Memorial Bursary Invitation closes at midnight (AWST) this Sunday, 30th September 2018.

The Bursary provides a contribution towards the expenses of a member to participate in an educational or research-based professional development activity in lighting.  

Subject to an application being recommended to the Board of IESANZ Ltd by the Bursary Selection Panel an announcement of the recipient of the Bursary will be made on Thursday, 1st November 2018.

Click here for more details.

Offering a wide range of developments in sustainable, smart, urban, street, public and outdoor connected lighting, the Australian Smart Lighting Summit returns for its 6th year. This is Australia’s largest event of its kind, attracting over 250 delegates annually. The event will bring together over 30 senior-level speakers to provide local and global smart lighting key insights and developments.

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Smart City Expo is organising the 5th Annual Smart City Expo with the collaboration of the Australian Government on the theme of Smart City and Internet of Things (IoT) from 3rd-4th September 2018 at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre, Melbourne, Australia.
The details of the event can be found at: www.SmartCityExpo.com.au

It's worth mentioning that we are now offering booths for startups at just $700AUD instead of $2000AUD. It will be your greatest opportunity to increase sales as we are having Government High Officials and Executives From Multi-National companies. Be there to open up new doors of success for your business.

SPEAKERS FOR SMART CITY EXPO SEPTEMBER 2018:

- The Hon. David Davis, MP, Shadow Minister for Public Transport and Planning, Victoria, Australia
- The Hon. Pat Conroy MP,  Shadow Assistant Minister for Infrastructure, Climate Change & Energy, Australia
- The Hon. David Southwick, Shadow Minister for Innovation, Energy and Resources and Renewables, Victoria, Australia
- Jackie Watts, Councillor, City of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
- Craig Chung, Councillor, City of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
- Declan Clausen, Deputy Lord Mayor, The City of Newcastle, Australia
- Cr Ben Moroney, Councillor, Campbelltown City Council, Australia
- Mayor Albert Jacob, Mayor, City of Joondalup, Perth, Australia
- Sara Stace, Manager Strategic Transport, Waverley Council, Sydney, Australia
- Dr. David Soldani, Chief Technology Officer (CTO), Huawei, Sydney, Australia
- Matthew Jones, Director of Channel Management, Leadsun Australia, Melbourne, Australia
- John Marinopoulos, Partner, Infrastructure and Urban Renewal, PwC, Melbourne, Australia
- Bob Sharon, Founder & Chief Innovation Officer, Blue IoT, Australia
- Erik van Vulpen, Manager Centre for Technology Infusion, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Abbas Rajabifard, Professor and Head, Department of Infrastructure Engineering, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia

We genuinely hope that you will join us. Looking forward to enjoy a great day with you. Kindly confirm your participation as soon as possible as we are very near to the event.

To contact Smart City Expo, please click here.

Women & Leadership Australia (WLA) is administering a national initiative to support the development of female leaders across Australia’s engineering sector. The initiative is providing women working in the sector with grants to enable participation in a range of leadership development programs. 
The leadership development programs are part-time and delivered nationally via WLA’s blended learning model. Scholarship funding is strictly limited and will be awarded based on a set of selection criteria being met.

Funding must be apportioned by the end of September and it is unsure when these grants will be available again. Find out more and register your interest by completing the Expression of Interest form prior to 5pm on the 21st of September: https://www.wla.edu.au/consteng.html

IES: The Lighting Society invites members to apply for the Gwenyth Ewens Memorial Bursary. Gwenyth, a strong advocate of the IES and education and research, bequeathed a sum of money to the IES from which the earnings support the bursary (see attached for more information on Gwenyth Ewens). The bursary is to provide a contribution towards the expenses of a member participating in an educational or research based professional development activity in lighting.

Bursary Application

Recently our CEO Kirsty Kelly was a guest of the Australia Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI) at their Brisbane networking lunch with Minister for Urban Infrastructure and Cities, The Hon Paul Fletcher MP.

In speaking to the gathered crowd of some 50 CEO’s across the association sector and industry, the Minister highlighted the Government’s commitment to major infrastructure and continued population growth. Touching briefly on the quality of the built environment, he acknowledged to importance of creating great urban areas and the necessary supporting public infrastructure and community facilities to accommodate a growing population.  

It is pleasing to see IES on the advocacy and political radar, with an invitation to this gathering, which included several former State and Federal Ministers, and the former state Premier.

August 2018