NZ Chapter

Sadly, I have tendered my resignation as a Board Director to President Trent Dutton and CEO Kirsty Kelly. I cannot unfortunately provide the level of commitment or service that is required from an IES Board member. It is something that I have deliberated over for the past month or so as there have been a number of matters that have arisen, which I need to attend to. 

This means that something had to give and it is unfortunately my commitment to the IES through the Board and the CMC. I have wound back my involvement with the local Chapter, having handed over all responsibilities in a transition over the last couple of weeks that will culminate at the Annual Chapter Meeting in July.

Thank you for the opportunity to be part of the Board, albeit briefly. I know the Society is in good hands and has a direction at last that has been lacking for many years because of the commitment and foresight of the present Board members. After involvement at the CMC level in Adelaide over a 20 year period, I need to step away and attend to these personal matters, together with the demands of work.

I wish the Board every success in guiding the Society. As I said, it is in good hands with good people making the decisions, and the Chapters can now at last see the benefits of the work of the Board in recent times.

All the Best

Mick Reidy MIES

The National Construction Code

Section J6 - webinar available. 

Please join us for an IESANZ technical meeting covering the 2019 release of The National Construction Code Section J6.

Hear from the IESANZ Technical Director - Scott Forbes and Australian Building Codes Board Senior Project Officer - Michael Dodd on the impact of changes to this document on lighting professionals. On behalf of IESANZ Members, we have been actively involved in the review of this Code and have worked closely and constructively with the ABCB. The presentation will be followed by an opportunity to have all your questions answered.

Please Note: The Perth event will be providing in a live webinar format for viewing and interaction for anywhere.

Click here to Register for Perth Webinar

on the 29th May at 5pm Perth time, 7pm East Coast or 6:30pm in South Australia.

Free for IESANZ members and it will attract 1 IESANZ CPD Point.

Hosted at the AusIndustry office in your local capital city. Seats are strictly limited so please get in quick to secure you spot.

Sydney SOLD OUT

For more information click here

Highly respected and long standing member of the IESANZ was recently elevated to the standing of Life Fellow. 

Trevor is a qualified lighting design specialist with a broad and comprehensive background in energy auditing, electrical wiring design and in particular industrial and commercial lighting design and application. He is an award winning member of ‘IES:The Lighting Society’ Australia and New Zealand, and a Past President of the IES. Trevor has numerous publications to compliment his achievements in both industrial and commercial lighting design / application in his role as the Head of Technical Development. He is a member of the LG1 AS/NZ Standards committee (Interior Lighting) and represents the IES on many environmental and technology committees within the electrical industry. Trevor also lectures in lighting design at RMIT, which has cemented his reputation as one of the foremost lighting advisers in Australia.

Read more about Trevor's career and contribution to the field of Lighting here..

Notice is hereby given that the Annual General Meeting of IES: The Lighting Society will be held at 6:30pm on Thursday, 22nd November 2018 at JHA Consulting Engineers, 23/101 Miller St, North Sydney NSW 2060.

Meeting Documents include:

• Notice of 2018 AGM and Agenda
• 2017/18 AGM Minutes
• Special Resolution documentation
• Proxy Form
• IESANZ Ltd Annual Report
• Audited financial accounts for the 2017/18

After the Annual General Meeting, a technical meeting will take place at the same venue.

Should you have any questions, please contact the secretariat@iesanz.org.

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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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.

This Webinar conducted on 25 October is now available for viewing.

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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.
 

Register Now

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.

Find out more

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