Past Lectures and Forums

A public forum by Timothy Horton - Commissioner for Integrated Design - Department of the Premier and Cabinet

Cities that Work - places to live, work and thrive in

Since 2010, South Australia has been the test site for a new model of design-led planning for Australia's urban centres involving all spheres of government in a unique partnership.

This model is a prototype for integrated decision making - one that combines community values & aspirations with the priorities of national, state and local government; informed by evidence and tested through design.

Outcomes and recommendations are to be further tested in a public exhibition from 15-26 October, with a final Strategy document to be finalised at the end of 2012.

Date: Wednesday 7th November 2012
Venue: Radford Room, Art Gallery of South Australia

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Manufacturing the Future - Design Implications of New Manufacturing Methods? by Dr Zoz Brooks

Zoz's research focuses on engineering strategies for improving human-robot communication, based on work undertaken at the MIT Media Laboratory's Robotic Life Group. Besides human-robot interaction he maintains wide research interests in rapid prototyping and computer-controlled fabrication techniques.
He co-hosted the internationally broadcast Discovery Channel television show Prototype This!, in which a small team of engineers was tasked with creating technically challenging, never-before-seen prototypes in a time span of two weeks.

Date: Wednesday 24th October 2012
Venue: Radford Room, Art Gallery of South Australia

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A presentation by Dr Peter Brain -
Executive Director of the National Institute of Economic and Industry Research

Mining Uncertainty -

• Where to now for the resources boom?
• How can the local benefits of mining be maximised?

Peter Brain is one of Australia's most experienced econometric model builders, having built trade, energy, State and regional models in Australia and overseas. He is Executive Director of the National Institute of Economic and Industry Research.

Date: Wednesday 10th October 2012
Venue: Radford Room, Art Gallery of South Australia 

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Dr Clyde Hertzman: Investing in our children, investing in our future proudly presented by The Don Dunstan Foundation and the Australian Centre for Workplace Innovation and Social Research - Tuesday 27th September

HELP: http://www.earlylearning.ubc.ca/

When: Tuesday 27th September at 10:30am
Venue: The Banquet Room, Adelaide Festival Centre

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WISeR Attracting and Retaining Older Workers Health and Aged Care Forum - Monday, 2 June 2011

The early adoption of strategies to attract and retain older workers is a key challenge for the health and aged care sector in South Australia.

Panelists include:

• Jane Mussared, General Manager, Innovation and Development, Aged Care and Housing Group (Power Point Presentation)

• Etienne Scheepers, Executive Director, Workforce Division, South Australia Health,

• Katrine Hildyard, Branch Secretary, Australian Services Union,

• Carol Mohan, Project Officer, Aged and Community Services, SA & NT Inc. (Power Point Presentation)

WISeR Attracting and Retaining Older Workers Education Forum - Thursday, 27 June 2011

The early adoption of strategies to attract and retain older workers is a key challenge for the education sector in South Australia.

Panelists include:

• Raymond Garrand, Chief Executive, Department of Further Education, Employment, Science and Technology (Power Point Presentation)

• Kathy Harrington, National Tertiary Education Union,

• Phil O'Loughlin, Executive Director, HR, Workplace Development (Presentation)

• Correna Haythorpe, President, Australian Education Union - SA

WISeR Seminar Series: Public Sector Alternatives to Public Private Partnerships - Wednesday, 14 April 2010. Dexter Whitfield, Director of the European Services Strategy Unit, talked about his latest book Global Auction of Public Assets: Public Sector Alternatives to the Infrastructure Market & Public Private Partnerships.

A presentation by Professor John Quiggin, Beyond the Economic Crisis: Alternatives to Market Liberalism, was held on Wednesday 30th September 2009 at 12.15pm to 1.45pm. 

Download a copy of the presentation 'Beyond the Economic Crisis: Alternatives to Neoliberalism'.

A presentation by economist Dr Jim Stanford, 'Beyond the Economic Crisis: How the Economic System Can Be Changed', was held on the 19th August 2009.

Download a copy of the presentation 'Reclaiming Economics: How the Labor & Left Movements Can Learn to Use Economics For Us, Instead of Against Us'. 

The Research Seminar 'The Ageing Workforce' was held on the 6th May 2009 at the Sebel Playford. Associate Professor John Spoehr and Mr Eric Parnis from WISeR presented 'South Australia - Workforce Ageing and the Workplace'.

Download a copy of the presentation 'South Australia - Workforce Ageing and the Workplace'.

The WISeR Seminar by Professor Roy Green, 'After the Reviews: Building Innovative Capability in Organisations', was held on the 14th October 2008 at the University of Adelaide.

For a copy of the presentation visit South Australian Policy Online.