About the Conference:
The 85th National Electric Energy Society of Australia (EESA) Conference and Exhibition will be held at one of Queensland's premier holiday destinations - the beautiful Gold Coast. This is an excellent opportunity to come to the Sunshine State and be a part of the longest running Electricity Energy Industry conference in Australia.
This year's conference – Electricity 2009 – Smart Grids, Smart Energy and Smart People again promises to create, nurture and foster ideas that will make our industry a leader in enabling a sustainable future and to be the most sought after for Australia's brightest engineers.
The industry is constantly advancing through the use of technology and such advancement requires communication, resources, skills development and leadership to guide us through a constant sea of change.
The conference will bring speakers and delegates together who are taking on this sea change and discuss the requirements and challenges to bring together Smart Grids, Smart Energy and Smart People.
On behalf of the EESA Queensland Chapter, I invite you to submit a abstract that will assist in developing a thought provoking program that is a "must attend" conference for 2009.
Regards
Greg Bartlett
Conference Convenor
85th EESA Conference and Exhibition
Who attends this conference?
The EESA conference bring together:
- Company Executives
- Government Department Regulators and Policy Makers
- Engineering managers
- Design, planning and maintenance Engineers
- Technical Staff
- Consultants and Contractors
- Manufacturers and Suppliers
- Purchasing decision makers
- Academics and Students (Doctorate, Masters and undergraduates)
Around 200 delegates are expected to attend the conference in Brisbane thus allowing you to present to a varied and interested group of industry peers.
abstract themes:
Electricity 2009 – Smart Grids, Smart Energy and Smart People is the conference theme and we have listed below bullet points for guidance in formulating your abstract submission.
Smart Grids:
- Automation and Smart Grid systems
- Asset management
- Smart grid planning, design and operation
- Information processing, software applications, systems integration, data management
- Ageing Assets and their modernisation
- Communication Technologies
- Intelligent monitoring for supply quality, reliability and restoration
- Enabling Distributed Generation
- Emerging Technologies
- Advanced Metering Infrastructure
Smart Energy:
- Distributed Generation
- Renewables – What resources are available and how can we make best use of these
- Emission Trading Scheme – The effectiveness and the efficiencies of the scheme
- System security and network management issues
- Demand Side Management
- Smart Metering
- Ensuring safety to people
Smart People:
- Appropriate organisations, people and processes – Enterprise Level Integration
- Enabling regulation policies
- Strategic planning and design
- Young Engineers - Maintaining our youth within the Engineering sector
- Post Graduate Training – What's on offer? What are the steps?
- Careers – Vision; Transitions; Reflections; Retrenchments; and Redirections
- Skills Shortage – Shoring up the balance
- Productivity Management - Creating a flexible workforce; multi-skilling; multi tasking
- Innovative Employment Strategies
- Management Safety with new technologies
How to submit a abstract?
To submit an abstract for consideration, please complete the online form here by no later than Friday 13 March 2009
Please note the following guidelines:
- Submitted abstracts should be no more than 250 words
- abstracts should address only one of the themes identified above and focus on a successful project or best practice example
- A biography of the speaker must be included in your submission and the biography should include reference to your experience with the sector
If you wish to submit more than one abstract, please complete a separate form for each summary.
Please note, all submissions will receive a note from the conference organisers that their abstract has been received. If submission happens via the website, the advice is automatic. If you fax or mail you submission, the advice is done manually. Should you not receive correspondence from the conference organisers, please call to confirm your abstract has been submitted.
Key dates
Privacy
As a provider of event management services, I AM Events receives your personal details and provides them to EESA in order to register you to attend the conference.
Some of the personal information on this form is stored in our database so that we can send you further information about the conference on behalf of EESA. Only authorised personnel can access the database.
In addition your abstract and biography will be published on the conference website and in printed conference materials. Your consent is requested on the call for abstract application.
In addition, your final presentation may be loaded to the conference memory stick for all delegates to view after the conference.
Speakers prep room
To assist with your preparation for the conference, a room will be provided for all presenters to view and amend your presentation while at the conference.
Please report to this room during the course of the conference, to double check your presentation and audio needs.
This room will be staffed by an Audio Visual Technician.
