South East Queensland's Transport System in the Peak Oil and Climate Change Era
Posted by Phil Hart on May 7, 2009 - 8:07am in The Oil Drum: Australia/New Zealand
Thanks to brisvegas for letting us know that Engineers Australia are hosting an event in Brisbane on 19 May:
South East Queensland's Transport System in the Peak Oil and Climate Change Era
http://qld.engineersaustralia.org.au/jetspeed/static/events/10960/200905...
The keynote speaker is Peter Newman and the venue has been organised specifically to maximise public attendance.
Here are some of the other topics and speakers:
* Professor Peter Newman, Professor of Sustainability, Curtin University. Member of the Infrastructure Australia Advisory Council. Co-author of Resilient Cities: Responding to Peak Oil and Climate Change. Watch Professor Newman discussing peak oil here. A recent speech can be downloaded here.
* Stuart McCarthy, ASPO-Australia. Watch Stuart speaking about the implications of peak oil for South East Queensland transport and infrastructure here.
* Tristan Peach, Community Action for Sustainable Transport. Watch Tristan speaking about an alternative transport plan for Brisbane here.
* Senior officials from Queensland Transport, Brisbane City Council and Queensland Rail.
Hi All,
I'm planning on being there, who else can I expect to see?
Cheers, Justin.
I had already had something planned for that night with the Other Half...
We're negotiating. :D
Good luck with that!