South East Queensland's Transport System in the Peak Oil and Climate Change Era

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!