Staff notices

Cheryl Bell
Learning for the Professions
A Seminar given by visiting speakers:
Professor Lars Owe Dahlgren & madeleine Albrandt Dahlgren, from Linkoping University, Sweden

They will present experiences from a research program on the transition from higher education to work life.

In this presentation they will apply the model to one case study from each of the research projects, and in turn use these case studies to illuminate the model.

Time: 12.30pm-2pm, Wednesday 10 December 2008

Venue: UTS, Building 10, Level 3, Room 330-g

RSVP: 8 December to cheryl.bell@uts.edu.au
Further information: http://www.education.uts.edu.au/research2/projects/ltipp.html
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Izanda Ford
Last chance to have your say
This is your last chance to grab yourself some FREE movie tickets. Let U: magazine know what you think and you could WIN a trip to the cinema.

Tell us what you like, what you don’t, and what you want to know more about. The online survey is quick, easy and anonymous. And, by sharing your opinion, you could win one of five double movie passes.

Tell us what you think. We’re listening to U:
http://surveys.uts.edu.au/engine/logon.cfm?InstanceId=4283
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Elyssebeth Leigh
Experiential Learning Conference
Attention all Learning Practitioners, Facilitators and Change Agents

Never has there been a time when experience-based learning was needed more. The demands of the new millennium go beyond competency to challenge facilitators to deliver learning that is integrated, contextual, sustainable, engaging and holistic.

Come to the 11th International Conference on Experiential Learning (ICEL) at University of Technology Sydney
(UTS) from December 8-12th.

ICEL is a truly international conference held every 2 years in different places around the world. ICEL was last held in Australia in 1989. The 2008 conference theme is ’The Identity of Experience’. The theme focuses on current and future challenges for experiential learning. These challenges are: a) integration b) difference c) investigation d) application.

The 5 days of the conference includes:
· 9 keynotes from the world’s leading experts in experiential learning
· 130 papers, workshops and posters delivered experientially by experts from 24 countries
· an afternoon of arranged field visits to see experiential learning in different local contexts
· Social events including an international food fair, playback theatre, cultural evening/conference dinner and
a yum-cha lunch in Chinatown
· Networking with delegates and experiential learning practitioners from 26 countries from around the world

Keynote Speakers:
· David Boud (University of Technology Sydney Australia)
· Tara Fenwick (University of British Columbia Canada)
Symposium keynote speakers and keynote contributors:
· Colin Beard from the UK (author of Experiential Learning: A Best Practice Handbook for Trainers and Educators)
· Hilary Armstrong (Director of Training and Research at Institute of Executive Coaching Sydney)
· Paul McKey (Director Redbean Learning Solutions and international authority on learning and professional development with a special focus on new technologies and learning)
· Jennifer Newman, (Wiradjuri woman and lecturer at UTS in Aboriginal Studies and Adult Education)

Keynote contributors:
· Yoshimi and Jon Brett (Designers and developers of TetraMap)
· Tony McGarn (International consultant on outbound –outdoors learning)
Papers, workshops, posters, field visits:
· More than 130 papers, workshops and posters by experts/practitioners from 24 countries. Look at the
program on:
http://www.education.uts.edu.au/icel/program.html

Ways to participate in ICEL:
· Register online as a conference delegate all 5 days $895
· Student/concession $500
· UTS students special offer (see registration page)
· Register by the day for $220
Don’t miss ICEL - a once in 20 year opportunity.
Register now: http://www.education.uts.edu.au/icel/register.html
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Chrissa Favaloro
UTS:Alumni temporarily relocating to Level 5
The UTS:Alumni Relations Office is moving to Level 5 in the UTS Tower Building from Friday 5 December. The Office will be closed tomorrow but will re-open on Monday and you are welcome to visit us in our new space in the Student Administration Unit (the entrance will be signposted).

The current UTS:Alumni office on Level 7 is being renovated to make room for the new Development team. The renovation is expected to conclude in February/March.

Contact details for the Alumni Relations Office - telephone, fax and email - will remain the same. If you have any queries, please call (02) 9514 9861.
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Richard Raban
Invitation for mInteract Workshop
You are invited to take advantage of new and greatly improved mInteract that facilitates classroom interactions without the burden of setting up a specialised infrastructure usually required by other technologies such as the clickers.

mInteract is a free Web-enabled service available to all UTS staff.

In recognition that incorporating any new technology into teaching and learning is challenging and time consuming, the mInteract workshop will give you an opportunity to become familiar with the tool and discuss its possible applications in your teaching. It will take place

Time: 3pm to 5pm
Date: Monday Dec 8
Place: CB10.03.290 (the FEIT Boardroom).

To register for the mInteract workshop please go to http://mi.it.uts.edu.au, use Activation Code 7041 and follow the prompts.

In case you cannot attend this workshop, still register your interest using the registration Web site. If you have any questions or queries please contact Richard (richard@it.uts.edu.au).

To see how students provide responses to a classroom activity, using any Internet-enabled device (mobile, PDA, laptop, desktop, etc) go to
http://mi.it.uts.edu.au
enter Activation Code 8530 and make your choice. Try to provide the response using a mobile phone, a PDA, an iPod or any other wireless device.

To see how the results will be presented to you, go to
http://mi.it.uts.edu.au/result.php?sessionId=3
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Marea Martlew
Climate Change Forum Wed 10th Dec 4pm
The Plant Functional Biology and Climate Change Cluster (C3) is holding a forum for UTS staff and students interested in isuues surrounding climate change. Drinks and nibbles provided. For full details
http://www.science.uts.edu.au/c3/ClimateChangeForumHostedbyC3Invite.pdf
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Claire Moore
China Research Centre Public Lecture: Dai Qing
Dai Qing on "Mao’s Courteous Reception of and Stern Punishment on Philosophers: the Myth of Zhang Dongsun as a US Spy"

As a May fourth veteran, well known philosopher, key theoretician of the ’Third Force’, and a close friend of the CCP’s who played a key role in negotiating the ’peaceful liberation’ of Beijing for the PLA, Professor Zhang Dongsun (1886-1973) was branded a ’US spy’ and put under house arrest in 1951, before being formally jailed in 1968 and dying in prison in 1973. Using exhaustive evidence, and her recently published book, Dai Qing will prove that Zhang was not a ’US spy’, but rather a victim of Mao’s power games.

Dai Qing is a prominent writer and journalist, well known for her courage and dissenting views. An adopted daughter of Marshal Ye Jianying, Dai Qing was jailed as a "rebel elite" in 1989 for her association with the student demonstrations. Following her release from prison Dai Qing continues her fight for truth and justice with ever growing vigour. She has won several prestigious international awards for her writing. Dai Qing’s major publications include ’Wang Shiwei and Wild Lilies’, ’Chu Anping and the Party-State’, ’Yangtze! Yangtze: Controversies around the Three Gorges Dam’, ’My Years in Qincheng Prison’, and ’Four Fathers of Mine’.

When: Thursday 11 December 2008
Drinks from 5.30pm for a 6.00pm start
All Welcome
Where: Blackfriars Campus
For more information and to RSVP visit http://www.china.uts.edu.au
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Chris Davis
Sustainability
UTS staff who would like to be part of a network on sustainability, please send an email to Chris.Davis@uts.edu.au, and put the word, ’Sustainability’ in the subject line. Chris will keep members of the network in touch with one another and track activities, as well as pursuing business opportunities for UTS’s sustainability skills.
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Rei Wee
Important Year End Procedures - UTS Corporate card
In order to ensure year end accounts are accurate, staff are required to urgently acquit outstanding credit card transactions no later than 15th of December. Expense report confirmation page and associated tax invoices/receipts are to be sent to FSU (either in the green envelop or marked "iExpenses" on the regular envelope).

For any previously submitted reports that has a status of "Pending Payables Approval", please forward to FSU a copy of the expense report and tax invoice.

Balance records have been forwarded to the appropriate Finance Officers within the Faculties/Divisions and FSU asks that all staff comply with the VC’s directive regarding acquittal timeliness and procedures.
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Angela Ball
The Scholarly and Public Quality of Research
Reminder: UTS Library Seminar, RSVP due today.

The Scholarly and Public Quality of Research: Why Open Access Matters

The UTS Library in conjunction with the Academic Board presents "The Scholarly and Public Quality of Research: Why Open Access Matters", with guest speaker Professor John Willinsky.

Professor Willinsky is a Canadian educator, activist, and author. He will speak about the scholarly and public quality issues associated with open access publishing as a second-generation approach to the new age of accessibility and networking.

All are welcome.

Date:
Monday 8 December 2008
9.45am - 12.00pm (light lunch)

Venue:
Lecture Room 4G, Blake Library,
UTS Library, Haymarket

RSVP: TODAY
Wednesday 3 December 2008 to library-admin@lib.uts.edu.au

For more information: http://www.lib.uts.edu.au/news/articles/7505
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Mary Seeto
Reminder for Year End close -Accounts Receivable
Mary Seeto

Reminder for Year-End Close – Accounts Receivable

Accounts Receivable - 2008 End of Year Deadlines

Please be advised that the current financial year ends on 31 December 2008.

To ensure that your invoice/invoice request is reflected in the 2008 Statutory Accounts, we request that all documents be sent to Accounts Receivable by Monday 15 December 2008.

If the transaction relates to 2009 income, it must be clearly stated on the invoice.

If you have any questions or concerns regarding this matter please do not hesitate to contact Mary Seeto on ext. 3135 or 2888 or alternatively you can email accounts.receivable@uts.edu.au.
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Mary-Anne Williams
Seminar: Behaviour Generation for Autonomous Agent
Seminar: Behaviour Generation for Autonomous Agents

Date: Friday, 5 December 2008
Time: 2-3pm (followed by afternoon tea)
Presenter: Bernhard Nebel (Albert-Ludwigs-Universitat Freiburg)
Location: Building 10, Room to be announced

Abstract: There are a number of areas in robotics, such as localization, mapping and exploration that are very well-researched. In fact, there exist a number of off-the-shelf solutions. In contrast, the area of generating behaviour in complex environments is much less understood. I will present some solutions we have devised for a number of different applications such as a soccer robots, an autonomous foosball table (table soccer), rescue robots, and service robots. These will be llustrated with a number of video clips including one, where the Foosball World Champion plays against our foosball robot.

Short Biography: Bernhard Nebel received his Ph.D. from the University of Saarland in 1989. Between 1982 and 1993 he worked on different AI projects at the University of Hamburg, the Technical University of Berlin, ISI/USC, IBM Germany, and the German Research Center for AI (DFKI). From 1993 to 1996 was at the University of Ulm. Since 1996 he has been Professor at Albert-Ludwigs-Universitt Freiburg and head of the research group on the Foundations of Artificial Intelligence.

Bernhard Nebel is a member of the graduate school on Mathematical Logic and its Applications, a member of the collaborative research center SFB TR/14 Automatic Verification and Analysis of Complex Systems (AVACS), and coordinator of the Freiburg site of the collaborative research center SFB TR/8 Spatial Cognition.

Bernhard Nebel is (co-)author and (co-)editor of 9 books and proceedings, as well as author and co-author of more than 100 refereed papers in scientific journals, books, and conference proceedings.

Everybody is welcome to attend and the event if you would like to subscribe to future announcements, please contact Benjamin Johnston (johnston@it.uts.edu.au).
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Bernadette Yao
Reminder for Year End Close - Accounts Payable
Accounts Payable 2008 End of Year Deadlines
Financial Services Unit

Please be advised that the current financial year ends on 31st December 2008.

In order for the University to correctly prepare the 2008 Statutory Accounts, all invoices that relate to the 2008 year are required to be recorded in those accounts, as either paid or accrued expenses.

The following dates apply.

Last date in 2008 for payment of invoices – Friday, 12th December 2008.

· FSU must receive invoices before or on the 12th December 2008 to ensure payment processing before Christmas, subject to payment terms.

· Invoices must be correctly coded and approved.

· If you receive invoices after this date, please continue submitting them throughout December. If time permits, these invoices will be paid. Otherwise they will be accrued to your org unit as 2008 expenses (subject to the goods or services on the invoice being received in 2008).

Last date for 2008 accrued invoices – Monday, 5th January 2009.

· FSU must receive invoices on or before the 5th January 2009 to guarantee they are accrued in the 2008 accounts.

· Invoices must be relating to goods and services received in 2008, correctly coded, approved and clearly marked "2008".

· Please advise Bernadette Yao (ext 2878) or Michael Fanous (Ext. 2870) immediately if you receive 2008 invoices after 5th January 2009.
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ROGER BREWER
Investment market update
Unisuper have released a short presentation by the CEO of Unisuper, Terry McCredden on Investment Markets.

If you would like to view this presentation please follow this link http://www.unisuper.com.au/about-us/news/investment-news/investment-market-update
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Beverly Bachoe
Central Services Branch Xmas Party
Please note that Central Services Branch will be closed from noon Monday, 15th December as staff will be attending our Facilities Management Unit Xmas party. The Shuttle Bus (Blue Timetable) will run as scheduled by Security Services (ext. 1192). We apologise for any inconvenience caused.

Central Services Branch will resume normal business operations at 8.00am Tuesday, 16th December.

Mary Anne Claridge
Acting Manager, Central Services Branch
1/12/2008
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Catherine McHugh
Carpark Blg 10 Christmas Trading
Please note the reduced trading hours for the Jones and Thomas Street carparks.
Summer trading hours:
1 Dec 2008 to 6 Feb 2009
7am to 7pm Mon to Fri
Saturday trading will cease after 20 Dec 2008 and recommence 7 Feb 2009.
Carpark closed 25 Dec 2008 reopen 5th Jan 2009
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Angela Ball
The Scholarly and Public Quality of Research
The Scholarly and Public Quality of Research: Why Open Access Matters

Reminder: UTS Library Seminar

The UTS Library in conjunction with the Academic Board presents "The Scholarly and Public Quality of Research: Why Open Access Matters", with guest speaker Professor John Willinsky.

Professor Willinsky is a Canadian educator, activist, and author. He will speak about the scholarly and public quality issues associated with open access publishing as a second-generation approach to the new age of accessibility and networking.

All are welcome.

Date:
Monday 8 December 2008

Venue:
Lecture Room 4G, Blake Library,
UTS Library, Haymarket

RSVP:
By Wednesday 3 December 2008 to library-admin@lib.uts.edu.au

For more information visit http://www.lib.uts.edu.au
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Michelle Callen
International joint conference: WI’08 and IAT’08
The international joint conference on Web Intelligence (WI’08) and Intelligent Agent Technology (IAT’08) is being held at UTS from 9 to 12 December. This is first time the event has been organised and held in Australia.

The conference is being hosted by UTS’s Centre for Quantum Computation and Intelligent Systems. Over 400 delegates from 59 countries and regions will be attending the four day event, with talks and workshops being held in Building 5.

Web Intelligence (WI) has been recognised as an exciting new direction for scientific research and development in exploring the roles and practical impacts of Artificial Intelligence and advanced Information Technology. WI’08 provides an international forum to present the latest WI technologies and discuss the latest ideas on the development of web-based intelligence information technology and systems.

IAT’08 brings together researchers and practitioners from diverse fields such as computer science, IT, business, education, robotics and systems engineering. Topics to be discussed include the design principles and performance characteristics of various approaches in IAT and the development of autonomous agents and multi agent systems.

The invited speakers include:
Edmund H. Durfee (University of Michigan, USA)
Toru Ishida (Kyoto University, Japan)
Nigel Shadbolt (University of Southampton, UK)
Tsau Young Lin (San Jose State University, USA)
Yanchun Zhang (Victoria University, Australia)
Michael Witbock (CEO, Cycorp Europe)
Jiming Liu (Hong Kong Baptist University)

For more information and a copy of the conference program please visit:
http://datamining.it.uts.edu.au/conferences/wi08/?page_id=3
Or
http://datamining.it.uts.edu.au/conferences/iat08/?page_id=3
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Shaun Pattinson
World AIDS Day Monday 1st December 2008
Enjoy Life.

Take Control.

Stop HIV/AIDS.

Next Monday 1st December marks the 20 year anniversary of the very first World AIDS Day. Please show your support by wearing the Red Ribbon.

http://www.worldaidsday.org.au
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Sarah Green
HSRAANZ Lecture - 3 December 2008
HSRAANZ Public Lecture - 5pm on 3 December 2008
"Using Routine Data to Measure and Improve Safety and Quality of Hospital Care ".

Dr Stephen Duckett, Chief Executive of the Centre for Healthcare Improvement in Queensland Health - Wednesday 3 December at 5pm at the offices of CHERE in Mary Anne House, Faculty of Business, UTS, Level 4, 645 Harris Street,Ultimo, NSW 2000

This lecture is open to members and non-members of the Association and will be followed by light refreshments. Space will be limited so registration is essential. Please let sarah.green@chere.uts.edu.au know if you will attend and whether you will stay for drinks.

For more information on the lecture visit http://www.hsraanz.org/events.html
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Millie Raskov
Urgent Travel Safety Advice for Bangkok & Mumbai
Staff travelling or planning to travel to Bangkok or Mumbai should be aware:
1. Suvarnabhumi Airport Closure due to political demonstrations.
2. DFAT has changed its status for all travel into India discouraging unnecessary travel.

Staff planning to travel to these areas should have their travel requests re-approved to ensure travel is still necessary.

Details on Bangkok closure is available on the FSU website and details for the Mumbai (India) travel is available at http://www.dfat.gov.au
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Ben Ly
Fitness Centre Christmas Special!
Merry Christmas! Give a loved one the gift of fitness and good health with a UTS Fitness Centre Membership presented in an ingeniously designed, classic and ribbon wrapped christmas box.

All memberships are available to be purchased as a gift certificate. General Public membership prices apply for gifts purchased for non UTS students and staff.

December 5th marks the Fitness Centre’s Christmas Sale Day with all six month general public memberships being offered at the low price of $300.00, all memberships come with all fitness centre perks, health assessments and program design.

All gift certificates purchased on the 5th of December will also recieve a free UTS Fitness exercise shirt and Rebel Sport MVP card.

Merry Christmas, we hope to see you soon!
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Izanda Ford
Fancy seeing Bond?
Fancy seeing the latest Bond film, or just settling in with some popcorn to a good flick?

Let U: magazine know what you think and you could WIN a trip to the cinema.

Tell us what you like, what you don’t, and what you want to know more about.

The online survey is quick, easy and anonymous. And, by sharing your opinion, you could WIN one of five double movie passes.

Tell us what you think. We’re listening to U:
http://surveys.uts.edu.au/engine/logon.cfm?InstanceId=4283
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Liz Silcock
Project Officer, HEW level 6, (0.4) one year fixed
Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences

A project officer is required for the South Asia and Indian Ocean Research Group at the University of Technology Sydney. This person will assist in managing the budget of the group, the organization of events such as workshops and fellowships, and arranging the resourcing for visiting academics and students. There will be a number of postgraduate scholarships attached to the group and the project officer will also assist with the search and support of these students, grant writing workshops and postgraduate events.

The project officer will also assist in coordinating the organisation of meetings, conferences, public forums and seminars, and organising travel, accommodation, catering, venue bookings etc. S/he will also assist in the research and preparation of publications for journal or book publication and in the updating of the project website.

Fluency in an Indian language, though not essential, would be an advantage.

Ideally the person chosen will be available to start work in the middle of January 2009.

In the first Instance please contact
Devleena Ghosh at Devleena.Ghosh@uts.edu.au or on 9514 1963
By 5 December 2008.
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Angela Ball
Why Open Access Matters: UTS Library Seminar
The UTS Library in conjunction with the Academic Board presents "The Scholarly and Public Quality of Research: Why Open Access Matters", with guest speaker Professor John Willinsky.

Professor Willinsky is a Canadian educator, activist, and author. He will speak about the scholarly and public quality issues associated with open access publishing as a second-generation approach to the new age of accessibility and networking.

Date:
8 December 2008

Venue:
Lecture Room 4G, Blake Library,
UTS Library, Haymarket

RSVP:
By Wednesday 3 December 2008 to library-admin@lib.uts.edu.au

For more information visit http://www.lib.uts.edu.au
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Charlotte Moar
Movember breakfast - Monday 1st December
Movember participants, team members and donors are invited to breakfast to celebrate their efforts and generous support of the Movember campaign.

ABC personality and Movember supporter Adam Spencer will be attending and there will be judging of Mo’s and prizes.

Breakfast details are as follows;

Date: Monday 1st December
Time: 8.00am - 9.00am
Venue: Area adjacent Concourse Cafe (corner near glass doors), Level 3, Building 1, Broadway campus

RSVP: by 12 noon Friday 28 November to Charlotte.Moar@uts.edu.au or 9514 1093.

A joint initiative between the UTS Equity & Diversity Unit, EH & S & UTS Union.
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Claire Moore
China and Latin America Symposium 03 December
China and Latin America: The New Face of South-South Co-operation
Full Day Symposium 03 December 2008
Blackfriars Campus
RSVP and full schedule at http://datasearch2.uts.edu.au/crc/events/event-details.cfm?ItemId=12758

The international influence of the People’s Republic of China in the early 21st century is nowhere more evident than in the consolidation of its economic and political partnerships in Latin America. The region has become a crucial source of energy resources for China, invigorating the economies of supplier countries but also posing a range of new dilemmas for Latin American development. Described as "the new engine of Latin American economic growth" by some and as "an impending threat to democracy" by others, China has developed cooperative programs that differ from other foreign initiatives in the region through their emphasis on long-term outcomes, technology transfer, and political alliance. This symposium brings together six leading analysts in the field to discuss the geopolitical significance of Sino-Latin American cooperation at a critical juncture of China’s global expansion.

Speakers:

Gonz lo Sebastian Paz (George Washington University)
Yang Zhimin (Chinese Academy of Social Sciences)
Jos Luis Le n (Universidad Aut noma de M xico)
Ariel C. Armony (Colby College)
Yingjie Guo (University of Technology Sydney)
Adrian H. Hearn (University of Technology Sydney and University of San Francisco)
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Liz Silcock
Project Officer, HEW level 6, one year fixed term
Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences

A project officer is required for the South Asia and Indian Ocean Research Group at the University of Technology Sydney. This person will assist in managing the budget of the group, the organization of events such as workshops and fellowships, and arranging the resourcing for visiting academics and students. There will be a number of postgraduate scholarships attached to the group and the project officer will also assist with the search and support of these students, grant writing workshops and postgraduate events.

The project officer will also assist in coordinating the organisation of meetings, conferences, public forums and seminars, and organising travel, accommodation, catering, venue bookings etc. S/he will also assist in the research and preparation of publications for journal or book publication and in the updating of the project website.

Fluency in an Indian language, though not essential, would be an advantage.

Ideally the person chosen will be available to start work in the middle of January 2009.

In the first Instance please contact
Devleena Ghosh at Devleena.Ghosh@uts.edu.au or on 9514 1963
By 5 December 2008.
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Kay Donovan
Colloquium, cosmopolitanism and belonging
Professor Zlatko Skrbis in conversation with Professor Andrew Jakubowicz

December 8 2008, 1.00pm – 3.00pm
Cosmopolitan Civil Societies Research Centre,
Level 3, 645 Harris Street, Ultimo

RSVP essential by December 3 2008 to ccs@uts.edu.au as places are limited
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Greg Hampshire
UTS CPSU AGM 27th November 2008
The UTS Community and Public Sector Union Branch Annual General Meeting will be held on Thursday 27th November 2008 from 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm in Building 02. Level 03. Room 17.

The election of delegates to the 2009 UTS CPSU Branch Committee will take place at this meeting.
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Mary Mackenzie
UTS Handbook 2009 - order form
The UTS: Handbook 2009 has been published online and an order form for the printed edition is now available.

The established practice of free distribution of the printed Handbook will continue to academic staff above Associate Professor and senior staff in administrative divisions.

Order forms are being emailed to Faculty Managers and Directors of administrative units however if you would like an internal order form emailed direct to you please email Publications@uts.edu.

Orders should be submitted by Friday 12 December 2008

The online Handbook is published at :

http://www.handbook.uts.edu.au/
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Robert Button
Final UTSpeaks Lecture for 2008
Come one and all to hear Dr Theresa Anderson from FASS deliver the final UTSpeaks public lecture for 2008/

’When Risk is Good - Is the fear of risk and uncertainty killing creativity?’

The media is lately filled with tales of people, companies and nations struggling to reduce the uncertainty and risk associated with investments in financial markets. In such times, reducing uncertainty is part of an essential survival strategy. And yet, even in this time of crisis, the very survival of those markets relies on a certain tolerance of risk and uncertainty. Have we insulated ourselves so much that we have lost our agility in responding to opportunity? How much uncertainty can we tolerate to reach greater heights of success?

This thought-provoking public lecture explores the human balancing act of managing risk in all areas of our lives for the sake of security and success and the willingness to allow degrees of risk to win the rewards of creativity and innovation.

Dr Theresa Anderson
Dr Anderson is a researcher with the UTS Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, exploring the relationship between people and emerging technologies. She has a particular interest in examining ways that information systems and institutional policies may better support creative and analytic activities. Her earlier doctoral research examined human decision processes, information retrieval interactions and e-scholarship. She was awarded the inaugural annual Emerald/EFMD Outstanding Doctoral Research Award in 2005.

When
Wednesday 26 November 2008
6.00pm drinks – 6.30pm lecture start concluding 7.50pm

Where
UTS University Hall
UTS Science Building, 745 Harris Street Ultimo (diagonally opposite ABC headquarters)

RSVP
Tuesday 25 November 2008
Register attendance with Robert Button
Email: robert.button@uts.edu.au
Tel: 02 9514 1734
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Catriona Bonfiglioli
Media Studies Research Methods Workshop on 9/12/08
Staff and postgraduate students are invited to a Media Studies Research Methods Workshop on 9 Dec 2008 from 1pm to 5pm in the Bon Marche Building.

The program will be:

1pm – 1.15pm Introduction by Professor Jim Macnamara

1.20pm to 2.15pm Workshop on content analysis – Professor Jim Macnamara

2.15pm to 2.30pm Tea break

2.30pm to 3.25pm Workshop on agenda setting and framing analysis – Dr Catriona Bonfiglioli

3.30pm to 4.25pm Workshop on functional, verbal and visual semiotics – Professor Philip Bell

4.25pm to 5pm Refreshments

Each workshop will consist of an introduction to the key concepts, discussion of examples of media studies research using the relevant method and a practical exercise using elements of the method discussed.

Venue: Room: CB03.04.24.

Please send your expression of interest as soon as you can so we can finalise catering arrangements and venue.
RSVP by email to beryl.segers@uts.edu.au by 4.30pm on Friday 5th of December.
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Jane Trethewey
2010 Academic Year Dates
2010 academic year dates for all teaching periods, confirmed at the meeting of the Academic Administration Committee on 15.10.08, have been published in the Handbook http://www.handbook.uts.edu.au/dates_academic.html#2010 and dates for the 2010 main teaching periods and a chart have been published on the SAU Teaching Periods Dates website http://www.sau.uts.edu.au/dates/teaching/index.html
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Cornelia Betzler
Cities Nature Justice Conference
UTS and the Transforming Cultures Research Centre are proud to present

CITIES NATURE JUSTICE: DIALOGUES FOR SOCIAL SUSTAINABILITY IN PUBLIC SPACES

An international symposium addressing new dialogues between the science and
social science of sustainability in the Asia-Pacific region.


Date: 10th-12th December 2008

Time: 9:30 am - 4 pm

Venue: UTS Blackfriars Campus, Blackfriars St, Chippendale

Cost: Free


KEY SPEAKERS:

Setha Low (Anthropology, CNYU, President American Anthropological Association)

Kartik Shanker (Centre for Ecological Studies, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore)

Dai Qing (Investigative science journalist and social activist)

John Maynard (Aboriginal Studies, Newcastle University)

Penny Figgis (Chair IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas, Australia and New Zealand Region)

Amita Baviskar (Institute of Economic Growth, Delhi University)

Greg Noble (UWS, Centre for Cultural Research)

Dave Burgess (Total Environment Centre, Coal Mining Campaign)

SESSION TIMES:

Wednesday 10th

9:30 am - session 1:
The meaning of sustainability and resilience in cities

2:00 pm - session 2: Cities and nature: coexistence?

Thursday 11th

9:30 am - session 3:
Who speaks for City Spaces: Culture, class and public space

2:00 pm - session 4:
Indigenous cities: recognising presence, conflicts and futures

Friday 12th

9:30 am - session 5:
Fluid Spaces: Water, culture, power

2:00 pm - session 6:
City footprints: politics, conservation and change

Cities Nature Justice is organised by TfC and sponsored by UTS, DECC and the APFRN.

Cities Nature Justice is a free event.

Please RSVP: http://www.transforming.cultures.uts.edu.au/news_events/conference/rsvp.html

Detailed conference information: http://www.transforming.cultures.uts.edu.au/news_events/Cities_Nature_Justice.html

Conference program: http://www.transforming.cultures.uts.edu.au/news_events/cities_nature_justice_programme.html

Conference abstracts: http://www.transforming.cultures.uts.edu.au/news_events/CNJ_abstracts.html

Directions to Blackfriars Campus: http://www.uts.edu.au/about/mapsdirections/citymap.html

Contact: transforming.cultures@uts.edu.au

We are looking forward to seeing you at Cities Nature Justice.

Conference Convenor: Prof. Heather Goodall (TfC)
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Dinah Cohen
Women & Human Rights Forum 3 December @ UTS
Women & Human Rights:
Building a community of practice

Wednesday 3 December 2008, 9am – 4pm

All UTS women and community partners who work or have an interest in women’s rights, international development, gender equity, and social justice are invited to attend this forum.

Confirmed speakers include
Deb Chapman, International Women’s Development Agency
Monique Wiseman, NT Intervention Jennifer Burn, UTS Anti-Slavery Project Johanna Adriaanse, UTS, International Working Group on Women and Sport
Dawn Atkinson, Support Association for the Women of Afghanistan
Marthese Bezzina, Lilla International Women’s Network, Edmund Rice Centre Angeline Low, UTS, Muslim Women Entrepreneurs
Kyungja Jung, UTS, Women’s activism in migrant communities in Australia.

Level 6 Training Room, Building 10
Please RSVP: Joanna.Leonard@uts.edu.au ph: 1274

Sponsors
The Don Chipp Foundation
Women@UTS Program, Equity & Diversity Unit, UTS
Cosmopolitan Civil Societies (CCS), UTS
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Charlotte Moar
White Ribbon Day - Tuesday 25 November
The White Ribbon Foundation works year round to eliminate violence against women by promoting culture change around the issue through national media campaigns as well as education and male leadership programs aimed at men and boys around Australia.

The White Ribbon has become a symbol of White Ribbon Day which coincides with the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women (IDEVAW) on Tuesday 25 November.

To show your support for White Ribbon Day, collect your free White Ribbon at the following locations;

-Concierge counter (near lifts), Level 4 foyer, Building 1, Broadway campus
-Atrium Cafe, Ground level, Jones Street entrance, Building 10
-Art of Food Cafe, Ground level, Building 5C, Quay St, Markets campus

For more information on the White Ribbon Foundation and to donate online visit: http://www.whiteribbonday.org.au/.
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Charlotte Moar
White Ribbon Day - Tuesday 25 November
The White Ribbon Foundation works year round to eliminate violence against women by promoting culture change around the issue through national media campaigns as well as education and male leadership programs aimed at men and boys around Australia.

The White Ribbon has become a symbol of White Ribbon Day which coincides with the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women (IDEVAW) on Tuesday 25 November.

To show your support for White Ribbon Day, collect your free White Ribbon from today at the following locations;

?Concierge counter (near lifts), Level 4 foyer, Building 1, Broadway campus
?Atrium Caf , Ground level, Jones Street entrance, Building 10
?Art of Food Caf , Ground level, Building 5C, Quay St, Markets campus

For more information on the White Ribbon Foundation and to donate online visit: http://www.whiteribbonday.org.au/.
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Mary-Anne Williams
Premiere of "The Future Makers"
Wednesday 26th November 2008 at 7 - 9pm
Parkside Auditorium, Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre

Register your interest at https://www.icms.com.au/isesap08/register/screening.asp

Concern about global warming has focused attention on the disruption of natural systems from the way we use resources and energy. Australia may be one of the world’s largest producers and exporters of coal for electricity, but it also has some of the world’s largest renewable energy resources.

A number of Australians are world leaders in the field of renewable energy and sustainable solutions. They are serious about creating clean energy options that will make a big
difference.Some draw energy and inspiration from nature in their clean technology designs.

Dr Tim Finnigan using bio-mimicry, or "innovation inspired by nature", to design his oceanpower systems. Dr Robert Dane modeled the design for his Solar Sailor boat on the insect’s wing. Dr David Mills and Professor Graham Morrison’s solar thermal technology is pitched as the clean alternative to coal and nuclear power. Deep hot rock, or geothermal technology, has been developed by Dr Prame Chopra and Dr Doone Wyborn, in the remote deserts of South Australia. Dr Zhengrong Shi’s solar cell research was built on work pioneered by Professors Martin Green and Stuart Wenham at the University of NSW. It has made him the world’s second largest solar panel supplier.

The Future Makers explores the visions of these leaders and follows them as their projects unfold.
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Jim Franklin
Liversidge Public Lecture: Molecular Materials
The Royal Society of NSW is proud to announce that the 2008 Liversidge Lectureship for chemical research has been awarded to Professor Cameron Kepert. UTS staff and students are invited to Professor Cameron Kepert’s Liversidge Lecture on

Molecular Materials: From Clean Energy Storage to Shrinking Crystals.

Once thought of as little more than symmetrical arrangements of discrete molecules, molecular materials have recently emerged as very much more than the sum of their individual parts. This lecture will describe how these materials are having considerable impact in two highly topical areas.

Hydrogen Storage. In the proposed Hydrogen Economy, hydrogen gas replaces fossil fuels as energy carrier within a potentially greenhouse-free energy cycle. One of the principal challenges in the adoption of this cycle is the design of efficient methods to store hydrogen – a notoriously volatile gas. It has been recently shown that molecular materials are excellent candidates in this area due to their very high surface areas and functional surfaces. Efforts to optimise the hydrogen storage capabilities of such materials will be described and a comparison with other materials given.

Negative Thermal Expansion (NTE, i.e., contraction with heating). The expansion of matter with increasing temperature is the cause of numerous technological problems. Once thought to be an immutable law of nature, it has been shown in the past decade that materials can be made that actually shrink upon warming. In addition to addressing the research behind this discovery, a brief description will be given of commercialisation efforts in this area.


Professor Cameron Kepert completed his first degree at The University of Western Australia before undertaking a PhD at the Royal Institution of Great Britain, University of London. In 1995 he moved to the University of Oxford as a Junior Research Fellow, where he commenced research into molecular framework materials. He was appointed to the University of Sydney in 1999 and currently holds the position of ARC Federation Fellow. He is the recipient of the Malcolm McIntosh Prize for Physical Scientist of the Year, the AAS Le F vre Memorial Prize, the RSNSW Edgeworth David Medal, and the RACI Rennie Medal.


Date: Wednesday 3rd December 2008.

Time: 6:00 pm for 6:30 pm (note the early start).

Location: Conference Room 1, Darlington Centre, Sydney University.(City Road, side entrance to the Forum Restaurant. Parking Available).

Audience: All welcome. FREE.

For further information see
http://nsw.royalsoc.org.au/talks_2008/talk_Dec2008.html
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Marea Martlew
Climate Change Forum Wednesday 10th December
The Plant Functional Biology and Climate Change Research Cluster (C3) is hosting a forum for all UTS staff and students interested in issues surrounding climate change.C3 will host the forum on Wednesday 10th December in the Science Building on level 5 starting from 4pm. Drinks and nibbles will be provided. For full details
http://www.science.uts.edu.au/c3/ClimateChangeForumHostedbyC3Invite.pdf
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Tamsin Pretty
Building 10 Power
A power failure occurred on Level 6 of Building 10 yesterday. FMU has been working over night to restore power. Unfortunately, power will not be available to FSU until mid to late morning. Subsequently FSU will be back on line by lunch time today, Friday 21st November. If you have any queries, please contact John Kraefft on ext. 7475 or Glen Rabbitt on ext. 2811.
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Helen Morrissey
2009 UTS Wall Planner
The Wall Planners will be available from the Marketing & Communication Unit from mid January 2009 for keeping track of dates and events throughout the year.
Price $3.
To obtain an order form please email Arlene.McInherny@uts.edu.au or call ext. 1604.
The UTS Union retail shops will also be selling the Wall Planners in the new year.
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Rei Wee
Credit card and out-of-pocket expenses
This is a reminder to all staff submitting expense report for credit card and out-of-pocket expenses.
According to the Procedures http://www.fsu.uts.edu.au/iexpenses/iexpenses-procedures.pdf, all individual expenses must have an original Tax Invoice and are required to be sent in to FSU with the expense reports.
The confirmation page on the expense report has been updated to reflect this.

Managers (NEO Approvers), please note:
Please ensure that these receipts are sighted or local arrangements are in placed to ensure procedures are being followed by staff submitting expenses prior to forwarding the necessary paperwork to FSU for processing. Staff should complete a declaration http://www.fsu.uts.edu.au/iexpenses/substitute-receipt.pdf for any missing receipts.
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Bob Crocker
Sharp Projector Sale
XG-V10 series (X) $300 each
1000 hours indicated lamp life remaining
Wednesday 26th November, 2008.
Between the Hours 12.30pm to 1.00pm
University of Technology, Sydney
Building 1, Level 2, Room 266
1 Broadway, Broadway.
Phone 9514 7485
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