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IET Australia is proud to be a supporter of SEPG Australia 2008, 18-21 August 2008, located at Melbourne's Sofitel. IET members receive a discounted rate for attendance at this year's conference.
SEPG is an international conference series presented by Carnegie Mellon University Software Engineering Institute (SEI), a USA federally funded research and development centre for advancing software engineering, process improvement principles and practices. The SEPG conference is a catalyst for government and industry to understand the implications and benefits of adopting process improvement.
The theme for this year's conference is "Beyond Development".
Conference Topics at SEPG Australia 2008 include:

• Capability Maturity Model® Integration (CMMI®) – development
  and acquisition
• International Standards - ISO/IEC 15504, ISO/IEC 12207, ISO/IEC 15288, ISO
  9001
• Services – ITIL and ISO/IEC 20000
• Systems of Systems Engineering
• Systems and Software Security
• High Maturity Experiences
• Process Improvement Case Studies
• Methodologies – Agile, LEAN, Six Sigma
• Benchmarking Process Capability
• Return on Investment for Improvement
• Workforce and People - Team Software ProcessSM (TSPSM) and People - CMM

SEPG Australia 2008 is co-located with PMOZ,
Australia's leading annual Portfolio, Program and Project Management conference.
Your SEPG Australia Conference registration will automatically entitle you to
access the PMOZ conference program at no additional cost.
You can download the following information from SEPG Australia:

 
You can contact SEPG Australia by:

An exciting programme is being planned for 2009

For further information

Graeme Kennan
Tel: 0414 906 258
9449 1863 email: gkennan@bigpond.com

Graham Lee
Tel: 0402 223 633,br /
8801 9024 Email: glee@theiet.org

Ted Webber
Tel: 9089 9049 email: ted.webber@solution6.com

The IET have over 40 Technical and Professional Networks through which engineering and technology professionals can discuss current developments, keep up-to-date with innovation and network with market leaders.

It is often hard for busy professionals to put in the time to leverage these networks to get the results out of them that they really want.

The IET Victoria Network realises this and, as part of Inspire07, is putting together a series of Victoria Network Events loosely based on the Gurteen Knowledge Café concept. These Victoria Events are a low pressure way for you to share knowledge and to start to leverage a Professional Network of over 170,000 engineers and technicians.

For more information contact Mike Gill or come to the launch of Inspire07 to meet the team who will be powering your future.

Get a mentor to help you power your future. Whatever stage of your career, a Mentor will listen, challenge and help you review your progress!

There is a general acceptance that most people achieve better levels of professional success if they have the guidance and help of a mentor; someone with whom they can discuss their career plans.

Whatever your career and professional goals - mentoring can help you achieve them.

You can read some more about the IET's Mentoring Services on the IET website.

When you decide you need a mentor or if you would like to help other people by mentoring them, contact Mike Gill who is one of our local Mentoring Coordinators.

Even better, come to the Inspire07 launch and meet them yourself.

The IET Victoria Network have an established relationship with the power industry in the PCIF Mentoring Program. The 2006-2007 PCIF Mentoring Program is coming to the close of another very successful year. At Inspire07, we will hear some of their success stories and see how PCIF is powering their future.

You can get more information about the PCIF Mentoring Program by contacting Matthew Barber or by visiting their website at http://theiet.org.au/vic/mentoring/.

The Power Academy is another inspiration example of how the IET, industry and universities can work together to everyone's benefit, addressing critical skilled graduate shortages in the power industry.

You can get more information about the Power Academy by visiting their website www.poweracademy.com.au.

AUSTRALIA'S INCONVENIENT TRUTH: CLIMATE CHANGE

A presentation by Jim Minifie based on Al Gore's An Inconvenient Truth, with the specific implications for Australia.

An Inconvient Truth reviewed the scientific opinion on climate change, discussed the politics and economics of global warming, and described the consequences Gore believes global climate change will produce if the amount of human-generated greenhouse gases is not significantly reduced in the very near future.

Jim Minifie is the Chief Economist of the Boston Consulting Group, Australia and New Zealand. He joined the firm in 1999. He advises clients on a range of strategy and economic policy issues. He speaks widely on climate change and C02 policy, and is a key member of BCG's sustainability practice. Jim has a PhD in applied economics from Stanford University.

An Inconvenient Truth is now a book and has been released as a documentary film.

inspire08 has been postponed until further notice.

Our energy future: a 50-year perspective

inspire08 is known as the IET Victoria Network’s Annual Dinner. IET Victoria will showcase the industry relationships that we have built and present the recipients of the IET Australia’s Power Academy scholarships at inspire08.

In Victoria, The IET has an active Branch committee and Younger Members Section including committees at a number of the universities and this committee warmly invites all IET members to inspire08 to dine, network and be inspired by speakers on the topic of Our energy future: a 50-year perspective.

The evening aims to encourage engineers from a range of disciplines to consider the challenges we face in ensuring a stable energy supply and consider what the energy supply environment may look like in 50 years time.