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 May 2013
Wednesday 15
18:00 - PUBLIC LECTURE - Science for the Future Website | More Information
A public lecture by Ian Chubb, Chief Scientist of Australia.

In this inaugural Rio Tinto-UWA Education Partnership lecture, Professor Ian Chubb will discuss the importance of science to Australia’s future and its place in the world.

Professor Ian Chubb was appointed to the position of Chief Scientist on 19 April 2011 and commenced the role on 23 May 2011.

This lecture is sponsored by Rio Tinto, the Faculty of Science and the Institute of Advanced Studies at The University of Western Australia.

Cost: Free, but bookings essential. This event is now FULL.

19:00 - PUBLIC TALK - Information Evening for Prospective Applicants to Dentistry and Podiatric Medicine : This session is aimed at School Leaver and Graduate applicants to Dentistry and Graduate applicants to Podiatric Medicine Website | More Information
The Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences will be hosting an information evening for prospective students: to one of the School Leaver Pathways to the Doctor of Dental Medicine (DMD), to one of the Graduate Pathways to the DMD, to the Graduate Pathway to the Doctor of Podiatric Medicine (DPM).

Year 12 students, university students and university graduates who are considering applying to the DMD are encouraged to attend. University students and graduates who are interested in applying to the DPM are also encouraged to attend. Parents and Teachers are welcome.

BOOKING IS REQUIRED (see URL below). After booking a seat, you will be sent email confirmation. Please bring a copy of the email confirmation to the information session.
Thursday 16
9:00 - EXPO - Careers, Education and Employment Expo : Come and see UWA at the Careers Expo Website | More Information
Come and check out the UWA stand at the Careers, Education and Employment Expo and discover how we can help you achieve your study and career goals.

DATES: Thursday 16 - Sunday 19 May 2013

TIMES: Thursday 9:00am - 3:00pm; Friday 9:00am - 3:00pm; Saturday 10:00am - 4:00pm; Sunday 10:00am - 4:00pm

VENUE: Perth Convention and Exhibition Centre

Free admission.

Please note: this event is not organised by UWA.

13:10 - PERFORMANCE - FREE Lunchtime Concert : UWA Percussion / Student Chamber Concert Website | More Information
Free 50min Concert every Thursday during Semester at 1:10pm

16:00 - SEMINAR - CWR Presents : "IWRM and water resource modelling project experiences in Africa by our Aurecon Water Resources." Website | More Information
My Seminar deals with two Aurecon Projects on opposite ends of the African Continent that might appear widely divergent, but which are actually closely related within the domain of IWRM.   Nile Basin DSS:   Aurecon is the lead consultant on Pilot Studies on the development and establishment of the NB-DSS, the primary objective of which is to ensure that the NB-DSS becomes a reliable and sustainable software system. This entails demonstrating and showcasing the NB-DSS capabilities within the context of transboundary, integrated water resource planning and management in the Nile Basin.

Aurecon and its multi-disciplinary team of experts are intricately involved with all aspects of the project, including hydrological and system analyses, the quantification of environmental, social and economic impacts associated with large-scale water resource developments, advanced multi-criteria analysis across various pilot case areas and extensive training of NB-DSS representatives from all of the Nile riparian countries. These include, Egypt, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda.   Western Cape Water Reconciliation Strategy:    This long-term Project involves a review of the rising future water requirements within the supply area of the Western Cape Bulk Water Resources System, which supplies water to more than three million people in the Greater Cape Town Region (photo below). The Project further continuously evaluates a wide range of soft and hard options for meeting these increasing demands.

Further to the Reconciliation Strategy with its Action Plan, the Project identifies the most favourable intervention options and recommends a programme of feasibility studies and other investigations to improve the operation and planning of the system, and to ensure that the necessary infrastructure or other interventions were implemented timeously so as to reconcile the supplies with the future demands.

The reconciliation study also involves scenario planning of alternative development options and the development of a Reconciliation Planning Support Tool (RPST) which enables the ranking of alternative water resource and water demand intervention options.

SHORT BIO:

André holds BSc, BEng and MEng degrees from the University of Stellenbosch and a PhD in engineering from the University of the Witwatersrand in South Africa. He is currently a Technical Director in the Cape Town Office of Aurecon, a global consulting firm, as well as the Water Resources Management Leader globally in Aurecon. He has 39 years of Water Sector experience in academic, research and consulting roles.

In the latter part of his career he was a full-time and later part-time Professor of Hydrology and Water Resources at Stellenbosch University. During recent years he has been deeply involved in strategic water resources management projects related to bulk infrastructure planning and design, institutional development and policy implementation support, optimisation of the operation of multi-purpose water resources schemes; and flood and drought management. His research focus has encompassed various themes in hydrological, hydrodynamic and water resources systems modelling and related decision support tools, as well as design flood hydrology. He has produced more than 50 papers, publications and research reports.

PS* This seminar is free and open to the public & no RSVP required.

****All Welcome****

18:00 - PUBLIC TALK - Water and Society: How do We Achieve Social Transformation? Website | More Information
A cross-disciplinary forum.

The importance of water and its impact on society will continue to be one of the key challenges for future generations struggling with droughts, floods and the availability of clean drinking water. The need for cross-disciplinary strategies to deal with the global, financial, ecological and societal issues is the focus of this panel, which will explore the social transformations needed to support water sensitive cities, including community attitudes and behavioural change, governance and economic assessment practices, management systems and technological innovations. Developing a richer understanding of the underpinning social norms and behaviours will, along with scientific research, provide guidance on the reform of institutional rules and economic and regulatory frameworks for water sensitive decisions, policies and practices. The ultimate goal is to deliver policy tools and practical guidance that will facilitate the adoption of appropriate new technologies and social, institutional, regulatory and economic reforms that are mutually reinforcing, flexible and adaptable to different social scales and contexts.

This Forum is sponsored by the Institute of Advanced Studies, the CRC for Water Sensitive Cities, the Centre for the Study of Social Change and the Centre for Environmental Economics and Policy at The University of Western Australia.

Cost: Free, but RSVP essential. To register a place visit http://www.ias.uwa.edu.au/lectures/water-and-society-forum

18:00 - EVENT - Evensong : Choral Evensong with the Winthrop Singers Website | More Information
Service for the Council of Christians and Jews. Featuring Hebrew choral works: - Arr. Singer's Hine Matov - Salmone Rossi's Halelluia (Psalm 47) - Lewandowski's' Enosh - Bernstein's Adonai roi (Chichester Psalms)

18:00 - PUBLIC LECTURE - Public Lecture - Dr Tim McClanahan More Information
Title: Addressing the social-ecological values gap.

Abstract: Addressing the social-ecological values gap - Can we find fisheries management solutions that work for people and nature? The call for expanding social-ecological science and metrics for sustainability will require resolving and implementing the issues around the values, desires, and norms of management participants.

The theory of values being illuminated by environmental psychologists and public policy academics have merged into a useful framework where worldviews are seen to influence and compete for control of social norms and actions.

In this lecture, Tim will discuss the current incentives and approaches to solving problems among academics and managers and juxtapose this with the social-ecological problems and needs of artisanal fisheries in the Indian Ocean and how efforts can be better resolved and integrated. He recommends a more permissive approach to values and management options and more focus on directly asking people what they want in management, less focus on social-ecological causation, and more focus on the outcomes of management experiments.

Bio: Tim McClanahan is a coral reef ecosystem ecologist with research interests spanning the fields of marine protected areas, food webs, nutrients, fisheries, climate change, resilience, and the linkages between coral reef ecosystems and the humans who depend on them. He has spent most of his professional life living and working in Kenya, and for the last 20 years has worked as a Senior Conservation Zoologist for the Wildlife Conservation Society, based in Mombasa, on the east African coast. His work has focused on providing solutions to human-coral reef fisheries interaction in poor developing countries.

18:30 - FREE LECTURE - Helen Trinca Lecture : Helen Trinca will discuss her new biography of Madeleine St John Website | More Information
Helen Trinca will discuss her experience of writing a boigraphy of highly-regarded Australian novelist Madeleine St John. The lecture will be held at the Webb lecture theatre on Thursday the 16th of May. This event is free and will start at 6:30pm, running for approximately an hour.

Madeleine St John was the first Australian woman to be shortlisted for the Booker Prize.

Her novels sparkle with warmth and wit and yet her own life reveals a far more troubled story of loss and abandonment.

Spanning the twentieth century and early twenty-first century, "Madeleine" is an unforgettable insight into the life of a fiercely talented and a highly-acclaimed Australian writer.

Copies of "Madeleine: a Life of Madeleine St John" will be signed by Helen Trinca on the night and will be available for purchase at the Event Price of $30 (RRP$32.95).

Copies of Madeleine St John’s novels, "Women in Black", "Stairway to Paradise", "Pure Clear Light" and "The Essence of the Thing" will also be available for purchase.
Friday 17
7:15 - EVENT - CMSS Breakfast Panel Discussion: Pakistan After the Elections. : CMSS is holding breakfast with a panel discussion to address what challenges may face the new Pakistan Government? More Information
The Pakistan Elections on 11 May 2013 have brought the Pakistan Muslim League (N) back to power with Nawaz Sharif becoming Prime Minister for the third time. What are the challenges being faced by the new government, and how it is likely to respond? The speakers will be:

Winthrop Professor James Trevelyan, Energy Shortage in Pakistan: Issues for thePML-N Government. University of Western Australia. He is an elected member of the Council of the International Federation for the Theory of Machines and Mechanism (IFToMM). He chairs the Engineers Australia National Panel on Mechatronic Engineering.

Mr Muhammad Tariq Moj, Islamic Groups and Elections: PhD candidate at University of Western Australia. His thesis is about the rise of madaris in Pakistan as a counterculture and the comparison of values/ attitudes of students of madaris and mainstream educational institutions.

Professor Samina Yasmeen, Nawaz Sharif: Foreign Policy Directions. Director of the University of Western Australia’s Centre for Muslim States and Societies. The professor of political science and international relations. As a specialist on politico-strategic developments in South Asia.

Cost: Adults- $20.00 and for students/concession $15.00.

15:00 - PUBLIC TALK - Implications of the way we live : Public talk with Professor Jorg Imberger Website | More Information
By way of introduction I will review the legacy of the last 100 years of "progress. Anthropogenic emissions have triggering new carbon emission loops. destruction of habitats is leading to species instabilities with potential impacts on food production, globalization & increasing wealth inequality is leading to economic instabilities, changing food to a commodity is leading to mental and physical health issues and the massive increase in our capacity to destroy has shrunk the time scales of destruction to much less that the time scales required for healing. So what are we to do? I shall explore 10 simple suggestions: 1. Re-establish continuity between generations 2. Seek harmony rather than conflict 3. Learn to how live on a finite planet 4. Re-establish food as part of life 5. Introduce carbon/water neutral living 6. Curb wealth inequity 7. Foster mental and physical well being; curb advertising 8. Subdue technology, re-introduce "Creative Loafing" 9. Foster local diversity of job opportunity 10. Preserve the sources of cultural diversity

Jorg Imberger is the Chairman of the Centre for Water Research and The University’s Professor of Environmental Engineering. Jorg is a winner of two prestigious international awards; the Onassis Prize in the category “Man and the Environment” and the Stockholm Water Prize. Jorg’s expertise has also been recognised in a considerable range of Australian research awards. Jorg established the Centre for Water Research in 1982. Prior to the Centre’s foundation Jorg held a Gledden Fellowship and a Science Fellowship at the University of California. Jorg’s initial objective in establishing the Centre for Water Research was to assess the impact of pollution in the world’s water bodies. The Centre has achieved this major objective through the development of a world leading range of specialised instrumentation. The Centre’s operations now combine three major research objectives: understanding and managing the environment; the development, evaluation and commercialisation of scientific instruments; and support for the water and coastal engineering industries. The combination of these spheres of activity has enabled the Centre to have a worldwide impact.

19:00 - PERFORMANCE - Callaway Series : " Piñata " - UWA Percussion Ensemble Website | More Information
Callaway Series is unreserved and ticketed at the door. All tickets are $10.00. Doors open 15 minutes prior to the event.
Sunday 19
14:30 - PRESENTATION - �Well Versed� Poetry Readings for the UWA Historical Society More Information
Join us for a reading of works by UWA graduates and former staff members including Austin Bibby, Colebatch, Ewers, Hasluck, Hewett, Haskell, Kinsella, Murdoch, O’Brien, Stow, Templeman, Warnock, Zwicky and others. Well versed readers are Faith Clayton, Joan Pope, Valerie Melrose, David Goodall, Rayden James, Phil Mackenzie and Collin O’Brien.

There is a charge of TEN dollars at the door.
Tuesday 21
9:00 - EVENT - Co-op UWA Clearance Sale More Information
The Co-op UWA May Clearance Sale Last days! Clearance stock of fiction, non-fiction and academic reference titles including dental, forensic psychology and Linguistics titles at $10, $5 and $2. Co-op members also receive Member discount off Sale Prices. Selected stationery at 50% off RRP.

Last shipment of grey, navy and black UWA Hoodies on sale @ $39.95

13:00 - SEMINAR - Teaching in a virtual world, Building a virtual school on the UWA campus in Second Life : School of Anatomy, Physiology & Human Biology Seminar Series More Information
The Seminar: The Vice Chancellor has called for “a full review of pedagogic purpose and practice in 2013, with the aim of introducing new pedagogies from the beginning of 2015” this aim was subsequently approved by the Academic Board. Unfortunately the primary driver for such change is often how we can do more with less. To plan for the future we need to investigate as many possible new ways of teaching as we can, in an attempt to maintain “pedagogical excellence” in a time of shrinking budgets. In some cases it is to explore new and exciting teaching methods, in others to “know the enemy” and understand the real costs and deficits of alternative teaching methods.

I will be describing the advantages and disadvantages of the strange 3D world that is “Second Life”; its transition from a den of iniquity where fortunes were made and lost on gambling, prostitution and dodgy banking deals (just like real life really) to a mature Web 2.0 environment used for educational and social purposes. I will cover the pros and cons of the environment for teaching, the implications of “virtual IP” and a “virtual economy” our plans for the “Virtual School of Anatomy, Physiology and Human Biology” being built by Jay Jay Jegathesan and his team, and our links with the online medical school run by the University of Kentucky.

Participants are encouraged to attend in real life or, if they cannot attend through geographical or time constraints, to attend as their avatars in Second Life at Slurl.com/secondlife/UWA/13/9/28

The Speaker: Stuart Bunt is one of the last Professorial Fellows, Teaching and Learning left on campus. With Neville Bruce he introduced digitisation to histology, (taken so much further by Geoff Meyer) founded (with Miranda Grounds and Sarah Dunlop) the Image Analysis lab in APHB and (with Oron Catts and Miranda Grounds), SymbioticA, where he was scientific director for nearly a decade, he is CEO of the spin-off company Paradigm Diagnostics. A believer in universities as a catalyst for social justice and independent thought, Stuart is WA Division President of the NTEU, Vice president of UWAASA and was a senate member for 12 years. His research revolves around medical imaging, bioengineering and neuroscience with occasional forays into the theory and practice of bioart, pioneering, with the SymbioticA research group, the integration of “wetware” (fish neurons) with “hardware” (circuitry) to produce a prototype drawing cyborg known as “Fish and Chips”.

17:00 - PUBLIC LECTURE - School of Music presents: Research Seminar Series - Eva-Marie Middleton Website | More Information
Eva-Marie Middleton: Choral Performances of the Past

The archive of recorded music available for academic study now extends back for over a century. One of the avenues of study provided by this resource is a stark portrayal of differences in performance style over that period. This seminar will look specifically at changes in the performance practice of early choral music. Six recordings of Tudor music made in the 1920s will be analysed for their stylistic features and contrasted with the performance approaches of today's choirs.

19:00 - PUBLIC TALK - Information Evening on the Undergraduate Medicine and Health Sciences Admissions Test (UMAT) : This test is required for domestic School Leaver pathways to medicine and dentistry Website | More Information
The Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER) will conduct a UMAT information session for Year 12 students sitting the UMAT in 2013. This test is required for the domestic School Leaver Pathways to medicine and dentistry. Faculty staff will also be attendance.

Year 12 students who are intending to sit the UMAT in 2013 are encouraged to attend. Due to limited seating, this event is restricted to students only. We will not be able to accommodate parents or teachers.

BOOKING IS REQUIRED (see URL below). After booking a seat, you will be sent email confirmation. Please bring a copy of the email confirmation to the information session.
Wednesday 22
16:00 - SEMINAR - CWR Presents : Effects of reservoir operations on the biogeochemistry of Deadwood Reservoir, USA Website | More Information
Deadwood Reservoir was created in 1931 by impoundment of the Deadwood River by Deadwood Dam. It is located in west-central Idaho, USA, at approximately 1600 m above sea level, in an extremely harsh environment where winter temperatures regularly reach 30 degrees below zero. The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation (BOR) has historically operated the reservoir for irrigation water supply, flood control, and limited hydroelectric power production. More recently, the reservoir has also been used to augment stream flows for out-migrating salmon.

In 2005, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service completed a Biological Opinion that required BOR to investigate flexibility in its operation of Deadwood Reservoir to improve conditions for bull trout (Salvelinus confluentus) in the Deadwood River and Reservoir. In response, a 5-year investigation of reservoir operations flexibility for Deadwood River and Reservoir was instituted, including a holistic watershed assessment, coupled with adaptive management. One of the important management tools developed by the investigation was a coupled three-dimensional hydrodynamic-ecological model of Deadwood Reservoir (ELCOM-CAEDYM) that was used to simulate changes in reservoir operations in order to assess conformance to the terms and conditions of the Biological Opinion. The complexity of ELCOM-CAEDYM required collection and evaluation of substantial amounts of physical, chemical, and biological data from Deadwood Reservoir and its tributaries.

This talk will give an overview of the main physical and ecological characteristics of Deadwood Reservoir under historical dam operations and illustrate the environmental changes in response to different operational scenarios simulated with ELCOM-CAEDYM. The results show how reservoir operations can potentially affect habitat conditions and energy sources for bull trout, as listed in the Biological Opinion.

Short Bio,

Dr. Leticia Chamelete de Vilhena is a Research Associate at the Centre for Water Research at the University of Western Australia. She completed her undergraduate studies in Biological Sciences at the University of São Paulo in Brazil and has recently finished her Ph.D. at the Centre for Water Research, which explored the effects of climate change on the physics and biology of diverse aquatic systems. Leticia’s main research interests include climate change, physical-biological coupling, and the structure of phytoplankton populations in aquatic bodies.

PS* This seminar is free and open to the public & no RSVP required.

****All Welcome****




18:00 - PUBLIC LECTURE - Stalemate in American Politics: Sorting Out the Culprits Website | More Information
A public lecture by Professor Burdett Loomis, Fulbright Flinders University Distinguished Chair in American Political Science.

The American political system was not designed to produce speedy or highly responsive policy-making. Given the US’s separation-of-powers structure, a grossly malapportioned Senate, and a powerful Supreme Court, American presidents have often found it difficult to enact their policy agendas or to respond quickly to major policy problems. Stalemate in US politics has become increasingly problematic over the past thirty years. The polarization of party politics is often seen as the major cause of this impasse, and the post-1980 growth in partisanship has certainly played a significant role. At the same time, interest group scholars argue that the proliferation of groups and the growth of lobbying has rendered policy-making more difficult, especially given the advantages found within the American system that favor those opposed to change.

This lecture examines the roles played by parties and organized interests in producing stalemate, as well as introducing the idea that American voters may well play an important part.

Cost: Free, but RSVP essential. Book via http://www.ias.uwa.edu.au/lectures/loomis

19:00 - PUBLIC TALK - Information Evening for Prospective Graduate Applicants to Medicine Website | More Information
The Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences will be hosting an evening for university students and graduates interested in studying the Doctor of Medicine (MD)course.

Applicants who have already completed a bachelor degree or those who will complete a bachelor degree in 2013 or 2014 are encouraged to attend.

BOOKING IS REQUIRED (via the URL below). After booking a seat, you will be sent email confirmation. Please bring a copy of the email confirmation to the information session.

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