The SSEE International Conference was held at the Melbourne Convention & Exhibition Centre (MCEC).
Sunday 22 November
- Welcome Function - Level 1 Foyer MCEC (Outside Rooms 101-107)
Monday 23 November
- Conference - Level 1 MCEC (Rooms 101-107)
- Conference Dinner - Atlantic South Wharf, Docklands (opposite Etihad Stadium/Channel 7)
Tuesday 24 November
- Code Red Breakfast - Level 1 MCEC (Room 110)
- Conference - Level 1 MCEC (Rooms 101-107)
All prices are in Australian Dollars and include 10% GST (Goods & Services Tax)
SSEE Conference Registration
(Sunday 22 - Tuesday 24 November)
Professional Registration
| $500 | One Day |
| $600 | Two Days - Speakers - SSEE & EA Members |
| $700 | Two Days - Non-member rate |
* Registration includes 1 ticket to the Welcome Reception on Sunday 22nd November, lunches, morning tea and afternoon tea on each day.
Student Registration
| $200 | One Day |
| $300 | Two Days |
* Registration includes 1 ticket to the Welcome Reception on Sunday 22nd November, lunches, morning tea and afternoon tea on each day.
Engineers Without Borders Conference Registration
(Thursday 26 - Saturday 28 November)
Professional Registration
| $350 | Three Days (EWB Member) |
| $400 | Three Days (Non-Member) |
| $140 | One Day (EWB Member) |
| $150 | One Day (Non-Member) |
Student Registration
| $175 | Three Days (EWB Member) |
| $185 | Three Days (Non-member) |
| $70 | One Day (EWB Member) |
| $75 | One Day (Non-Member |
Sustainability Week Registration
(Attend both conferences and get a 10% discount off both events)
Professional
| $855 | Two Days SSEE & Three Days EWB (Member) - SAVE $95 |
| $900 | Two Days SSEE & Three Days EWB (Non-Member) - SAVE $100 |
Student
| $427 | Two Days SSEE & Three Days EWB (Member) - SAVE $48 |
| $436 | Two Days SSEE & Three Days EWB (Non-Member) - SAVE $49 |
SSEE Conference Dinner
(Monday 23 November)
The conference dinner will be held at Atlantic South Wharf located at Docklands. Mick Pearce, DesignInc will present on “How Does Ecological Design Inspired by Biomimicry Change the Design of Cities?”
Ticket Price - $120 per person
Code Red Workshop Breakfast
(Tuesday 24 November)
If Australia declared ‘Code Red’ status on climate change and had to reduce greenhouse gas emissions immediately at all costs, what would we do?
SSEE have held a series of “Climate Code Red” focus group workshops across Australia to bring groups of engineers, scientists and other professional leaders together in each State to contribute to the development of policy regarding Climate Action, including mitigation measures to avoid climate catastrophe. This will discuss the outcomes of the workshops and provide a summary of the key actions that have been identified.
Ticket Price - $45 Conference Attendees, $55 If not attending rest of Conference
Sustainability Week Tours
(Wednesday 25 November)
All Tours $80 Professional $60 Student
Tour 1 - Permaculture Tour - SOLD OUT!
This tour takes a look at “Melliodora”: one of the best documented and well known permaculture demonstration sites in Australia. The site is maintained and owned by David Holmgren; one of Australia’s most experienced permaculture site designers.
The tour will examine the passive solar house, mixed food gardens, orchards, dams and livestock, and creek revegetation and will show how permaculture design can help to restore and improve land and provide for residents needs and enjoyment. Lunch & transport included.
Tour 2 - Eco/Sustainable Buildings in the Melbourne CBD
This tour is great for those who want to learn more about Green Buildings in Melbourne. This tour will take a look at 4 green buildings in the Melbourne CBD and examine the novel ways companies and government are tackling water and energy use in these modern buildings. This day also includes lunch at the Council House 2 Restaurant - a restaurant located in the sustainable CH2 building with an emphasis on sustainable, locally produced fare. Lunch included.
Tour 3 - Sustainable Communities
This tour takes will take you to the funky inner suburb of Brunswick just north of the Melbourne CBD. Here we will be visiting CERES Sustainability Park, the Moreland Energy Foundation and Westwyck Eco Housing Sustainable Development to explore how communities can exist with minimum impact using sustainable methods for waste, energy and buildings methods and materials. Lunch & transport included.
Tour 4 - Water and Sanitation
This tour will take us to a treatment plant to take a look at methods used to treat and recycle effluent, biogas and biosolids. The later part of the day also includes a workshop/tour with Melbourne Water. Lunch & transport included. (Don’t worry we won’t be lunching at the Treatment Plant!).
Tour 5 - Energy - SOLD OUT!
This tour will involve traveling out to the La Trobe Valley to participate in a tour of a brown coal mine and a coal power station. After this tour we will be proceeding thought to the Strzecleckis Ranges to Mirboo North, a small town with a big reputation for some of Australia’s finest micro-brew beers. After lunch we will continue through South Gippsland to the Bass Coast to participate in a tour of a commercial wind farm. Lunch & transport included.
Tour 6 - Food & Beverages - CANCELLED
Ferguson Plarre Bakehouses is a 108 year old family business and they see the environment and sustainable business growth as the primary issue for business and community into the future. They have seen an opportunity to not only reduce their own environmental footprint but to help create an infectious awareness in their stakeholders about how they too can help improve the world we live in. You will tour their main bakery at Keilor East and be shown around by the owner Ralph Plarre, who’s passion for sustainability knows no bounds. Following this it’s off to CUB (Carlton United Breweries) for a tour of their Abbotsford Brewery by Rob Greenaway - Manager of Quality Assurance and Environment. Following lunch at the brewery we will head off to a larger facility, still to be confirmed, to look at how they are improving their environmental practices.
Additional Tour - Waubra Wind Farm Project Saturday 21st November
The Waubra Wind Farm Project is the largest renewable power project in the Southern Hemisphere. It is located in Waubra, approximately 35kms North West of Ballarat. The tour will begin at Acciona Energy’s headquarters. After a short presentation and discussion we will jump on a bus destined for the windy hills of Waubra to check out Acciona Energy’s facilities and enjoy a free lunch. Please note safety requires that long pants and closed shoes are worn.
To download a copy of the flyer and registration form click on yea-v-wind-farm-tour-flyer-final1.
** Note that the wind farm tour is not part of the SSEE Conference and cannot be registered through our registration system.
Cancellation Policy:
Registrations are non-refundable but you may transfer your registration to another person.