You are invited to participate in a Postgraduate Student Forum:
“Practical Solutions to Global Sustainability”
Friday 8 August, 12.00-12.55pm, Room G26, Land and Food Resources (Building 142)
Speaker: Dr Colin Harrison: IBM Global Vice President, Environment and Climate Sustainability
Dr Harrison is director for Strategic Innovation for IBM. He manages a program known as Best of Blue that aims to bring the best of global IBM’s capabilities to bear on outsourcing clients’ needs. Previously he established the IBM Institute for Advanced Learning, a global, virtual organization, jointly planned between IBM Research and IBM Global Services. Its goal is to bring together IBM’s leading consultants and researchers in academic education and professional training to develop science, technology, and thought leadership materials in support of IBM’s business in this rapidly growing area.
More information about Dr Harrison can be found here: http://domino.research.ibm.com/comm/research_people.nsf/pages/colinh.index.html
Places for this event are limited so please RSVP to query-environment@unimelb.edu.au by Tuesday 6 August.