NSW Manufacturing Week
NSW Manufacturing Week aims to inspire and encourage manufacturers to be innovative and to develop their ideas. It offers a wide range of workshops, seminars and site visits designed to inform small to medium enterprises of the latest ideas to grow and evolve their businesses.
Events will be held in Sydney, Western Sydney, Central West NSW, the Hunter, the Mid North-Coast, the Riverina and South-East NSW.
The Program: NSW Manufacturing Week 2010highlights best practice techniques, strategies and case studies. It will identify and discuss some of the major opportunities available to manufacturers from:
• marketing and communications
• logistics and supply chains
• human resources and upgrading skills; and
• sustainability and innovation.
Topics presented by industry experts during NSW Manufacturing Week include:
• manufacturing business performance
• the future of technology
• lean manufacturing
• future directions for Australian industry
• managing fatigue risk
• the global economic outlook
• can your product be exported?
• women in manufacturing
• and much, much more.
Site visits: Site visits are an opportunity for you to inspect some of the more interesting businesses contributing to the manufacturing sector in your region, examine how they become successful, and to identify potential strategic alliances.
More information and registration details: For a complete list of events and site visits, information and registration details: visit: http://smallbiz.e-newsletter.com.au/
phone: 1300 661 539; 1300 661 539; email manufacturingweek@business.nsw.gov.au
Hear about Sustainable Resource Processing
Stevan Green, CEO, Centre for Sustainable Resource Processing, (CSRP) will be outlining what the Centre does at a meeting of the Illawarra branch of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy on Thursday April 22. Venue: Engineering Building 4 at the University of Wollongong. Time: 5.30pm for the Annual General Meeting, drinks and finger food, followed by the presentation at 6pm. Visitors are very welcome. For more details contact Ray Tolhurst (rayt@uow.edu.au) or Roderick Haselden (Roderick.Haselden@douglaspartners.com.au)
The aims of the Centre for Sustainable Resource Processing are to:
• Create new methods to produce minerals and metals in a way that benefits the community, the environment and industry.
• Achieve sustainable minerals processing and metals production: satisfying the global material needs of society with significantly reduced ecological impacts.
• Find technical solutions for progressively eliminating waste and emissions in the materials cycle, while enhancing business performance and meeting community expectations.
Local companies that have been involved with the Centre for Sustainable Resource Processing include ANSTO, BHP Billiton, BlueScope Steel, GHD, Hatch, One Steel and Xstrata. Sustainable resource processing is a key issue for Illawarra’s mining and metallurgical industries. Local projects to achieve this include:
• Coal gas drainage to achieve safety and generate electricity
• Multi-seam coal mining
• Industrial minerals extraction to sustain Sydney’s building industry
• Australia’s largest zinc recycling plant
• The proposed BlueScope Steel co-generation plant
• Materials applications of nano-technology
Young Entrepreneur Round Tables
Are you a business owner under 35? To come and share your ideas about starting and running a business there is a Wollongong event for you on April 9. The half day Round Tables being held across NSW will be a forum for enthusiastic young business owners to share ideas and issues about setting up and running a business in NSW.
The MC will be Jack Delosa, recognised as one of the top young Entrepreneurs in Australia at 'Anthills 30 under 30' Awards.
Hosted by Industry & Investment NSW, the event will be held from 9:30 AM - 12:30 PM on April 9 at Ocean Room, Innovation Campus, Squires Way, University of Wollongong.
Maximum attendees: 40. This event is free of charge. For information and registration details: http://events.smallbiz.nsw.gov.au/Events.aspx?eventid=1659
Science Centre’s Astronomy Discovery Night and Twitter
The Wollongong Science Centre and the Illawarra Planetarium Society will hold a special Discovery Night on Friday 23 April from 7pm – 9pm (Squires Way, Fairy Meadow). Telescopes (weather permitting), Planetarium show, hands-on activities and Science Shop. No bookings required.
Also the Science Centre has now joined Twitter so you can get nearly instantaneous updates to activities, interesting facts and current news. Simply search for Wollongong Science Centre and Planetarium on Twitter.
ILLAWARRA’S 50 TOP BLOKES – COMING TO AN ORGANISATION NEAR YOU
We dare you to be a Top Bloke. This is the message the Illawarra will be giving local young men starting from March 29th
at 11am when the region will spend the next 50 days on the hunt for 50 Top Blokes aged 18-24 who will give
volunteering a go.
The next 50 days will see the Illawarra seek 50 young men aged 18-24 years old encouraging them to volunteer with a
local organisation in dire need of young male volunteers. Best Catch Foundation’s newest public campaign titled 50 Top
Blokes in 50 Days is a direct response to the constant demand for young male volunteers by local not for profit
organisations. Best Catch believes that young men have a lot to offer their local community “We hear the stereotypes
about young men, but we believe young men can be assets, not liabilities – and this is one way they can positively
contribute to our community” said Managing Director of Best Catch Foundation, Melissa Abu-Gazaleh.
Local organisations who are continually in need of volunteers, particularly young males, have jumped at the opportunity
including State Emergency Service, St John Ambulance, Aerial Patrol, NSW Marine Rescue, Cancer Council, Barnardos
and more. “We’re pleased to know that we are assisting local organisations develop the next generation of young male
volunteers – especially those who thrive on building young men to becoming positive male role models for our
community” said Ms Abu-Gazaleh.
Supporters of this campaign include Principal Sponsor Corrimal Apex, Major Sponsor Peoplecare and IMB, Media
partner i98fm, North Wollongong Pub, University of Wollongong and Wollongong TAFE.
Registration is easy, beginning at 11am today young men can visit www.bestcatch.com.au and view all
the volunteering opportunities available and make their preferences. Then a meet and
greet will be held where they can network, find out more about these organisations
and officially sign up to volunteer. If a young male feels he doesn’t have time to
volunteer, the campaign has exciting opportunities to donate money to significant
social projects alleviating disadvantage.
If you know of a young man who should try volunteering encourage them to register online at www.bestcatch.com.au
For more information and to meet some of the young male registrants contact:
Melissa Abu-Gazaleh
0404630013 or melissa@bestcatch.com.au
and visit www.bestcatch.com.au to find our more about our organisation
Castagna Day Festival - Sunday May 2nd
The traditional roasting of chestnut ceremony
The Fraternity Club of Fairy Meadow has held this event for the past 20 years in their grounds on the corner of Bourke Rd and Princes Hwy, Fairy Meadow.
This traditional Italian event is seen by many of Italians and
non-Italian residents living in the community as an opportunity for people of all ages to come together and have fun.
Come along between 10am and 4pm.
This year there will be market stalls selling a large selection of beautiful goods, including arts and crafts, and a great line up of local talent including Atticus, About Eve, The Air, Stone Cold, 08 Crash, Vitaley and Kristy Ansen. Publicity for an Event?
If you want publicity for your business or technically related event, contact Colin Seaborn on 4254 0200 or 0419 841829 or click here->
We welcome stories and photos. With the YOC electronic magazine now going out monthly you will need to send your story by the end of a month to get publicity for an event in the following month in this Clipboard column.
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