ACPET’s Victorian State Committee were delighted to meet with the Minister for Higher Education and Skills and the Teaching Profession, the Honourable Peter Hall, on Monday 6 June 2011 as part of their committee meeting and afterwards at an ACPET hosted members function. CEO of VIT Mr Arjun Surapaneni is pictured with the Honourable Peter Hall, Minister for Higher Education and Skills and the Teaching Profession, at the members function.

VIT was a proud sponsor of the 2010 Climate Alliance National Conference & Business Leadership Awards held on the 7^th of October at Karstens Conference Centre, Melbourne.

 

The conference featured speakers and panelists:

Ambassador Daly EU Delegation, Canberra
Luke Chamberlain The Wilderness Society
Frank O'Connor Mayor, City of Port Philip
Professor John Thwaites Chair, Climate Works
Jon Jutsen Director, Energetics
Jeremy Baskin Director, University of Cambridge Programme for Sustainability Leadership
Peter Binks Director, Ceramic Fuel Cell Ltd
Merv Jones Chairman, Pacific Environment Ltd and Director, Orbital Corporation
Nathan Fabian CEO, IGCC
Paddy Manning National Chief of Staff, Fairfax Media
Ian Dunlop Chair, Safe Climate Australia and Member of the Club of Rome
Liz Bossley Director, CEAG
Ben Scheltus CEO Climate Alliance

 

2010 Climate Alliance Business Leadership Awards winners were:

Board Leadership of the Year: The National Australia Bank
Leadership of the Year: Mr Rob Grant
Innovato/Exporter of the Year: Hepburn Wind
With a Special Commendation Award: Sydney Water

As a proud sponsor of Ipeal, Victorian Institute of Technology has provided an office on level 10 of our 123 Queen Street building for student services and administration of Ipeal.
Below are photos from the opening of the IPEAL office.  Tony Lupton MP, Cabinet Secretary and Peter Hall, Shadow Minister for Tertiary Education, Skills & Workforce Participation & Leader of the Nationals in the Legislative Council, spoke at the opening event.

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VIT (Victorian Institute of Technology) is proud to be the Platinum Sponsor of the Service Skills Australia 2010 National Conference. Images below are taken from the conference held at the Sydney Convention Centre.

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The organation IPEAL was launched by Tony Lupton MP, Cabinet Secretary and Ted Baillieu MP, Leader of the Opposition. Victorian Institute of Technology was one of principle supporters in the establishment of IPEAL.

Tony Lupton MP, Cabinet Secretary(centre): Ted Baillieu MP, Leader of the Opposition (rear right)

Climate Alliance Limited was formally launched in November, 2009. On the 17th November, Mr Ivan Deveson AO was the keynote speaker in Melbourne. On the 18th November, General Peter Cosgrove AC MC (Retd) was the keynote speaker at the launch in Sydney. Both events included a video message from Mr Andrew Liveris, Chairman and CEO of The Dow Chemical Company. VIT was one of the principal sponsors of the launch.

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Mr Ken Miriams, Mr Ivan Deveson AO, Mr Jan Ranvholt, Mr Lloyd Fleming, Mr Ben Scheltus
Mr Harold Chua, Mr Hendrik Karsten, General Peter Cosgrove AC MC (retd), Mr Arjun Surapaneni, Mr Ben Scheltus
Mr Andrew Liveris