Seminar/Forum

CANCELLED EVENT: Griffith Asia Institute Research Seminar: The Future of Work and India's Future
08 Mar

CANCELLED EVENT: Griffith Asia Institute Research Seminar: The Future of Work and India's Future

In this presentation, Adjunct Professor Yan Islam will examine the future of work and India's future. The following questions will be addressed: Can India continue to grow at rapid rates in the 21st century? What is the likely impact on the Indian labour market of the adoption and diffusion of new technology?
PDN Leadership Breakfast - Reading Opens Doors
07 Mar

PDN Leadership Breakfast - Reading Opens Doors

Suzy Wilson is Founder of the Indigenous Literacy Foundation and owner of Riverbend Books, Bulimba.

Suzy will look at the link between academic success and reading, and the role 'reading' plays in our educational and personal lives.
Managerial silencing of employee voice
06 Mar

Managerial silencing of employee voice

Professor Jimmy Donaghey, Warwick Business School discusses his co-authored paper focusses on one of the down sides of employee voice - the siliencing of workers by their managers, in this seminar. RVSP by 2 March: http://www.cvent.com/d/ctqgvf
IBAS Research Seminar: Intelligent virtual agents  for education, training, health  and wellbeing
01 Mar

IBAS Research Seminar: Intelligent virtual agents for education, training, health and wellbeing

This seminar will provide an overview of the types and uses of Intelligent virtual agents. Intelligent virtual agents (IVAs) have been a growing area of research within the field of Artificial Intelligence in the past 20 years. An IVA is a piece of software, generally considered to be autonomous in some way that imitates the behaviour of a human or animal and is embodied within a virtual environment.
Griffith Asia Institute Research Seminar: Governing 'climate migration' in Oceania
01 Mar

Griffith Asia Institute Research Seminar: Governing 'climate migration' in Oceania

In this presentation, Dr Samid Suliman will examine the current migration governance arrangements in Oceania, and argue that there is a pressing need to radically transform regional institutions to effectively govern future "climate migrations'.
Successful transition to first year at university
23 Feb

Successful transition to first year at university

The Australian Parents Education Association Incorporated (APEAI) - a Brisbane-based Chinese Parents' Association - is holding a talk for members of the Chinese community (parents and children) to assist both local and international students transiting to first year at university.
The delivery of the talk will be in English, so parents and students from other ethnic backgrounds are most welcome to attend.