Let's talk social impact: How innovative charities lead the way
The Griffith MBA and Griffith Centre for Sustainable Enterprise invite you to join our first MBA for Life event of 2019.The evening will include a presentation from two charities, each making a difference to Australian communities: Orange Sky and Rosies. Both charities are acclaimed for their innovative business models, creative business ideas, and social impact. Our guest speakers will discuss each of these topics plus the scale of their dreams.
Griffith Asia Institute Research Seminar: Russia's Pivot(s) to Asia: Strategy, Reactivity and Political Economy
In this presentation, Dr Nikolay Murashkin will discuss the domestic and external drivers behind Russia's contemporary policies in the Asia Pacific, as well as their historical context, and will argue that the on-going "pivot to Asia" represents continuity with earlier diplomacy rather than a reactive short-term posture.
BSI Research Seminar: Preparing logistics for a low carbon world
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change now argues that to keep global warming to a sustainable level of total CO2 emissions will have to drop by 45-50% over the next twelve years. What does this mean for logistics, a business activity accounting for 10% of energy-related CO2 emissions? In this seminar, Alan McKinnon will explain how companies can devise a strategy for decarbonising their logistical activities.
MenziesHIQ Program Seminar Series: Healthcare Practice and Survivorship - Humanoid Robotics in Healthcare: Public Education to Health Intervention
Dr Nicole Robinson is a Research Fellow at the Australian Centre for Robotic Vision in the Humanoid Robotics project. Dr Robinson will discuss research being conducted in the 'Humanoid Robotics' group, including the use of Pepper robot in healthcare public education, interventions and health clinics.
Symposium on Lessons from the Global Financial Crisis
This Symposium event, jointly held by the Griffith Asia Institute and the Economic Society of Australia (Qld), brings together several high profile economists to analyse key issues of the 2008-09 global financial crisis. Speakers include: Andrew Charlton, A/Prof Creina Day, Janine Dixon, Prof Andrew Hughes Hallett, Tony Makin and John Simon.