AMCouncil’s Jim Kennedy is to represent the AM Council at the INCOSE Conference to be held in Adelaide from 15th to 20th July 2017. Jim will participate as an asset management expert together with other international experts during Wednesday afternoon sessions 19th July. Program available here. Transportation highlights available here.
Twenty years ago, the internet took a century-old telephone network and turned it into an information superhighway. Today, something similar is happening in the power supply industry.
The power grid has already become an ‘internet for electricity’ where suppliers and consumers trade and regulate commodities in a two-way relationship.
Disruption and innovation often go hand in hand, but there is an important difference between the two. For example, the use of smartphones to connect online with business services was an innovation. But when Uber began using smartphones to facilitate ride-sharing, the result was a disruption that literally had people fighting in the streets.
AMCouncil Chapter Chair Sydney, Steve Doran, presented a paper on this topic at the recent AMPEAK17 event in Brisbane.
Engineers and Engineering Students Information Night – AMCouncil Gippsland Chapter
The Asset Management Council, Engineers Australia Gippsland Regional Group, and Federation University Australia conducted an “Engineers and Engineering Students Information Night” on 30 March 2017 at Federation University Australia, Churchill Campus,