Last Thursday, the Auckland Asset Management Symposium was held, a unique hybrid event that saw participants joining both in-person and online. The theme of the event was “Getting the balance right – Incorporating resilience in Asset Management.”
(more…)Engineers Australia is an accredited Observer of the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA), the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) and the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). This means EA can attend UN conferences like Conference of the Parties (COP), meetings and contribute to UN policy submissions, etc.
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(more…)This annual one-day New Zealand based technical symposium brings representatives from various industries together to share asset management experiences and challenges, and provides a forum for networking & information sharing.
This year’s theme is getting the balance right – incorporating resilience in asset management.
Safe and Smart – Use of Technology for Remote Monitoring of Assets, a 5-part weekly webinar series hosted by our Maintenance & Reliability in Asset Management SIG.
How do we remove people from dangerous conditions and situations and do our remote monitoring smarter? The Maintenance & Reliability in Asset Management special interest group presents this 5-part series where we look at different types of technologies that can be employed to reduce the risk to people and property.
Join us online and take the opportunity to look into techniques that are less familiar and can be adapted to your industry, or learn more about what others are doing within your own industry!
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