PESA QLD: AGM & Technical Lunch, 18th March – Howard Dewhirst

This month, PESA QLD is happy to welcome Howard Dewhirst, Director, Petroalbion PL to present a technical luncheon entitled “Climate Change Queensland Style.”

The Annual General Meeting (AGM) for the PESA QLD Branch will be hosted prior to the commencement of the November Technical Lunch.

Members are encouraged to attend the AGM to have their say with the PESA QLD committee. There is no cost to attend the AGM, however those who are interested in attending but not partake in lunch are encouraged to register their seat by signing up for a “talk only” ticket in the options below. This helps us gauge numbers and provide appropriate seating arrangements.

The Technical Lunch will be held at the Brisbane Hilton Hotel, in the Victoria Room with access from the Hilton Main Foyer on level 6.

For detailed directions, see explanation below.

Please note the Early Bird ticket pricing cut-off times described below.

Presentation Abstract:

Climate Change Queensland Style

A geologist’s view of Climate Change using data mainly from Queensland and Australia.

Climate change has been in effect since the planet developed an atmosphere as by one definition, stratigraphy is but a record of  those climate change effects preserved in the sedimentary record. The talk will examine data connecting rising atmospheric CO2 with bushfires, local rainfall and temperature records, sea level rise, dust storm frequency and other related phenomena, and will examine how they can be misinterpreted. It will briefly explore aspects of the history of climate change in Eastern Australia as recorded in a sedimentary core from a crater lake in FNQ, and will show how such events, including changes in the Great Barrier Reef, are linked to global climate changes. Focus will then switch to fluctuations in atmospheric CO2, the effects on this record of ENSO type activity and the reasons for the surprisingly large inter-hemispheric variations in CO2 concentrations, fluxes and phase, and the validity of the claims that rising CO2 is leading to acidization of the oceans. It will conclude with a brief analysis of the contribution of human CO2 emissions in this story.

Tickets for the Technical Luncheon can be purchased below.

Please be advised of the early bird cut-off date.

Early bird pricing will remain available up until Wednesday 11th of March, 5:00 PM after which, standard pricing will come into effect.

Final numbers to venue required by 12pm Monday 15th March – To avoid disappointment please register before that date and time.

Registrants may elect to book a ‘Talk Only’ ticket below.  Chairs will be made available at the back of the room for members wishing to attend the presentation.

Talk Only tickets are free of charge, however, no refreshments or lunch is included.

PESA QLD 2021 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

The Annual General Meeting (AGM) for the PESA QLD Branch will be hosted prior to the commencement of the November Technical Lunch.

Members are encouraged to attend the AGM to have their say with the PESA QLD committee.

PESA QLD are always interested to have active involvement from our membership… and what better way than to take up a position on the PESA QLD Committee!  Interested members who are keen to become a committee member are encouraged to lodge a nomination form (see link below).  Any member is invited to nominate for any of the available roles detailed on the Nomination form.  Any questions, please email qld-secretary@pesa.com.au

Please find below the Requisite AGM governance documents for distribution to members ahead of the AGM:

Agenda AGM 2021
Proxy Form
Minutes of 2020 AGM
Nomination form
2019 President’s Report

Brisbane Hilton Victoria Room can be accessed by two means.  Detailed directions are below:
1) Entry from Queen Street Mall
Enter the lifts located just to the left of Mick O’Malley’s Irish Pub, and take the lifts to Level 6.  Once you exit the lifts, the Victoria Room is immediately to the left.
2) Entry from Elizabeth Street
Enter the foyer located on 190 Elizabeth Street, and take the lifts to level 6 (Main Foyer).  The Victoria Room is located in the back of the main foyer towards the right as you walk past Vintaged Restaurant.

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