QUICK LINKS TO BRANCH MEETINGS & SEMINARS

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• The Vic/Tas branch will be holding its professional development seminar On Site Tours of Sustainable Design in Bendigo on Friday, 31 October 2008. The agenda and maps are available from the Events section.
  

• The Hospital Build Asia Exhibition and Congress will be held from 1-3 April 2009 in Singapore. It will be Asia’s first Exhibition and Congress dedicated to Hospital infrastructure, Finance & Investment, Design and Building, Management and Refurbishment. Further information is available from the website.
  

• AIRAH is running a division meeting titled Controls - back to basics on October 14, 2008. The presentation will cover control philosophy and design, setting up and commissioning plants and difficulties faced, and the problems faced with poorly performing or over-specified and complex control systems. Further information available from Events.

• The WA branch annual conference with the theme of Towards High Performance Leadership will be held on Friday, 14 November 2008 in West Perth. The brochure is available in the Events section.
  

• Presentations from the IHEA Queensland Branch Mid-Year Conference Infection Control - and the Hospital Engineer held on 18 July 2008 are now available from the Events section.

• The Victorian State Government is undertaking free assessments on the water efficiency of cooling towers (delivered through AIRAH). By participating, you will also assist in the development of industry standards and benchmarks, to drive water savings across the sector. If you have any buildings within your organisation that you would like to submit for an assessment. More information is available in the Energy Section or contact Phil Wilkinson at AIRAH phil@airah.org.au
  

• CALL FOR PAPERS South African Federation of Hospital Engineering (SAFHE) Biennial Conference 20 - 22 May 2009 in Cape Town. More information is available from the Events section.
  

• You are invited to the 20th IFHE International Congress, and XXVI Seminario de Ingeniería Hospitalaria, AEIH National Congress, to be held on 19 - 23 October 2008 in Barcelona City, Spain. The preliminary program of the 20th IFHE Barcelona 2008 Congress is now available.  More news on the congress program including information on hotels and registration is available from the web site. Corporate sponsorship opportunites are also available. Details are available in the Events section

• AIRAH Melbourne Forum at the Treasury Theatre, Lower Plaza, 1 Macarthur Street, East Melbourne. These are free events, please invite your colleagues but you must be registered to attend. Please RSVP to melbforum@airah.org.au. Dates of future events are available in the Events Section. Further information is available from the AIRAH website http://www.airah.org.au/mel_forum.asp
  

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