Articles for Advance

The Australian inventor of the black box flight-data recorder, David Warren, has died at the age of 85. Dr Warren was working as a scientist at Melbourne’s Aeronautical Research Laboratory, helping to investigate the 1953 mystery crash of a Comet jetliner, when he came up with the idea of recording pilots’ voices and instrument readings to help solve accidents. His idea sparked little interest in Australia, but Dr Warren worked with colleagues to produce the ARL Flight Memory ...

July, 2010 Welcome to the July 2010 issue of the Advance Global Newsletter. Our next issue will be out after the summer break in September. Please forward this newsletter on to anyone you think would like to connect with Advance. 1. CEO Message 2. Driven to Succeed 3. down under / ON TOP - Michael Ware 4. Australian Pavilion Welcomes Two Million (and a half) Visitors at the Shanghai World Expo 5. Advance Job Board & Opportunities 6. ...

Advance is delighted to celebrate Australian actor Genevieve Lemon's West End debut as Mrs Wilkinson in the London production of 'Billy Elliot the Musical', by giving away two tickets to see the show! ........................................................................................................................ For your chance to win, please email your answer to the question below by 5pm on Monday 19th of July. The winner will be ...

One conversation with a wise person can be more enlightening than years of study. This notion lies at the very heart of Advance. We seek out our most articulate thought-leaders and innovators abroad, those whose work and ideas are infused with unique experiences, travel and exposure to the world's very best, and we bring them together. To talk, and to listen. To share, and to think. To inspire, and to be inspired. This month we share with you some of those stories. Take the time to watch ...

On Thursday 12 August 2010, 16 Australian firefighters combined with their U.S. Firefighter colleagues will run in a 'Tour of Duty', from Los Angeles to New York in an epic journey covering the length and breadth of the United States. In a fitting tribute the run will finish at the World Trade Centre Site in the early morning of September 11th 2010, marking the ninth anniversary of the American tragedy. As Australian firefighters the group have committed to this arduous event in part to ...

Ever wanted to change the world? Ewa Wojkowska, Australian co-founder of New York-based Kopernik (www.thekopernik.org) is bringing innovative technologies to developing communities in East Timor, Africa and elsewhere. Kopernik, founded this year, is an online store of innovative technologies designed for the developing world or the ‘base of the pyramid’ (BOP). It is also a portal for donations to bring these technologies to the communities and projects that need them. The ...

Advance is pleased to introduce members to Oscar's, the best coffee in Hong Kong, and offer members the chance to try it for free.For the month of July, Advance has teamed up with Oscar's, an Australian style espresso bar on Wellington Street. Advance members get a FREE COFFEE with any of their breakfast or lunch items valued min. HK$35. Oscar’s offers a wonderful range of espresso drinks, (even Flat Whites!) as well as a daily rotating selection ...

Some of the world’s trickiest problems will be put to some of the world’s greatest thinkers and strategists to find creative solutions in Melbourne in September 2010. Questions such as how do we re-think the future? How to lead creativity and innovation in organizations? Constructing communities – a contradiction in terms? Mental health and mental wealth? How war can bring peace? will be posed to Edward de Bono; Edward Luttwak, US Strategies; Patrick McGorry, Australian ...

Are you, or do you know, an Outstanding Individual who wishes to return to Victoria to undertake a Research Project? Applications for VESKI Innovation Fellowships for take up in financial year 2010/11 are NOW OPEN with submissions closing at 5pm on Wednesday, 25th August 2010. The VESKI Innovation Fellowships are open to individuals in the fields of science, technology and design specifically relating to innovative technology, biotechnology, design, advanced manufacturing, ...

Wine Australia will be promoting their wines to American audiences throughout the summer. The wine selection will highlight the diversity of styles of Australian wines; from Hunter Valley Semillons to the cool climate Pinot Noirs of Victoria. First will be the summertime concerts on the edge of the East River in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Wine Australia is sponsoring the Open Space Alliance of North Brooklyn events that will feature bands such as Faith No More, Band of Horses and Belle and ...

Welcome to Victorians Abroad, a joint initiative between the Victorian Government and Advance, to help keep you connected with home. Visit our website for information on living, working, investing, studying and visiting Victoria and for ideas on how you can be an ambassador for our great State while overseas. Let your friends know about Victorians Abroad. Membership is free and open to Victorian expatriates, repatriates and alumni of Victorian universities. Join ...

The world’s largest live entertainment company has chosen Melbourne as its home in Australia, with American company Live Nation expanding its concert promotion business to our shores. Live Nation said Australia boasts the seventh-largest music market in the world, and its new Melbourne head office will work with Live Nation’s Global and International Touring teams to bring Live Nation concert tours to Australia, New Zealand and the rest of the Pacific Rim, as well as book local ...

Melbourne’s reputation as the world’s sporting capital has been reaffirmed, with the city taking out the top gong for hosting major international sporting events for the third consecutive time. Melbourne was named the world’s Ultimate Sports City ahead of Singapore, London, Berlin and Sydney at the SportAccord Convention in Dubai. This is a hat-trick for Melbourne, having won the coveted biennial title in 2006 and 2008. Rachael Church-Sanders from Ultimate Sports Cities ...

Scientists at the Victorian Department of Primary Industries (DPI) and the University of Sydney have discovered two new peptides in the genome of the unique Australian animal the platypus, which could be used to combat multi-drug resistant bacteria and reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the agriculture sector. The results of the work were released at international biotechnology event BIO2010 in Chicago. Professor Ben Cocks, Research Director – Biosciences at DPI, said computational ...

Victoria continues to lead Australia on job creation and employment, according to labour force figures released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics. Over the past 12 months, two-thirds of all jobs created in Australia were in Victoria, with 57,000 new full time jobs and a total of 109,700 new jobs overall. Victoria’s unemployment rate also fell below the national average, to just 5.3 per cent. Victorian Treasurer John Lenders said the strong employment growth was partly due to the ...

Melbourne's Alfred Hospital has launched an Australian-first, state-of-the-art gated radiotherapy technology to provide better treatment for cancer patients and ensure greater chances of survival. The cutting-edge equipment and software will be able to treat cancers of the lung, breast, liver, gallbladder, bile duct and liver metastases, countering the effects of organs that move due to breathing and digestion during radiation therapy. Victorian Health Minister Daniel Andrews said that the ...

Australia has jumped two places to be ranked the fifth most competitive country in the world, according to the IMD World Competitiveness Yearbook 2010. This result places Australia well above other advanced economies that have dropped in the rankings during the period of global downturn, such as Germany (16th), Ireland (21st), and Japan (27th). According to IMD, the results of the Yearbook have been strongly affected by unusual volatility in economic growth, exchange rates, financial assets, ...

Victoria has shown why it is the sporting capital of the world, securing the future of the Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix in Phillip Island (south of Melbourne) until at least 2016. The event, which attracted over 105,000 spectators in 2009 and was watched on television by fans in over 150 countries, joins many other international sporting events that have recently chosen Victoria, highlighting why Melbourne was crowned the world’s Ultimate Sports City for the third successive time ...

Melbourne’s Avalon Airport continues to grow from strength to strength, with the double announcement today that the Australian International Airshow is confirmed until at least 2015, and Tiger Airways is adding another five aircraft to its Victoria-based fleet. Avalon, Victoria’s second busiest airport, also gave a longer-term commitment to the airshow, indicating it could host the show once every two years until 2025. Next year’s airshow is confirmed for the 1 – 6 ...

Innovative Victorian games development company Firemint has taken out an unprecedented two Apple Design Awards for their top-selling Flight Control HD and Real Racing applications for the iPad and iPhone. Firemint’s success could also be the first of its kind, with the Melbourne development studio posting on social networking site Twitter that this was the first time a company has taken out two awards with two apps in the same year. The awards, which according to Apple “set new ...