Our next session will be an excursion to the Benalla Gliding Club on Wednesday April 10. We will meet at Gliding Club at 11am.
Les Rodgers
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Jennifer Clemow, an Olefins Applications Engineer from Qenos gave us an interesting presentation on the production of various industrial use outputs from the Qenos Melbourne Petrochemical plant. She spoke about the long history of the plant which uses natural gas as the feedstock. Jennifer’s role is in the design, development and implementation of computer based control systems to maximise the safety of the plant while at the same time ensuring the profitability of the plant. The presentation was well received and the half hour presentation quickly blew out to an hour with the discussion and many questions that followed . Les Rodgers with Jennifer Clemow After the break we viewed an interview with Bill Gates centred around his role in the Breakthrough Energy Coalition. This group was formed at the time of the Paris accord when he lobbied a number of fellow wealthy people to form a coalition to fund innovative research. The research is aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions and only those research projects which expect to reduce greenhouse gas by half a percent or more are being funded Two examples which were discussed included the production of meat grown from cells from live animals such as chicken and wagyu beef. The other example was the funding of a nuclear fusion generator, the holy grail of nuclear power because of its extraordinary efficiency & safety. We ran out of time so will hold over the discussion until later in the semester.
Our next session will be an excursion to the Benalla Gliding Club on Wednesday April 10. We will meet at Gliding Club at 11am. Les Rodgers
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About 'Tech Talks'Are you reasonably tech savvy; interested in technological developments and keen to continue developing your knowledge base? Then the ‘Tech Talks’ discussion group may be of interest. Monthly sessions include viewing of topical ‘TED Talks’; presentations on topics of interest by class members or guest speakers; shared news of developments across a range of technologies. Topics discussed include developments in science as well as technology.
We hope to attract more interest by having guest speakers. Please note that wide ranging discussion of topics is encouraged. Meeting times2nd Tuesday of month
2pm to 4pm U3A Meeting Room 2 FacilitatorNeville Gibb 0428 858 688
LinksArchives'Tech Savvy Talkers' reports/photos from the Rustik then Northo discussion sessions to end 2019.
Resources from Ian McLeod's 'Making the Most of the Internet' course which preceded Tech Savvy:
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