Send all your notes on conference events, talks, summits or quiet drinks in the pub to: editorial@thefifthestate.com.au     17 July & 24  August - Sydney - Newtown Library - City of Sydney and Marrickville Council's are hosting two free solar workshops, encouraging inner west and inner city residents to learn how solar ...Read More > >

27 July 2010 - The Australian Institute of Architects launched its Now and When exhibition for the  Venice Biennale earlier this month in Melbourne and Sydney. Following are photos of the event. For more coverage of the exhibition see here. Read More > >

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By Tina Perinotto 28 June 2010 - Sustainability consultant Shauna Coffey (formerly of Mirvac) and Investa’s Craig Roussac were among guests who turned out for the launch of the Energy Efficiency Council’s new policy Platform for 2010 at 260 Elizabeth Street, Sydney, one of Investa’s buildings which it retrofitted to a ...Read More > >

Below: Architects launch national conference with a cocktail party on Thursday night, 22 April at Luna Park Sydney Read More > >

The Australian Direct Property Investment Association held its annual conference in Victoria's Yarra Valley on 14-16 March 2010. The idyllic backdrop of peaceful vineyards was a contrast to the provocative insights of speakers, but there was no lack of fun either, especially in the opening cocktails "warm up"  led by ...Read More > >

By Tina Perinotto 18 December 2009 - Professor Rob Adams AM was this month awarded the prestigious Sidney Luker Memorial Medal for 2009 by the NSW Planning Institute of Australia at a ceremony on 10 December. Professor Adams, director, design and urban environment at the City of Melbourne, was recognised for the ...Read More > >

NABERS launched its shopping centres ratings tool on Tuesday 1 December 2009 at the Botanic Gardens restaurant, in Sydney. Hot on the heels of this will come a ratings tool for schools, hospitals and data centres. Scroll down for photos. Read More > >

3 December 2009 -Landcom's sustainability conference on 18 November has a dual role - as one of the regular thought-provoking conferences that the NSW government's urban land developer likes to create, and to launch a new sustainability tool,Precinx, which promises to provide a far more holistic view of a neighbourhood ...Read More > >

INSTALLATION - 8 October 2009 - “Today 2/6/09 it was reported that the oceans are becoming more acidic. This is yet another in a series of markers on the road to irreversible damage of our environment. “When the oceans reach a certain point in this cycle all life within the water ...Read More > >