Mr Tim Roberts, Research and Development Manager, Revolution Design, Hobart

will present

Designing a Low-Emission, High-Speed Ferry for Argentina

in the Meeting Room, QVMAG at Inveresk
2.00 pm Sunday 10th August 2014
Admission: $5 General Public, $3 Friends of the Museum, $2 Students
Free for members of The Royal Society of Tasmania

To assist us with the organization of this event
RSVP by Thursday 7th August 2014:
Email bookings@qvmag.tas.gov.au or telephone 6323 3798

Incat is a Hobart-based company providing optimal lightweight ships for ferry operators, special service providers and militaries. It specialises in catamarans, from fast and flexible vehicle-passenger ferries to high-speed military support vessels and crew ships. The catamaran “Francisco” was built in Incat’s Prince of Wales Bay shipyard in Hobart, and delivered last year to the Argentinia company Buquebus, and will operate on the River Plate, between Buenos Aires, Argentina, and Montevideo, Uruguay. It is the first high-speed Ro-Ro ferry to operate with liquefied natural gas (LNG) as one of the primary fuels, and accordingly it has one of the lowest emission levels in the word. Incat was awarded the construction contract for this ship in November 2010. The design works were carried out by Revolution Design. The vessel was launched in November 2012, with sea trials commencing in March 2013. The energy-efficient vessel was named in June 2013. Tim Roberts will talk about some of the challenges faced by Revolution Design to produce the design features of this unique vessel.

Mr Tim Roberts has been an executive Director of Revolution Design, the design arm of Incat in Hobart, since 2003 and is currently the Research and Development Manager. He first became involved with ship design as a consultant in noise and vibration, and in 1984, completed a Master’s Degree using a wind tunnel study to quantify flow forces on underwater winged appendages. He then spent four years in Asia consulting in noise and vibration, wind engineering and small boat design. Prior to his appointment with Revolution Design, Tim worked at Incat, and was responsible for research into all facets of high speed ship design and building, and the application of this research into the production of fast ferries and cargo vessels. Particular areas of research have included tank model testing, computer modelling performance prediction of catamaran hull shapes, fatigue analysis of catamaran structures, and full scale monitoring of vessel motions, stresses and sea conditions for the prediction of sea

in the Meeting Room, QVMAG at Inveresk

Admission: $5 General Public, $3 Friends of the Museum, $2 Students
Free for members of The Royal Society of Tasmania
To assist us with the organization of this event, RSVP by Thursday 24th July 2014:
Email bookings@qvmag.tas.gov.au or telephone 6323 3798

Colon cancer is one of the most commonly occurring forms of internal cancer, and the second most common cause of cancer-related death, after lung cancer. Around 80 Australians die of the disease each week. It will affect one in twenty people in their lifetime, and currently has a mortality rate of 50%. Colon cancer is a serious disease, but if cancer or precursor colonic polyps are diagnosed early, it is often curable. Surgery offers the only chance of cure in detected cancers, while chemotherapy and radiotherapy may offer both cure and symptom control in more advances cases.

Dr Scott Fanning: Colonic Polyps and Cancers – A Gastroenterologist’s Perspective
Dr Fanning will provide an overview of colonic polyps and cancer, a brief summary of genetic pathways, and will discuss endoscopic assessment, classification and treatment options.
Dr Fanning runs a busy practice based at St Vincent’s Private Hospital, and is Visiting Gastroenterologist at the Launceston General Hospital. He is a Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians.

Dr Hung Nguyen: Surgical Treatment of Colorectal Cancer
Dr Nguyen will present some rationales and historical perspectives on the surgical treatment of colorectal cancer, looking also at current research and future directions in surgical techniques.
Dr Nguyen has been a colorectal surgeon in Launceston since 1996. He is a Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons, and has acted as an Examiner for RACS Fellowship examinations.

Dr Mark Bell: Radiotherapy and Chemotherapy for Colorectal Cancer
Dr Bell will outline the evolution of chemotherapy and radiotherapy for both cure and symptom control in colorectal cancer, particularly in relation to patients presenting with more advanced disease.
Dr Bell is a Radiation Oncologist working at Launceston General Hospital, Mersey Community Hospital and St Vincent’s Private Hospital. He is a Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Radiation Oncologists.

Dr Andrew Pirie
MSc. Agr., PhD., Proprietor, Apogee Vineyard

will present

Evaluation of Climate Indices for Assessing Climate Change Impacts on Tasmanian Viticulture

in the Meeting Room, QVMAG at Inveresk at 2.00 pm Sunday 22nd June 2014
Admission: $5 General Public, $3 Friends of the Museum, $2 Students
Free for members of The Royal Society of Tasmania

To assist us with the organization of this event
RSVP by Thursday 19th June 2014:
Email bookings@qvmag.tas.gov.au or telephone 6323 3798

The world’s viticultural regions occupy a relatively narrow band of climates. This suggests that economic production from grapevines is relatively sensitive to regional climatic variation. Accordingly, climate change impacts on the world’s wine–producing areas are likely to be substantial. Growing season temperature (GST) is one index used for describing the temperature regime of wine regions and will be used to judge climate-change impacts on Tasmanian viticulture. Should there be 2.5 degrees Celsius of average global warming by 2050 years, a change in vine cultivars will be needed to maintain high standards of wine quality.

Dr Andrew Pirie qualified with MScAgr and PhD from the Department of Agronomy and Horticultural Science at the University of Sydney. His major academic interest has been vine physiological responses to the environment. Tasmania emerged from these studies as a potential high quality wine producing area in 1973, and in 1974 he and his brother David established Pipers Brook Vineyard in northern Tasmania, one of the first major plantations of the modern era of viticulture in Tasmania. Since then he has been CEO of Tamar Ridge Estates and a Research Associate at the University of Tasmania.