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18October2023

AGM and Network Meeting

AGM and Network Meeting

Date  October 18, 2023Details  08:00 GMT  AGM
09:00 GMT  Progress in Global Education Panel
10:00 GMT  Advances in Fundamentals Panel
11:00 GMT  Advances in Research Panel
12:00 GMT  Progress in Practice Panel
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30September2023

New Member Drive!

New Member Drive!

Date  September 30, 2023Details  
  • New My GATE member service launched including newsletter
  • Volunteering
  • GATE Talks – a round-up of our engagement activity
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28June2023

Journal Special Issue in Sustainability

Journal Special Issue in Sustainability

Date  June 28, 2023Details  Energy Transition means achieving rapid dial-down of fossil fuel production and adapting the oil intensive economies and activities to the retirement age of fossil fuel. This special issue invites researchers at the cutting edge of engineering energy transitions to submit their approach, methodologies, models and results.Link  https://www.mdpi.com/journal/sustainabi...

Past entries

01September2022

ENGINEERING THE FUTURE

ENGINEERING THE FUTURE

Date  September 01, 2022Details  Co-founders of the Global Association for Transition Engineering, Daniel Kenning of the Splendid Engineering and Professor Susan Krumdieck, Chair Professor in Energy Transition Engineering at Heriot-Watt University, deliver a presentation on how engineering can change the future. Link  https://oisf.org/fest-event/engineering...

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02February2022

Mark Hooley

Mark Hooley

Date  February 02, 2022Details  GATE members are saddened at the passing of former trustee Mark Hooley.

Matt Colmer, Daniel Kenning, Susan Krumdieck, Nick Bristow, Michael Reid, Cameron Steel, Mark Hooley 
GATE 2018 AGM

08December2021

Energy Technology Partnerships Conference

Energy Technology Partnerships Conference

Date  December 08, 2021Details  

The ETP 10th Annual Conference 2021: A Sustainable Energy Conference for Emerging Researchers took place online from 8 - 9 December 2021. This event featured guest keynote speaker Professor Susan Krumdieck speaking on research on sustainable energy.

Link  youtu.be/KVIGOQFXdLY

16November2021

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13August2021

Sparking Transitions to Zero Carbon Cities

Sparking Transitions to Zero Carbon Cities

Date  August 13, 2021Details  

New Zealand Web Meeting


The first event in the Aotearoa Transition Launchpad series, aiming to help accelerate the conversations on transition in Aotearoa. We were privileged to hear from Professor Rotmans and Professor Krumdieck, who both provided extremely valuable insights regarding transition governance and implementation. 

Link  youtu.be/tbqGiLx_oA8

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18May2021

Hutton Series Panel

Hutton Series Panel

Date  May 18, 2021Details  An expert panel Prof. Sir David King, Lord Browne of Madingley and Prof. Susan Krumdieck, chaired by Professor Richard Williams, Principal of Heriot-Watt University.

What are the Engineering solutions to climate change?Link  tinyurl.com/f3depskp

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31December2020

20December2020

Prof. Krumdieck is a Radio Pundit

Prof. Krumdieck is a Radio Pundit

Date  December 20, 2020Details  Professor Krumdieck has been a regular pundit on Radio New Zealand throughout 2020. Links to the radio discussions are available here.
Radio NZ

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11February2020

Transition Engineers Australia

Transition Engineers Australia

Date  February 11, 2020Details  Engineers Australia have invited a presentation by Professor Krumdieck about Transition Engineering and how to deliver the training to members as an on-line course or through training workshops at companies. This is a great development for the movement.

10January2020

Transition Engineering in the News

Transition Engineering in the News

Date  January 10, 2020Details  News outlets have featured stories on Transition Engineering.
These articles attracted more than 20,000 views in 2020
Follow the links and share with your networks.
Mediacoverage

21November2019

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28May2019

Big Do in Dunedin

Big Do in Dunedin

Date  May 28, 2019Details  Public lecture and open discussion 
Professor Susan Krumdieck has been invited to give a keynote address to the New Zealand Minerals Forum. The oil extractors are going to hear about the sunset of their industry. But there is a twist. In this talk she will open up a new perspective on the future we know is looming up at us. 

Link  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZrPDKT...
Do Something

04April2019

25February2019

Energy Transition Engineering Course

Energy Transition Engineering Course

Date  February 25, 2019Details  ENME405/605 S1
University of Canterbury Department of Mechanical Engineering
The course will have 7 weeks of lectures on Transition Engineering using the new textbook. Students will focus on learning by doing. A workshop will be included for group brainstorming around the 100 year path-break concepts and discovering shift projects.Link  https://www.facebook.com/transitionengi...
The Big Do

12November2018

09October2018

Conference: The Big Do

Conference: The Big Do

Date  October 09, 2018Details  That was Amazing! 
Just a week before the IPCC released the report on what we are in for and what we risk by running the planetary thermodynamics into instability - we met, and flipped our perspective and came up with a spectacularly disruptive  Big DO.  
2nd conference