THE UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND. Professor Deborah Terry Senior Deputy Vice-Chancellor 4 th MAGEEP International Symposium Opening Session

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1 THE UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND Professor Deborah Terry Senior Deputy Vice-Chancellor 4 th MAGEEP International Symposium Opening Session

2 FAST FACTS Established 1910 Four campuses Six faculties Eight research institutes More than 400 degree programs AU $1.64 billion total operating revenue Leading Australian university in research & its commercialisation 45,548 students 11,398 international students from 130 countries 12,268 postgraduate students 4,593 research higher degree students 7,453 staff 200,000+ alumni in 160 countries

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4 University of Queensland Herston Campus Health Sciences University of Queensland Ipswich Campus University of Queensland Gatton Campus - Agriculture & Veterinary Science

5 University of Queensland Heron Island Marine Research Station

6 SUSTAINABILITY AT UQ Showing leadership through the way we manage our campus operations & support local biodiversity leadership begins in our own backyard Providing graduates with the perspectives & skills that they need to be the future leaders in this space Undertaking & supporting research to impact on what is undoubtedly the grand challenge facing our generation the need for reliable, affordable, & sustainable energy

7 Rooftop solar photovoltaic arrays at St Lucia supply about 5% of UQ s electricity needs

8 Rooftop solar photovoltaic arrays at St Lucia supply about 5% of UQ s electricity needs Goal: 25% reduction from 2009 levels in campus emissions by 2020

9 Co-generation/Thermal Storage System Anaerobic Digester Energy Plant 3.3MW Solar Photovoltaic Flagships Site: UQ Gatton 100% solar 20% of UQ s total electricity consumption & major research site

10 2013 Advanced Engineering Building 5 star

11 Global Change Institute to be housed in a new living building : 2013

12 LEARNING

13 LEARNING Online module on sustainability for all undergraduate students currently being developed

14 LEARNING PhD programs in wide range of fields related to energy & the environment

15 RESEARCH FRONTIERS Meeting the global challenges Innovations to fuel, feed & heal a growing & aging population in an environmentally sustainable way

16 RESEARCH FRONTIERS Meeting the global challenges Innovations to fuel, feed & heal a growing & aging population in an environmentally sustainable way

17 Our strategy The UQ Energy Initiative aims to deliver: highly relevant, world class research outcomes that can impact the real world focus on innovations, transformation, enabling technologies, & policy impact through partnerships with industry, government, & institutional links 4 Faculties Business, Economics and Law Engineering, Architecture and Information Technology Science Social and Behavioural Sciences 6 Institutes Australian Institute for Bioengineering & Nanotechnology Global Change Institute Institute for Molecular Biosciences Institute for Social Science Research QLD Alliance for Agriculture & Food Innovation Sustainable Minerals Institute

18 Our portfolio at a glance The UQ Energy Initiative FOSSIL ENERGY Coal Unconventional Gas Carbon Capture & Storage ENERGY SYSTEMS Power Conversion Energy Efficiency Power Transmission & Distribution Energy Storage RENEWABLE ENERGY Solar Energy Geothermal Biofuels Underpinning Capacity in the Social, Behavioural & Economic Sciences

19 OUR COLLECTIVE LEADERSHIP IS ESSENTIAL: Engagement & convergence Urgent imperative to address energy poverty, climate change, and rising CO 2 emissions Government & industry are limited by short-term views Research-intensive universities have the capacity & responsibility to take the long-term view but we must engage with govt & industry; and work collaboratively in order to drive the scale of impact that is required MAGEEP a key vehicle for this focus INSTITUTIONAL PARTNERS

20 OUR COLLECTIVE LEADERSHIP IS ESSENTIAL: Engagement & convergence Carbon energy research network to be announced at this meeting & formally launched in 2013 globally-focused, industry-facing & policy engaged Goal: leverage the respective capacities of each institution and their industry links to make a genuine difference

21 The UQ ENERGY INIATIVE Thank you to the organisers of the 4 th MAGEEP Symposium