IET Queensland Network Annual General Meeting 2024 and Technical Talk
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At the AGM, there will be a motion to form the new committee for 2025 and we are looking for nominations to fill these roles. Please refer to the Opportunity to Get Involved section of this broadcast to find out more and email the outgoing chair.
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Opportunity to get involved
Please consider all IET QLD network office bearer positions are open for the next year, 2025, and we are seeking nominations; we request you to submit your nominations/interest to Lincoln Perera (Lincoln.Perera@ietvolunteer.org) and copy general Secretary Lakshantha (Lakshantha.Visvalingam@ietvolunteer.org) by email by COB Monday the 10th of Nov 24. I suggest you seriously consider volunteering yourself.
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Continuing Professional Development
This event can contribute towards your Continuing Professional Development (CPD) hours as part of the IET's CPD monitoring scheme.
14 Nov 2024
12:00pm - 2:30pm
Organiser
- Queensland Local Network
Registration information
If you have any enquiries, please contact Priyanga Ambanwala at Priyanga.ambanwala@ietvolunteer.org
Speakers
Dr Ljubo Vlacic
Professor Emeritus at Griffith University
Professor Emeritus Ljubo Vlacic is with Griffith University's Institute for Integrated & Intelligent Systems. From January 2024 he has assumed the appointment to the IEEE Intelligent Transportation Systems Society President. He is a control systems scientist and practitioner, renowned for his contributions to co-operative self-driving vehicles and intelligent control systems research and development.
His research achievements made news headlines and were broadcast through media outlets throughout the world.
In recognitions of his achievements, he received numerous awards. Currently, he is: (i) Distinguished Visiting Professor at the Southeast University, China (2021- 2027); (ii) Director on the Board of Directors of the ANZCC Steering Committee; (iii) General Chair of the 2025 Australian and New Zealand Control Conference; (iv) General Chair of the 2025 IEEE Intelligent Transportation Systems Conference; and (v) the Immediate Past Editor-in-Chief of IEEE-Intelligent Transportation Systems Magazine.
He graduated from the University of Sarajevo (Control) and completed his MPhil and PhD studies in Control at the same university. He also graduated from the Conservatorium of Music, University of Sarajevo and played violin with philharmonic and symphony orchestras.
Programme
Technical Talk: Shall We Let AI Be in the Driver’s Seat?
Speaker: Dr Ljubo Vlacic
Abstract
Although self-driving vehicles research has achieved its prominence, there are numerous issues that are yet to be addressed, in order for self-driving vehicles to bring a quality change to people's mobility and road safety. The talk is aimed at sharing with the audience the speaker's personal view on some of these issues.