15 February Businesses can help spark STEM interest in Mackay high school students by sponsoring a ticket to IWD 2019 event February 15, 2019 By Admin RIN General mackay, international womens day, STEM, resources 0 Resource Industry Network (RIN) is encouraging local businesses to sponsor student tickets to its International Women’s Day (IWD) Business Lunch to help educate and inspire Mackay’s high school students to consider a STEM career. Resource Industry Network (RIN) is encouraging local businesses to sponsor student tickets to its International Women’s Day (IWD) Business Lunch to help educate and inspire Mackay’s high school students to consider a STEM career. STEM (science, technology, engineering, mathematics) careers have the ability to offer extremely rewarding work opportunities, not only around the world, but right here in Mackay as a result of our world-class engineering, industrial and technology sector. By sponsoring a student ticket to the RIN IWD 2019 event, businesses will be helping expose talented local students to inspirational speakers and business leaders who will share their stories and speak about the importance of diversity in business. The keynote speaker for the event is Dr Ellen Moon, who is a lecturer in environmental engineering at Deakin University. Dr Moon’s work has taken her to all seven continents, including a voyage to Antarctica in 2018, as part of the Homeward Bound leadership initiative for women in science. Dr Moon was recently named as one of Science & Technology Australia’s ‘Superstars of STEM’ for 2019-2020 and is leading the next generation of engineers to tackle the environmental challenges of the future, and through her research, focusing on contaminated land and water, to help industries to reduce the environmental impact of their activities. Resource Industry Network general manager Adrienne Rourke says securing Dr Ellen Moon as its keynote speaker is a fantastic opportunity for Mackay. “Ellen is an inspirational leader helping to create sustainable futures for the next generation of women in STEM. We encourage businesses to not only purchase tickets for their team, but for local high school students, who can benefit from listening to such a fantastic role model,” Ms Rourke said. EVENT DETAILS RIN International Women’s Day 2019 Business Lunch Mackay Entertainment and Convention Centre Friday, March 8th from 12noon – 2pm $55 (RIN members) or $70 (non-members) Tickets available at: www.resourceindustrynetwork.org.au/Events *ENDS* Photo above: Dr Ellen Moon For further information, please contact: Communications Officer Jodie Thompson P: 07 4952 4184 M: 0408 638 968 Email: comms@resourceindustrynetwork.org.au Related Articles Businesses urged to lead from the front and register for annual Safety Conference in Mackay Safety Conference - Mackay, Queensland Mackay innovators head to Canberra to be part of Modern Mining Technology Showcase A taste of the ingenuity from Mackay’s engineering, industrial and technology sector will be showcased in the nation’s capital this week when a contingent of local businesses and industry representatives travel to Canberra tomorrow to be part of the Modern Mining Technology Showcase. MIW METS businesses now in the driver’s seat for commercial acceleration of their technology and innovations Five of Mackay-Isaac-Whitsunday’s METS businesses are now equipped with more tools and skills to help drive commercial opportunities within their operations after completing the final training workshop of the 2020 Regional Accelerator program today. Local METS sector encouraged to enter 2019 RIN Awards Top performing METS sector companies from the region are encouraged to do something good for their business and nominate for the upcoming 2019 Resource Industry Network (RIN) Awards. MIW businesses ready to drive their METS solutions to success MIW businesses ready to drive their METS solutions to success FUNDING BOOST FOR METS SME EXPORT HUB FOR THE MACKAY ISAAC WHITSUNDAY REGION The development of the Mackay Isaac Whitsunday Mining Equipment Technical Services (METS) Export Hub will move forward after securing $353k grant funding from the Australian Government for the establishment of Small and Medium Enterprises (SME) Export Hubs. Showing 0 Comment Comments are closed.