Melbourne Saturday 1 October: Climate Change and Engineering responsibility 11.40am to 1.10pm, cnr Victoria & Lygon Street, Carlton South A panel at the Climate Change Social Change conference sponsored by University of Melbourne Office for Environmental Programs: http://climatechangesocialchange2011.wordpress.com/. Per day registration $35. Speakers: 1. Dr Michael Arnold, History and Philosophy of Science, University of Melbourne: An introduction to the interaction between technology and society. 2. Reihana Mohideen, electrical engineer and social development specialist advicing on "gender and energy" in energy sector projects in Asia: Practical experiences of engineering in the field, looking at the social impact of renewal energy projects. 3. Dr Greg Adamson, Department of Information Systems, University of Melbourne: Are technology approaches to climate change a distraction from addressing an underlying problem? 4. Sophie McKenzie, School of IT, Deakin University: How engineers can be encouraged to think about the wider context of the work they are undertaking. IEEE Society on Social Implications of Technology (Australian Chapter) [SSIT technical meetings address a wide range of topics on which IEEE as a whole has no specific view. We don't suggest that IEEE members should agree with all the speakers we invite, but we do hope that they are interesting.]