CQUniversity Mackay joined in the ResearchExpo with gusto...

Pictured from top left (snaking down): Yvonne Warburton, Nicola Lee and Margaret Meng; Dr Doug Hargreaves, Dr Col Greensill and Dr Arun Patil; Phillip Masser and Dr Andrew Hammond; Dr Judith Wake and Christine Carlisle; Geoff Fleming, Robyn Smith and Maree Franettovich; Heather Nancarrow and MP James Bidgood; and Pauline McNee, Annie Webster and Heather Nancarrow.

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Key session topics around theme of 'Innovation Changing our Future' included:

-  The Power of Evidence: The role of research in supporting effective responses to intimate partner abuse in Central Queensland;

- A partnership between CQUniversity and industry to promote health research;

-  Sustainable Tourism on Private Lands;

- Local partnerships in mangrove health and water quality research;

- On Cyber Infrastructure in Increasing Performance of the Goonyella Coal Supply Chain;

- Engineering Education Quality Assurance: A Global Perspective (including the launch of Dr Arun Patil's recently published Springer Book);

- The Green Report (perspectives on the Australian Emissions Trading System);

- Liveability audit in Mackay-Whitsunday-Isaac region;

- Cane Railway Transport;

- Bridging the Automation Skills Gap;

- Research for Profit: Creating innovation opportunity in your business;

- Exploring the fl ow experiences of computer game players;