22nd May 
Stephen Gray, Mikel Duke, Nicholas Milne, Noel Dow and Jianhua Zhang attended the 2008 Universities Innovation Showcase on the 22nd of May.

27 – 28th  May
John Orbell sat on the EPA Panel for the Appointment of Environmental Auditors (Contaminated Sites) on Tuesday 27th and Wednesday 28th May.

30th May
Stephen Gray attended the Water Wise Showcase “Wyndham’s Water Future” which was hosted by The Honourable Julia Gillard, Deputy Prime Minister on Friday, 30th May at the Italian Sports Club, Werribee.

5th June
Mikel Duke attended “The Environment Industry Dinner 2008” on the 5th of June at National Gallery Victoria, Melbourne.

13th June
Professor Il-Shik Moon from Sunchon National University, Korea is visiting ISI.

20th June 
ISI was a finalist in The Wyndham Business Awards 2008. The event was held at the Wyndham Leisure Centre on 20th June, 2008.

30th June
Mr. Hao Ju, Visiting Scientist from University of Texas at Austin (supervisor: Prof Benny Freeman) gave a seminar on “Crosslinked poly(ethylene oxide) fouling resistant coating materials for oil/water separation”, Werribee Campus.

2nd July 
Mr Andrew Speers previously from CSIRO and currently working on water policy project with the Australian Water Association (AWA) gave a talk about “International Trends in Water Policy and Regulations” on the 2nd of July, Flinders Street Campus.

8th July
ISI Team Building – Bowling event.

10th July 
Chandra Bhan Singh, visiting intern with ISI talked about “Zeolite membranes for desalination” on the 10th of July, Werribee Campus.

24th July
Pradeep Bysani, visiting intern with ISI talked about “Low energy desalination” on the 24th of July at the Werribee Campus.

Sunit Agarwal, visiting intern with ISI talked about “Investigate crystalline size effects on lithium intercalation into brookite TiO2” on the 24th of July at the Werribee Campus.

2007

The advanced Membrane Technologies for Water Treatment Research Cluster was launched at Victoria University's City Flinders Campus. The Membrane Technologies for Water Research Cluster brings together some of Australia's leading scientists and institutions, with the goal of placing Australia at the forefront of innovative membrane development. There were presentations by Dr Tom Hatton, CSIRO, Professor Linda Rosenman, Victoria University, Dr. Michael Barber, CSIRO, Mr Alan Gregory, CSIRO and Professor Stephen Gray, Victoria University.

23rd January 
CONTRIBUTIONS OF NOTE
John Cary on EPA review
The EPA recently released an environmental audit of the historical contamination in the lower Maribyrnong River in the area of industrial precinct of Whitehall St, Yarraville, which found levels of contaminations for a range of metals, including arsenic, in sediment samples consistent with those expected in a highly urbanised catchment. A concurrent fish study looked at a large range of contaminants in fish and eels, including heavy metals, dioxins and other compounds. While it is found that none of the contaminants were above the relevant safety standards, people were advised to limit their consumption of fish taken from the River. The audit resulted from a campaign by The Age in 2005 and the audit findings were reported in The Age of 24 January. Professor John Cary chaired the Audit Reference Group.

2 - 6th July
Associate Professor Chris Perera held two REALM Workshops, one Basic and the other Advanced, for the Australian Water Industry during 2-6 July 2007. Twenty two participants attended the workshops. REALM workshops have become an annual event at Victoria University, since 1997. REALM (REsource ALlocation Model) is a public domain computer software tool, which is used by all water authorities in Victoria, South Australia and Western Australia, and by some authorities in other states of Australia, for water resource planning and management. Victoria University supports REALM and provides training programs.

9th August
Talk by Dr. Tim Carroll from Fonterra R&D, New Zealand who gave a seminar on his research in the water and food industries. Tim is a Chemical Engineer with a PhD from Cornell, USA, who has experience in developing a fundamental understanding of new process technologies as well as implementing these systems into processing plants.

4th September
MIEX Membrane Seminar conducted by Orica Australia Pty Ltd. Presentations by Beryn J. Adams and Thomas Dahlke at Werribee Campus.

24th September
Dr. Pierre Le Clech from the University of New South Wales, Sydney gave a seminar on his research in membrane technology for water and wastewater treatment. Pierre has a PhD in Treatment of domestic wastewater with MBRs.

25th September
Dr. Mikel Duke from the University of Queensland and currently an Australian Research Council International Fellow at Arizona State University, USA. gave a seminar on his research on the production of inorganic molecular sieve membranes for desalination and gas separation.

12th November
Dr Jochen Meier-Haack from Institut für Polymerforschung (Polymer Research Institute) Dresden, Germany gave a seminar on his research into membrane synthesis and modification.
30th November 2007
A Beijing Delegation visited VU to discuss and consider matters related to their interests and potential collaboration (mainly among researchers and universities in Victoria State and Beijing City) in energy, renewable (including solar wind, geothermal and bio-mills) energy, water, sustainable building, emission reduction, city planning and public facilities (energy efficient areas). In addition, the Delegation also wish to discuss the possibility with Deakin University and Victoria University or other suitable organizations to establish an Australia-China (or Victoria-Beijing) Technology Centre on clean energy and environment technologies.

30th November 
A Beijing Delegation visited VU to discuss and consider matters related to their interests and potential collaboration (mainly among researchers and universities in Victoria State and Beijing City) in energy, renewable (including solar wind, geothermal and bio-mills) energy, water, sustainable building, emission reduction, city planning and public facilities (energy efficient areas). In addition, the Delegation also wish to discuss the possibility with Deakin University and Victoria University or other suitable organizations to establish an Australia-China (or Victoria-Beijing) Technology Centre on clean energy and environment technologies.

2006

August
Rafi Semiat presented his work on membrane and nano technology and water research done at the Technion to Grampians Wimmera Mallee Water and Victoria University.

30th October
Sustainable Buildings Workshop, participants from VU and Industry at Cityscape Restaurant, Footscray Park.

17th November
Professor Enrico Drioli an international expert in membrane technology gave a presentation on his work in membranes and water treatment. He is the director of the Institute of Membrane Technology of CMR and the Director of the Institute of Membranes & Chemical Reactors of the National Research Council (Calabria, Italy).

1st December
Victoria University sponsored a workshop on membrane applications in Sydney, The workshop was co-sponsored with IWA and UNSW.

13th December
Professor Yoram Cohen an international expert in membrane technology gave a presentation on his work membranes and water treatment. He is a professor at the School of Engineering and Applied Science, UCLA. He is also the Director for the Water Technologies Research Centre and Centre for Environmental Risk Reduction.