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List of 2012 Blue Sky Lectures:

 Subject Area Lecture Presenter Availability*

Accounting

Forensic Accounting - Can Computers Detect Financial Fraud

Professor Kuldeep Kumar and Mr Adrian Gepp Australia-wide 
 
Advertising Career Opportunities in Advertising Assistant Professor Sven Brodmerkal January and May 2012 semesters -
Brisbane or Gold Coast only
Architecture All About Architecture Professor Philip Follent or Senior Teaching Fellow Chris Knapp Australia-wide
Biomedical Science Degenerative Diseases: The Journey of Multiple Sclerosis Dr Lotti Tajouri

Australia-wide

Biomedical Science Genetic Diseases Associate Professor Kevin Ashton

Australia-wide

Business Organisation and Management The Art of Leadership for Managers: How to be Charismatic Professor Ken Parry

Australia-wide

Communication and Media Careers in Communications and Media Professor Dr Marcus Breen

Australia-wide

Computer Games and Multimedia

Press Play: Your Career in Computer Games and Multimedia

Assistant Professor Dr James Birt

Australia-wide

Construction Management and Building Construction Management and Building Associate Professor Rick Best

Australia-wide

Criminology

CSI: Fact or Fantasy?

Associate Professor Dr Wayne Petherick

January and September semesters.
Australia-wide

Economics

Bankruptcy Prediction - Sink or Swim: Can you Predict who will go Bankrupt?

Professor Kuldeep Kumar and Mr Adrian Gepp

Australia-wide.

Environmental Management Carbon Tax: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly;
The History of the Gold Coast;
Environmental Economics or
From Buddha to Bono - Environmental Ethics
Professor Tor Hundloe Australia-wide 
 
Environmental Science The Politics and Science of Sharks and Shark Attacks Associate Professor Daryl McPhee Australia-wide
Event Management Do Mega Events = Mega Profits? Managing Major Events in Australia Associate Professor Mike Raybould Australia-wide
Event Management The Business of Sports Tourism and Event Management Professor Robert Nash Australia-wide
Film and Television

Lights, Camera, Action: Tips and Tricks to Improve your Video Production

Mr Steve Guttormsen Australia-wide  
Hotel, Resort and Tourism Management Tourism and Climate Change: Managing the Threat to our Recreation and Tourism Industries Associate Professor Mike Raybould

Australia-wide

Hotel, Resort and Tourism Management Your Hotel’s Management is Clueless, and I’ve Just Told 19 Billion People: Managing Social Media in Tourism Associate Professor Carmen Cox

Gold Coast Only

Hotel, Resort and Tourism Management Balancing costs and benefits of the Commonwealth Games 2018 Associate Professor Mike Raybould

Gold Coast Only

Hotel, Resort and Tourism Management Show Me the Money: Managing Revenue in the Global Hotel Industry

 

Associate Professor Carmen Cox

Gold Coast Only

Hotel, Resort and Tourism Management Dark Tourism: Exploring death, disaster and the macabre.             Associate Professor Rob Nash

Gold Coast Only

Information Technology Ahead in the Clouds - Cloud Computing Associate Professor Marcus Randall

Australia-wide

Information Technology Have you Shared your Address with 4 Million People? Security in our Current Digital Age Professor Paddy Krishnan

Australia-wide

Information Technology Planet of the Apps – App Use on the Rise Assistant Professor Warren Toomey Australia-wide
Information Technology The Focal Point - Where IT and Finance meet, Artificial Intelligence and the Stock Market Assistant Professor Bruce Vanstone Australia-wide
International Relations

Facebook and Twitter: The New Tools of Diplomacy

Assistant Professor Caitlin Byrne

May and September semesters.
Australia-wide

Languages Why Learn and Teach Languages Assistant Professor Dr Beata Webb Australia-wide
Law Animals and the Law Senior Teaching Fellow Danielle Ireland-Piper  Australia-wide
Law Coal Seam Gas: What the Frack(tion) is Going On? Assistant Professor Tina Hunter

 Australia-wide

Law Criminal Sentencing Associate Professor David Field 

Queensland only

Law Doing Well by Doing Good: What the Rise of the Third Sector Can Mean for You Assistant Professor Liz Spencer 

Australia-wide

Law Franchising: Changing the World One Hamburger at a Time Assistant Professor Liz Spencer 

Australia-wide

Law How To Take a Case to the United Nations Human Rights Committee Professor Patrick Keyzer

Australia-wide

Law International Law: Why Does it Matter? Senior Teaching Fellow Danielle Ireland-Piper

Australia-wide

Law Legal Theory in Practice: Police Powers & Responsibilities Act (QLD) Senior Teaching Fellow Ian Stevens Australia-wide
Law Sex, Lies and the Law Assistant Professor Liz Spencer  Australia-wide
Law The Law, War, Torture and Terror Senior Teaching Fellow Danielle Ireland-Piper Australia-wide
Law The Power of the Australian Constitution Senior Teaching Fellow Ian Stevens Australia-wide
Marketing Consumer Behavior: The Unknown Side of Retail Therapy Assistant Professor Natalina Zletevska

Australia-wide

Marketing Global Branding Strategies: Exploring the Internationalisation of Brands Assistant Professor Natalina Zletevska and Dr Rafi Chowdhury

Australia-wide

Philosophy On Morality and Human Nature (Thomas Hobbes) Assistant Professor Dr Julie Kelso

January and September semesters.
Fridays only.
Australia-wide

Psychology

Windows into the Mind: Understanding Human Psychology

Assistant Professor Dr Lisa Abel

January and May semesters.
Australia-wide

Public Speaking

Bash a Stool to Become a More Confident, Competent Communicator

Assistant Professor Mike Grenby

January and September semesters.
Gold Coast only 

Tourism Management A Whale of a Time: Managing Nature Based Tourism Operations Assistant Professor Claudia Ollenburg

Australia-wide

Urban Design and Planning

Saving Our Future: Sustainable Cities by Planning and Design

Associate Professor Daniel O'Hare and Assistant Professor Ned Wales

Australia-wide

Urban Development and Property

Urban Development and Property

Associate Professor Lynne Armitage

Australia-wide

 

*Please note that all Lectures are subject to availability as our presenters have varying teaching schedules which may prevent them from being able to travel at certain times of the year