[Music]
[Applause]
I want to make a confession
I’m an engineer how many of you know an
engineer or methane engineers most of
the audience okay so you should have a
fairly good view of what an engineer
looks like I would like you to close
your eyes for a few seconds and just
imagine that engineer him or her as you
perceive them to be just a few seconds
did you look like this yes a nerdy loner
who’s really good in maths and physics
was really poor in social skills and
communication skills or perhaps you
might thought of her that’s more maybe
fits your perception of engineer a
technical problem solver who just make
sure that things work now I would like
to challenge both of these stereotypes
for engineers for me a great engineer
today is not only a master of her
technical craft but it’s also a great
communicator and a great collaborator
she has empathy with human challenges
and focuses on not just technical
performance of her creation but also
other attributes like beauty impact to
humanity and society let’s look at a
very iconic example in Gustav Eiffel now
Gustav Eiffel is renowned around the
world for an amazing range of structures
he designed and constructed in fact
there’s some examples in this country
there’s a famous bridge in this town
designed by Gustav Eiffel but of course
the most famous structure that he
design and construction is Eiffel Tower
in Paris it’s an iconic landmark that is
instantly recognizable but some other
facts about Gustave are not as
well-known the fact that he got so much
criticism and resistance about his
design of the tower
not many people know that he had to
overcome those criticism particularly
flop from the elite circles in Paris his
design what was referred to in rather
unlikely on currently turns like a
useless monster a gigantic factory
chimney and this was his response
published in the magazine laid home on
14th of every 1887
I think was Valentine’s Day back in
those days too for my part I believe
that the tower will possess its own
beauty only to believe that because one
is an engineer one is not preoccupied by
beauty
in one’s constructions or that one does
not seek to create elegance as well as
solidity and durability then he goes on
to talk about using mats as a way of
creating beauty and harmony it is
because of Gustav Eiffel persistence and
the fact that he stood up to all those
loud criticism that we today have this
majestic icon that marked Paris as the
city of love fast forward today today’s
challenges are more complex than just
building iconic structures unlock Gustav
Eiffel who had to deal with opposition
from only a niche group of Parisians in
the users in the age of social media we
have to deal with anyone who has a
mobile phone and an internet connection
people want to
and can have the say I’ll give you an
example of a complex problem we face
today meet the Smith family who lived in
Latrobe Valley in the state of Victoria
in Australia for generations the father
of the family right at the back on that
image recently retired from Hazelwood
power station where he worked all of his
life as a boiler mechanic just like his
father did before him the mother who’s
also in the background picture now helps
his son look after the grandchildren
after she had to close her hairdressers
shop the son and his wife had always
lived in the valley but they now face an
uncertain future as both of them lost
their jobs when the Power Station closed
down you can imagine the strain that
this family is going through it seems
like a town they lived in for generation
is dying in front of their eyes put
yourself in their shoes a typical day is
spent job hunting and wondering how to
keep the family intact the Smith family
wonder how it came to this surely there
must be a better way and this is
Hazelwood Power Station a cold fire
power station that supplied nearly one
quarter of electricity of the state of
Victoria in Australia but it was also
the most polluting in fact the most
polluting in the Western world emitted
15 percent of all of the greenhouse
emission of state of Victoria annually
and here’s the huge mine in the
foreground that supplied call to that
power station the power station closed
in the June of last year affecting a
community of 14,000 people whose
livelihood dependent on the power
station and or every economic activities
around it there are lots of stone
like the sweets family but closing down
Paris station is only part of the human
story can we imagine a prosperous future
for this community this is what we call
a wicked problem because there is no
narrowly defined problem to which we can
provide a simple ready-made solution in
the past if a power station closed if it
got to end of its life to be closed it
down that’s it end of story what today
we asked to do much more and we have an
obligation to do more one of the most
wicked problems we all face is
urbanization according to the United
Nations 2/3 of the world population will
live in cities by 2050 they will need
electricity clean water food and there I
say Wi-Fi the problem faced by Hazelwood
is one that will be faced by many
communities globally as the coal-fired
power stations are being decommissioned
all around the world here in Vietnam it
is the next generation who will face
this with the problem by 2035 the demand
for energy will be three and a half
times higher than what it is today in
Vietnam but from year 2000 to 2015
energy generated by coal raised from 15%
to 35% of energy production in this
country so your Hazelwood is coming to
deal with messy problems I believe we
need a new breed of engineers our work
for our economy global engineering
company of 7,000 people at oricon we are
doing exactly that
developing engineers with a technical
mastery and fearless of Gustave Eiffel
but also with a big dash of empathy for
the users and communities
we take our good designers and teach
them on non technical skills like
storytelling as well as art design
thinking game design collaboration this
is the new face of Engineers there has
to be a selfie they’re very different
from the ones we saw earlier at the
beginning now back to the Smith family
how can the new breed of engines help
them can we use what exists to make a
bright future for the Smiths let’s look
at the area around the mine again now
there is a difference in height between
the cooling pond which is associated
with the power station and the huge hole
that is the mine pit now we can take
advantage of this height difference to
install what is a combined hydroelectric
dam and a pump storage installation the
cooling pond can be cleaned up and
turned to a recreational facility or we
can float some solar farms or both
imagine also if the surrounding areas
are regenerated to become an egg natural
reserve with grasslands woodlands and
wetlands how about water park at the
edge of the lake this will attract
visitors and tourists and add income and
jobs
to the town continuing on the spirit of
using what is there did you know a major
waste product of coal-fired power
station is what’s called fly ash from
which magnesium can be extracted
now magnesium is very useful in making
electronic devices like these mobile
phones laptops cameras and the like even
the even the better thing is that the
process of magnesium extraction is
carbon neutral because co2 is an input
to the process not the output while some
calculations there is enough flyer
in this power station to supply 20 years
of input to an extraction plant facility
for magnesium with all these
technological activities taking place
there is no reason why this stand
shouldn’t position itself as a hub for
technological and energy research so
here we can tell turn waste the
opportunity if you look at the problem
through a human lens now the skills of
people in turn are highly specialized
and valuable what if we reuse their
skills in a similar industry let’s say
renewable generation at the hydro dam or
solar farm so the Smith family can
retrain quickly and need not to leave
the hometown as you can see the work we
do as engineers have a big impact on
human lives if the global cohort of
engineers were to be more than just
technical problem solvers or solution
providers but better equipped and more
involved in the problem finding process
imagine what kind of effective solutions
we will have now mark call for action
if you’re an engineer which I hope
there’s some in the crowd or urge you to
stay with problems longer
don’t jump to conclusion for a solution
be a fearless engineer of be a fearless
person like Gustav Eiffel was and have
empathy for human lives and environment
your work effects if you are a parent
and I assume there are some in the
audience who are encourage your child to
[Applause]
if you can if you’re young enough that
you’re still considering your
educational or career choices
please give engineering a serious
consideration after all much of the
prosperity of humanity depends on the
work we do as engineers but
unfortunately much of the great work we
do remains invisible together we can
make a big difference to our communities
and they’re weaker problems
so in summary engineers need humanity
but just as importantly humanity needs
engineers my name is Kailash Giovanni
I’m a human centered engineer from
Oricon and I’m proud of it thank you [Applause]
[Applause]
I want to make a confession
I’m an engineer how many of you know an
engineer or methane engineers most of
the audience okay so you should have a
fairly good view of what an engineer
looks like I would like you to close
your eyes for a few seconds and just
imagine that engineer him or her as you
perceive them to be just a few seconds
did you look like this yes a nerdy loner
who’s really good in maths and physics
was really poor in social skills and
communication skills or perhaps you
might thought of her that’s more maybe
fits your perception of engineer a
technical problem solver who just make
sure that things work now I would like
to challenge both of these stereotypes
for engineers for me a great engineer
today is not only a master of her
technical craft but it’s also a great
communicator and a great collaborator
she has empathy with human challenges
and focuses on not just technical
performance of her creation but also
other attributes like beauty impact to
humanity and society let’s look at a
very iconic example in Gustav Eiffel now
Gustav Eiffel is renowned around the
world for an amazing range of structures
he designed and constructed in fact
there’s some examples in this country
there’s a famous bridge in this town
designed by Gustav Eiffel but of course
the most famous structure that he
design and construction is Eiffel Tower
in Paris it’s an iconic landmark that is
instantly recognizable but some other
facts about Gustave are not as
well-known the fact that he got so much
criticism and resistance about his
design of the tower
not many people know that he had to
overcome those criticism particularly
flop from the elite circles in Paris his
design what was referred to in rather
unlikely on currently turns like a
useless monster a gigantic factory
chimney and this was his response
published in the magazine laid home on
14th of every 1887
I think was Valentine’s Day back in
those days too for my part I believe
that the tower will possess its own
beauty only to believe that because one
is an engineer one is not preoccupied by
beauty
in one’s constructions or that one does
not seek to create elegance as well as
solidity and durability then he goes on
to talk about using mats as a way of
creating beauty and harmony it is
because of Gustav Eiffel persistence and
the fact that he stood up to all those
loud criticism that we today have this
majestic icon that marked Paris as the
city of love fast forward today today’s
challenges are more complex than just
building iconic structures unlock Gustav
Eiffel who had to deal with opposition
from only a niche group of Parisians in
the users in the age of social media we
have to deal with anyone who has a
mobile phone and an internet connection
people want to
and can have the say I’ll give you an
example of a complex problem we face
today meet the Smith family who lived in
Latrobe Valley in the state of Victoria
in Australia for generations the father
of the family right at the back on that
image recently retired from Hazelwood
power station where he worked all of his
life as a boiler mechanic just like his
father did before him the mother who’s
also in the background picture now helps
his son look after the grandchildren
after she had to close her hairdressers
shop the son and his wife had always
lived in the valley but they now face an
uncertain future as both of them lost
their jobs when the Power Station closed
down you can imagine the strain that
this family is going through it seems
like a town they lived in for generation
is dying in front of their eyes put
yourself in their shoes a typical day is
spent job hunting and wondering how to
keep the family intact the Smith family
wonder how it came to this surely there
must be a better way and this is
Hazelwood Power Station a cold fire
power station that supplied nearly one
quarter of electricity of the state of
Victoria in Australia but it was also
the most polluting in fact the most
polluting in the Western world emitted
15 percent of all of the greenhouse
emission of state of Victoria annually
and here’s the huge mine in the
foreground that supplied call to that
power station the power station closed
in the June of last year affecting a
community of 14,000 people whose
livelihood dependent on the power
station and or every economic activities
around it there are lots of stone
like the sweets family but closing down
Paris station is only part of the human
story can we imagine a prosperous future
for this community this is what we call
a wicked problem because there is no
narrowly defined problem to which we can
provide a simple ready-made solution in
the past if a power station closed if it
got to end of its life to be closed it
down that’s it end of story what today
we asked to do much more and we have an
obligation to do more one of the most
wicked problems we all face is
urbanization according to the United
Nations 2/3 of the world population will
live in cities by 2050 they will need
electricity clean water food and there I
say Wi-Fi the problem faced by Hazelwood
is one that will be faced by many
communities globally as the coal-fired
power stations are being decommissioned
all around the world here in Vietnam it
is the next generation who will face
this with the problem by 2035 the demand
for energy will be three and a half
times higher than what it is today in
Vietnam but from year 2000 to 2015
energy generated by coal raised from 15%
to 35% of energy production in this
country so your Hazelwood is coming to
deal with messy problems I believe we
need a new breed of engineers our work
for our economy global engineering
company of 7,000 people at oricon we are
doing exactly that
developing engineers with a technical
mastery and fearless of Gustave Eiffel
but also with a big dash of empathy for
the users and communities
we take our good designers and teach
them on non technical skills like
storytelling as well as art design
thinking game design collaboration this
is the new face of Engineers there has
to be a selfie they’re very different
from the ones we saw earlier at the
beginning now back to the Smith family
how can the new breed of engines help
them can we use what exists to make a
bright future for the Smiths let’s look
at the area around the mine again now
there is a difference in height between
the cooling pond which is associated
with the power station and the huge hole
that is the mine pit now we can take
advantage of this height difference to
install what is a combined hydroelectric
dam and a pump storage installation the
cooling pond can be cleaned up and
turned to a recreational facility or we
can float some solar farms or both
imagine also if the surrounding areas
are regenerated to become an egg natural
reserve with grasslands woodlands and
wetlands how about water park at the
edge of the lake this will attract
visitors and tourists and add income and
jobs
to the town continuing on the spirit of
using what is there did you know a major
waste product of coal-fired power
station is what’s called fly ash from
which magnesium can be extracted
now magnesium is very useful in making
electronic devices like these mobile
phones laptops cameras and the like even
the even the better thing is that the
process of magnesium extraction is
carbon neutral because co2 is an input
to the process not the output while some
calculations there is enough flyer
in this power station to supply 20 years
of input to an extraction plant facility
for magnesium with all these
technological activities taking place
there is no reason why this stand
shouldn’t position itself as a hub for
technological and energy research so
here we can tell turn waste the
opportunity if you look at the problem
through a human lens now the skills of
people in turn are highly specialized
and valuable what if we reuse their
skills in a similar industry let’s say
renewable generation at the hydro dam or
solar farm so the Smith family can
retrain quickly and need not to leave
the hometown as you can see the work we
do as engineers have a big impact on
human lives if the global cohort of
engineers were to be more than just
technical problem solvers or solution
providers but better equipped and more
involved in the problem finding process
imagine what kind of effective solutions
we will have now mark call for action
if you’re an engineer which I hope
there’s some in the crowd or urge you to
stay with problems longer
don’t jump to conclusion for a solution
be a fearless engineer of be a fearless
person like Gustav Eiffel was and have
empathy for human lives and environment
your work effects if you are a parent
and I assume there are some in the
audience who are encourage your child to
[Applause]
if you can if you’re young enough that
you’re still considering your
educational or career choices
please give engineering a serious
consideration after all much of the
prosperity of humanity depends on the
work we do as engineers but
unfortunately much of the great work we
do remains invisible together we can
make a big difference to our communities
and they’re weaker problems
so in summary engineers need humanity
but just as importantly humanity needs
engineers my name is Kailash Giovanni
I’m a human centered engineer from
Oricon and I’m proud of it thank you [Applause]
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