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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">Dear colleague<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">“Innovation in Automotive”</span></i></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU"><br>
</span><a href="http://us2.campaign-archive1.com/?u=23afd834fb40be01644b29f02&id=843cd149af&e=4c58d51b84">http://us2.campaign-archive1.com/?u=23afd834fb40be01644b29f02&id=843cd149af&e=4c58d51b84</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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Ric Tamba is an inspiring Australian innovator. He is passionate about Australian Innovation and ensuring that we have support for local innovation in the world market including the ability to employ local engineers.</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:110%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#505050;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU"><br>
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Ric and his team at NTC Powertrain took the Dual Tronic Technology (DTT) pioneered by Porsche racing and applied it to everyday passenger cars, in one of the most significant industry changing innovations across the world. Ric sold NTC Powertrain to AVL in
February 2011 and is currently in charge of business development for AVL in passenger car transmissions worldwide, being responsible for strategy and growth of over 40 divisions globally.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:110%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">Melbourne – Tuesday 16 October 2012</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:110%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU"> </span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:110%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:teal;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">
</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:110%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#505050;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU"><a href="http://sydney.us2.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=23afd834fb40be01644b29f02&id=17f205ba76&e=97a1344474"><span style="color:teal">http://mybookingmanager.com/2012InnovMelb</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:36.0pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">Each lecture is at 5.45pm for a 6.15pm start, followed by networking drinks.<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">Lorraine Tran
</span><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">I </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">Curriculum Manager, Technologies
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;color:#17365D;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">VCE</span><span style="font-size:8.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">
<span style="color:#548DD4">Agricultural and Horticultural Studies</span> I <span style="color:#17365D">
VCE</span> <span style="color:#548DD4">Food and Technology</span><span style="color:navy"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:#548DD4">Product Design and Technology</span> I <span style="color:#17365D">VCE</span>
<span style="color:#548DD4">Systems Engineering</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority (VCAA)
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</span><u><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU"><a href="mailto:tran.lorraine.i@edumail.vic.gov.au"><span style="color:blue">tran.lorraine.i@edumail.vic.gov.au</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-AU"> </span><span style="font-size:8.0pt;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">The Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority provides high quality curriculum, assessment and reporting that promotes
individual life long learning.</span><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-AU"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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