Dr Zlatica Kraljevic, executive director of the women’s campus at Prince Mohammad Bin Fahd University in Saudi Arabia, to speak at a John Curtin Institute public policy forum on women in energy, August 10 at the Hyatt Regency. Dr Michael Regan, associate professor of infrastructure at Bond University in Queensland, to speak at a CEDA seminar on alliance contracting, August 23 at the Hyatt Regency. Elizabeth Nosworthy, chairman of the QLD Water Commission and Commander Communications Ltd and deputy chairman of Babcock & Brown Ltd, to speak at an Australian Institute of Company Directors breakfast to be held on August 28 at the Hyatt Regency.