A call for papers has been issued for the inaugural ACI Connect conference and exhibition, to be held on 9 and 10 April 2014 in Melbourne. [ + ]

Following an extraordinary general meeting (EGM), Metso Corporation has announced it will demerge Metso into two companies. [ + ]

Chevron Corporation and Tohoku Electric Power Company have signed long-term sales and purchase agreements (SPAs) to supply LNG from the Wheatstone Project in Western Australia, which is operated by Chevron. [ + ]

The winner of the 2013 National Instruments (NI) Autonomous Robotics Competition is Victoria University of Wellington (VUW). [ + ]

Registrations for the 2013 National Instruments (NI) Technical Symposiums are now open. The free annual professional development conference series will be held in Melbourne, Sydney and Auckland from 29 October to 7 November 2013. [ + ]

Siemens has announced it will cut 15,000 jobs worldwide - representing 4% of its workforce - as part of its ‘Siemens 2014’ cost-cutting measures. One-third of the cuts will reportedly come from Germany. [ + ]

Unemployment in the Australian minerals industry has far exceeded national unemployment figures, a new report from the Australian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (AusIMM) shows. [ + ]

ABB has been awarded a $2.765 million grant by the US Department of Energy for a project that aims to improve cybersecurity in the energy sector. [ + ]

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If Australia is to become the 'food bowl' of Asia, the agriculture industry needs to regain its competitive edge. One answer to this, according to a University of Sydney professor, is robotics. [ + ]

Hundreds of school students from Australia and around the world converged on the University of Queensland to compete in RoboCup Junior Australia over the weekend. [ + ]

Fonterra has announced plans to expand its Stanhope processing plant to incorporate ricotta cheese production once its Cororooke plant closes in October. [ + ]

The machineSAFE website is a user-friendly platform providing safety resources and information covering all aspects of machine safeguarding, safe plant automation and safety-related engineering across all industries. [ + ]

Global Industry Analysts has released a research report which provides a review of market trends, issues, drivers, company profiles, mergers, acquisitions and other strategic industry activities. [ + ]

Hiring optimism in Australia is expected to weaken in Q4 this year, falling to a Net Employment Outlook of +3% from +6% in Q3, the latest Manpower Employment Outlook Survey shows. [ + ]