Networking for Melbourne Professionals

What is the profile of science, scientists, and expertise in policy and decision-making? Professionals Australia is hosting an evening of discussion and networking, open to all, where we will consider this question and many others. Featuring Professor Sharath Sriram, President-Elect of Science and Technology Australia.

The Occupation of Qatar – a lived experience of climatic change

Dr Phillip Macumber MRSV
Principal Hydrogeologist, Phillip Macumber Consulting Services

STEM & Society: Women and Girls in Science

MC & Moderator:
Ms Natasha Mitchell
Science Journalist and Broadcaster
Panellists:
Professor Madhu Bhaskaran
Co-Chair, Women in STEMM Australia
Dr Marguerite Evans-Galea
Director, STEM Careers Strategy, Australian Academy for Technology & Engineering
Associate Professor Sophie Adams
Medical Director, Mental Health Division, Austin Health
Dr Isabelle Kingsley
Research Associate, Office of the Women in STEM Ambassador

Validation of Einstein’s General Relativity

In 1922, the path of a total solar eclipse crossed the central part of Australia, presenting the first opportunity to validate Eddington’s claims that Einstein’s Theory of General Relativity was a ‘representation of nature’.

Postponed: Conservation of the Northern Victorian Floodplains

Bringing together scientific and community knowledge on the costs and benefits of river floodplain restoration. *POSTPONED UNTIL 2023