We need your help in getting materials out to Science Week event holders across the state. We’ve set aside the afternoon of Wednesday, 18th July from 1 to 5, transforming the Burke and Wills Room into the “Science Week Dispatch Centre!” We need all hands on deck to help us package up materials, label boxes and get all the Science Week gear out to libraries, community centres, schools, local governments and universities in metropolitan, regional and rural Victoria.

Professor Jenny Graves
Distinguished Professor, La Trobe University; Professor Emeritus, Australian National University; Thinker-in-Residence, University of Canberra; Professorial Fellow, University of Melbourne

We are delighted to be bringing the National Science Week program together for Victoria this year, and warmly invite everyone interested in being a part of this state-wide celebration of all things Science to come along to our information and networking session here at the Society.

Joining us will be the Victorian Minister for Trade, Innovation & the Digital Economy, Philip Dalidakis MP, Victoria’s Lead Scientist, Dr Amanda Caples and Questacon’s acting Director of Science and Learning, Dr Bobby Cerini. The Minister will be launching the broader Inspiring Australia program for the state, and we’ll be discussing opportunities for our communities to engage.

Dr Duane Hamacher
Senior Research Fellow, Monash University Indigenous Studies Centre

A wonderful opportunity to explore the beautiful Brisbane Ranges National Park to the west of Melbourne with botanist, geologist and author of the iconic “Native Trees and Shrubs of South-Eastern Australia,” Leon Costermans.