Speakers

Most speakers are now listed here.

Still to come:

  • actors for the Gascoigne-Metcalfe international smash hit play “The Two Cultures” (Friday lunchtime performance in the Auditorium). More info…
  • additional VIP plenary speakers, and
  • online speakers coming soon!
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George Aranda Research Fellow – Faculty of Arts and Education, Deakin University

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Laura Boland Broker – Science Communications – Advisory & Intelligence, Applied Sciences, Environment Protection Authority Victoria

Heather Bray Senior Research Associate – Department of History, School of Humanities, Faculty of Arts, The University of Adelaide

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Sheree Cairney Associate Professor – Centre for Remote Health, Flinders University & Cooperative Research Centre for Remote Economic Participation

Anna Carr – University of Western Australia

David Cousins – Department of Agriculture and Food Western Australia (DAFWA)

Amanda Cox Deputy Manager of Communication – Joint Colleges of Science at The Australian National University (ANU)

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Stevie de Saille Research Fellow, Research Policy, Evidence and Democracy – Crick Centre for Public Understanding of Politics, University of Sheffield

Kate Driver Deputy Director, General Manager Operations – Questacon

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Liz Edwards – Department of Agriculture and Food Western Australia (DAFWA)

Susannah Eliott Chief Executive Officer – Australian Science Media Centre

Rob Emery – Department of Agriculture and Food Western Australia (DAFWA)

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Lyn Froggett Professor of Psychosocial Welfare – University of Central Lancashire

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Toss Gascoigne Visiting Scholar – Australian National Centre for the Public Awareness of Science, ANU

Ann Grand Lecturer, Science Communication – School of Animal Biology, The University of Western Australia

Nadine Guthrie – Department of Agriculture and Food Western Australia (DAFWA)

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Emily Hall Science Teaching Co-ordinator – Otago University Advanced School Sciences Academy (OUASSA), University of Otago, New Zealand

Nichole Hammond – Department of Agriculture and Food Western Australia (DAFWA)

Darryl Hardie – Department of Agriculture and Food Western Australia (DAFWA)

David Harris Doctoral candidate – Queensland College of Art/Griffith University Adjunct lecturer/Curator of UQ Physics Museum – University of Queensland

David Holmes Research Co-ordinator of Communications and Media Studies – Monash University Director – Monash Climate Change Communication Research Hub

Mandy Hopkins Knowledge Broker and Indigenous Engagement Coordinator – National Environmental Science Programme Earth Systems and Climate Change Hub

Adam Huttner-Koros Communications Officer – National Computational Infrastructure Researcher – Australian National Centre for the Public Awareness of Science Freelance writer, Science Communicator, LinguistWords Apart

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Isabelle Kingsley PhD Candidate – School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, UNSW Program Producer – Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences, Sydney NSW

Mitsuru Kudo – Center for the Study of Co* Design, Osaka University (Japan)

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Andrea Liberatore Research Assistant – Centre for Science Communication, University of Otago

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Jen Martin Lecturer in Science Communication – School of Biosciences, University of Melbourne

Alec McCarthy – Department of Agriculture and Food Western Australia (DAFWA)

Rosalie McCauley – Department of Agriculture and Food Western Australia (DAFWA)

Anna Micha – Department of Agriculture and Food Western Australia (DAFWA)

Lizzie Muller Director – Master of Curating and Cultural Leadership, UNSW

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Will Rifkin Chair in Social Performance – Centre for Social Responsibility in Mining, University of Queensland

Tara Roberson PhD Candidate – Australian National Centre for the Public Awareness of Science

Jeff Russell – Department of Agriculture and Food Western Australia (DAFWA)

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Cobi Smith PhD Candidate – Australian National Centre for the Public Awareness of Science

Miriam Sullivan Lecturer, Science Communication – School of Animal Biology, The University of Western Australia

Andras Szito – Department of Agriculture and Food Western Australia (DAFWA)

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Catherine Webb – Department of Agriculture and Food Western Australia (DAFWA)

Renée Webster – Defence Science and Technology Group, Aerospace Division

Marc West Maritime Capability Analysis – Defence Science and Technology Group, Joint and Operations Analysis Division

Katherine Witt Research Fellow – Centre for Social Responsibility in Mining, University of Queensland