Science & Research Breakfast Seminar Series
The Office of the NSW Chief Scientist & Engineer invites you to the 2019 Science & Research Breakfast Seminar Series to be held at Parliament House, Sydney.
The Science & Research Breakfast Seminar Series showcases excellence in research and development, which is generating economic, environmental, social and technological benefits for New South Wales. The six-part series will again feature some of the State’s best and brightest, and highlight its tremendous research strength across a diverse range of disciplines.
The 2019 Calendar can be viewed here.
For more information, please call the Office of the Chief Scientist & Engineer on (02) 9338 6817.
2019 SCIENCE & RESEARCH BREAKFAST SEMINAR SERIES
WEDNESDAY 19 JUNE 2019
Professor Maria Kavallaris,
Children's Cancer Institute and Australian Centre for NanoMedicine, UNSW Sydney
How Nanomedicine is Changing Cancer Treatment
BOOK YOUR TICKETS HERE
TUESDAY 30 APRIL 2019
Professor Michael J. Biercuk,
The University of Sydney and Q-CTRL
Building the Quantum Economy
WATCH THE SEMINAR HERE
WEDNESDAY 27 FEBRUARY 2019
2018 NSW Scientist of the Year, Laureate Professor Nick Talley AC,
The University of Newcastle
Uncovering the Secrets of Serious Gut Disorders
WATCH THE SEMINAR HERE
2018 SCIENCE & RESEARCH BREAKFAST SEMINAR SERIES
WEDNESDAY 28 NOVEMBER 2018
Dr Pasi Sahlberg,
Gonski Institute for Education, UNSW Sydney
“Finnish Lessons: Increasing Equity and Opportunity in Australia's Education
System Through Research”
WATCH THE SEMINAR HERE
WEDNESDAY 10 OCTOBER 2018
Associate Professor Muireann Irish,
School of Psychology, the University of Sydney
“Memory in Dementia -
Past, Present and Future”
WATCH THE SEMINAR HERE
WEDNESDAY 15 AUGUST 2018
Professor David Currow, Chief Cancer Officer, NSW
and Chief Executive Officer, Cancer Institute NSW
“How Cancer Outcomes
Can Continue to Improve”
WATCH THE SEMINAR HERE
WEDNESDAY 6 JUNE 2018
Scientia Professor Veena Sahajwalla, the Director of UNSW Sydney's
Centre for Sustainable Materials Research and Technology (SMaRT), presents:
“Green Microfactories: Products from Waste”
WATCH THE SEMINAR HERE
WEDNESDAY 9 MAY 2018
Professor Justin Gooding, Scientia Professor in the School of Chemistry at UNSW Sydney
and founding co-director of the Australian Centre for NanoMedicine, presents:
“How Sensors are Changing Our World”
WATCH THE SEMINAR HERE
WEDNESDAY 21 FEBRUARY 2018
Professor Gordon Wallace AO, the 2017 NSW Scientist of the Year
from the University of Wollongong, presents:
“3D Printing, Bioprinters and Clinical Application”
WATCH THE SEMINAR HERE
2017 SCIENCE & RESEARCH BREAKFAST SEMINAR SERIES
WEDNESDAY 22 NOVEMBER 2017
Lesley Hughes, Pro Vice-Chancellor (Research Integrity and Development) and
Distinguished Professor of Biology at Macquarie University, presents:
“Climate Change Frustration:
What Role the Public Scientist?”
WATCH THE SEMINAR HERE
WEDNESDAY 8 NOVEMBER 2017
Dr Peter Svensson, Vinnova - Sweden's Innovation Agency, presents:
“Openness and Innovation:
Possibilities for New South Wales”
WATCH THE SEMINAR HERE
WEDNESDAY 18 OCTOBER 2017
Richard Roberts, Professor of Archaeological Science and Director of the new ARC Centre of Excellence for Australian Biodiversity and Heritage at the University of Wollongong, presents:
“Our Story: The Epic Human and
Environmental History of Australia”
WATCH THE SEMINAR HERE
WEDNESDAY 9 AUGUST 2017
Louise Baur AM, Professor of Child and Adolescent Health at The University of Sydney, presents:
“Tackling Childhood Obesity:
From the Clinic to Global Policy”
WATCH THE SEMINAR HERE
WEDNESDAY 28 JUNE 2017
Rick Shine AM, Professor in Evolutionary Biology at The University of Sydney,
2016 NSW Scientist of the Year and winner of the Prime Minister’s Prize for Science, presents:
“Conversation in Cold Blood:
Researching Reptiles”
WATCH THE SEMINAR HERE
WEDNESDAY 5 APRIL 2017
Mr Nick Kaye, CEO of the Sydney School of Entrepreneurship, presents:
“An Ecosystem, Satellites and a Stage:
Setting up Sydney’s School of Entrepreneurship”
WATCH THE SEMINAR HERE
WEDNESDAY 1 FEBRUARY 2017
Dr Simon Poole, Director, New Business Ventures at Finisar Australia, presents: