Science & Research Breakfast Seminar Series
The Office of the NSW Chief Scientist & Engineer invites you to the 2020 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 seven-event series will again feature some of the State’s best and brightest, and highlight its tremendous research strength across a diverse range of disciplines.
For more information, please call the Office of the Chief Scientist & Engineer on (02) 9338 6817.
2020 SCIENCE & RESEARCH BREAKFAST SEMINAR SERIES
WEDNESDAY 26 FEBRUARY 2020
2019 NSW Scientist of the Year, Scientia Professor Rose Amal AC,
UNSW Sydney
Harnessing Solar Energy To Power Our Planet
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2019 SCIENCE & RESEARCH BREAKFAST SEMINAR SERIES
TUESDAY 3 DECEMBER 2019
Professor Geordie Williamson,
Director of the Mathematical Research Institute at The University of Sydney
Light, Sound and the Magic of the Fourier Transform
WATCH THE SEMINAR HERE
WEDNESDAY 16 OCTOBER 2019
Liesl Yearsley,
CEO and Co-Founder, a·kin
The Co-Evolution of AI and Humanity
TUESDAY 13 AUGUST 2019
Dr Cathy Foley,
CSIRO Chief Scientist
Future Science 2040
WATCH THE SEMINAR HERE
WEDNESDAY 19 JUNE 2019
Professor Maria Kavallaris,
Children's Cancer Institute and Australian Centre for NanoMedicine, UNSW Sydney
How Nanomedicine is Changing Cancer Treatment
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TUESDAY 30 APRIL 2019
Professor Michael J. Biercuk,
The University of Sydney and Q-CTRL
Building the Quantum Economy
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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
