By 2050, antibiotic resistant infections are projected to become the leading cause of death worldwide resulting in approximately 10 million deaths annually. Professor Jon Iredell is a specialist in infectious diseases and microbiology at Westmead Hospital, Professor of Medicine and Microbiology at The University of Sydney and Director of the Westmead Institute for Medical Research…
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Space Imaginaries Symposium
At a crucial moment of cascading planetary scale crises, the questions that emerge around the possibilities and prospects of humanity living in space become ever more crucial. In this context it is necessary to imagine a diversity of futures in space and query those frameworks that reproduce ongoing historical harms of exploitation of people and…
The Eucalypt: Sentinels of a Changing Climate
As part of Sydney Science Festival, and in conjunction with the major exhibition Eucalyptusdom, the Powerhouse presents Sentinels of a Changing Climate. Our expert panel will discuss the impact of climate change on the Eucalypt and potential solutions to save our much-loved gum tree. From the bush to our own backyards, the Eucalypt is the stalwart of the Australian…
Powerhouse Late Sydney Science Festival
Sydney Science Festival presents a celebration of the gum tree to coincide with the launch of the Eucalyptusdom publication and In Relation, a podcast that reveals how we can learn with, and from, trees. Listen to experts Victor Steffensen, Professor Belinda Medlyn and Dr Rebecca Jordan discuss how the survival of the iconic eucalypt is tied to…
Women in Health Science
Panel: Challenges and Opportunities for women in research Prof. Katherine Daniell is a Research Fellow at the 3A Institute – the Australian National University’s innovation institute building a new branch of engineering to take AI-enabled cyber-physical systems safely, responsibly and sustainably to scale. She is also President of the Australian French Association for Research and Innovation….
Veena Sahajwalla: Microrecycling
Materials scientist and engineer Professor Veena Sahajwalla is a visionary inventor creating a new generation of green materials, products and resources reformed from waste. In this talk she will demonstrate the significance of her inventions, research and how her MICROfactorie® technologies deliver not only environmental benefits but create new supply chains, jobs and other economic and societal…
Mary Ellen Weber: To boldly go
Former NASA Astronaut Dr Mary Ellen Weber will share recollections from an outstanding STEM career and offer her insights into the ‘new space’ era of commercial space. As one of NASA’s youngest ever astronauts, Weber logged 450 space hours as a veteran of two space flights. In this talk, she will recount experiences from her 1995 flight…
James Williams: Ethics in the attention economy
Dr James Williams is a former Google engineer turned design ethicist who argues that freedom of attention is central to human life. He believes that we need to gain a deeper understanding of what’s at stake in our interactions with the digital world so we can protect our attention and its commercialisation. Williams is the…
100 Climate Conversations Martin Green: Pioneering solar
In 1983, Martin Green led a team that invented the PERC cell, a solar power technology that allows more sunlight to be captured and turned into electricity. This innovation, further developed by Green and his team, is now used in over 90 per cent of global silicon solar module production. Green is in conversation with…
The Invisible Revealed Symposium
How has nuclear science helped the Powerhouse examine its collection objects? Hear from scientists as they unveil techniques in this panel discussion. The exhibition is an outcome of a partnership between Powerhouse and the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO) that has examined collection objects from a materials research perspective using nuclear and accelerator-based…