EVENT PROGRAM

Please note, all timings are indicative and subject to change. 

 MONDAY 1 SEPTEMBER

TIMEDETAIL
8:30am
Registrations open
8.45am - 9.45amISC Asia-Pacific Academic Mentoring Program
Mentee Meet and Greet (invitation only)
10:00am  -
12:00pm		EMCR workshops
- Grant Writing
- Science in international affairs and siplomacy
- Future Earth Australia (FEA) National Strategy 
10.00am -
12.00pm		ISC Advisory Council Meeting (invitation only)
12.30pm - 2.00pmEMCR Forum Executive Meeting (invitation only)
1:00pm  -
2:30pm		Lunch
2:30pm  -
4:00pm		Falling Walls Lab Australia

4:00pm  -
4:30pm		Afternoon tea
4:30pm  -
5:00pm		Falling Walls Lab Australia continues
5:00pm  -
7:00pm		Evening networking function
5.30pm - 7.30pmNew Fellows Briefing, Tour and Academy Showcase (invitation only)                          

 TUESDAY 2 SEPTEMBER

TIMEDETAIL
8:00am
Registrations open
8:30am  -
10:30am		Science at the Shine Dome 2025
Welcome to Country
President's welcome 
New Fellows 2025 Charter Book Ceremony                                                                            
8.30am - 10.30amEMCR Forum Executive Meeting (invitation only)
10:30am  -
11:00am		Morning tea
11.00am - 12.30pmISC Asia-Pacific Academic Mentoring Program Launch (invitation only)
11:00am  -
12:45pm		New Fellows Presentations
- Professor David Adams FAA FAHMS
- Professor Gabrielle Belz FAA FAHMS
- Dr Pep Canadell FAA FTSE
- Professor Deli Chen AO FAA
- Professor Helen Christensen AO FAA FAHMS FASSA
- Professor Tamara Davis AM FAA
- Professor Jeff Errington FAA FRS
12:45pm  -
1:45pm		Lunch
12:45pm - 1:45pmLindau Delegate Lunch (invitation only)
1.45pm - 3.15pmISC Asia-Pacific Academic Mentoring Program
Mentor Training Session (invitation only)
1:45pm  -
3:30pm		New Fellows Presentations continue
- Professor Xiaojing Hao FAA FTSE
- Professor David Huang FAA FAHMS
- Professor Trevor Ireland FAA
- Dr Marlene Kanga AO FAA FTSE
- Professor Robert Mahony FAA
- Professor Richard Middleton FAA
- Professor Christina Mitchell AO FAA FAHMS
3:30pm  -
4:00pm		Afternoon tea
4:00pm  -
5:30pm		New Fellows Presentations continue
- Professor Mark Howden AC FAA FTSE
- Associate Professor Andrew Nash FAA FTSE
- Professor Jessica Purcell FAA
- Professor Clare Scott AM FAA FAHMS
- Professor Aidan Sims FAA
- Professor Michael Stumpf FAA
5:30pm  -
7:30pm		Spring Soiree Networking Function, presented by GSK
 

 WEDNESDAY 3 SEPTEMBER

TIMEDETAIL
8:30am  -
9:00am		Registrations open
9:00am  -
10:15am		New Fellows Presentations continue
- Professor Rajeev Varshney FAA FRS
- Professor Guoxiu Wang FAA
- Professor Nicole Webster FAA
- Professor Tony Weiss AM FAA FTSE FAHMS
10:15am  -
10:45am		Morning tea
10:45am  -
12:15pm		2025 Award Lectures and Presentations
Matthew Flinders Lecture: 
- Professor Yuri Kivshar FAA
 
Ruby Payne-Scott Lecture: 
- Professor Jane Visvader FAA FAHMS FRS

Suzanne Cory Medal: 
- Professor Steven Chown FAA

Hannan Medal: 
- Professor Noel Cressie FAA
12:15pm  -
1:15pm		Lunch
12:15pm - 
1:15pm		Awardees, Supporters and Donors Lunch (invitation only)
12:15pm -
1:15pm		Future Earth Australia Lunch (invitation only) 
1:15pm  -
2:45pm		Award Presentations continue
Jaeger Medal:
- Professor Hugh O'Neill FAA FRS

David Craig Medal: 
- Professor Alison Rodger FAA

Thomas Ranken Lyle Medal:
- Professor George Willis FAA

Nancy Millis Medal:
- Associate Professor Natasha Hurley-Walker

Jacques Miller Medal:
- Professor James Hudson

2:45pm  -
3:15pm		Afternoon tea
3:15pm  -
4:30pm		Medal Presentation Ceremony for 2025 Awardees
Anton Hales Medal: 
- Associate Professor Stijn Glorie

Christopher Heyde Medal: 
- Associate Professor Anita Liebenau

Dorothy Hill Medal: 
- Dr Linda Armbrecht

Fenner Medal: 
- Associate Professor Katherine Moseby
- Associate Professor Daniel Noble

Gottschalk Medal: 
- Associate Professor Amy Cain
- Associate Professor Shom Goel

John Booker Medal: 
- Associate Professor Qianbing Zhang

Le Fèvre Medal: 
- Dr Fengwang Li

Moran Medal: 
- Professor Margarita Moreno-Betancur

Pawsey Medal: 
- Associate Professor Claudia Lagos
- Dr Daria Smirnova

Ruth Stephens Gani Medal: 
- Dr Ira Deveson

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Scientist Award:
- Dr Mitchell Gibbs
- Associate Professor Shannon Kilmartin-Lynch

Max Day Environmental Science Fellowship Award
- Ms Rebecca Greening
- Dr Nina Wootton     

6:30pm  -
11:00pm		Gala Dinner, QT Canberra
Presentation of Matthew Flinders Medal
Presentation of Ruby Payne-Scott Medal 

 THURSDAY 4 SEPTEMBER

TIMEDETAIL
8:30am 
Registrations open
9:00am  -
10:00am		National Symposium
Australian Science, Australia's Future: Science 2035    

Opening remarks by MC
Professor Margaret Sheil AO FAA FTSE
Secretary Science Policy, Australian Academy of Science

President's address
Professor Chennupati Jagadish AC PresAA FRS FREng FTSE
President, Australian Academy of Science

Address
Professor Stephen Garton AM FAHA FASSA
President, Australian Academy of the Humanities

10:00am  -
10:30am		Morning tea
10:30am  -
12:30pm		Findings of 'Australian Science, Australia's Future: Science 2035'

Professor Ian Chubb AC FAA FTSE
Chair, 'Australian Science, Australia's Future: Science 2035'

Dr Hayley Teasdale
Head Science Policy and Advice, Australian Academy of Science

12:30pm  -
1:30pm		Lunch
1:30pm  -
2:45pm 		Panel: Practical implications of the findings
Chair: 
Professor Peter Shergold AC FASSA
Chair, Australian Research Council

Panel Members:
Professor Kate Darian-Smith FASSA
President, Academy of Social Sciences in Australia

Professor Barney Glover AO FTSE
Commissioner, Jobs and Skills Australia

Professor Lynette Russell AM
Monash Indigenous Studies Centre, Monash University  

Martijn Wilder AM
Chair, National Reconstruction Fund

2.45pm - 4.00pmPanel: Implications for the Strategic Examination of R&D
Chair: 
Robyn Denholm
Chair, Strategic Examination of Research and Development

Panel Members:
Tony Cook PSM
Secretary, Department of Education

Professor Susan Dodds FAHA
Deputy Chair, Australian Research Council  

Professor Mark Ferguson
Chair, European Innovation Council, former Chief Scientific Adviser to the Government of Ireland 

Rosemary Huxtable AO PSM
Lead, National Health and Medical Research Strategy

4.00pm - 
4.15pm		Closing reflections
Professor Chennupati Jagadish AC PresAA FRS FREng FTSE President, Australian Academy of Science                                                                                                                        
   4.30pmCoaches to airport

Please note, all timings are indicative and subject to change. 

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