EVENT PROGRAM

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

MONDAY 1 SEPTEMBER

TIME	DETAIL
8:30am	Registrations open
8.45am - 9.45am	ISC Asia-Pacific Academic Mentoring Program Mentee Meet and Greet (invitation only)
10:00am - 12:00pm	EMCR workshops - Grant Writing - Science in international affairs and diplomacy - Future Earth Australia (FEA) National Strategy
10.00am - 12.00pm	ISC Advisory Council Meeting (invitation only)
12.30pm - 2.00pm	EMCR 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 - 7.30pm	New Fellows Briefing, Tour and Academy Showcase (invitation only)

TUESDAY 2 SEPTEMBER

TIME	DETAIL
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 - 10.30am	EMCR Forum Executive Meeting (invitation only)
10:30am - 11:00am	Morning tea
11.00am - 12.30pm	ISC 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 - 1:45pm	Lindau Delegate Lunch (invitation only)
1.45pm - 3.15pm	ISC 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

TIME	DETAIL
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 Charter Book signing - Professor Alan Rowan FAA (elected 2020)
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 Keynote Address: Senator the Hon Tim Ayres Minister for Science and Minister for Industry and Innovation Presentation of Matthew Flinders Medal to Professor Yuri Kivshar FAA Presentation of Ruby Payne-Scott Medal to Professor Jane Visvader FAA FAHMS FRS

THURSDAY 4 SEPTEMBER

TIME	DETAIL
8:00am	Registrations open
8:30am - 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 Address The Hon Dr Andrew Charlton MP Assistant Minister for Science, Technology and the Digital Economy 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 the Social Sciences in Australia Professor Barney Glover AO FTSE Commissioner, Jobs and Skills Australia Joseph Mitchell Assistant Secretary, Australian Council of Trade Unions Professor Lynette Russell AM Monash Indigenous Studies Centre, Monash University Professor Margaret Sheil AO FAA FTSE Vice Chancellor, QUT and Secretary Policy, Australian Academy of Science Caroline Smith Head, Centre for Education and Training, Australian Industry Group Martijn Wilder AM Chair, National Reconstruction Fund
2.45pm - 4.00pm	Panel: 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 Chair, National Health and Medical Research Strategy Meghan Quinn PSM Secretary, Department of Industry, Science and Resources Adjunct Professor Peter Rossdeutscher AM Chair, Industry Innovation and Science Australia
4.00pm - 4.15pm	Closing reflections Professor Chennupati Jagadish AC PresAA FRS FREng FTSE President, Australian Academy of Science
4.30pm	Coaches to airport

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

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