The full program of the 9th Australia-Spain Research Forum “A Connected World“ is available in this link to a PDF file (including the Conference Poster). The Conference Booklet compiling all the information (program, abstracts, bios, acknowledgements) is available in this link to a PDF file (14 pages, 4.1 Mb)
The program of the 9th Australia-Spain Research Forum “A Connected World“ is:
| 10:00-10:30 | REGISTRATION + WELCOME COFFEE | |
10:30 – 11:00 | FORMAL OPENING | – Montserrat Momán Pampillo (Deputy Head, Embassy of Spain in Australia) – Prof Sakkie Pretorius (MQ Vice-Chancellor) – HE Sophia McIntyre (Ambassador of Australia in Spain) (videoconference) – Ms Inmaculada Riera (General Director of the Chamber of Commerce of Spain) (videoconference) |
| 11:00 – 11:15 | Opening address from SRAP | Dr. Ángel R. López-Sánchez (SRAP & Macquarie University) |
| 11:15 – 12:25 | SESSION 1: Multidisciplinary Research | Chair: Dr Mariel Familiar López (Griffith Un. & SRAP) |
| 11:15 – 11:35 | Advancing society through Artificial Intelligence Education | Prof Matt Bower (MQ) |
| 11:35 – 11:55 | Connecting Australia with Light: a gateway to the World | Dr Noelia Martínez Rey (ANU & SRAP) |
| 11:55 – 12:15 | PANEL DISCUSSION: Immigration, environment, and climate change | – Maite de Muller (IOM, Regional Evaluator Pacific Program Support Unit & SRAP) – Prof Ana Vila-Consejo (USyd & SRAP) – Dr Ricardo Domínguez Llosa (Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations & SRAP) – Damian Cardona (Director, United Nations Information Centre in Canberra ) – Prof Neil Saintilan (MQ) |
| 12:15 – 1:40 | LUNCH & NETWORKING | |
| 1:40 – 2:55 | SESSION 2: Connecting Industry and Research | Chair: Dr Sara Marrero Hernández Univ. of Melbourne & SRAP) |
| 1:40 – 1:55 | Research in TYPSA Australia | Carmen Verdú (CEO TYPSA Australia) |
| 1:55 – 2:10 | Bus automatization in Brisbane | Carlos Vidal Jiménez (Indra Australia) |
| 2:10 – 2:25 | Research projects between Navantia Australia and University of Technology of Sydney | Israel Lozano (CEO Navantia Australia) |
| 2:25 – 2:40 | SRAP-frA Early Career Research Award | Dr Marta Ribó (Auckland University of Technology & SRAP) & Winner |
2:40 – 3:25 | COFFEE BREAK & NETWORKING | |
3:25 – 5:25 | SESSION 3: Connecting Diplomacy and Research | Chair: A/Prof Sergio León-Saval (Univ. Sydney & SRAP) |
| 3:25 – 3:40 | The SKAO: Connecting the world to create the largest astronomical observatory | Prof Lourdes Verdes-Montenegro (CSIC / SKAO & Spain SKA Leader) (videoconference) |
| 3:40 – 3:55 | European Southern Observatory (ESO), a valuable opportunity for scientific collaboration | Prof Orsola de Marco (MQ / AAL) |
| 3:55 – 4:10 | New Zealand’s association to Horizon Europe: A Science Diplomacy Success Story. How about Australia? | Nishant Shandilya (EURAXESS Aus & NZ) |
| 4:10 – 4:25 | RMIT University, more than just an “associated partner” in Horizon projects. | Craig Richmond (RMIT Europe) (videoconference) |
| 4:25 – 5:00 | PANEL DISCUSSION: Connecting Academia, Industry, and Diplomacy | – Chair: HE Rebeca Guinea (General Consul of Spain in Sydney) – Prof Luis Salvador-Carulla (Un. Canberra & SRAP) – Coral Martínez (Director, Instituto Cervantes Sydney, Cultural Consul of Spain in Sydney) – Enrique Blanco (CEO Ferrovial Australia) – Sylvia Fernández (President, La Cámara, Chamber of Commerce Australia-Spain) |
| 5:00 – 5:15 | Closing talk: An Earth connected to the Universe | Prof Héctor Socas-Navarro (Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias, Universidad de La Laguna, Director of “Museo de las Ciencias y el Cosmos“, Tenerife) (videoconference) |
| 5:15 – 5:25 | Concluding remarks | Assoc. Prof Sergio León-Saval (University of Sydney & SRAP) HE Rebeca Guinea (General Consul of Spain in Sydney) |
| 5:25 – 6:30 | Conference Photos & Drinks | |
| 7:00 – 9:00 | Conference Dinner | (By invitation only) |