Program

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 – 11:15Opening address from SRAPDr. 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 – 11:35Advancing society through                          
Artificial Intelligence Education		Prof Matt Bower (MQ)
11:35 – 11:55Connecting Australia with Light:                          
a gateway to the World		Dr Noelia Martínez Rey
(ANU & SRAP)
11:55 – 12:15PANEL 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 – 1:55Research in TYPSA AustraliaCarmen Verdú
(CEO TYPSA Australia)
1:55 – 2:10Bus automatization in BrisbaneCarlos Vidal Jiménez
(Indra Australia)
2:10 – 2:25Research projects between
Navantia Australia
and University of Technology of Sydney		Israel Lozano
(CEO Navantia Australia)
2:25 – 2:40SRAP-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 – 3:40The SKAO: Connecting the world
to create the largest astronomical observatory		Prof Lourdes Verdes-Montenegro
(CSIC / SKAO & Spain SKA Leader)
(videoconference)
3:40 – 3:55European Southern Observatory (ESO),
a valuable opportunity for scientific collaboration		Prof Orsola de Marco
(MQ / AAL)
3:55 – 4:10New Zealand’s association to Horizon Europe:
A Science Diplomacy Success Story.
How about Australia?		Nishant Shandilya
(EURAXESS Aus & NZ)
4:10 – 4:25RMIT 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 – 5:15Closing 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 – 5:25Concluding remarksAssoc. 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)