Notes from Science Meets Business
Government Relations This year’s Science Meets Business conference was an inspirational mix of policy, practice and promotion aimed at researchers, policy makers and industry partners. Policy There were four presentations from business and political leaders, discussing the present state...
Science meets Parliament: How to influence the impact when worlds collide
Government Relations For the 18th time, Science meets Parliament (SmP) was held in Canberra this week, and this year I was honored to be one of around 200 STEM delegates. It was an enlightening two days that fostered better understanding and relationships between scientists of all walks...
Is Australia’s glass of innovation half full or half empty?
Government Relations Is Australia’s glass of innovation half full or half empty? I thought, as Science & Technology Australia’s second annual Science Meets Business conference began. At this gathering of 200 leaders from research, the private sector and government, some pronouncements...
What Australian research and innovation can learn from Iceland’s soccer team
Government Relations Australians are famously sports mad*. Half our television bulletins are devoted to the latest sporting results and disgraced athletes regularly make the front page of the nation’s newspapers. But it’s not often the chief scientist gets on the sports bandwagon. Which...