QUT Institute for Future Environments https://www.qut.edu.au/institute-for-future-environments en QUT copyright 2018 The Institute for Future Environments (IFE) is a transdisciplinary research and innovation institute at QUT that brings together researchers and students to collaborate on large-scale projects relating to our natural, built and digital environments. The IFE generates knowledge, technology and practices that make our world more sustainable, secure and resilient. Transcripts of IFE podcasts are available upon request. https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/989e2488-00aa-11ed-9c0a-d3c4648db54a/image/9de674-IFE-graphic.jpg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress QUT Institute for Future Environments https://www.qut.edu.au/institute-for-future-environments no episodic Institute for Future Environments The Institute for Future Environments (IFE) is a transdisciplinary research and innovation institute at QUT that brings together researchers and students to collaborate on large-scale projects relating to our natural, built and digital environments. The IFE generates knowledge, technology and practices that make our world more sustainable, secure and resilient. Transcripts of IFE podcasts are available upon request. Institute for Future Environments web-services@qut.edu.au The assault on journalism and why it matters - Professor Peter Greste (UNESCO Chair in Journalism and Communication, University of Queensland) https://www.qut.edu.au/institute-for-future-environments The freedom of journalists to do their jobs and report in the public interest has been under threat since the US terror attacks in 2001. The imprisonment of Peter Greste along with two of his Al Jazeera colleagues in Egypt in 2013 on terrorism charges has been followed in recent years by similarly concerning incidents in Australia and overseas that have thrown a sharp spotlight on the erosion of press freedom. In this Grand Challenge Lecture, Peter Greste explores how journalism became a target and what we can do about it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 14 Dec 2020 04:31:00 -0000 full 1 52 Institute for Future Environments The freedom of journalists to do their jobs and report in the public interest has been under threat since the US terror attacks in 2001. The imprisonment of Peter Greste along with two of his Al Jazeera colleagues in Egypt in 2013 on terrorism charges has been followed in recent years by similarly concerning incidents in Australia and overseas that have thrown a sharp spotlight on the erosion of press freedom. In this Grand Challenge Lecture, Peter Greste explores how journalism became a target and what we can do about it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices The freedom of journalists to do their jobs and report in the public interest has been under threat since the US terror attacks in 2001. The imprisonment of Peter Greste along with two of his Al Jazeera colleagues in Egypt in 2013 on terrorism charges has been followed in recent years by similarly concerning incidents in Australia and overseas that have thrown a sharp spotlight on the erosion of press freedom. In this Grand Challenge Lecture, Peter Greste explores how journalism became a target and what we can do about it.

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]]> 3246 no Insights into cutting-edge environmental research - Dr Marten Winter (German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research) IFE Distinguished Visitor Lecture recorded on 29 April 2020 at QUT. This presentation discusses the model used to conduct research at the German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) and its Synthesis Centre (sDiv). Dr Winter discusses iDiv/sDiv's successes and challenges, and the strategies used to bring people together to work on cutting-edge environmental research. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 25 Aug 2020 02:04:00 -0000 full 1 51 Institute for Future Environments IFE Distinguished Visitor Lecture recorded on 29 April 2020 at QUT. This presentation discusses the model used to conduct research at the German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) and its Synthesis Centre (sDiv). Dr Winter discusses iDiv/sDiv's successes and challenges, and the strategies used to bring people together to work on cutting-edge environmental research. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices IFE Distinguished Visitor Lecture recorded on 29 April 2020 at QUT. This presentation discusses the model used to conduct research at the German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) and its Synthesis Centre (sDiv). Dr Winter discusses iDiv/sDiv's successes and challenges, and the strategies used to bring people together to work on cutting-edge environmental research.

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]]> 2285 no Urban Energy-Hub: An approach for higher integration of renewable generation in urban energy systems - Associate Professor Vahid Nik (Lund University/Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden) IFE Distinguished Visitor Lecture - recorded 15 February 2018 at QUT. Providing society with the energy it needs is getting more challenging by the day, thanks to greater emissions, urbanisation and climate change. This podcast discusses an initiative called Urban Energy Hub which aims for a higher integration of renewables in urban energy systems and how this has worked in practice in Switzerland and Sweden. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 25 Aug 2020 01:28:00 -0000 full 1 50 Institute for Future Environments IFE Distinguished Visitor Lecture - recorded 15 February 2018 at QUT. Providing society with the energy it needs is getting more challenging by the day, thanks to greater emissions, urbanisation and climate change. This podcast discusses an initiative called Urban Energy Hub which aims for a higher integration of renewables in urban energy systems and how this has worked in practice in Switzerland and Sweden. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices IFE Distinguished Visitor Lecture - recorded 15 February 2018 at QUT. Providing society with the energy it needs is getting more challenging by the day, thanks to greater emissions, urbanisation and climate change. This podcast discusses an initiative called Urban Energy Hub which aims for a higher integration of renewables in urban energy systems and how this has worked in practice in Switzerland and Sweden.

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]]> 2325 no Towards greener storage and transfer of energy - Professor Wojciech Grochala (University of Warsaw, Poland) IFE Distinguished Visitor Lecture - recorded 31 January 2020 at QUT. While the energy consumption of our world steadily increases at the rate of three per cent per year, fossil fuel resources are steadily consumed, and energy-related geopolitical tensions rise at an alarming rate. Humans inevitably seek alternative energy sources, new methods of storing energy for stationary and mobile applications, and energy savings. This lecture will describe ventures into the world of hydrogen fuel, as well as potential new families of room temperature superconducting materials based on silver (2+) compounds for non-resistant conduction of electric current. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 12 Aug 2020 06:13:00 -0000 full 1 49 Institute for Future Environments IFE Distinguished Visitor Lecture - recorded 31 January 2020 at QUT. While the energy consumption of our world steadily increases at the rate of three per cent per year, fossil fuel resources are steadily consumed, and energy-related geopolitical tensions rise at an alarming rate. Humans inevitably seek alternative energy sources, new methods of storing energy for stationary and mobile applications, and energy savings. This lecture will describe ventures into the world of hydrogen fuel, as well as potential new families of room temperature superconducting materials based on silver (2+) compounds for non-resistant conduction of electric current. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices IFE Distinguished Visitor Lecture - recorded 31 January 2020 at QUT. While the energy consumption of our world steadily increases at the rate of three per cent per year, fossil fuel resources are steadily consumed, and energy-related geopolitical tensions rise at an alarming rate. Humans inevitably seek alternative energy sources, new methods of storing energy for stationary and mobile applications, and energy savings. This lecture will describe ventures into the world of hydrogen fuel, as well as potential new families of room temperature superconducting materials based on silver (2+) compounds for non-resistant conduction of electric current.

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]]> 3193 no Towards 2020: driving urgent action to limit the effects of climate change - Andrew Higham (Chief Executive, Mission 2020) IFE Grand Challenge Lecture - recorded 26 July 2019 at QUT. We have entered the time where climate change is not a distant concern, but one that is undermining basic human development and survival around the world right now. As fear and alarm increases in communities across the globe, have we reached the point of no return? Is it too late to mitigate our climate emergency, or is there still hope for a cleaner, better planet? In this Grand Challenge Lecture, Andrew Higham reviews progress towards the 2020 climate turning point and elaborates on the necessary diplomatic and political pathway to keep the promise of the Paris Agreement alive. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 11 Aug 2020 01:33:00 -0000 full 1 48 Institute for Future Environments IFE Grand Challenge Lecture - recorded 26 July 2019 at QUT. We have entered the time where climate change is not a distant concern, but one that is undermining basic human development and survival around the world right now. As fear and alarm increases in communities across the globe, have we reached the point of no return? Is it too late to mitigate our climate emergency, or is there still hope for a cleaner, better planet? In this Grand Challenge Lecture, Andrew Higham reviews progress towards the 2020 climate turning point and elaborates on the necessary diplomatic and political pathway to keep the promise of the Paris Agreement alive. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices IFE Grand Challenge Lecture - recorded 26 July 2019 at QUT. We have entered the time where climate change is not a distant concern, but one that is undermining basic human development and survival around the world right now. As fear and alarm increases in communities across the globe, have we reached the point of no return? Is it too late to mitigate our climate emergency, or is there still hope for a cleaner, better planet? In this Grand Challenge Lecture, Andrew Higham reviews progress towards the 2020 climate turning point and elaborates on the necessary diplomatic and political pathway to keep the promise of the Paris Agreement alive.





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]]> 2448 no Challenges and opportunities on the path to a sustainable Queensland - Professor Paul Bertsch (Interim Queensland Chief Scientist) IFE Grand Challenge Lecture - recorded 1 May 2020 at QUT. Professor Bertsch explores the scientific and technological trends and opportunities that will help shape a sustainable future for Queensland. He examines the science and technology trends and challenges as Australia moves towards a population of 50 million and covers topics such as technology drivers, the circular economy, synthetic biology in sustainable food production, the current COVID-19 pandemic and emerging challenges and opportunities. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 10 Aug 2020 05:27:00 -0000 full 1 47 Institute for Future Environments IFE Grand Challenge Lecture - recorded 1 May 2020 at QUT. Professor Bertsch explores the scientific and technological trends and opportunities that will help shape a sustainable future for Queensland. He examines the science and technology trends and challenges as Australia moves towards a population of 50 million and covers topics such as technology drivers, the circular economy, synthetic biology in sustainable food production, the current COVID-19 pandemic and emerging challenges and opportunities. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices IFE Grand Challenge Lecture - recorded 1 May 2020 at QUT. Professor Bertsch explores the scientific and technological trends and opportunities that will help shape a sustainable future for Queensland. He examines the science and technology trends and challenges as Australia moves towards a population of 50 million and covers topics such as technology drivers, the circular economy, synthetic biology in sustainable food production, the current COVID-19 pandemic and emerging challenges and opportunities.






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]]> 3225 no Contemplating a renewable hydrogen energy future - Professor Masakazu Sugiyama (University of Tokyo) IFE Grand Challenge Lecture - recorded on on 23 August 2019 at QUT Gardens Point. Many challenges and opportunities lie ahead as we contemplate a renewable hydrogen energy future. The transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy sources is our highest priority to reduce carbon dioxide emissions, mitigate global climate change and ensure human life is sustainable for the centuries to come. Future possibilities include large-scale solar generation plants, a potentially lucrative hydrogen export industry for Australia and new farming and food production pathways. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 12 Dec 2019 23:53:00 -0000 full 1 46 Institute for Future Environments IFE Grand Challenge Lecture - recorded on on 23 August 2019 at QUT Gardens Point. Many challenges and opportunities lie ahead as we contemplate a renewable hydrogen energy future. The transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy sources is our highest priority to reduce carbon dioxide emissions, mitigate global climate change and ensure human life is sustainable for the centuries to come. Future possibilities include large-scale solar generation plants, a potentially lucrative hydrogen export industry for Australia and new farming and food production pathways. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices IFE Grand Challenge Lecture - recorded on on 23 August 2019 at QUT Gardens Point. Many challenges and opportunities lie ahead as we contemplate a renewable hydrogen energy future. The transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy sources is our highest priority to reduce carbon dioxide emissions, mitigate global climate change and ensure human life is sustainable for the centuries to come. Future possibilities include large-scale solar generation plants, a potentially lucrative hydrogen export industry for Australia and new farming and food production pathways.

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]]> 4315 no Australia's STEM future - Professor Lisa Harvey-Smith (University of NSW) IFE Grand Challenge Lecture recorded at QUT on 6 September 2019. Astrophysicist and Australian Government Women in STEM Ambassador, Professor Lisa Harvey-Smith will discuss the grand challenges facing Australia’s STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) industry, particularly highlighting emerging opportunities in astrophysics, supercomputing and space. Professor Harvey-Smith will also examine how barriers to the equal participation of women in STEM threatens Australia’s effectiveness to tackle these new challenges, and explain how the implementation of the new national Women in STEM Decadal Plan hopes to transform the sector. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 18 Nov 2019 05:08:00 -0000 full 1 45 Institute for Future Environments IFE Grand Challenge Lecture recorded at QUT on 6 September 2019. Astrophysicist and Australian Government Women in STEM Ambassador, Professor Lisa Harvey-Smith will discuss the grand challenges facing Australia’s STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) industry, particularly highlighting emerging opportunities in astrophysics, supercomputing and space. Professor Harvey-Smith will also examine how barriers to the equal participation of women in STEM threatens Australia’s effectiveness to tackle these new challenges, and explain how the implementation of the new national Women in STEM Decadal Plan hopes to transform the sector. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices IFE Grand Challenge Lecture recorded at QUT on 6 September 2019. Astrophysicist and Australian Government Women in STEM Ambassador, Professor Lisa Harvey-Smith will discuss the grand challenges facing Australia’s STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) industry, particularly highlighting emerging opportunities in astrophysics, supercomputing and space. Professor Harvey-Smith will also examine how barriers to the equal participation of women in STEM threatens Australia’s effectiveness to tackle these new challenges, and explain how the implementation of the new national Women in STEM Decadal Plan hopes to transform the sector.

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]]> 4115 no Moving beyond practical reconciliation in higher education - Angela Barney-Leitch (QUT Pro Vice-Chancellor, Indigenous Strategy) IFE Grand Challenge Lecture - recorded 25 October 2019 at QUT. Is it time to move past the era of ‘practical reconciliation’ to something more substantive and defined by Indigenous Australians? This presentation will discuss the challenges and opportunities that QUT is facing while undertaking the redevelopment of its strategic plan and the vision for Indigenous Australian engagement and empowerment. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 12 Nov 2019 01:22:00 -0000 full 1 44 Institute for Future Environments IFE Grand Challenge Lecture - recorded 25 October 2019 at QUT. Is it time to move past the era of ‘practical reconciliation’ to something more substantive and defined by Indigenous Australians? This presentation will discuss the challenges and opportunities that QUT is facing while undertaking the redevelopment of its strategic plan and the vision for Indigenous Australian engagement and empowerment. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices IFE Grand Challenge Lecture - recorded 25 October 2019 at QUT. Is it time to move past the era of ‘practical reconciliation’ to something more substantive and defined by Indigenous Australians? This presentation will discuss the challenges and opportunities that QUT is facing while undertaking the redevelopment of its strategic plan and the vision for Indigenous Australian engagement and empowerment.

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]]> 2630 no Towards an optimised strategy for cleaner air - Professor Urs Baltensperger (Paul Scherrer Institute, Switzerland) The Earth's atmosphere is contaminated by many pollutants, all of which are harmful to life and the environment. The need to clean up our air for the future health of the planet is widely understood and accepted, but how do we remove these contaminants safely and efficiently? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 01 Nov 2019 01:23:00 -0000 full 1 43 Institute for Future Environments The Earth's atmosphere is contaminated by many pollutants, all of which are harmful to life and the environment. The need to clean up our air for the future health of the planet is widely understood and accepted, but how do we remove these contaminants safely and efficiently? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices The Earth's atmosphere is contaminated by many pollutants, all of which are harmful to life and the environment. The need to clean up our air for the future health of the planet is widely understood and accepted, but how do we remove these contaminants safely and efficiently?

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]]> 3115 no Tools for synthetic pathway expression and engineering in Pichia pastoris - Professor Toni Glieder (Graz University of Technology) IFE Distinguished Visitor Lecture recorded on 28 June 2019. Pichia pastoris, one of the most commonly used eukaryotic expression hosts, was reassigned to the genus Komagataella in 1995 and divided into the three species: Komagataella phaffii, K. pastoris and K. pseudopastoris. Most biotechnological applications for protein expression employ the species K. phaffii. Innovative concepts for the K. phaffii genome and expression cassette engineering enable improved protein expression and extend the fields of application for this non-conventional yeast. In particular, great potential can be seen in synthetic pathway expression and biological manufacturing of chemicals, where the lack of tools for engineering have so far limited the range of possible applications. Recent advances in this field now offer new opportunities for efficient expression of multiple genes by simple molecular engineering and balanced co-expression to optimise product yields and compositions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 31 Oct 2019 06:04:00 -0000 full 1 42 Institute for Future Environments IFE Distinguished Visitor Lecture recorded on 28 June 2019. Pichia pastoris, one of the most commonly used eukaryotic expression hosts, was reassigned to the genus Komagataella in 1995 and divided into the three species: Komagataella phaffii, K. pastoris and K. pseudopastoris. Most biotechnological applications for protein expression employ the species K. phaffii. Innovative concepts for the K. phaffii genome and expression cassette engineering enable improved protein expression and extend the fields of application for this non-conventional yeast. In particular, great potential can be seen in synthetic pathway expression and biological manufacturing of chemicals, where the lack of tools for engineering have so far limited the range of possible applications. Recent advances in this field now offer new opportunities for efficient expression of multiple genes by simple molecular engineering and balanced co-expression to optimise product yields and compositions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices IFE Distinguished Visitor Lecture recorded on 28 June 2019.

Pichia pastoris, one of the most commonly used eukaryotic expression hosts, was reassigned to the genus Komagataella in 1995 and divided into the three species: Komagataella phaffii, K. pastoris and K. pseudopastoris. Most biotechnological applications for protein expression employ the species K. phaffii. Innovative concepts for the K. phaffii genome and expression cassette engineering enable improved protein expression and extend the fields of application for this non-conventional yeast. In particular, great potential can be seen in synthetic pathway expression and biological manufacturing of chemicals, where the lack of tools for engineering have so far limited the range of possible applications. Recent advances in this field now offer new opportunities for efficient expression of multiple genes by simple molecular engineering and balanced co-expression to optimise product yields and compositions.


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]]> 3293 no Novel prototyping methods for emerging contexts - Dr Scott Davidoff (Mission Operations, NASA Jet Propulsion Lab) IFE Distinguished Visitor Lecture, recorded at QUT on 17 July 2019. Dr Scott Davidoff from NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab discusses virtual reality (VR), artificial reality (AR), data science, and other discoveries and technologies of the digital age, and how these achievements can be used with prototyping techniques to overcome obstacles and become a force multiplier for research. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 29 Oct 2019 03:13:00 -0000 full 1 41 Institute for Future Environments IFE Distinguished Visitor Lecture, recorded at QUT on 17 July 2019. Dr Scott Davidoff from NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab discusses virtual reality (VR), artificial reality (AR), data science, and other discoveries and technologies of the digital age, and how these achievements can be used with prototyping techniques to overcome obstacles and become a force multiplier for research. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices IFE Distinguished Visitor Lecture, recorded at QUT on 17 July 2019.

Dr Scott Davidoff from NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab discusses virtual reality (VR), artificial reality (AR), data science, and other discoveries and technologies of the digital age, and how these achievements can be used with prototyping techniques to overcome obstacles and become a force multiplier for research.

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]]> 3007 no Data for the planet: driving solutions for resilient cities, disaster risk reduction and infectious diseases - Dr Simon Hodson (Executive Director, CODATA) IFE Distinguished Visitor Lecture - recorded 7 June 2019 at QUT. The digital revolution offers opportunities for science to discover unsuspected patterns and relationships in nature and society, on scales from the nanoscale to the cosmic, from local health systems to global sustainability. Access to global data has created the potential for scientific disciplines to achieve more holistic understanding of the complexity that underlies human challenges by exposing their deep structure through the integration of data across relevant disciplines. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 22 Oct 2019 04:16:00 -0000 full 1 40 Institute for Future Environments IFE Distinguished Visitor Lecture - recorded 7 June 2019 at QUT. The digital revolution offers opportunities for science to discover unsuspected patterns and relationships in nature and society, on scales from the nanoscale to the cosmic, from local health systems to global sustainability. Access to global data has created the potential for scientific disciplines to achieve more holistic understanding of the complexity that underlies human challenges by exposing their deep structure through the integration of data across relevant disciplines. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices IFE Distinguished Visitor Lecture - recorded 7 June 2019 at QUT.

The digital revolution offers opportunities for science to discover unsuspected patterns and relationships in nature and society, on scales from the nanoscale to the cosmic, from local health systems to global sustainability. Access to global data has created the potential for scientific disciplines to achieve more holistic understanding of the complexity that underlies human challenges by exposing their deep structure through the integration of data across relevant disciplines.

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]]> 2552 no The mineral supply of ‘smart cities’: resourcing a more sustainable techno-urban transition - Professor Saleem Ali (Member, UN International Resource Panel and Professor at University of Delaware) IFE Distinguished Visitor Lecture - recorded 9 July 2019 at QUT. As urbanisation increases around the world, there’s a growing push to create smarter cities through the implementation of technologies such as artificial intelligence and the internet of things. Smart cities have the potential to use resources more efficiently, but they also require substantial infrastructure, which comes with its own costs.In this podcast, Professor Saleem Ali discusses how the digital architecture of smart cities can be reconciled with the material needs of developing the infrastructure to run them. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 18 Oct 2019 03:38:00 -0000 full 1 39 Institute for Future Environments IFE Distinguished Visitor Lecture - recorded 9 July 2019 at QUT. As urbanisation increases around the world, there’s a growing push to create smarter cities through the implementation of technologies such as artificial intelligence and the internet of things. Smart cities have the potential to use resources more efficiently, but they also require substantial infrastructure, which comes with its own costs.In this podcast, Professor Saleem Ali discusses how the digital architecture of smart cities can be reconciled with the material needs of developing the infrastructure to run them. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices IFE Distinguished Visitor Lecture - recorded 9 July 2019 at QUT.

As urbanisation increases around the world, there’s a growing push to create smarter cities through the implementation of technologies such as artificial intelligence and the internet of things. Smart cities have the potential to use resources more efficiently, but they also require substantial infrastructure, which comes with its own costs.In this podcast, Professor Saleem Ali discusses how the digital architecture of smart cities can be reconciled with the material needs of developing the infrastructure to run them.

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]]> 2494 no The global imperative - Leanne Kemp (Queensland Chief Entrepreneur) IFE Grand Challenge Lecture - recorded 3 May 2019 at QUT. Queensland's Chief Entrepreneur and CEO of technology enterprise Everledger, Leanne Kemp, shares World Economic Forum predictions on the industries of the future, the important sustainability challenges and choices we face, and the skill sets needed for success in the future. She also shares best practice examples from around the world. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 18 Oct 2019 03:34:00 -0000 full 1 38 Institute for Future Environments IFE Grand Challenge Lecture - recorded 3 May 2019 at QUT. Queensland's Chief Entrepreneur and CEO of technology enterprise Everledger, Leanne Kemp, shares World Economic Forum predictions on the industries of the future, the important sustainability challenges and choices we face, and the skill sets needed for success in the future. She also shares best practice examples from around the world. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices IFE Grand Challenge Lecture - recorded 3 May 2019 at QUT.

Queensland's Chief Entrepreneur and CEO of technology enterprise Everledger, Leanne Kemp, shares World Economic Forum predictions on the industries of the future, the important sustainability challenges and choices we face, and the skill sets needed for success in the future. She also shares best practice examples from around the world.

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]]> 1949 no How good are Brazilian environmental policies, and how bad could they be? - Professor Jean Paul Metzger (University of Sao Paulo) IFE Distinguished Visitor Lecture - recorded 5 June 2019 at QUT. The effective implementation of environmental policies has a huge impact on the conservation of biodiversity. However, policies can change according to the socio-economic and political situation. Brazil is facing an important political transition that could impair environmental policies, affecting biodiverse regions with negative impacts around the world. This Distinguished Visitor Lecture provides a critical evaluation of Brazilian environmental policies (how good they were), and discusses future political scenarios (how bad they could be). A particular emphasis will be given to the new Brazilian Forest Code, the main law that protects native vegetation on private properties. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 08 Oct 2019 05:26:00 -0000 full 37 Institute for Future Environments IFE Distinguished Visitor Lecture - recorded 5 June 2019 at QUT. The effective implementation of environmental policies has a huge impact on the conservation of biodiversity. However, policies can change according to the socio-economic and political situation. Brazil is facing an important political transition that could impair environmental policies, affecting biodiverse regions with negative impacts around the world. This Distinguished Visitor Lecture provides a critical evaluation of Brazilian environmental policies (how good they were), and discusses future political scenarios (how bad they could be). A particular emphasis will be given to the new Brazilian Forest Code, the main law that protects native vegetation on private properties. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices IFE Distinguished Visitor Lecture - recorded 5 June 2019 at QUT.

The effective implementation of environmental policies has a huge impact on the conservation of biodiversity. However, policies can change according to the socio-economic and political situation. Brazil is facing an important political transition that could impair environmental policies, affecting biodiverse regions with negative impacts around the world. This Distinguished Visitor Lecture provides a critical evaluation of Brazilian environmental policies (how good they were), and discusses future political scenarios (how bad they could be). A particular emphasis will be given to the new Brazilian Forest Code, the main law that protects native vegetation on private properties.

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]]> 2708 no Molecular imaging tools to understand the inorganic chemistry of cells - Associate Professor Elizabeth New (University of Sydney) IFE Distinguished Visitor Lecture - recorded 30 May 2019 at QUT. Associate Professor New's research involves developing molecular imaging tools to understand the interactions of metals with cellular functions, with a focus on fluorescent and magnetic resonance sensors. In this lecture, she presents progress made in studying three main aspects of cellular inorganic chemistry: imaging the metabolites of metal-containing drugs; tools to study cellular metal pools; and studies of redox homeostasis of cells varies with drug treatment. The lecture will specifically cover strategies to optimise the properties of molecular imaging sensors. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 17 Sep 2019 05:10:00 -0000 full 36 Institute for Future Environments IFE Distinguished Visitor Lecture - recorded 30 May 2019 at QUT. Associate Professor New's research involves developing molecular imaging tools to understand the interactions of metals with cellular functions, with a focus on fluorescent and magnetic resonance sensors. In this lecture, she presents progress made in studying three main aspects of cellular inorganic chemistry: imaging the metabolites of metal-containing drugs; tools to study cellular metal pools; and studies of redox homeostasis of cells varies with drug treatment. The lecture will specifically cover strategies to optimise the properties of molecular imaging sensors. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices IFE Distinguished Visitor Lecture - recorded 30 May 2019 at QUT.

Associate Professor New's research involves developing molecular imaging tools to understand the interactions of metals with cellular functions, with a focus on fluorescent and magnetic resonance sensors. In this lecture, she presents progress made in studying three main aspects of cellular inorganic chemistry: imaging the metabolites of metal-containing drugs; tools to study cellular metal pools; and studies of redox homeostasis of cells varies with drug treatment. The lecture will specifically cover strategies to optimise the properties of molecular imaging sensors.

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]]> 2815 no Why Scientists And Politicians Are Incompatible - Professor Herbert Huppert (University of Cambridge) IFE Distinguished Visitor Lecture, recorded 30 April 2019 at QUT Although there would be great benefits to both sides were they to work productively together, scientists and politicians sing from different pages of the hymn book. Presented by Professor Herbert E. Huppert, recipient of the Australian Academy of Science 2019 Selby Fellowship, this Distinguished Visitor Lecture examines the often knotty and difficult relationship between science and politics. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 05 Aug 2019 14:00:00 -0000 full 35 Institute for Future Environments IFE Distinguished Visitor Lecture, recorded 30 April 2019 at QUT Although there would be great benefits to both sides were they to work productively together, scientists and politicians sing from different pages of the hymn book. Presented by Professor Herbert E. Huppert, recipient of the Australian Academy of Science 2019 Selby Fellowship, this Distinguished Visitor Lecture examines the often knotty and difficult relationship between science and politics. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices IFE Distinguished Visitor Lecture, recorded 30 April 2019 at QUT

Although there would be great benefits to both sides were they to work productively together, scientists and politicians sing from different pages of the hymn book. Presented by Professor Herbert E. Huppert, recipient of the Australian Academy of Science 2019 Selby Fellowship, this Distinguished Visitor Lecture examines the often knotty and difficult relationship between science and politics.

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]]> 2966 no Our Planet, Our Health - Professor Kate Jones (University College London) IFE Grand Challenge Lecture, recorded 12 April 2019 at QUT Today, we live longer and more prosperous lives than ever before. As a species, we have made huge advances to create conditions for better health for billions of people, however this progress is taking a heavy toll on the planet's natural systems. In this lecture, Professor Jones explores the links and interdependencies between our health and the health of our planet, with particular reference to understanding how rapid global environmental change impacts the emergence and spread of high-impact infectious diseases like Ebola or SARS. She also outlines how recent advances in the resolution and coverage of remote-sensing satellite data and cutting-edge machine-learning algorithms open up the possibilities of developing global early warning systems to prevent and manage future epidemics. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 17 Jul 2019 14:00:00 -0000 full 34 Institute for Future Environments IFE Grand Challenge Lecture, recorded 12 April 2019 at QUT Today, we live longer and more prosperous lives than ever before. As a species, we have made huge advances to create conditions for better health for billions of people, however this progress is taking a heavy toll on the planet's natural systems. In this lecture, Professor Jones explores the links and interdependencies between our health and the health of our planet, with particular reference to understanding how rapid global environmental change impacts the emergence and spread of high-impact infectious diseases like Ebola or SARS. She also outlines how recent advances in the resolution and coverage of remote-sensing satellite data and cutting-edge machine-learning algorithms open up the possibilities of developing global early warning systems to prevent and manage future epidemics. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices IFE Grand Challenge Lecture, recorded 12 April 2019 at QUT

Today, we live longer and more prosperous lives than ever before. As a species, we have made huge advances to create conditions for better health for billions of people, however this progress is taking a heavy toll on the planet's natural systems. In this lecture, Professor Jones explores the links and interdependencies between our health and the health of our planet, with particular reference to understanding how rapid global environmental change impacts the emergence and spread of high-impact infectious diseases like Ebola or SARS. She also outlines how recent advances in the resolution and coverage of remote-sensing satellite data and cutting-edge machine-learning algorithms open up the possibilities of developing global early warning systems to prevent and manage future epidemics.

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]]> 3248 no Your AI Future - Professor Toby Walsh (University of New South Wales) IFE Grand Challenge Lecture, recorded 15 March 2019 at QUT Artificial intelligence offers considerable promise - the robots can perhaps take the sweat, and do all the dirty, dull and difficult jobs - but how do we ensure the future is bright? How long even do we have before machines are as capable as us? And when they are, how can we be sure they'll behave ethically and to our benefit? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 11 Apr 2019 00:00:00 -0000 full 1 Institute for Future Environments IFE Grand Challenge Lecture, recorded 15 March 2019 at QUT Artificial intelligence offers considerable promise - the robots can perhaps take the sweat, and do all the dirty, dull and difficult jobs - but how do we ensure the future is bright? How long even do we have before machines are as capable as us? And when they are, how can we be sure they'll behave ethically and to our benefit? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices IFE Grand Challenge Lecture, recorded 15 March 2019 at QUT

Artificial intelligence offers considerable promise - the robots can perhaps take the sweat, and do all the dirty, dull and difficult jobs - but how do we ensure the future is bright? How long even do we have before machines are as capable as us? And when they are, how can we be sure they'll behave ethically and to our benefit?

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]]> 2488 no Industry 4.0 Testlab For Composite Product Automation - Professor Bronwyn Fox (Swinburne University of Technology) IFE Distinguished Visitor Lecture, recorded 15 February 2019 at QUT Swinburne University of Technology is creating an Industry 4.0 Testlab for Carbon Fibre Composite Product Automation which will be embedded in the Factory of the Future as part of Swinburne’s Industry 4.0 Hub. The Testlab will bring a world-first, digital approach to the rapid manufacture of these engineered, lightweight, high-strength materials. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 27 Mar 2019 23:00:00 -0000 full 2 Institute for Future Environments IFE Distinguished Visitor Lecture, recorded 15 February 2019 at QUT Swinburne University of Technology is creating an Industry 4.0 Testlab for Carbon Fibre Composite Product Automation which will be embedded in the Factory of the Future as part of Swinburne’s Industry 4.0 Hub. The Testlab will bring a world-first, digital approach to the rapid manufacture of these engineered, lightweight, high-strength materials. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices IFE Distinguished Visitor Lecture, recorded 15 February 2019 at QUT

Swinburne University of Technology is creating an Industry 4.0 Testlab for Carbon Fibre Composite Product Automation which will be embedded in the Factory of the Future as part of Swinburne’s Industry 4.0 Hub. The Testlab will bring a world-first, digital approach to the rapid manufacture of these engineered, lightweight, high-strength materials.

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]]> 2880 no Agents Of Change: The Economy Of Algorithms - Professor Marek Kowalkiewicz (QUT) IFE Grand Challenge Lecture, recorded 1 March 2019 at QUT Let's talk about the economy of algorithms. What is this new world, where the confluence of the ‘Internet of Things’, algorithms as economic agents and new business models changes the way we live, work, and think? What new opportunities does it bring? What could go wrong? And what is our role - as academics, citizens, customers, humans - in this new world? In the first IFE Grand Challenge Lecture for 2019, Professor Marek Kowalkiewicz will challenge your thinking and inspire ideas for the next steps: whether it is a new business model (how do you advertise to a fridge?), a research question (who is liable if something goes wrong?), or just a life-changing decision (I need to hire an army of robots). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 20 Mar 2019 23:00:00 -0000 full 3 Institute for Future Environments IFE Grand Challenge Lecture, recorded 1 March 2019 at QUT Let's talk about the economy of algorithms. What is this new world, where the confluence of the ‘Internet of Things’, algorithms as economic agents and new business models changes the way we live, work, and think? What new opportunities does it bring? What could go wrong? And what is our role - as academics, citizens, customers, humans - in this new world? In the first IFE Grand Challenge Lecture for 2019, Professor Marek Kowalkiewicz will challenge your thinking and inspire ideas for the next steps: whether it is a new business model (how do you advertise to a fridge?), a research question (who is liable if something goes wrong?), or just a life-changing decision (I need to hire an army of robots). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices IFE Grand Challenge Lecture, recorded 1 March 2019 at QUT

Let's talk about the economy of algorithms. What is this new world, where the confluence of the ‘Internet of Things’, algorithms as economic agents and new business models changes the way we live, work, and think? What new opportunities does it bring? What could go wrong? And what is our role - as academics, citizens, customers, humans - in this new world? In the first IFE Grand Challenge Lecture for 2019, Professor Marek Kowalkiewicz will challenge your thinking and inspire ideas for the next steps: whether it is a new business model (how do you advertise to a fridge?), a research question (who is liable if something goes wrong?), or just a life-changing decision (I need to hire an army of robots).

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]]> 2551 no Large Area Flexible Electronic Skin - Professor Ravinder Dahiya (University Of Glasgow) IFE Distinguished Visitor Lecture, recorded 24 May 2018 at QUT Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sun, 06 Jan 2019 23:00:00 -0000 full 5 Institute for Future Environments IFE Distinguished Visitor Lecture, recorded 24 May 2018 at QUT Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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]]> 3530 no Photovoltaic Renewable Energy Systems - Professor Masakazu Sugiyama (University of Tokyo) IFE Distinguished Visitor Lecture, recorded 17 August 2017 at QUT Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sun, 06 Jan 2019 23:00:00 -0000 full 4 Institute for Future Environments IFE Distinguished Visitor Lecture, recorded 17 August 2017 at QUT Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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]]> 2390 no Plant Fibre Reinforced Composites: From Hierarchical Interfaces To Applications - Professor Yan Li (Tongji University) IFE Distinguished Visitor Lecture, recorded 26 July 2018 at QUT Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 20 Dec 2018 23:00:00 -0000 full 6 Institute for Future Environments IFE Distinguished Visitor Lecture, recorded 26 July 2018 at QUT Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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]]> 1846 no Chemistry: From Self-Assembly To The Origin Of Life - Professor Pall Thordarson (University Of New South Wales) IFE Distinguished Visitor Lecture, recorded 30 July 2018 at QUT Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 20 Dec 2018 23:00:00 -0000 full 7 Institute for Future Environments IFE Distinguished Visitor Lecture, recorded 30 July 2018 at QUT Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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]]> 3212 no The Value Of An Arts-Science Nexus - Professor Graham Baker (Queensland Academy Of Arts And Sciences) IFE Grand Challenge Lecture, recorded 27 October 2017 at QUT Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 20 Dec 2018 14:00:00 -0000 full 33 Institute for Future Environments IFE Grand Challenge Lecture, recorded 27 October 2017 at QUT Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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]]> 2615 no Engagement In Higher Education: How Does It Affect The Missions Of Education And Research? - Professor Mats Benner (Lund University) IFE Transforming Innovation Systems Seminar Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 18 Dec 2018 23:00:00 -0000 full 8 Institute for Future Environments IFE Transforming Innovation Systems Seminar Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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]]> 2866 no Engineering A Revolution: From Impossible Complexity To Transformed Lives - Hon. Trish White (Engineers Australia) IFE Grand Challenge Lecture, recorded 21 September 2018 at QUT Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 12 Dec 2018 23:00:00 -0000 full 9 Institute for Future Environments IFE Grand Challenge Lecture, recorded 21 September 2018 at QUT Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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]]> 2305 no Food Is About Health Care, Medicine Is About Sick Care: The Importance Of Plants In Our Diet - Professor Cathie Martin MBE FRS (John Innes Centre, UK) IFE Grand Challenge Lecture, recorded 1 November 2018 at QUT Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 10 Dec 2018 14:00:00 -0000 full 32 Institute for Future Environments IFE Grand Challenge Lecture, recorded 1 November 2018 at QUT Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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]]> 3023 no Harvesting Passion: From Identifying A Problem To Finding A Solution - Ronni Kahn (OzHarvest) IFE Grand Challenge Lecture, recorded 1 November 2018 at QUT Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sun, 09 Dec 2018 14:00:00 -0000 full 29 Institute for Future Environments IFE Grand Challenge Lecture, recorded 1 November 2018 at QUT Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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]]> 2417 no Coral Bleaching On The Great Barrier Reef And Frequency Of Past Stress Events Recorded In Coral Skeletons - Dr Neal Cantin (Australian Institute of Marine Science) IFE Visitor Lecture recorded on 24 August, 2018. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sun, 09 Dec 2018 14:00:00 -0000 full 31 Institute for Future Environments IFE Visitor Lecture recorded on 24 August, 2018. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices IFE Visitor Lecture recorded on 24 August, 2018.

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]]> 1179 no The 21st Century Transport Challenge - Professor Hugh Bradlow (Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering) IFE Grand Challenge Lecture recorded on 27 July, 2018. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sun, 09 Dec 2018 14:00:00 -0000 full 30 Institute for Future Environments IFE Grand Challenge Lecture recorded on 27 July, 2018. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices IFE Grand Challenge Lecture recorded on 27 July, 2018.

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]]> 2473 no Working Together To Secure The Future Of Our National Icon - IFE Great Barrier Reef Challenge Lecture Working together to secure the future of our national icon - A special QUT Grand Challenge Lecture facilitated by Robyn Williams from ABC's The Science Show, recorded 10 August 2018 at QUT Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sun, 16 Sep 2018 14:00:00 -0000 full 28 Institute for Future Environments Working together to secure the future of our national icon - A special QUT Grand Challenge Lecture facilitated by Robyn Williams from ABC's The Science Show, recorded 10 August 2018 at QUT Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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]]> 3903 no Supporting Urban Agriculture With Research To Improve Food Security - Dr Cathryn O'Sullivan (CSIRO) IFE Growing the Global Bioeconomy Seminar, recorded 16 July 2018 at QUT Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 30 Aug 2018 14:00:00 -0000 full 27 Institute for Future Environments IFE Growing the Global Bioeconomy Seminar, recorded 16 July 2018 at QUT Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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]]> 2824 no Provoking intergenerational change: empowering a generation to close their own gap - Wayne Denning (Carbon Creative) IFE Grand Challenge Lecture, recorded 4 May 2018 at QUT In today’s media landscape, there is much discussion of closing the gap for Indigenous Australians, but a decade on, only three of the seven targets set by the Council of Australian Governments are on track. The four targets not yet achieved directly affect Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander youth: reading and writing, school attendance, life expectancy and employment. With more than half the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population being 25 years or younger, and with no simple solutions in sight, it is time to prompt intergenerational change beginning with Indigenous youth. In his address, Wayne Denning explores such solutions as: positive self-identification, in which Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander youth need to see themselves as successful, strong, happy, confident human beings who are comfortable within their culture; the promotion of their Aboriginality; and the amplification of programs that encourage youth self-empowerment and lead to a ‘youth movement’. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sat, 07 Jul 2018 14:00:00 -0000 full 26 Institute for Future Environments IFE Grand Challenge Lecture, recorded 4 May 2018 at QUT In today’s media landscape, there is much discussion of closing the gap for Indigenous Australians, but a decade on, only three of the seven targets set by the Council of Australian Governments are on track. The four targets not yet achieved directly affect Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander youth: reading and writing, school attendance, life expectancy and employment. With more than half the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population being 25 years or younger, and with no simple solutions in sight, it is time to prompt intergenerational change beginning with Indigenous youth. In his address, Wayne Denning explores such solutions as: positive self-identification, in which Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander youth need to see themselves as successful, strong, happy, confident human beings who are comfortable within their culture; the promotion of their Aboriginality; and the amplification of programs that encourage youth self-empowerment and lead to a ‘youth movement’. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices IFE Grand Challenge Lecture, recorded 4 May 2018 at QUT

In today’s media landscape, there is much discussion of closing the gap for Indigenous Australians, but a decade on, only three of the seven targets set by the Council of Australian Governments are on track. The four targets not yet achieved directly affect Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander youth: reading and writing, school attendance, life expectancy and employment.

With more than half the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population being 25 years or younger, and with no simple solutions in sight, it is time to prompt intergenerational change beginning with Indigenous youth.

In his address, Wayne Denning explores such solutions as: positive self-identification, in which Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander youth need to see themselves as successful, strong, happy, confident human beings who are comfortable within their culture; the promotion of their Aboriginality; and the amplification of programs that encourage youth self-empowerment and lead to a ‘youth movement’.

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]]> 2287 no The Emerging Nexus Between Special Operations and Autonomous Systems: Insights and Reflections - Maj. Gen Jeff Sengelman (ret.) and Professor Ron Arkin (Georgia Institute of Technology) IFE Distinguished Visitor Lecture, recorded 9 May 2018 at QUT. Unfortunately, warfare and conflict in their many forms seem destined to blight our world for the foreseeable future. While war continues to be fundamentally a human endeavour whose character remains largely unchanged, the nature of contemporary and future conflict is undergoing significant changes. Speaking from direct and extensive experience, Major General Jeff Sengelman (retired), as a former commander of Special Operations Australia, will reflect on high-performance special forces teams and the attributes that have made them so globally successful under the most extreme conditions and circumstances. From this, he will more widely discuss how autonomous and semi-autonomous systems, and the technologies that underpin them, are likely to impact fundamentally on current cultural, military, societal, ethical and legal approaches to conflict and warfare. Ronald C. Arkin is Regents' Professor and Director of the Mobile Robot Laboratory in the College of Computing at Georgia Tech and is the Director of the Mobile Robot Laboratory. He served as STINT visiting Professor at KTH in Stockholm, Sabbatical Chair at the Sony IDL in Tokyo, member of the Robotics and AI Group at LAAS/CNRS in Toulouse, and recently completed a year’s leave at QUT and CSIRO. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sat, 16 Jun 2018 14:00:00 -0000 full 24 Institute for Future Environments IFE Distinguished Visitor Lecture, recorded 9 May 2018 at QUT. Unfortunately, warfare and conflict in their many forms seem destined to blight our world for the foreseeable future. While war continues to be fundamentally a human endeavour whose character remains largely unchanged, the nature of contemporary and future conflict is undergoing significant changes. Speaking from direct and extensive experience, Major General Jeff Sengelman (retired), as a former commander of Special Operations Australia, will reflect on high-performance special forces teams and the attributes that have made them so globally successful under the most extreme conditions and circumstances. From this, he will more widely discuss how autonomous and semi-autonomous systems, and the technologies that underpin them, are likely to impact fundamentally on current cultural, military, societal, ethical and legal approaches to conflict and warfare. Ronald C. Arkin is Regents' Professor and Director of the Mobile Robot Laboratory in the College of Computing at Georgia Tech and is the Director of the Mobile Robot Laboratory. He served as STINT visiting Professor at KTH in Stockholm, Sabbatical Chair at the Sony IDL in Tokyo, member of the Robotics and AI Group at LAAS/CNRS in Toulouse, and recently completed a year’s leave at QUT and CSIRO. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices IFE Distinguished Visitor Lecture, recorded 9 May 2018 at QUT.

Unfortunately, warfare and conflict in their many forms seem destined to blight our world for the foreseeable future. While war continues to be fundamentally a human endeavour whose character remains largely unchanged, the nature of contemporary and future conflict is undergoing significant changes.

Speaking from direct and extensive experience, Major General Jeff Sengelman (retired), as a former commander of Special Operations Australia, will reflect on high-performance special forces teams and the attributes that have made them so globally successful under the most extreme conditions and circumstances. From this, he will more widely discuss how autonomous and semi-autonomous systems, and the technologies that underpin them, are likely to impact fundamentally on current cultural, military, societal, ethical and legal approaches to conflict and warfare.

Ronald C. Arkin is Regents' Professor and Director of the Mobile Robot Laboratory in the College of Computing at Georgia Tech and is the Director of the Mobile Robot Laboratory. He served as STINT visiting Professor at KTH in Stockholm, Sabbatical Chair at the Sony IDL in Tokyo, member of the Robotics and AI Group at LAAS/CNRS in Toulouse, and recently completed a year’s leave at QUT and CSIRO.

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]]> 2987 no Backing Australia's Research Ecosystem - Professor Margaret Sheil AO (QUT Vice-Chancellor) IFE Grand Challenge Lecture, recorded 25 May 2018 at QUT. Through the 20th century, research laboratories at the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge embodied two leading models of research, based on competing philosophies of how research is conducted and research teams are assembled and supported.The Cavendish Laboratory at Cambridge, under the guidance of J.J. Thomson and his acolytes, focused on recruitment and environment, producing a stunning succession of discoveries that underpin modern physics and chemistry. Several decades later, Howard Florey’s team at Oxford took a problem-based approach, carefully assembling the team best equipped to solve the antibiotic challenge, resulting in the discovery that has arguably saved more lives than any other. Towards the end of the 20th century and on the other side of the world, policymakers and research administrators came together to develop a blended system that harnessed the best of each of these models. For more than a decade and supported by successive Australian governments, Backing Australia’s Ability provided a coherent, overarching structure to nurture a research ecosystem in which each element could thrive in collaboration with the others. Professor Sheil will argue that examples of breakthrough innovation – such as the cervical cancer vaccine or CSIRO’s invention of Wi-Fi – must be read in the context of this ecosystem approach, which underpinned a research model that is at once engaged yet open; problem-oriented yet curiosity-driven. This Grand Challenge Lecture is a call to arms for a revival and modernisation of such a systems approach, in which government, the universities, industry and the publicly funded research agencies each understand (and are funded for) their respective roles, yet find benefit in working collaboratively and generatively, within the most productive open-source template for adaptive innovation in the world of today and tomorrow. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sat, 16 Jun 2018 14:00:00 -0000 full 25 Institute for Future Environments IFE Grand Challenge Lecture, recorded 25 May 2018 at QUT. Through the 20th century, research laboratories at the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge embodied two leading models of research, based on competing philosophies of how research is conducted and research teams are assembled and supported.The Cavendish Laboratory at Cambridge, under the guidance of J.J. Thomson and his acolytes, focused on recruitment and environment, producing a stunning succession of discoveries that underpin modern physics and chemistry. Several decades later, Howard Florey’s team at Oxford took a problem-based approach, carefully assembling the team best equipped to solve the antibiotic challenge, resulting in the discovery that has arguably saved more lives than any other. Towards the end of the 20th century and on the other side of the world, policymakers and research administrators came together to develop a blended system that harnessed the best of each of these models. For more than a decade and supported by successive Australian governments, Backing Australia’s Ability provided a coherent, overarching structure to nurture a research ecosystem in which each element could thrive in collaboration with the others. Professor Sheil will argue that examples of breakthrough innovation – such as the cervical cancer vaccine or CSIRO’s invention of Wi-Fi – must be read in the context of this ecosystem approach, which underpinned a research model that is at once engaged yet open; problem-oriented yet curiosity-driven. This Grand Challenge Lecture is a call to arms for a revival and modernisation of such a systems approach, in which government, the universities, industry and the publicly funded research agencies each understand (and are funded for) their respective roles, yet find benefit in working collaboratively and generatively, within the most productive open-source template for adaptive innovation in the world of today and tomorrow. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices IFE Grand Challenge Lecture, recorded 25 May 2018 at QUT.

Through the 20th century, research laboratories at the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge embodied two leading models of research, based on competing philosophies of how research is conducted and research teams are assembled and supported.The Cavendish Laboratory at Cambridge, under the guidance of J.J. Thomson and his acolytes, focused on recruitment and environment, producing a stunning succession of discoveries that underpin modern physics and chemistry. Several decades later, Howard Florey’s team at Oxford took a problem-based approach, carefully assembling the team best equipped to solve the antibiotic challenge, resulting in the discovery that has arguably saved more lives than any other.

Towards the end of the 20th century and on the other side of the world, policymakers and research administrators came together to develop a blended system that harnessed the best of each of these models. For more than a decade and supported by successive Australian governments, Backing Australia’s Ability provided a coherent, overarching structure to nurture a research ecosystem in which each element could thrive in collaboration with the others.

Professor Sheil will argue that examples of breakthrough innovation – such as the cervical cancer vaccine or CSIRO’s invention of Wi-Fi – must be read in the context of this ecosystem approach, which underpinned a research model that is at once engaged yet open; problem-oriented yet curiosity-driven.

This Grand Challenge Lecture is a call to arms for a revival and modernisation of such a systems approach, in which government, the universities, industry and the publicly funded research agencies each understand (and are funded for) their respective roles, yet find benefit in working collaboratively and generatively, within the most productive open-source template for adaptive innovation in the world of today and tomorrow.

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]]> 2147 no Innovation Must Become The Core Of National Priority Settings - Bill Ferris AC (Innovation and Science Australia) IFE Grand Challenge Lecture, recorded on April 6 2018 at QUT. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sun, 13 May 2018 14:00:00 -0000 full 23 Institute for Future Environments IFE Grand Challenge Lecture, recorded on April 6 2018 at QUT. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices IFE Grand Challenge Lecture, recorded on April 6 2018 at QUT.

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]]> 3130 no Transparency In The Agri-Food Value Chain - Cameron Scadding (Source Certain International) IFE Distinguished Visitor Lecture, recorded 14 March 2018 at QUT Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 20 Mar 2018 14:00:00 -0000 full 22 Institute for Future Environments IFE Distinguished Visitor Lecture, recorded 14 March 2018 at QUT Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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]]> 3661 no Next Generation Nanomaterials For Therapy And Diagnostics - Professor Tanja Weil (Max Planck Institute For Polymer Research, Germany) IFE Grand Challenge Lecture, recorded 23 February 2018 at QUT Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sun, 25 Feb 2018 14:00:00 -0000 full 21 Institute for Future Environments IFE Grand Challenge Lecture, recorded 23 February 2018 at QUT Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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]]> 2566 no Superconductivity, Has It Touched Your Life? Dr Cathy Foley (CSIRO Manufacturing) IFE Grand Challenge Lecture, recorded 6 October 2017 at QUT Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 13 Feb 2018 14:00:00 -0000 full 20 Institute for Future Environments IFE Grand Challenge Lecture, recorded 6 October 2017 at QUT Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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]]> 3260 no Opportunities And Challenges In Robotics, Dr Henrik Christensen (University Of California San Diego) IFE Grand Challenge Lecture, recorded 14 July 2017 at QUT Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sun, 04 Feb 2018 14:00:00 -0000 full 19 Institute for Future Environments IFE Grand Challenge Lecture, recorded 14 July 2017 at QUT Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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]]> 2802 no Deep Reinforcement Learning In The Real World - Raia Hadsell (Google DeepMind) IFE Distinguished Visitor Lecture, recorded 10 August 2017 at QUT Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sun, 14 Jan 2018 14:00:00 -0000 full 17 Institute for Future Environments IFE Distinguished Visitor Lecture, recorded 10 August 2017 at QUT Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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]]> 3021 no The Delicate Tension Of Digital Technology - Professor Jan Recker (QUT Business School) IFE Lecture, recorded 1 September 2017 at QUT. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sun, 14 Jan 2018 14:00:00 -0000 full 18 Institute for Future Environments IFE Lecture, recorded 1 September 2017 at QUT. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices IFE Lecture, recorded 1 September 2017 at QUT.

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]]> 2603 no The Future Of Vehicle Automation - Dr Steven Shladover, UC Berkeley IFE Distinguished Visitor Lecture, recorded 29 September 2017 at QUT Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 09 Jan 2018 14:00:00 -0000 full 16 Institute for Future Environments IFE Distinguished Visitor Lecture, recorded 29 September 2017 at QUT Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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]]> 2366 no The Future Of Skills - Dr Hasan Bakhshi, Nesta IFE Grand Challenge Lecture, recorded 8 September 2017 at QUT Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 08 Jan 2018 14:00:00 -0000 full 15 Institute for Future Environments IFE Grand Challenge Lecture, recorded 8 September 2017 at QUT Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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]]> 3111 no Alternative Fuel Use In The US Military: The Great Green Fleet And Beyond - Adjunct Prof Chris Tindal, QUT Centre For Tropical Crops And Biocommodities IFE Distinguished Visitor Lecture, recorded 9 October 2017 at QUT Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 01 Jan 2018 14:00:00 -0000 full 14 Institute for Future Environments IFE Distinguished Visitor Lecture, recorded 9 October 2017 at QUT Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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]]> 1872 no Lethal Autonomous Robots And The Plight Of The Non-Combatant - Prof Ron Arkin, Georgia Tech IFE Distinguished Visitor Lecture, recorded 31 July 2017 at QUT Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sun, 19 Nov 2017 14:00:00 -0000 full 13 Institute for Future Environments IFE Distinguished Visitor Lecture, recorded 31 July 2017 at QUT Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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]]> 3201 no Going For The Higher Fruit: Universities Post Peak Public Funding - Prof Peter Coaldrake, QUT IFE Grand Challenge Lecture, recorded 11 August 2017 at QUT Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 24 Aug 2017 14:00:00 -0000 full 12 Institute for Future Environments IFE Grand Challenge Lecture, recorded 11 August 2017 at QUT Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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]]> 2290 no Planning For Climate Change In South East Queensland - Michael Howes Brisbane Climathon presentation, recorded 29 October 2016 at QUT Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 28 Oct 2016 14:00:00 -0000 full 11 Institute for Future Environments Brisbane Climathon presentation, recorded 29 October 2016 at QUT Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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]]> 933 no Controls On The Global Energy Mix Of The 21st Century - Prof Peter McCabe, QUT Inaugural IFE Grand Challenge Lecture, recorded 8 March 2013 at QUT Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 10 May 2013 04:03:13 -0000 full 10 Institute for Future Environments Inaugural IFE Grand Challenge Lecture, recorded 8 March 2013 at QUT Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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