Live @ Melbourne

Presenter: Lord Justice Brian Leveson

Dr Geoff Mulgan, CEO of the UK’s National Endowment for Science Technology and the Arts, will give an international perspective on the innovation economy as seen from Europe. Dr Jim Minifie from the Grattan Institute's Productivity Growth Program will further complement the discussion by providing a detailed insight into the domestic issue.

This forum brings together three leading contributors to the City of Melbourne’s knowledge economy: Mr Geoff Lawler, Director City Planning and Infrastructure, City of Melbourne; Professor Margaret Sheil, Provost and Acting Vice-Chancellor, The University of Melbourne; and Associate Professor Rufus Black, Master, Ormond College. Associate Professor Peter Jamieson, Strategic Advisor Learning Environment Design, The University of Melbourne will moderate the session.

Melbourne Neuroscience Institute - International Guest Keynote Lecture 2012

Speaker: Baroness Susan Greenfield CBE

Two of Australia’s next generation of foreign policymakers go head to head at an Asialink debate presented with ABC Australia Network’s Newsline program.

Melbourne Graduate School of Education Dean's Lecture Series 2012

Presented by the Melbourne Graduate School of Education

Speaker: Professor Collette Tayler

Presented by Murrup Barak Melbourne Institute for Indigenous Development and Rio Tinto Australia.

'Aboriginal Women: the right to self-determination'

Professor Megan Davis, Professor of Law and Director, Indigenous Law Centre, Faculty of Law, University of New South Wales and UN expert member of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Peoples.

Since 1998, Indonesia’s post-authoritarian transition has brought many challenges and, at the same time, hope. 

Speaker: Professor Krzysztof Matyjaszewski

This lecture is a part of the prestigious lecture series known as the Solomon Lectures.The Polymer Division of the Royal Australian Chemical Institute in association with the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering has established this lecture series in honour of Prof. David Solomon to promote polymer science and engineering in Australia.