ABOUT

To meet the great challenges of this century we need the best science, but also the best social and humanities research. The answers that science provides are often not enough to make the changes we need to see in the world. Only when researchers work together across disciplinary divides can we be sure we are asking the right questions.

Deakin Science and Society Network’s Emerging Issues in Science and Society (EISS) symposium is supported by the the Australian Academy of Science’s National Committee for History and Philosophy of Science. This year on the 15th September at Deakin Downtown, scientists will be in conversation with humanities and social scientists to generate new answers and new questions to address some of the biggest challenges of our time.

SESSIONS AND SPEAKERS

Session 1 – Environmental Challenges, 9:45-11:00

What’s the trouble with wilderness?

Speaker: Michael-Shawn Fletcher (University of Melbourne)

Chair: Euan Richie (Deakin)

Session 2 – Data Cultures, 11:15 – 12:30

Bossware: I, for one, welcome our new productivity overlord?

Speakers: Luke Heemsbergen (Deakin) & Allan Jones (A2I2, Deakin)

Chair: Leonard Hoon (Deakin)

Session 3 – Indigenous Knowledges, 13:00 – 14:15

Indigenous environmental knowledge, IP and commercialisation

Speakers: Virginia Marshall (ANU) & Luke Williams (RMIT)

Chair: Emma Kowal (Deakin)

Session 4 – Healthy Futures, 14:20 – 15:35

Using technology to enhance the human brain; how far should we go?

Speakers: Frederic Gilbert (UTAS) & Pete Enticott (Deakin)

Chair: Jeffrey Craig (Deakin)

Join the Symposium

This symposium will be hosted in person at Deakin Downtown, Level 12, Tower 2, 727 Collins Street Melbourne Victoria 3008. Spaces are limited and registration is free but compulsory.

If you have any questions, please contact ssn-info@deakin.edu.au

Please register on Eventbrite.