In November, the Forum ran a survey to determine what EMCRs around the country would like us to focus on in the coming years. Where should the Forum focus its advocacy efforts? Well it may have been the world’s shortest survey, with only one question, but we would like to thank everyone who completed the survey, and especially everyone who shared it or tweeted it.
The priority issues you think the Forum should be working to address are:
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What is your current occupation or position?
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Pallave Dasari, PhD Australian Breast Cancer Research Postdoctoral Fellow Discipline of Surgery, The Queen Elizabeth Hospital and The Robinson Institute The University of Adelaide
Adam Micolich, PhD Head of Nanoelectronics Group School of Physics UNSW Australia
Each year the Academy holds its annual conference Science at the Shine Dome: national awards are made, high achievers are admitted to Fellowship of the Australian Academy of Science, and there is a symposium on an issue of national importance.
So what does it hold for an EMCR? The conference includes a special program for EMCRs—you will get the opportunity to attend a social evening with Fellows of the Academy and choose from one of four EMCR workshops to help you with your career.
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Earth provides humanity with a vast array of services on which our survival and prosperity are critically linked. From the water we drink, to fertile soils, energy and minerals deposits, to the stable crust on which we live. Nowhere is this more evident than in Australia where so much of our historical prosperity has been linked to primary industries including mining and energy production. Australian scientists have been instrumental in scientific discovery in these and other fields of Earth Sciences.
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Copies of the decadal plan and of a companion report can be found here.
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