Improving chemistry research and education will be vital in supporting future industries, according to a new plan for the future of chemistry in Australia launched in February. 

The Australian Academy of Science has worked with the National Press Club to put together a lunchtime panel discussion with three leading scientists on the issue of women’s participation in science.

‘The future of science: women’ will be held at the National Press Club in Canberra and broadcast live nationally on ABC1 on Wednesday 30 March.

Director of International Programs at the Academy, Nancy Pritchard, was recently invited by the Department of Education and Training to speak at the ‘Researcher mobility among APEC countries’ workshop in Jakarta. 

Ms Pritchard spoke about mid- and late-career researcher mobility from the perspective of the Academy, which has been managing mobility and exchange programs on behalf of the Australian Government for many years. 

Participants from 12 APEC economies attended the workshop, held in December.

Early-career researcher Breanne Hobden has been awarded a scholarship to visit the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in the United States later this year. Breanne is a PhD student at the University of Newcastle whose research focuses on depression management for people with comorbid alcohol dependence.