Falling Walls Lab Australia winner, Dr Kim van Netten, with Dr Alan Finkel and Professor Brian Schmidt.

Dr Kim van Netten of the University of Newcastle has been selected to represent Australia at the international event Falling Walls in Berlin encouraging links between research, business and innovation.

The International Council for Science (ICSU) is a non-government organisation with a global membership of 48 international scientific unions and interdisciplinary science bodies. These organisations convene scientists within and across the disciplines to coordinate research and address issues of global significance.

The Kavli delegation with friends

Nine Australian early- and mid-career researchers (EMCRs) took part in an innovative trilateral symposium with young scientists from the US and Indonesia in August.

The 2016 EAPSI cohort from the US

US science and engineering graduate students visited Australian scientific and cultural institutions while on their summer break to conduct research and build relationships with their Australian counterparts.

Forum participants with Dr Alan Finkel (third from left) and Professor Andrew Holmes (third from right)
HE Mr Andres Unga (centre) with the Academy’s Vice Presidents, Professor Jim Williams (left) and Dr TJ Higgins

Estonia’s Ambassador to Australia described the emergence of his country as one of the most advanced e-societies in the world during a visit to the Academy in July.

Professor Francisco Hervé from the Chilean Academy of Sciences with the Academy’s Director—International Programs, Nancy Pritchard

Secretary of the Chilean Academy of Sciences, Professor Francisco Hervé, visited the Academy in July while in Canberra to undertake research with his collaborators at the Australian National University.

Professor Michael Barber and Dr TJ Higgins will represent the Academy on Sustainable Development Goals committees

Two Fellows of the Australian Academy of Science have been invited to represent the Academy on separate InterAcademy Partnership (IAP) project committees.

The response so far to the call to join the JSPS Alumni Association of Australia has been strong. Photo: inu-photo, flickr

All former and current recipients of fellowships and awards from the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) are invited to join the newly formed Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Alumni Association in Australia.

Brian Cox referred to the Academy's climate change Q&A booklet as a reliable source of information.

During energetic discussion in an August episode of ABC TV’s popular Q&A program, UK Physicist Professor Brian Cox drew from the Academy’s booklet The science of climate change: questions and answers and held the publication aloft as a source of reliable climate change information.

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