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SUMMARY:Foodprint Melbourne: Building the Resilience of Melbourne’s Food System
DESCRIPTION:We tend to think of Melbourne and other cities in Australia as places that are food secure; nationally\, we produce enough food to support 60\,000\,000 people\, more than twice our population\, in service of our role as a major exporter of primary goods and food products. Supermarket shelves are usually filled with food\, all year around. But in the last 18 months we’ve seen images of sparsely-occupied shelves\, crops being dug back into their fields and students queueing for food vouchers. The compounding crises of bushfire and pandemic have revealed some of the cracks in our food supply system\, flaws that make our population vulnerable to scarcity. \nJoin Dr Rachel Carey\, who will be exploring what we need to do to strengthen the resilience of Melbourne’s food system to future shocks and stresses\, particularly those related to climate change and pandemic\, seeking a more nuanced conversation about matching up available resources with the healthy\, sustainable diets we want our population to be maintaining. \nWe can leverage the lessons from the pandemic to transform the way we manage our food system\, through strengthening local and regional food supply chains; sustaining the productivity of fertile land on the urban fringe; building efficient\, circular food economies to minimise waste; promoting resilient\, sustainable production systems adapted to a changing climate\, such as regenerative or agri-ecological approaches; building livelihoods through addressing insecure employment\, low wages and poor working conditions in the food industry; and redesigning systems of food relief to ensure equitable\, dignified access to healthy\, sustainable\, culturally-appropriate food during times of system stress. \nTickets are available below to participate in the webinar via Zoom and/or Eventbrite. RSV Members are prompted to enter their promotional code to access a member’s ticket. Alternatively\, you can watch along via Facebook Live at the appointed time without buying a ticket. \nStreamed online as part of the Inspiring Victoria initiative in 2021. \nFor webinar details and further information…read more. 
URL:https://www.scienceaustralia.org.au/event/foodprint-melbourne-building-the-resilience-of-melbournes-food-system/
LOCATION:Online event
CATEGORIES:Victoria
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20210819T183000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20210819T213000
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SUMMARY:Young Scientist Research Prizes Competition: Presentations\, Judging and Prize Ceremony
DESCRIPTION:To foster and recognise excellence in Victoria’s early career scientists\, the Royal Society of Victoria has established four prestigious competitive prizes open to Victorian students in their final year of doctoral candidature\, in all areas of the Biomedical & Health Sciences\, Biological Sciences (Non-human)\, Earth Sciences and Physical Sciences. \nFollowing assessment of applications across the four categories\, we will select eight PhD finalists to present their work to us during National Science Week\, on the evening of Thursday\, 19 August\, 2021. Join us to hear about the latest science from our emerging scientists\, and to support and celebrate the achievements of Victoria’s upcoming high achievers. \nIn light of enduring COVID-19 uncertainties\, this year’s competition will be either conducted entirely online\, with presentations professionally filmed and finalists answering questions from RSV members and guests in a Zoom conference\, or offered as a “hybrid” event combining in-person presentations with a livestream broadcast (invitations to register are sent via email and the Society’s membership page). The presentations will be live streamed via the Society’s Facebook Live site – please tune in at the allotted time to follow the proceedings and add your questions and comments. \nFor details…read more.  \n 
URL:https://www.scienceaustralia.org.au/event/young-scientist-research-prizes-competition-presentations-judging-and-prize-ceremony/
LOCATION:Online event
CATEGORIES:National Science Week,Victoria
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20210813T183000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20210813T200000
DTSTAMP:20260501T070316
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SUMMARY:Indigenous Food and Agriculture
DESCRIPTION:A Joint Presentation with the ACT National Science Week Coordinating Committee\nJoin the Royal Society of Victoria for a special webinar on Indigenous agriculture\, where we’ll yarn about native foods and Indigenous farmers — everything from practising agriculture as a traditional custodian\, growing bush foods and making sure they’re safe to eat\, preparing amazing meals and getting Australian native foods to market! \nAbout the Speakers\nLuke Williams is a proud Gumbaynggirr descendent who grew up in rural NSW. Luke is currently completing his PhD in the School of Health and Biomedical Sciences at RMIT University. In collaboration with the national food regulatory body\, Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ)\, and working alongside Aboriginal businesses and organisations\, his research provides insight into how newly formed regulatory frameworks for assessing the dietary safety of traditional food items can better consider the unique history\, knowledge and culture held by First Nations people. \n  \nKerrie Saunders is a Kamillaroi/Gomeroi woman from the northwest of NSW. What started out as a hobby for gardening and bush walks has turned into a passion for highlighting bush tucker in the local and surrounding areas of Moree. Kerrie now conducts regular bush tucker tours through her business\, Yinarr-ma\, where she identifies bush tucker and cooks yummy meals for guests. \nKerrie also works with the University of Sydney on the Indigenous Grasslands for Grain project in Narrabri\, making flour and bread with native grains. \n@gilbertjoshuam\nJoshua Gilbert is a Worimi man\, farmer and academic\, who shares the narration of Indigenous identity through agricultural truths in light of modern contexts. \nHe is undertaking higher degree research at Charles Sturt University\, is the Indigenous Co-Chair of Reconciliation NSW and was recently recognised within the world’s top 50 young gastronomers. \n  \n@karlie_moon_\n\nOur MC: Gamilaraay astrophysicist Karlie Noon is passionate about Indigenous astronomical knowledge and was the first Indigenous woman to obtain a double degree in science and mathematics. Karlie recently commenced a PhD in astronomy at the Australian National University and is Sydney Observatory’s first Astronomy Ambassador \n  \n \nPresented in partnership with the ACT National Science Week Coordinating Committee \nFor registration details and more information…read more.
URL:https://www.scienceaustralia.org.au/event/indigenous-food-and-agriculture/
LOCATION:Online event
CATEGORIES:National Science Week,Victoria
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20210714T180000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20210714T190000
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SUMMARY:STEM and Society: A Hard-Won Theory - Tectonic Plates in Victoria
DESCRIPTION:In a ‘post-truth’ society\, fuelled by soundbites and status updates\, opinions and personal theories are often presented with unwavering certainty but remain untested. \nIn this climate\, it can be confusing when we hear from scientists reluctant to deal in absolutes\, who instead engage in conversations about ‘degrees of certainty’. In the world of science\, a ‘theory’ is the closest something may ever come to being ‘the truth’. \nTo understand what modern scientists can go through to arrive at an accepted theory\, we’re taking a look at one of the major revelations of the past century: the theory of tectonic plates. This theory describes how the enormous fragments of our planet’s shell move against\, over and under one another at their boundaries to slowly change the shape and location of our continents and oceans. \nIn this special online discussion\, you’ll meet four eminent Victorian geologists who\, not so long ago\, started out as university students to find themselves amid a global battle of contesting ideas. Hear about their experience as a fiercely held status-quo gave way to a hard-won new theory within the international scientific community. \nOur panel of experts will be joined by teacher Jerome Holleman and his students from Northcote High School\, who have been taking part in the Big History learning program that aims to connect knowledge across disciplines and challenge students to embrace science\, think critically\, solve problems and drive innovation. \nStreaming online via Facebook Live and the Victorian Parliament’s website. \nThis special series of online presentations explores the science and stories behind the game-changing work undertaken by Victoria’s scientific community. Our leading experts will talk about the work they’re doing to engage the community and affect meaningful change in their field of study and in our everyday lives. Presented by the Victorian Parliament\, with the Royal Society of Victoria and Victorian Parliamentarians for STEM. A part of the Inspiring Victoria program. \nFor details and further information…read more. 
URL:https://www.scienceaustralia.org.au/event/stem-and-society-a-hard-won-theory-tectonic-plates-in-victoria/
LOCATION:Online event
CATEGORIES:Victoria
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DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20210708T200000
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LAST-MODIFIED:20210622T022339Z
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SUMMARY:Decarbonising Energy: At the Tipping Point
DESCRIPTION:Australia installed more renewable generation in the last three years than in the thirty years prior. It seems that every week a new renewable energy record is smashed. Yet despite this\, Australia has the highest per-capita greenhouse emissions of any advanced economy\, we’re on track to miss our Paris Agreement commitments and we’re nowhere near achieving net zero. \nHow did we get here\, and how can we turn it around? \nAbout the Speaker\nSimon Holmes à Court is one of Australia’s leading energy commentators and analysts. Based at the University of Melbourne\, he is a senior adviser to the Climate and Energy College at the Energy Transition Hub and has developed the openNEM\, an Open Platform for National Electricity Market Data. \nHe has been a pioneering force in the Australian community power movement\, both as the founding chair of Hepburn Wind\, the country’s first community-owned wind farm\, and founder of Embark Australia\, a non-profit coalition helping communities share in the benefits of local renewable energy. \nTickets are available below to participate in the webinar via Zoom and/or Eventbrite. RSV and ATSE Members are prompted to enter their promotional code to access a member’s ticket. Alternatively\, you can watch along via Facebook Live at the appointed time without buying a ticket. \n\nA joint presentation with the Victorian Chapter of the Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering. \nStreamed online as part of the Inspiring Victoria initiative in 2021.
URL:https://www.scienceaustralia.org.au/event/decarbonising-energy-at-the-tipping-point/
CATEGORIES:Victoria
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20210624T190000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20210624T203000
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SUMMARY:Coastal Resilience: How Landforms Cope with Changing Waves and Rising Seas
DESCRIPTION:The 2021 Howitt Lecture \nPresented in partnership with the Geological Society of Australia (Victoria Division). \nAssociate Professor David Kennedy is a coastal geomorphologist who specialises on the impacts of climate change\, storms\, tsunami and sea level rise on coastal landforms\, particularly coral reefs and islands\, rocky shorelines (cliffs and shore platforms) and estuaries. Surveying using total stations and remote sensing (eg. LiDAR) technologies are central to his research\, which is combined with sedimentological and geochronological methodologies as well as real time measurement of wave and tidal processes. David’s research is based in the Pacific Islands and Australasia as well as in the Caribbean. He currently holds several elected positions chairing research working groups for the International Association of Geomorphologists and the International Quaternary Association. He co-leads the Victorian Coastal Monitoring Project\, a multi-agency group commissioning citizen scientists to produce 3D models that precisely measure shoreline change\, which was the recipient of the 2020 Eureka Prize for Innovation in Citizen Science. \nDetails to come!
URL:https://www.scienceaustralia.org.au/event/coastal-resilience-how-landforms-cope-with-changing-waves-and-rising-seas/
LOCATION:Online event
CATEGORIES:Victoria
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20210616T180000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20210616T190000
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SUMMARY:Stem and Society: The Anthropocene
DESCRIPTION:Human pressures on the planet as a whole – the ‘Earth System’ – have now become so great that scientists have proposed that we have now left the Holocene\, the geologic epoch that has been humanity’s accommodating home for the last 11\,700 years. It’s proposed we’ve entered a new geologic epoch\, the Anthropocene\, characterised by extremely rapid changes to the climate system and the biosphere\, driven primarily by a range of direct and indirect human pressures. \nTo understand what these changes mean for nature\, ecosystems\, and the future of humanity\, and what we can do about it\, join Professor Will Steffen\, an Earth System scientist and researcher at the Australian National University\, and Professor Brendan Wintle\, Director of the Threatened Species Recovery Hub based at the University of Melbourne. \nProfessor Steffen’s research focuses on the incorporation of human processes in Earth System modelling and analysis; and on sustainability and climate change. Professor Wintle specialises in decision support for threatened species conservation\, ecological modelling and monitoring\, and measuring the cost-effectiveness of conservation programs. \nWill and Brendan will describe how we must become stewards of the Earth System to secure our prosperity and conserve our natural and cultural heritage\, based on transformed societies\, with a greater level of equity and a focus on the maintenance of a well-functioning biosphere. \nStreaming online via Facebook Live and the Victorian Parliament’s website. \nThis special series of online presentations explores the science and stories behind the game-changing work undertaken by Victoria’s scientific community. Our leading experts will talk about the work they’re doing to engage the community and affect meaningful change in their field of study and in our everyday lives. Presented by the Victorian Parliament\, with the Royal Society of Victoria and Victorian Parliamentarians for STEM. A part of the Inspiring Victoria program. \nFor details and further information…read more. 
URL:https://www.scienceaustralia.org.au/event/stem-and-society-the-anthropocene/
LOCATION:Online event
CATEGORIES:Victoria
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20210610T070000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20210610T201500
DTSTAMP:20260501T070316
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SUMMARY:Liveable cities for all: are we there yet?
DESCRIPTION:For many years\, Melbourne has dined out on being recognised by The Economist as “the most liveable city in the world;” and is now second to Vienna. While this global recognition is a source of great pride and an excellent marketing tool – is this measure of “liveable” fit for purpose\, when considering the residents of Melbourne? \nDrawing on almost a decade of research\, Professor Billie Giles-Corti will consider: \n\nWhat is a liveable city?\nHow are we measuring liveability?\nAre we creating liveable cities in Australia for all?\nIf not\, why not?\n\nAnd perhaps most importantly\, why our definition of and support for “liveability” is important if we are concerned about creating cities that facilitate healthy and sustainable lifestyles that support both individual and planetary health. \nTickets are available below to participate in the webinar via Zoom and/or Eventbrite. RSV Members are prompted to enter their promotional code to access a member’s ticket. Alternatively\, you can watch along via Facebook Live at the appointed time without buying a ticket. This event will be streamed online as part of the Inspiring Victoria initiative in 2021. \nFor details…read more. 
URL:https://www.scienceaustralia.org.au/event/liveable-cities-for-all-are-we-there-yet/
LOCATION:Online event
CATEGORIES:Victoria
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20210527T070000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20210527T203000
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SUMMARY:Location\, Location\, Location: Immune Protection by Tissue-Resident T-Cells
DESCRIPTION:T cells are specialised immune cells that are central to the complex\, adaptive immune response to infection and disease. T cells are “trained” to recognise specific fragments or components of viruses\, bacteria\, and other pathogens (e.g. a component of the influenza virus or tuberculosis bacterium). \nDuring an infection\, those T cells that recognise the infectious agent will be activated to respond – either killing infected cells or coordinating the attack. Following infection\, a pool of memory T cells remains in the body to provide better and faster responses upon re-encountering the same pathogen because they are already trained to recognise it. Some memory T cells permanently reside in the site of infection where they are poised to mediate local immune responses should the pathogen come back. They are hence regarded as “tissue-resident memory T cells” and reside in tissues that are common sites of infection\, including the skin\, intestine and liver\, where they elicit site-specific responses. \nJoin Professor Laura Mackay from the Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity\, whose work has been instrumental in the discovery of these cells and their role\, to learn about recent advances in understanding the biological functions of these cells and their critical role in providing protection against infection and cancer. Laura’s work offers new insights to treatment and opportunities for the development of novel immunotherapies. \nTickets are available below to participate in the webinar via Zoom and/or Eventbrite. RSV Members are prompted to enter their promotional code to access a member’s ticket. Alternatively\, you can watch along via Facebook Live at the appointed time without buying a ticket….read more. 
URL:https://www.scienceaustralia.org.au/event/location-location-location-immune-protection-by-tissue-resident-t-cells/
LOCATION:Online event
CATEGORIES:Victoria
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20210513T070000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20210513T203000
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SUMMARY:Why the world needs ecologists
DESCRIPTION:We are drowning in bad news. Two pages into the (1000pg) United Nations Global Assessment of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services and you’ll be pleading for Tolstoy. Even David Attenborough is depressing these days. \nEcosystems collapse and species loss is being documented across the planet\, with profound existential ramifications. Habitat degradation and loss remains the key driver of biodiversity loss\, but climate change and invasive species promise to compound the damages we have wrought. \nTo save you days of morbid reading\, Professor Brendan Wintle will provide a short and cheerful summary of the global extinction crisis\, including Australia’s prominent and expanding role in species’ extirpation. \n“To live without hope is to cease to live” (Dostoyevsky). So Brendan will celebrate the hopeful and crucial role that ecologists can play (and are playing) in co-designing and implementing solutions to the extinction crisis in partnership with private land conservation organisations\, Indigenous land managers\, developers\, and governments. Science\, civil society\, business and policy makers can work constructively to bring the transformative change needed to ‘bend the curve’. \nBrendan will give positive examples of some great collaborations that seek to keep our unique species\, ecosystems and cultures intact\, and will finish with a suite of practical measures that society and individuals can pursue to bring benefits to nature and people. \nTickets are available below to participate in the webinar via Zoom and/or Eventbrite. RSV Members are prompted to enter their promotional code to access a member’s ticket. Alternatively\, you can watch along via Facebook Live at the appointed time without buying a ticket….read more.
URL:https://www.scienceaustralia.org.au/event/why-the-world-needs-ecologists/
LOCATION:Online event
CATEGORIES:Victoria
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