7:20am

Registration Opens

7:30am

Breakfast and Networking

7:55am

Welcome and Housekeeping: Kerstin Operprieler, MC

7:57am

Welcome to Country: Selina Walker, Ngunnawal Elder

8:00am

Partner message

8:02am

Welcome, Message from Co-Patrons and Introduction of Minister: Jane O’Dwyer, CEO, CRA

8:07am

Ministerial Address:  Hon Tim Ayers, Minister for Industry and Innovation and Minister for Science

8:20am

Opposition Address: Aaron Violi MP, Shadow Minister for Science, Technology and Innovation

8:30am

Session 1:  Sovereign Capability, Advanced Materials and Manufacturing – presented in partnership with TechnologyOne

What should Australia be making, building and scaling here? From advanced manufacturing to biotechnology and defence technologies, this session explores how we turn Australian ideas into Australian industries.

 

Panel
David Forman, TechnologyOne
Professor Dr Ulrike Fiedler, BioCina
Professor Anton Middleberg, Adelaide University
Chair: Sophia Hamblin Wang, MCi Carbon

9:00am

Session 2:  Emerging Technologies and Productivity – presented in partnership with iMove CRC and industry partners

What will power Australia’s next generation of growth? This session examines the breakthrough technologies emerging from our research and innovation system and how they can drive productivity, competitiveness and new economic opportunities.

 

Panel
Emeritus Professor Roy Green, UTS
Yifiei Wang, AIBUILD
Biliana Rajevic, Quantum Brilliance
Tim Bradley, Rozetta Institute
Chair: Shannon Willoughby, University of Queensland

9:45am

Interactive table activity and morning tea

10:15am

Session 3:  Net Zero Transition – presented in partnership with C02CRC

Can Australia become a clean energy and low-carbon industrial powerhouse? This session showcases the innovations helping to decarbonise industries, transform energy systems and create new sources of economic growth.

 

Panel

Matthias Raab, C02CRC
Masoud Abshar, Magellan Power
Caroline Tiddy, MinEx CRC
Chair: Natalie Chapman, gemaker

10:45am

Session 4:  Regional Innovation – presented in partnership with Adelaide University

How do we ensure innovation creates opportunity across the whole country? This session focuses on the partnerships, technologies and industries driving growth, resilience and prosperity in regional Australia.

 

Panel

Liesl Haris, Gap Drone

Josh Fielding, Fisheries RDC

Matthew Tucker, Adelaide University

Chair: Cameron Begley, Spiegare

11:15am

Interactive table activity

11:45am

Final Comments: Patricia Kelly, Chair, CRA

12:00pm

Lunch and Networking

12:30pm

Andy Koronios, CEO of Australasian Space Innovation Institute, introduces Ralph Slatyer Address on Science and Society

12:35pm

Ralph Slatyer Address on Science and Society by Katherine Bennell-Pegg, Astronaut and 2026 Australian of the year

1:00pm

Wrap up and Thank you

1:30pm

Event Concludes and Networking