Moonshots 2018 for the Sydney Science Festival - Full Length - Science Party
Channel: Science Party
Date: 2018-08-24

Moonshots 2018 for the Sydney Science Festival

Host: Aaron Hammond

01:19 First speaker: Tom Gordon
Talk topic: Outcomes of Australian Science and Innovation

Tom Gordon is an executive member of the federal Science Party. He studied astrophysics, the international space industry and science communication and is currently undertaking a PhD in Physics Education Research. Tom has been a high school science teacher and a Policy Officer at the National Measurement Institute and is currently the Senior Science Communicator at the School of Physics at the University of Sydney. Tom ran in the last federal election in the seat of Watson.


13:17 Second speaker: Dr Andrea Leong
Talk topic: Science Funding: Is ours optimal?

Dr Andrea Leong is an executive member of the federal Science Party and the leader of the New South Wales state branch. She studied Biomedical Science at Monash University in Melbourne, than worked in the Biointerface Engineering group at Swinburne University. She moved to Sydney in 2011 to do a PhD on antibacterial surface coatings with the Brien Holden Vision Institute and UNSW. Andrea now works in microbiome research for “small pharma”. Having seen collaborative bioscience from academic, not-for-profit and industry perspectives, Andrea is interested in how this work is supported and whether we’re doing it right.

36:12 Third speaker: Dr James Jansson
Talk topic: What is a moonshot and what moonshots could we do?

Dr James Jansson is the Leader of the Science Party. James Jansson grew up in Sydney’s west as the eldest of 6 children. He studied mathematics and later teaching at the University of Sydney. He did a short stint teaching in a disadvantaged school in western Sydney. Since then, James has completed his PhD in mathematical modelling of HIV disease progression and epidemiology. He’s is the founder of two startups, Tapview and XCredits, both of which are in the Fintech space.


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Moonshots 2018 for the Sydney Science Festival - Full Length
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