Science at the Shine Dome is the Academy’s flagship event. Over four days in September, Australia’s most influential scientists gathered at the Shine Dome in Canberra to celebrate and honour outstanding achievements in science.
We are grateful to our generous event partners, who made this event possible.
Explore the highlights of our flagship event.
In his speech at the gala dinner, the Academy President called for reliable and independent sources of knowledge to counter disinformation.
Launched at the event, the Academy’s new Innovate Reconciliation Action Plan outlines practical steps to respect and celebrate Traditional Knowledges of Australia’s First Nations Peoples.
Science at the Shine Dome 2024 Gala Dinner speech
Read the Academy President’s speech delivered to more than 400 guests at the gala dinner
President’s address
Read Professor Chennupati's address, including his introduction to the launch of the Reconciliation Action Plan.
The Academy brought together Academy representatives with representatives of the the Australian Research Council and CSIRO to share knowledge and experiences with a delegation of Swedish parliamentarians. Discussions at the September meeting were broad and included topics of mutual interest, such as education, research funding, climate change research and women in STEM.
Later in September, Academy President Professor Chennupati Jagadish met with QIU Yong, Vice Minister of the Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) of China, to discuss current collaborations to tackle global challenges such as climate change.
The Academy is delighted to see more of the ISC Regional Focal Point for Asia Pacific programs get underway, including the successful launch of the Asia-Pacific Academic Mentoring Program. Ten mentors from Australia and New Zealand and 10 mentees from the Pacific Islands were invited to network with eminent scholars at our 70th anniversary celebrations in Canberra.
The new mentoring program aims to help researchers advance an academic career in their home countries.
Find out more about the program.
The Academy made the following submissions to government:
Find out more about coming opportunities for scientists:
Keep abreast of the Academy Fellowship in the Fellows update:
If Fellows have been recognised with an award, please let us know via fellowship@science.org.au so we can consider including it in the next update.
Join us to explore the remarkable work of Professor Sir Mark Oliphant AC KBE FAA FTSE FRS—one of the most influential physicists of the 20th century and the Academy’s founding President.
On what would have been his 123rd birthday, this fifth instalment of the 2024 public speaker series will focus on Professor Oliphant’s crucial contributions to the development of particle accelerators, his role in the Manhattan Project, and how his scientific expertise contributed to one of history’s most significant technological breakthroughs.
Academy Fellow Professor Nanda Dasgupta and Dr Ed Simpson from the Australian National University will dive into Professor Oliphant’s pioneering research on nuclear fusion and learn how his experiments paved the way for our modern understanding of energy release from atomic nuclei. We will discover how his early work laid the foundation for future innovations in nuclear technology.
Date: Tuesday 8 October 2024
Venue: The Shine Dome Canberra, and online livestream
Time: 5.30pm–6.00pm for refreshments. 6.00pm–7.00pm AEDT for the talks
Cost: $17 to attend in person, free online
Find out more and register for this event
In a long-standing tradition, the Academy is hosting a breakfast in honour of the recipients of the 2024 Prime Minister’s Prizes for Science on the morning following the Parliament House event. Our breakfast will recognise the 2024 recipients, as well as the teachers awarded Highly Commended in the teaching categories. You are invited to watch the livestream of our event.
Date: Wednesday 9 October
Time: 8.15am–9.00am AEDT
Venue: Online livestream
Cost: Free
Find out more about coming events
The Academy’s Library and Archives hold one of the most significant histories of Australian science collections in the world, with many thousands of rare and unique items. These intellectual treasures – often hidden behind locked doors – reveal the development of scientific thinking responsible for shaping our modern world. Through meticulous digitisation of archival materials and recording conversations with Australian scientists, we are preserving history whilst providing future generations with access to critical insights and discoveries.
Now in our 70th year, we invite you to support our 2024 appeal to help bring many more of these stories and our collections to life.
Through preserving Australia's scientific legacy your donation will support:
We invite you to read some of our recently digitised material online.
We hope you will consider a gift to support and preserve Australia’s scientific legacy and help us to bring more of our collections and conversations online, for everyone.
To learn more about giving to the Academy visit our website or contact Kate Groves on (02) 6201 9460 or kate.groves@science.org.au.
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