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It was an honour to be given the opportunity to deliver the Ralph Slatyer Address on Science and Society. I remember Ralph fondly. He was a true optimist, with a natural inclination to seek out solutions.

In 2025, the Australian Academy of Science sharpened its future focus.

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The President of the Australian Academy of Science, Professor Chennupati Jagadish AC, says the Australian Government’s national AI plan released today highlights how AI can benefit Australians, including through innovations made possible from Australian science.

Since our formation in 1954, the Australian Academy of Science has played a defining role in prioritising conservation, thereby influencing the evolution of national parks as we know them today.

The President of the Australian Academy of Science, Professor Chennupati Jagadish AC, has welcomed the Government’s annual climate statement published today calling for urgent, ambitious action to increase emissions reductions to reduce global warming and meet the climate goals of the Paris Agreement.

Spark your curiosity, make a fresh discovery or immerse yourself in a new world this summer with reading, listening and viewing recommendations from some of Australia's top scientists.

The President of the Australian Academy of Science, Professor Chennupati Jagadish AC, is calling on the Minister for the Environment and Water, Senator the Hon Murray Watt, to inform his decisions with science when it comes to protecting Australia’s precious environment and biodiversity.

This is a transcript of an interview on 19 November 2025 between ABC News Radio host Rhiannon Elston and the Academy’s President Professor Chennupati Jagadish AC PresAA FRS FREng FTSE.