The David Craig Medal recognises the outstanding contribution to chemical research of Emeritus Professor David Craig AC FAA FRS. Its purpose is to recognise contributions of a high order to any branch of chemistry by active researchers. The awardee is expected to present several public lectures in cities across Australia.

Speaker: Dr Cathy Foley - CSIRO Materials Science and Engineering Ian Wark Lecture Theatre CSIRO Materials Science and Engineering, Bayview Avenue Entrance, Clayton Victoria

Superconductivity has been around for more than 100 years. It was mostly thought of as a laboratory curiosity and yet this research area has won six Nobel Prizes in physics and has a very large number of scientists and engineers working in the research field.

Ullrich Steiner is the John Humphrey Plummer Professor of the Physics of Materials at the Cavendsh Laboratory, Department of Physics at the University of Cambridge. He is a fellow of St. Edmunds College, Cambridge and a fellow the Royal Society of Chemistry.