Participants:

Prof. Alexandra Aikhenvald (James Cook University): Saying how you know it: the obligatory marking of evidence Prof. Kathy Andrews (Griffith University): Malaria elimination: shifting priorities in malaria drug discovery research Prof. Phil Andrews (Monash University): Dr Eva Anton (Victoria University of Wellington): Superconductivity: about an unusual phenomenon in an unusual material Prof. Hans Bachor (Australian National University): Can we look inside the brain? Dr Thomas Baumgartl (University of Queensland): The Year of Soils 2015: Celebrating soils in Australia and globally Prof. Graham Bowmaker (University of Auckland): Prof. Joachim Brand (Massey University): Ernst Chladnis theory of chimes and three-dimensional solitary waves in atomic superfluids Prof. Klaus Bremhorst (University of Queensland): Prof. Allan Bretag (University of South Australia): Hans Hermann Behr (1818-1904), Bontanist, Entomologist, Anthropologist, Humorist and Dangerous? Ms Lesley Bretag: Mr Shannon Bonke (Monash University): Prof. Gary Bryant (RMIT University): Prof. Aidan Byrne (Australian Research Council): TBA Prof. Charles Claudianos (Monash University): Autism: a story from molecules to mind Dr Jared Cole (RMIT University): The meaning of quantum in 'quantum electronics' Prof. Marston Conder (University of Auckland): Chirality in Discrete structures Dr Juan Cooper (Queensland University of Technology): Dr Alexander Davies (Massey University): Alexander von Humboldt, electricity and muscle contraction Dr Sonja Dominik (CSIRO Agriculture): Prof. Kay Double (University of Sydney): Prof. Frank Edelmann (Universitaet Magdegburg): The Life and Legacy of Thomas Midgley Jr. Prof. Simon Ellingsen (University of Tasmania): The Scale and Structure of the Milky Way Dr Christopher Eltschka (Universitaet Regensburg): Monogamy of qubit entanglement from Lorentz invariance Dr Trevor Finlayson (University of Melbourne): Cooperative Behaviour of Physical Systems Mr Lennart Fischer (Liebniz University): Formation of the largest platinum deposit on Earth - What we learn from micron-scale observations Prof. Joerg Frauendiener (University of Otago): Ripples in the Fabric of Space-Time Dr Michael Gardiner (University of Tasmania): Dr Ben Gook (University of Melbourne): Prof. David Glynn (Flinders University): Cosmology = Topology/Geometry: Mathematical Evidence for the Holographic Principle Dr George Gream: Prof. Dr Ekkehardt Hahn (Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster): Natural Chemistry - an oxymoron or reality? Prof. John Harvey (University of Auckland): Mr Terrance Hadlington (Monash University): Prof. Thomas Haselhorst (Griffith University): The development of novel Immunoglycotherapy for the treatment of Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma Prof. John Hearnshaw (University of Canterbury): Mt John University Observatory at Fifty Years Dr Roger Hillman (Australian National University): Italian Opera in Transnational Cinema Prof. Lloyd Hollenberg (University of Melbourne): Embracing the atomic limit: the path to large-scale quantum computing Dr Roger Hooley: Dr Anika Husen (University of Tasmania): Prof. Ravi Jagadeeshan (Monash University): Coil-stretch hysteresis in planar mixed flows of polymer solutions at finite concentrations Dr Nicholas Jansen (University of Tasmania): Unmanned Aerial Vehicles and Ore Deposits Dr Peter Jarvis (University of Tasmania): Max Born -a neglected genius of theoretical physics Mr Tim Jarvis (University of Tasmania): Dr Jan Jeske (RMIT University): Measuring magnetic fields more precisely and the benefits Dr Uwe John (Alfred Wegener Institut): Functional and evolutionary insights into toxin biosynthesis of the marine dinoflagellate Alexandrium Prof. Vadim Kamenetsky (University of Tasmania): Prof. Peter Karuso (Macquarie University): Rapid identification of drug binding proteins using "reverse chemical proteomics" Dr Nathan Kilah (University of Tasmania): Dr William Laing (Plant and Food Research): Why some plants oversode in vitamin C Ms Mei Yi Leow (University of Tasmania): Prof. Jeff Malpas (University of Tasmania): Dr Ross Marceau (Deakin University): Quantitative Chemical-Structure Evaluation of Short-Range Order Using Atom Probe Tomography Dr Brandon Menzies (University of Melbourne): Thylacine DNA: life after death Dr Steffen Meyer (Feodor Lynen Research Fellow): Prof. Gabrielle McMullen (Mary Aikenhead Ministries): Gustav Thureau, First Tasmanian Inspector of Mines and Government Mining Geologist Dr Ian Nicholls (Monash University): Prof. Eamonn O'Brien (University of Auckland): Prof. Krzysztof Pawlikowski (University of Canterbury): How large pseudorandom number generators do we need in scientific computing? Mr Alexander Ratcliffe: Dr Roger Read (University of New South Wales): Dr Judith Reinhard (Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany): Prof. Rob Robson (Griffith University): Charged particle accelerators on a table top Prof. Richard Sadus (Swinburne University of Technology): Water: A Simple but Elusive Molecule Mr Pengfei Shen (Monash University): Ms Marian Schoen (University of Melbourne): Prof. Peter Schwerdtfeger (Massey University): Beyond the Standard Model - the Variation of Fundamental Constants in Space-Time Prof. Barry Scott (Massey University): Conserved genes for fungal secual development and fungal-plant symbiosis Prof. Jens Siewert (University of the Basque Country): Prof. Leone Spiccia (Monash University): Dr Catherine Sutton (University of Melbourne): The autocatalytic keto-enol tautomerization of malonic acid Prof. Anthony Thomas (Adelaide University): A Revolution in Nuclear Physics Prof. Simon Turner (Macquarie University): Dr Wynand Verwoerd (Lincoln University): Dr Nicholas Vogt (RMIT University): Quantum Phase Slip Elements - Exploiting duality in quantum circuits Dr Kelly Walker (RMIT University): Charge filling behaviour in junction arrays - Maximising current with fractional charges Ms Tanita Wieringa (University of Tasmania): Dr Ben Whale: Exposing the algebraic structure of space-time Dr Wim Wouts: Dr David Yost (Federation University: Counting the edges of polyhedra Dr Denhong Yu (ANSTO): Single crystal to single crystal phase-transition of CuQ2-TCNQ molecular crystals a neutron spectroscopy study Prof. Shaowu Zhang (ANU): Visually guided decision making in foraging honeybees