SYMPOSIUM 2024

RSVP for the BIOTech Futures 2024 Symposium now before tickets sell out.

The BIOTech Futures Symposium is our annual science fair event which brings together and celebrates our Challenge participants. Hear from our finalists and leading guest speakers, meet all the teams and their projects during poster presentations, and take part in interactive biotech stalls, workshops and prizes throughout the day

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Guest Presentation

How new materials and additive manufacturing are changing medicine with

Professor Matthew L. Becker, Ph.D.

Among many distinguishes, Matthew L. Becker is the Hugo L. Blomquist Distinguished Professor of Chemistry, Mechanical Engineering & Material Science, Biomedical Engineering and Orthopaedic Surgery at Duke University. His research team is focused on developing bioactive polymers.

Guest Presentation

Towards a sustainable ocean with

Dr Lucy Buxton

Dr Lucy Buxton has worked in toxicology, coral biology and science policy in a range of international marine research facilities, and is a Board Director of Ocean Decade Australia. She has led marine sustainability research and biotechnology programs in Australia for 20 years.

Guest Presentation

Journey building two global AI tech companies with

Dr. Don Perugini

Dr Don Perugini is an entrepreneur and AI expert, with over 20 years experience in research and commercialization. The first 10 years was spent as an AI scientist in the Dept of Defense, collaborating with DARPA US defense research agency. Don founded ISD Analytics and Presagen, which operated in the USA and Australia.

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Date and Time

14 October 2024 9AM - 5PM

Location

The Sibyl Centre, The Women's College (entrance on Western Ave)

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Ticket information

By purchasing a free ticket you are invited to attend the full-day fully catered event*

Site parking

There is no reserved parking for this event

Ticket exchange

For safety, we do not permit third party exchange of tickets.

Special requirements

Please contact the team if you have special requirements during the event including wheel chair access, audio or visual assistance, or dietary needs.

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Notice of filming and photography

Please be aware that by attending this event, you consent to your voice, name, and/or likeness being used, without compensation, in films and tapes for exploitation in any and all media, whether now known or hereafter devised, for eternity, and you release BIOTech Futures, its successors, assigns and licensees from any liability whatsoever of any nature. Do not enter this event if you do not with to be subject to the foregoing.