Annual Conference media releases
Each year in May the CRC Association hosts a major conference and actively assists CRCs in issuing media releases.
Australia lagging way behind other OECD countries in innovation
15 May 2012
Australia’s innovation performance compared to other OECD countries is “appalling”, according to Professor Robin Batterham, Kernot Professor at the University of Melbourne and former Australian Chief Scientist. Professor Batterham, a keynote speaker at the Cooperative Research Centres (CRCs) Association conference in Adelaide today (15 May 2012) said Australia had only one third the average number Read More...
Risk aversion is the enemy of innovation
14 May 2012
Science agencies need to take more risks in how they communicate with the public, according to US scientist-turned-filmmaker Randy Olson who will be in Adelaide this week. “We have a crisis here in the US,” says Olson. “The scientists are trying to communicate about climate change but the general public are not buying it. The Read More...
Have taste and soul disappeared from modern food?
14 May 2012
Dr Rosemary Stanton, Sophie Thomson, Philip Bruem, Andre Ursini, Mark Tester and Rob Lewis debate innovation in our food Innovation in agriculture, driven by a growing population and increasing climate variability, has lead to ‘fast’ food. Six opinionated panellists will examine if it’s time to slow down. Almost a third of Australia’s GDP comes from Read More...
Fund Australia’s needs, not just students’ choices: Chief Scientist
8 May 2012
Professor Ian Chubb to address what Australia needs, along with discussion on what students and industry want On 17 May, Australia’s Chief Scientist Professor Ian Chubb will provide a glimpse into the health of Australian science. He is the key speaker in a plenary session on ‘Enhancing returns: what Australia wants, what students want and Read More...
DSTO champions more efficient collaborations between university and industry
3 May 2012
Australia’s 2011 defence expenditure may have been only one twenty-ninth that of the US’s $698 billion, but that hasn’t stopped its front-line personnel being among the most well-trained and safest in the world. To achieve this, Australia’s Defence Science and Technology Organisation (DSTO) has been collaborating with Australian universities and industry for years. Collaboration is Read More...