Program

Saturday 14 July

Solo event,

Renewable energy futures for Australia and the world

1pm - 1.50pm | Saturday 14 July

Led by South Australia, Denmark, Germany, Scotland and California, we are heading for an energy future based entirely on renewable energy and efficient energy use. This system will be reliable, affordable and environmentally sound. The potholes on the way result from the political power of vested interests.

Panel,

Can big data help you age well?

1pm - 1.50pm | Saturday 14 July

How can those working with big data be influenced by what matters most to you? Leaders from successful national and regional registries and computer scientists discuss how big data can influence your health and well-being by informing clinicians, health care providers, and aged care providers about you.

Panel,

What privilege panel – Notice, disrupt and reframe supremacy thinking

1pm - 1.50pm | Saturday 14 July

We are all players in a complex, global game of power and privilege. We all know the game. The rules are rigged. This session explores colonial mindsets, risk adversity, Treaty and power dynamics in disability arts, to equitably create a world we all want to live in.

Oration,

Graeme Hugo Memorial Lecture: Does migration drive up house prices?

1pm - 1.50pm | Saturday 14 July

Housing has become unaffordable in many developed countries – in Australia perhaps more so than in others. A particularly evocative explanation is that the volume of immigration is mostly to blame. Chris Leishman will aim to expose the degree of truth of this view, and hopes to introduce some new, disruptive and challenging ideas as food for thought for researchers and politicians alike.