Professor Genevieve Bell joins the podcast as Vice-Chancellor and President of the ANU. She reflects on her journey as a scientist, engineer and humanist, in the US and Australia, in Silicon Valley and leading Australia's national university. She reflects on short term challenges and the long term trajectory of higher education, the role technology plays in change and goals of providing opportunity for all. An episode at the heart of the HEDx agenda with commentary with Katie Ford of Microsoft.