Sydney Ideas

How can you ensure that your money is not supporting industries that accelerate climate change, but instead is part of the climate solution? Data, and public pressure, is shifting the conversation on investment in fossil fuels.

This dynamic panel brings together industry, activists and researchers to explore how we might achieve actions around investing and divesting to build a clean and prosperous future.

THE SPEAKERS:

- Dr Tanya Fiedler (Moderator), Lecturer at University of Sydney Business School

- Alison Eslake from Fossil Free Sydney provides an opening statement.

- Dr Alastair Fraser, Lecturer in the School of Economics

- Rachel Deans, Market Forces

- Phil Harding, Director of Finance, UCL Business

- Keith Rovers, Partner at MinterEllison

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By 2030 supply of natural resources will not meet demand. What can we do?

Hear about leading research – from smart sensors to new treatment processes –that rethink how we clean, transport, distribute water within ourselves that is equitable and sustainable.

THE SPEAKERS

– Professor Sally Cripps, Director, ARC Centre in Data Analytics for Resources & Environments (DARE)

– Professor Benjamin Eggleton, Co-Director of NSW Smart Sensing Network and Director of University of Sydney Nano Institute

– Dr Petr Matous, Senior Lecturer in the School of Project Management

– Professor Dianne Wiley, Head of School, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

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Rising temperatures and heatwaves; drought and interruptions to food supply; rising infectious diseases; air pollution; and extreme weather events all have a very real impact on one’s physical and mental health.

With these extreme events occurring more frequently, what effect will they have on our population?

THE SPEAKERS

- Professor Joel Negin, Head of School, Sydney School of Public Health

- Associate Professor Geoffrey Morgan, School of Public Health

- Jo Longman, Research Fellow, University Centre for Rural Health

- Dr Veronica Matthews, University Centre for Rural Health

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Young Australians are in danger of being the first generation in memory to have lower living standards than their parents’ generation.

What is the future of asset-sharing? Are we going back to an old class line: those with property, and those without?

THE SPEAKERS

– Professor Lisa Adkins (Moderator), Head of the School of Social and Political Sciences

– Dr Gareth Bryant, political economist, Department of Political Economy

– Professor, Martijn Konings, Professor of Political Economy and Social Theory

– Dr Sophia Maalsen, School of Architecture, Design and Planning

– Dr Laurence Troy, Lecturer in Urbanism, School of Design, Planning and Architecture

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Hear from one of the most influential designers of his generation. Marc Newson has collaborated with the likes of Apple, Nike, Louis Vuitton, Qantas – to name a few – and his work is held in the collections of major museums including MoMA, Centre Pompidou (Paris) and more.

Marc is in-conversation with Andrew Lavery, Director of Sydney College of the Arts (SCA).

The 'Art of influence' series features pioneering SCA alumni, as they reflect on their careers, creative practice and the themes that inform their work.

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The global pandemic has harshly exposed pre-existing gender inequalities, particularly around paid and unpaid work. How is the landscape shifting for women and work, and where might we nudge the scales towards equality?

FEATURING:

– Elizabeth Broderick AO, former Sex Discrimination Commissioner and member of the UN Human Rights Council’s Working Group on Discrimination Against Women

– Professor Rae Cooper AO from the University of Sydney Business School

– Mariam Mohammed, co-founder of MoneyGirl;

– Harinder Sidhu, who has recently returned from a post as Australia's High Commissioner to India

– Anna Burns, Public Programs Manager at the University of Sydney, moderates this conversation.

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How are organisations and industry utilising the UN Sustainable Development Goals to envisage a better future?

To understand the challenges – and consider possible solutions – the University of Sydney has launched a new program of innovation and impact, "Connect For: A Better Future".

Hear an insightful discussion marking the launch of the program and delves deeper into the key issues at play.

FEATURING:

- An introduction by Belinda Hutchinson AC, University of Sydney Chancellor

- A panel discussion with Louise Herron AM, CEO of Sydney Opera House, and Innes Willox, Chief Executive of Australian Industry Group; facilitated by Professor Duncan Ivison, Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research)at the University of Sydney

- Closing remarks by Dr Michael Spence, University of Sydney Vice-Chancellor and Principal

Connect For: A Better Future runs from July–September 2020. Learn more about the program here: https://bit.ly/3jqOVGf

TRANSCRIPT available here: https://bit.ly/39Yq9ZE

COVID-19 has revealed the precariousness of our lives and systems. How can employment & education help us temper the long term impacts of continued social distance.

As we start talking about rebuilding, many are left vulnerable, facing uncertain futures. How can we ensure the cracks don’t become chasms and instead develop a plan that supports an inclusive future and supports social cohesion?

Our panel tackle these big questions and consider how we rebuild, or at least think about the future.

THE SPEAKERS

– Professor John Buchanan, University of Sydney Business School

– Professor Allan Fels AO, University of Melbourne

– Emeritus Professor Geoff Gallop AC, University of Sydney

– Sam Mostyn, non-executive director and sustainability advisor

– Professor Jaky Troy, Director, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Research at the University of Sydney.

– Professor Ian Hickie (Moderator), Co-director of the Brain and Mind Centre

For more information, visit the Sydney Ideas website: https://bit.ly/2MJred8

Against the backdrop of COVID-19, what's been going on with China and the US, and what does this mean for the global economic and strategic landscape? We discuss civil unrest in the US, trade wars, situation in Hong Kong, and more – with Chinese politics scholar Minglu Chen, Asia-Pacific security expert Jingdong Yuan and political scientist David Smith. Bill Birtles, ABC's China Correspondent, moderates this conversation.

For more information, including the podcast transcript, visit our website: https://bit.ly/2LsUpAl

'In this together' is the theme for National Reconciliation Week 2020 in Australia. Professors Jaky Troy and Lisa Jackson Pulver, lawyer Teela Reid and GUIR founder Ken Zulumovski, come together to discuss whether true reconciliation is achievable, without Australia first meeting the objectives of truth and justice.

For more information and further resources, including the transcript, visit our website: https://bit.ly/2XfAhHI