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Queensland Museum, South Bank qm.qld.gov.au The Wonder of Why From the moment we’re born, we have an eager need to know ‘why’. Why do we Contents struggle to keep new year’s resolutions? Why do clouds turn green before it hails? As curious creatures, it drives everything 2 Welcome we do. 4 About the Festival This year’s festival celebrates the wonder of ‘why’, with a program placing the spotlight on insightful and challenging conversations and an escape to new and 5 Signature Conversations entertaining experiences. As lifelong learners, we want you to enjoy your time at the festival and celebrate the wonder of ‘why’ with 6 Queensland Museum Free Events us. Find out more about the festival and the wonder of and Australian Cinémathèque, GOMA ‘why’ experiences taking place at World Science Festival Brisbane by visiting our website. 7 Wednesday 25 March 8 Thursday 26 March Book Tickets 10 Friday 27 March Book online at worldsciencefestival.com.au 12 Saturday 28 March 14 Sunday 29 March Bundle 4+ Tickets 16 Environmental Program and Save and Hatchery Crusaders Buy a bundle of 4 or more tickets to selected events in one transaction and receive 20% o ! 17 Tear out Program Please note, this discount applies only to selected 18 City of Science Map events. Visit worldsciencefestival.com.au to find out more. 21 City of Science Participants and Events

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Welcome to the fifth annual Our regional program will also expand for the communities World Science Festival Brisbane of Chinchilla, Gladstone, Toowoomba, Townsville and Ipswich, giving them opportunities to take part in an incredible line-up At its heart, World Science Festival Brisbane celebrates human of science activities and events that will extend throughout the curiosity and a desire to understand the world around us, to entire year. challenge assumptions and to always ask why? Queensland Museum Network is proud to grow the Now, more than ever, as we are faced with extreme global World Science Festival Brisbane brand, but what we are even events is the time for us to stay informed, question the more proud of is the knowledge that we are inspiring a new status quo and adapt how we live and interact with the world. generation of creators, innovators and leaders. All of this would We will focus on these extremes and adaptations in our not be possible though without the support of the Queensland conversation program in 2020. Government and our generous partners—thank you. World Science Festival Brisbane is also about delightful For now, I encourage everyone to get involved, to surprises. This year, for the first time our popular Street explore, question and immerse yourself in this wonderful Science! program now called City of Science will be opportunity—there is truly so much waiting for you. held across four days in the heart of Brisbane’s Cultural Precinct. The new-look City of Science will meander from Dr Jim Thompson the River Terrace in front of the Queensland Art Gallery Chief Executive O icer through Queensland Museum’s iconic Whale Mall and on Queensland Museum Network to the Knowledge Walk at State Library of Queensland ending outside Queensland Gallery of Modern Art. It will o er pockets to explore, rest and gather, connect with art installations and marvel at lighting activations.

Acknowledgement of country World Science Festival In keeping with the spirit of reconciliation and on behalf World Science Festival gathers great minds in science and the of Queensland Museum Network, we acknowledge the arts from around the world to events that allow people from Traditional Custodians of the land that the festival is created all walks of life to engage with scientific discoveries. Through and presented on. We recognise and pay respect to the first discussions, debates, theatre, interactive experiences and scientists and acknowledge the important contribution this major outdoor events, the festival takes science out of the unique wisdom provides to contemporary scientific thought. laboratory and into the streets, parks, museums and galleries We acknowledge the deep and timeless relationship between in New York City and beyond. Country and Aboriginal peoples and Torres Strait Islanders The annual week-long festivals, which launched in New York and pay respect to the Elders of the community and extend in 2008, has collectively drawn over 3.2 million visitors recognition to their descendants both past and present. worldwide, with millions more viewing the programs online. Welcome 3

Welcome to the 2020 World It remains an exciting part of Curiocity As an Asia Pacific hub for Science Festival Brisbane Brisbane, a festival to celebrate creativity, science and innovation, our innovation, science, technology and art city is proud to support Science is the life blood of dynamic in Queensland. the World Science Festival communities, innovative thinking and thriving Brisbane for a fifth year economies. It ignites young minds, informs the Queensland is Australia’s innovation State, world of today and sets an optimistic path to which is why the Queensland Government Brisbane is one of the world’s help shape our tomorrow —a vision shared by supports the Queensland Museum Network greatest cities. Our globally the Queensland Government in our Engaging to present the World Science Festival acclaimed research institutions Queenslanders in Science Strategy and Brisbane through Tourism and Events and achievements in science delivered as part of the annual World Science Queensland and the many festival partners. and technology make Brisbane Festival Brisbane. Enjoy the festival and experience the the perfect destination to host the brightest minds across The Queensland Government supports this scientific wonders of the world of today and Australia and internationally. landmark event, the only one produced what we can expect in the future. If you are a outside of New York, as it brings people visitor to Brisbane, take some time to explore The festival has grown to be together to celebrate the wonders of the many unique attractions in the region a popular fixture on Brisbane’s science, explore ideas and debate the and throughout Queensland. annual events calendar, challenges confronting humankind. The Honourable Annastacia Palaszczuk inviting residents and visitors to explore the possibilities This year we are presenting the largest Premier of Queensland and and mysteries of our existence regional program ever produced in the Minister for Trade in fun and inspiring ways. festival’s history, along with a name change. The Honourable Leeanne Enoch MP Clear blue skies and a relaxed The World Science Festival Queensland— Minister for Environment and the for events beyond Brisbane—will o er and welcoming vibe make our Great Barrier Reef, Minister for city an inviting backdrop to an extended program so communities in Science and Minister for the Arts Chinchilla, Gladstone, Toowoomba, Townsville explore this diverse program of events hosted across and Ipswich can get hands-on with science. The Honourable Kate Jones MP Brisbane’s cultural precinct. Visitors of all ages can expect a big and Minister for Innovation and Tourism bold program that will feed our curiosity Industry Development and Minister Complete your festival and help explore the dynamic connection for Cross River Rail experience by discovering between science and our everyday world. all there is to see and do in Brisbane including outdoor Since the first annual festival in 2016, the dining, river kayaking and event has grown to become a major tourism bridge climbing, cultural drawcard in its own right, attracting more attractions, peaceful parklands than 700,000 visitors injecting more than and sensational shopping. $32 million into the state’s economy. It is one of the many highlights on the It’s Enjoy the World Science Live! in Queensland events calendar, worth Festival Brisbane. $880 million to the state’s economy in 2020. Adrian Schrinner Lord Mayor of Brisbane 4 About the Festival

Hosted by Queensland Museum and celebrating its fifth year, World Science Festival Brisbane is Australia’s most popular science festival, welcoming thousands from around the world and spanning across six Queensland locations. The festival in 2020 will unravel an extraordinary science journey with a new and improved program and the return of much-loved favourites.

City of Science Conversations and Events

Presented with BHP Foundation In 2020, experts come together to explore the contribution This year the ever popular Street Science! will become City science makes to our very existence as they examine, explore of Science, with a new format that winds all the way from and celebrate what we know, what we don’t and those Queensland Museum, along the Brisbane River and up to the working to find out more. This year will see over 20 Signature Maiwar Green at GOMA. With more than 50 activity providers Conversations and Conversation events, presented with shows families will discover magnificent marine life, fascinating covering everything from Australia’s energy future to what physics, new technologies and eco-art workshops. cities will look like as technology evolves and populations increase. From Hunting the Cosmic Dawn to Dr Karl and Osmosis Stage Night of the Nerds, there is something for everyone. The Osmosis Stage is back with free arts and science shows. Located on the Maiwar Green, highlights include STEM superstar Lisa Harvey-Smith, a silent disco and adorable Trinket the Robot puppet shows. The Nucleus Queensland Museum Events

As the sun sets, The Nucleus will come alive with a variety of programming for adults to enjoy! Grab a drink from the licensed bar and enjoy a variety of programing including conversations, live music and more at the festival’s designated hang out spot. Queensland Museum is the beating heart of the festival, with See a variety of chill programing, from conversations talks from our leading researchers and scientists. Some of intersecting sex, love and the brain in humans and in the the best and unique pieces of the State Collection will be on avian kingdom, to a discussion on the vision for greener display, and learn what it takes to capture the magic of some public art and design. Whether you’re looking to meet a friend of Queensland’s most revered and stunning landscapes by before an event or just a Friday afternoon drink, The Nucleus renowned Queensland Museum photographers. Be sure to has got it covered! pay a visit to the brand new Spiders – the Exhibition. Signature Conversations 5

With an unparalleled line-up of speakers and performers, the festival’s Signature Conversations take a deep dive into the dynamic connection between science and our everyday world. Explore the greatest challenges and ideas we face today and in the future.

Einstein and the Quantum: Unravelling the Running the Planet Without Costing the Earth Mysteries of Space and Time Thursday 26 March | 7:30pm–9pm | Concert Hall, QPAC | $35 Wednesday 25 March | 6:30pm–8pm | Concert Hall, QPAC | Moderator: Paul Willis $35 Participants: Fanny Boulaire, Alexander Colsmann, Presenter: Brian Greene Mark Paterson, Michelle Taylor Einstein famously worked on the big ideas of space Humans need energy, and lots of it. But, our ever-warming and time, but he was also instrumental in developing climate and ever-increasing population means a move from quantum mechanics for understanding the microworld. fossil-fuel to clean and green sources, and quickly. Join our Experiments since have confirmed his seemingly disparate energetic experts to shine a renewable light on Australia’s theories, and now a bold new proposal suggests that energy future and what it will take for us all to get there. quantum entanglement may actually stitch the very Presented with QUT fabric of spacetime itself. Presented with World Science Festival New York

Hunting the Cosmic Dawn Cities 2060: Thriving not Just Surviving Friday 27 March | 7:30pm–9pm | Concert Hall, QPAC | $35 Sunday 29 March | 11:30am–1pm | Concert Hall, QPAC | $35 Moderator: Jonathan Webb Moderator: Niraj Lal Participants: Nichole Barry, Tamara Davis, Lisa Harvey-Smith Participants: Joerg Baumeister, Josef Hargrave, Living on a terrestrial planet and orbiting a star that is just Tony Matthews one of the hundreds of billions in our galaxy can make one Cities have changed remarkably in the last few decades, and feel insignificant. But to an astrophysicist, it is fascinating. the next few will be no di erent as populations swell and How did it all begin, how will it end and are we alone? climate change bites. Granted, we are unlikely to “meet the It’s like, totally cosmic. Jetsons”, but what will the city of the future look like and how Presented with The University of Queensland will life di er as environments change and technology evolves? Presented with Gri ith University 6 Brian Greene

Brian Greene is a professor of physics and mathematics at Columbia University and is widely regarded for his groundbreaking discoveries in mathematical physics and superstring theory, including the co-discoveries of mirror symmetry and topology change. He is the author of The Elegant Universe, The Fabric of the Cosmos, and The Hidden Reality, which have collectively spent 65 weeks on the New York Times Bestseller list and sold more than two million copies worldwide. His newest book, Until the End of Time, will be published in February, 2020. Brian Greene has made frequent media appearances on programs such as The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, and has hosted two NOVA specials, based on The Elegant Universe and The Fabric of the Cosmos, which were nominated for four Emmy Awards and won a George Foster Peabody Award. He has also had cameo appearances in Hollywood films Maze, Frequency, and the Last Mimzy, and played himself in an episode of The Big Bang Theory. Brian Greene is the director of Columbia’s Center for Theoretical Physics and with producer Tracy Day, he is co-founder of the World Science Festival.

Queensland Museum Australian Cinémathèque, GOMA

During the festival, Queensland Museum ‘All in the Mind’ spotlights films that consider researchers, scientists and photographers extreme mental states and our need to showcase some of their unique and fascinating understand how our mind works. work, and share insights about their areas of Presented in partnership with the Australian Cinémathèque, expertise that have taken years of patience, GOMA, the films in this selection lean into our curiosity knowledge and skills to perfect. towards psychological conditions, our desire to tinker with our brains through psychedelic means, and how these explorations See below a selection of free Queensland Museum events. nudge at our fears of medical treatment for mental ill health. Check online for the full program. Queensland Museum: Science Drawing Room American Psycho (2000) A Clockwork Orange (1971) Thursday 26 – Sunday 29 March | 9:30am–4:30pm | Level 4, Thursday 26 March | R18+ Saturday 28 March | R18+ Inventory, Queensland Museum 6pm–8pm | GOMA | $10 12:20pm–2:40pm | GOMA | $10 Queensland Museum: Animal Adaptions to Extreme Events System Crasher (2019) One Flew Over the Wednesday 25 – Sunday 29 March | 9:30am–4:30pm | Thursday 26 March | Cuckoo’s Nest (1975) Level 2, Theatre, Queensland Museum MA15+ 8:15pm–10:15pm | Saturday 28 March | M Queensland Museum: Insects GOMA | $10 3pm–5:25pm | GOMA | $10 Friday 27 March | 9:30am–4:30pm | Level 2, Void, Queensland Museum Dosed (2019) Hunting for Hedonia (2019) Recommended for 13 years and over. Friday 27 March | M Sunday 29 March | MA15+ 6pm–7:45pm | GOMA | $10 Queensland Museum: Palaeontology 12:30pm–1:40pm | GOMA | $10 Saturday 28 – Sunday 29 March | 9:30am–4:30pm | Fear and Loathing in Awakenings (1990) Level 2, Void, Queensland Museum Las Vegas (1998) Sunday 29 March | M Friday 27 March | R18+ 2:30pm–4:30pm | GOMA | $10 8pm–10pm | GOMA | $10 Wednesday 25 March 7 Conversations and Events

Einstein and the Quantum: Unravelling the Mysteries of Space and Time 6:30pm–8pm | Concert Hall, QPAC | $35 Presenter: Brian Greene Einstein famously worked on the big ideas of space and time, but he was also instrumental in developing quantum mechanics for understanding the microworld. Experiments since have confirmed his seemingly disparate theories, and now a bold new proposal suggests that quantum entanglement may actually stitch the very fabric of spacetime itself. Presented with World Science Festival New York

The Nucleus FREE The Hatchery FAMILY FREE - TICKETED

Nonsemble World Science Festival Brisbane’s annual turtle 5pm–6pm hatching is an important conservation initiative Nonsemble inhabit a space between contemporary classical allowing intimate access to Australia’s Loggerhead and adventurous pop music, resulting in a diverse output that turtles. Visitors can get a rare glimpse of hatching ranges from sprawling and evocative modern compositions to turtles in their incubation chambers and the first meticulously crafted chamber-pop. moments of their lives as they meet a seawater environment in specially designed tanks. Notey and Noisy: A Sound Science 30 minute sessions, 9am–4pm | Mathemusical Whale Mall, Queensland Museum 8pm–9:15pm This event is free - ticketed, please book online. Notey likes single frequencies. Noisy likes as many Queensland Museum is welcoming, accessible and frequencies as possible, but the perfect note and noise inclusive. With advance notice, we can accommodate have always eluded them. Join this musical duo for a individual needs. Sound Science Mathemusical like no other! 8 Thursday 26 March Conversations and Events

Running the Planet Without Costing Beyond the Emu the Earth 5:30pm–7pm | slq Auditorium 1, State Library 7:30pm–9pm | Concert Hall, QPAC | $35 of Queensland | $35 Moderator: Paul Willis Moderator: Rhianna Patrick Curator: Marcus Hughes Participants: Fanny Boulaire, Alexander Colsmann, Participants: Je Aniba-Waia, Margaret Harvey, Mark Paterson, Michelle Taylor Lynette Wallworth Humans need energy, and lots of it. But, our ever-warming Bruce Pascoe’s ground breaking work, Dark Emu, climate and ever-increasing population means a move shifted the national conversation — acknowledging the from fossil-fuel to clean and green sources, and quickly. sophisticated environmental sciences and sustainable Join our energetic experts to shine a renewable light on practices of Australia’s First Peoples. But how and where Australia’s energy future and what it will take for us all can those cultural knowledge systems and practices be to get there. implemented as contemporary interventions in a world Presented with QUT on the brink?

Start Your Day With a Dose of Happiness Queensland’s Extreme Environments: 8:00am–8:45am | Cafe Muse, Queensland Museum | $30 | With Gary Cranitch Includes light breakfast 3:30pm–4:30pm | Level 2, Theatre, Queensland Museum | $18 Moderator: Paul Willis Moderator: Bernie Hobbs Participants: David Burton, Jane Shakespeare-Finch Particpant: Gary Cranitch Everyone has something that makes them happy. It could be Queensland contains some of the most revered and stunning puppies or rainbows or even chocolate. But why? What goes landscapes in the world, and capturing their magic takes on inside our brains when we are happy? Join our panel of tremendous skill and years of patience. Queensland Museum experts to unpack the science behind our optimistic selves, has exactly that in photographer Gary Cranitch. From the vast and start your day with a dose of happiness. coastline to the inland borders, Gary’s images will leave you feeling awed, delighted and proud. Thursday 26 March 9

Schools Program City of Science FAMILY FREE The Hatchery Multiple sessions | Whale Mall, Queensland Musem Get a rare glimpse of Australia’s precious Loggerhead turtles hatching in their incubation chambers and the first moments of their lives as they meet a seawater environment in specially designed tanks.

Cool Jobs 10am–11am | Concert Hall, QPAC Come face-to-face with amazing scientists doing some of the most amazing jobs on the planet. These uber-cool Presented with BHP Foundation scientists share their fascinating journeys of land, sea 10am–2pm | Brisbane’s Cultural Precinct and fire. For the first time in 2020, the all new City of Science will open on Thursday and Friday! Stroll around Pioneers in Science: Lisa Harvey-Smith Brisbane’s Cultural Precinct where you’ll discover 11:30am–12:30pm | slq Auditorium 1, State Library of loads of fun and hands-on activities covering topics Queensland | $10 such as geoscience, chemistry, technology and environmental science. High school students get the chance to meet Professor Lisa Harvey-Smith – award winning astrophysicist, Highlights author, presenter of ABC’s Stargazing Live, member Electronic waste in Rescue Crew of the Australian Space Agency advisory group and a Circular Economy 10am–2pm recently appointed as the Federal Government’s 10am–2pm inaugural Women in STEM Ambassador. For full program refer to the timetable on page 17 and online Museum Curator’s Apprentice 11:30am–1pm | Queensland Museum The Apprentice programs are small, hands-on The Hatchery FAMILY FREE - TICKETED workshops where scientists, technologists and innovators educate curious minds on the workings and wonders of their chosen fields.

Cool Careers 1:30pm–2:30pm | slq Auditorium 1, State Library of Queensland Hear three incredible researchers talk about how, where and why their STEM career journey unfolded. Find out what it’s really like to work in their scientific field, warts and all, and why they wouldn’t be doing anything else in the world. World Science Festival Brisbane’s annual turtle hatching is an important conservation initiative allowing intimate access to Australia’s Loggerhead turtles. Visitors can get a rare glimpse of hatching The Nucleus FREE turtles in their incubation chambers and the first Science + Art: Science + Art: moments of their lives as they meet a seawater Unlikely Alliances Festival Footprints environment in specially designed tanks. 7:30pm–8:30pm 6pm–7pm 30 minute sessions, 9am–4pm | Six minds, three perfect pairs Meet three bold creatives Whale Mall, Queensland Museum and an absolute collision of with a greener vision for This event is free - ticketed, please book online. creativity and science. Hear public art and design Queensland Museum is welcoming, accessible and three amazing stories of art within the festival industry inclusive. With advance notice, we can accommodate and science partnerships that and beyond. individual needs. are truly out of this world. 10 Friday 27 March Conversations and Events

Hunting the Cosmic Dawn Has Science Communication Failed? 7:30pm–9pm | Concert Hall, QPAC | $35 5:30pm–7pm | slq Auditorium 1, State Library of Moderator: Jonathan Webb Queensland | $35 Participants: Nichole Barry, Tamara Davis, Moderator: Tanya Ha Lisa Harvey-Smith Participants: Linden Ashcroft, Bobby Cerini, Living on a terrestrial planet and orbiting a star that is Verity Morgan-Schmidt, Peter Van Onselen just one of the hundreds of billions in our galaxy can Where did it all go wrong? For decades, scientists have make one feel insignificant. But to an astrophysicist, become increasingly certain about the reality of our it is fascinating. How did it all begin, how will it end and changing climate and the root cause. So why has the are we alone? It’s like, totally cosmic. world been so slow to accept the idea. Is it ignorance, Presented with The University of Queensland greed, or did the messengers just fail?

Anthropology Volcanology After Dark Into the Abyss: and Architecture Unearthed 5:30pm–9pm | Level 2, With Merrick Ekins 8am–8:45am | Cafe Muse, 6pm–7pm | The Edge, State Foyer, Queensland Museum | 3:30pm–4.:30pm | Level 2, Queensland Museum | $30 | Library of Queensland | $35 $25 | 18+ only event Theatre, Queensland Includes light breakfast Museum | $18 Moderator: Nate Byrne When the sun goes down, Moderator: Natasha Mitchell Participants: Rebecca the spiders come out at Moderator: Bernie Hobbs Participant: Paul Memmott Carey, Heather Handley, Queensland Museum. In this Particpant: Merrick Ekins The built environments of Tamsin Mather After Dark, enjoy access to Come on a deep dive into Spiders – The Exhibition Aboriginal Australia were as Volcanoes can be both awe- the underwater abyss of where you’ll see 12 live diverse and rich in heritage inspiring and devastatingly Australia’s least explored species and 200 specimens as the communities who destructive, from lava environment with Merrick up close. Plus, enjoy access designed them. This rarely flows and toxic plumes to Ekins, Queensland Museum’s to SparkLab as well as expert heard part of our own wreaking havoc with the Collection Manager of talks, live music, and baby country’s anthropological ocean’s floor. Meet the Sessile Marine Invertebrates. turtles up close at The story will surprise, delight scientists who study these Share in the excitement Hatchery. With food and and enthral anyone with a forces of nature, find out of discovering unknown drinks available for purchase, bent for cultural architecture. how they go about doing it species of carnivorous grab a friend and a drink and share in some of their sponges and gain a rare for a great night out at the amazing discoveries. glimpse into Queensland museum this festival! Museum’s valuable marine invertebrate collection. Friday 27 March 11

Schools Program City of Science FAMILY FREE Q and A with Dr K: Schools Show Brisbane 10am–11am | Concert Hall, QPAC | $10 Join science broadcaster Dr Karl Kruszelnicki and find out why it’s safer for a cat to fall from a 32-storey building than a 7-storey building, and give you the low- down on the Bermuda Triangle, and how come wombats poo out about 90 little cubes (yes, cubes) each day! Presented with QPAC Future Careers in Science with Dr Karl Presented with BHP Foundation 1pm–2:30pm | Concert Hall, QPAC | $10 10am–2pm | Brisbane’s Cultural Precinct Dr Karl discusses future careers in genetics, engineering, On Friday, City of Science will animate Brisbane’s basic physics, computer science and the big one – your Cultural Precinct with interactive and engaging science! environment. Part science, part career guidance, part The fun will continue at night with extended hours entertainment, and all fun. Bring your burning science (see map for more details) to entertain scientists of all questions for the Q&A! ages. You’ll also get a glimpse into our pre-historic past Presented with QPAC with Dead Puppet Society’s Megafauna installation. The Hatchery Highlights Multiple sessions | Whale Mall, Queensland Museum Dr Joe, Build a Balancing Get a rare glimpse of Australia’s precious Loggerhead Travelling Scientist Sculpture turtles hatching in their incubation chambers and the 10am–2pm 10am–2pm first moments of their lives as they meet a seawater For full program refer to the timetable on page 17 and online environment in specially designed tanks. Stem Cell Bioengineer’s Apprentice 10:30am–11:30am | TRI | $10 The Hatchery FAMILY FREE - TICKETED As an Apprentice work alongside Mike Doran to learn about bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem/ stromal cells (MSC) and their use in tissue repair. Stain di erentiated stem cells, and learn how to use a 3D printer to make sca olds for bone repair. Museum Curator’s Apprentice 11:30am–1pm | Queensland Museum Biologists showcase Queensland’s remarkable marine biodiversity, as well as Queensland Museum’s priceless collection and the scientific research undertaken at the museum. World Science Festival Brisbane’s annual turtle hatching is an important conservation initiative allowing intimate access to Australia’s Loggerhead turtles. Visitors can get a rare glimpse of hatching FREE The Nucleus turtles in their incubation chambers and the first moments of their lives as they meet a seawater Birds, Brains Moreton environment in specially designed tanks. and Bonding 9:30pm–10:30pm 8pm–9pm A Brisbane based art-rock act 30 minute sessions, 9am–4pm | Join us as we discuss love, with an undeniably stirring Whale Mall, Queensland Museum through two seemingly sound. Their brooding style This event is free - ticketed, please book online. disparate areas —the human has established them a Queensland Museum is welcoming, accessible and brain and bird flirting. Hosted strong cult following in the inclusive. With advance notice, we can accommodate by Dr Matt Agnew. Australian music scene. individual needs. 12 Saturday 28 March Conversations and events The Meaning of Dreaming: Waking the Mysteries of Sleep 11:30am–1pm | Concert Hall, QPAC | $35 Dreams can be so absurd—so why do they feel so real? Humans have attempted to understand dreams for millennia, and now science is finding answers. We’ll look to neuroscience and psychology to explain how the sleeping and waking selves can live in the same skull, and what each can tell us about the other. Featuring: Matthew Wilson, Sherman Fairchild Professor of Neurobiology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Presented with World Science Festival New York

Dr Karl and Night of the Nerds 7pm–8:30pm | Concert Hall, QPAC | $60 Big Data and Me Hosted by comedian Mark Humphries, it’s the 1pm–2pm | Cremorne Theatre, QPAC| $35 festival’s very own, very nerdy, variety show! Dr Karl Moderator: Ariel Bogle kicks things o with his greatest moments in science. Participants: Joanne Aitken, Kerrie Mengersen, The house band, led by Clare Bowditch, will keep Matt Shepit things rocking as our all-star cast of professional and In 2020, big data runs most of our lives. But why does amateur scientists take to the stage for the ultimate that usually conjure dread? The good news is that data nerd showdown. scientists are increasingly finding more positive ways to Featuring: Matt Agnew, Clare Bowditch, Marty Brown, use and share data. Be brave, step onto the big data super Dana Gehrman, Mark Humphries, Karl Kruszelnicki, highway, and find out what’s in it for you. Lawrence Leung, Kellie Lloyd, Margaret Sheil, Seja Vogel Presented with QUT

Fears and Phobias: Science on Pointe Fangs and Climate Solutions: Causes, Curiosities 10am–11am | Cremorne Fascination: Interventions and and Cures Theatre, QPAC| $35 Queensland Museum Adaptations 10am–11am | slq Auditorium 1, Moderator: Bernie Hobbs Arachnology 1:30pm–2:30pm | slq State Library of Queensland Participants: Li Cunxin, 1:30pm–2:30pm | Level 2, Auditorium 1, State Library | $35 Tamara Davis, Zara Gomes, Theatre, Queensland of Queensland | $35 Moderator: Lynne Malcolm Rani Luther Museum | $18 Moderator: Natasha Mitchell Participants: Corrie Ackland, Ballet synchronises balance, Moderator: Andrew Participants: Hugh Hunt, Robert Raven, Pankaj Sah precision, poise and strength Rozefelds Brendan Mackey Spiders, heights, getting in an exquisitely e ortless Participants: Barbara Baehr, As scientific predictions audited! It seems we are performance. Behind the Michael Rix, Owen Seeman from just 1 degree of global all afraid of something. beauty is a fascinating Spider fan or phobic, be warming become catastrophic Some of these fears evolved mixture of physics and captivated as our panel reality on the nightly news, to keep us alive, while others physicality. Li Cunxin, of Queensland Museum how can governments, morph into phobias which Queensland Ballet Artistic arachnologists unravel business and communities can border on irrational Director, is joined by experts the world of arachnids, act more quickly to reach and crippling. How is fear international targets. Join our in movement and moving to who are often feared and programmed in the brain, experts to hear what climate tease out the science in the largely misunderstood. Hear and can it be overcome? action solutions are on the magic that is ballet. the panel share stories of table and how they can be Presented with The personal experiences and University of Queensland Presented with achieved. Queensland Ballet fascinating research. Presented with Gri ith University BOOK NOW worldsciencefestival.com.au Saturday 28 March 13

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Wild, Weird Weather The Senses: 8:30am–9:15am | Cafe Muse, Perception vs Reality Queensland Museum | $30 | 4pm–5:30pm | Cremorne Includes light breakfast Theatre, QPAC| $35 Moderator: Nate Byrne Moderator: David Whiteman Participants: Linden Participants: Alex Hewitt, Ashcroft, Justin Noonan David Ryugo, Heather Smyth, Mostly (and thankfully) Tasha Stanton Presented with BHP Foundation the daily weather is fairly Forget the sixth sense! It now predictable, mundane even. seems that humans have way 9am–5pm | Brisbane’s Cultural Precinct It’ll be fine, cloudy, raining or more than that. Our senses From Queensland Museum to GOMA, City of Science maybe a mixture. But every keep us alive and build our is again taking over Saturday. Get hands-on with over now and then, things get individual picture of the 50 activity providers, and see free and engaging shows weird—tornadoes, super cells world. But perception is not at the Osmosis Stage. The fun continues into the and diamond dust. Find out always reality and senses can evening with an unmissable Stargazing event and what drives the extremes, falter. Discover how senses a spectacular 250-voice choir led by the amazing and can it really rain fish? work, what can go wrong and Emma Dean from Cheep Trill. how science is progressing to fix the problems. Highlights Formidable Vegetable Earth Hour Concert 6:15pm–7:15pm 8:30pm–9:30pm

A Night at the Museum FAMILY Osmosis Stage 5:30pm–8:30pm | Queensland Museum | Trinket The Robot Under the Stars Adult $21 | Child $15 Presented with Presented with When the sun goes down the spiders come out at Little Wing Puppets Lisa Harvey-Smith Queensland Museum. Join us for live music, hands-on 9am–9:45am 10:45am–11:15am activities, face painting, balloon twisting, live animals and baby turtles. UQ Science Demo Troupe Ballet Moves Presented with The Presented with University of Queensland Queensland Ballet Science Ockham’s 10am–10:30am 12:15pm–12:45pm Unplugged Razor For full program refer to the timetable on page 17 and online 10:30am–12pm and 2pm– 4:45pm–6:45pm | Concert 3:30pm | slq Auditorium 2, Hall Foyer, QPAC | Free State Library of Queensland After sell-out events in The Hatchery FAMILY FREE - TICKETED | $18 2018 and 2019, ABC Science Each Unplugged gives you a is back in Brisbane for a World Science Festival Brisbane’s annual chance to get up close with special podcast recording turtle hatching is an important conservation three scientists, hand-picked event. Ockham’s Razor is the initiative allowing intimate access to from the festival line-up. ABC’s soapbox for all things Australia’s Loggerhead turtles. Visitors can Find out what gets them scientific: stories, insights, get a rare glimpse of hatching turtles in their into the lab, what they do arguments or tributes— incubation chambers and the first moments of there and why they love it. anything that can grip an their lives as they meet a seawater environment It’s a relaxed format, more audience by the ears for in specially designed tanks. of a campfire chat than a 10 straight minutes. lecture, with plenty of time Presented with ABC 30 minute sessions, 9am–4pm | for questions at the end. Whale Mall, Queensland Museum Visit online for more details. This event is free - ticketed, please book online. 14 Sunday 29 March Conversations and Events

Cities 2060: Thriving not Just Surviving Where has all the Water Gone? 11:30am–1pm | Concert Hall, QPAC | $35 1:30pm–2:30pm | slq Auditorium 1, State Library of Moderator: Niraj Lal Queensland | $35 Participants: Joerg Baumeister, Tony Matthews Moderator: Stuart Bunn Cities have changed remarkably in the last few decades, Participants: Paul Bertsch, Kate Lanskey, Michael Young and the next few will be no di erent as populations swell We live on the “blue planet”. Water covers 71% of the and climate change bites. Granted, we are unlikely to Earth’s surface and all life depends on it. So what happens “meet the Jetsons”, but what will the city of the future look when it runs out? The challenges posed by droughts, like and how will life di er as environments change and changing climates and increasing populations cannot be technology evolves? ignored, but can we science our way out of this one? Presented with Gri ith University

HOWZAT! The AI: Promise, Perils Dr Matt Agnew’s Pushing the Limits: Science in Cricket and Prejudice Guide to Life Human Extremes 10am–11am | Cremorne 1pm–2pm | Cremorne Beyond Earth 10am–11am | slq Auditorium 1, Theatre, QPAC| $35 Theatre, QPAC| $35 3:30pm–4:30pm | Cremorne State Library of Queensland Moderator: Joel Gilmore Moderator: Paul Barclay Theatre, QPAC | $35 | $35 Particpant: Michael Participants: Michael Milford, Particpant: Matt Agnew Moderator: Carl Smith Kasprowicz Catriona Wallace Particpants: Eric Brymer, Astrophysicist, Dr Matt Joshua Groth In the right hands a cricket Artificial Intelligence is Agnew, explores if we ball can be made to do some already part of our daily are alone in the universe. Extreme sports and adventure amazing things, appearing lives, helping us avoid tra ic Dr Matt will answer your are synonymous with to defy the laws of physics. jams, email spam and bad burning astronomical people who crave risk and Former test cricketer, dates. It has the potential to questions: where should we chase adrenaline, but this Michael Kasprowicz, joins supercharge everything from look for life, how do you find popular image doesn’t fit cricket-loving scientists medicine to space travel. But worlds beyond earth’s solar with the reality according to unravel some of the with machine intelligence system, and what are the to science. So why do they formulae and forces behind approaching that of humans, chances of actually finding do it and what does it take, this game. Dissect the can we avoid embedding our life out there? physically and mentally? science and technology of foibles and biases? Is it uniquely human, or a winning innings! are we bound by biology? BOOK NOW worldsciencefestival.com.au Sunday 29 March 15

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A Psychedelic Trapdoor Spiders: Renaissance With Michael Rix 3pm–4:30pm | Concert Hall, 1:30pm–2:30pm | Level 2, QPAC | $35 Theatre, Queensland Moderator: Natasha Mitchell Museum | $18 Participants: Olivia Carter, Moderator: Bernie Hobbs Matthew W. Johnson, Participants: Michael Rix Paul Liknaitzky, Immerse yourself in the Margaret Ross wonderful world of trapdoor Presented with BHP Foundation Psychedelics rose to spiders and their kin. 9am–4pm | Brisbane’s Cultural Precinct worldwide prominence as Join renowned arachnologist, On Sunday, the fun continues. Find out more about mind-altering drugs in the Michael Rix, as he highlights bowerbirds and their interest in the colour blue tumultuous and risk-taking cutting-edge research through the magic of puppetry, become an expert 1960s, before being widely conducted at Queensland beatboxer with Mal Webb or get your goggles on banned as too dangerous. Museum, and provides a and see some amazing science. Lastly, don’t miss the Now, it seems their unique rare insight into the diverse chance to discover The Ants from Polyglot Theatre! e ects on the brain could characteristics and life cycles have an important place in of these amazing creatures Highlights modern medicine. Turn up, behind the door. The Ants Bandmouth, Beatbox tune in and find out. 10am–10:30am and Beyond 12:15pm–1:15pm Queensland Women in STEM Prize Osmosis Stage 10am–11:30am | Level 2, Theatre, Queensland Museum Participant: Lisa Harvey-Smith Bringing STEM to Life A Little bit of Blue Presented with Wonder Presented with The Queensland Women in STEM Prize recognises the of Science Young Science Little Wing Puppets valuable contribution of Queensland women working in Ambassadors and QUT 9am–9:45am Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics. 10am–10:30am Join astrophysicist and Australia’s first Women in Science on the Go! STEM Ambassador, Lisa Harvey-Smith as we announce Deadly Science Presented with the 2020 Queensland Women in STEM Prize winners and Presented with Corey Tutt Gri ith University celebrate their amazing research. 10:45am–11:15am 3:15pm–3:45pm For full program refer to the timetable on page 17 and online

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World Science Festival Brisbane’s annual turtle hatching is an important conservation initiative allowing intimate access to Science Unplugged Australia’s Loggerhead turtles. Visitors can 10:30am–12pm and 2pm–3:30pm | slq Auditorium 2, get a rare glimpse of hatching turtles in their State Library of Queensland | $18 incubation chambers and the first moments of their lives as they meet a seawater environment Each Unplugged gives you a chance to get up close with three in specially designed tanks. scientists, hand-picked from the festival line-up. Find out what gets them into the lab, what they do there and why they love 30 minute sessions, 9am–4pm | it. It’s a relaxed format, more of a campfire chat than a lecture, Whale Mall, Queensland Museum with plenty of time for questions at the end. Visit online for This event is free - ticketed, please book online. more details. 16 Environmental Program

We’re measuring both our partners’ and our impact as much as we can this year in order to start mitigation in the future. We’re taking steps towards eliminating single use plastics from our festival. We’re reducing the number of printed programs substantially and encouraging our visitors to view the program online. Plus, we’re maximising the website to make it easy to use on mobile devices. We’re choosing 100% recycled paper for our printed materials. We are re-using corflute signage from last year wherever we can and redesigning any new signage to incorporate reused and recycled materials. We are designing the program and venues to account At World Science Festival Brisbane, we are for the hot weather, adding shade and misting sprays committed to continuous improvement. We around the City of Science. We’re saying no to temporary have big goals for the future – and we’re taking air-conditioning in outdoor venues and we’re holding our steps each year to make sure we reach our breakfast sessions indoors to avoid the heat. target. Here’s what we’re doing in 2020 to start We’re powering some of our City of Science activations our journey towards a more sustainable future. using solar power. We hope you can join in, and if we all do a little We’re demonstrating 9 of the UN’s sustainability goals and using them as wayfinders around the site—educate bit more each year, the future will be bright! and navigate! We’ve put together a comprehensive three-year plan to We’ve asked food vendors to use biodegradable packaging improve our environmental sustainability that considers and we are positioning recycling and compostable waste local, State and Federal best practice guidelines as well as bins around the site. the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Hatchery Crusaders

Presented with BHP Foundation Celebrating World Science Festival Brisbane’s Guided by Queensland Museum’s turtle expert Patrick Couper, most popular activity, The Hatchery, this students learn about the impact of plastic pollution on turtles education program reinforces Queensland and other marine creatures. Museum’s commitment to support and foster The winning school will have a special opportunity to name one of our turtle hatchlings, as well as first priority entrance STEM-literacy. to The Hatchery during World Science Festival Brisbane In the lead up to the festival, and in conjunction with the in March 2020. festival team, schools were invited to produce a piece of The finalist artworks will be showcased during World Science artwork using recycled plastic materials to reflect their Festival Brisbane in March 2020 at Queensland Museum to learnings about plastic pollution and the impact on our raise public awareness about the plight of marine turtles. precious marine life. This exciting project invites students to learn more about Loggerhead turtles and the impact of ocean pollution threatening the future of these marine favourites. Tear out Program

Wednesday, 25 March 8am 9am 10am 11am 12pm 1pm 2pm 3pm 4pm 5pm 6pm 7pm 8pm 9pm 10pm 11pm Concert Hall Einstein and QPAC the Quantum... Whale Mall The Hatchery The Hatchery Queensland Museum 9am, 9:30am, 10am, 10:30am 2:30pm, 3pm, 3:30pm, 4pm The Nucleus Queensland Museum Nonsemble Notey and Noisy Thursday, 26 March 8am 9am 10am 11am 12pm 1pm 2pm 3pm 4pm 5pm 6pm 7pm 8pm 9pm 10pm 11pm Cafe Muse Start Queensland Museum Your... Concert Hall Running the Planet QPAC Without Costing... slq Auditorium 1 State Library of Queensland Beyond the Emu Level 2, Theatre Queensland’s Queensland Museum Extreme... Whale Mall The Hatchery The Hatchery Queensland Museum 9am, 9:30am, 10am, 10:30am 2:30pm, 3pm, 3:30pm, 4pm The Nucleus Hayley Festival Unlikely Queensland Museum Marsten Footprints... Alliances Twin Sister Cinema A American Psycho System Crashers GOMA (2000) (2019) City of Science Brisbane’s Cultural Precinct 10am–2pm Friday, 27 March 8am 9am 10am 11am 12pm 1pm 2pm 3pm 4pm 5pm 6pm 7pm 8pm 9pm 10pm 11pm Cafe Muse Anthro- Queensland Museum pology... Concert Hall Q and A with Future Careers in Hunting the QPAC Dr K... Science with Dr Karl Cosmic Dawn slq Auditorium 1 Has Science State Library of Queensland Communication... The Edge Volcanology State Library of Queensland Unearthed Level 2, Foyer Queensland Museum After Dark Level 2, Theatre Into the Queensland Museum Abyss Whale Mall Queensland Museum

The Nucleus Megan Voices of Colour: Birds, Brains Moreton Queensland Museum Cooper Future Ancestors and Bonding Cinema A Dosed Fear and Loathing GOMA (2019) in Las Vegas (1998) City of Science Brisbane’s Cultural Precinct 10am–2pm 2pm–8pm extended hours – see map

The Nucleus Hope Jeremy Neale Queensland Museum Balairi Defteros Twin Sister Cinema A A Clockwork Orange One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest GOMA (1971) (1975) City of Science Earth Hour Brisbane’s Cultural Precinct 9am–5pm 5pm–8:30pm extended hours - see map Concert Osmosis Stage Maiwar Green, GOMA 9am–7:15pm free events every 30 mins – check online for more details Sunday, 29 March 8am 9am 10am 11am 12pm 1pm 2pm 3pm 4pm 5pm 6pm 7pm 8pm 9pm 10pm 11pm Concert Hall Cities 2060: Thriving A Psychedelic QPAC not Just Surviving Renaissance Cremorne Theatre HOWZAT! AI: Promise, Dr Matt QPAC The Science Perils and... Agnew’s slq Auditorium 1 Pushing Where has all State Library of Queensland the Limits... the Water... slq Auditorium 2 State Library of Queensland Science Unplugged Science Unplugged Level 2, Theatre 2020 Queensland Trapdoor Queensland Museum Women in STEM Spiders... Whale Mall The Hatchery The Hatchery Queensland Museum 9:30am, 10am, 10:30am, 11am, 11:30am 12:30pm, 1pm, 1:30pm, 2pm, 2:30pm, 3pm, 3:30pm, 4pm Cinema A Hunting for Awakenings GOMA Hedonia (2019) (1990) City of Science Brisbane’s Cultural Precinct 9am–4pm

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Saturday, 28 March 8am 9am 10am 11am 12pm 1pm 2pm 3pm 4pm 5pm 6pm 7pm 8pm 9pm 10pm 11pm Cafe Muse Wild, Queensland Museum Weird... Concert Hall The Meaning of Dr Karl and Night QPAC Dreaming: Waking... of the Nerds Concert Hall Foyer QPAC Ockham’s Razor Cremorne Theatre Science on Big Data The Senses: QPAC Pointe and Me Perception vs Reality slq Auditorium 1 Fears and Climate State Library of Queensland Phobias... Solutions... slq Auditorium 2 State Library of Queensland Science Unplugged Science Unplugged Level 2, Foyer Queensland Museum Night at the Museum Level 2, Theatre Cultural Fangs and Queensland Museum Heritage in... Fascination Whale Mall The Hatchery The Hatchery Queensland Museum 9:30am, 10am, 10:30am, 11am, 11:30am 12:30pm, 1pm, 1:30pm, 2pm, 2:30pm, 3pm, 3:30pm, 4pm The Nucleus Hope Queensland Museum Balairi Defteros Twin Sister Jeremy Neale Cinema A A Clockwork Orange One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest GOMA (1971) (1975) City of Science Earth Hour Brisbane’s Cultural Precinct 9am–5pm 5pm–8:30pm extended hours - see map Concert Osmosis Stage Maiwar Green, GOMA 9am–7:15pm free events every 30 mins – check online for more details Sunday, 29 March 8am 9am 10am 11am 12pm 1pm 2pm 3pm 4pm 5pm 6pm 7pm 8pm 9pm 10pm 11pm Concert Hall Cities 2060: Thriving A Psychedelic QPAC not Just Surviving Renaissance Cremorne Theatre HOWZAT! AI: Promise, Dr Matt QPAC The Science Perils and... Agnew’s slq Auditorium 1 Pushing Where has all State Library of Queensland the Limits... the Water... slq Auditorium 2 State Library of Queensland Science Unplugged Science Unplugged Level 2, Theatre 2020 Queensland Trapdoor Queensland Museum Women in STEM Spiders... Whale Mall The Hatchery The Hatchery Queensland Museum 9:30am, 10am, 10:30am, 11am, 11:30am 12:30pm, 1pm, 1:30pm, 2pm, 2:30pm, 3pm, 3:30pm, 4pm Cinema A Hunting for Awakenings GOMA Hedonia (2019) (1990) City of Science Brisbane’s Cultural Precinct 9am–4pm

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Cafe Muse Start 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 Queensland Museum Your... 46 47 Concert Hall Running the Planet QPAC Without Costing... slq Auditorium 1 State Library of Queensland Beyond the Emu Level 2, Theatre Queensland’s Queensland Museum Extreme... Whale Mall The Hatchery The Hatchery Queensland Museum 9am, 9:30am, 10am, 10:30am 2:30pm, 3pm, 3:30pm, 4pm The Nucleus Hayley Festival Unlikely Queensland Museum Marsten Footprints... Alliances Twin Sister Cinema A American Psycho System Crashers GOMA (2000) (2019) Desk City of Science 10am–2pm Brisbane’s Providers Science of City Activity Cultural Precinct Reducing Waste Waste Reducing with Brisbane City Council Presented Space Challenges Maker Kids Powered with Steam Presented Movement, Mechanics and Momentum Movement, Engineers with Young Presented Brisbane / North Nine News Queensland’s Mini Mini Queensland’s Nine News News with Channel 9 Presented of Health The Future with QIMR Berghofer Presented Institute Medical Research Workshop Space Workshop The Edge Maker Studio Studio Maker Lumpur Kuala with Petrosains Presented Dr Joe, the Travelling Scientist Dr Joe, the Travelling Science with Creating Presented Sustainable Gardens Gardens Sustainable with Urban Utilities Presented Learn to Code to Learn with Junior Engineers Presented of the Body World The Marvellous with Australian Presented University Catholic Understanding Earth Science Earth Understanding with Geological Society Presented of Australia QM Inside Out with Queensland Presented Museum Network Hands-On Science with The Young Presented Australia Scientists Explore the World of Robotics of Robotics the World Explore and Engineering with Robotics Playground Presented DuckieBots Driving SchoolDuckieBots Robotics with Micromelon Presented Waterway? Is Your Healthy How Bug! Ask a Water Laboratory with SAS Presented

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Corrie Ackland Joanne Aitken Linden Ashcroft Clinical Director, Clinical Psychologist General Manager, Research Lecturer in Science Communication and Sydney Phobia Clinic Cancer Council Queensland Climate Science, School of Earth Sciences Corrie is the Clinical Director, co-founder Joanne Aitken is internationally The University of Melbourne and principal Clinical Psychologist of recognised as an epidemiologist Linden Ashcroft is a climate scientist the Sydney Phobia Clinic (SPC) and working in childhood cancer. She has and science communicator who teaches International Phobia Association (IPA). over 250 scientific publications including at The University of Melbourne. Her She holds Bachelor and Masters degrees in Nature, Nature Genetics and The research explores the past climate of in psychology and is a registered Lancet. She is Head of the Viertel Cancer Australia using historical documents training supervisor. At Sydney Phobia Research Centre at Cancer Council and weather observations to help us Clinic, Corrie sees clients with specific Queensland, Director of the Australian prepare for the future. Linden also phobia presentations and is involved in Childhood Cancer Registry, a member communicates science regularly on developing Virtual Reality solutions for of Cancer Australia’s Advisory Council, community radio and her writing was the health and performance fields. and President of the International selected for the 2019 Best Australian Association of Cancer Registries. Science Writing Anthology.

Paul Bertsch Taylah Gri in Lisa Harvey-Smith Queensland Chief Scientist Graduate Systems Engineer Australian Government Women in Department of Environment Boeing Defence Australia Ltd STEM Ambassador and Science In 2018 Taylah Gri in became the first University of New South Wales Paul Bertsch is Queensland’s interim Indigenous person to graduate with Lisa Harvey-Smith is an astrophysicist, Chief Scientist and Deputy Director, an Honours degree in Electrical and author and the inaugural Australian Science of the Land and Water Aerospace Engineering, and the first Government’s Women in STEM Business Unit at CSIRO, with 30 years’ Indigenous female to graduate from Ambassador. She is responsible for experience in soil science, environmental any Engineering degree from QUT increasing the participation of women geochemistry and toxicology. His passion in Brisbane. Taylah was the recipient and girls in STEM across the nation. She is championing multi-disciplinary and of the 2018 CSIRO Indigenous STEM is an award-winning astronomer with cross-agency science approaches to the Tertiary Achievement Award, and research interests in the birth and death significant challenges facing Australia currently works as a Test Engineer of stars and supermassive black holes and the world, specifically around on the Wedgetail platform at Boeing and serves on the Australian Space the environment, natural resource Defence Australia. Agency’s Advisory Group. management and sustainability. Featured Participants 23

Hugh Hunt Matthew W. Johnson Tamsin Mather Reader in Engineering Dynamics Professor, Psychiatry Professor of Earth Sciences and Vibration and Behavioral Sciences University of Oxford Cambridge University Johns Hopkins University School Tamsin Mather is a volcanologist and Hugh Hunt’s research focuses on of Medicine professor of earth sciences at the noise and vibration from underground Matthew W. Johnson, PhD, is a Professor University of Oxford in the UK. In railways, but along the way he and expert on psychedelics, other addition to a PhD on the atmospheric also became a reluctant expert on drugs, and addiction. He has conducted e ects of volcanism, she holds geoengineering as Co-Investigator research in behavioural pharmacology Masters in Chemistry and History on a project looking at solar radiation including psychedelics for >20 years. In and in Philosophy of Science from the management. He now promotes 2008, Matt published psychedelic risk University of Cambridge. In 2018, Tamsin other technologies for the removal of and safety guidelines that helped to won the prestigious Royal Society atmospheric greenhouse gases and runs resurrect human research in the area, as Rosalind Franklin Award. the Cambridge Climate Lecture Series, well as the first research on psychedelic designed to raise awareness of the treatment of tobacco addiction in 2014. urgency around climate change.

Michelle Taylor Catriona Wallace Matthew Wilson Manager Intelligent Grid New Founder and Executive Director Sherman Fairchild Professor Technology Flamingo Ai of Neurobiology Energy Queensland Catriona Wallace is the Founder Massachusetts Institute of Technology Michelle is an electrical engineer and Executive Director of Artificial (MIT) working in new energy technologies Intelligence company Flamingo Ai, Matthew Wilson has a Bachelor and including solar photovoltaics, the second only woman-led business to Masters degree in electrical engineering batteries and smart devices. She is list on the Australian Stock Exchange, and a PhD in Computation and Neural part of Energy Queensland’s power- and was recognised as an eminent Systems from the California Institute network businesses, developing future scientist by the Royal Institution of of Technology. He joined MIT in the opportunities and customer value Australia. An Adjunct Professor at Department of Brain and Cognitive through emerging, new and disruptive the Australian Graduate School of Sciences in 1994 where he studies the technologies. Safety and innovation drive Management, UNSW, Catriona is also a role of sleep in learning and memory, her broader professional involvement philanthropist, human rights activist and and brain systems that contribute to in bodies including the Electrical mother of five. spatial navigation and decision-making. Safety O ice, Australian Standards and university engineering schools. 24 Participants

Corrie Ackland Stuart Bunn Joshua Groth Clinical Director, Clinical Psychologist Director, Australian Rivers Institute Para-Alpinist / Extreme Adventurer Sydney Phobia Clinic Gri ith University Sky Dance Adventure Matt Agnew David Burton Tanya Ha Astrophysicist and Science Communicator Writer and Researcher Science and Environment Communicator Joanne Aitken Nate Byrne Heather Handley General Manager, Research Presenter Associate Professor of Volcanology Cancer Council Queensland ABC News Breakfast and Geochemistry Macquarie University Je Aniba-Waia Rebecca Carey Saibaian Elder, Knowledge Custodian Senior Lecturer in Earth Sciences, School of Margaret Harvey and Storyteller Natural Sciences Storyteller – Theatremaker, Filmmaker University of Tasmania and Co-Director Linden Ashcroft Jo Ze SpArks Lecturer in Science Communication and Olivia Carter Climate Science, School of Earth Sciences Associate Professor, Psychology Lisa Harvey-Smith The University of Melbourne The University of Melbourne Australian Government Women in STEM Ambassador Barbara Baehr Bobby Cerini University of New South Wales ABRS Research Fellow, Natural Director of Science and Learning Environment – Arachnids Questacon Alex Hewitt Queensland Museum Professor in Ophthalmology, Menzies Alexander Colsmann Institute for Medical Research Head of Organic Photovoltaics Group Amee Baird University of Tasmania Clinical Neuropsychologist KIT Energy Center Newcastle Neuropsychology Bernie Hobbs Lee Constable Presenter Presenter Nichole Barry ABC Science Postdoctoral Researcher Scope The University of Melbourne Marcus Hughes Gary Cranitch Head of Indigenous Engagement and Joerg Baumeister Photographer, Public Engagement – Strategy Publications Professor, School of Engineering and Built Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences Environment – Architecture and Design Queensland Museum Gri ith University Mark Humphries Li Cunxin Satirist and Presenter Tanja Beer Artistic Director Senior Lecturer Interior and Spatial Design Queensland Ballet Hugh Hunt Gri ith University Reader in Engineering Dynamics and Tamara Davis Vibration Professor, School of Mathematics Susan Bengtson Nash Cambridge University Associate Professor and Director Southern and Physics Ocean Persistent Organic Pollutants Program The University of Queensland Anjali Jaiprakash Gri ith University Advance Queensland Fellow Science and Merrick Ekins Engineering Faculty Collection Manager, Natural Environments – Paul Bertsch QUT Queensland Chief Scientist Sessile Marine Invertebrates Department of Environment and Science Queensland Museum Heather Janetzki Mammal/Bird Research Collection Manager Ariel Bogle Joel Gilmore Queensland Museum Technology Reporter Science Communicator ABC Matthew Johnson Zara Gomes Associate Professor, Psychiatry Fanny Boulaire Head of Performance Medicine and Behavioral Sciences Senior Research Fellow, Science and Queensland Ballet Johns Hopkins University School of Engineering Faculty Medicine QUT Brian Greene Chairman, World Science Foundation Gisela Kaplan Eric Brymer Co-Founder, World Science Festival Emeritus Professor - School of Science and Associate Professor Technology Australian College of Applied Psychology Taylah Gri in Graduate Systems Engineer University of New England Boeing Defence Australia Ltd Participants 25

Michael Kasprowicz Verity Morgan-Schmidt Margaret Sheil Former Test Cricketer and Chairman Stakeholder Relations Director Vice Chancellor and President Sportcor Farmers for Climate Action QUT Espen Knutsen Samantha Nixon Matt Shepit Senior Curator Palaeontology PhD Student, Institute for Molecular Data Scientist Queensland Museum Bioscience PwC The University of Queensland Karl Kruszelnicki Carl Smith Science Broadcaster and Author Justin Noonan Science Reporter University of Sydney Storm Chaser/Forecaster ABC Science & RN Niraj Lal Susan O’Connor Heather Smyth Visiting Fellow, ANU Centre for Sustainable Chief Investigator & People Theme Leader Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Energy Systems Australian National University Nutrition and Food Sciences, QAAFI Australian National University The University of Queensland Mark Paterson Kate Lanskey Chief Strategy O icer and Managing Director Tasha Stanton Principal Engineer, Water Planning Strategen Consulting Associate Professor of Engeny Water Management Clinical Pain Neuroscience Rhianna Patrick The University of South Australia Lawrence Leung Presenter and Producer Comedian, TV Writer, Science Communicator ABC Radio Michelle Taylor Manager, Intelligent Grid Technology Paul Liknaitzky Robert Raven Energy Queensland Research Fellow, School of Psychology Head, Terrestrial Biodiversity, and Principal Deakin University Curator, Chelicerata, Biodiversity Program Daniel Tobin Queensland Museum Co-Founder and Creative Director Rani Luther UAP Ballet Mistress and Creative Associate Michael Rix Queensland Ballet ABRS Research Fellow, Natural Environment Peter Van Onselen – Arachnids Network 10 Political Editor and Professor Brendan Mackey Queensland Museum of Politics and Public Policy Professor and Director, Gri ith Climate Gri ith University Change Response Program Margaret Ross Gri ith University Senior Clinical Psychologist/Chief Principal Catriona Wallace Investigator- Psilocybin Research Founder and Executive Director Lynne Malcolm St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne Flamingo Ai Broadcaster and host of ‘All in the Mind’ ABC RN Andrew Rozefelds Lynette Wallworth Head of Geosciences Environmental Advocate and Filmmaker Tamsin Mather Queensland Museum Professor of Earth Sciences Jonathan Webb University of Oxford David Ryugo Science Editor Professor and Head of Hearing Research ABC Tony Matthews Garvan Institute of Medical Research and Senior Lecturer Environmental Planning School of Medical Sciences, UNSW David Whiteman and Management Deputy Director and Group Leader, Cancer Gri ith University Pankaj Sah Control Professor, Director QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute Phoebe Meagher Queensland Brain Institute Wildlife Conservation O icer Paul Willis Taronga Zoo Owen Seeman Associate Professor and CEO Collection Manager, Media Engagement Services Paul Memmott Natural Environment – Arachnids Aboriginal Environments Research Centre Queensland Museum Matthew Wilson The University of Queensland Sherman Fairchild Professor of Neurobiology Jane Shakespeare-Finch Massachusetts Institute of Technology Kerrie Mengersen Professor, School of Psychology (MIT) Distinguished Professor of Statistics and Counselling QUT QUT Michael Young Professor, Centre for Global Food Michael Milford and Resources Professor in Electrical Engineering The University of Adelaide QUT 26 World Science Festival Queensland

A record number of regional events will take place in 2020, starting with Chinchilla in February, Gladstone in March, Toowoomba in April, Townsville in May and September, and Ipswich in June and November! With a stellar line-up of speakers and performers, World Science Festival Queensland brings together the dynamic connection between science and our everyday world through events guaranteed to inspire and delight the young and the young-at-heart.

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Chinchilla Chinchilla Cultural Centre

Friday 28 February Gladstone Gladstone Entertainment Convention Centre Cool Jobs: Chinchilla Multiple session times | Free | Ticketed Friday 20 March Cool Careers: Chinchilla Cool Jobs: Gladstone 12:30pm–1:30pm | Free | Ticketed Multiple session times | Free | Ticketed Cool Careers: Gladstone City of Science for Schools: Chinchilla 12:30pm–1:30pm | Free | Ticketed From 10:30am | Free | Ticketed City of Science for Schools: Gladstone Saturday 29 February From 10:30am | Free | Ticketed Trinket the Robot: Chinchilla Science Unplugged: Gladstone 9:30am–10:15am | Free 5:30pm–6:30pm | Free | Ticketed The Big Bang Science Show: Chinchilla 11:30am–12pm | Free Saturday 21 March The Big Bang Science Show: Gladstone A Little Bit of Blue: Chinchilla 10:30am–11:15am | Free | Ticketed 1:15pm–2pm | Free Dr Karl for Kids: Gladstone Shooting Stars: 2pm–3pm | Free | Ticketed Astrophotography Chinchilla 3:15pm–4:15pm | Free Dr Karl’s Great Moments in Science 2020: Gladstone 5pm–6:30pm | Free | Ticketed City of Science: Chinchilla 9am–4pm | Free City of Science: Gladstone 9am–4:30pm | Free Presented with Shell’s QGC business Presented with Shell’s QGC business World Science Festival Queensland 27

Toowoomba Cobb+Co Museum

Townsville Museum of Tropical Queensland Monday 6 April – Friday 15 May Friday 17 April Cool Jobs: Townsville (weekdays only, excluding Good Friday and Easter Monday) 10am–11am | Free | Ticketed School Holiday Program Cool Careers: Townsville Wildlife Rangers: Animals on the Move 11:30am–12:30pm | Free | Ticketed Multiple session times | $10 City of Science for Schools: Townsville Saturday 18 April From 11am | Free | Ticketed Dr Karl for Kids: Toowoomba Saturday 16 May 1pm–2pm | Blank Space | $10 Shooting Stars: Astrophotography Townsville Dr Karl’s Great Moments in Science, 2020: Toowoomba 4pm–5pm | Tickets available soon 7:30pm–9pm | Blank Space | $15 Stargazing and 3D Planetarium: Townsville Sunday 19 April Multiple session times | Tickets available soon City of Science: Townsville City of Science: Toowoomba 9:30am–4pm | Free 9:30am–4pm | Free Stargazing: Toowoomba 19 September – 5 October Multiple session times | Free | Ticketed School Holiday Program

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