We welcome you to look. We may ask you to be looked at. We may take your looking and reflect it, shift it, turn it outwards.
This year's lecture will be presented by Nicholas Davis, Head of Society and Innovation and Member of the Executive Committee at the World Economic Forum in Geneva, Switzerland.
The lecture will explore the promise and peril of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, and how we might realise the benefits of sustainable, responsible and human-centred innovation.
One of the most controversial aspects of the rise of intelligent machines is the development of what are known as ‘lethal autonomous systems’ and what they will mean for the way wars are fought. Initial discussions in the UN in recent years have focused on the need to retain some form of human control, as well as considering the potential risks and benefits.
A conversation with Pasi Sahlberg and Adrian Piccoli.
The recent release of the ambitious Review to Achieve Educational Excellence in Australian Schools (Gonski 2.0) report has Australia buzzing about what the future holds in reforming Australian education.
Will we see an end to NAPLAN or the HSC?
How will teachers' work change in planning for individual student needs?
Will these reforms lead us to the more equitable system we desire?
Koto Transformation Australis showcases a cultural exchange of music beyond borders, where traditional Japanese forms transform into hybrid compositions with Australian styles.
Leading koto players from around the world come together as they premiere new works by leading Australian composers as well as students from UNSW.
This event will also mark 30 years of koto virtuoso Satsuki Odamura’s arrival, and her efforts to promote koto music here.
The repertoire of the Wind Symphony features works from all eras and styles, including jazz, popular and art-music forms. The Ensemble comprises about 50 woodwind and brass players on campus.
The Orchestra’s repertoire is broadly from the Classical and Romantic eras. Recent works by contemporary Australian composers are well represented in the Orchestra's programs, as is film music from the past four decades.
From classical to jazz, join us for an eclectic series of performances.
Location: Io Myers Studio, UNSW (Building D9) Venue Map
In March 2017, the United Nations Human Rights Council decided to urgently dispatch an Independent International Fact-Finding Mission to establish the facts and circumstances of the alleged human rights violations by military and security forces, and abuses, in Myanmar, in particular in Rakhine State, with a view to ensuring full accountability for perpetrators and justice for victims.
Richard Rushforth from School of Informatics, Computing and Cyber Systems, Northern Arizona University will speak about 'From Data Fusion to FEWSION: Creating integrated models to understand and visualize the food, energy, water nexus'. Global Water Institute Seminar Series May 2018.
Join Professor Cheryl Praeger (UNSW's 2018 Women in Mathematics and Statistics Ambassador) for her public lecture, Maths as a Superpower.
Everyone with an interest in maths is welcome to attend what promises to be an inspiring talk.
Flexibility in the workplace has been a key driver of gender equality. But existing models have failed to achieve full equality - especially in senior leadership in the public and private sector. How can models - and especially existing ideas about job-sharing - be reimagined to more fully achieve this goal?
Join the discussion with co-lead of the Grand Challenge on Inequality Professor Rosalind Dixon and Elizabeth Broderick AO.