Connecting Australian and Spanish Research: hybrid event for Australia’s National Science Week 2022



For Australia’s National Science Week 2022 SRAP joined forces with Instituto Cervantes Sydney organising 3 free science communication events. The last one of them is an hybrid (in-person +online) event that was held at Instituto Cervantes Sydney at 5:30pm, Thursday 18th Aug, with the title “Connecting Australian and Spanish research”
Each panelist will give a short (12 min) talk followed by a final Q&A and panel discussion with the audience. The participants were:
  • Dr. Cristina Martínez Lombilla (Postdoctoral Research Associate at the University of New South Wales and SRAP) talked about “The faintest structures of the Universe“.
  • Dr. Bernardo García Pola (Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of New South Wales and SRAP) talked about “Game theory: Madness at first sight“.
  • Prof. Javier Álvarez-Mon (Professor at Macquarie University and SRAP) talked about “The Elam civilization (4200-525 a. C.) and the origins of the Persian Empire
  • Dr. Ricardo Javier Domínguez Llosa (Chief Technical Advisor Climate Portfolio FAO-Vanuatu and SRAP) talked about “Evidence of the Impact of COVID-19 on Biodiversity, agriculture and food systems”.
  • Prof. Carl Munoz-Ferrada (Director of Gammasonics Institute for Medical Research and SRAP) talked about “Nuclear medicine and surgery

Hosts:

  • Ms. Coral Martínez Iscar (Director of Instituto Cervantes Sydney)
  • Dr. Ángel R. López-Sánchez (Macquarie University and SRAP President)
Some images of the event:

The Director of Instituto Cervantes Sydney, Coral Martínez, opens the event.

SRAP President, Dr Ángel López-Sánchez, briefly summarises what SRAP is and the activities we do before introducing the panelists.

Dr. Cristina Martínez Lombilla (Postdoctoral Research Associate at the University of New South Wales and SRAP) talked about “The faintest structures of the Universe”.

Dr. Bernardo García Pola (Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of New South Wales and SRAP) talked about “Game theory: Madness at first sight”.

Prof. Javier Álvarez-Mon (Professor at Macquarie University and SRAP) talked about “The Elam civilization (4200-525 a. C.) and the origins of the Persian Empire”.

Prof. Carl Munoz-Ferrada (Director of Gammasonics Institute for Medical Research and SRAP) talked about “Nuclear medicine and surgery”.

The hosts of the event and the four panelists who attended in person.

Although the event was broadcasted in YouTube, because of technical problems the audio has very bad quality. We will try to fix it and upload it here.