Tackling the issues that keep us up at night, imagining the inconceivable and envisioning the future, UNSW researchers have just 10 minutes each to explain what life we will be living in the future.

Hosted by Scientia Professor Rob Brooks.

Medicine | 10.10am

Childhood cancer - thriving not surviving | Jordana McLoone

In 70 years ALL children diagnosed with cancer will survive. But while their lives will be saved, how can we make sure we limit the side effects of treatment? How can we make sure they thrive, not just survive?

In the age of AI, doctors are better at being human | Adrienne Torda

We each have personalised genome analysis at birth, and now robot doctors perform our operations. So, do we even need human doctors? Or will they need to be even MORE human?

Maths & Engineering | 10.50am

Sewage science to save our cities | Stuart Khan

If we're going to survive the next 70 years, the human race needs new sources of sustainable energy and clean water. Could sewage be the answer?

Everyone is a mathematician | Vera Roshchina

Imagine a future where everyone gets to truly experience maths. One where we can lift formulae off the page and turn them into patterns and shapes that we can see, feel, touch and interact with. One day, could we all be mathematicians?

Arts | 11.30am

Technology, truth and testimony | Michael Richardson

Picture a world where war is fought only by machines, and technology is the only witness of injustice and atrocity. Could drones become the last moral guardians, the eyes of truth that hold people and countries to account?

Futuristic hieroglyphics | Rebecca Green

As we spend more time in digital and virtual worlds, our need for written or typed text could disappear. In 70 years could we all be communicating in a new language of hieroglyphics, symbols and pictures?

Law & Social Policy | 12.10pm

Rebuilding data privacy from the ground up | Katharine Kemp

Big data has fundamentally altered our laws, freedom and democracy. Is there anywhere in the real and virtual worlds where we aren’t being watched, and anything we can do keep our private lives private?

Lab-grown steak to save pygmy possums | Siobhan O’Sullivan

Humans and farm animals have taken over the planet and pushed other species to the brink of extinction. Could lab-grown meat help build the diverse and thriving planet of our future?

UNSW Open Day

This event is part of the UNSW Sydney Open Day – an opportunity to explore both the Kensington and Paddington Campuses, attend mini-lectures, and speak to current students and your future teachers.

More information here.

Access

Mathews Theatre B is located inside the Mathews Theatre at UNSW Sydney's Kensington campus, F23 on this map (PDF). The closest accessible parking is the Botany Street Parking Station (H25 on the map).

Auslan

UNSW can provide Auslan interpreting services for selected talks upon request.

Contact

To discuss your access requirements and to book selected access services, please call the events team on 02 9385 1000 or email events@unsw.edu.au.

UNSW is happy to receive phone calls via the National Relay Service. TTY users, phone 133 677, then ask for 02 9385 1000. Speak and Listen users, phone 1300 555 727 then ask for 02 9385 1000. Internet relay users, visit relayservice.gov.au, then ask for 02 9385 1000.