Convergence is a blueprint for innovation

The teaming of humans with machines and autonomous systems is expected to increase and change ways of working in future. What opportunities can be leveraged, and what challenges need to be addressed, to ensure humans and machines are optimally teamed for mission success in defence, space and other sectors? Our next Convergence Series event will explore some of the challenges and opportunities associated with human-machine teaming in future contexts. Come along to hear from a panel of experts for their perspectives, and enjoy an evening of networking and engaging discussion in a casual setting.

Synthetic biology, biosensors, biocomputing, biodiversity loss, food security, pandemics … understanding and responding to the biological world is a pressing concern, and our futures are inextricably linked with advances in the biological sciences. Our Convergence Series event, The Future is Biological, was designed to explore the intersection of biology, defence, and national security. Leading South Australian researchers and industry experts shared their ground-breaking work, offering practical insights and real-world applications.

“From what I’ve read,” I said to him, “the world goes crazy every three or four decades. The trick is to survive until it goes sane again.” ― Octavia E. Butler, Parable of the Sower.     The first Science Fiction/Futures: how science fiction can influence strategic thinking and technological development event (Sept 2021) sparked conversation about a range of topics from how reading and writing fiction can help military strategists envision the future of warfare, to debate about whether the social lessons of science fiction are ignored in favour of the technological content.     This event Science Fiction/Futures 2 built [...]

DIS/MIS: Adventures in the Information Environment.  Misinformation and disinformation have been identified by the World Economic Forum as the top global risk for the next two years. In a year where almost half of the world’s population will be heading to the polls, this issue feels even more pressing as our relationship to information becomes more uncertain across government, media, journalism, public health, and climate change. What is real? What will people believe? And what are the implications of emerging technologies such as Sora? South Australian researchers have been tackling the detection and mitigation of misinformation, disinformation, social influence, statecraft [...]