Theme: Limitless Change

With the on-going global pandemic, many have realised some or more important things that happened or still happening in their lives. This pandemic has given us time to realise what matters and important to society, what is the next that going to happen, and how we should collectively move forward. This event is just a three hour event discussing big ideas and reviewing good things that we should still appreciate even in this situation. These topics will be in science, business, arts, emotions, and aspirations.

The University of Adelaide
The University of Adelaide
Adelaide, South Australia, 50005
Australia

Claudia Paul

Rhodes Scholar in Medicine

Dr Claudia Paul, a Wiradjuri woman from Broken Hill, has achieved a lot in her 26 years, but her goals are even more impressive. During her time at university, she was a student representative with the Australian Indigenous Doctors Association, and was active in a mentoring group that fostered links between Indigenous medical students and medical practitioners. She now hopes to be one of the first (if not the first) female Indigenous surgeons in Australia and to eventually establish a surgical outreach service for rural and remote areas.

Gloria Strzelecki

Assistant Curator, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art

Gloria Strzelecki is the Assistant Curator of Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art at the Art Gallery of South Australia, where she was previously in the role of Associate Curator, Australian Paintings and Sculpture and also Project Officer: Artistic Programs. Gloria has held positons at Adelaide Central School of Art as Gallery Manager and at Carrick Hill as Freelance Curator where she curated Kathleen Sauerbier: A Modern Pursuit and Jacqueline Hick: Born Wise. She is also the author of two publications for Wakefield Press that coincided with the aforementioned exhibitions. She was also co-director and co-curator of A Room of Her Own, a contemporary art space established with fellow curator Elspeth Pitt.

Isobel Marshall

Entrepreneurship

Isobel Marshall, 2021 Young Australian of the Year, is the Co-Founder and Director of Health and Education at TABOO Sanitary Products. She also studies Medicine at the University of Adelaide. At 17 and 18 years old, Eloise Hall and Isobel Marshall Co-Founded the South Australian based social enterprise TABOO. In 2017, they crowd-funded $56,000 to launch their range of high quality, ethically sourced, organic cotton pads and tampons. They sell to the Australian market with 100% of net profits donated to Charity partner OneGirl, and all business activities dedicated to eradicating period poverty and challenging menstrual stigma locally and abroad. TABOO has partnered with many Australian organisations, providing free access to pads for Australian women who require menstrual support.

Julia Henning

Professional Singer

Julia Henning is a budding ethologist, currently studying her honours in animal behaviour, investigating feline epilepsy. But before she ever met science, Julia was a professional singer and composer, touring Australia, hitting number 1 on the triple j unearthed charts and having her music featured on Channel 10's hit series 'Offspring'. From performing at the Sydney Opera House to researching Wildebeest in South Africa, Julia believes that our dreams and ambitions should be as resilient and adaptable as we are.

Pei Qin (Sabrina) Ng

Plant Whisperer

Pei Qin (Sabrina) Ng is currently a PhD candidate at The Plant Epigenetics and Reproduction group/Research centre of Grains for health, The University of Adelaide. She is interested in using big data, molecular techniques, and cutting-edge sequencing technologies to understand how plants respond to their environmental stimulus via RNA processing. Through her PhD, she deciphers messages encoded on RNAs with their respective modifications ie.”punctuation marks", hence a “plant whisperer”. She is interested in basic research as she believes the best solutions to problems often comes with the profound understanding of the system itself. She is active on twitter science communication @PNgsabrina, runs a blog called “The Dataminer’s Diary”,and occasionally a guest blogger for platforms like Editage Insights.

Shrutika Mane

Conscious Living

Shrutika Mane is a Bachelor of Health and Medical Sciences (Advanced) student at the University of Adelaide. Born in the UK and brought up in India and Australia, she has a unique understanding of people and cultures from across the globe. A News presenter, National award-winning debater & Small business owner - all by the age of 20.