Victoria and Tasmania Branch Report

Source: Ivan Cole - Victoria & Tasmania Branch President

After a long summer break, the Victorian and Tasmanian Branch now has a full program of events planned that extends all the way until Christmas.

The first event includes a presentation from world expert Professor Martin Pumera, Director of the Centre for Advanced Functional Nanorobots at the University of Chemistry and Technology in Prague. Professor Pumera is set to discuss the topic Nanorobots: Machines with the Size of Viruses and Cells. Robots have changed the way we manufacture. Now, nano-robots have the potential to revolutionise, not only our health but the environment around us. June is shaping up to be a busy month. In early June, we have planned a get together with some of the other Materials Australia Branches so that attendees can share their experiences, both within Materials Australia, and in our professions more generally. Recent events have highlighted the need for clear leadership on Gender Equity. As such, we are set to host a forum on enhancing gender equity in late June. Our ECR group will also host a forum on collaboration in a post-pandemic world in mid-June. Last, but by no means least, our prestigious Gifkins Lecture will be given in late June (and we will slip the Materials Australia AGM in just prior). In late August, we are hoping to try something new with a collaborative forum on manufacturing with local manufacturers. Then September brings the wonderful technologist picnic, which we are hoping will enable us to meet face-toface in Ballarat. Our old favourite—the Borland Forum—is back in late October, when leading higher degree students battle it out to be the 2021 Borland Champion. In November we will hold an early careers night, and then join our fellow Associations for a Christmas function in mid-November. It will be a busy, productive and enjoyable year.

All members are encouraged to take a look at the Materials Australia website

(https://www.materialsaustralia.com.au/) and register for our upcoming events.

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