ACS WA Gala Dinner 2018 - Dream, Reach & Innovate
Sponsored by CDM Australia and Featuring Keynote, Physicist and Comedian, Josh Richards - Becoming Martian
Pan Pacific Perth, 207 Adelaide Terrace, Perth, WA, 6000
Fri 01 Jun 2018 06:30 PM AWST
Duration: 4.0 hours
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About this event
Join physicist, comedian and Mars One astronaut candidate Josh Richards on a humorous and informative journey to the red planet inspired by his new book, Becoming Martian.
Short-listed as a candidate to Mars One’s 2031 mission to send humans one-way to Mars, Josh blends science, engineering and ethics with comedy to look at how colonising Mars will change humans in body, mind and soul.
How will our bodies adapt to life in 38% gravity? How will having no hope of return to Earth affect the colonist’s minds? How will becoming a dual-planet species forever change how we see ourselves and our place in the universe?
Josh will follow his keynote with a Q&A session on all things Mars, and limited numbers of Josh's book will also be available for purchase & signing on the night.
About Josh
Physicist, Explosives Engineer, Soldier, Comedian, Astronaut Candidate – one thing Josh Richards can never be accused of is being boring. After a decade of picking up booby traps with the Australian Army, slogging through mud with British Commandos, being science adviser to the richest artist in the world, and performing comedy wearing a koala suit to confused audiences around the world, Josh finally found his true calling when he discovered the Mars One project.
Selected from over 200,000 applicants, Josh is one of 100 astronaut candidates short-listed for a one-way mission to Mars in 2031. As an in-demand speaker his storytelling makes for compelling & entertaining keynotes on the challenges of life in space, and with a talent for explaining science through comedy he’s become a passionate ambassador for Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Math (STEAM) education who reminds people of all ages that the sky is not the limit.
This event will be Hosted by MC, Charlie Gunningham, Commercialisation Adviser; Department of Industry, Innovation & Science
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Speakers
Keynote Speaker
Josh Richards
Physicist, Explosives Engineer, Soldier, Comedian, Astronaut Candidate – one thing Josh Richards can never be accused of is being boring. After a decade of picking up booby traps with the Australian Army, slogging through mud with British Commandos, being science adviser to the richest artist in the world, and performing comedy wearing a koala suit to confused audiences around the world, Josh finally found his true calling when he discovered the Mars One project.
Selected from over 200,000 applicants, Josh is one of 100 astronaut candidates short-listed for a one-way mission to Mars in 2031. As an in-demand speaker his storytelling makes for compelling & entertaining keynotes on the challenges of life in space, and with a talent for explaining science through comedy he’s become a passionate ambassador for Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Math (STEAM) education who reminds people of all ages that the sky is not the limit.
Selected from over 200,000 applicants, Josh is one of 100 astronaut candidates short-listed for a one-way mission to Mars in 2031. As an in-demand speaker his storytelling makes for compelling & entertaining keynotes on the challenges of life in space, and with a talent for explaining science through comedy he’s become a passionate ambassador for Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Math (STEAM) education who reminds people of all ages that the sky is not the limit.
MC
Charlie Gunningham
As a Commercialisation Adviser on the ‘Accelerating Commercialisation’, Charlie provides commercial advice and matching grants of up to $1 million to innovative companies looking to commercialise their novel IP.
Originally from the UK, via Singapore, Charlie Gunningham landed in Perth in 1997 to do an MBA at UWA. Graduating as top student in 1999 he set up aussiehome.com, an online real estate business, running it for 10 years before selling to REIWA, whereupon he ran reiwa.com. He then moved to Business News to lead their digital transformation as GM of Digital, then as CEO.
Originally from the UK, via Singapore, Charlie Gunningham landed in Perth in 1997 to do an MBA at UWA. Graduating as top student in 1999 he set up aussiehome.com, an online real estate business, running it for 10 years before selling to REIWA, whereupon he ran reiwa.com. He then moved to Business News to lead their digital transformation as GM of Digital, then as CEO.
Event Location
Pan Pacific Perth, 207 Adelaide Terrace, Perth, WA, 6000
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