ACS Quantum Change with Dr Vikram Sharma, Dr Francesca Maclean, Dr Brad Tucker and Craig Rispin.
Watch LIVE from your computer - 9.25am (AEST), 4 September 2018
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Tue, 04 Sep, 08:00 AM
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<p><img alt="Live stream - 4 Sept 2018" src="https://acsau--c.ap1.content.force.com/servlet/servlet.ImageServer?id=0159000000Fd1jJ&oid=00D90000000o5NE&lastMod=1535699967000"></img><br>The ACS <i><b>Quantum.Change. Disrupting Canberra </b></i>conference program is strong on diversity and reaches out to ICT and STEM professionals spanning different industry disciplines and global boundaries.<br><br>ACS Quantum.Change looks well beyond ‘IT in government’ to how economic and business leadership can be driven by leading-edge computing and the disruptive change that it supports.<br><br>By participating online in #ACSQuantumChange you become part of this conversation, you will hear the ideas of others, you can add your own thoughts to the discussion, and you can amplify these ideas through your professional networks.<br><br>Join online our diverse, engaging and influential industry leaders: <br><br><b>09:25 - 10:05 Dr Vikram Sharma</b><br>Founder and CEO of Quintessence Labs, Vikram recognised the potential of quantum cybersecurity in the early 2000s while in California and sought to commercialise the technology, returning to the Australian National University to work with the Quantum Optics Group in the Department of Physics.<br><br>QuintessenceLabs emerged from the world-leading research conducted by the group, and is today positioned at the forefront of the cybersecurity sector. QuintessenceLabs was named one of the Top 20 Businesses of Tomorrow by Westpac in 2017, and most recently was selected as a Technology Pioneer by the World Economic Forum for 2018.<br><br><b>12:30 - 13:10 Dr Francesca Maclean</b><br>ACT Young Women of the Year 2017 and STEM Superstar<br><br>Francesca is a passionate advocate for diversity and inclusion in STEM and combines her love of understanding, communicating, and solving complex problems, and her personal experience as a woman in engineering, to positively influence the next generation of scientists to make STEM a more inclusive and diverse environment for everyone. During her study at ANU Francesca co-founded Fifty50, a student-led movement promoting gender equity in STEM, which was named Engineers Australia’s Best Student Group in Gender Diversity in 2017.<br><br>Francesca was awarded ACT Young Woman of the Year 2017, the Australian National University (ANU) Vice Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Tutoring, and the 2018 ANU Postgraduate Student of the Year. She is one of Science & Technology Australia’s inaugural Superstars of STEM. <br><br><b>15:45 - 16-25 Dr Brad Tucker</b><br>Astrophysicist/Cosmologist at the Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Mt. Stromlo Observatory and the National Centre for the Public Awareness of Science, at the Australian National University.<br><br>Brad will talk about how, in the past few decades, rapid progress in technology has led to a complete change in our view of the Universe. In the next few decades, this will change even more as we become an inter-planetary species, and how some of these discoveries, from planets around other stars, to exploring the Universe and maybe even visiting other planets, are now turning science fiction into reality.<br><br><b>16:25 - 17:05 Mr Craig Rispin</b><br>Business Futurist and Innovation Expert - The Future Trends Group. <br><br>Craig’s expertise is in describing in detail emerging business, people and technology trends – and how companies can profit from them. Craig has over 20 years experience working where the future has been created – with some of the most innovative companies in the world in the IT, consumer electronics, internet and broadcasting industries.</p>
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