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ROBYN WILLIAMS
- Participated in Ideas at the Powerhouse sessions:
- 'Science
is out of control'
- 3pm, Friday, August 17
ABN AMRO Business
Ideas Forum
- 10am, Friday, August 17
Robyn Williams is the first and only journalist to
be elected a fellow of the Australian Academy of Science.
He is perhaps best known as the presenter of The Science
Show which he launched in 1975 and as presenter of Ockham's
Razor on ABC Radio National. He has been a fixture of
the ABC since 1972.
Currently, Williams is Visiting Professor at the University
of NSW and recently appointed president of the Australian
Science Communicators. Educated in London and Vienna,
Williams has four honorary Doctorates from Australian
Universities, three in Science and the most recent one
in Law. In 1995/96 he was a Visiting Fellow of Balliol
College, Oxford where he wrote his book Normal Service
Won't Be Resumed about the future of the ABC.
He was, for ten years, president of the Australian
Museum Trust and later Chairman of the Commission for
the Future. In 1998 he was voted one of this country's
Living National Treasures.
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HON. MARGARET WILSON
- Participated in Ideas at the Powerhouse sessions:
- The next
big Idea
- 2pm, Sunday, August 19
Margaret Wilson is currently New Zealand’s Attorney-General,
Minister of Labour, Minister in Charge of Treaty of
Waitangi Negotiations and Associate Minister of Justice
and of State Services.
She entered New Zealand Parliament at the last General
Election in November 1999 as a List MP having stood
unsuccessfully as a constituency candidate for Tauranga.
Previously she was Foundation Dean and Professor of
Law at Waikato University Law School. This position
was held concurrently with a visiting fellowship at
the Humanities Research Centre at the Australian National
University in Canberra.
She held the position of Chief Political Adviser and
Head of the Prime Minister's Office under former Labour
Prime Minister Sir Geoffrey Palmer, and has also been
a Law Commissioner, Director of the Reserve Bank, President
of the New Zealand Labour Party and has chaired various
other bodies including TV 3 News Ltd, the National Advisory
Council on the Employment of Women and Convenor of the
Government Working Party on Equal Pay and Equal Opportunities.
Her publications include 'Labour in Government 1984
– 87' and 'Justice and Identity: Antipodean Experiences'
edited with Anna Yeatman.
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ROBERT WINSTON
- Participated in Ideas at the Powerhouse sessions:
- 'A morass
of ethical quandaries'
- 8pm, Saturday, August 18
Hear audio
highlights from the session
'Science is
out of control'
- 3pm, Friday, August 17
Lord Professor Robert Winston is a leader and teacher
in the field of fertility studies and was part of the
team that produced the first test-tube baby in 1978.
He is Director of Reproductive Medicine at Hammersmith
Hospital and Professor of Fertility Studies at the Imperial
College School of Medicine in London.
He has researched into various aspects of human reproduction,
and founded the first NHS In Vitro Fertilisation (IVF)
program. His research into embryology and genetics is
internationally recognised. He is developing techniques
to make IVF treatment more affordable and accessible.
Currently, the Chair of the House of Lords Select Committee
on Science and Technology, Winston comments on a wide
range of medical, ethical and scientific issues in Parliament,
scientific journals and the media.
Having produced the award winning BBC television series
The Human Body, his most recent BBC series, Superhuman,
was screened on ABC TV. This series explores the body's
capacity for self repair and reinvention. He introduces
ethical questions for consideration in relation to biotechnology
and medicine.
For his several publications about fertility and pregnancy
for a lay readership, Winston was awarded the Royal
Society's Michael Faraday Gold Medal.
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GIANNI ZAPPALÀ
- Participated in Ideas at the Powerhouse session:
- 'One of
the most hyped phenomenon of all time'
- 12.30pm, Friday, August 17
See the online
transcript of the session
Dr Gianni Zappalà is the Research Coordinator
at The Smith Family, a national, independent, social
enterprise. His current work addresses the 'digital
divide' which results from inequitable access to the
information economy and new communications technologies.
Prior to this, he held various teaching and research
positions at the Universities of Sydney, Cambridge (Fellow
of Emmanuel College), Wollongong and the Research School
of Social Sciences at the Australian National University.
In 1996 he was the Australian Parliamentary Fellow at
Parliament House, Canberra. He has also acted as a consultant
for a range of government and non-government agencies,
including the Korea Labor Institute, the Economic Planning
and Advisory Council, and the Carnegie Endowment for
International Peace in Washington D.C.
Zappalà's academic record includes a First Class
Honours degree in Economics and Industrial Relations
from the University of Sydney, a Masters (with Distinction)
in Political Science and Economic History from the University
of London, and a Doctorate in Economics and Industrial
Relations from the University of Cambridge.
Published widely in national and international journals
in the areas of labour economics, industrial relations,
immigration and citizenship, and Australian politics,
economics, and history, Zappalà has also authored
several books. His recent books include Four Weddings,
a Funeral and a Family Reunion: Ethnicity and Representation
in Australian Federal Politics and Speaking for the
People: Representation in Australian Politics (with
Marian Sawer).
He has received several academic awards and research
grants.
Read and respond to Gianni Zappalà's commentary
in the Ideas Online connections discussion. Zappalà
identifies inequalities emerging in tandem with the
new economy: "the problem is that the privileged
one third of workers who do well out of the new economy
in terms of good jobs and pay also have a better capacity
to further invest in their skills. The bottom two-thirds
face a 'double jeopardy' whereby they lack the personal
resources to upgrade their skills and their employers
are also unlikely to provide adequate training."
To get there, go to the connections discussion, click
on the topic Information Economy, and then click on
the title, The new economy or the new poor?
http://www.ideasatthepowerhouse.com.au/6_forum/forum/forum.asp?id=3
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