Innovative Planet
AFRAN Forum - 7 & 8 December 2022 at Swinburne University of Technology
Each year, the Australian-French Association for Research and Innovation (AFRAN) Inc. runs a Forum to exhibit and discuss current cooperation and areas of future cooperation upscaling potential. The 2022 AFRAN Forum will be held on Wednesday 7 and Thursday 8 December 2022 at Swinburne University of Technology.
The theme for 2022 is “Innovative Planet”.
As every year, this Forum aims at broadening the discussion and including multiple voices.
This Forum will explore the challenges and opportunities driven by the energy transition, with a panel on hydrogen to decarbonise the industry and mobility, and one on low emission technologies. It will discuss innovative health, with global and local health issues, climate change adaptation, the opportunities for monitoring and managing the environment with Earth observation. It will also question digital innovation with discussion around AI ethics, governance, environmental impact... Finally, it will highlight current and future opportunities for strengthening French and Australian research and innovation cooperation.
Program
Wednesday 7 December
9:00- 9:30 am: Welcome to the 2022 AFRAN Forum
Chair: Prof Karen Hapgood, Deputy Vive Chancellor Research, Swinburne University of Technology
Forum opening
Prof Pascale Quester, Vice Chancellor Swinburne
Mr Boris Toucas, Head of the Scientific, Educational and Cultural Cooperation at the Embassy of France in Australia
HE Mr Jean-Pierre Thébault, Ambassador of France to Australia (video)
HE Mrs Gillian Bird, Ambassador of Australia to France (video)
Welcome and introduction to AFRAN and the 2022 Forum
Prof Katherine Daniell, AFRAN President
9:30-10:30am: Keynotes
Chair: Prof Virginia Kilborn, Swinburne Chief Scientist
Accelerating global climate R&D effort
Dr Gilbert Brunet, Chief Scientist and Group Executive Science and Innovation, Bureau of Meteorology, Chair of the Science Advisory Panel, World Meteorological Organization
Humans-Autonomous Agents Teaming
Prof Cedric Buche,Professor in Artificial Intelligence and Robotics. International Research Laboratory CROSSING / Ecole Nationale d’Ingénieurs de Brest
10:30-11:00 am morning break
11:00am-12:00 pm: Panel 1 - Climate change adaptation in agriculture, food and water systems
Chair: Prof Katherine Daniell, AFRAN President
Mr Vincent Hebrail, Agriculture counsellor at the Embassy of France in Australia: France’s strategy on reducing agriculture’s climate footprint
Dr Jean-Francois Hocquette, Scientific Officer for Australia & New-Zealand at INRAE(French Institute for Research in Agriculture, Food and the Environment): Climate change adaptation in agriculture and food systems: which future for livestock and meat?
Dr Lisa Ehrenfried, Manager, Resilience and Liveability at Yarra Valley Water
Prof Ruth Nettle, Leader of the Rural Innovation Research Group, Faculty of Veterinary and Agricultural Sciences, The University of Melbourne: Social science approaches in climate change adaptation in agriculture in Australia
12:00-13:00 pm: Panel 2- Hydrogen decarbonising mobility
Chair: Mr Gordon Chakaodza, Director of the Victorian Hydrogen Hub
Prof Francois Aguey-Zinsou, Director of the Australian Association for Hydrogen Energy, Co-director of the Australian-French Research Network FACES and the ARC Training Centre for Hydrogen GlobH2E, and Chief Investigator of Hy-Supply
Ms Prune Bokobza, International Expert in Hydrogen & Renewable Energy at Expertise France
A/Prof Mahnaz Shafiei, Associate Professor; Vice-Chancellor's Women in STEM Fellow; Lead, Hydrogen Sensing Research at Swinburne University of Technology
Mr Niels Leemput, Technical Manager for Engie Impact
13:00-14:00 pm lunch break
14:00-15:30 pm: Panel 3- Tools for and success in collaborations
Chair: Prof Thierry Corrège, Attaché for Science and Higher Education at the Embassy of France in Australia
Prof Jean-Paul Toutain, Regional director, CNRS Representative Office for OCEANIA: Presentation of the French Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) tools for collaboration
Prof Jean-Philippe Diguet, CNRS International Research Laboratory CROSSING (French-Australian Laboratory for Humans-Autonomous Agents Teaming): Presentation of the French-Australian Laboratory - success and challenges of Australian-French collaboration
Prof Arnan Mitchell, Director of the Micro Nano Research Facility and Director of the Integrated Photonics and Applications Centre: Presentation of the RMIT Europe PhD student exchange AUFRANDE
Dr Jean-François Hocquette, Scientific Officer for Australia & New-Zealand at INRAE(French Institute for Research in Agriculture, Food and the Environment): The International strategy of INRAE and an example of success story: Presentation of the International Meat3G Foundation
Dr fLorence Cotel, Founder of the Association BLISS Science and Innovation Inc, and AFRAN Alumni leader: Inspiration and Communication as Powerful Tools for Collaboration
Dr Jody Gerdts, Founder and Managing Director, Bee Scientifics: Presentation of the Victoria Prize for Science and Innovation Victoria Fellowship and AFRAN Associate Award Experience, 2020
15:30-16:30 pm: Laboratory tour
Option A:
Digital Construction Lab - Mr Kia Rasekhi
Factory of the Future includes:
Industry 4.0 - Dr Abhik Banerjee
SHADE AIR Hub project - Mr Mark Hallam
3D printing of long fibre reinforced composites - Mr Jiahui Li
SPEE3D cold spray additive manufacturing - Prof Suresh Palanisamy
Option B:
MedTechVic’sLivingAT Lab - Mr Andrew McConachy
Digital Anatomy Lab - Mr Patrick Michael
16:30-17:00 pm: afternoon break
17:00-18:00 pm: Early Career Researcher posters
Networking opportunities and rewards!
18:00-19:00 pm: AFRAN Forum networking cocktail
19:00-19:30 pm: AFRAN French Hub
Chair : A/Prof Frederic Cherqui, A/prof at INSA Lyon, Honorary Senior Fellow at the University of Melbourne, and AFRAN France Hub leader
Introduction from the Australian Embassy in France: Ms Megan Anderson, Deputy Head of Mission and Australia’s Ambassador to UNESCO
Presentation of the French hub:A/Prof Frederic Cherqui, A/prof at INSA Lyon, Honorary Senior Fellow at the University of Melbourne, and AFRAN France Hub leader
Australia’s priorities for science collaboration with France: Ms Deciana Speckmann First Secretary at the Embassy of Australia in France
Conclusion of the day: Prof Katherine Daniell, AFRAN President
Thursday 8 December
9:00-9:30 am: Keynotes
Chair: Prof Pascale Quester, Vice Chancellor Swinburne
Innovation ecosystems
Ms Aude Vignelles, Chief Technology Officer at the Australian Space Agency
9:30-10:30 am: Panel 4 - Innovation in Earth Observation
Chair: Prof Alan Duffy, Director, Space Technology and Institute, Swinburne University of Technology
Dr Olivia Sackett, Director for Space at Deloitte
Dr Trevor Dhu, Asia Lead for Sustainability Science at Microsoft
Ms Aude Vignelles Chief Technology Officer at the Australian Space Agency
Mr Rémi Andreoli, Director of Space Applications - BLUECHAM SAS
10:30-11:00 am: morning break
11:00 am-12:00 pm: Panel 5 - Innovative Health
Chair: Prof Peter Revill, Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory (VIDRL), Royal Melbourne Hospital (RMH) at the Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity. Co-Founder of the International Coalition to Eliminate Hepatitis B
Prof Deb Williamson, Director, VIDRL, RMH at the Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity and expert in diagnosis and management of infectious diseases.
Dr Romain Ragonnet, Monash University, Expert in Infectious disease modelling
Dr Jean-François Hocquette, French National Institute for Agriculture, Food, and Environment (INRAE) | INRAE: Presentation of the PREZODE project: Preventing zoonotic disease emergence
Prof Rachael McDonald, Swinburne University of Technology,Director, MedTech Vic Hub, Disability and Chronic Disease Lead Iverson Health Innovation Institute.
12:00-13:00 pm: Panel 6 - Low emission technologies
Chair: Ms Prune Bokobza, International Expert in Hydrogen & Renewable Energy at Expertise France
Dr Quentin Meyer, Fuel Cell Cluster Leader, Nanoelectrochemistry group, University of New South Wales
Mr Alex Pinte, Founder of Wildlive Entertainment
Prof Gary Rosengarten, Director of the Sustainable Development Technologies and Systems Enabling Capability Platform
Mr James Seymour, CEO of C4NET
13:00-14:00 pm: lunch break
14:00-15:00 pm: Panel 7 - Innovation and humans
Chair: Prof Benoit Clement, International Research Laboratory CROSSING: French-Australian Laboratory for Humans-Autonomous Agents Teaming
Prof Cedric Buche, Professor in Artificial Intelligence and Robotics. International Research Laboratory CROSSING / Ecole Nationale d’Ingénieurs de Brest: Human-machine interaction
Dr Jessica McLean, Senior Lecturer in Human Geography, at Macquarie School of Social Sciences: Environmental costs and benefits of digital technologies
Prof Jane Farmer,Director of Swinburne Social Innovation Research Institute: AI and people
Dr Nardine Alnemr, Research Fellow at the UWA Minderoo Tech & Policy Lab, Law School, University of Western Australia: AI and chatbots for democracy? Blind spots and opportunities
15:00-15:30 pm: Forum Closing Session
Best ECR Poster Award, thanks and presentation of 2023 AFRAN Forum
For AFRAN Members only:
15:45-16:15 pm: AFRAN AGM
you have until 6 December 2022 to express your interest and nominate to join AFRAN committee
Interested? Join us or contact us to express your interest!