Spark Festival 2023: EOI for Program ContributionsSpark Festival, Australia's Festival of Innovation, Tech and Ideas, is happening again the week of October 30-November 4.Anyone in NSW with an interest in creating and supporting future-focussed businesses is encouraged to host an event. Startups, hubs, accelerators, universities, government, corporates, professional services, consultancies and more are all welcome to contribute to the program.More > https://sparkfestival.co/
"The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in the US issued its first fine for space debris, ordering the US TV provider Dish to pay $150,000 for failing to move one of its satellites into a safe orbit.""The FCC’s action could also help breathe new life into the still-small market for commercial removal of space debris, essentially setting a price—$150,000—for companies such as Astroscale in Japan and ClearSpace in Switzerland to aim for in providing services that use smaller spacecraft to sidle up to dead satellites or rockets and pull them back into the atmosphere."https://bit.ly/3tlrK9E
How much do we know about the brain – and where does consciousness emerge?The Australian father-daughter duo played a huge part in the science and philosophy instrumental in the discussion.A special episode on Sir John Eccles and Rose Mason....LISTENhttps://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/scienceshow/the-science-show/102753632
Convergent technologies are accelerating business model evolution, and also changing our tolerance and social licence around them. How can we accept technologies we don’t understand?...Dr Catherine Ball is in conversation with Maria MacNamara at the Royal Society of New South Wales...WATCHhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DcMMlqkHtA
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese's speech at Garma 2023 calls Australians to vote yes. "We can vote Yes, with optimism and hope – not just for success at this referendum but our greater success as a nation....WATCHhttps://youtu.be/szo0ue9wYD8...TRANSCRIPThttps://www.pm.gov.au/media/gift-our-country
