ANNUAL REPORT - Australian Academy of Science

Sir Mark Oliphant Conference
– support for strategically significant international conferences in Australia on high priority, cutting edge,
multi-disciplinary themes.
The Sir Mark Oliphant conferences are supported under the DIISR-ISL program, administered by either the
Academy or ATSE.
Nanophotonics Down Under: Devices and Applications
21–24 June 2009
Organised by ATSE
(www.smonp2009.com/)
This interdisciplinary meeting was devoted to lasers and lights interacting with nano-dimensional objects for
photonics applications such as photovoltaics, plasmonics, photonic crystals, biomedicine and data storage.
It brought together leading international specialists with the primary aim of collectively identifying key
challenges in emerging applications of nanophotonics.
Conference announcements for 2010
2009–10 Fenner Conference on the Environment
Healthy Climate, Planet and People: Co-Benefits for Health from Action on Climate Change
23–24 June 2010, Shine Dome, Canberra
Organised by Professor Anthony Capon, and Professor Janette Lindesay, Australian National University
(http://nceph.anu.edu.au/Fenner2010/index.php)
The conference will address the health impacts of key climate change mitigation and adaptation strategies,
in particular alternate approaches to human mobility, diet, housing and energy generation. Such strategies
will increase physical activity levels and improve nutrition and air quality, whilst reducing greenhouse gas
emissions. The economic implications, including for social equity, will also be discussed.
More information on research
conferences is available at:
www.science.org.au/awards/
research-conferences.html
RESEARCH CONFERENCES
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