Losing Antarctica - Why should I be concerned?

THE IGNITOR LOSING ANTARCTICA

Why should I be concerned?

About this Event

It is a great pleasure to welcome you to our rst post pandemic Science Alumni event It is a great opportunity for you to reconnect with the Faculty and your fellow alumni The Ignitor events give our alumni the opportunity to hear about new and updated research undertaken by the Faculty of Science.

At this event you will have the unique opportunity to hear from an expert panel of researchers leading the Securing Antarctica's Environmental Future (SAEF) research program and Australia's agenda to secure the future of Antarctica.

EVENT DETAILS

Title: Losing Antarctica, why should I be concerned?

Time: 7.00 - 9.30 pm (Registration starts at 6 00 pm)

Location: Monash College City Campus 750 Collins Street Docklands, VIC 3008

Panellists:

Professor Steven Chown – School of Biological Sciences, Monash University

Professor Julie Arblaster – School of Earth, Atmosphere and Environment

Dr Richard Selwyn Jones – School of Earth, Atmosphere and Environment

Moderator: Dr Rowan Brookes (Alumna) (PhD 2009)

Losing Antarctica, why should I be concerned?

Antarctica has always been our quiet, distant neighbour But the scientic evidence is clear, it’s coming to the shores of a neighbourhood near you due to Climate Change.

Professor Steven Chown FAA; will answer the question "Why should I be concerned about losing Antarctica?", explaining what we gain by protecting the region, and what we risk if we do not.

Professor Julie Arblaster will elaborate on our understanding of climate change over Antarctica and how it connects to changes globally. Dr Richard Selwyn Jones will talk about the behaviour of polar ice sheets to a changing climate

The Faculty of Science is home to the Securing Antarctica's Environmental Future (SAEF) program It is an interdisciplinary research and workforce development program, funded by the Australian Research Council

SAEF is dedicated to understanding the changes that are taking place across the Antarctic region, and to develop innovative ways to forecast, mitigate and manage these changes

EVENT PROGRAM: 19 July 2023

6 00 - 7 00 pm

Pre-event networking / Registration

7 00 - 7 15 pm

Welcome by Alumni Engagement Manager, Udy Wijewardena

School update by Dean Faculty of Science, Professor Jordan Nash

7 15 - 8 00 pm

Speaker presentations

8 00 - 8 25 pm

Q & A

8 25 - 8 30 pm

Final remarks & Thank you

8 30 - 9 30 pm

Networking

ABOUT THE SPEAKERS

PROFESSOR STEVEN CHOWN FAA

School of Biological Sciences - Monash University

Professor Steven Chown is the Director of Securing Antarctica’s Environmental Future (SAEF) His research mainly concerns biodiversity variation through space and time, and the conservation implications of environmental change, including the means to mitigate it

Steven is a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science, and an International Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences He is also the recipient of the SCAR Medal for Excellence in Antarctic Research, and the French Republic’s Medal of the 30th Anniversary of the Madrid Protocol

ABOUT THE MODERATOR

PROFESSOR JULIE ARBLASTER

School of Earth Atmosphere and Environment - Monash University

Professor Arblaster’s research uses climate models as tools to understand the mechanisms of climate variability and extremes in observed and future climates. Julie has served on many national and international committees, including the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.

She has received the 2014 Anton Hales Medal for research in earth sciences from the Australian Academy of Science, and the 2017 Priestley Medal from the Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society.

DR RICHARD SELWYN JONES

School of Earth Atmosphere and Environment - Monash University

Dr Jones’ work seeks to better understand the response of polar ice sheets, and corresponding sea level, to a changing climate. His research primarily focuses on the behaviour of the Antarctic ice sheet in the geological past, using a combination of geomorphology, geochemistry and numerical modelling.

Richard was an NZARI-funded Postdoctoral Fellow at Victoria University of Wellington (NZ) and an EU-funded Junior Research Fellow at Durham University (UK) He joined Monash University as a Research Fellow in March 2020, and received a Discovery Early Career Researcher Award in 2021.

DR ROWAN BROOKES - (ALUMNA) PHD 2009

BENDELTA – Principal Consultant

Rowan is passionate about STEM education and nationally recognised for her work in leadership, STEM education and educational change. She is also an advocate for women in STEM

She has designed, facilitated and led many women’s leadership programs including for Home Affairs, DELWP, Veski and an international women in STEM initiative with a focus on Antarctica

She was recognised as the winner of the Telstra Business Women’s Award (public sector and academic), Victoria in 2016 and Chief Executive Women in 2021 through the STEM Leadership Award

Previously she was an Associate Professor in STEM education and engagement at the University of Melbourne and the Director of Education in Biological Sciences at Monash University