Acknowledgement of Country TEDxKingsPark acknowledges the Wadjuk people of the Noongar Nation, the traditional custodians of the land on which Kings Park, the city of Perth and the metropolitan region is located. We recognise their continuing connection to the land, waters and community of this area and pay our respects to their elders past, present and emerging. It is an honour for us to be meeting here today.
Space
The Universe Made Conscious On 14 February 1990 under the
of a growing community of leading
Voyager 1 to face Earth one last time
who are putting Perth and Western
direction of Carl Sagan, NASA turned and, from six billion kilometres away,
captured a photo of our distant planet.
scientists, explorers and enthusiasts Australia firmly on the global stage of space research.
This image of our home is ‘the pale blue
Since early humans first raised their
sunbeam. While the picture is of limited
utterly and completely fascinating to us.
dot’, a mote of light suspended in a
scientific significance, for humanity it is a profound challenge to our imagined
importance and place in the universe. Since 1990 our understanding of our
solar system, galaxy and universe has grown enormously. Scientists around the world, including here in Western
Australia, are using extraordinary new technologies and data-processing
eyes to the skies, the universe has been On this otherwise unremarkable planet, the universe has become conscious. As we learn more, the preciousness and fragility of our home is brought into ever-sharper focus and, in
Sagan’s words it “underscores our
responsibility to deal more kindly with one another, and to preserve and
cherish the pale blue dot, the only
capabilities to expand our horizons.
home we’ve ever known”.
worlds and going boldly to places that
Dr Natasha Hurley-Walker
Tonight, in the company of four
Rob Lines
We are, quite literally, seeking out new no humans have gone before.
remarkable people, we’ll journey from low earth orbit to the farthest reaches
of the universe. Our speakers are part
Image: NASA
Guest Curator Licensee
About TEDxKingsPark We spread fresh ideas that are exciting, thought-provoking and potentially
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excite and benefit our community from wherever, or whomever they come. We actively invite young people to
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Welcome Welcome to TEDxKingsPark,
Perth’s fresh new TEDx community. Our events are a celebration of ideas
prepare the team of four brilliant
scientific research in Australia. PAV,
excited to have so much already in
Our speakers give their time and
International and Containers for Change
international library of thousands
event is the best it can be.
Indeed, everyone who works in the
TEDxKingsPark has much more to
worth spreading and we are super-
production for later this year and into
2022. Our purpose is to showcase the
best ideas from Perth to the world and, occasionally, to bring some of the best ideas from the world to Perth.
Natasha Hurley-Walker, our Guest
Curator for Space, is no stranger to the TEDx stage. Her talk How radio
telescopes show us unseen galaxies has been viewed 1½ million times.
Working with Rob Lines, our Licensee, Natasha has assembled and helped
scientists we will hear from this evening.
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expertise freely, contributing to an
have also helped us ensure that this
of ideas presented online, for free.
Enjoy Space, and become a member.
TEDxKingsPark team is a volunteer, all
come and can’t wait to share it with you.
skilled people committed to our city and our community. Please make time to thank them.
We also thank our friends at the Pawsey Supercomputing Centre for being our
Major Partner. Their facility here in Perth makes an astonishing contribution to
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Oceans
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Perth’s biggest and most diverse TEDx
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planet with four remarkable experts in
aged 14 to 21.
campaign, the WA Young Climate
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Your Curators
Rob Lines
Dr Natasha Hurley-Walker
Rob has been involved in the TEDx
Natasha is an award-winning radio
Natasha has a passion for outreach,
events across Perth including at Perth
understanding the universe, and
in science, appearing on radio and TV,
movement since 2012, having curated Concert Hall, Perth Observatory and the Parliament of Western Australia.
astronomer passionate about
bringing the beauty of astronomy to the world.
talking to young people about careers and has made multiple appearances at Astrofest, WA’s largest public
Since graduating in Computer Science
After obtaining her PhD in radio
astronomy event.
many years in theatre and cinema
Cambridge in 2010, she moved to
named WA’s Young Tall Poppy Scientist
and Physics, Rob has worked for
management in the UK and Australia. He is currently Manager of the
University of Western Australia’s public
venues, including the Octagon Theatre, Winthrop Hall and the Somerville Auditorium.
astronomy from the University of
Her research and outreach led to being
Australia to help commission the
of the Year for 2017, and one of the
Murchison Widefield Array, a low-
frequency precursor to the Square
Kilometer Array. Using this telescope, she created a panoramic view of the
Universe at low radio frequencies: the
Rob sings with Perth Pride Choir, is
GaLactic and Extragalactic All-sky
Judge for Creative Edge, the young
TEDxPerth talk How radio telescopes
a CircuitWest Board Member and a
MWA Survey: GLEAM. Natasha’s 2016
people’s creative challenge program.
show us unseen galaxies has, across
Rob is the Licensee of TEDxKingsPark.
platforms, been seen more than 1½ million times.
ABC’s Top 5 Scientists for 2018.
Natasha was a 2019/20 Superstar of
STEM, promoting the visibility of women in science, technology, engineering and maths.
Natasha is a Senior Lecturer at
the Curtin University node of the International Centre for Radio
Astronomy Research, an ARC
Future Fellow, and is Guest Curator
for this event.
Image: GLEAM’s image of the centre of our galaxy, courtesy of Dr Natasha Hurley-Walker (ICRAR/Curtin) and the GLEAM Team
Your Speakers
Dr Sabine Bellstedt Sabine is an astronomer who uses
Looking forward, Sabine spends much
world to learn about the incredible
astronomers will instead study millions
large telescopes from all over the diversity of galaxies.
of her time planning for the future when of objects in our cosmos.
Her PhD analysed the faint light at
Sabine was one of sixty Australian
to Perth in 2018, her focus shifted
Superstar of STEM, a program
the edges of galaxies. After moving to a much larger scale – she now
spends her time analysing hundreds
of thousands of galaxies. This involves working with numerous international
collaborations and projects, producing huge datasets, and using leading
Australian supercomputers to expand our knowledge.
women selected to be a 2021/22
organised by Science & Technology
Australia to help promote the visibility of women in science, technology, engineering and mathematics.
Dr Clancy James Clancy is a senior lecturer at the Curtin
Outside of astronomy, Clancy’s other
Centre for Radio Astronomy Research.
carbon impact through riding his bike
University node of the International
interests include minimising his
Originally from Adelaide, his current
everywhere, eating sustainably, and
of fast radio bursts – enigmatic and
intensive lifestyle.
from the distant universe – using the
soccer, hiking and bird watching; he
research focuses on the detection
generally advocating for a less carbon-
transient radio sources reaching us
His hobbies include jogging, tennis,
Australian Square Kilometre Array
enjoys playing card and board games,
Pathfinder (ASKAP) telescope located in the Shire of Murchison.
He has previously worked on
underwater neutrino telescopes in
Erlangen, Germany, and on the radiodetection of cosmic rays in Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
and reading when he gets time for it.
He lives in Ferndale with his daughter
Diana, two cats Starry and Jupiter, and as many native plants as he can fit into his garden.
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Your Speakers
Dr Sascha Schediwy Sascha has been fascinated by human
Systèmes de Référence Temps-Espace
by the real-world flights of the Space
In 2014, Sascha started a research
space exploration since being inspired Shuttle and the fantasy flights of Star Trek’s Starship Enterprise.
Sascha’s own career in space research started at Curtin University analysing
NASA Apollo lunar samples. In 2007, he
obtained his PhD from UWA, working on the development of the Advanced LIGO gravitational wave detectors, including
a six-month research period at Caltech.
(SYRTE) at the Paris Observatory. group at the UWA node of the International Centre for Radio
Astronomy Research (ICRAR), where he leads an international team to develop and construct the SKA telescope’s
phase synchronisation system. He has
since translated these technologies and combined them with adaptive optics
techniques used in cutting-edge optical
This was followed by a four-year
telescopes to become a world-leader
of Oxford working on phased array
optical frequency transfer.
Array (SKA) telescope. After returning
Australian Space Awards Academic of
postdoctoral position at the University
in the pioneering field of free-space
technologies for the Square Kilometre
In 2021, Sascha was named the
to Australia, Sascha worked on optical
the Year and the winner of the overall
fibre frequency metrology, and this
included a three-month research visit to
Excellence Award across all individual award categories.
TG Tan Thiam-Guan (TG) grew up in Malaysia.
An international career in the oil
11 moon landing and experiments with
science bug never left. Visiting the
Age six he was captivated by the Apollo rockets followed, using gunpowder extracted from fireworks.
and gas industries followed, but the Perth Royal Show in 2001, he realised
he could finally afford an 8” Newtonian
Surviving childhood, TG scored
telescope. After a spell doing
Singapore and then to Cambridge
In 2007 TG designed a supernova
defining because although his parents
backyard.
could only afford to send one child, the
Society of the Pacific’s 2018 Amateur
scholarships for pre-university in
astrophotography, science beckoned.
University. The scholarships were life-
search project, operated from his
had re-mortgaged the family home they
TG is recipient of the Astronomical
eldest, to University.
Achievement Award and the
At Cambridge, TG studied Engineering.
Astronomical Society of Australia’s
where Newton once had his rooms. The
in 2020.
just down the road, and Stephen
Curtin Institute of Radio Astronomy.
For a time he lived in the same building
Berenice and Arthur Page Medal
structure of DNA had been discovered
He is Adjunct Senior Lecturer with the
Hawking could still be seen zipping down the street in his wheelchair.
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