TEDxKingsPark: Space

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

Our TEDx talks are made available online, for free.

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transformative for our community.

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We’re interested in the best ideas that

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as well as our words. Our events are carbon neutral.

We are values and volunteer-driven and TEDxKingsPark is not for profit.

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.

Cundall, Carbon Neutral, Hewshott

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

Gavin Buckley

Chief Executive Officer

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impact. We hope that all event

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This amazing WA project not only

carbon footprint.

but is also delivering social and

minimising our environmental organisers in Australia will be inspired to do the same.

We have reduced our carbon

emissions as much as possible and then invested in WA’s Yarra Yarra Biodiversity Corridor. Overall the

emissions from this event equal zero,

journey you made to attend.

who have helped us calculate our

This program is on 100% recycled paper and is included in our carbon offset.

The Yarra Yarra

Biodiversity Corridor has significant climate benefits environmental outcomes by

reinvigorating social and cultural traditions, conserving habitat,

protecting biodiversity and increasing employment opportunities.

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Countdown: WA Young Climate Leaders Summit

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Oceans

Part of TED’s world-wide Countdown

Join us for a deep-dive into the most

Perth’s biggest and most diverse TEDx

Leaders Summit puts young people

planet with four remarkable experts in

aged 14 to 21.

campaign, the WA Young Climate

aged 18-29 front and centre in the race to carbon neutrality.

Curated and delivered by young

people, the Summit will give young

climate leaders a global platform to accelerate Perth and WA’s journey to net zero, through hope and practical action.

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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

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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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