The program of the 8th Australia-Spain Research Forum “A Digital World“ is available in this link to a PDF file (including the Conference Poster). The Conference Booklet compiling all the information (program, abstracts, bios, acknowledgements) can be found in this link to a PDF (size of 8 Mb).
The program of the 8th Australia-Spain Research Forum “A Digital World“ is:
| 10:00-10:30 | REGISTRATION + WELCOME COFFEE | |
10:30 – 11:00 | FORMAL OPENING | – HE Ms Alicia Moral-Revilla Spanish Ambassador in Australia – HE Miguel Bauzá More Spanish Ambassador in New Zealand – Prof. David Couts FSE Dean, Macquarie University – Ms Inmaculada Riera General Director, Spanish Chamber of Commerce – Mr Israel Lozano Barragán CEO Navantia Australia |
| 11:00 – 11:10 | Opening address from SRAP | Dr. Ángel R. López-Sánchez (SRAP & Macquarie University) |
| 11:10 – 12:20 | SESSION 1: BIG QUESTIONS | Chair: Assoc. Prof. Marian Vidal-Fernández (University of Sydney & SRAP) |
| 11:10 – 11:30 | BIG QUESTION 1: Artificial Intelligence: When and how to regulate AI a comparative view with some personal thoughts | Dr José-Miguel Bello y Villarino (UTS & SRAP) |
| 11:30 – 11:50 | BIG QUESTION 2: Block Chains: Blockchains and fractal governance: towards a decentralisation roadmap | Prof Marta Poblet (RMIT) |
| 11:50 – 12:10 | BIG QUESTION 3: Virtual Reality: The connected world of tomorrow: how VR can take us beyond being there | Dr Vanessa Moss (CSIRO) & Dr Glen Rees (TFOM) |
| 12:10 – 1:45 | LUNCH & NETWORKING | Including demonstration of VR system |
| 1:45 – 3:00 | SESSION 2: Digital World applied | Chair: Dr Mariel Familiar López (Griffith University & SRAP) |
| 1:45 – 2:00 | Digital Astronomy | Dr Nuria Lorente (Macquarie University & SRAP) |
| 2:00 – 2:15 | Digital Soil Mapping | Dr Mercedes Roman Dobarco (University of Sydney & SRAP) |
| 2:15 – 2:30 | Digital Education | Prof Abelardo Pardo (Univ. South Australia & SRAP) |
| 2:30 – 2:45 | Digital Art and Design | Mr Jonathan Zawada |
| 2:45 – 3:00 | Digital Oceans | Dr Marta Ribó (Auckland University of Technology & SRAP) |
3:00 – 3:45 | COFFEE BREAK | Including demonstration of VR system |
3:45 – 5:00 | SESSION 3 | Chair: Óscar Pérez-Concha (UNSW & SRAP) |
| 3:45 – 4:15 | FINAL DISCUSSION: Is living in a digital world good or bad for humankind? | Panel: – Dr José-Miguel Bello y Villarino – Prof Abelardo Pardo – Prof Marta Poblet – Dr Vanessa Moss |
| 4:15 – 4:35 | SRAP-frA Early Career Research Award | Dr Joaquín Valderrama & Winner |
| 4:35 – 4:40 | Medal to Dr. Joaquín Valderrama | HE Ms Alicia Moral-Revilla (Spanish Ambassador in Australia) |
| 4:40 – 4:55 | Launching of the PhD Cotutelle Program between Macquarie University, SRAP & Instituto Cervantes | Prof Tracy Rushmer (Macquarie University), Dr Ángel López-Sánchez (Macquarie University & SRAP) & Ms Coral Martínez (Instituto Cervantes) |
| 4:55 – 5:00 | Concluding remarks | Assoc. Prof Sergio León-Saval (University of Sydney & SRAP) |
| 5:00 – 6:00 | Conference Photos & Drinks | |
| 7:30 – 9:30 | Conference Dinner |