October 2010

Leon Serry, founder of Circadian Technologies and the company's former managing director for 23 years " It s time to keep the profits home..."

Rob Hough, Stream leader CSIRO Minerals Down Under National Research Flagship "Exploring Australia's cover"

Mark Horsburgh, President-elect, Licensing Executives Society of Australia and New Zealand: "Senate: keep the innovation ball rolling!"

May/June 2010

Professor Richard Sinnott, Technical Director National e-Science Centre, University of Glasgow and incumbent e-Research Director, University of Melbourne: " Research in the digital age"

Professor Iain Gordon, CSIRO Biodiversity leader: " Biodiversity - everyone needs it"

April 2010

Professor Luigi Palombi, Centre for Governance of Knowledge and Development (CGKD), Australian National University, and adjunct professor, University of New South Wales: "The Myriad case: Genes are no invention!"

Paul MacLeman, chief executive officer, Genetic Technologies:" Services and gene patenting: GTG";

Kris Gale, managing director, Michael Johnson Associates: "Cutler review sidestepped: R&D Tax Credit"

Professor Terry Flew and Distinguished Professor Stuart Cunningham, Queensland University of Technology: "Are innovation and creative industries policy converging?"

Dr John Price, Principal of Integral Partners: "Nuclear research: Neglect we can't afford"

March 2010

Dr Luigi Palombi, Centre for Governance of Knowledge and Development (CGKD), Australian National University: "Bad cases make bad law: UWA vs Gray"

Professor Silvia Bisti, University of L Aquila, ARC Center of Excellence in Visual Science;Professor Benedetto Falsini università Cattolica, Policlinico Gemelli, Rome; Professor Jonathan Stone, Director Bosch Institute, Save Sight Institute and Discipline of Physiology University of Sydney:" Ancient spice saves ageing nerves";

Dr Mark Matthews, Director of the Forum for European-Australian Science and Technology cooperation (FEAST): "International research collaboration: overcoming the impediments"


Carla Gerbo, Director, Australian Nanotechnology Alliance: "Effective networks the key to success"

D. Patrick O Reilly, President of the Licensing Executives Society International (Lesi): "Embracing open innovation"

February 2010

Dr Cathy Foley, President of the Federation of Australian Scientific and Technological Societies (FASTS): "Global crisis of science?"

Professor Jennifer A. Marshall Graves, Head of Comparative Genomics Group at the Australian National University: "Genomics to the rescue of the devil";

Dr Matthew Sorell, Senior Lecturer ,University of Adelaide: "Untangling the mysterious 'Digital Dividend' ";


Dr Mark Matthews, Director of the Forum for European-Australian Science and Technology cooperation (FEAST): "The art of managing uncertainty and risk"

November 2009

Mark Horsburgh, President-elect, Licensing Executives Society of Australia and New Zealand: "Commercialisation Australia - the right step"

Dr Matthew Rimmer, Senior Lecturer ANU College of Law: "IP policy void in the 'grand climate bargain'";

Dr Joanne Daly, Executive Director of CSIRO Agribusiness: "Can private sector R&D feed the world?";

Professor Harvey Millar, Mr Julian Tonti-Filippini, from the University of Western Australia, and Dr Ryan Lister, from the US Salk Instititute for Biological Studies:
"Era of the epigenome – can Oz keep up?"

Gerd Winter, ARDR editor: "Multipotent progress"

October 2009

Professor Terry Hughes, Director, ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, James Cook University "World at a tipping point";

Dr Matthew Rimmer, Senior Lecturer ANU College of Law"Reform the patent system;;

Paul MacLeman"Genetic Technologies no 'rogue' company";

Mark Horsburgh, President-elect, Licensing Executives Society of Australia and New Zealand: "Innovation agenda: missing the point";

September 2009

Sari Mattila, AusIndustry: "Green money savers: a bright option";

Professor Penny Sackett, Australia's Chief Scientist: "Meeting global challenges, collaboratively";


Professor Peter Andrews, Queensland Chief Scientist and President of TropLinks: "Tropical potential: A Tale of Two Inequities";

Professor Oscar Moze, Scientific Attache, Embassy of Italy, Canberra: "SKA: Italy and Australia agree to cooperate";

August 2009

Philip Heuzenroeder, Trustee, Licensing Executives Society of Australia and New Zealand: "Sorely missed: a national IP strategy";

Dr Julian Clark, WEHI: "Human gene patents: we need them...";

July 2009

Professor Gavin Brown, Director, Royal Institution of Australia: "RiAus: what we intend to do...";

Dr Brian McNamee, CEO, CSL Limited: "Innovation: playing the game right";

Professor David Penington, Chairman of Bio21 Cluster of research institutes and teaching hospitals: "New NHMRC plan: a missed opportunity";

May 2009

Professor Peter Doherty, Laureate Professor, University of Melbourne: "Era of complex science: biology and climate";

Dr Professor David Adelson, Chair of Bioinformatics and Computational Genetics: "Genome analysis, the global bottleneck";

Professor Warwick Anderson: "Australia joins global cancer project";

June 2009

Professor Rod Boswell, Australian National University: "Money for space - it's about time";

Dr Mark Matthews, FEAST: "A case for Global Research Compacts";

Dr Michael Witter, German Ambassador in Australia: "Science across borders: a German view";

May 2009

Professor Peter Doherty, Laureate Professor, University of Melbourne: "Era of complex science: biology and climate";

Dr Professor David Adelson, Chair of Bioinformatics and Computational Genetics: "Genome analysis, the global bottleneck";

Professor Warwick Anderson: "Australia joins global cancer project";

April 2009

Dr Robin Warner, Senior Research Fellow Australian Centre for Ocean Resources and Security, University of Wollongong: "No easy bounty"

Dr Antony Della-Porta, Managing Director, Biosecurity and Biocontainment International Consultants Bio2ic: "It's in our interest: live FMD virus import"

Dr Mark Matthews, Executive Director, Forum for European-Australian Science and Technology Coorperation (FEAST): "The power of synergies in research";

March 2009

Professor Paul Clark, Vice Chancellor Southern Cross University: "Higher Education:a regional perspective"

Dr Karen Sinclair, President-elect of LEZANS: "Developing IP a key to recovery"

Professor David Harries, Murdoch University & Curtin University of Technology: "Still the way to go: biofuels"

February 2009

Dr Hugh Saddler, Adjunct Professor Australian National University: "Defects in the target: nRET"

A/Professor Earl Bardsley, Department of Earth and Ocean Sciences, University of Waikato: "The sand option: energy from silicon";

December 2008

Gavin Brown, former vice chancellor University of Sydney and now inaugural director of the RI Australia: "Fostering Australian University Research"

Tony Hill, managing director of IPv6Now: The future of the net: IPv6

November 2008

Anna Lavelle, chief executive officer, Ausbiotech: Rudd's choice: the future or the past?

Branko Celler, professor at UNSW and chief executive officer TeleMedCare Pty Ltd: A solution ignored: telehealth

October 2008

Terry Cutler, Chair of the Review of the National Innovation System: Re-starting the engines of innovation

Arun Sharma, Queensland University of Technology: Innovation: bridging the cultural gap

September 2008

Ken Baldwin, FASTS: A review well received

Gerd Winter (editor ARDR): An innovative pathway to collaboration

August 2008

Richard Eckard, University of Melbourne: No simple matter: Carbon trading and Ag

Gerd Winter (editor ARDR): Changing habits of urban living

July 2008

Rick Shine, University of Sydney: Who's afraid of the big bad toad?

Mike Young & Fiona McKenzie, Wentworth group of concerned scientists: It's the water, stupid!

Gerd Winter (editor ARDR): Hydrogen: holy grail of energy?

June 2008

Budget special
Senator Natasha Stott Despoja, Australian Democrats:
Innovation post budget: a script unchanged

Lawrence Cram, ANU: Academic freedom - a welcome debate

Mark Matthews, executive director of FEAST:
Australia is in the southern hemisphere!

In Focus: Toward a healthy future...bit by byte
Gerd Winter, editor ARDR, on eHealth in Australia

May 2008

Jennifer Graves, ANU & Sue Forrest, Australian Genome Research Facility:
Oz genomics - getting back on the bus

Apr 2008

Chris Gayle, Managing director, Michael Johnson & Associates:
Under construction: help needed

Mark Matthews; Executive director of the forum for European-Australian Science and Technology Cooperation (FEAST): Australian research going global.

Simon Rowell, president of the Licensing Executive Society Australia and New Zealand.

Feature: Gerd Winter (editor ARDR) on Professor Peter Andrews, Queensland Schief Scientist: Vision for a smart future.

Mar 2008

Julian Cribb, Adjunct Professor of Science Communication, University of Technology, Sydney: Committed to a nanoblunder?

Diana Bowman, Postdoctoral research fellow, Faculty of Law, Monash University: Rules for nano.

Philippe Martin, Directorate-General for Health and Consumers of the European Commission Europe: Riding the nanowave

Gerd Winter (editor ARDR): The Nano in art.

Feb 2008

Senator Kim Carr, Federal Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research (DIISR): Innovation at a crossroad.

Rebecca James, chief executive officer ResearchAustralia: Where to for biotech?

Profile: Gerd Winter (editor ARDR) on Kim Carr, Federal Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research: Who is Kim Carr?