Discover how activity on the Sun, including solar flares and coronal mass ejections, can affect the technologies and systems we rely on every day, from satellites and aviation to power grids, navigation and communications. Our expert panel will break down the science in plain language, explore real-world impacts, and answer your questions in an interactive discussion
Presenters
Allison Kealy
Director Innovative Planet Research Institute, Swinburne University of Technology
Professor Allison Kealy is the Director of the Innovative Planet Research Institute at Swinburne University and Interim CEO for the Secure, Hardened, integrity-Enhanced, Location and Timing Defence (SHIELD) Cooperative Research Centre (CRC). Prior to this Allison was the Executive Director Surveying and Spatial within the Victorian Department of Transport and Planning. She has also held academic positions in Geodesy and Satellite Positioning at RMIT and Melbourne Universities and was Acting Chief Research Officer in the SmartSAT CRC and Deputy Director of RMIT’s Defence Research Centre. Allison is a Board Member of Quantum Asutralia, and a Fellow of the International Association of Geodesy (IAG), and the Royal Institute of Navigation.
Host
John Richardson
Executive Director, Australian Institute for Disaster Resilience