2025 QLD End of Year event
Join the QLD Division for their annual end of year event on Thursday 13 November 2025.
Date
Thursday 13 November 2025
Time
6:30 PM - 10:00 PMCost
$165 per person
$1,650 - table of 10
$1,650 - table of 10
Hosted by the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering's Queensland Division
The Queensland Division's Annual end of year event is an opportunity to connect with fellow leaders in science, engineering, and technology. This event promises to be a special evening filled with networking opportunities, great food and a celebration of our 2025 New Fellows and their remarkable contributions to Australian innovation.
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Distinguished Professor, Queensland University of Technology (QUT)
Distinguished Professor, Queensland University of Technology (QUT)
A global authority on airborne particles, Distinguished Professor Lidia Morawska has redefined air pollution science. In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, she spearheaded efforts to bring evidence of airborne transmission to public health authorities worldwide. Her evidence-based advocacy altered public health interventions and guidelines, saving many lives. She was subsequently one of Time magazine’s 100 most influential people for 2021.
Morawska’s groundbreaking interdisciplinary research – particularly on ultrafine particles – has changed our understanding and management of air pollution. She has helped shape World Health Organization Global Air Quality Guidelines, informed the design of healthy buildings, and is influencing ventilation and indoor air quality standards across sectors.
Morawska is the director of the THRIVE Centre for Advanced Building Systems Against Airborne Infection Transmission and has been recognised with several awards, including the L’Óreal-UNESCO for Women in Science International Award 2023.
Morawska’s groundbreaking interdisciplinary research – particularly on ultrafine particles – has changed our understanding and management of air pollution. She has helped shape World Health Organization Global Air Quality Guidelines, informed the design of healthy buildings, and is influencing ventilation and indoor air quality standards across sectors.
Morawska is the director of the THRIVE Centre for Advanced Building Systems Against Airborne Infection Transmission and has been recognised with several awards, including the L’Óreal-UNESCO for Women in Science International Award 2023.
Founder and CEO, ARM Hub
Professor Cori Stewart is a leading figure in advanced manufacturing and innovation acceleration. With a background in humanities, she bridges government, research and industry to bring bold ideas to life.
In 2019, she founded Australia’s first independent not-for-profit technology-based commercialisation facility, ARM Hub. The Hub has successfully guided hundreds of companies through robotics, AI and manufacturing scale-up projects, delivering productivity gains and strengthening national capability.
She has spearheaded strategic international partnerships – including launching Propel-AIR, Australia’s first AI and robotics accelerator – and contributed to multiple Industrial Transformation Training Centres.
Stewart influences the innovation landscape through policy development and commercialisation strategies. As a board member of Industry Innovation Science Australia, Stewart shapes Australia’s industry and innovation investment. She is also a Superstar of STEM 2023, and winner of an Asia Pacific Women in AI Award for Manufacturing.
In 2019, she founded Australia’s first independent not-for-profit technology-based commercialisation facility, ARM Hub. The Hub has successfully guided hundreds of companies through robotics, AI and manufacturing scale-up projects, delivering productivity gains and strengthening national capability.
She has spearheaded strategic international partnerships – including launching Propel-AIR, Australia’s first AI and robotics accelerator – and contributed to multiple Industrial Transformation Training Centres.
Stewart influences the innovation landscape through policy development and commercialisation strategies. As a board member of Industry Innovation Science Australia, Stewart shapes Australia’s industry and innovation investment. She is also a Superstar of STEM 2023, and winner of an Asia Pacific Women in AI Award for Manufacturing.
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Deputy Vice-Chancellor - Research and Innovation, The University of Queensland
Deputy Vice-Chancellor - Research and Innovation, The University of Queensland
Professor Susan Harrison has opened up pathways to new mineral processing practices, integrating microbiology with chemical engineering to address sustainable resource management challenges.
Her collaborative approach bridges fundamental research with industry to tackle real-world challenges. Her research underpins solutions implemented in Australia and around the world for mineral resource extraction, mine waste remediation, water treatment and circular bioeconomies – in particular, transforming mine waste into economic assets.
Beyond technical innovation, Harrison combines outstanding leadership, strategic clarity and research excellence through her roles as Deputy Vice-Chancellor: Research & Innovation and former Executive Dean at University of Queensland and former Deputy Vice-Chancellor at University of Cape Town. Elected to the National Academy of Engineers (US) and South African Academy of Engineers, she ranks among the top 20 globally in mining and metallurgy.
Co-Founder and Director, QBiotics Group
Microbiologist Dr Victoria Gordon is the co-founder and director of QBiotics Group, a pioneering medical research company specialising in transforming molecules from the Australian tropical rainforest into new medicines.
Under her exceptional leadership as CEO for 24 years, QBiotics has become an internationally recognised leader in biodiscovery, successfully advancing groundbreaking treatments in oncology and wound healing. Gordon grew the company from humble beginnings in her basement to an established team of 58 with collaborations spanning major research institutions and key opinion leaders worldwide. Gordon, along with co-founder Dr Paul Reddell and their dedicated team, have built an impressive drug discovery pipeline, spanning preclinical investigations to human clinical trials and veterinary product registration. Their highly successful and unique discovery technology, EcoLogic™, combined with early real-world veterinary clinical data, supports selection of drug candidates with a high potential for successful development
Gordon has also made enduring contributions to policy, science education and governance through advisory roles. She provided critical expertise to the Queensland Biodiscovery Act 2004, considered a regulatory blueprint for aligning scientific innovation with sustainable and ethical use of biodiversity.
Under her exceptional leadership as CEO for 24 years, QBiotics has become an internationally recognised leader in biodiscovery, successfully advancing groundbreaking treatments in oncology and wound healing. Gordon grew the company from humble beginnings in her basement to an established team of 58 with collaborations spanning major research institutions and key opinion leaders worldwide. Gordon, along with co-founder Dr Paul Reddell and their dedicated team, have built an impressive drug discovery pipeline, spanning preclinical investigations to human clinical trials and veterinary product registration. Their highly successful and unique discovery technology, EcoLogic™, combined with early real-world veterinary clinical data, supports selection of drug candidates with a high potential for successful development
Gordon has also made enduring contributions to policy, science education and governance through advisory roles. She provided critical expertise to the Queensland Biodiscovery Act 2004, considered a regulatory blueprint for aligning scientific innovation with sustainable and ethical use of biodiversity.
Professor, Queensland University of Technology (QUT)
Professor Hongxia Wang is an outstanding thought leader in emerging solar cell technologies. She has dedicated her career to transforming laboratory breakthroughs into sustainable, commercial successes.
Wang developed carbon electrode technology for cost-effective manufacturing of efficient and durable perovskite solar cells. This patented innovation now underpins commercialisation efforts by Australian start-up Halocell, enhancing sovereign manufacturing capabilities.
Wang has also developed a novel solar cell material commercialised in Australia, as well as environmentally friendly fabrication processes for solar cells. Her work bridges academic innovation with industry application, contributing to global efforts in renewable energy and positioning Australia as a leader in low-emission solutions.
She is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry and holds multiple leadership roles, helping to build national research capacity and mentoring early-career researchers.
Wang developed carbon electrode technology for cost-effective manufacturing of efficient and durable perovskite solar cells. This patented innovation now underpins commercialisation efforts by Australian start-up Halocell, enhancing sovereign manufacturing capabilities.
Wang has also developed a novel solar cell material commercialised in Australia, as well as environmentally friendly fabrication processes for solar cells. Her work bridges academic innovation with industry application, contributing to global efforts in renewable energy and positioning Australia as a leader in low-emission solutions.
She is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry and holds multiple leadership roles, helping to build national research capacity and mentoring early-career researchers.
