Emeritus Professor Lesley Parker AM FTSE is Chair of the ATSE Education Forum. Her career has included leadership, research, teaching and policy in all sectors of education, at state, national and international levels. Most recently she was Senior Deputy Vice Chancellor of Curtin University of Technology (1997-2004), and Inaugural Director of the national Carrick Institute of Learning and Teaching in Higher Education (2005-06). Currently, while maintaining a commitment to science and mathematics education at Curtin, she is also working on educational projects in Australia and overseas.