Program | Science at the Shine Dome 2026

Program overview

All timings are indicative only and will be confirmed closer to the event.

Tuesday 15 September


11.00am – 12.30pm	ISC RFP-AP Mentorship Program Launch (invitation only)	Ballroom, Ian Potter House
12.30pm – 1.30pm	Lunch	Jaeger Room, Shine Dome
1.30pm – 3.30pm	EMCR workshops Workshop 1: Developing a robust grant proposal Workshop 2: Research in the mainstream media	Ballroom, Ian Potter House Dorothy Hill Room, Shine Dome
3.00pm – 4.00pm	Event registration and afternoon tea	Main Foyer, Shine Dome
4.00pm – 5.45pm	Science at the Shine Dome 2026 Welcome to Country President's address New Fellows 2026 Charter Book ceremony	Ian Wark Theatre, Shine Dome
6.00pm – 7.45pm	EMCR evening networking function	Shine Dome

Wednesday 16 September


8.15am	Arrival and registration	Main Foyer, Shine Dome
8.45am – 10.50am	New Fellows presentations Professor Nicole Bell FAA Professor Celine Boehm FAA Professor Cyrille Boyer FAA Professor Jochen Brocks FAA Professor Graeme Cumming FAA Professor Kishan Dholakia FAA Professor Aleksandra Filipovska FAA FAHMS Professor Jennifer Flegg FAA	Ian Wark Theatre, Shine Dome
10.50am – 11.20am	Morning tea	Jaeger Room and lawns, Shine Dome
11.20am – 1.20pm	New Fellows presentations Professor Bob Furbank FAA Professor Katherine Kedzierska FAA FAHMS Professor Yun Liu FAA FTSE Professor John Long FAA Professor Laura Mackay FAA FAHMS Professor Stefan Maier FAA Professor Paul Martin FAA Professor Nicki Packer FAA	Ian Wark Theatre, Shine Dome
1.20pm – 2.20pm	Lunch	Jaeger Room and lawns, Shine Dome
2.20pm – 4.30pm	New Fellows presentations Dr Deborah Rathjen FAA FTSE Professor David Raubenheimer FAA Professor Tim Schmidt FAA Professor Enrico Valdinoci FAA Professor Huanting Wang FAA FTSE Ms Sally Williams FAA FTSE Professor Alpha Yap FAA Professor Yong-Guan Zhu FAA	Ian Wark Theatre, Shine Dome
6.30pm – 11.00pm	Gala Dinner	Great Hall, Australian Parliament House

Thursday 17 September


8.15am	Arrival and registration	Main Foyer, Shine Dome
9.00am – 10.45am	2026 Award lectures and presentations Macfarlane Burnet Lecture Professor Alan Cowman AC FAA FAHMS FRS Ruby Payne-Scott Lecture Professor Zaiping Guo FAA FTSE David Craig Medal Professor Philip Gale Suzanne Cory Medal Professor Hala Zreiqat AM FAA FTSE FAHMS	Ian Wark Theatre, Shine Dome
10.45am – 11.15am	Morning tea	Jaeger Room and lawns, Shine Dome
11.15am – 12.25pm	2026 Award lectures and presentations Mawson Medal and Lecture Professor Neil Saintilan Gustav Nossal Medal Professor Sant-Rayn Pasricha Nancy Millis Medal Professor Sarah-Jane Dawson FAHMS Brian Anderson Medal Professor Liang Zheng	Ian Wark Theatre, Shine Dome
12.30pm – 2.00pm	Lunch Awardees, Supporters and Donors lunch (invitation only)	Jaeger Room and lawns, Shine Dome Ballroom, Ian Potter House
2.00pm – 3.00pm	2026 Awardee Medal Ceremony Anton Hales Medal Dr Mark Hoggard Christopher Heyde Medal Dr Stephen Muirhead Dr Belinda Phipson Dorothy Hill Medal Dr Caroline Eakin Fenner Medal Dr Kai Xun Chan Frederick White Medal Dr Adele Morrison Gottschalk Medal Dr David Khoury John Booker Medal Associate Professor Jianguang Fang Le Fèvre Medal Associate Professor Yu Heng Lau Dr Karolina Matuszek Pawsey Medal Dr Cullan Howlett Ruth Stephens Gani Medal Associate Professor Miguel Rentería Dr Nicole Warrington Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Scientist Award Jacob Birch Dr Cassandra Sedran-Price Max Day Environmental Science Fellowship Award Dr Meng-Han Joseph Chung Jules Farquhar Max Day Award- Highly Commended Dr Wei Wei	Ian Wark Theatre, Shine Dome
3.00pm	Event Concludes	Shine Dome
3.30pm	Departure, coaches to airport	Main Foyer, Shine Dome

Note:

Above timings are indicative only and will be confirmed closer to the event.
All functions are at the Shine Dome unless otherwise specified.