Jo Chandler is an award-winning Australian journalist, author, editor, and educator who has filed news and features from assignments across Africa, Papua New Guinea, rural and remote Australia, Antarctica and Afghanistan. She is also the author of “Feeling The Heat” (Melbourne University Press, 2011) in which she takes readers on a journey in the company of scientists trying to decode climate information critical to the decisions we make for the future of the planet. In this one hour session Jo…

The future of work is changing and the potentials of STEM careers are expanding. In this session, three leading science professionals with cool jobs in the fields of astronomy, conservation, and creative technology unpack a little of their working worlds and share insights into what inspired them to pursue their particular career pathways. This is a unique opportunity for the young and science curious to hear from professionals in whose footsteps they may be inspired to follow. For more information…

Suitable for ages 13+ New York-based hip-hop artist Baba Brinkman breaks down the politics, economics, and science of global warming, following its surprising twists from the carbon cycle to the energy economy, in a pull-no-punches performance that confronts both the scale of the challenge and also the failings of human psychology that make it such an easy problem to ignore. With scientists, activists, contrarians, and even the Pope adding their voices to the soundtrack, get ready for a funny and…