Monash Tech Talks
Monash Tech Talks
Deepen your knowledge. Join the conversation.
High-profile speakers. Cutting-edge topics. And important insights into how tech is impacting our world.
That’s what Monash Tech Talks are all about.
Always stimulating, they're the perfect way to deepen your knowledge – and join the most significant conversations of the tech industry today. We announce new Tech Talks regularly, so keep checking this page to see what’s coming up.
Attendance is free, but places are limited.
Relive past Tech Talks now
Can smart wives end the wife drought?
Competing work-family commitments have led to what Annabel Crabb calls ‘The Wife Drought’. A need for someone, or something, to alleviate domestic pressures as professionals balance their careers with home.
Tackling cybercrime: Trends and challenges
Phishing. Hacking. Identity theft. Ransomware. Emerging technologies have led to a new wave of crime. Illegal activities that can impact anyone in any country – and at any time.
Agile nations: Recovering from a pandemic
What are ‘agile nations’? And how can agility help nations recover in a post-pandemic world? Backed by best-practice examples, hear from experts in agile methodologies and resilience in this thought-provoking, topical Tech Talks webinar.
Creativity and AI: Companions or competitors?
Artificial intelligence (AI) can translate languages, recognise emotions, drive vehicles and even create its own software. This webinar is a rare opportunity for you to hear from world-class anthropologists, AI experts and futurists.
Power in a pandemic: the importance of data
The advent of the COVID-19 situation has made the world hungry for information. How many coronavirus cases are there in the world? Where are outbreaks most severe? What are the chances of recovery?
The changing role of home during crisis
In this fascinating Monash Tech Talks webinar, we’re gathering anthropologists, futurists and sociologists from the Emerging Technologies Research Lab to explore how the home, and our relationship to it, has changed.
Digital Health innovations and applications
From greater patient-centred practices and access to medical services to stronger data protection, ‘digital health’ innovations have advanced the sector in many ways – enhancing the quality of care for people around the globe.
Organisational resilience and technology: Beyond COVID-19
In the COVID-19 crisis, we’re witnessing mass disruptions to businesses which are having a severe impact on the global economy. This ultimately is taking a huge toll on people’s financial, emotional and physical wellbeing.
Emerging jobs and the future of work
As the world advances with technology, it's predicted that the demand for specialist IT skills will surge. Join the conversation on how work will continue to evolve – and how businesses can stay at the forefront of these advances.
Is AI Inclusive? The Great Debate
AI lacks measures for social, gender and cultural inclusion. And the machine learning, software and algorithms that underpin AI are widely critiqued for reinforcing harmful biases.
Harnessing Artificial Intelligence
Watch or listen to this thought-provoking discussion about the applications of AI and how it can be leveraged for business.
Leveraging Blockchain
Leading Monash researchers discussed user cases to explore how blockchain can bring about maximum impact.
AI fighting social injustice
Featuring world-leading AI experts, this eye-opening panel discussion explored how AI is improving society and changing our world for the better.
News from the Faculty of IT
Monash project tackles post-pandemic mental health challenges facing adolescents
A Monash University project will look at reducing the long-term risk of adolescent mental health problems by enhancing parents’ ability to support their children throughout the pandemic.
Monash Faculty of IT secures over $1.5 million in funding for ARC Discovery Projects
In the latest round of Australian Research Council (ARC) funding, Monash Faculty of Information Technology (IT) has been awarded four Discovery Project grants.
How data helps doctors make life-saving decisions in emergency care
Experts in digital health at the Faculty of Information Technology (IT) at Monash University are working on advanced technological systems to aid clinicians in making these vital decisions, especially during COVID-19 and cardiac arrest scenarios.
International research team led by NTU Singapore develops AI-powered ‘electronic nose’ to sniff out meat freshness
A team of scientists led by Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) has invented an artificial olfactory system that mimics the mammalian nose to assess the freshness of meat accurately.