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.
Upcoming Tech Talks
Agile nations: Recovering from a pandemic
Tuesday 25 August 2020
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 with Q&A.
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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
Humanising healthcare through game-play design thinking
Endoscopy patients will soon be able to ‘play’ with their insides as part of an innovative research project that aims to integrate humans and technology through fun experiences with ingestible sensors.
AI in the classroom: Maximising spatial design and improving learning outcomes
Monash University researchers have analysed positioning patterns of teachers within a number of learning environments to develop an advanced artificial intelligence (AI) system, called Moodoo, which determines the best teaching positions for educators.
Technology to promote communication of emotion in times of social isolation
A new artificial intelligence (AI) and augmented reality (AR) device which recognises and reads the emotional cues of those around us could be a welcome step in combating mental health disorders experienced as a result of COVID-19.