Theme: Critical Angles

No matter who you are, everyone believes something unique to them. Challenging the status quo in their fields, our speakers all have a critical angle they want to share. What's yours?

UNSW Ritchie Theatre
Civil Engineering Building (H20), Library Rd, UNSW Sydney, Kensington
Sydney, New South Wales, 2052
Australia

Barney Tan

Barney Tan is currently the Head of School and a Professor of Information Systems and Technology Management at UNSW Business School. Graduating with a PhD in Information Systems from the National University of Singapore, Barney has had research published in multiple credible journals, and is an award-winning educator during his time at the University of Sydney.

Caitlin Creak

Caitlin Creak is a PhD candidate at the UNSW Evolution and Ecology Research Centre, writing on the behaviour and ecology of the Sydney Funnel Web Spider. Through this, Caitlin explords a lesser-known perspective on the nuanced aspects of Atracid behaviour, ecology and biology.

Chelsea van Deventer

Chelsea van Deventer is a PhD candidate in Sociology at the University of New South Wales (UNSW) in Sydney, Australia. Her thesis critically analyses the paradoxical binaries and divisions of sociological constructs in the world.

Kerry Uebel

Dr. Kerry Uebel is a highly experienced primary care physician with extensive clinical experience in HIV and tuberculosis (TB) care, particularly in South Africa. She is currently based at the University of New South Wales (UNSW) in Sydney, Australia, where she plays a key role in educating and mentoring undergraduate medical students. She is dedicated to fostering a passion for holistic primary care, particularly in underserved and high-need communities, and convenes courses designed to prepare future healthcare professionals to address these critical areas.

Richard Vickery

Richard Vickery is a Associate Professor at UNSW in the School of Medical Sciences at the University of New South Wales (UNSW) in Sydney, Australia, where he has pioneered innovative cross-disciplinary courses. As a researcher, his groundbreaking research includes the use of electrophysiological recordings to capture real-time neural data, which he integrates with psychophysical and behavioural studies to decode the brain's language of touch. His work has led to high-impact publications and even a patent.

Sebastian Sequoiah-Grayson

Sebastian Sequoiah-Grayson is an accomplished academic and Senior Lecturer in Epistemics at the School of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of New South Wales (UNSW) in Sydney, Australia. He earned his Doctor of Philosophy from the University of Oxford, and his expertise spans the philosophy of information, human cognition, and logic. His research interests extend to the philosophy of music, where he explores the intersection of sound, meaning, and sonic gestures.

Yenni Tim

Yenni Tim is an Associate Professor in the School of Information Systems and Technology Management at UNSW Business School. She is the founder of the UNSW Practice x Implementation Science Lab and the UNSW Sandbox Program, empowering students to work with industry partners on real world challenges.