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SIX TWO-DAY PASSES TO THE HUMAN DIMENSION: THE INAUGURAL CHASS NATIONAL FORUM

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The impact of technology and science on the lives of Australians will be in the spotlight at the Inaugural CHASS (Council for Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences) Forum to be held at the University of Canberra from Mon-Wed September 24-26.

‘With rapidly developing technologies and scientific research changing the way we live our everyday lives, it’s vital to support and invest in our knowledge of the human experience,’ said CHASS President, Professor Sue Willis. ‘This exciting forum is an opportunity to learn from and engage with the latest thinking from Australian and international experts about the human dimension and how it integrates with technology, science, arts and society. From ‘what makes us human?’ to ‘who decides the public good?’, the forum addresses big questions on issues of national and global significance.’

A who’s who of social commentators and industry experts will be speaking  at the forum, including Joe Hildebrand (journalist and public commentator), Waleed Aly (broadcaster, author and academic) and Dr Marcus Hutter (Professor for Artificial Intelligence, ANU). Also speaking will be Yalda Hakim (pictured), a highly talented young journalist. Reporting for Dateline for the last three years, she has delivered stories from around the world, from countries as diverse as India, Afghanistan, Norway, Italy, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, South Sudan and the United States. Already in 2012, Hakim has interviewed the President of Afghanistan, Hamid Karzai, and travelled with Karzai to Pakistan for talks with President Asif Ali Zardari and Iran’s leader Mahmoud Ahmadinejad about peace in the region. Hakim has been a finalist for the Australian Young Journalist of the Year Award and won the United Nations Media Peace Prize for Best Australian Television News coverage in 2009.

With sessions on technology, arts, policy making, national identity, climate change and more, a two-day pass to this event will provide an extraordinary and unique opportunity to learn from and network with great minds. For more information, visit conferenceco.com.au/chass/Index.html

If you’d like a two-day pass, email allan@bmamag.com and tell him what you hope to gain by going.

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