Preparing Nature & Society for a Hotter World

Name: Preparing Nature & Society for a Hotter World
Start: 2025-09-14T23:00:00
End: 2025-09-16T07:00:00

The 2025 joint Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia Workshop and Australian Academy of Science Fenner Conference on the Environment will explore environmental, technical and social solutions to address the challenges of extreme heat.

schedule Date & time

15 Sep 2025 9:00am - 16 Sep 2025 5:00pm

person Speaker

• Andrew Feldman | Assistant Research Scientist, Biospheric Sciences Laboratory, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center & University of Maryland

• Angelica Ojinnaka-Psillakis | Social & Health Researcher; Former UN Youth Rep

• Ary Hoffman | Professor & Chair of Ecological Genetics, UMEL

• Belinda Medlyn | Distinguished Professor, Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment

• Brajesh Singh | Professor & Director, Global Centre for Land-Based Innovation, WSU

• Carmel Reyes | Climate & Sustainability Manager, Powerhouse Museum

• David Obura | Chair, IPBES; Founding Director, CORDIO East Africa

• Joan Leach | Professor & former Director, Aust. Nat. Centre for Public Awareness of Science, ANU

• Joshua Waters | Senior Research Fellow, NIKERI Institute, Deakin University

• Margie Mayfield | Professor of Plant Ecology & Head of School of BioSciences, UMEL

• Marwan El Hassan | Director FDF Program Evaluation & Support, Dept Agriculture, Fisheries & Forestry

• Owen Atkin | Professor & Director, Agrifood Innovation Institute, ANU

• Peter Susanto | 2024 NT Young Australian of the Year; COP29 Youth Rep

• Philippa Collin | Professor & Co-Director, Young & Resilient Research Centre, WSU

• Sarah Perkins-Kirkpatrick | Professor of Climate Science, ANU

• Su McCluskey | Australian agriculture advocate

• Xuemei Bai | Distinguished Professor of Urban Environment & Human Ecology, ANU

monetization_on Cost

Conference | 15 Sept, 9:00am | $65 | Registrations close 5 Sept
Public Event | 15 Sept, 5:30pm | $20 (full), $10 (students/ECRs) | Registrations close 14 Sept

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2025 joint Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia Workshop and Australian Academy of Science Fenner Conference on the Environment

Extreme heatwaves are landscape-scale shocks to our natural, agricultural and social systems that occur against the backdrop of rising mean temperatures. Their increasing severity is posing major societal challenges. With each passing season, high temperature records are being broken globally, with heatwaves now occurring across more than 10% of the Earth’s terrestrial surfaces (up from 1% in the 1960s). Australia is especially vulnerable to extreme heat challenges, with life-threatening heatwaves becoming more frequent and severe across the continent.

The 2025 joint Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia Workshop and Australian Academy of Science Fenner Conference on the Environment will explore current knowledge, highlight gaps, and shape future research collaborations both locally and internationally that seek to develop environmental, technical, and social solutions that will address the challenges of extreme heat. The conference brings together experts and their colleagues from research, industry, and policy who are focused on charting positive alternative futures for our landscapes and society.

Register now! Join us at the Australian Academy of Science Shine Dome in Canberra.