We are currently producing our 36th workshop, "The Journey towards a Nobel Prize & Award-Winning Research" which will be held at the Westmead Education and Conference Centre, Darcy Rd & Hawkesbury Road, Westmead Hospital on Tuesday, May 5, 2026.

This workshop will have similar themes to the workshop "Building Cell Therapy Careers and Companies" that we held in October 2024. Our aim then was to show that there is more open to biological scientists than the traditional academic route, even how academia could be fun and rewarding! We received a lot of positive feedback about how members found it inspiring.

In this workshop, we will explore what drives perseverance, creativity, and collaboration in science.

Topics will include:

• From Idea to Breakthrough – the art of scientific innovation
• Turning Research into Discovery – balancing risk, data, mentorship, and teamwork
• The realities of scientific competition and recognition
• The emotional and professional challenges of navigating controversy

We are in the process of securing an extraordinary list of distinguished Nobel Prize winners and recipients of other eminent awards, and have this current list of confirmed speakers:-

• Laureate Professor Peter Doherty – University of Melbourne, Patron of the Doherty Institute
• Prof Bruce Hall – University of Sydney
• A/Prof Anai Gonzalez-Cordero - University of Sydney
• Dr Jiao Jiao Li - University of Technology Sydney
• Dr Pengyi Yang - University of Sydney
• George Papadopoulos - Lucid Health Consulting
• Dr William Roman - Monash University

Please keep an eye on this tab as we confirm speakers and talk titles in our program.

Registrations will open on March 3, 2026.