How rare is this? Billboards extolling scientific achievement? A persistent problem in Science is its historically low (or unknown?) profile in the wider population.
Leaders Speak - Science “Few people do science the way we have. We started with a business outcome in mind, then lev- eraged existing science in a disciplined manner on low budgets. The result after six years is that we have a general platform applicable to all industries which produce C02 and waste. From here we can create usable, useful and saleable materials. The governing philosophy which drove this was different than that of science research in general: industrial companies would not actively reduce C02 emissions without an economic incentive. What we are doing has nothing to do with the renewable energy pathway, which is a great development, progressing through consumer and public demand, and positive. Our approach addresses industry, the major CO2 producers with an entirely new way of dealing with CO2 and waste from a sound economic, process, and material creation basis. This is a solution which is scalable globally.” Marcus Dawe , CEO and Managing Director, Mineral Carbonation International “South Australia’s spirit of enterprise is a key driver of the state’s rising R&D capability. The state’s broader health and medical research sector in particular enjoys many natural advantages – a smaller, more manoeuvrable, more liveable city with strong healthy networks and a drive to innovate. Indigenous health, artificial intelligence, data science and proton therapy for cancer research in particular will have the biggest influence in advancing South Australia’s healthcare delivery in the next decade.” Professor Steve Wesselingh , Executive Director, South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute
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