Conference details
When
Where
Y Block, level 10
QUT Gardens Point
Brisbane, Australia
Scientia Professor J. Justin Gooding
Justin Gooding is a Scientia Professor in the School of Chemistry at the University of New South Wales and is an Australian Research Council Australian Industry Laureate Fellow and was previously an National Health and Medical Research Council Leadership Fellow (2021-2025) and an Australian Research Council Australian Laureate Fellow (2015-2020). He is also a fellow of the Australian Academy of Science (AAS), the Australian Academy of Technological Science and Engineering (ATSE) and the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Science (AAHMS). He is the 2024 recipient of the David Craig Medal from the Australian Academy of Science, a three time Eureka Prize winner and two time winner of the International Biosensors and Bioelectronics award amongst other awards. He is the inaugural editor-in-chief of the journal ACS Sensors. He is the former founding co-director of the Australian Centre for NanoMedicine and the co-director of the New South Wales Smart Sensing Network.
He leads a team of more 40 researchers interested in surface modification and nanotechnology for biosensors for medical applications, electrocatalysis and 3D cell printing. He has extensive collaborative experience with start-up companies and has been involved in the commercialisation of glucose biosensors, 3D bioprinters and an in vivo sensing platform for therapeutic drug monitoring.
Mads Bondergaard
Mads Bondergaard has a background in law and extensive experience in the aerospace sector.
Over a 20 year period, he held various positions at Airbus' HQ in France, including lead counsel for the development of several major international industrial partnerships (China, UAE, Singapore and Europe). He led teams directly for the Chief Technology Officer for the Airbus Group, including private and governmental partnerships for future aircraft technology and technology scouting.
Mads worked within Airbus' Digital Transformation Office, Vice-President for Skywise, a leading commercial aviation data platform.
In 2020, Mads became Airbus COO Asia-Pacific responsible for managing Airbus' activities and footprint in the APAC region.
Since 2024, Mads is now focussing on board advisory work, consultancy and private ventures within aviation and sustainability.
As a Danish citizen, he holds a BSc and MSc in Finance and Commercial Law from Aarhus University, Denmark, and Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium, and is admitted as a solicitor in England and Wales.
All attendees, speakers, sponsors and volunteers at our conference are required to agree with the following code of conduct. Organisers will enforce this code throughout the event. We expect cooperation from all participants to help ensure a safe environment for everybody.
Summary
Our conference is dedicated to providing a harassment-free conference experience for everyone, regardless of gender, gender identity and expression, age, sexual orientation, disability, physical appearance, body size, race, ethnicity, religion (or lack thereof), or technology choices. We do not tolerate harassment of conference participants in any form. Sexual language and imagery is not appropriate for any conference venue, including talks, workshops, parties, X (formerly Twitter) and other online media. Conference participants violating these rules may be sanctioned or expelled from the conference without a refund at the discretion of the conference organisers.
Specifics
- Harassment includes:
- offensive verbal comments related to gender, gender identity and expression, age, sexual orientation, disability, physical appearance, body size, race, ethnicity, religion, technology choices
- sexual images in public spaces
- deliberate intimidation
- stalking, following
- harassing photography or recording
- sustained disruption of talks or other events
- inappropriate physical contact
- unwelcome sexual attention.
- Participants asked to stop any harassing behavior are expected to comply immediately.
- Sponsors are also subject to the anti-harassment policy.
- If a participant engages in harassing behavior, the conference organisers will take any action they deem appropriate, including expulsion from the conference with no refund.
- If you are being harassed, notice that someone else is being harassed, or have any other concerns, contact one of the conference organisers immediately.
We expect participants to follow these rules at all conference venues and conference-related social events.
(Adapted from codeofconduct.com and used under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License)
Conference gender equity aims
The conference organisers will strive to ensure that at least 30% of the speakers featured at the conference (through invited/keynote/plenary presentations) are women or gender non-conforming.