From the President

摘要

Last month I participated as a panel member at a symposium in Parliament House in Canberra, hosted by the Chief Scientist, Professor Ian Chubb. The Smart Science: Australia 2025 Symposium was the culmination of a project whereby Professor Chubb, in conjunction with The Conversation (http://theconversation.com/au), commissioned a series of articles by respected scientists about the importance of the scientific disciplines to Australia's future. The project began with the aspiration: 'Australia by 2025 will be strong, prosperous, safe and secure and positioned to benefit all Australians in a rapidly changing world.'