
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

School of Biological Sciences and School of Chemical Sciences
University of Auckland | Waipapa Taumata Rau
Professor Dame Juliet A. Gerrard DNZM HonFRSC FRSNZ
Juliet is currently a Professor at the University of Auckland, having completed six years as the NZ Prime Minister’s Chief Science Advisor in 2024. In this role, she worked from a base of four founding principles: rigour, inclusivity, transparency, and accessibility and supported the science and science advisor community to provide advice to the PM, ministers, and the public on a wide range of topics, including advice on the Christchurch mosque shootings, the response to the Whakaari | White Island eruption, the Cannabis referendum, rheumatic fever and the Covid-19 pandemic. The Office released a series of major reports on a wide range of topics, which are available at: https://www.pmcsa.ac.nz/what-we-did/publications/
Keynote Session: TBC