Earlier this year (March 2010), an Expert Working Group presented to the Prime Minister and other members of the Prime Minister’s Science Engineering and Innovation Council (PMSEIC) a report on the science of learning titled: Transforming Learning and the Transmission of Knowledge: Preparing a learning society for the future.

Using long-term foresight to assess potential futures is crucial to preparing us for the challenges and opportunities ahead, according to Chief Scientist, Penny Sackett.

Professor Penny Sackett, Chief Scientist for Australia was interviewed by Ticky Fullerton on ABC’s Lateline programme, aired on March 18th 2010.

My Office is full steam ahead at the moment. Following the successful visit of Professor Elizabeth Blackburn, we have being preparing for the latest convening of the Prime Minister’s Science, Engineering and Innovation Council (PMSEIC) meeting, which took place on Thursday 18 March 2010.

The Prime Minister’s Science, Engineering and Innovation Council (PMSEIC) was today advised by an Expert Working Group that breakthroughs in the science of learning, including brain function, motivation and the practice of teaching, have the potential to transform how individual Australians acquire and retain knowledge throughout their lives.

Professor Penny Sackett discusses Australia’s foresighting activities at the World Science Forum in Budapest, Hungary (5-7 November 2009).

I hope you have been exploring and enjoying my website. As you read this, I will be on my way to Europe to attend the World Science Forum in Budapest, Hungary.