On 21February 2017, Dr Finkel gave a speech titled –Great Endeavours’ at the Australian High Commission Science and Innovation Reception in London.

On 23 November 2016, Dr Finkel gave a speech titled 'Human ingenuity in high concentration’ at the Australian Engineering Conference in Brisbane.

On 9 November 2016, Dr Finkel gave a speech titled–Red tape or gift wrap: regulation for exceptional tertiary institutions” at the inaugural Tertiary Educati

On 3 November 2016, Dr Alan Finkel gave the annual Zunz Lecture at the Sydney Powerhouse Museum on 'The electric future: wiring for progress’.

On 10 October 2016, Dr Finkel gave a public lecture on 'Science for Regional Australia in the Third Millennium’ at the Charles Sturt University campus in Ora

On28 September 2016, Dr Finkel gavea speech at the opening session for the International Atomic Energy Agency Scientific Forum on Nuclear Technology for the

On 19 September 2016, Dr Finkel gave a dinner speech at the CSIRO 'Big Bang’ Gala Dinner in Melbourne.

On 8 September 2016, Dr Finkel gave the opening lecture at the Frontiers 2016: The Art, Science and Future of Otorhinolaryngology conference on the Gold Coas

On 17 August 2016, Dr Finkel gave a keynote address at the 2016 Australian Financial Review Innovation Summit.

On 11 August 2016, Dr Finkel gave the opening keynote at the Springer Nature 2016 Research Translation and Innovation Symposium.