On 17 March 2016 Dr Finkel delivered a speech to the Trans-Tasman dinner at the Australian High Commission in Wellington.

On 7 March, Dr Finkel delivered a speech at the CRC Association Conference for 2016 called Powering Innovation, Driving the Country.

A video of the Chief Scientist’s address to the National Press Club on 02 March 2016 is now available on ABC iview.

On 02 March 2016, Dr Finkel addressed the National Press Club as part of the 16th Annual

Following his address to the National Press Club, the Chief Scientist engaged in a 30-minutes question and answer session with the assembled journalists.

Dr Finkel delivered a speech to the 2016 Australian Summer Study on Energy Productivity conference called Energising Progress.

The Australian Academy of Science today launched Chemistry for a better life: The decadal plan for Australian chemistry 2016-2025.

On 15 February, Dr Finkel spoke at the launch of Innovation Central, a collaboration led by CISCO to spur and showcase applications of the Internet of Things

On 12 February, the global science community announced that gravitational waves had, for the first time, been detected.

On 10 February 2016, Dr Finkel made his first appearance before the Senate Estimates hearings.