Previously known as the STEAM Careers Online Forum, this is a careers forum with purpose. Each semester, Science Gallery Melbourne will introduce your students to inspiring people who work to solve some of our most pressing global and local challenges that we as a community face.

Students will hear not only about career journeys and industry connections, but how these professionals work across science, technology, engineering, arts and maths and use a range of transferable skills in the ways they work to make a difference in the world.

In this edition of the Future Careers Forum Online, during National Careers Week, the focus will be artificial intelligence and its use in industry. What will future industries look like as we explore the AI Revolution? Hear from experts including:

- Maru Nihoniho the founder of Metia Interactive, an Auckland-based game development company. She leads a team of developers, including artists and programmers, and produces third-party games across multiple platforms.

- Dr Morley Muse, Co-founder of iSTEM Co. and DEIR.AI, is a Chemical, Environmental, and Renewable Energy Engineer with expertise in waste-to-energy, wastewater treatment and energy transition technologies.

- Lea Frermann, a senior lecturer and DECRA fellow in the School of Computing and Information Systems, University of Melbourne. Her main research area is natural language processing.

- Dr Samaneh Madanian, an associate professor at AUT, Department of Data Science and Artificial Intelligence.

- Justin  Matthewsis, a Senior Lecturer in Communication Studies at Auckland University of Technology (AUT), whose research explores the evolving role of artificial intelligence in creative industries.

- Claudia Gonzalez Viejo, a Research Fellow at The University of Melbourne, where she develops innovative digital technologies using artificial intelligence to improve astronauts' wellbeing and sensory experiences in simulated space environments.

Find out more about the panel members here.

Science Gallery Melbourne is delighted to collaborate with Auckland University of Technology on this next iteration of the Future Careers Forum.

Register for you and your students to watch live online on Monday 12 May 2025 at 1:30pm AEST or to receive the recorded session to view in class time. (Please note: the recording will be available approximately one month after the live event)