Future Careers Forum Online - Disrupting Disinformation

This is a careers forum with purpose. Each semester, Science Gallery Melbourne introduces 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.

For this event, we are delighted to collaborate again with Auckland University of Technology. In this edition of the Future Careers Forum Online - Disrupting Disinformation, we will explore careers in communication, technology, research and storytelling, and their intersection with “truth”. Amidst the rise of disinformation and fake news, how will young people’s future careers evolve and help us to sort fact from fiction?

Watch the live event on Tuesday 25 November 2025 at the following Australian and International Time zones:
Melbourne/Sydney/Canberra/Hobart 11:00 am – 12:00 pm
Brisbane 10:00 – 11:00 am
Perth 8:00 – 9:00 am
Auckland 1:00 – 2:00 pm
Seoul 9:00 – 10:00 am
Shanghai/Beijing 8:00 – 9:00 am
Tokyo 9:00 – 10:00 am

If you cannot watch the event live please register for tickets to receive the recording of the forum to watch with your students in class time. It will be available in December 2025.

Panellists:

• Professor Andrew Perfors, Director, Complex Human Data Hub, University of Melbourne – Investigates how people learn and share information, offering insights into how disinformation spreads and reshapes our information environment.

• Dr Jasmin Pfefferkorn, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, School of Culture and Communication, University of Melbourne – Explores the impact of AI and digital culture on museums and media, raising critical questions about authenticity and truth in an age of generative technologies.

• Dr Helen Sissons, Associate Professor of Journalism & Co-director, TOROA Centre for Communication Research, AUT – Draws on decades of journalism experience to examine media literacy and how we can strengthen resilience against misinformation and online harms.

• Daniel Fastnedge, Lecturer in Advertising and Brand Creativity, AUT – Researches audience responses to controversial advertising and digital misinformation, using creative strategies to turn rumours and scams into counter-content.

• MC: Xavier Chalkley, co-founder of Ctrl Your Scroll – Works directly with young people to build awareness, motivation and strategies for intentional digital use and reducing the influence of harmful content.