Inaugural Women in Sensing event held at Macquarie University
The inaugural Women in Sensing event was held at Macquarie, in collaboration with the NSW Smart Sensing Network. The Women in Sensing series focuses both on women in sensing – the researchers, entrepreneurs, founders and leaders driving innovation in smart sensing; and on sensing for women – sensing technologies that respond to the particular needs of women. The focus for this event was FemTech, and featured MU Hearing's Professor Bamini Gopinath on the panel.
The event was opened by Professor Lucy Marshall, outgoing Associate Dean (Research) in the Faculty of Engineering at UNSW and incoming Executive Dean of the Faculty of Science & Engineering at Macquarie University. The opening address was followed by an expert panel of women researchers and entrepreneurs discussing a range of issues around the opportunities and challenges in FemTech and complex health issues faced by women.
Pictured (L to R): Dr Noushin Nasiri, Head of the NanoTech Laboratory, Macquarie University & NSSN Ambassador, Allira Hudson-Gofers, Principal and Practice Group Leader – Engineering and ICT Patents, Spruson & Ferguson (moderator), Dr Marlien Varnfield, Principal Research Scientist and Group Leader, CSIRO, Professor Bamini Gopinath, Cochlear Chair in Hearing and Health and Professor, Macquarie University Hearing, Dr Aleisha Davis, Chief Clinical Officer, The Shepherd Centre, Dr Melina Georgousakis, Founder, Franklin Women, Dr Rowena Mobbs, Specialist Clinician – Neurologist, Macquarie University Clinical Associates, Centre for Ageing, Cognition, and Wellbeing