Theme: Space

TEDxKingsPark is taking you to space with four amazing speakers, all selected from WA’s busy and remarkable space sector.

Mysterious radio signals, planets orbiting distant stars, lasers to the moon and the early universe are just some of the subjects you’ll hear about at this, the first in our series of evening science events held at WA Museum Boola Bardip.

Space is Guest Curated by Dr Natasha Hurley Walker, an astronomer whose brilliant TEDx talk 'How radio telescopes show us unseen galaxies' has been seen over a million times.

Doors open at 6pm for a 6:30pm start. The bar will be open from 6pm and during the interval. We’re scheduled to finish at 8:30pm

All our events are carbon neutral.

WA Museum Boola Bardip
Perth Cultural Centre
Perth, Western Australia, 6000
Australia

Clancy James

Research Fellow

Clancy is a Senior Lecturer at the Curtin University node of the International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research in Perth, Western Australia.

Sabine Bellstedt

Astronomer

Sabine is an early-career researcher at the International Centre of Radio Astronomy Research in Perth, Western Australia. Through large telescopes from all over the world, international collaborations and huge datasets, Sabine is learning about the incredible diversity of galaxies.

Sascha Schediwy

Academic of the Year, 2021 Australian Space Awards

Sascha is the leader of the Astrophotonics Group at the International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research in Perth. Whilst constructing the Phase Synchronisation System for the Square Kilometre Array radio telescope, he also works on a space science project developing ultra-precise laser timing links to support the next generation of pioneering space missions. This includes establishing a ground-to-space laser timing link between the Western Australian Optical Ground Station and the first space-based optical clock, due to launch to the International Space Station in 2024.

TG Tan

Engineer

TG bought his first telescope in 2001 and discovered his first supernova in 2007. He has since helped discover over 80 exoplanets. He is the recipient of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific’s 2018 Amateur Achievement Award and the Astronomical Society of Australia’s Berenice and Arthur Page Medal in 2020. He is an Adjunct Senior Lecturer with the Curtin Institute of Radio Astronomy.