Events

This year's keynote speaker is the Honourable Justice Sarah C Derrington AM, Judge of the Federal Court of Australia and former Dean of Law at UQ, who also served as President of the Australian Law Reform Commission from 2018 to 2023. She will address the topic, ‘Evolution and Revolution in the Law – A State of Origin perspective’.

You are invited to you to join us to hear from Andrew Parsons, President of the International Paralympic Committee about the ‘inclusion revolution’ and how Brisbane 2032 can help shape a more equitable and inclusive world.

In 2023, Kathleen Folbigg was released and acquitted after serving 20 years in prison, convicted by a jury of murdering her four young children over a 10-year period. She was convicted based on circumstantial evidence alone, without any physical evidence. She has always maintained that she is innocent. Danish scientists Professors Mette Nygaard and Michael Toft Overgaard shed light on how they became involved in the Australian legal inquiry into her convictions, and how their research played a central role in her acquittal.

Join Alastair Blanshard, Paul Eliadis Professor of Classics and Ancient History, as he revisits the birth of portraiture in ancient Greece. Hear the story of how art originally designed to represent images of the immortal gods was transformed to capture the faces of mortal men and women.

Please join us for a reunion event as we celebrate 10 years since our Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) graduation from The University of Queensland.

UQ Postgrad ready is an opportunity for you to understand your postgraduate study options at The University of Queensland with our UQ Future Students team.

Please join us for a wine appreciation dinner where the Emporium’s sommelier will share thoughts on the evening’s wine selections paired with fine food and enjoy an enlightening presentation from one of QBI's top researchers.
Location: Emporium Hotel South Bank - Frangipani Room
Ticket price: $250 per person or $2500 for a table of 10

Understand how to capture and analyse data to improve your strategic decision-making and make a real impact on your bottom line. Free event.

Learn how to be part of healthcare’s digital transformation. Hear from UQ experts and explore postgraduate study options in digital health at The University of Queensland.

Join public policy scholar and crisis management expert, Dr Alastair Stark, for a seminar and lunch at UQ Brisbane City.