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You’re Invited! 50 Years of independence – Reflections on Papua New Guinea

Ngumba-Bada Campus (The Cairns Institute). Bldg D3.063, 14-88 McGregor Road, Smithfield

Join us for a special evening to mark 50 years of PNG independence, featuring a film screening from the early election period, panel discussion led by PNG academics based in Gimuy, Cairns and the launch of a new exhibition showcasing PNG memorabilia with stories of nation-builders, challenges, opportunities, and unique cultural artefacts. This is an in-person event located at Ngumba-Bada Campus (The Cairns Institute) Building D3.063, 14-88 McGregor Road, Smithfield, Queensland, Australia The Cairns Institute at James Cook University

Can ChatGPT be trusted with our kids?

Virtual

How does GenAI imagine a child? Or an Australian? And why does it matter? Ask generative AI to show you an image of a child and you’ll get a few standard results. But dig deeper and it will reveal how harmful biases can be baked into the core of these tools. In this insightful talk, Curtin University Professor Tama Leaver unpacks how GenAI tools like Midjourney and ChatGPT imagine children and how already marginalised groups are being overlooked even in our AI world. He’ll be joined later by Dr Suzanne Srdarov in a panel discussion led by Professor Michele Willson […]

Free

Join Us for Lunch: Education with Deepfakes, Hallucinations, and Smartglasses

Victoria University Level 14, Room T1416, 370 Little Lonsdale St, Melbourne

Bring your lunch and your curiosity to this provocative, hands-on session designed for educators, researchers, students, and policymakers. Education with Deepfakes, Hallucinations, and Smartglasses invites you to engage with real-world scenarios drawn from global conversations about the future of trust, privacy, and truth in education. Handle smartglasses. Watch a deepfake. Debate a hallucinated report. Together, we’ll explore: A fake video of a student using slurs goes viral—how should schools respond? AI-generated feedback misrepresents a teacher’s intent—who’s accountable? A parent secretly live-streams a student interview—what does consent look like now? This interactive, scenario-based event won't tell you what to think, it […]

Free