News and events
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Smart Shepparton: Fuelling Regional Growth with AI
At the La Trobe-led 'Smart Shepparton' roundtable, industry leaders, government, and researchers explored scalable solutions - focusing on how AI in energy and advanced manufacturing can catalyse regional development.
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2025: A Year of Innovation and Impact
Dr Megan Fisher, Pro Vice-Chancellor Industry Engagement, La Trobe University, reflects on 2025 activities and achievements with industry partners.
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La Trobe Drives Startup Innovation at Tech Summit
La Trobe showcases India–Australia startups at Bengaluru Tech Summit.
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Flexikitch’s Secret Ingredient: Student Placements
Through a partnership with La Trobe University, Flexikitch has discovered how student placements can spark new ways of thinking, transform business processes, and accelerate progress on essential projects.
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Pioneering Platforms: Statistics Consultancy
La Trobe University’s Statistics Consultancy Platform helps industry partners and researchers avoid costly mistakes in study design and data analysis.
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Real-world placement leads to big-stage moments
A festival like no other: La Trobe student finds her place at the Indian Film Festival of Melbourne.
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Cultivating Change at Mildura Roundtable
La Trobe University hosted the ‘Cultivating Change’ Roundtable in Mildura, connecting academics and local industry to spark innovation in sustainable agriculture and food.
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Behind the Bio: Emeritus Prof Marilyn Anderson
Fungal infections rarely grab headlines like viral outbreaks or antibiotic-resistant “superbugs”. Yet for Emeritus Prof Marilyn Anderson, they represent one of today’s most urgent and underestimated health challenges.
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Global Collaboration in Biotech and Beyond
La Trobe University welcomed a delegation from India to the Melbourne Campus in Bundoora, to celebrate Bio Innovation Corridor activity.
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Translating Biosensor Innovation at AusBiotech 25
'Translating Biosensor Innovations for Regional and Rural Communities' brought together leading voices from industry, academia, and community to explore the journey from lab to life-saving impact.
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Frontiers in Infectious Diseases Innovation
The Industry Innovation Series event, ‘Frontiers in Infectious Diseases Innovation,’ offered attendees - across industry and academia - a unique opportunity to explore pioneering advances in infectious solutions.
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Fuel for innovation: La Trobe Entrepreneurship
La Trobe’s entrepreneurship ecosystem is transforming the next generation of Australia’s workforce, and industry partners are being invited to reap the rewards now.
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La Trobe students working on the wild side
A long-running partnership between La Trobe University and wildlife education group Reptile Encounters is giving students valuable animal care experience.
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Google-Backed Sprint Powers AI Innovation
A recent Innovation Sprint, driven by La Trobe’s Google Development Group, brought together over 100 students to design and develop AI-powered solutions aligned with United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.
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La Trobe students shine on internship debut
La Trobe’s debut in a clinical trials internship program showcases student talent and builds direct pathways into the clinical trials workforce.
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The Centre for the Study of the Inland runs events to celebrate the work done by our members and bring together researchers focused on our key research areas.
In August, the Mallee Regional Innovation Centre welcomed to the region Centre board members Pro Vice-Chancellor (Research Capability) Professor Ashley Franks and Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Vice President (Research and Industry Engagement) Professor Chris Pakes, who were accompany by Pro Vice-Chancellor (Industry Engagement) Dr Megan Fisher and a group of 12 academics from Victoria Drought Resilience Adoption & Innovation Hub partner La Trobe University including representatives from the Centre for the Study of the Inland. The tour was focussed on building resilient farmers and communities against the impacts of drought and on creating opportunities for engaging with industry, key stakeholders and the wider community and culture of the region.
La Trobe scholars shone at the 2024 Mildura Writers Festival in August, starting with a brilliant panel on Reading and Writing Place into Being with Melissa Lucashenko, Emily Potter, Nikita Vanderbyl (LTU) and Lilian Pearce (LTU), expertly chaired by Melinda Hinkson (LTU). This event was put together by conversations between the Centre for the Study of the Inland (LTU) and festival Director, Donata Carrazza.
On Friday 5th July the Centre for the Study of the Inland (LTU), the Centre for Environmental History (ANU) and the Planetary Health Humanities project (University of Sydney) hosted a workshop in Adelaide of 30 environmental historians (and friends) to critically consider how we practice our discipline responsibly in a time of planetary ecological crisis. The workshop was collaborative, reflective and fulfilling, more so because of a wonderful turnout of Department colleagues in attendance.
On June 15 the Centre for the Study of the Inland hosted a relaxed lunch for members and affiliates to reconnect, meet new staff and hear about one another’s work. It was great to see turn out from different areas of the university, and to make new connections over some delicious food. We will make these lunches a biannual event to continue making interdisciplinary connections.
On the 25th of September, CSI held a screening of award-winning documentary 'Franklin'. Co-hosted with the Office of the Vice -Chancellor and hosted by Professor of Public Engagement, Clare Wright, this event gave the La Trobe community an opportunity to see this documentary full of never-before-seen archival footage and interviews about the Franklin Campaign of the 1980s.
We were lucky enough to be joined by star of the film Oliver Cassidy, as well as Director of the Centre for Freshwater Ecosystems, Professor Nick Bond and Associate Professor of History, Liz Conor for a panel discussion about the film, activism and our river systems.
The crisis of climate change demands more than scientific understanding and technical solutions. It requires us to think again about the demarcation between humans and nature, to revisit the legacies of colonialism and our fossil-fuelled industrial past and to imagine a radically different future.
This Melbourne event, in partnership with La Trobe’s Centre for the Study of the Inland, brought together museums, music, research and creative thinking from across the environmental humanities to reflect on how our disciplines are engaging with the challenge of living with climate change and acknowledge the personal stress, the responsibility and the injustice of the Great Acceleration.
Gold, from antiquity through to the present day, is the iconic symbol of wealth. What is less appreciated is the lasting environmental cost associated with the prospecting, extraction, and processing of gold. Held in conjunction with the exhibition of an international print exchange, this symposium brought together humanities scholars, scientists, Traditional Owners and visual artists to reflect on the role of mining in shaping Victoria’s landscapes, past, present, and into the future.
In just a few months, our lives were upended in so many ways by the impact of COVID-19. The pandemic created challenges for our everyday lives and raises critical questions about the shape of all our futures.
But what has been its impact in regional Victoria? And what lies ahead as different regions face the on-going challenges of a changing climate, employment, water management, healthcare, transport and infrastructure.
The line-up included former member for Indi, Cathy McGowan, CEO of the Committee for Great Shepparton Sam Birrell, and Mildura businessman and community activist, Ross Lake. Moderating the discussion was Professor Katie Holmes, Director of La Trobe’s Centre for the Study of the Inland.