D61+Live 2018 – CSIRO’s Chief Scientist, Dr Cathy Foley

Economic and social prosperity depends on change. Behind every breakthrough technology that drives change is science.

CSIRO’s Chief Scientist shares her experience on achieving breakthroughs in science over her 33 years at CSIRO, and what it takes to succeed.

As science director of the manufacturing business unit, Cathy has led the development of the government agency’s LANDTEM superconducting system, which in the past decade has unearthed $6 billion of minerals globally.