Our Events and Engagement

The Jeff Bleich Centre is dedicated to ensuring its research has real-world social impact. We actively engage with government, industry, and the broader community through frequent events, media engagements, and more.

Events

The JBC is committed to reach far and wide through our research and to meaningfully engage with government, industry and the community at-large. We organise and participate in conferences and forums, public events, round-tables, simulations, wargames and table-top exercises with the ultimate goal of achieving through our research and expertise real-world social impact. The JBC views the translation and dissemination of its research as a leading priority.

Spotlighted Engagement

The JBC is committed to reach far and wide through our research and to meaningfully engage with government, industry and the community at-large. We organise and participate in conferences and forums, public events, round-tables, simulations, wargames and table-top exercises with the ultimate goal of achieving through our research and expertise real-world social impact. The JBC views the translation and dissemination of its research as a leading priority.

Artificial Intelligence, Social Media and Disruptive Technologies

The rapid introduction of new and disruptive technologies raises questions about how the development, deployment and ongoing use of these technologies articulate with democratic principles, societal structures, existing laws and regulations, and national policy settings.

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Defence, Security and Space

States leverage a range of technological options available to them to strengthen their sovereignty and national security. Many of these technological options are now developed by the private sector, giving rise to new opportunities and changing international power dynamics.

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Democracy, Participation, and Human Rights

Technology has the potential to reshape the foundational principles of societies, including our understanding and conceptualisation of what a democracy is and the rights we have as humans.

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EquiTech: Multiculturalism, Gender, and Digital Justice

EquiTech examines how cultural and gender diversity influences how people interact with, and are impacted by, the democratic system in the digital age. EquiTech aims to facilitate inclusivity within the digital world, in recognition of Australia's rich multicultural fabric.

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Featured Engagement

The Hon Malcolm Turnbull, 29th Prime Minister of Australia, delivered the 2025 JBC Distinguished Lecture. Watch the full lecture.

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Featured Engagement

The Hon Malcolm Turnbull, 29th Prime Minister of Australia, delivered the 2025 JBC Distinguished Lecture. Watch the full lecture.

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We are always looking for collaborators in academia, the public sector, and the private and not-for-profit sectors.

Collaborating with the JBC will maximise the opportunities of emerging technologies to laws, policy, governance and political behaviours. Our independence, which we continuously endeavour to protect, amplifies the advantages for our partners.

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