Ivan Marusic FAA
https://doi.org/10.57043/transnastphl.2025.5578
Abstract
In an era defined by rapid technological change and interconnected global challenges, bioscience stands at the forefront of innovation with the potential to reshape enterprise ecosystems and drive sustainable wealth creation. This paper explores how collaborative models—spanning academia, industry, and government—are pushing the boundaries of discovery in bioscience research across Australia and the Asia-Pacific region, drawing on the work of Australian researchers and Fellows of the Australian Academy of Science. It examines the transformative role of artificial intelligence, high-performance computing and data, and shared international research infrastructure in enabling new breakthroughs. Australia’s bioscience education landscape and the long-term vision outlined in the Academy’s Bioscience 2030 report, emphasising how future-ready education and workforce development are essential to building resilient innovation ecosystems and Australia’s broader research and development system, including the challenges of translating early-stage discovery into real-world impact are discussed. The Academy has an initiative to measure Australia’s future national science capability, with synergies to the Philippines’ PAGTANAW 2050. This presentation provides an Australian perspective on how collaborative foresight, investment in research infrastructure, and a shared commitment to bioscience excellence can help realise a thriving, innovation-led future for the Asia-Pacific.