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Please join us to celebrate the publication of Art in the Biotech Era. We are delighted to have Linda Cooper launch the publication. Linda is a consultant for program and policy developments in the arts, sciences and cross-culture issues. She is currently the Director of the Bragg Initiative in the Department of the Premier and Cabinet, and Project Director for the establishment of the Royal Institution Australia as a national organisation based in Adelaide. Linda was the Chair of the Australian Network for Art and Technology for four years, and was a member of the New Media Board of the Australia Council of the Arts and the Australia Council’s Multicultural Arts Committee, 2000-2003. Linda has a degree in chemistry and English literature, postgraduate qualifications in science communication and extensive experience in developing Indigenous programs for science museums and organisations, including Burrara Gathering: Sharing Indigenous Knowledge, a national travelling exhibition. She is presently working with UK neuroscientist and Director of the Royal Institution of Great Britain, Baroness Professor Susan Greenfield and the South Australian government in developing and implementing a somewhat unique policy for science and society - an oucome of the Adelaide’s ‘Thinker in Residence’ Program. Linda was the Interim Director of the Australian Science and Media Centre during its establishment phase. She is also completing her PhD in Science Communication with the Australian National University. Linda has been a member of EAF Council since 2003.
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