Advocacy and community

Veena joins four leading innovators for a campaign by Engineers Australia to celebrate this year’s International Women in Engineering Day

The UNSW SMaRT Centre submission to Investment NSW on its Green Paper, 'Securing future innovation and global competitiveness in NSW', has been published

See the video of Veena delivering a keynote speech and joining a panel discussion at the Disrupted Festival of Ideas 2022 hosted by the Western Australian Government

Listen to UNSW SMaRT Centre Director, Prof Veena celebrate being 2022 NSW Australian of the Year in this podcast by awards sponsor Australia Post

On 19 June 2022, Veena will deliver a keynote speech and join a panel discussion at the Disrupted Festival of Ideas 2022 hosted by the Western Australian Government

On 18 June 2022, Veena will feature in a special event for Vivid Sydney to explore sustainability issues and 'waste to product' innovations needed to help create a circular economy and reduce emissions

On 9 June 2022, Veena will be a keynote speaker at the Australian Book Industry Conference 2022, BookUp, talking about sustainability and diversity

Videos are available of the joint MECLA and NSW Government event at The Sydney Mint where SMaRT's Prof Veena was a guest speaker joining high ranking government officials and industry CEOs to discuss their zero carbon commitments and pledges

On 4 June 2022, Prof Veena will be the keynote speaker on World Environment Day at an event at the National Museum of Australia, Canberra, hosted by the Conservation Council

On 25 May 2022, Prof Veena will deliver the closing keynote address to the ALC Forum 2022 Conference for the Australian logistics industry

On 23 May 2022, Veena will deliver a keynote speech at the CSIRO event: Science engineering sustainable fibres for closing the loop in Australia.

An opinion editorial (op ed) by Veena has been published by The Policymaker, a new digital publication of the James Martin Institute for Public Policy

Professor Veena has been interviewed on ABC Radio NSW about impacts of the NSW ban on single use plastics coming into effect 1 June

On 16 May 2022, Veena will join a joint MECLA and NSW Government event at The Sydney Mint which will be live streamed as a webinar

UNSW SMaRT Centre's work has contributed to achieving positive impact results as measured against the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

On 29 April 2022, Veena will speak at the India Australia Business & Community Alliance (IABCA) Global Leaders Forum & Awards Ceremony

See the video from a CEDA webinar discussion Veena joined on why a circular economy is good for business and how to create more sustainable communities

On 28 April 2022, Prof Veena will join a high-level panel discussion on waste plastic recycling and innovations in steel making