Careers 2040: STEM Careers Reimagined

UNSW SMaRT Centre Director, Prof Veena Sahajwalla, will deliver a keynote address at the launch of the Careers 2040: STEM Careers Reimagined.

Hosted by UNSW Sydney, the week long event explores the future of STEM careers and discovers how curiosity, innovation and lifelong learning can unlock new opportunities in 2040.

Veena will speak about her path to success and career researching and developing recycling innovations such as UNSW SMaRT Centre's MICROfactorie^TM Technologies and its Green Steel^TM Polymer Injection Technology that recover valuable materials from waste and reform them into new manufacturing feedstock and products to help achieve materials sustainability and for the energy system needed for the future.

Veena will also highlight SMaRT's work on researching solutions for battery recycling and metals resource recovery using innovative and collaborative opportunities to help create circular economies while enhancing sovereign capability while reducing reliance on global supply chains.

UNSW Sydney says: "The careers shaping our future won't fit neatly into a single job title. From climate resilience and clean energy to AI, biotechnology and advanced manufacturing, tomorrow's challenges need people who can think across disciplines and create solutions in unexpected ways.