National Science Week 2026 / South Australia / Free entry
Creativity and ethics in the age of AI.
A touring public lecture, five nights across SA.
Presented by the Centre for Change and Complexity in Learning, Adelaide University
The premise
Artificial intelligence is moving faster than our agreements about it. This lecture brings Australian AI research into a room with the people it affects, and leaves with better questions than it arrived with. We debate rather than conclude.
What role should AI play in creative work?
How do we balance innovation with ethical responsibility?
What choices do we want young people and communities to make as the technology develops?
Come if you are curious about creativity, emerging technology, education, ethics, or where all of this leaves us. No background in AI needed. Expect an hour of talk and argument, and plenty of room to disagree.
The route
Pick the one nearest you. Every session is free, runs 6:30pm to 7:30pm, and needs a booking.
Numbers follow the calendar, not the road. Three of the five nights sit inside greater Adelaide.
Wednesday 12 August
Domain Theatre, Marion Cultural Centre
287 Diagonal Road, Oaklands Park SA 5046
Part of the City of Marion Library Luminaries series
Tuesday 18 August
Adelaide University Whyalla Campus
111 Nicolson Avenue, Whyalla Norrie SA 5608
Thursday 20 August
MOD.
North Terrace, adjacent Morphett Street Bridge, Adelaide SA 5000
Tuesday 25 August
Adelaide University Mount Gambier Campus
166 Wireless Road West, Mount Gambier SA 5291
Thursday 27 August
The Mawson Centre
2-8 Main Street, Mawson Lakes SA 5095
All venues have wheelchair access. Auslan interpreting and hearing loops are not currently scheduled. If you need an access arrangement, email us and we will sort it out.
Who is speaking
Senior Lecturer, Learning Sciences and Development
Centre for Change and Complexity in Learning, Adelaide University
A background in educational psychology, with research across creativity, wellbeing, and human and artificial cognition.
Lecturer, School of Education
Centre for Change and Complexity in Learning, Adelaide University
A PhD in STEM and a Master's in the Psychology of Creativity. Her research covers creativity, human-AI collaboration, and gender equity in the STEM fields where women remain underrepresented.
Behind the talk
Work from the Centre for Change and Complexity in Learning, explained by the people doing it. Films land here through August.
How generative tools change what counts as an original idea.
What happens to thinking when the answer arrives first.
Who gets served well by educational AI, and who does not.