MISSION POSSIBLE
​SPACE x ART
Kenneth Myer Auditorium 
Ian Potter South Bank Centre, University of Melbourne

​PROGRAMME

16:00 – Opening remarks by Kate Kitagawa, Aussie Space Rocks and La Trobe University
16:05 – Greetings from Tokuro Furuya, the Consul-General of Japan in Melbourne
Natsuko Ogawa, Chair, Australia-Japan Foundation
Catherine Grace, Acting General Manager, the Australian Space Agency
16:15 – Keynote session by Yuichi Tsuda, Deputy Director General, ISAS/JAXA
16:45 – Panel discussion
Yuichi Tsuda with Rika Nakazawa (NTT DATA), Jun Qu (Main Sequence Ventures),
​and Melissa Kozul (University of Melbourne), moderated by Kate Kitagawa

18:00 – Reception
19:00 – Art event greetings from Marie Sierra, Dean of Fine Arts and Music, University of Melbourne
Followed by performances and talks by artists from Melbourne and Kyoto
Laura Skerlj
Yandell Walton
Masa Kawamukai
Satoshi Murakami
​MISA

SPONSORS
Australia-Japan Foundation
University of Melbourne
​La Trobe Institute for Molecular Science

CO-SPONSORS
Daiwa Capital Markets Australia Limited
​La Trobe Asia

SUPPORTED BY
​Australian Space Agency

REGISTRATION