On 17 August 2016, Dr Finkel gave a keynote address at the 2016 Australian Financial Review Innovation Summit.

As part of National Science Week 2016, Dr Finkel appeared in an interview with WA Chief Scientist Peter Klinken to discuss innovation in Australia.

“You can exhort, you can encourage, you can get creative with the salary cap – but ultimately, you need to build the capability to play the game consistently

Chief Scientist Dr Alan Finkel has issued a media release calling on people to take the five scientist pledge this National Science Week.

Dr Finkel appeared on Sky News where he encouraged all Australians to celebrate National Science Week by taking the Five Scientist Pledge.

On 11 August 2016, Dr Finkel gave the opening keynote at the Springer Nature 2016 Research Translation and Innovation Symposium.

On 2 August 2016, Dr Finkel gave the opening keynote at the 2016 AusBiotechAgriculture and Food Tech Symposium.

The Chief Scientist has written an opinion article that was published in The WeekendAustralian on 6 August 2016.

The Chief Scientist has written an opinion article called –Time to change our university graduate expectations by degrees’ that was published in TheAustralia

On 29 July 2016, Dr Finkel spoke at the launch of a Strategic Relationship Agreement betweenSwinburne University and CSIRO on how universities will get us to