Dr Finkel gave a keynote address at theCreative Innovation Summit 2019 on 2 April 2019 in Melbourne.

Dr Finkel gave an introductory address at theInnovation Metrics Review International Workshop on 13 March 2019 in Canberra.

Dr Finkel gave a speech at the International Energy Agency on 11 February 2019 in Paris, France.In his speech he outlines some of the motivations for an incr

Dr Finkel gave a keynote speech at the Australian Institute of Company Directors Governance Summit conference on Tuesday5 March 2019.

“Every so often a parent or a student will write to me, seeking my advice. I got one of those emails this year.

“I learnt from my father that far more important than another factory, or another suit, are the principles that guide one’s life.”

“When I was a student the importance of actually specialising in something – mastering a discipline – was more or less assumed.You want a broad mix of people

“We can make something extraordinary even better. And we can do it as realists, and pragmatists – not as utopians.

“Australians have learned to trust researchers.

“Kissinger once said 'University politics are vicious, precisely because the stakes are so small.’