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Debate@Go8 Mini: Professor Simon Ringer, Pro Vice-Chancellor, University of Sydney

Group of Eight CE Vicki Thomson chats with University of Sydney Pro Vice-Chancellor (Research Infrastructure) Professor Simon Ringer in Warsaw, on the sidelines of high-level meetings with European officials and business leaders as part of this year’s European Australian Business Council (EABC) delegation. The two discuss how university research & development had been so high on the agenda during those meetings as well as how Australia gaining Associate-level access to the $170 billion European research fund Horizon Europe would be a game-changer for Australian universities and Australian R&D. Recorded July 2025.

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