WEBINARS: DATA SCIENCE IN THE NEWS QUT's Data Science Centre collaborates with QAAS as joint hosts of a monthly Webinar in the series "Data Science in the News". The webinars are held on a Friday for an hour starting at midday, and are uploaded to YouTube.  The 2026 program is under development. Members with suggestions for topics or participants are encouraged to contact Prof. Roly Sussex, QAAS Vice-President for Digital Engagement.    Other monthly webinars will be announced to QAAS Fellows and Members by email and on the QAAS home webpage. Past videos are also available.  The 2025 webinars were:  November 28, 2025. "Trade in a Trumpian world."  https://research.qut.edu.au/qutcds/events/data-science-in-the-news-trade-in-a-trumpian-world/ September 5, 2025. "Citizen science and consumer engagement – are they the same?" https://research.qut.edu.au/qutcds/events/citizen-science-and-consumer-engagement/ July 11, 2025. QUT Data Science Centre, "Extreme data science".  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aalnjqHhPCA May 23, 2025. "After the COVID-19 pandemic – the good, the bad and the ugly?" https://youtu.be/Lf2QFbUwHDY?si=_8kyF0jouNJ9tCdG Past QAAS-QUT webinars include: September 27, 2024: "Hate speech" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BPk_MOHt2bA&t=38s May 31, 2024: "Circular Economy: Progress & barriers to a more sustainable and equitable world": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7TRubzOYeiE August 25, 2023, “Future trends 2023 and beyond” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dctaVTDT0VY 31 March, 2023, “Robodebt” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hlP-kHbnjfY&t=6s Other webinars in this series can be found here.