Seán O’Donoghue
Seán O’Donoghue
CSIRO Visiting Scientist
Seán O’Donoghue is a conjoint Professor at UNSW in Sydney, Australia, and also a visiting scientist at the Garvan Institute of Medical Research and at Australia's Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO). For most of his career, he worked in Germany, at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), one of the world’s premier research institutes in the life sciences, and at EMBL’s first spin-off company, Lion Bioscience AG, where he was Director of Scientific Visualization. Seán's research focuses on using advanced visualization methods - including Augmented Reality - to address data challenges in the life sciences. His team has created online research tools used by tens of thousands of scientists worldwide, and biomedical animations that have been viewed by a global audience of ~1 million. He is also a co-founder of VIZBI, an international initiative to raise the standard of data visualisation in biology and the biomedical sciences.
Related Sessions
Innovators in Augmented & Virtual Reality Meet-Up
WED, OCT 18, 12:30 PM
Conference
Meet a community of innovators creating exciting, new applications for mixed reality. Hosted by senior scientists from CSIRO, Australia’s national science agency and innovation catalyst, this Meet Up kicks off with a short ‘lightning talk’ session, in which up to ~10 presenters have 1 minute each to pitch their innovation. These presenters are chosen to represent the broad diversity of XR developers and creators working at Australian companies and institutions — including Contxtual, EmersivAR, Garvan Institute of Medical Research, MOD studios, Start Beyond, the University of Sydney, and UNSW.
The showcased applications will span computer science, engineering, molecular biology, medicine, art, architecture, and design, as well as innovative and inspiring uses of XR for story-telling.
Following the lightning talks, the main part of the Meet Up is dedicated to a relaxed networking/mixer-style event, where participants can connect with XR innovators and get direct, hands-on experience with these XR applications. In addition to the applications presented in the lightning talks, we will provide opportunities for other innovators to set up and demonstrate their XR solutions (space permitting).
The Meet Up is an opportunity to seek out inspiration, connect informally, and find collaboration opportunities.
