Research Poster Session featuring LGBTQIA+ STEM researchers
Posters highlight LGBTQIA+ researchers, but attendance is open to all, and we encourage everyone to come. The event will be catered, and if you would like to submit a poster please complete the Poster Submission Form by Friday, 19 September 2025.
About LGBTQIA+ STEM Celebration at The University of Queensland: On the 75th Anniversary of the Turing Test
October marks the 75th anniversary of the seminal paper “Computing Machinery and Intelligence” by Alan Turing. In this paper Turing introduced the “imitation game,” a test of a machine's ability to exhibit intelligent behaviour equivalent to that of a human. Alan Turing is also an enduring icon in the LGBTQIA+ STEM community, given both his extraordinary contributions and his tragic personal story.
In honour of LGBTQIA+ icon Alan Turing and the 75th anniversary of the Turing Test, this event celebrates LGBTQIA+ researchers in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) at The University of Queensland.
The event will be catered and will conclude with a public lecture by Professor Benjamin Burton.
The event aims to increase visibility of LGBTQIA+ STEM researchers at UQ and celebrate both UQ’s research excellence and commitment to diversity.
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Venue
Room 322