We had a lovely young lady as Guest Speaker this week – Matilda Gosling who was accompanied by her Mum Sarah. Matilda’s brief was to tell us about her experience at the National Science Youth Forum held in Brisbane in January, and she gave us a most comprehensive summary of the event. There were STEM Hub sessions at which forensic scientists talked about data; much discussion took place about artificial intelligence (AI) – especially whether or not it is ethical; pathology issues were explored especially relating to human organs; the Australian Research Council gave the students recipes for plant success; and Seqwater presented fascinating details about water treatment and its ramifications. There were live crosses to places like the Atlas experiment at Cern which investigates a wide range of physics and the ITER project which looks at the feasibility of fusion power. Specialist lectures were delivered on topics such as new medicines, mechanical engineering and the effect of water repellant surfaces on cancer cells. There were music sessions all about science, and of course several social events including a visit to the Art Gallery and the Modern Art Gallery as well. The most important thing that Matilda got out of it all was that it helped her to decide the focus of her future studies – and that turned out to be Architecture.