The Impact Factor at the University of Sydney

To end Science Week 2026, Professor Alice Motion sat down with two incredible scientists, astrophysicist Professor Geraint Lewis and chemist Dr Haihui Joy Jiang in front of a packed-out house at the Seymour Centre for The Impact Factor: Matter of Origin. This new public event series from the Faculty of Science allows the public to learn how discoveries from the University of Sydney are shaping the world's future.

I was blessed to compose an event theme for The Impact Factor. The brief was to create a short event intro that could be re-purposed for social media posts and guests transitions throughout individual events. It would inspire a sense of hope and motivation, and capture a sense of scientific toil and breakthrough; looking toward the future.

I've been focusing more on my sound selections lately and 'mixing downward' while I produce to make my mixes feel clearer and more impactful. I'm toying with the metaphor of a 'jigsaw' to describe mixing in my University teaching, and that really came into play with this track. Hopefully you can hear it...