ANNUAL REPORT 2023 - Incorporating business plan for FY2023–24

In particular, we acknowledge the people and lands on which our staff work: • the Ngunnawal and Nambarri people in Canberra • the Bunurong Boon Wurrung and Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung peoples in Melbourne • the Whadjuk people, part of the larger Nyoongar Aboriginal nation, in Perth, and • the Turrbal and Yuggera peoples in Brisbane. [...] Australian Council of Learned Academies Annual Report 2022–23 This document is a true and accurate account of the activities of the Australian Council of Learned Academies for the financial year 2022–23, in accordance with the reporting requirements of its Constitution, the ACNC, and for the conditions of grants made by the Australian Government under the Higher Education Support Act 2003 (Cth). [...] gratitude to the Fellows and staff from across the Successful Project Portfolio: ACOLA has managed Academies who have been involved in expert groups a diverse and successful portfolio of projects and project activities, and ACOLA management team addressing critical issues facing Australia and the and research and policy staff for their dedication world. [...] and impacts of artificial intelligence (AI)? Generative AI raises questions about opportunities and risks of widespread adoption; the scope and adequacy of national strategic planning and policies; the fitness of legal and regulatory approaches; and the implications of increasing geopolitical competition and geo-specific regulation in AI-related technologies and industries. [...] ACOLA will invest in its communications capability and capacity, particularly to build awareness of the organisation and support the needs of stakeholders through access to independent and robust advice and understand the value of interdisciplinary advice.