Event Details

• ​Date: Thursday, 28 August 2025
• Time: 8:00 PM - 9:00 PM AEST
• Duration: 45 minutes presentation + Q&A.
• Platform: Zoom (registration required)
• Cost: Free

About This Webinar

How can researchers build careers that serve both academic excellence and community needs?

Prof. Atif Ahmad will share his journey of creating a "research system", where industry engagement, rigorous research, and transformative teaching amplify each other. As a junior academic, he made strategic choices to prioritize community concerns over conventional performance targets—an approach that unexpectedly led to prestigious publications, funding, and recognition.

Today, this research system strengthens Malaysia's critical banking, telecommunications and energy infrastructure through strategic partnerships with Australian Government agencies and Malaysia's National Cyber Security Agency. Novel research methodologies for studying industry practices are transferred to select Malaysian universities, while a University of Melbourne spin-off company ensures sustainable, long-term cyber capability development across the region.

For researchers from PhD to Professor level, JOIN US on building impactful research systems and leveraging identity as a bridge-builder to create scholarship that serves both knowledge advancement and broader community needs.

Featured Speaker

​Prof. Atif Ahmad - [Atif’s LinkedIn]

Who Should Attend

​Researchers at all levels

How to Register

• Step 1: New to MNARA? Complete our survey at www.mnara.au
• Step 2: Already a member? Click the Register button
• Step 3: You will receive your Zoom link before the event

Spaces are limited. The session will be recorded for MNARA members.

We look forward to seeing you there!

The Muslim Network of Academics and Researchers Australia (MNARA)

www.mnara.au