{"id":2972,"date":"2026-05-18T10:59:15","date_gmt":"2026-05-18T00:59:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.csiro.au\/ontranslate\/?page_id=2972"},"modified":"2026-06-09T09:29:05","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T23:29:05","slug":"cathy-foley","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wp.csiro.au\/ontranslate\/on-translate-2026\/program\/meet-the-2026-speakers\/cathy-foley\/","title":{"rendered":"Cathy Foley AO PSM"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
\"Cathy<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n
\n
\n

CSIRO Board Member\u202f\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dr Cathy Foley is an Australian physicist with a distinguished career in developing the science and technology of devices, sensors, systems\u00a0development\u00a0and materials science. Her most successful project led to the commercialisation of LANDTEM\u2122 that\u00a0assisted\u00a0in uncovering billions of dollars of mineral resources. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

She joined the CSIRO Board after 40 years of service to CSIRO that included roles as Chief of Materials Science and Engineering, Science Director, Deputy Director of\u00a0Manufacturing ,\u00a0CSIRO Chief Scientist and Australia\u2019s Chief Scientist. Dr Foley was instrumental in\u00a0establishing\u00a0Australia\u2019s quantum industry and led the development of the National Quantum Industry Strategy for the government. Dr Foley is a strong proponent of\u00a0open access, diversity and inclusion in STEM and trust in science. She is currently Editor-in-Chief of Superconductor Science and Technology; chairs the Government\u2019s Methane Measurement Panel; is a Trustee of the Australian Museum and a \u201cMind in Residence\u201d at Questacon.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/div>\n\n\n\n

LinkedIn: Cathy Foley<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

CSIRO Board Member\u202f\u00a0 Dr Cathy Foley is an Australian physicist with a distinguished career in developing the science and technology […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":236,"featured_media":0,"parent":2961,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"templates\/template_page--no-sidebar--hide-contextual-nav.php","meta":{"nba-redirect":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2972","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\nON Translate<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Cathy Foley will be a keynote speaker at ON Translate 2026. Dr Cathy Foley AO PSM is an Australian physicist with a distinguished career in developing the science and technology of devices, sensors, systems development and materials science.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/wp.csiro.au\/ontranslate\/on-translate-2026\/program\/meet-the-2026-speakers\/cathy-foley\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Cathy Foley AO PSM - ON Translate\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Cathy Foley will be a keynote speaker at ON Translate 2026. Dr Cathy Foley AO PSM is an Australian physicist with a distinguished career in developing the science and technology of devices, sensors, systems development and materials science.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/wp.csiro.au\/ontranslate\/on-translate-2026\/program\/meet-the-2026-speakers\/cathy-foley\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"ON Translate\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-06-08T23:29:05+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/wp.csiro.au\/ontranslate\/files\/2026\/05\/Cathy-Foley-AO-PSM-2-2.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1080\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1440\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/wp.csiro.au\\\/ontranslate\\\/on-translate-2026\\\/program\\\/meet-the-2026-speakers\\\/cathy-foley\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/wp.csiro.au\\\/ontranslate\\\/on-translate-2026\\\/program\\\/meet-the-2026-speakers\\\/cathy-foley\\\/\",\"name\":\"Cathy Foley AO PSM - ON Translate\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/wp.csiro.au\\\/ontranslate\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/wp.csiro.au\\\/ontranslate\\\/on-translate-2026\\\/program\\\/meet-the-2026-speakers\\\/cathy-foley\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/wp.csiro.au\\\/ontranslate\\\/on-translate-2026\\\/program\\\/meet-the-2026-speakers\\\/cathy-foley\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/wp.csiro.au\\\/ontranslate\\\/files\\\/2026\\\/05\\\/Cathy-Foley-AO-PSM-2-2-768x1024.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-05-18T00:59:15+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-06-08T23:29:05+00:00\",\"description\":\"Cathy Foley will be a keynote speaker at ON Translate 2026. Dr Cathy Foley AO PSM is an Australian physicist with a distinguished career in developing the science and technology of devices, sensors, systems development and materials science.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/wp.csiro.au\\\/ontranslate\\\/on-translate-2026\\\/program\\\/meet-the-2026-speakers\\\/cathy-foley\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/wp.csiro.au\\\/ontranslate\\\/on-translate-2026\\\/program\\\/meet-the-2026-speakers\\\/cathy-foley\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/wp.csiro.au\\\/ontranslate\\\/on-translate-2026\\\/program\\\/meet-the-2026-speakers\\\/cathy-foley\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/wp.csiro.au\\\/ontranslate\\\/files\\\/2026\\\/05\\\/Cathy-Foley-AO-PSM-2-2.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/wp.csiro.au\\\/ontranslate\\\/files\\\/2026\\\/05\\\/Cathy-Foley-AO-PSM-2-2.png\",\"width\":1080,\"height\":1440,\"caption\":\"Cathy Foley AO PSM Australia\u2019s Former Chief Scientist CSIRO Board Member\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/wp.csiro.au\\\/ontranslate\\\/on-translate-2026\\\/program\\\/meet-the-2026-speakers\\\/cathy-foley\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/wp.csiro.au\\\/ontranslate\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"ON Translate 2026\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/wp.csiro.au\\\/ontranslate\\\/on-translate-2026\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Program\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/wp.csiro.au\\\/ontranslate\\\/on-translate-2026\\\/program\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":4,\"name\":\"Meet the 2026 Speakers\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/wp.csiro.au\\\/ontranslate\\\/on-translate-2026\\\/program\\\/meet-the-2026-speakers\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":5,\"name\":\"Cathy Foley AO PSM\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/wp.csiro.au\\\/ontranslate\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/wp.csiro.au\\\/ontranslate\\\/\",\"name\":\"ON Translate\",\"description\":\"Connecting Australia's research innovation community\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/wp.csiro.au\\\/ontranslate\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"ON Translate","description":"Cathy Foley will be a keynote speaker at ON Translate 2026. Dr Cathy Foley AO PSM is an Australian physicist with a distinguished career in developing the science and technology of devices, sensors, systems development and materials science.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/wp.csiro.au\/ontranslate\/on-translate-2026\/program\/meet-the-2026-speakers\/cathy-foley\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Cathy Foley AO PSM - ON Translate","og_description":"Cathy Foley will be a keynote speaker at ON Translate 2026. Dr Cathy Foley AO PSM is an Australian physicist with a distinguished career in developing the science and technology of devices, sensors, systems development and materials science.","og_url":"https:\/\/wp.csiro.au\/ontranslate\/on-translate-2026\/program\/meet-the-2026-speakers\/cathy-foley\/","og_site_name":"ON Translate","article_modified_time":"2026-06-08T23:29:05+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1080,"height":1440,"url":"https:\/\/wp.csiro.au\/ontranslate\/files\/2026\/05\/Cathy-Foley-AO-PSM-2-2.png","type":"image\/png"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/wp.csiro.au\/ontranslate\/on-translate-2026\/program\/meet-the-2026-speakers\/cathy-foley\/","url":"https:\/\/wp.csiro.au\/ontranslate\/on-translate-2026\/program\/meet-the-2026-speakers\/cathy-foley\/","name":"Cathy Foley AO PSM - ON Translate","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/wp.csiro.au\/ontranslate\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/wp.csiro.au\/ontranslate\/on-translate-2026\/program\/meet-the-2026-speakers\/cathy-foley\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/wp.csiro.au\/ontranslate\/on-translate-2026\/program\/meet-the-2026-speakers\/cathy-foley\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/wp.csiro.au\/ontranslate\/files\/2026\/05\/Cathy-Foley-AO-PSM-2-2-768x1024.png","datePublished":"2026-05-18T00:59:15+00:00","dateModified":"2026-06-08T23:29:05+00:00","description":"Cathy Foley will be a keynote speaker at ON Translate 2026. Dr Cathy Foley AO PSM is an Australian physicist with a distinguished career in developing the science and technology of devices, sensors, systems development and materials science.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/wp.csiro.au\/ontranslate\/on-translate-2026\/program\/meet-the-2026-speakers\/cathy-foley\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-AU","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/wp.csiro.au\/ontranslate\/on-translate-2026\/program\/meet-the-2026-speakers\/cathy-foley\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-AU","@id":"https:\/\/wp.csiro.au\/ontranslate\/on-translate-2026\/program\/meet-the-2026-speakers\/cathy-foley\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/wp.csiro.au\/ontranslate\/files\/2026\/05\/Cathy-Foley-AO-PSM-2-2.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/wp.csiro.au\/ontranslate\/files\/2026\/05\/Cathy-Foley-AO-PSM-2-2.png","width":1080,"height":1440,"caption":"Cathy Foley AO PSM Australia\u2019s Former Chief Scientist CSIRO Board Member"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/wp.csiro.au\/ontranslate\/on-translate-2026\/program\/meet-the-2026-speakers\/cathy-foley\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/wp.csiro.au\/ontranslate\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"ON Translate 2026","item":"https:\/\/wp.csiro.au\/ontranslate\/on-translate-2026\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Program","item":"https:\/\/wp.csiro.au\/ontranslate\/on-translate-2026\/program\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":4,"name":"Meet the 2026 Speakers","item":"https:\/\/wp.csiro.au\/ontranslate\/on-translate-2026\/program\/meet-the-2026-speakers\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":5,"name":"Cathy Foley AO PSM"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/wp.csiro.au\/ontranslate\/#website","url":"https:\/\/wp.csiro.au\/ontranslate\/","name":"ON Translate","description":"Connecting Australia's research innovation community","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/wp.csiro.au\/ontranslate\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-AU"}]}},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.csiro.au\/ontranslate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2972","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.csiro.au\/ontranslate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.csiro.au\/ontranslate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.csiro.au\/ontranslate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/236"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.csiro.au\/ontranslate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2972"}],"version-history":[{"count":30,"href":"https:\/\/wp.csiro.au\/ontranslate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2972\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3391,"href":"https:\/\/wp.csiro.au\/ontranslate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2972\/revisions\/3391"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.csiro.au\/ontranslate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2961"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.csiro.au\/ontranslate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2972"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}