Thomas Barlow is Australia's leading research strategist. Over many years, he has advised a range of technology-intensive companies, many of Australia's universities and major government research agencies, as well as Australian policymakers at both state and federal levels.

He has held prestigious research fellowships at Oxford University in the UK and at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He has been the Science Adviser to the Minister for Education, Science and Training in the Australian Government, and has worked as a weekly columnist for the Financial Times newspaper in London.

Independent and widely recognised as an innovative thinker, Dr Barlow is highly respected within the Australian research community for his imagination, optimism, and vision.

He is the publisher of the Barlow Report, a comprehensive and rigorous analysis of the Australian research system. He is the author of the essential book about Australian innovation, The Australian Miracle. A gifted communicator, he also regularly appears in the media and is widely sought after as a public speaker about Australian innovation, technology, science policy, and the future of knowledge.