On September 30, 2026, Spark was presented at the 20th Annual Higher Education Research Group Adelaide (HERGA) Conference, hosted at Adelaide University under the theme "Transition, Technology and Trust".
University discussion platforms remain largely siloed by course codes and wiped clean after each semester. Early-stage inquiry, where breakthrough thinking forms, is routinely lost once teaching periods conclude. Spark addresses this boundary by treating academic discourse as persistent infrastructure rather than disposable forum activity.
The presentation detailed the platform's four-operator arithmetic discourse engine - applying addition (+), subtraction (−), multiplication (×), and division (÷) to academic debate - alongside blind peer-evaluation windows and continuous, verified credentialing for student research mobility.
Sellaiya, N. (2026). Spark: The thinking network. In Proceedings of the 20th Annual HERGA Conference: Transition, Technology and Trust (p. 122). Adelaide University.
Abstract #79, Program p. 9, Index p. 18.
Official conference website: herga.com.au.