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  • About
    • Vision & Mission
    • Join OzGrav
    • Mental Health and Wellbeing
    • Getting started in OzGrav
    • Funding Opportunities
    • Diversity and Inclusion
    • Code of Conduct
    • OzGrav Mentoring Program
    • Nodes & Partners
    • Facilities & Capabilities
    • Reports >
      • Annual Reports
      • Industry Success Stories
      • Strategic Plan
    • Member resources
  • Our People
    • Chief Investigators
    • Partner Investigators
    • Associate Investigators
    • Postdocs and Students >
      • Faces of OzGrav
    • Professional & Outreach staff
    • Governance Advisory Committee
    • Scientific Advisory Committee
    • Executive Committee
    • Equity & Diversity Committee
    • Early Career Researcher Committee
    • Professional Development Committee
    • Research Translation Committee
    • OzGrav Alumni
  • Research Themes
    • Instrumentation
    • Data/Astro
    • How to write a research brief
  • Education and Outreach
  • Events
    • OzFink workshop 2023
    • 2022 OzGrav ECR Workshop and Annual Retreat
    • Upcoming and Past Events
  • News/Media
    • News
    • Newsletter
    • Binary Neutron Star Discovery
  • Contact Us

2018 annual retreat

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​Poster Session

Annual retreat program

Date:  7, 8 & 9 December 2018
​​Venue: Novotel Vines Resort, Swan Valley W.A
Verdelho Drive The Vines WA 6069 Australia


THURSDAY 6 DECEMBER
From 16:00                Arrival and check in
19:00                             Welcome Dinner

DAY 1 - FRIDAY 7 DECEMBER
Venue: Barrett Leonard Room
Novotel Vines Resort, Swan Valley, Western Australia

7:30 - 8.30                   Optional morning activity: Pilates
                                           
(Pavilion area)

8:30 - 9:30                   Arrival, check in, registration, poster set-up              
                                                                                                                         
9:30 - 9:45                   Welcome & Vision for OzGrav                                                                  
                                          (Matthew Bailes) 

9:45 – 10:30               Science theme overviews                                                                                                   
                                            (Matthew Bailes, Eric Thrane, David McClelland)          
                                             Link to E. Thrane presentation                 
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10:30 - 11:00              Morning Tea

11:00 - 11:45              Panel Q&A: Career Development & Mentoring       
                                           (Career Development Committee)

11:45 – 12:30            Program highlights and future opportunities
                                           (4 x 10 min talks from Peter Veitch, Ju Li, Simon Stevenson, Ryan Shannon) 
                                           Link to Ju Li presentation
                                           Link to S. Stevenson presentation
                                           Link to R. Shannon presentation 
                                           Link to P. Veitch presentation

12:30 - 13:30              Lunch & group photo

13:30 – 14:40            Preparing for O3
 
                                          (4x10 min talks from Georgia Mansell, Joris van Heijningen, Meg Millhouse,                                                                Rory Smith)
​                                             Link to J. van Heijningen presentation
                                             
14:40 - 15:10             Poster sparkler talks
 
                                          (1 min each) 
                                                                       
15:10 - 15:40              Afternoon Tea 
                                            
15:40 - 16:50              3G and OzGrav High Frequency Detector 
                                            (David Ottaway, David McClelland, Eric Thrane ) 
                                             Link to E. Thrane presentation
                                             Link to D. Ottaway presentation
                                              
16:50 - 17:00              Discussion of topics for Breakaway sessions on Day 2 & 3                                                    
                                             (Matthew Bailes)

19:00                                Dinner 

​DAY 2- SATURDAY 8 DECEMBER
Venue: Samuel Copley Room (note: change of room)
Novotel Vines Resort, Swan Valley, Western Australia
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7:00 - 8:00                   Optional morning activity: Yoga  
                                           
(Pavilion area)

8:10- 9:00                     Optional bystander anti harassment training (Grant Meadors) Link to presentation

9:00 – 10:00               Breakout Sessions #1 – Topics TBC
                              
10:00 - 10:30             Poster sparkler talks
                                           (1 min each)        
                                                                                             
10:30 - 11:00              Morning Tea

11:00 - 11:45              OzGrav Diversity & Inclusion (Q&A and round tables)      
                                             (Equity & Diversity Committee)

11:45 – 12:30            Program highlights and future opportunities
                                          (3 x 15 min talks from Greg Ashton, Qi Chu, Kendall Ackley+Eric Howell)
                                           Link to Greg Ashton Inference presentation
                                           Link to Qi Chu presentation
                                           Link to Kendall and Eric presentation
12:30 - 13:45             Lunch & Poster Session (in Boardroom)

13:45 – 14:45            Breakout Sessions #2 – Topics TBC

14:45 - 15:15              Afternoon Tea 

15:15 - 16:00             OzGrav Education and Outreach            
                                           (EPO team) Link to presentation

16:00 - 17:00             2 x parallel sessions
                                            1. Become an OzGrav outreach superstar! 
                                           
(EPO team)       
                                            Hands on training in two parallel sessions:                 
                                            1) Virtual Reality / SciVR / Mirage;
                                            2) Schools Program Mission Gravity (link to presentation)

                                            2. CI meeting (closed session)

17:30 – 18:00           Buses to dinner venue, and individual photographs

18:30                             Conference dinner (Sandalford Winery)

DAY 3- SUNDAY 9 DECEMBER
Venue: Barrett Leonard Room
Novotel Vines Resort, Swan Valley, Western Australia
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7:00 - 8:00                   Optional morning activity: Pilates
                                           (Pavilion area)
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9:00 - 9:30                   Keynote talk 
                                           (A/Prof Tara Murphy, USyd) Link to presentation

9:30 – 10:15               Program highlights and future opportunities
                                         (4 x 10 min talks from Chunnong Zhao, Bram Slagmolen, Lyle Roberts, Matthew  Bailes)                            Link to L. Roberts presentation                   
                                           Link to C. Zhao Presentation

10:15 - 11:45              Morning Tea & poster pack-down

10:45 - 11:30             Keynote talk            
                                           (David Shoemaker, LSC Spokesperson) Link to presentation

11:30 - 12:15             Breakout Sessions #3 – Program & grant planning meetings TBC

12:15 - 12:30             Wrap-up               
                        ​                   (Matthew Bailes)

12:30                              Meeting close   (optional lunch on-site at own expense)

12:30 – 18:00            Optional tour of the GDC observatory / Buses to airport and Perth CBD

18:00                              AIP Congress welcome reception @ UWA

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We acknowledge and pay respects to the Elders and Traditional Owners of the land on which our six Australian nodes stand

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Banner images: An artist's impression of gravitational waves generated by binary neutron stars.  Credits: R. Hurt/Caltech-JPL
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