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ECR Workshop Program

Annual Retreat Program
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Early career researcher workshop program (PROVISIONAL - SUBJECT TO CHANGE)

Date: 18 & 19 November 2019
​Venue: Mantra Lorne
35 Mountjoy Parade, Lorne VIC 3232

Sunday 17 November

From 16:00                Arrival and check in

18:30                             Welcome dinner

Workshop Day 1 
Monday 18 November

07:30        Optional morning activity

09:00        Registration desk open

​09:30        Welcome from the director and Early Career Researcher Committee
               
10:00         Building Your Strategic Career Workshop, part 1
                      (Shelda Debowksi)

11:00        Morning Tea

11:30        Building Your Strategic Career Workshop, part 2  
                     (Shelda Debowski)

13:00        Lunch 

14:00        Building Your Strategic Career Workshop, part 3  
                     (Shelda Debowski)

15:30        Afternoon Tea

​16:00        Hands-on teamwork and communication workshop
                     (Lisa Horsley)

17:00        Close​

18:30        Trivia ​& dinner 

Workshop Day 2
Tuesday 19 November 
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07:00           Optional morning activity

07:45           Breakfast session: Taking charge of your PhD (recommended for pre-PhDs and 1st-year PhDs)
                        (Joris van Heijningen and Paul Lasky)

08:45           Walk to optional social activity: Tree zip-lining at Live Wire Park 
                        (Option to stay at Mantra for other mini golf)

9:30               Tree zip-lining  at Live Wire Park OR social sport activities at Mantra

12:30            Lunch with panel discussion and career stories from invited guests 
                          Invited guests will share stories and take Q&A about their careers that started out in 
                         astronomy/physics/engineering & subsequently took interesting trajectories into
                         industry & other sectors

14:00            Science Talk - Theo Motta (Neutron Star equation of state/ nuclear physics)  

15:00            Afternoon tea

15:30            Science training - Inference/Data analysis

16:30            Three Parallel sessions:
 1                     Scientific paper writing - Matthew Bailes
 2                     Tips for writing success grants - Ilya Mandel and Carl Blair 
 3                     Career advice with invited guests (an opportunity to seek career, CV, interview advice
                         in private with our invited academic/industry guests. Feel free to bring your CV for their feedback!) 
               
17:30           Close
                   
18:30           Self-organised dinner in Lorne 
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