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ECR Workshop Program

Annual Retreat Program
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Early career researcher workshop program 

Date: 18 & 19 November 2019
​Venue: Mantra Lorne - Click here for venue map/floorplan
35 Mountjoy Parade, Lorne VIC 3232 

NB: Breakfast served in Larder Restaurant each day 7-10am (unless otherwise specified) ​

Sunday 17 November

From 16:00                Arrival and check in (Convention Room 2+3)

18:30                             Welcome canapes (Seagrass lawns)
​19:00                             Buffet dinner (Heritage Ballroom)

Workshop Day 1 
Monday 18 November
Location: Convention room 2+3  (unless otherwise specified)

07:30        Optional yoga (Seagrass lawns)

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 ​& BBQ buffet (Heritage ballroom)

Workshop Day 2
Tuesday 19 November 
​Location: Convention room 2+3  (unless otherwise specified)

07:00           Optional pilates (Seagrass lawns)

07:45           Breakfast session: Taking charge of your PhD (recommended for pre-PhDs and 1st-year PhDs)
                        Convention room 1
                        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 activities)

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

12:00            Walk back from Live Wire Park to Mantra Lorne

12:30            Lunch with panel discussion and career stories from invited guests 
                         (Conference Room 2+3) — 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.
                          Read the bios of our invited guests.                         

14:00            Plenary Talk: Neutron Star equation of state/ nuclear physics - Theo Motta 

15:00            Afternoon tea

15:30            Inference/Data analysis hands-on training - Greg Ashton

16:30            Parallel sessions:
 1                     Scientific paper writing - Matthew Bailes (Convention room 2+3)
 2                     Tips for writing successful grants - Ilya Mandel and Carl Blair (Convention room 1)
 3                     Career advice with invited guests (Heritage 3)
                         This session will be 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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