2019 ECR Workshop Program

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Early career researcher workshop program

Date: 17 & 18 November 2019
Venue: Mantra Lorne
35 Mountjoy Parade, Lorne VIC 3232
Conference room: ??

Workshop Day 1
Monday 17 November

07:00 Optional morning activity: Yoga
(Pavilion area)

09:00 Registration desk open

09:30 Welcome from the director
(Matthew Bailes)

10:00   Intro to science communication 1
(Jackie Bondell & Lisa Horsley) Link to presentation

11:00 Morning Tea

11:30 Intro to science communication 2
(Jackie Bondell, Lisa Horsley, Carl Knox & Mark Myers)

13:00 Lunch and photos

14:00     Developing your leadership and strategic capabilities 
(Veronique Florec) Link to presentation

15:30 Afternoon Tea

16:00 2 Parallel sessions
1 How to create and deliver great presentations
(Lisa Horsley) Link to notes
2 Science writing for the general public and children 
(Jackie Bondell) Link to presentation

17:00 Close

18:30 Mini golf & dinner followed by trivia 

Workshop Day 2
Tuesday 18 November

07:00 Optional morning activity: Pilates
  (Pavilion area)

08:00 Optional bystander anti-harassment training
(Grant Meadors) Link to presentation

09:00 Interferometry
  (Vaishali Adya)
Link to presentation 1
Link to presentation 2

11:00 Morning Tea

11:30 2 Parallel sessions:
1 Media training, including radio/TV interview prep 
(Lisa Horsley, Carl Knox, Mark Myers) Link to presentation
2       Scientific paper writing
(Duncan Galloway) Link to presentation

12:30 Lunch

13:30 2 Parallel sessions:
1   Taking charge of your PhD
(David Ottaway & Joris van Heijningen) Link to presentation
2    How to prepare a great CV and nail a job interview
(Warrick Couch) Link to notes

14:30 Afternoon Tea

15:00 How to write and win grants
(Matthew Bailes) Link to presentation

16:00 OzGrav playing cards design
(Lisa Horsley) Link to presentation including votes

17:00 Networking with industry guests

Kate Brooks - She worked for 11 years as an astronomer at CSIRO until 2016. Now she is an innovation manager at Wesfarmers Chemicals, Energy & Fertilisers. Kate also runs her own consulting firm called ReasrchBiz and co-founded a company called Caffeen earlier in 2018.
Tara Murphy - She is an A/Prof at USyd and the co-founder of a company called Grok Learning that aims to give everyone the power to code.
Jean-Charles Dumas - He started his own company in marine ROVs called Synaya after a PhD and a first postdoc at UWA.
Stephen Parker - He obtained a PhD and spent five subsequent years as a postdoc at UWA before leaving to become a Principal Systems Designer at MRX technologies, a tech company in the railway, mining and exploration industry.
Annette Tyler - She has a PhD in Biophysics and now works as an Assistant Director at the Statistical Business Transformation Division of The Australian Bureau of Statistics.
Tarquin Ralph - He has a degree in Physics and an MBA, was a Partner in 2 large consulting firms before forming his own, and now also works with of Liquid Instruments. He is completing a PhD at ANU.
Eric May - He is a professor at UWA in Mechanical and Chemical Engineering as well as the Chevron Chair in Gas Process Engineering. He considers being an academic as one of the best jobs there is.
Dr Anthea King was a postdoc at University of Melbourne, after which she did an internship with Mezo Research in Melbourne. She is now working for Wesfarmers Chemicals, Energy, and Fertilisers

18:30 Dinner with industry guests

2019 Early career researcher (ECR) workshop

Early career researcher workshop program