• Program

    • Please note that the videoconferencing links will be emailed to the ​all OzGrav members prior to the event.
    • Sparkler talk and Parallel session abstracts can also be accessed via the below links.
               -  Sparkler talk abstracts
               - Parallel session abstracts 
    • Most sessions require individual participation, including Sparkler talks,Parallel sessions and any icebreaker and social sessions
    • Day 1- 24 Nov
    • Day 2- 25 Nov
    • Day 3- 26 Nov
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    Time AEDT
    Time AWST
    Stream 1 
    Stream 2
    ​12:00 PM
    9:00 AM
    Director welcome and Theme highlights
    Join via OzGrav Link #1
    n/a
    ​12:45 PM
    9:45 AM
    Ice-breaker activity
    Join via ​    OzGrav Link #1
    n/a
    1:30 PM
    ​10:30 AM
    Sparkler talks 
    ​Join via     OzGrav Link #1 ​(individual participation)
    n/a
    2:00 PM
    ​11:00 AM
    ​Break
    ​(Optional drop-in session to troubleshoot any Gather town issues you may be having) ​ join via OzGrav Link #1
    ​Low-Frequency Program
    Bram Slagmolen
    Join via Gather town "stream 2" (individual participation)
    3:00 PM
    ​12:00 PM
    Gravitational Wave Data Centre
    Jarrod Hurley, Paul Lasky and Greg Poole
    Join via​ Gather town "stream 1" room
    Planning Australian involvement in LISA over the next 10 years
    Kirk McKenzie 
    Join via​ Gather town "stream 2" room
    4:00 PM
    ​1:00 PM
    ​Fun/social activity
    ​Join via     OzGrav Link #1
    n/a
    4:30 PM
    1:30 PM
    Close
    n/a
    Time AEDT
    Time AWST
    Stream 1
    Stream 2
    12:00 PM
    9:00 AM
    Gather town mingling (optional)
    Join via Gather town 
    n/a
    12:30 PM
    ​9:30 AM
    Equity & Diversity
    ​Penny Robinson
    Women’s health research Program, Monash University
    Join via OzGrav Link #1
    ​n/a
    1:30 PM
    10:30 AM
    Sparkler talks
    Join via     OzGrav Link #1
    ​n/a
    ​2:00 PM
    11:00 AM
    Break
    ​    (Optional drop-in session to troubleshoot any Gather town issues you may be having) ​ join via OzGrav Link #1
    ​n/a
    3:00 PM
    12:00 PM
    Ask not what you can do for GW source modelling, ask what source modellers can do for you
    Ilya Mandel, Katie Auchettl, Ryosuke Hirai, Jarrod Hurley, Simon Stevenson
    Join via ​Gather town "stream 1" room
    Commissioning
    ​Daniel Brown, Bram Slagmolen
    Join via ​​Gather town "stream 2" room
    4:00 PM
    1:00 PM
    NEMO Instrumentation
    Carl, Ju Li, David O., Zhao, Bram
    Join via ​Gather town     "stream 3" room
    Understanding neutron stars: What else do we need?
    Ryosuke Hirai (lead facilitator), Paul Lasky (co-facilitator), Paul Easter (co-facilitator)
    Join via ​    ​Gather town "stream 2" room
    5:00 PM
    2:00 PM
    Close
    n/a
    Time AEDT
    Time AWST
    Stream 1
    Stream 2
    12:00 PM
    9:00 AM
    Plenary: NEMO
    Paul Lasky, Bram Slagmolen, Vaishali Adya, Daniel Brown, David Ottaway
    ​    Join via     OzGrav Link #1
    n/a
    1:00 PM
    10:00 AM
    Gravitational Wave Detection and Technology
    Linqing Wen, Manoj Kovalam, Chayan Chatterjee, Damon Beveridge
    Join via Gather town "stream 1" room

    Radio pulsar timing and gravitational wave searches
    Lead facilitator: Ryan Shannon. Co-facilitators: Matthew Bailes & Andrew Cameron
    ​    Join via     OzGrav Zoom Link #2
    2:00 PM
    ​11:00 AM
    Break
    n/a
    3:00 PM
    ​12:00 PM
    EM preparation for O4 and beyond
    Anais Möller, Jeff Cooke, Dougal Dobie, Jielai Zhang
    ​    Join via     OzGrav Link #1 
    When is a model good?
    Rory Smith, Isobel Romero-Shaw
    ​    Join via     OzGrav Link #2
    4:00 PM
    ​1:00 PM
    Plenary: Australian strategic contributions to Cosmic Explorer
    David McClelland & Matthew Bailes
    ​​Join via OzGrav Link #1
    n/a
    4:30 PM
    ​1:30 PM
    Awards & Wrap-up
    ​    ​Join via OzGrav Link #1
    n/a
    5:00 PM
    2:00 PM
    Close
    n/a
    7:00 PM
    4:00 PM
    ​Dinners/gatherings organised in each city
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  • Ozgrav retreat

    ​Date: 24-26 November 2021 
    Where: Virtual event 
    OzGrav is pleased to announce that this year we will be holding the Annual Retreat on 24-26 November. The Retreat is intended to give you a chance to learn about the research and interests of your fellow OzGravvers and participate in science planning & collaboration sessions. The event will be virtual and to reduce 'zoom fatigue'  the event  will run over 3 half-days. The Annual Retreat directly follows the Early Career Researcher workshop that is being held 22&23 November.

    All OzGrav members are strongly encouraged to actively participate in the retreat. Registration is not required - emails will be distributed to all OzGrav members prior to the event with the videoconferencing links and final program. 

    We are inviting members to submit abstracts for:
    • 2 minute sparkler talks - All members are welcome to give a sparkler talk, with students and postdocs are especially encouraged to use this opportunity to share your research with your colleagues. 
    • 60 minute parallel sessions - Any OzGrav member is welcome to submit an abstract to run a 60 minute session/workshop on a topic of relevance to others in OzGrav. We especially encourage proposals that might elicit cross-node and/or cross-program/theme engagement 
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    Refer to the relevant tab for further information and application forms. 

    We hope that you can make it and fingers crossed we can see you all in person in 2022!
           Matthew Bailes, and the retreat planning committee (Vaishali Adya, Fiona Panther, Katie Auchettl, Simon Stevenson, Seb Ng, Jade Powell and Carl Blair) 

  • sparkler talks

    Sparkler talk applications are now closed
    • Sparkler talks will be allocated 2 minutes. There will also be time allocated for Q&A. 
    • There are two sparkler sessions presenters are invited to participate in (1:30 PM AEDT on Wednesday 24 Nov and again at 1:30 PM AEDT on Thursday 25 Nov). Each session you will be allocated a breakout room at random to present your talk to a small group of  OzGrav members who have also been randomly allocated the same breakout room..
    • At each sparkler session, you will be put into a zoom breakout room with ~2 other people who are also presenting a sparkler plus 3-5 other people who are not giving sparklers. (i.e. we expect 6-8 people in each breakout room).
    • Both Sparkler session will be use Zoom.
    • You and the other people presenting sparkler talks will take turns giving your ~2 min talk to the small group, and then the group can have informal Q&A about your talks and chat about each others' research.
    • The sparkler talk sessions are scheduled directly before a long break at 2PM AEDT. Therefore, there's no hard cut-off for when to stop chatting, but we expect that most groups will probably wind up after about 15-20 mins.
    • Sparkler slides should be limited to  two slides per talk. You do not need to submit your slides prior to your talk. Please ensure the slides are in a format compatible with screen sharing via zoom. 

  •  parallel session

    We are pleased to give our members an opportunity to run/facilitate 60-minute parallel sessions during this year's Annual Retreat.  
    Applications have now closed
    • Please refer to the Program tab for a full list of the parallel sessions and their scheduled times.  
    • Parallel sessions will be run via Gather town. We have included Gather town tutorials in the the Tab labelled same. If you are facilitator of a parallel session and  Gather town is not suitable  to be run your session, please ensure you notify Yeshe Fenner coo@ozgrav.org  and your session can be allocated to a zoom link .
    • We will arrange some drop in sessions on 22& 23 Nov for session facilitators to familiarise themselves with the space. 
    • Facilitators will need to arrange for a note-taker to document the key discussion points, actions and outcomes, which we would like to share with the rest of the Centre.  

  • conference dinner/GATHERING

    In the states and territories where it is possible, a casual conference dinner/gathering will be arranged  for our members to meet with fellow OzGrav colleagues in person. This will be organised by your local node admin staff member or delegate.  Members will be updated as the details are organised. For our Melbourne based members we intend to organise a casual event  that all 3 nodes can attend together.  
  • Parallel sessions will be run via the virtual platform Gather town. It is a simple and intuitive web-based tool that does not require installation of software prior to use. 
    A link to the Gather Town space has been emailed to all OzGrav members. 

    Gather Town Information and support
    Participants will join us in a 2D world with 8-bit graphics, walking around the space by moving their avatar with their keyboard’s arrow keys. For optimal user experience, it is suggested that you use Chrome  for your web browser.  If you have not used  Gather town before, below are some links to instructions of how to navigate within the platform.  We will also be running Gather town drop in session on OzGrav Zoom link#1 in the first break on Monday (day 1) and Tuesday (day 2) of the retreat if you need assistance or have any questions. 
    If you have reviewed the the tutorial information and you are having technical issues, please contact info@ozgrav.org and a team member will contact you as soon as possible to assist. 

  • code of conduct

    We ask attendees to read and adhere to the the OzGrav Events code of conduct policy that outlines behavior that will not be tolerated. In particular:
    • Behave professionally. Harassment and sexist, racist, or exclusionary comments or jokes are not appropriate. Harassment includes sustained disruption of talks or other events, inappropriate physical contact, sexual attention or innuendo, deliberate intimidation, stalking, and photography or recording of an individual without consent. It also includes offensive comments related to gender, sexual orientation, disability, physical appearance, race or religion.
    • All communication should be appropriate for a professional audience including people of many different backgrounds.
    • Participants asked to stop any inappropriate behaviour are expected to comply immediately. Attendees violating these rules may be asked to leave the event at the sole discretion of the organisers without a refund of any charge.
    • You are welcome to engage with this event and your colleagues through social media, provided that your communications are respectful, appropriate for a professional audience, and adhere to the Code of Conduct. If you have questions or criticisms about a colleague’s research or presentation, we strongly encourage you to communicate that directly to your colleague rather than via social media. We also encourage you to only post things on social media about other people, which you would be comfortable saying to them in person. 
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