Draft Program

Across the two-days, attendees will have the change to join a mixture of facilitated sessions in developing key skills for their careers, networking and group discussion sessions. Group discussions will be focused on the challenges faced by researchers in regional/remote areas, how these barriers may be overcome, and building connections between regional researchers.

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DAY ONE

Wednesday 12 February

8.30 am	Registration and arrival tea and coffee
9.00 am	Welcome Welcome to Country
9.30 am	Academic writing and editing skills Dr Malini Devadas, MD Writing and Editing
12.30 pm	Networking lunch with breakout discussion groups
1.30 pm	Communicating your science - working with the media Dr Joe Milton, Australian Science Media Centre
3.00 pm	Afternoon tea
3.30 pm	Communicating your science - working with the media (continued)
5.00 pm	End of day 1
5.15 pm – 7.00 pm	Networking function

DAY 2 TWO

Thursday 13 February

8.30 am	Arrival tea and coffee
9.00 am	Leadership skills, personal development and culture change Dr Desley Lodwick and Dr Rachel Cameron, STEMM Culture: Cultivating Leaders
10.30 am	Morning tea
11.00 am	Leadership skills, personal development and culture change (continued)
12.30 pm	Networking lunch with breakout discussion groups
1.30 pm	Leadership skills, personal development and culture change (continued)
4.00 pm	End of event