Program for the Symposium

Venue: The Ship Inn 
               Queensland College of Art, Griffith University, South Bank Campus 
               Cnr Stanley and Sidon St, South Brisbane


Day one

Monday 6 June

8:30 – 9:00 am AEST

Arrival and Registration 

9:00 – 9:15 am AEST

Opening Session         

9:15 – 9:45 am AEST

Keynote Speech 

10:00 – 10:30 am AEST

Morning Tea 

10:30 – 12:00 pm AEST

Panel: Understanding transdisciplinary/interdisciplinarity - frameworks, approaches and key success criteria
     1. Ecological and animal health
     2. Human health
     3. Policy and governance

12:00 – 13:00 pm AEST

Lunch and a Movie: Regenerating Australia 

13:00 – 14:25 pm AEST

Panel: Discussions and/or presentations to identify barriers and/or opportunities for advancing interdisciplinarity     
     1. Ecological and animal health     
     2. Human health     
     3. Policy and governance

14:25 – 14:35 pm AEST

Health Break

14:35 – 16:00 pm AEST

Panel: Discussions and/or presentations to identify 3-5 areas of focus/concern, integrating concepts from previous workshop session         
     1. Ecological and animal health          
     2. Human health          
     3. Policy and governance

16:00 – 16:30 pm AEST

Afternoon Tea 

16:30 – 17:30 pm AEST

Reflective Plenary: Identify methods, convergence in interdisciplinarity 

17:30 – 18:00 pm AEST

Break

18:00 – 19:00 pm AEST

Poster Session

19:00 – 20:00 pm AEST

Networking Event


Day two

Tuesday 7 June

9:00 – 9:05 am AEST

Welcome 

9:05 – 10:00 am AEST

Plenary Workshop 

10:00 – 10:30 am AEST

Morning Tea 

10:30 – 12:15 pm AEST

Parallel Workshops 

12:15 – 13:15 pm AEST

Networking Lunch  

13:15 – 13:30 pm AEST

Plenary Presentations: Introduction to workshops

     1. Data science and the environment

     2. Wicked problems in health

     3. Developing a transdisciplinary framework for action

13:30 – 13:40 pm AEST

Health Break 

13:40 – 15:00 pm AEST

Parallel Workshops: Methods, tools and approaches for interdisciplinary research
     1. Data science and the environment
     2. Wicked problems in health
     3. Developing a transdisciplinary framework for action

15:00 – 15:30 pm AEST

Afternoon Tea 

15:30 – 16:30 pm AEST

Plenary Panel: Opportunities for progressing interdisciplinary research - networks, grants, publications

16:30 – 17:00 pm AEST

General Discussion: Developing a community of practice

17:00 – 17:10 pm AEST

Wrap up and Close


*Program is subject to change

Contact

    emcr@science.org.au