QIMR Postgraduate Student Retreat 2003
Organized by the QIMR Higher Degrees Committee Student Representatives
Lynette Beattie, Sarah-Jane Cozzi and Jyoti Jonnalagadda
Thursday & Friday 6th and 7th November, 2003 - Tranquil Park Mountain Resort, Maleny
DAY ONE
- 10.00-10.30
- Introduction
- Prof Michael Good - Director QIMR
- What is the QIMR Higher Degrees Committee?
- Dr Greg Anderson - Chair HDC
- 10.30-11.00 Morning Tea
- 11.00-13.00
- SESSION ONE: STEPS TOWARDS a SUCCESSFUL PhD at QIMR
- Dr Sergei Koslov - What is required to complete a PhD?
- Dr Steve Ogbourne - Commercial vs non-commercial PhDs
- Dr David Purdie - Working towards a sucessful student-supervisor relationship
- 13.00-14.00 Lunch Break
- 14.00-16.00
- SESSION TWO: STUDENT TALKS
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Melissa Merritt
Sarah Cozzi
Patricia Keith
Manuel Farriera
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Mark Pearson
Sarah Medland
Tanya Russell
Alberto Pinzon-Charry
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- 16.00-16.30 Afternoon Tea
- 16.30-17.30
- SESSION THREE: STRESS MANAGEMENT
- GUEST SPEAKER - Dr Malcolm Mackenzie
- 17.30-18.00
- Poster Preparation
- 18.00-19.00
- SESSION FOUR: POSTER PRESENTATION and Judging
- 18.00-18.30: ODD numbered posters
- 18.30-19.00: EVEN numbered posters
- 19.00-19.30
- GUEST SPEAKER: HON. PAUL LUCAS
Minister for Innovation and Information Economy
- 19.30 Dinner
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DAY TWO
- 7.30-8.30 Breakfast
- 8.30-10.30
- SESSION ONE: CAREERS IN SCIENCE
- Dr Chris Engwerda - Postdoc: Overseas vs Australia
- Prof D Moss - Building a career at QIMR
- Dr B Wainwright - What does academia offer?
- Dr A Suhrbier - Commercial spin-offs
- 10.30-10.45 Morning Tea
- 10.45-11.45
- SESSION TWO: CAREERS OUT OF SCIENCE
- Dr T Mynott - Science and Business Management/IP
- Dr J van der Pols - Science and Communication
- 12.00-13.00 Lunch
- 13.00-15.30
- SESSION THREE: PUBLIC SPEAKING/COMMUNICATION WORKSHOP
- Ruth Bonetti
- 15.30-16.00 CONCLUSION & ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
- 16.00 RETURN to QIMR
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