SCIENCE AT THE SHINE DOME canberra 30 April – 2 May 2003
Early-career researchers program
The Australian Academy of Science offered a special program for early-career researchers, outlined below, in conjunction with Science at the Shine Dome. Those who attended:
- learnt about the latest research across a range of science disciplines,
- met and exchanged ideas with renowned scientists, science teachers and other early-career researchers; and
- participated in a career development workshop.
The CSIRO, CRCs, universities and research institutions were invited to send representatives.
| Wednesday 30 April New Fellows seminar |
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| 9.30am-4.00pm | New Fellows seminar 20 new Academy Fellows presented 10-minute talks about their research. |
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| 6.00-8.30pm | Informal dinner Short presentations were made by young researcher awardees. |
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| Thursday 1 May Awards and admission of new Fellows |
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| 10.00am-1.00pm | Awards presentation Admission of Fellows, the Burnet Lecture and presentations by awardees. |
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| 2.00-5.00pm | Career Development Workshop Presentations were made on two themes – media and communication skills and writing grant proposals – followed by a presentation from international researcher, Dr Angela Belcher. |
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| 7.00 for 7.30pm | Annual dinner Early-career researchers were seated amongst Fellows and teachers. The after dinner speaker was the Hon Peter McGauran MP, Minister for Science. |
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| Friday 2 May Annual symposium Nanoscience – where physics, chemistry and biology collide |
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| 8.50am-3.40pm | Annual symposium Nanoscience – where physics, chemistry and biology collide This symposium covered the biological, chemical, engineering and environmental aspects of nanoscience. |
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| Feedback from early-career researchers in 2002. | ||||
