NATIONAL STUDENT MENTORING DAY

Friday, 12 October, 2007
The Esplanade Hotel, Fremantle, Western Australia

As part of its goal to attract and train outstanding coral reef scientists, the ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies is offering a range of mentoring activities to all graduate students attending the Australian Coral Reef Society Conference on 9-11 October 2007. There will be no registration fees for students attending the National Student Mentoring day. The Centre of Excellence will provide meals and contribute $50 towards accommodation associated with attendance on the day through a reduced ACRS conference registration. Registration and additional information is available from the ACRS web site http://www.australiancoralreefsociety.org/2007_conference_cover_page.htm.

Numbers are limited so please register early.

AGENDA

Time	Speaker	Title
9.00am-9.30am	Professor Malcolm McCulloch Deputy Director, ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies and Research School of Earth Sciences, ANU	Introduction: The ARC Centre of Excellence
9.30am-10.30am	Dr David Wachenfeld Director, Science Technology and Information Group Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority	Careers in Management Agencies
10.30am-11.00am		Morning Tea
11.00am-12.00pm	A/Professor John Pandolfi Centre of Marine Studies University of Queensland	Networking and International Links
12.00pm-12.45pm		Lunch
12.45pm-3.15pm	Dr Andrew Baird Principal Research Fellow ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies	Getting into Print . A guide to developing a publication portfolio, selecting journals, impact factors, dealing with editors and reviewers, co-authorship issues. Booklet provided
3.15pm-3.30pm		Afternoon tea
3.30pm-4.30pm	Dr Morgan Pratchett Australian Research Fellow ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies	Transitioning to a postdoctoral fellowship
4.30pm-5.00pm	Discussion time
5.00pm	Drinks and snacks