NATIONAL STUDENT MENTORING DAY

Monday, 28 September, 2009
Novotel Atrium Hotel, Darwin, Northern Territory

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 25th to 27th September 2009. 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

 

AGENDA

Time	Speaker	Title
9.00am-9.30am	Professor Malcolm McCulloch Western Australia Premier's Fellow and Deputy Director, ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies University of Western Australia	Introduction: The ARC Centre of Excellence
9.30am-10.30am	Dr Philip Munday 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
10.30am-11.00am		Morning Tea
11.00am-12.00pm	Dr Philip Munday ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies	Getting into Print (cont)
12.00pm-1.00pm		Lunch
1.00pm-2.00pm	Professor John Pandolfi Centre of Marine Studies University of Queensland	Networking and International Links
2.00pm-3.00pm	Fergus Molloy Acting Manager, Research and Monitoring Coordination (Natural Science) Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority	Careers in Management Agencies
3.00pm-3.30pm		Afternoon tea
3.30pm-4.30pm	Professor Malcolm McCulloch ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies	Transitioning to a postdoctoral research fellowship
4.30pm-5.00pm	Discussion	Professor Malcolm McCulloch
5.00pm	Refreshments