RESEARCH


Research Showcases


In 2009, the office of the DVC (Research) is hosting a series of Research Showcases aimed primarily at identifying opportunities for collaboration across the University.

Each Showcase will provide research staff and students with the opportunity to present their work to colleagues from other Schools, Faculties and Research Centres. Representatives of industry and Honours students will also be invited to attend.

UPCOMING SHOWCASES

PAST EVENTS

For further information about the Showcase Program, or to RSVP to any of the upcoming events, please email research-showcase@explode.unsw.edu.au




Indigenous women

This event is co-sponsored by the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic) and the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research).

SHOWCASE DETAILS

When: Tuesday 10 and Wednesday 11 November 2009
Where: Law Lecture Theatre (G04)
Who: All interested staff and students welcome
Program: Presentation Program and Posters


SESSIONS INCLUDE

  • Rights and Justice
  • Knowledge and Creativity
  • Dialogue and Nation Building
  • Health and Wellbeing
To RSVP to this event please email research-showcase@explode.unsw.edu.au.





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SHOWCASE DETAILS

When: Friday, 20 November 2009 (9.00 am - 4.00 pm)
Where: Ritchie Theatre and Gallery One (Scientia Bldg)
Who: All interested staff and students welcome
Program: Presentation and Poster Program

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS AND SESSIONS

Keynote Speaker: Professor Hugh Durrant-Whyte, University of Sydney
Session 1: Autonomous Systems
Session 2: Positioning and Navigation
LUNCH and POSTER SESSION, GALLERY ONE
Keynote Speaker: Professor Gamini Dissanayake, University of Technology, Sydney
Session 3: Artificial Intelligence and Human Interaction

To RSVP to this event please email research-showcase@explode.unsw.edu.au no later than COB Monday, 16 November.





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SHOWCASE DETAILS

Date: April 2010 - Date TBC
Venue: Ritchie Theatre and Foyer/Galleries (Scientia Bldg)
Faculties: FBE/Law/Business/FASS/Medicine
Proposed target issues include but are not limited to: actuarial forecasts, public health, geriatric medicine, Indigenous populations, housing and services, social policy for demographic change management
Proposed topics include but are not limited to: migration, Indigenous populations, aging populations, labour markets, climate change and the impact on population, finance, urban planning




PREVIOUS SHOWCASES



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Thank you to all those who participated in the Well Being Showcase. With over fifty posters and forty-four presentations, the two day event provided an stimulating and diverse program.

Presentation and Poster brochures, providing abstracts and contact details for those involved in the Showcase, are now available:

* Well Being Presentation Brochure
* Well Being Poster Brochure


The Office of the DVC (Research) is pleased to announce the presentation and poster winners below:

Presentation winners:


Poster winners:






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The May Climate Change and Environmental Sustainability Showcase was a great success with interest from both Federal, State and Local government as well attendees from the private sector.

Presentation and Poster brochures, providing abstracts and contact details for those involved in the Showcase, are now available:

* CC & ES Presentation Brochure
* CC & ES Poster Brochure




The Office of the DVC (Research) is pleased to announce the presentation and poster winners below:

Presentation winners:

Alicia Bergonia
NSW Sea Level Rise Policy: Challenges, Needs and Opportunities
Institute of Environmental Studies

Alexandra Campbell
Climate change, human impacts and the “rise of the microbes”
School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences (BEES)/ Centre for Marine Bio-Innovation (CMB); Ecology and Evolution Research Centre (E&ERC)

Jennifer Hamilton
Narrating the weather
School of English, Media and Performing Arts

Poster winners:

Associate Professor Linlin GE, Paula Rattanasuda Cholathat, Alex Zhe Hu and Professor Chris Rizos
CO2 Storage Monitoring with Satellite Radar Remote Sensing
School of Surveying and Spatial Information Systems

Telia Curtis
Sunny Solution for Nutty Nuisance
SPREE and Food Science

Rosemary Smart
Could carbon markets impact land use choices in South East Asia? Reviewing the literature on the drivers of tropical forest and wetland conversion.
Planning, Built Environment