Director's Message

Dear Colleagues,

 On Friday this week our AusIMM student chapter have organised a Careers in Earth Science day. This will be open to all interested undergraduate and postgraduate students. A highlight of the day will be presentations by recent RSES graduates, Elliot Kahn and Alex Waters who work in the iron ore and gold sectors in Western Australia. Elliot and  will also be running workshops and discussion sessions on how to approach and pitch to industry, and commence successful careers in geoscience.  Further information can be found at facebook.com/groups/AusIMMCanberraStudentChapter

Steve Eggins

IPCC special reprt

Work has begun to prepare the IPCC Special Report on Oceans and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate. The lead authors meet in Fiji from 2nd-6th October to begin writing the report, that will be delivered in September 2019. Nerilie Abram is a co-orindating lead author on this IPCC Special Report, and one of four Australian representatives on the author team.

Halloween Morning Tea:

Welcome to new PhD students

There will be a ‘scariest cake’ competition - bakers get your hats on (all entries welcome)!

So please join us on Tuesday, 31st October,

Dorothy Hill Women in Earth Sciences Symposium 

Wednesday 15 and Thursday 16 November 2017

The University of Queensland,Brisbane, Queensland 

2017 Planetary Frontiers Workshop 16 – 17 November, Room E6A 102, Macquarie University.

This year the Planetary Frontiers Workshop will be held in conjunction with the Australian Space Research Conference, 13 – 15 November at the University of Sydney (see http://www.nssa.com.au/17asrc)

Registrations deadline: 1 November 2017 For more information: http://goo.gl/Eww7Mx

2017 WAMSI Research Conference

The Western Australian Marine Science Institution’s Research Conference includes sessions from its Dredging Science Node (22-23 November 2017) and Kimberley Marine Research Program (28-30 November 2017). 22-30 November 2017 - Perth

Franco-Australian Astrobiology and Exoplanet School and Workshop 16 - 20 December, 2017, Australian National University

The ANU (co-sponsors include ORIGINS Team- RSES)  in collaboration with the Paris Sciences et Lettres (PSL) Research University will host the first Franco-Australian Astrobiology and Exoplanet School and Workshop.  Exoplanets and astrobiology are rapidly emerging fields that combine astronomy, biology, and earth sciences.  Key questions to answer are: Do protoplanetary disks include compositional trends that imprint on the future planets? What should future observations of Solar System bodies focus on? Where should we search for nearby habitable Earth-like planets? How can the science of the remote detection of biosignatures be advanced? What can our knowledge of life on Earth tell us about life elsewhere in the universe?

This workshop will bring leading experts from France, Australia and around the world to identify new avenues for answering these questions. The outcomes of this workshop will inform future collaborative projects between Australia and France. 

The first 2 days (Dec 16 & 17) will be a school with lectures intended for PhD, Masters and undergraduate students. The following 3 days will be a workshop with research presentations on astrobiology and exoplanets.  The outcomes of this workshop will inform future collaborative projects between Australia and France in these fields.

AMOS-ICSHMO 2018

The Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society and the American Meteorological Society, are holding the Joint 25th AMOS National Conference and 12th International Conference for Southern Hemisphere Meteorology and Oceanography, AMOS-ICSHMO 2018, at UNSW Sydney 5-9 February 2018

College announcements:

Joint colleges of Science - Equity and Diversity Seminar

Professor Richard Baker will present the next Joint Colleges of Science Equity and Diversity Seminar. 

Richard will be speaking about the Science in Australia Gender Equity (SAGE) process and other gender equity initiatives at ANU. Richard is the Chair of the ANU Self Assessment team which will oversee, guide, prepare and submit the application for the SAGE Athena SWAN institutional Bronze Award.

 The seminar will take place on:

Tuesday October 31st 2017

12:00 -1:00pm

Science Teaching Building (#136), level 3, Linnaeus Way, ANU Acton.

All academic and professional staff are encouraged to attend.

ARMS ACT presents a workshop on the ARC and NHMRC Peer Review Process.

Professor Stephan Buckman, ARC Executive Director, will present on ARC peer review. Dr Mary Gray, ANU, presents an overview of the ARC peer review process and reveals the result of an experiment that tests the questions ‘is the ARC peer review process a lottery?’ Dr Ragini Singh, ANU, presents an overview of the NHMRC peer review process and observations from attending the NHMRC selection meeting.

There will be a Q&A session, where the audience can ask ARC and NHMRC assessors and selection panel members about the process or their tips for their best application.

 Afternoon tea will be provided.

 Event Location: Canberra Innovation Network (CNRIN) 1 Moore Street

Time: 1:30pm – 4pm

Date: 15 November

 Please save the date. Registration information will be provided shortly!

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