text: VISITING SPEAKER Scientific & Business Potentials in Exploring Marine Microbial Life ABSTRACT AVAILABLE https://firstname.lastname@example.com/whatson/ARE 1328763600 2012 2 9 Thursday 13:00 1328766300 2012 2 9 Thursday 13:45 (None Set) (None Set) Jennifer Gillett ext 4416 email@example.com Professor Duarte is Director of the Oceans Institute at The University of Western Australia and Research Professor with the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) at the Mediterranean Institute for Advanced Studies (IMEDEA) in Mallorca, Spain. His research focuses on understanding the effects of global change in aquatic ecosystems, both marine and freshwater. He has conducted research across Europe, South-East Asia, Cuba, México, USA, Australia, the Amazonia, the Arctic, the Southern Ocean, and the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific oceans, spanning most of the marine ecosystem types, from near-shore to the deep sea. Professor Carlos Duarte, Oceans Institute, UWA G.33 Lecture Theatre, Bayliss Building Yes 3 COURSE Introductory Statistics A short course https://email@example.com/whatson/ARE 1329699600 2012 2 20 Monday 9:00 1329901200 2012 2 22 Wednesday 17:00 (None Set) (None Set) Laura Firth 64881838 email@example.com The course is designed for people with little or no knowledge of statistics. It will be spread over three days covering material ranging from means and standard deviations to simple linear regression, and basic ANOVA. Some basic categorical data analysis will be included with the emphasis throughout being placed on applications rather than theory. The statistical package SPSS will be used to illustrate ideas demonstrated, however this course is aimed at enabling an understanding of basic statistics.Registration is available online https://scg.maths.uwa.edu.au/?id=347 . Russel John School of Mathematics and Statistics https://scg.maths.uwa.edu.au/?id=347 Yes 2 SEMINAR CWR Special Seminar Growing our future - the challenge and promise of the desert! https://firstname.lastname@example.com/whatson/ARE 1330329600 2012 2 27 Monday 16:00 1330333200 2012 2 27 Monday 17:00 (None Set) (None Set) Askale Abebe 6488 7565 email@example.com The coastal strip of Israel is densely populated and suffers from all the common drawbacks of densely populated areas: air, soil and groundwater pollution; high land prices; chronic traffic congestions; urban violence, etc. The Negev covers sixty per cent of Israels surface but is home to less than ten per cent of its population. Therefore it is clear that the future development of Israel will take place in the Negev. Ben-Gurions famous dictum that In the Negev will the people of Israel be tested has never been more appropriate and relevant than now. The great challenge that faces the present generation is how to ensure that the development of the Negev is sustainable both in its physical and human dimensions. The scarcity of water in arid regions in general, and of the Negev in particular, results in a lack of readily available sources of food and conventional energy. These three core issues have therefore to be addressed. Ben Gurion Universitys Blaustein Institute for Desert Research (BIDR) main efforts are geared to explore and provide new approaches that will ensure the provision of food and energy using marginal sources of water, designed for the future inhabitants of the Negev and of Israel. Of course, the three are intertwined. One cannot talk about one of them without mentioning at least one of the others. Energy is necessary to pump water and spread it, production of food requires water, and the production of biofuels for green energy often competes for the water and land necessary for food production. Research is therefore multidisciplinary by necessity.The problems facing the development of the Negev are however not unique, but are shared by other countries in arid or semi-arid regions of our planet and therefore BIDRs research efforts have global relevance. The high solar energy radiation common to desert-like areas is normally perceived negatively, but can be the main source of energy for the whole country. BIDRs scientists have developed the concentrated photovoltaics approach and develop new and more efficient photovoltaic cells. Agriculture production in Israel is mainly based on irrigated crops and 50% of the water used is treated waste water. The coastal plain of Israel was the area in which there was a very intensive agricultural activity. The increase in urbanization of this area has led to a decrease of the former. In the National Master Plan for 2020, the northern part of Israels western desert (Negev) has been selected as the area in which agricultural development would take place using either treated wastewater or brackish water from the underlying aquifer. In both cases the water has to be treated prior to its use, the main treatment being filtration. Thus the development of filters that minimize clogging, and therefore the need for their cleaning or replacement, is being addressed by another group of BIDRs researchers. The interaction between the surface characteristics of filters and bacteria and viruses are studied in great detail and novel filters with surface characteristics that minimize bacterial colonization have been developed. The efficient use of water, this scarce and precious commodity, is as well the objective of other groups of BIDR that deal with different aspects of water use. These activities range from trying to unlock the genetic code of desert plants that could help improve the productivity of conventional crops, developing novel irrigation techniques that save water, studying the fate of irrigation water that is not absorbed by plants, rediscovering ancient techniques that use flood waters to produce fodder and firewood, and the use of brackish water to produce algae derived products with high market values or biofuels. The Negev is also home to a wide variety of plants and animals. Studying their behavioural patterns and defining the conditions under which this amazing biodiversity in flora and fauna can be maintained is the task of the world-renown Mitrani Center for Desert Ecology. Developing minimum energy consuming dwellings and living quarters is the task of a group of architects that has made a mark in the region. Human relations between the various ethnic groups in the Negev are, needless to say, of crucial importance to the successful implementation of the techniques we develop, and are the subject of study of a group of anthropologists and social scientists. At the core of all our research activities are our graduate students. They are drawn to the BIDR from all over the world and are keen to study with world-renowned experts. Most of them return to their home countries, located in areas that often suffer from a lack of fresh water, food and energy in order to implement the lessons of their studies. Israeli students become the wave of future scientists and policy-makers, keeping Israel at the forefront of desert research. Working closely with their advisers, the students of the BIDR conduct research with wide-ranging implications and achieve impressive breakthroughs. short Bio.Dr Pedro's main research interest is the efficient use of water in rainfed agricultural systems and planted forests in drylands. Drylands have been settled since time immemorial and in order to be able to do so desert-dwellers developed ingenious techniques. He have studied and developed the techniques that make use of flood waters for the irrigation of orchards and forests planted in arid zones, with a focus on the evaporation of water from the surface of bare soils and between the rows of crops. He is involved in the development, testing and modeling of agricultural techniques that increase the water use efficiency of crops and planted forests.PS* This seminar is free and open to the public, no RSVP required. ****All Welcome**** Dr Pedro Berliner BSc, MSc and PhD- Director of the Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research Ben-Gurion University of the Negev Blakers Lecture Room, Ground Floor, Mathematics Building, UWA https://web.bgu.ac.il/Eng/Units/bidr/Faculty_Members/Berliner.htm No 8 VISITING SPEAKER Phosphite - a potent 'fungicide' .. but why? PLS NOTE CHANGE OF TIME! Prev 1pm, now 4pm. https://email@example.com/whatson/ARE 1331798400 2012 3 15 Thursday 16:00 1331801100 2012 3 15 Thursday 16:45 (None Set) (None Set) Jennifer Gillett ext 4416 firstname.lastname@example.com Phosphorus (P) is essential for plant growth, but often has a low availability due to a low solution P pool and sorption to soil minerals. ABSTRACT AVAILABLE. DR RICARDA JOST, Plant Biology, UWA G.33 Lecture Theatre, Bayliss Bldg, UWA No 2 TALK UWA Careers Centre - Teach For Australia "Ace Your Application" Want to know how to get your graduate application to the top of the pile? Want to learn how to transform an average application response into one that will get you noticed? https://firstname.lastname@example.com/whatson/ARE 1332824400 2012 3 27 Tuesday 13:00 1332828000 2012 3 27 Tuesday 14:00 (None Set) (None Set) Careers Centre 6488 1667 firstname.lastname@example.com Want to know how to get your graduate application to the top of the pile? Want to learn how to transform an average application response into one that will get you noticed?Two reps from Teach for Australia will talk you through the various components of the graduate selection process.We'll fill you in on the do's and don'ts of graduate applications to make sure you avoid common mistakes and know what employers look for.Bookings essential through UWA CareerHub - https://uwa.careerhub.com.au Representatives from Teach For Australia Social Sciences Lecture Room 1 https://uwa.careerhub.com.au Yes 1 EVENT Young Professionals in Agriculture Forum Young Professionals in Agriculture Forum https://email@example.com/whatson/ARE 1332899100 2012 3 28 Wednesday 9:45 1332914400 2012 3 28 Wednesday 14:00 (None Set) (None Set) Chelsea Fancote 9368 3949 firstname.lastname@example.com students/graduates in Agriculture competing for Young Professionals in Agriculture Award' ; winners will be announced at 1.45pm by Minister for Agriculture, Food and Forestry, Terry Redman Joseph Steer, Jack Scanlan, Mark Allington, Sandra Corbett, Blake Dunkeld, Danielle Whyte, Robert Jeffery, Fiona Young CSIRO Centre for Life Sciences Auditorium, cnr Brockway Rd/Underwood Ave, Floreat https://www.ioa.uwa.edu.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0009/2009466/Young-Professionals-in-Agriculture-Forum-2012.pdf Yes 0 SEMINAR Soil&Water Seminar, Apr4: "Developments in Australian Aid for International Agricultural Research" https://email@example.com/whatson/ARE 1333512000 2012 4 4 Wednesday 12:00 1333514700 2012 4 4 Wednesday 12:45 (None Set) (None Set) Ursula Salmon email@example.com The Soil&Water seminar on Weds, April 4th at 12pm will be given by Emeritus Professor Alan Robson, as an invited speaker for Soil Science Australia. All welcome!TITLE: "Developments in Australian Aid for International Agricultural Research"Abstract: In the seminar I will discuss the recent development of a strategic framework to International Agricultural Research within the Australian Aid Program and its implications for involvement by Australian research institutions. Emeritus Professor Alan Robson Agriculture Lecture Theatre (G.013) No 1 COURSE Semiparametric Regression A Short Course https://email@example.com/whatson/ARE 1334278800 2012 4 13 Friday 9:00 1334307600 2012 4 13 Friday 17:00 (None Set) (None Set) Laura Firth 6488 3384 firstname.lastname@example.com Semiparametric regression is concerned with the exible incorporation of nonlinear functional relationships in regression analyses. Assuming only a basic familiarity with ordinary regression, this short-course explains the techniques and benets of semiparametric regression in a concise and modular fashion. Spline functions, linear mixed models and Bayesian hierarchical models are shown to play an important role in semiparametric regression. There will be a strong emphasis on implementation in R and BUGS.Registration for the course is available online at https://scg.maths.uwa.edu.au/?id=347 Matt Wand School of Mathematics and Statistics https://scg.maths.uwa.edu.au/?id=347 No 0 Forum Bioenergy Forum The Energy and Minerals Institute along with the School of Chemistry and Biochemistry are pleased to invite you to The University of Western Australias Bioenergy Forum https://email@example.com/whatson/ARE 1334726400 2012 4 18 Wednesday 13:20 1334737800 2012 4 18 Wednesday 16:30 (None Set) (None Set) Vicki White Please RSVP by Monday 16th April 2012 firstname.lastname@example.com Microalgae Energy Farms for Low Cost Biodiesel Production Presented by Dr Peer SchenkABSTRACT: From start to finish, biodiesel production from microalgae requires optimisation of all steps towards cost effectiveness and energy efficiency, as current limitations exist mainly in the industrial feasibility of microalgae systems. Our team is developing improved non-GM Australian microalgae strains, as well as low cost algae cultivation and harvesting systems to provide a cost & energy effective biodiesel production module. This module utilises microalgae's potential as zero-waste biorefineries, producing not only bioenergy, but also protein-rich animal feedstock and high-value products such as Omega-3 fatty acids. Our research group maintains a growing collection of marine and freshwater microalgae from Queensland, whereby high lipid yielding strains are screened and selected for improvement. We use adaptive evolution methods incorporating mutagenesis and high throughput selection for high-lipid yielding strains. These are then used in especially engineered "Split-System" cultivation units that incorporate both, a low cost photobioreactor (PBR) coupled with several extensive raceway ponds. In the PBR, optimal culture conditions are maintained with daily culture harvested into the raceway ponds to stimulate lipid biosynthesis. Several harvesting and lipid extraction.Autotrophic Production of Algal Biofuel: What is the best technology line-up Presented by Dr Skye Thomas-HallABSTRACT: Microalgae have the potential to produce 10-20 times more biofuel feedstock per unit area than any terrestrial bioenergy crop. However for this to be economically viable, three important technology stages need to come together: i) cultivation of high lipid species must be relatively contamination free and highly productive (ideally AFDW in excess of 30 g m-2 d-1); ii) the biomass needs to be harvested quickly using energy efficient technology; and iii) the harvested algae should be processed into stable products before value is lost. Cellana LLC was formed in 2008 with the primary aim of developing the technology pathway to make algal biofuels economically viable. Cellanas 2.5ha Kona Demonstration Facility (KDF) is located on the Big Island of Hawaii and has been producing high quality algal biomass since 2009. The production can be tailored to customer needs for different fractions of the algal biomass, including lipids for biodiesel, protein for animal feed, essential fatty acids (i.e. EPA, DHA) and accessory pigments (e.g. lutein, ß-carotene, lycopene etc) for the nutrition and cosmetic industries. Cellanas KDF is primarily a research facility, designed to test many algal species simultaneously (up to 12) in realistic outdoor conditions. The large scale hybrid system can grow 2 species simultaneously and has excellent flexibility that enables cultivation conditions to be optimized for each individual strain. The facility is also set up to test a variety of harvesting and dewatering techniques on each species grown at demonstrations scale (up to 780,000 L). Presented is an overview of strain selection at small scale (lab <1 L) and mid scale (outdoor 200 L). Growth parameters that can be altered for optimizing cultivation at mid scale and large scale (60,000 130,000 L). The majority of the presentation is on harvesting and processing techniques used by Cellana and in the wider algae industry, focusing on cost versus efficiency of methods trialed at Cellanas Kona Demonstration Facility (KDF). Best handling and storage practices are also presented along with data analysis specifically focusing on lipid quality. Dr Peer Schenk and Dr Sky Thomas-Hall The Old Senate Room https://www.uwa.edu.au/campus-map?id=1964 Yes 1 SEMINAR CWR Presents: Building Global Resilience: Recognizing There Is A Next Generation. https://firstname.lastname@example.com/whatson/ARE 1334736000 2012 4 18 Wednesday 16:00 1334739600 2012 4 18 Wednesday 17:00 (None Set) (None Set) Askale Abebe 6488 7565 email@example.com This talk is about the importance and suggestions for building global resilience for the benefits of our next generation and us. The content is effectively addressing the four focuses summarized below,The History of life: 5 Million years of building the DNA inventory* Responding to the interglacial periodicity: building the world* The stability through diversity; filling habitats* Last ice age: tempering our genes* Warming since last ice age: Switching on aggressionChange in the name of progress, technologies of the 1900's* Anthropogenic emissions have triggering new carbon emission loops* Homogenization of habitats is leading to species instabilities* Globalization is leading to economic chaos & preventing sustainability through wealth inequality* Drugs, sex and earphones are leading to social, mental and cultural instabilitiesThe challenge for the 21st Century: The consequences of simplification* Global warming abatement requires carbon sequestration, not only emission reductions* Biodiversity needs to be restored to ensure sustainable carbon cycles* The movement of capital needs to constrained to benefiting productivity.* Multiculturalism & globalization needs to be slowed to re-establish icon of life Moreover, where there is a will there is a way! Ten suggestions for building resilience are given at the end of the talk.The talk is an opening address given by Prof. Jorg Imberger in the International iesp-Workshop, from which resilience as requirement for sustainable development has been discussed. The workshop is aiming to provide a contribution to tackle the earth crises and was held at Munich, Germany 28-30 March, 2012. PS* This seminar is free and open to the public, no RSVP required. ****All Welcome**** Jörg Imberger, Professor of Environmental Engineering, Centre for Water Research, UWA, Blakers Lecture Room, Ground Floor, Mathematics Building, University of Western Australia https://www.cwr.uwa.edu.au/~jimberger/Global_Resilience/2012_03_28_Resilience_Munich_Workshop/1.00_Instructions.html No 16 VISITING SPEAKER A universal code for RNA-protein recognition PLEASE NOTE TIME CHANGE !!! Previously 1pm, now 4pm. https://firstname.lastname@example.com/whatson/ARE 1334822400 2012 4 19 Thursday 16:00 1334825100 2012 4 19 Thursday 16:45 (None Set) (None Set) Jennifer Gillett email@example.com RNA-protein complexes play essential roles in the regulation of gene expression, by orchestrating the basic growth and maintenance of the cell as well as the complex developmental programs of multicellular eukaryotes. The modes by which proteins bind RNA are diverse and often difficult to predict, limiting our ability to engineer RNA-binding proteins for practical applications. Engineering RNA-binding proteins is attractive because they could be fused to any desired effector domain, enabling selective binding of a specific RNA target to investigate or manipulate any aspect of its metabolism. We have used directed evolution to expand the recognition of Pumilio and FBF homology (PUF) repeats beyond adenine, guanine and uracil and evolved them to specifically bind cytosine. These repeat sequences can be used to create PUF domains capable of binding RNA targets of diverse sequence and structure enabling many potential biological and medical applications. Dr Oliver Rackham G.33 Lecture Theatre, Bayliss Building UWA Yes 2 SEMINAR Sending Sharks to School: Brain Evolution in Sharks and Their Relatives SESE and Oceans Institute Seminar https://firstname.lastname@example.com/whatson/ARE 1336636800 2012 5 10 Thursday 16:00 1336640400 2012 5 10 Thursday 17:00 (None Set) (None Set) Lorraine Dorn 3701 email@example.com Cartilaginous fishes are comprised of approximately 1185 species worldwide and occupy a range of niches and primary habitats. It is a widely accepted view that neural development can reflect morphological adaptations and sensory specializations and it has been shown that similar patterns of brain organization, termed cerebrotypes, exist in species of that share certain lifestyle characteristics. Clear patterns of brain organization exist across cartilaginous fishes, irrespective of phylogenetic grouping. Examination of brain size (encephalization, n = 151) and interspecific variation in brain organization (n = 84) across this group suggests that similar patterns of brain organization, termed cerebrotypes, exist in species that share certain lifestyle characteristics. Clear patterns of brain organization exist across cartilaginous fishes, irrespective of phylogenetic grouping and, although this study was not a functional analysis, it provides further evidence that chondrichthyan brain structures might have developed in conjunction with specific behaviours or enhanced cognitive capabilities. Larger brains, with well-developed telencephala and large, highly foliated cerebella are reported in species that occupy complex reef or oceanic habitats, such as Prionace glauca and Sphyrna zygaena. In contrast, benthic and benthopelagic demersal species comprise the group with the smallest brains, such as Cephaloscyllium spp. and Squatina californica, with a relatively reduced telencephalon and a smooth cerebellar corpus. There is also evidence of a bathyal cerebrotype; deep-sea benthopelagic sharks, such as Centroselachus crepidater and Harriotta raleighana possess relatively small brains and show a clear relative hypertrophy of the medulla oblongata. Despite the patterns observed and documented, significant gaps in the literature have been highlighted. Brain mass data are only currently available on c. 16% of all chondrichthyan species, and only 8% of species have data available on their brain organization, with far less on subsections of major brain areas that receive distinct sensory input. The interspecific variability in brain organization further stresses the importance of performing functional studies on a greater range of species. Only an expansive data set, comprised of species that span a variety of habitats and taxonomic groups, with widely disparate behavioural repertoires, combined with further functional analyses, will help shed light on the extent to which chondrichthyan brains have evolved as a consequence of behaviour, habitat and lifestyle in addition to phylogeny. Dr Kara E. Yopak, School of Animal Biology and UWA Oceans institute Lecture Theatre 1, G17, Mathematics Building No 2 SEMINAR CMCA Seminar Series Measuring nanoparticle dispersion and in vitro cellular uptake by electron microscopy https://email@example.com/whatson/ARE 1337241600 2012 5 17 Thursday 16:00 1337245200 2012 5 17 Thursday 17:00 (None Set) (None Set) Lindsay Byrne 6488 1887 email@example.com 'Measuring nanoparticle dispersion and in vitro cellular uptake by electron microscopy' presented by Nicole Hondow from the Institute for Materials Research, University of LeedsEngineered nanoparticles have been the focus of much recent research with a wide-range of potential applications in catalysis, biomedicine, magnetic resonance imaging, data storage and environmental remediation. For biomedical applications these particles often have surface modification with organic molecules to stabilise them in biological suspensions, functionalise the surface and avoid immediate uptake or clearance by the immune system. Understanding the structure of particles after modification and when within cellular environments is criticial to their safe and successful application. At Leeds we have been developing a systematic approach to the characterisation of nanoparticles and their cellular uptake using electron microscopy. One approach is to draw on the imaging and analytical capabilities of transmission electron microscopes (TEMs) to characterise these particles before and after cellular uptake. A key challenge for this work is representative sample preparation, and we are examining this using CdTe/ZnS core/shell quantum dots dispersed in biological media and serum. The uptake of these nanoparticles by U2-OS human osteosarcoma cells has been examined by quantitative TEM imaging to determine the distribution of the nanoparticles in membrane bound vesicles and the cytoplasm. This is being extended into 3-D, using the Gatan 3-View system in the scanning electron microscope (SEM) to serial section resin-embedded cells exposed to quantum dots. By combining the information from TEM imaging (i.e. location and number of vesicles per 2-D cell section plus the number of quantum dots per vesicle) and serial sectioning (i.e. location, size and number of vesicles in whole cells (3-D)) with that provided by other techniques (such as optical imaging,) we are developing a fully quantitative description of cellular uptake of these quantum dots. Nicole Hondow CMCA Seminar Room, Physics Building https://www.cmca.uwa.edu.au/ No 0 PUBLIC TALK Amanda Newall and Ola Johansson: PROJEKTET Resident Artists talk at SymbioticA https://email@example.com/whatson/ARE 1337324400 2012 5 18 Friday 15:00 1337331600 2012 5 18 Friday 17:00 (None Set) (None Set) Chris Cobilis 6488 5583 firstname.lastname@example.com The immune system can be seen as the metaphorical factor of applied performance, which makes the latter artistic practice more than simply social work. Transposed into a functional nomenclature, the immune system makes a larger body stay healthy by encountering visitors (pathogens) by way of recollection, accommodation, identification, discrimination, protection, and aggression. But it may also learn to live with strangers, ad interim, even if it doesnt quite know who they are. This captures the current challenges of contemporary applied performance very well.Applied performance is used when social crises require extraordinary management beyond simple solutions. Such conflicts often subsist on deep structural and implicit behavioural attitudes between two parties in situations of, i.e., racism, bullying, gender discord, postcolonial disputes, ecological predicaments, and so forth. Applied performance is often initiated by a third party, e.g., extension workers in non-governmental organizations, who approach conflicts with an equally cooperative and critical mind towards the host culture, but also those who choose to participate in projects.Amanda Newall is Senior Lecturer in sculpture at Royal Institute of Arts (Kungliga Konsthögskolan) in Stockholm, Sweden. She is also conducting a doctoral project at Chelsea College of Art, University of the Arts, London. She has taught sculpture, socially engaged art, curatorship, professional practice and new media at Auckland University, Lancaster Institute for Contemporary Arts (UK), and has exhibited numerous international shows.Ola Johansson is Guest Professor in artistic research at Stockholm Academy of Dramatic Arts (Stockholms dramatiska högskola). His books on community theatre and performance art are paralleled by creative work in intercultural performance, documentary film, devising, and applied performance. He has taught devising and applied performance in the UK, Sweden and India. Johanssons have published two books, Community Theatre and AIDS (Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2011) and Performance and Philosophy: Interdisciplinary Approaches to the Performing Arts (Saarbrücken: VDM Verlag, 2008). Amanda Newall and Ola Johansson SymbioticA Room 228, Level 2, School of Anatomy and Human Biology, UWA. https://www.symbiotica.uwa.edu.au/activities/seminars No 9 SEMINAR PaLM Seminar Series (RPH) 2012 - Abdullah Ali Aseeri and Royston Ong: Seminar presentation https://email@example.com/whatson/ARE 1337932800 2012 5 25 Friday 16:00 1337936400 2012 5 25 Friday 17:00 (None Set) (None Set) Jamie Rodgers firstname.lastname@example.com All welcome to attend the School of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine 2012 Seminar Series (RPH). On a weekly basis we have local/guest speakers presenting to a wide audience typically in the fields of immunology, molecular biology and cancer related research. This week we are delighted to have 2 of our own students presenting final MLM and honours seminars respectively: Abdullah Ali Aseeri on 'Identification and discrimination of different strains of CA-MRSA by using MALDI-TOF MS' and Royston Ong on 'Whole exome sequencing applied to Charcot-Marie-Tooth (CMT) Disease' from the School of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, UWA. The event is sponsored by Life Technologies and light refreshments are provided. For further inquiries please contact using the provided email. Look forward to seeing you there! Abdullah Ali Aseeri and Royston Ong Level 2 Medical Research Foundation (Rear 50 Murray Street, Adjacent to Royal Perth Hospital) No 0 VISITING SPEAKER The "all you can eat" guide to the Three Minute Thesis Three Minute Thesis: A comprehensive guide to preparing and presenting a compelling 3MT talk https://email@example.com/whatson/ARE 1339034400 2012 6 7 Thursday 10:00 1339039800 2012 6 7 Thursday 11:30 (None Set) (None Set) Krystyna Haq 64882095 firstname.lastname@example.com The Three MInute Thesis (3MT) is a fun and challenging event that encourages the communication of research to a wide audience. The UWA 3MT competition finals will be held on 25th July and this presentation is a comprehensive guide to the preparation and presentation of a compelling 3MT talk. The presenter, Simon Clews,is an experienced 3MT judge who has championed the 3MT competition in Australia and internationally. Mr Simon Clewes Gentilli Lecture Theatre https://www.postgraduate.uwa.edu.au/students/3mt No 0 EVENT Postgraduate Showcase 2012 'Frontiers in Agriculture' https://firstname.lastname@example.com/whatson/ARE 1339047000 2012 6 7 Thursday 13:30 1339062600 2012 6 7 Thursday 17:50 (None Set) (None Set) Ully Fritsch email@example.com Each year The UWA Institute of Agriculture hosts an annual Postgraduate Showcase where selected postgraduate students in the area of Agriculture and related Natural Resource Management present their research findings. The Postgraduate Showcase brings together some of UWAs outstanding PhD students at an advanced stage of their research. It highlights relevant research and progress being made in the area of Agriculture and Natural Resource Management at UWA.The event encourages interaction and networking between industry, prospective employers, funding bodies, external and internal IOA partners, and postgraduate students undertaking research in agriculture and related areas. Postgraduate presenters as per program MCS Lecture Theatre (G33), Bayliss Building https://www.ioa.uwa.edu.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0008/2088908/Showcase-2012-flyer-and-final-program.pdf Yes 5 SEMINAR CMCA Seminar Series https://email@example.com/whatson/ARE 1339056000 2012 6 7 Thursday 16:00 1339059600 2012 6 7 Thursday 17:00 (None Set) (None Set) CMCA Admin 6488 1887 email@example.com X-ray crystallography is a method of determining the arrangement of atoms within a crystal. This talk will briefly outline the technique used in the determination of crystal structures with special reference to small molecules. The instrumentation which is available to researchers at UWA for diffraction experiments will also be described. A number of results from such experiments will be presented including examples of crystal structures from the various research areas within UWA. Brian Skelton CMCA Seminar Room, Fairway Entrance #2 Physics Building, 1st floor No 0 COURSE Introductory Statistics A Short Course using SPSS https://email@example.com/whatson/ARE 1340672400 2012 6 26 Tuesday 9:00 1340874000 2012 6 28 Thursday 17:00 (None Set) (None Set) Laura Firth 6488 3384 firstname.lastname@example.com The course is designed for people with little or no knowledge of statistics. It will be spread over three days covering material ranging from means and standard deviations to simple linear regression, and basic ANOVA. Some basic categorical data analysis will be included with the emphasis throughout being placed on applications rather than theory. The statistical package SPSS will be used to illustrate ideas demonstrated, however this course is aimed at enabling an understanding of basic statistics. Dr Russel John School of Mathematics and Statistics https://scg.maths.uwa.edu.au/short-courses/ No 2 EVENT The UWA Institute of Agriculture Industry Forum 2012 Foreign ownership of Australian agricultural land and agri-business: challenges and opportunities https://email@example.com/whatson/ARE 1342675800 2012 7 19 Thursday 13:30 1342688400 2012 7 19 Thursday 17:00 (None Set) (None Set) Ully Fritsch email@example.com Join us in an afternoon of information and debate about one of agriculture's hottest current topics: Prominent industry leaders will discuss foreign ownership of Australian agricultural land and agri-business, its challenges, opportunities and its potential impacts on farming families and agricultural industries. For program details and speakers click on the link below. Webb Lecture Theatre (G21), Geography Building, Ground Floor https://www.ioa.uwa.edu.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0005/2132078/Industry-Forum-Program-Map-Flyer.pdf Yes 18 COURSE Linear Regression and ANOVA A Short Course using IBM SPSS https://firstname.lastname@example.com/whatson/ARE 1343091600 2012 7 24 Tuesday 9:00 1343206800 2012 7 25 Wednesday 17:00 (None Set) (None Set) Laura Firth firstname.lastname@example.com The course is designed for people with knowledge of basic statistics who want to learn more about regression and analysis of variance (ANOVA).The course is hosted by the Centre for Applied Statistics and we offer discounted rate fees to UWA Graduate Research Students. Fee information is available on our website cas.maths.uwa.edu.au. Please register online. Dr Russel John School of Mathematics and Statistics https://www.cas.maths.uwa.edu.au/courses Yes 2 Competition Three Minute Thesis Final 10 PhD students will explain their research and its significance in just 3 minutes each. https://firstname.lastname@example.com/whatson/ARE 1343188800 2012 7 25 Wednesday 12:00 1343196000 2012 7 25 Wednesday 14:00 (None Set) (None Set) Krystyna Haq 2095 email@example.com The 3MT competition challenges research students to give a dynamic and engaging presentation about their research and its significance in a way that can be understood by everybody. The audience will select the "People's Choice" winner. PhD students from various research disciplines Social Science Lecture Theatre https://www.postgraduate.uwa.edu.au/students/3mt No 9 EVENT UWA Historical Society Annual Lecture 2012 Mathematics and Women - 36 years at The University of Western Australia https://email@example.com/whatson/ARE 1343211300 2012 7 25 Wednesday 18:15 1343217600 2012 7 25 Wednesday 20:00 (None Set) (None Set) Ron Bodycoat 9384 6166 firstname.lastname@example.com The Annual Lecture is the highlight of the year for the UWA Historical Society and Convocation and we are delighted to welcome Winthrop Professor Cheryl Praeger to the podium to reflect upon her years on Campus and subsequent experiences and achievements. Mathematician Cheryl Praeger has served the University of Western Australia as Lecturer, Senior Lecturer, and Professor since 1976. She leads a flourishing research group in pure mathematics and is in the top one per cent of highly cited mathematicians in the world.Attendance is free. Winthrop Professor Cheryl Praeger AM FAA Weatherburn Theatre, UWA https://www.development.uwa.edu.au/friends/historical-society Yes 12 COURSE Logistic Regression and Survival Analysis A Short Course using IBM SPSS https://email@example.com/whatson/ARE 1343264400 2012 7 26 Thursday 9:00 1343379600 2012 7 27 Friday 17:00 (None Set) (None Set) Laura Firth email@example.com The course is designed for people with knowledge of basic statistics who want to learn more about how to analyse binary or survival data.The course is hosted by the Centre for Applied Statistics and we offer discounted rate fees to UWA Graduate Research Students.Fee information is available on our website https://www.cas.maths.uwa.edu.au/courses. Please register online. Dr Russel John and Mr Martin Firth School of Mathematics and Statistics https://www.cas.maths.uwa.edu.au/courses Yes 2 SEMINAR Soil&Water Seminar, Aug8: "Assessing strategies for mitigating greenhouse gas emissions from wheat production: Role of grain legumes and soil liming" https://email@example.com/whatson/ARE 1344398400 2012 8 8 Wednesday 12:00 1344401100 2012 8 8 Wednesday 12:45 (None Set) (None Set) Ursula Salmon email@example.com The first Soil&Water Seminar for Semester 2, 2012, will be Assoc. Prof. Louise Barton from SEE(UWA)on Weds Aug 8. All welcome!TITLE: Assessing strategies for mitigating greenhouse gas emissions from wheat production: Role of grain legumes and soil liming.ABSTRACT: Utilising inorganic nitrogen (N) fertilizer greatly influences greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from agricultural production systems in semi-arid regions. Our previous research demonstrated that the production and use of urea accounted for 70% of the total GHG emissions from wheat production in a semi-arid region of south-western Australia. Greenhouse gases were emitted during the manufacture of the urea (34% of total emissions), as well as following its application to land via carbon dioxide (CO2) hydrolysis (27%), and soil nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions (9%). A large proportion of N2O emissions occurred between growing seasons, and following summer rainfall events, rather than in response to N fertilizer applications, with nitrification considered to be the source of these losses. Lowering N inputs is not considered to be an option for decreasing the contribution of N fertilizer to total GHG emissions from cropped soils in south-western Australia, as application rates are typically low. Instead, CO2 emissions resulting from N fertilizer production and urea hydrolysis could be partly mitigated by incorporating plants that fix atmospheric N (e.g. grain legumes) into the crop rotation, decreasing the reliance on synthetic N fertilizer. Furthermore, increasing soil pH by applying lime may be an approach to decreasing N2O emitted in response to summer rainfall events if nitrification, rather than denitrification, is the main soil biological source of the emissions. Consequently this seminar will present findings from a recently completed field-based study investigating if including a grain legume (lupin) in a cropping rotation, or increasing the soil pH via liming, decreased the GHG emissions from wheat production in south-western Australia.ABOUT THE SPEAKER: Louise Barton is a soil scientist who has been researching nitrogen cycling in various landuses for the past 17 years. She is currently an Associate Professor at The University of Western Australia, and leads the Soil Biology Group in the School of Earth & Environment. Her current interests include measuring soil N2O emissions from cropping soils in the Western Australian grainbelt, and investigating the contribution of agriculture to greenhouse gas emissions. Louise completed her undergraduate degree at The University of Western Australia in 1991, and her PhD from the University of Waikato in 1998 Assoc. Prof. Louise Barton Agriculture Lecture Theatre (G.013),in the Agriculture NW wing https://www.uwa.edu.au/campus_map?id=1871 No 2 EVENT 2012 Open Day Experience what's on offer at UWA https://firstname.lastname@example.com/whatson/ARE 1344736800 2012 8 12 Sunday 10:00 1344758400 2012 8 12 Sunday 16:00 (None Set) (None Set) Kate Brandis 6488 7302 firstname.lastname@example.com UWA opens up the whole campus to the public. Come and find out about the courses on offer, career options, scholarship opportunities, our valuable research, community programs and facilities.There's also residential college tours, hands-on activities, live music and entertainment, and plenty of fun activities for the whole family. UWA Crawley Campus https://www.open.uwa.edu.au No 27 EVENT UWA Careers Centre-Public Sector Commission Considering a career in the public service? Graduating soon and still searching for a job? https://firstname.lastname@example.com/whatson/ARE 1344920400 2012 8 14 Tuesday 13:00 1344924000 2012 8 14 Tuesday 14:00 (None Set) (None Set) Careers Centre firstname.lastname@example.com Come along to the Working in WA State Government information session. The session is open to students from all years and all disciplines. You will be surprised at the opportunities available in the public service.Bookings on CareerHub https://uwa.careerhub.com.au Rachelle Jarvis, Public Sector Commission Fox Lecture Theatre https://uwa.careerhub.com.au No 1 SEMINAR Choosing science comes more from the heart than from the brain (or the pocket) A retrospective study of why scientists chose to study science https://email@example.com/whatson/ARE 1345003200 2012 8 15 Wednesday 12:00 1345006800 2012 8 15 Wednesday 13:00 (None Set) (None Set) Michelle Emmett 08-6488-1712 email@example.com The science pipeline in Australia is under threat because not enough budding scientists are moving through from school to university to science-based jobs. The aim of this research was to retrospectively survey current Australian and New Zealand scientists to ascertain why they chose to study science. The quantitative data from 722 respondents showed that, unsurprisingly, the main reasons were that they were interested in science and they were good at science. Secondary school science classes and one particular science teacher also were found to be important factors. Of more interest are their anecdotes about the challenges of becoming a scientist, some of which will be shared in this presentation. Winthrop Professor Grady Venville Faculty of Education Conference Room https://www.education.uwa.edu.au/research/seminar No 1 SEMINAR Volunteering Opportunities Seminar UWA Careers Centre & Guild Learn how volunteering can improve your employability. https://firstname.lastname@example.com/whatson/ARE 1345006800 2012 8 15 Wednesday 13:00 1345010400 2012 8 15 Wednesday 14:00 (None Set) (None Set) Careers Centre 6488 2423 email@example.com Not only is volunteering an opportunity to give back to the community but it provides invaluable experience which can be included on your resume and helps to boost your employablity.Come and learn more about the value of volunteering and the opportunities available. Social Sciences Lecture Room 1 (SSLR1) https://uwa.careerhub.com.au/ViewEvent.chpx?id=132220 No 1 VISITING SPEAKER New and Complementary Approaches to Equality Guest lecture regarding alternative ways to achieve equality policy objectives https://email@example.com/whatson/ARE 1345446000 2012 8 20 Monday 15:00 1345450500 2012 8 20 Monday 16:15 (None Set) (None Set) Dr Petra Buergelt 0404877798 email@example.com The presentation is concerned with alternative ways to achieve equality policy objectives - drawing upon unrelated areas such as dietary health or workplace health and safety. It is based on current inter-disciplinary work with the UK Government to generate practical insights to inform policy and institutional design. It begins by assessing how well - and why - interventions work to mitigate public harm or detriment in other unrelated spheres (such as public health, food safety, professional standards and financial regulation). Citing the public interest, government and regulatory agencies are able to utilise such knowledge to deliver safer homes, more punctual pupils, healthier diets, cleaner streets, and so on. It then looks at how far attitudinal change and behavioural change are interconnected, and specifically the degree to which attitudinal change serves as a pre-requisite to behavioural change. For instance, securing a legal framework that creates minimum standards of fire safety in workplaces or homes may be influenced by public attitudes but is certainly not dependent on such settled public attitudes to start with. Indeed, legislation, and what this requires of employers and households in practice, can have a demonstration effect, normalising behavioural change in the process. And attitudinal change alone is unlikely to drive behavioural change and may be unwanted or unnecessary in any case, particularly where the potential citizen detriment is hard to spot by individuals themselves. Finally, it considers the implications for policymaking in three regards: first, optimally blending incentives and sanctions to sustain behavioural change relevant to equalities outcomes; second, mapping relationships between background factors that indirectly shape decision-making and choices and foreground factors that can be influenced through policy; and third, targeting policy instruments at hard-to-move individuals, groups and interests. Shamit Sagger (Professor of Political Science, University of Sussex & former Senior Policy Advisor in the UK Prime Minister's Strategy Unit, Cabinet Office) Myers Street Lecture Theatre (2nd Floor), Myers Street Building No 10 EVENT SIFE Information Session Find out more about SIFE UWA and our latest projects https://firstname.lastname@example.com/whatson/ARE 1346130000 2012 8 28 Tuesday 13:00 1346133600 2012 8 28 Tuesday 14:00 (None Set) (None Set) Nancy Zheng 0402 169 993 email@example.com SIFE is a global network of university teams competing in over 40 countries, creating change in the lives of others through the positive power of business. Being the 2012 National Australian Champions, SIFE UWA will be travelling to Washington D.C in September to represent Australia at the SIFE World Cup. SIFE UWA has projects in areas including financial literacy, environmental sustainability and economic development whilst simultaneously impacting communities across Australia and beyond. Want to help make a difference and gain invaluable business experience?? SIFE UWA is looking for talented, switched-on students from a range of disciplines to help us make a difference. If you are interested in getting involved, we would like to invite you to the SIFE UWA Information Session WHEN: 1pm, Tuesday 28th of August, 2012 WHERE: Law Lecture Room 1, G.31 For more information please contact email@example.com Law Lecture Rm 1, G.31 https://www.facebook.com/sifeuwa No 2 SEMINAR CMCA Seminar Series: Tools to better understand soil phosphorus - a finite and scarce resource. https://email@example.com/whatson/ARE 1346313600 2012 8 30 Thursday 16:00 1346317200 2012 8 30 Thursday 17:00 (None Set) (None Set) CMCA Admin 6488 1887 firstname.lastname@example.com Phosphorus - a non-renewable resource - is a key element in food production and maintaining sustainable ecosystems. Predictions suggest global P fertiliser production may peak around 2030s and will be one third of that peak level by the end of the 21st century. This will have a major impact on agriculture, especially heavily fertilised low P sandy soils of Western Australia. Suman George (School of Earth and Environment) CMCA Seminar Room 1.80, Fairway Entrance #2 Physics Building, 1st floor No 0 SEMINAR Soil&Water Seminar, Sept19: "Nitrogen - future challenges for agricultural science" https://email@example.com/whatson/ARE 1348027200 2012 9 19 Wednesday 12:00 1348029900 2012 9 19 Wednesday 12:45 (None Set) (None Set) Ursula Salmon email@example.com All welcome!Title: Nitrogen future challenges for agricultural scienceABSTRACT: Fertilisers currently represent 15-20 per cent of the cost of production wheat grain. This cost will rise with the shortage of raw materials used to make fertiliser, the increasing costs in energy to mine and produce fertiliser, raising concerns as to the cost effectiveness of fertilisers, as observed following the spike in fertiliser prices in 2008/09. Over use of N can lead to eutrophication of waterways and to greater release of nitrous oxide, a key greenhouse gas, through unnecessary cycling of N through the nitrification and denitrification processes known to produce nitrous oxide. While most understand the concept of direct nitrous oxide loss, less is understood about the concept of indirect nitrous oxide release that is presumed to occur after fertiliser N leaves point of application on farm. Loss mechanisms that are factored into the indirect estimate N2O release include ammonia volatilisation, runoff of mineral and organic N and nitrate leached into groundwater. Because of the difficulties in determining indirect nitrous oxide emission these are likely to be based on estimates of on-farm N efficiency. For productivity including profitability, and improved environment outcomes the challenge is to better tailor fertiliser N inputs to ensure that soil plus fertiliser inputs more closely match crop demand for N. The talk will discuss new knowledge on a key nitrogen transformation that may have implications for managing N. It will consider recent developments in characterising soil organic matter that are expected to provide more robust estimates of net N mineralisation. The challenge is get new approaches for assessing properties of soil organic matter used as part of routine soil testing. In the case of N loss processes, a challenge is to produce simple calculators Ian Fillery, CSIRO Ag Lecture Theatre (G.013) No 2 WORKSHOP Prevention is Better than Cure: the Causes, Consequences and Control of Soil Erosion in Mine Rehabilitation https://email@example.com/whatson/ARE 1348272000 2012 9 22 Saturday 8:00 1348304400 2012 9 22 Saturday 17:00 (None Set) (None Set) Australian Centre for Geomechanics, Irene Neskudla 08 6488 3300 firstname.lastname@example.com This one day workshop held prior to Mine Closure Conference will be presented as a series of interactive presentations and participatory exercises. On successful completion of this workshop, participants will be able to: Understand the role of soil erosion and its control in landscape reclamation and restoration; Understand the drivers, mechanics and processes of erosion of slope forming materials; Undertake erosion risk assessment using a range of techniques, including the use of erosion prediction models (practical exercise; Recognise the on-site and off-site impacts of erosion and sediment production; Understand the principles of soil erosion control and soil conservation; Select, design and evaluate appropriate techniques for the protection of soil and other slope forming materials, using vegetation, inert materials and/or engineering structures (case study exercise). Prof Jane Rickson and Dr Rob Simmons, Cranfield University, UK Sofitel Brisbane Central Hotel, Brisbane, Australia https://www.mineclosure2012.com/associated_workshops Yes 0 EVENT Sustainable Mining Now and Landform Design Course https://email@example.com/whatson/ARE 1348272000 2012 9 22 Saturday 8:00 1348300800 2012 9 22 Saturday 16:00 (None Set) (None Set) Australian Centre for Geomechanics, Irene Neskudla 08 6488 3300 firstname.lastname@example.com This workshop, held prior to Mine Closure Conference, will teach participants how they can help mines transition to sustainable mining now. Participants will learn why it is both in a mines business interest and societys interest to be mining sustainable now. During the workshop the presenters will outline the concrete steps and efforts required for a mine to transition to sustainable mining over a three-year period. Attendees will be given a chance to work through two examples starting sustainable mining with a new mine in the exploration stage, and transitioning a mine that is reaching midlife. Drs Gord McKenna and Rob Abbott, Canada Sofitel Brisbane Central Hotel, Brisbane, Australia https://www.mineclosure2012.com/associated_workshops Yes 0 WORKSHOP Working with Communities Facing Closure Workshop Workshop held prior to the Mine Closure Conference https://email@example.com/whatson/ARE 1348358400 2012 9 23 Sunday 8:00 1348390800 2012 9 23 Sunday 17:00 (None Set) (None Set) Australian Centre for Geomechanics, Irene Neskudla 08 6488 3300 email@example.com Community engagement or community enragement? Good community engagement is the cornerstone of collaborative planning and a key feature of successful transformation and regeneration initiatives, yet community consultations can often be more confrontational than conversational. Recognising that the way in which we approach the conversation around post-mining legacies can set the tone and scope of the entire closure programme. Successful community engagement doesnt make assumptions about its audience; instead, it ensures that everyone participates in some way, not necessarily the same way. Community-led initiatives across the world are developing techniques and approaches that can provide useful insights when planning for post-mining outcomes. Join the Post-Mining Alliance in a one day workshop to explore learning from within and outside the sector about how we can hold better conversations with local communities about the future. Caroline Digby, Georgina Pearman and Juliet Rose, Eden Project, Post Mining Alliance, UK Sofitel Brisbane Central Hotel, Brisbane, Australia https://www.mineclosure2012.com/associated_workshops Yes 0 WORKSHOP Designing for Closure: Appropriate Design Criteria and Methods of Analysis Workshop Workshop held prior to the Mine Closure Conference https://firstname.lastname@example.com/whatson/ARE 1348444800 2012 9 24 Monday 8:00 1348477200 2012 9 24 Monday 17:00 (None Set) (None Set) Australian Centre for Geomechanics, Irene Neskudla 08 6488 3300 firstname.lastname@example.com Review of ANCOLD guidelines on designing using risk-based methodology, choosing an appropriate design earthquake, characterising seismic design parameters for tailings, methods of analysis, field testing to determine liquefaction potential. Professor Andy Fourie, Australian Centre for Geomechanics, UWA Sofitel Brisbane Central Hotel, Brisbane, Australia https://www.mineclosure2012.com/associated_workshops No 0 WORKSHOP Delivering Effective Rehabilitation: Monitoring and Manipulating the Soil Biota for Success Workshop Workshop held prior to the Mine Closure Conference https://firstname.lastname@example.com/whatson/ARE 1348444800 2012 9 24 Monday 8:00 1348477200 2012 9 24 Monday 17:00 (None Set) (None Set) Australian Centre for Geomechanics, Irene Neskudla 08 6488 3300 email@example.com This is a one day workshop designed for environmental mangers, regulators and consultants who wish to understand more about how the biology of the soil functions and how it can be used in the monitoring and management of mine site rehabilitation. Workshop objectives: On the successful completion of the workshop the participants will be able to: understand the size, composition and activity of the soil biological community and its control on plant community assembly and growth, understand the roles of different trophic levels of the soil biota and their roles in nutrient cycling and decomposition processes, recognise the importance of plant-microbe symbioses and how these can be manipulated, know what is required to monitor soil ecological development in context. Profs Mark Tibbett and Jim Harris, Cranfield University; Jeff Battigelli, Stantec Consulting, Canada Sofitel Brisbane Central Hotel, Brisbane, Australia https://www.mineclosure2012.com/associated_workshops No 0 SEMINAR Soil&Water Seminar, Oct3: "The Staples Economy and Regional Development in Western Australia https://email@example.com/whatson/ARE 1349236800 2012 10 3 Wednesday 12:00 1349239500 2012 10 3 Wednesday 12:45 (None Set) (None Set) Ursula Salmon firstname.lastname@example.com The next Soil&Water Seminar will be Prof. Matthew Tonts from SEE, at 12pm on Weds, Oct 3rd. All welcome!Title: The Staples Economy and Regional Development in Western AustraliaAbstract: In the 1930s, Canadian historian Harold Innis developed his 'staples thesis' to explain the ways in which a high level of dependence on primary industries (notably agriculture, fishing, forestry and mining) had led to a distinctive form of regional development within Canada. Innis was particularly concerned with understanding why staples dependence is often associated with a volatile and often truncated form of economic development. Given some of the economic, political and geographical similarities between Canada and Australia, it is perhaps surprising that the staples thesis has not been applied to systematic assessment of regional development in Australia. This seminar draws reflects on the experience of two regions, the Goldfields and Wheatbelt, to examine the relevance of the staples thesis to understanding the pattern of regional development in Australia. Prof. Matthew Tonts, School of Earth and Environment Agriculture Lecture Theatre (G.013), in the Agriculture NW wing No 2 SEMINAR Accomplished Education Researcher Seminar Series Sliding Doors in Academe: Idiosyncrasies of autobiography and controversy in psychometrics https://email@example.com/whatson/ARE 1350532800 2012 10 18 Thursday 12:00 1350536400 2012 10 18 Thursday 13:00 (None Set) (None Set) Michelle Emmett email@example.com ***NOW RESCHEDULED TO 18 OCTOBER***Individual(s) .embrace a new paradigm for all sorts of reasons ... . Some of these lie outside the sphere of science entirely. Others depend upon idiosyncrasies of autobiography . (Kuhn, 1970, p.l52). I will highlight some idiosyncrasies of autobiography that have led to enjoying an academic life the opportunity to research and teach, to construct and communicate knowledge. I plan to illustrate how psychometrics, a field in which I had the opportunity to ignore or embrace an emergent, non-standard statistical paradigm, has lead beyond mathematical modelling to areas such as the philosophy of science, the sociology of knowledge and academic controversy. I plan to also illustrate the challenges in negotiating the complex world of academic research and communication. Winthrop Professor and Chapple Chair David Andrich Faculty of Education Conference Room (2nd Floor) https://www.education.uwa.edu.au/research/seminar Yes 0 WORKSHOP WAIMOS Science Meeting The Western Australian Integrated Marine Observing System - Science Meeting. For any enquiries and registration contact Agi Gedeon, Manager WAIMOS on email@example.com or x2022. https://email@example.com/whatson/ARE 1352073600 2012 11 5 Monday 8:00 1352109600 2012 11 5 Monday 18:00 (None Set) (None Set) Agi Gedeon 6488 2022 firstname.lastname@example.com The Western Australian Integrated Marine Observing System - Annual Science Meeting will present the collaborative and cross-disciplinary uptake of freely accessible coastal and open ocean datastreams. Marine scientists, modellers and engineers, oceanographers and biologists will find this meeting of interest. For any enquiries and registration please contact Agi Gedeon, Manager WAIMOS on email@example.com or x2022. Yes 1 WORKSHOP Unlocking soil's secrets to open the door to agricultural productivity gains Soil Biology Workshop with international, national and local speakers https://email@example.com/whatson/ARE 1352689200 2012 11 12 Monday 11:00 1352707200 2012 11 12 Monday 16:00 (None Set) (None Set) Ully Fritsch 6488 4717 email@example.com As the world population grows and we are facing a 70% increase of food demand over the next four decades,the need to retain versatile and productive soils for food production and to maximise the output from the land is one of the most important issues of our time. This symposium will bring together world leading soil scientists to highlight the importance of soil health, from a national and global food security perspective. They will examine the role which science, technology and innovation can play in supporting Australian farmers in maintaining and developing healthy soils to achieve productivity gains and sustainable agricultural production. To participate in this workshop register online via www.soilhealthwa.eventbrite.com.au As per the program shown at the URL below MCS Lecture Theatre (G33), Bayliss Building https://www.ioa.uwa.edu.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0003/2202735/Soil-Workshop-Perth-.pdf No 1 COURSE R Basics An introduction to the statistical package R https://email@example.com/whatson/ARE 1353978000 2012 11 27 Tuesday 9:00 1354093200 2012 11 28 Wednesday 17:00 (None Set) (None Set) Laura Firth email@example.com This course will take you through the basics you need to do statistical analyses in R, a powerful freeware statistical package.The course will cover basic statistics such as t-tests, regression and ANOVA as well as producing high quality graphics.The course is hosted by the Centre for Applied Statistics and we offer discounted rate fees to UWA Graduate Research Students.Fee information is available on our website https://www.cas.maths.uwa.edu.au/courses. Please register online. Laura Firth School of Mathematics and Statistics https://www.cas.maths.uwa.edu.au/courses Yes 1 CONFERENCE Society for Ecological Restoration Australasia Conference An essential international forum for scientists and practitioners who look to restoration as a means to conserve the planet's dwindling biodiversity and failing ecosystems. https://firstname.lastname@example.com/whatson/ARE 1354060800 2012 11 28 Wednesday 8:00 1354352400 2012 12 1 Saturday 17:00 (None Set) (None Set) SERA Secretary email@example.com Society for Ecological Restoration Australasia (SERA) meetings aim to provide an essential international forum for scientists and practitioners who look to restoration as a means to conserve the planet's dwindling biodiversity and failing ecosystems. These meetings provide a critical platform to assist us in defining the principles of restoration, understanding goals and milestones, debating what ecosystem functions to measure and closing the gap between the science of restoration ecology and the practice of ecological restoration.The inaugural conference of the Society for Ecological Restoration Australasia (SERA) will be held in Perth, Western Australia, on 28-30 November 2012. For land managers, scientists and practitioners who work in biodiversity restoration, this SERA meeting will provide a critical international forum at a time of significance for the region's species, ecosystems and landscapes. The University Club of Western Australia https://www.seraustralasia.com/pages/conference.html No 2 SEMINAR CWR Presents Agricultural land management strategies to reduce phosphorus loads in the Gippsland Lakes, Australia. https://email@example.com/whatson/ARE 1354089600 2012 11 28 Wednesday 16:00 1354093200 2012 11 28 Wednesday 17:00 (None Set) (None Set) Askale Abebe 6488 7565 email@example.com A target to reduce phosphorus flows into the Gippsland Lakes in south-eastern Australia by 40% in order to improve water quality has previously been established by stakeholders. This target, like many others worldwide, has been set mostly on the basis of environmental concerns, with limited consideration of issues such as technical feasibility and socio-economic constraints.This talk will outline an integrated analysis at the catchment scale to assess the agricultural land management changes required to achieve this target, and to evaluate the cost-effectiveness of these changes. It appears technically feasible to achieve a 40% reduction in P load entering the Lakes. However, there is little or no chance of investment in a 40% reduction being cost-effective. On the other hand, a 20% P reduction could be achieved at much lower cost.The major implications of this work for agriculturally induced diffuse-source pollution include the need for feedback between goal setting and program costs, and consideration of factors such as the levels of landholder adoption of new practices that are required and the feasibility of achieving those adoption levels.Short Bio,David Pannell is Winthrop Professor in the School of Agricultural and Resource Economics at the University of Western Australia, Director of the Centre for Environmental Economics and Policy, and a Federation Fellow of the Australian Research Council.His research includes the economics of land and water conservation; environmental policy; farmer adoption of land conservation practices; risk management; and economics of farming systems. He was President of the Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society in 2000.Author of 170 journal articles and book chapters, Davids research has won awards in the USA, Australia, Canada and the UK, including the 2009 Eureka Prize for Interdisciplinary Research.PS* This seminar is free and open to the public & no RSVP required.****All Welcome**** Professor David Pannell, ARC Federation Fellow, Winthrop Professor & Director, Centre for Environmental Economics and Policy, School of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of Western Australia Blakers Lecture Room, Ground Floor, Mathematics Building, The University of Western Australia https://www.davidpannell.net No 20 COURSE Design and Analysis of Experiments A Statistics Short Course using R https://email@example.com/whatson/ARE 1354150800 2012 11 29 Thursday 9:00 1354266000 2012 11 30 Friday 17:00 (None Set) (None Set) Laura Firth firstname.lastname@example.com The course is designed for people with knowledge of basic statistics who want to learn more about designing and analysing experiments.It will cover material ranging from a review of simple one-way ANOVA, to more complex designs and analyses including crossed and nested factors with fixed and random effects.The course is hosted by the Centre for Applied Statistics and we offer discounted rate fees to UWA Graduate Research Students.Fee information is available on our website https://www.cas.maths.uwa.edu.au/courses. Please register online. Dr Russel John https://www.cas.maths.uwa.edu.au/courses Yes 1 COURSE Introduction to Structural Equation Modelling A Short Course using AMOS and Mplus https://email@example.com/whatson/ARE 1354582800 2012 12 4 Tuesday 9:00 1354870800 2012 12 7 Friday 17:00 (None Set) (None Set) Laura Firth firstname.lastname@example.com SEM is used widely by researchers to test complex relationships among observed (measured) and latent (unobserved) variables. This course will introduce you to SEM and also covers issues relating to model specification, identification and estimation, assessing model fit (goodness-of-fit criteria), and dealing with problem data.The course is hosted by the Centre for Applied Statistics and we offer discounted rate fees to UWA Graduate Research Students.Fee information is available on our website https://www.cas.maths.uwa.edu.au/courses. Please register online. Everarda Cunningham School of Mathematics and Statistics https://www.cas.maths.uwa.edu.au/courses Yes 1 COURSE Applied structural equation models A Short Course using Mplus https://email@example.com/whatson/ARE 1355101200 2012 12 10 Monday 9:00 1355389200 2012 12 13 Thursday 17:00 (None Set) (None Set) Laura Firth email@example.com The course is designed as a comprehensive coverage of applied SEM techniques using the Mplus statistical software package. Mplus offers a general modelling framework that allows both the modelling of cross-sectional and longitudinal data using observed variables that are a combination of continuous and categorical variables.The course is hosted by the Centre for Applied Statistics and we offer discounted rate fees to UWA Graduate Research Students.Fee information is available on our website https://www.cas.maths.uwa.edu.au/courses. Please register online. Everarda Cunningham School of Mathematics and Statistics https://www.cas.maths.uwa.edu.au/courses Yes 1 COURSE Introductory Statistics A short course using SPSS https://firstname.lastname@example.com/whatson/ARE 1361149200 2013 2 18 Monday 9:00 1361350800 2013 2 20 Wednesday 17:00 (None Set) (None Set) Laura Firth firstname.lastname@example.com The aim of this course is to introduce you to basic statistics. It will cover descriptive statistics (means and standard deviations); data exploration; basic categorical data analysis; simple linear regression and basic analysis of variance (ANOVA). Subsidised rates are available for UWA Graduate Research Students.Please register online. Dr Russel John School of Mathematics and Statistics https://www.cas.maths.uwa.edu.au/courses/intro-stats Yes 1 EVENT UWA Turf Research Program Open Day Managing turfgrass on a water allocation https://firstname.lastname@example.com/whatson/ARE 1361325600 2013 2 20 Wednesday 10:00 1361332800 2013 2 20 Wednesday 12:00 (None Set) (None Set) Louise Barton 6488 2543 firstname.lastname@example.com You are invited to an informal Open Day at the UWA Turf Research Facility to see how different water allocations, in combination with wetting-agents, have influenced the development of dry-patch. A brief presentation will commence at 10:15am sharp. Please remember to wear sturdy footwear, as the site is very sandy. RSVP appreciated UWA Research Station, 1 Underwood Avenue (entrance opposite Grovedale Rd), Shenton Park https://www.ioa.uwa.edu.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0020/2250263/2013-UWA-Turf-Research-Program-Open-Day.pdf No 8 EVENT UWA Historical Society March 4th Convocation Centenary: Photo Shoot at 10am All welcome on the steps of the old St George's Hall 500 Hay St Perth to celebrate 100 years to the day of the first meeting of UWA's Convocation. https://email@example.com/whatson/ARE 1362362400 2013 3 4 Monday 10:00 1362369600 2013 3 4 Monday 12:00 (None Set) (None Set) Pauline Tremlett or Fran Pesich 08 9364 6269 firstname.lastname@example.com You are invited to join us mark the 100th anniversary of the first meeting of the University of Western Australias Convocation.The First meeting was held on March 4th 1913 in St Georges Hall, Hay St near the corner of Irwin Street. The historic façade including the portico, steps and tall white columns were restored when the new Perth District Court was constructed behind it at 500 Hay Street. To celebrate the Centenary of this meeting, a photo-shoot of 100 'graduates' will take place on the steps of the façade at 10am on Monday March 4th 2013.The UWA Historical Society would be delighted if you could join us. If you have academic robes, please bring them. If not please come anyway, as having just a few robed members will provide the flavour. Balloons for a joint release will be provided. Monday March 4th is a public Holiday (Labour Day). There should be nearby street parking available and there is a public parking station across the road at Kings Hotel.The UWA Centum will be there NA 500 Hay Street Perth https://www.development.uwa.edu.au/friends/historical-society/convocation-centenary-photo-shoot Yes 11 EVENT Enviro Fest '13 UWA Enviro Fest aims to empower UWA students and staff to reduce their environmental impact, and increase their appreciation of the natural environment. https://email@example.com/whatson/ARE 1363662000 2013 3 19 Tuesday 11:00 1363672800 2013 3 19 Tuesday 14:00 (None Set) (None Set) Events Team firstname.lastname@example.com UWA Enviro Fest aims to empower UWA students and staff to reduce their environmental impact, and increase their appreciation of the natural environment.Each year Enviro Fest provides opportunities to indulge your interest in the natural environment and learn more about sustainable initiatives on campus. From gardening workshops, to live animal demonstrations to public discussions of important environmental issues, theres something for all staff, students and their children. If you'd like to get involved with the Enviro Fest event, by holding an sustainability-related information stall or educational activity contact UWA Sustainable Development or the Guild's Event Manager.With the added benefit of being held in common lunch hour, Enviro Fest '13 promises to be one of the year's biggest, most diverse, exciting, and unique events. Oak Lawn https://www.uwa.edu.au/envirofest No 60 SEMINAR Physics-biology feedbacks in estuarine fine sediment dynamics SESE Seminar https://email@example.com/whatson/ARE 1363852800 2013 3 21 Thursday 16:00 1363856400 2013 3 21 Thursday 17:00 (None Set) (None Set) Lorraine Dorn 3701 firstname.lastname@example.com An increase in human activities in river catchments is resulting in increased muddiness of estuaries in many regions of the world. This increased muddiness has management implications, such as -increased turbidity and decreased quality of life for the human population, -storing pollutants (e.g. heavy metals) for decades to centuries and then liberating them when the mud is eroded or dredged, -changing some coasts from sandy to muddy, which is a significant and usually permanent environmental change -modifying the net nutrient budgets of estuaries - transferring seaward the occurrence of Harmful Algae Blooms if the light regime becomes the limiting factor in the estuary In recent decades, much of the knowledge of fine sediment (mud) dynamics, and its modelling, came from the engineering community. Modelling mud dynamics by engineers seemed so simple, the belief was that mud was just a messy fluid and that its behaviour could be modelled by adding a few equations for erosion and deposition to models calibrated in laboratory experiments with the belief that the models could then easily be fine-tuned against some field data for the collection of which ingenious probes were designed. Experience has shown that these engineering models are unable to reproduce much of the field observations for muddy estuaries. A reason for this failure is that these models largely neglect the biology and chemistry, which has a major influence in controlling: the settling of mud flocs the resuspension of settled mud the dewatering (consolidation) the patchiness the nutrient dynamics the fluidization of mud by waves the dynamics of tidal creeksPollutants in turn can modify these biological feedback processes and lead to another trajectory for the ecosystem health of estuaries. We quantify, using the LOICZ estuarine nutrient budget model modified for mud, the role of mud in the nutrient dynamics. Mud and muddy waters must be studied as a living body, not just a messy fluid as originally seen by engineers. This highlights research priorities to advance the knowledge of mud dynamics by quantifying the physics-biology links. Professor Eric Wolanski, James Cook University Weatherburn Lecture Theatre, G40 Mathematics Building No 0 CANCELLED - COURSE Introduction to statistics A short course using Microsoft Excel https://email@example.com/whatson/ARE 1364950800 2013 4 3 Wednesday 9:00 1365066000 2013 4 4 Thursday 17:00 (None Set) (None Set) Laura Firth email@example.com Unfortunately this event has been cancelled.Due to unforeseen circumstances the presenter is no longer available to deliver this course.-----------------This course aims to provide you with an introduction to the facilities available in MS Excel from a statistical point of view. As well as an introduction to Excel, spreadsheet functions and graphics, it concentrates on performing basic statistical methods, producing charts and tables, and discusses the limitations of Excel when it comes to more complex statistical analysis.Discount fees are available to UWA Postgraduate Research Students. Dr Nazim Khan Monadelphous Integrated Learning Centre https://www.cas.maths.uwa.edu.au/courses/excel Yes 2 VISITING SPEAKER Unisuper Financial Advice Unisuper Financial Adviser will be on campus at UWA https://firstname.lastname@example.com/whatson/ARE 1365037200 2013 4 4 Thursday 9:00 1365152400 2013 4 5 Friday 17:00 (None Set) (None Set) Jennifer Huband 1300331685 firstname.lastname@example.com Book your financial advice appointment on campus at the University of Western Australia with a Unisuper Financial Advisor.Whichever type of advice you choose, your first appointment with UniSuper Advice is complimentary. If you wish to proceed, a fixed quote will be provided at the conclusion of the meeting.Contact Unisuper to make an Appointment Stephen Henshall, a Private Client Adviser with UniSuper HR meeting Room, level 1 of the Michael Building (corner of Cooper Street and Fairway) https://www.unisuper.com.au/advice Yes 0 EVENT Food 2050 - The UWA Institute of Agriculture 2013 Industry forum Join us for an afternoon of discussion about arguably the biggest issue facing humanity: how to feed nine billion people in 2050 without destroying the planet. https://firstname.lastname@example.com/whatson/ARE 1365570000 2013 4 10 Wednesday 13:00 1365585300 2013 4 10 Wednesday 17:15 (None Set) (None Set) The UWA Institute of Agriculture (08) 6488 4717 email@example.com Building on the theme of the UWA Future Farm 2050 ProjectThe biggest issue facing humanity: how to feed 9 billion people in 2050 without destroying the planet. What science and technology is needed to meet this challenge?Time: 1:00pm 5:15pm followed by refreshmentsCost $40 + GST - RSVP for catering purposes by 2 April 2013 purchase tickets online at https://www.ioa.uwa.edu.au/industry-forum/****************Program**************1.00pm Welcome: W/Professor Kadambot Siddique, AM FTSE, Hackett Professor of Agriculture Chair, Director,The UWA Institute of Agriculture (IOA), UWA1.10pm Why are we here?: Mr Graham Laitt, Managing Director, Milne Agrigroup Pty Ltd 1.28pm Future Food and Health: W/Professor Peter Leedman, Deputy Director, Western Australian Institute for Medical Research (WAIMR)1:40pm Food Security or Food Quality for Australia?: Professor William Erskine, Centre for Legumes in Mediterranean Agriculture (CLIMA), UWA1.53pm CGE animal food production: W/Professor Graeme Martin, Head, School of Animal Biology, Deputy Director,Chair of Animal Science, The UWA Institute of Agriculture2.05pm Farming and Biodiversity: Mr Chris Curnow, Program Manager Southwest Australia Land Manager Engagement WWF-Australia2.17pm Energy Independence: W/Professor Dongke Zhang, Director, UWA Centre for Energy2.30pm Valuing Water: Asst/Professor Nik Callow, School of Earth and Environment, UWA2.43pm Soils alive and productive: W/Professor Andrew Whiteley, School of Earth and Environment, UWA2.55pm Afternoon Tea3:22pm Food provenance: W/Professor John Watling, Centre for Forensic Science, UWA3:35pm Instant monitoring of food quality: W/Professor Laurie Faraone, School of Electrical, Electronic and Computer Engineering, UWA 3.48pm People/Rural Communities: Professor Matthew Tonts, Head, School of Earth and Environment, UWA4:00pm Farmhouse Design for the Regions: Asst/Professor Patrick Beale, Chair of Architecture, School of Architecture, Landscape and Visual Arts, UWA4.12pm Rural Enterprises: W/Professor Tim Mazzarol, UWA Business School4.25pm Financial World View4.38pm The Oxford Example and US Examples: Dr Annie Kerr, 3E Farming; Catherine Marriott, Influential Women,2012 WA RIRDC Rural Womens Award recipient and the National Runner-up4.50pm Summing Up and Discussion: W/Professor Peter Davies, Pro Vice-Chancellor (Research)5:10pm Refreshments The University Club Auditorium, Hackett Drive Entry #1 Car Park 3 and 4 https://www.ioa.uwa.edu.au/industry-forum Yes 8 STAFF EVENT Retirement Planning & Centrelink Presented by Unisuper and Centrelink experts https://firstname.lastname@example.com/whatson/ARE 1365583500 2013 4 10 Wednesday 16:45 1365587100 2013 4 10 Wednesday 17:45 (None Set) (None Set) Jennifer Huband 1800331685 firstname.lastname@example.com This presentation combines the Retirement Planning seminar with an additional presentation from a Centrelink representative. Dont miss this opportunity to hear from both UniSuper and Centrelink experts on key retirement planning and Centrelink issues. Members wishing to attend the seminar must register with UniSuper refer web site link. Sean Higgins Unisuper Webb Lecture Theatre, Ground Floor, Geography Building https://www.unisuper.com.au/learning-centre/seminars-and-webinars?topic=&venue=The+University+of+Western+Australia&states= Yes 0 MEMORIAL LECTURE Improving salt tolerance in wheat: Discoveries from the search for genes which reduce the rate of sodium accumulation in leaves https://email@example.com/whatson/ARE 1366189200 2013 4 17 Wednesday 17:00 1366192800 2013 4 17 Wednesday 18:00 (None Set) (None Set) Ully Fritsch 6488 4717 firstname.lastname@example.com In this lecture, internationally renowned and highly cited plant scientist, Prof Rana Munns, will show how the combination of fundamental plant biology and targeted plant breeding can produce significant outcomes for crop production in saline soils.Saline soils restrict plant growth in a large proportion of the Australian wheat belt. Plants exclude most of the salt from the water they take up from a saline soil, but with time it can build up to high concentrations in older leaves, and kill them. This reduces the supply of carbohydrates to the growing leaves or developing grain. In a search for genes that reduce the rate of sodium accumulation in leaves, Prof Munns and her team discovered novel genes for controlling sodium transport in an ancestral wheat, crossed them into modern durum wheat, and showed that one of them increased yield in saline soils in farmers fields by 25%. This event is sponsored under the 'Hector and Andrew Stewart Memorial Lecture'. Prof Rana Munns MCS Lecture Theatre (G33), Bayliss Building https://www.ioa.uwa.edu.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0009/2259459/Rana-Munns-flyer.pdf No 2 SEMINAR HDR Supervision Series Supporting HDR supervision: Lessons from the field https://firstname.lastname@example.com/whatson/ARE 1366257600 2013 4 18 Thursday 12:00 1366261200 2013 4 18 Thursday 13:00 (None Set) (None Set) Michelle Emmett 08-6488-1712 firstname.lastname@example.com This event is open to both new and more seasoned staff who would like to gain a wider perspective on the joys and challenges of supervision from an Education perspective.Topics include: Supervising at a distance/Supervising international students; and Balancing the fine line between supervision and intervention. BYO lunch, tea and coffee will be provided. W/Professor Marnie O'Neil and A/Prof Elaine Chapman Faculty of Education Conference Room (2nd Floor) https://www.education.uwa.edu.au/news_and_events Yes 0 SEMINAR The Metabolic Theory of Ecology: Prospects and Challenges for Plant Biology Full Speaker CV is available from email@example.com https://firstname.lastname@example.com/whatson/ARE 1366272000 2013 4 18 Thursday 16:00 1366274700 2013 4 18 Thursday 16:45 (None Set) (None Set) Jennifer Gillett 6488 4416 firstname.lastname@example.com The metabolic theory of ecology (MTE) as applied to the plant sciences, aims to provide a general synthesis for the structure and functioning of plants from organelles to ecosystems. MTE builds from simple assumptions of individual metabolism to make predictions about phenomena across a wide range of scales, from individual plant structure and function to community dynamics and global nutrient cycles. Dr Chuck Price G.33 Lecture Theatre, Bayliss Building, UWA No 2 SEMINAR Thesis as a Series of Papers An outline of UWA rules and advantages and disadvantages of this format https://firstname.lastname@example.com/whatson/ARE 1366952400 2013 4 26 Friday 13:00 1366956000 2013 4 26 Friday 14:00 (None Set) (None Set) Krystyna Haq 2095 firstname.lastname@example.com The Graduate Education Officers will outline the UWA rules on formatting your thesis as a series of papers. The advantages and disadvantages of this format will also be discussed. Dr Joanne Edmondston, Dr Krystyna Haq, Dr Michael Azariadis Gentilli Lecture Theatre, Room 131, Geography and Geology https://www.postgraduate.uwa.edu.au/students/resources/workshops No 1 SYMPOSIUM ACG Seventh International Symposium on Ground Support in Mining and Underground Construction https://firstname.lastname@example.com/whatson/ARE 1368403200 2013 5 13 Monday 8:00 1368608400 2013 5 15 Wednesday 17:00 (None Set) (None Set) Maddie Adams 08 6488 3300 firstname.lastname@example.com Ground Support 2013 will provide a forum for local and international mining and engineering professionals to exchange experiences and lessons learnt in the areas of rock support and reinforcement, including mining and civil engineering applications. This symposium will bring together the top academics, operator and technology developers to share information about innovative ground support strategies, processes and products to help maintain a safe workplace, and a costefficient operation. Pan Pacific Hotel Perth, Western Australia https://www.groundsupport2013.com Yes 0 SEMINAR CWR Presents "IWRM and water resource modelling project experiences in Africa by our Aurecon Water Resources." https://email@example.com/whatson/ARE 1368691200 2013 5 16 Thursday 16:00 1368694800 2013 5 16 Thursday 17:00 (None Set) (None Set) Askale Abebe 6488 7565 email@example.com My Seminar deals with two Aurecon Projects on opposite ends of the African Continent that might appear widely divergent, but which are actually closely related within the domain of IWRM. Nile Basin DSS: Aurecon is the lead consultant on Pilot Studies on the development and establishment of the NB-DSS, the primary objective of which is to ensure that the NB-DSS becomes a reliable and sustainable software system. This entails demonstrating and showcasing the NB-DSS capabilities within the context of transboundary, integrated water resource planning and management in the Nile Basin. Aurecon and its multi-disciplinary team of experts are intricately involved with all aspects of the project, including hydrological and system analyses, the quantification of environmental, social and economic impacts associated with large-scale water resource developments, advanced multi-criteria analysis across various pilot case areas and extensive training of NB-DSS representatives from all of the Nile riparian countries. These include, Egypt, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda. Western Cape Water Reconciliation Strategy: This long-term Project involves a review of the rising future water requirements within the supply area of the Western Cape Bulk Water Resources System, which supplies water to more than three million people in the Greater Cape Town Region (photo below). The Project further continuously evaluates a wide range of soft and hard options for meeting these increasing demands. Further to the Reconciliation Strategy with its Action Plan, the Project identifies the most favourable intervention options and recommends a programme of feasibility studies and other investigations to improve the operation and planning of the system, and to ensure that the necessary infrastructure or other interventions were implemented timeously so as to reconcile the supplies with the future demands. The reconciliation study also involves scenario planning of alternative development options and the development of a Reconciliation Planning Support Tool (RPST) which enables the ranking of alternative water resource and water demand intervention options. SHORT BIO: André holds BSc, BEng and MEng degrees from the University of Stellenbosch and a PhD in engineering from the University of the Witwatersrand in South Africa. He is currently a Technical Director in the Cape Town Office of Aurecon, a global consulting firm, as well as the Water Resources Management Leader globally in Aurecon. He has 39 years of Water Sector experience in academic, research and consulting roles. In the latter part of his career he was a full-time and later part-time Professor of Hydrology and Water Resources at Stellenbosch University. During recent years he has been deeply involved in strategic water resources management projects related to bulk infrastructure planning and design, institutional development and policy implementation support, optimisation of the operation of multi-purpose water resources schemes; and flood and drought management. His research focus has encompassed various themes in hydrological, hydrodynamic and water resources systems modelling and related decision support tools, as well as design flood hydrology. He has produced more than 50 papers, publications and research reports. PS* This seminar is free and open to the public & no RSVP required. ****All Welcome**** André Görgens, PrEng, PhD (Eng) Technical Director Competency Leader, Water Resources Management, Aurecon,South Africa Blakers Lecture Room, Ground Floor, Mathematics Building, The University of Western Australia https://www.aurecongroup.com/en/Locations/Africa/South%20Africa/Pretoria/Pretoria.aspx No 10 PUBLIC TALK Water and Society: How do We Achieve Social Transformation? https://email@example.com/whatson/ARE 1368698400 2013 5 16 Thursday 18:00 1368705600 2013 5 16 Thursday 20:00 (None Set) (None Set) Institute of Advanced Studies 6488 1340 firstname.lastname@example.com A cross-disciplinary forum. The importance of water and its impact on society will continue to be one of the key challenges for future generations struggling with droughts, floods and the availability of clean drinking water. The need for cross-disciplinary strategies to deal with the global, financial, ecological and societal issues is the focus of this panel, which will explore the social transformations needed to support water sensitive cities, including community attitudes and behavioural change, governance and economic assessment practices, management systems and technological innovations. Developing a richer understanding of the underpinning social norms and behaviours will, along with scientific research, provide guidance on the reform of institutional rules and economic and regulatory frameworks for water sensitive decisions, policies and practices. The ultimate goal is to deliver policy tools and practical guidance that will facilitate the adoption of appropriate new technologies and social, institutional, regulatory and economic reforms that are mutually reinforcing, flexible and adaptable to different social scales and contexts.This Forum is sponsored by the Institute of Advanced Studies, the CRC for Water Sensitive Cities, the Centre for the Study of Social Change and the Centre for Environmental Economics and Policy at The University of Western Australia.Cost: Free, but RSVP essential. To register a place visit https://www.ias.uwa.edu.au/lectures/water-and-society-forum Banquet Hall University Club, UWA https://www.ias.uwa.edu.au/lectures/water-and-society-forum Yes 18 COURSE Clinical Group & Studio Pilates Available on Campus!! https://email@example.com/whatson/ARE 1369609200 2013 5 27 Monday 7:00 1387526400 2013 12 20 Friday 16:00 (None Set) (None Set) UWA Health & Rehabilitation Clinic 08 6488 3333 firstname.lastname@example.com Through the UWA Health & Rehabiliation Clinic a variety of Clinical Pilates options are now available to staff and general public!Clinical Pilates is a form of physical exercise that focuses on posture, balance, control, strength, flexibility, and breathing. It incorporates mat and equipment based exercises to optimise function, improve fitness and aid the management or rehabilitation following pain or injury. Using the experitse of Physiotherapy and Exercise Physiology trained staff to tailor exercises, Clinical Pilates is able to ensure optimal gains whilst minimising risk of injury or aggravation.Initial assessment may be required prior to starting classes. Sessions are available Mon-Fri at various times between 6am-6pm. Private Health Rebates May Apply. UWA Health & Rehabilitation Clinic (School of Sport Science, Exercise & Health) https://www.sseh.uwa.edu.au/community No 8 EVENT Meta-Analysis A Short Course https://email@example.com/whatson/ARE 1369616400 2013 5 27 Monday 9:00 1369728000 2013 5 28 Tuesday 16:00 (None Set) (None Set) Laura Firth firstname.lastname@example.com Statistical meta-analysis deals with a variety of sophisticated statistical methods to efficiently combine the results of several studies that have a common target. In this course, we will describe the basic concepts of effect size for continuous measurements as well as qualitative attributes, combination of tests and estimates of effect size, tests for homogeneity of effect sizes, fixed versus random effects model of meta-analysis, combination of Gallup polls, meta-analysis of binary data, meta-regression, and publication bias. Dr Bimal Sinha Education building https://www.cas.maths.uwa.edu.au/courses/meta-analysis Yes 1 LECTURE Understanding & measuring real-world impacts from research https://email@example.com/whatson/ARE 1371452400 2013 6 17 Monday 15:00 1371456000 2013 6 17 Monday 16:00 (None Set) (None Set) Michael Millan 64888027 email@example.com In Australia there has been a recent drive to look more closely at the real-world impact of research paid for with public funding, as evidenced by the 2012 joint ATN / Go8 'Excellence in Innovation' assessment trial. David Pannell, whose research was well rated in the trial, will discuss his thoughts on understanding and measuring impact, as well as strategies to increase the impact of research. David Pannell G33 Bayliss Building No 2 CONFERENCE Call for Paper: ROGE-2013 (London-UK): International Conference of Restructuring of the Global Economy ROGE-2013 https://email@example.com/whatson/ARE 1372035600 2013 6 24 Monday 9:00 1372154400 2013 6 25 Tuesday 18:00 (None Set) (None Set) Rabindra Bhowal +44 (0) 20 3620 6524 email@example.com CALL FOR PAPERS The Academy of Business & Retail Management is proud to have an established record to organising and managing international academic conferences. Please join us for one of our annual conferences in location given below. All our Conference seek to elucidate a wealth of issues in all aspects of business management, health and social care sciences, management education, teaching and learning methodologies and many more.. Contributions should therefore be of interest to scholars, practitioners and researchers in management in both developed and developing countries targeting a worldwide readership. All our conferences offer various tracks which include: The Finance, Accounting and Organisational structure, The Growth and Economic Development, the Globalisation and International Trade, Education and teaching for the Life Long Learning Sector, The HRM, Marketing & Information Technology, Health and Social care Management, Science and Engineering Authors are invited to submit their original research papers, case study, review, work in progress, reports, abstract, students papers or research proposals within the broad scope of each conference. Authors submission will be published in both the conference proceeding under The Business & Management Review (Printed copy) and online.For further details about our conferences and our academic journals, please visit our website on www.abrmr.com or send us an email on email@example.com. ACADEMIC CONFERENCES London, UK (Summer Conference) International Conference of Restructuring of the Global Economy (ROGE-2013) 24th -25th June 2013. Please click here.Paris, France International Academic Conference (IACP-2013) 6th -7th August 2013. Please click here. London, UK (Winter Conference) International Trade and Academic Research Conference (ITARC-2013) 4th 5th November 2013. Please click hereDubai, UAE International Academic Conference (IACD-2014) 20-21st January 2014. Please click here.New York, NY. (USA) International Conference on Business and Economic Development (ICBED-2014) 24th -25th March 2014. Please click here. ACADEMIC JOURNALS Journal of Business & Retail Management Research (JBRMR) JBRMR is a scholar and referred journal that provides as authoritative source of information for scholars, academics and professionals in the fields of business and retail management. For further information please visit at www.jbrmr.com The International Journal of Business and Economic Development (IJBED) IJBED`s mission is to promote and publish research inquiring into the behaviour of business , their ways of upgrading themselves in response to changes in the environment and the way the policy framework is being developed to encourage them to expand in a rational manner. BOOK PUBLICATION Globalisation Revisited: A Global Phenomenon under the Microscope Globalisation has become one of the watchwords of the latter Twentieth and early Twentieth First century. Whilst globalisation is written and talked about in a general sense this book seeks to take stock and reflect on the `era of globalisation through a series of regional case studies aimed at elucidating examples of globalisation in action. The book will begin with an attempt to define globalisation as well as to give a brief history of the theoretical nature of globalisation along with schools of thought about the nature and purpose of the topic. It will also present a brief explanation of how globalisation itself has inadvertently assisted those individuals and organisations who are committed to containing or curtailing that which they refer to as globalisation.ABRM announces a Call for Papers for the publication of a book entitled Globalisation Revisited: A global phenomenon under the microscope to be edited by Professor P.R.Banerjee and Dr P.R.Datta. Interested authors are invited to contribute chapter(s) in the book. For further details please click here Mark T Jones London, UK https://www.abrmr.com/conference_detail.php?id=98 Yes 1 COURSE Introductory Statistics A Short Course using SPSS https://email@example.com/whatson/ARE 1372122000 2013 6 25 Tuesday 9:00 1372323600 2013 6 27 Thursday 17:00 (None Set) (None Set) Laura Firth email@example.com The aim of this course is to introduce you to basic statistics. It will cover descriptive statistics (means and standard deviations); data exploration; basic categorical data analysis; simple linear regression and basic analysis of variance (ANOVA). The course is subsidised for UWA postgraduate research students. Dr Russel John Mathematics Computing Laboratory https://www.cas.maths.uwa.edu.au/courses/intro-stats Yes 1 EVENT Masterclass: Research with Impact Planning a pathway to impact for your research https://firstname.lastname@example.com/whatson/ARE 1372640400 2013 7 1 Monday 9:00 1372737600 2013 7 2 Tuesday 12:00 (None Set) (None Set) Krystyna Haq 64882095 email@example.com This masterclass for doctoral and early career doctoral researchers will focus on the development of plans for achieving research impact through collaborations and the two-way exchange of knowledge between the university and a range of external stakeholders. Dr Michael Millan, Jennifer Chubb, Dr Andy Jackson Molecular and Chemical Sciences Seminar Room G35 ias.uwa.edu.au Yes 2 COURSE R Basics A Short Course https://email@example.com/whatson/ARE 1372726800 2013 7 2 Tuesday 9:00 1372842000 2013 7 3 Wednesday 17:00 (None Set) (None Set) Laura Firth firstname.lastname@example.com The course is designed for those who have no experience with R, but have a basic understanding of statistics. Those without this experience are encouraged to attend the Introductory Statistics course first. Laura Firth Monadelphous Integrated Learning Centre https://www.cas.maths.uwa.edu.au/courses/rbasics Yes 1 PUBLIC LECTURE Reaching new heights: antioxidants in wheat 10 years of research on how to enhance levels of antioxidant compounds in wheat https://email@example.com/whatson/ARE 1374138000 2013 7 18 Thursday 17:00 1374141600 2013 7 18 Thursday 18:00 (None Set) (None Set) Ully Fritsch 6488 4717 email@example.com Cereals typically are not considered as dietary sources of antioxidants even though they can compare well with some berries known for their high antioxidant content. Wheat antioxidant levels vary substantially even within a cultivar across years and geographic location. Learning how to enhance levels of antioxidant compounds in wheat has been Professor Madl's research focus for over 10 years.In his lecture, he talks about external events that can significantly increase antioxidant levels and about the search of chemical elicitors that trigger the same biosynthetic pathways.He talks about his studies on mice which found that consumption of wheat bran with high antioxidant levels significantly decreased the occurrence of colon cancer in the mice.His lecture also explores whether increased antioxidant levels in wheat enhance other compounds that express the same benefits in cancer suppression, such as phenolic compounds. Prof Ron Madl MCS Lecture Theatre (Room G 33), Bayliss Building https://www.ioa.uwa.edu.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0006/2340375/Ron-Madl-flyer-MCS-LT.pdf No 2 SEMINAR CWR Presents Identifying performance benchmarks in Ghanaian agriculture through efficiency analysis. https://email@example.com/whatson/ARE 1374652800 2013 7 24 Wednesday 16:00 1374656400 2013 7 24 Wednesday 17:00 (None Set) (None Set) Askale Abebe 6488 7565 email@example.com Agricultural production in Ghana is mainly carried out by smallholder farmers on a subsistence basis. Smallholders constitute about 95% of the farming population and produce 80% of the annual output.This study investigates the level of technical efficiency of farms using a sample of 294 households from the Upper East region of Ghana. Bootstrap DEA methods are used to estimate technical efficiency and the factors affecting efficiency are examined. This is the first study that uses bootstrap DEA methods in efficiency analysis of agriculture in Ghana.Results from the application of the nonparametric DEA frontier models show that mean technical efficiency is low and there is significant variability in efficiency among the sample farms. The results imply that agricultural productivity can be increased substantially through improvement in technical efficiency.From a policy point of view educational status and use of hired labour have been found to hold the greatest potential for improving technical efficiency in Ghanaian agriculture.Keywords: Bootstrap DEA, Ghana, policy, smallholders, technical efficiencyShort bio,Luke Abatania commenced his PhD research in the School of Agricultural and Resource Economics at the University of Western Australia (UWA) in March 2009.Abatanias background is in Agricultural Economics and his research focus has been on the adoption and impact of improved technologies on farm household welfare. His current research interests are in productivity and an efficiency analysis of smallholder agricultural production.Abatania has worked as an Agricultural Economist/Research Fellow at the following organisations in Ghana: Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (1992-2006), International Food Policy Research Institute (2006-2007), University of Ghana (2007-date). He was also a part-time lecturer at the University for Development Studies in Ghana (2002-2004).Abatania holds a Master of Philosophy degree from the University of Ghana. He submitted a thesis to UWA in June 2013 for the award of a PhD degree and is currently awaiting the result. PS* This seminar is free and open to the public & no RSVP required.****All Welcome**** Luke Abatania, Postgraduate Student (PhD), Agricultural and Resource Economics,, The University of Western Australia Blakers Lecture Room, Ground Floor, Mathematics Building, The University of Western Australia https://maps.uwa.edu.au/crawley/display/10 email@example.com No 10 ORATION Three Minute Thesis Competition Final An 80,000 word thesis would take 9 hours to present - their time 3 minutes! https://email@example.com/whatson/ARE 1374818400 2013 7 26 Friday 14:00 1374825600 2013 7 26 Friday 16:00 (None Set) (None Set) Krystyna Haq 64882095 email@example.com The task for the 10 finalists is to give an engaging talk on their PhD topic and it's significance in language that everyone can understand - in just 3 minutes. The audience will vote for its People's Choice. 3MT finalists Murdoch Lecture Theatre, Arts Building https://www.postgraduate.uwa.edu.au/students/3mt No 11 CONFERENCE Call for Paper: IACP-2013 (Paris-France): International Academic Research Conference IACP-2013 https://firstname.lastname@example.com/whatson/ARE 1375750800 2013 8 6 Tuesday 9:00 1375869600 2013 8 7 Wednesday 18:00 (None Set) (None Set) Rabindra Bhowal +44 (0) 20 3620 6524 email@example.com CALL FOR PAPERS The Academy of Business & Retail Management is proud to have an established record to organising and managing international academic conferences. Please join us for one of our annual conferences in location given below. All our Conference seek to elucidate a wealth of issues in all aspects of business management, health and social care sciences, management education, teaching and learning methodologies and many more.. Contributions should therefore be of interest to scholars, practitioners and researchers in management in both developed and developing countries targeting a worldwide readership. All our conferences offer various tracks which include: The Finance, Accounting and Organisational structure, The Growth and Economic Development, the Globalisation and International Trade, Education and teaching for the Life Long Learning Sector, The HRM, Marketing & Information Technology, Health and Social care Management, Science and Engineering Authors are invited to submit their original research papers, case study, review, work in progress, reports, abstract, students papers or research proposals within the broad scope of each conference. Authors submission will be published in both the conference proceeding under The Business & Management Review (Printed copy) and online.For further details about our conferences and our academic journals, please visit our website on www.abrmr.com or send us an email on email@example.com. ACADEMIC CONFERENCES London, UK (Summer Conference) International Conference of Restructuring of the Global Economy (ROGE-2013) 24th -25th June 2013. Please click here.Paris, France International Academic Conference (IACP-2013) 6th -7th August 2013. Please click here. London, UK (Winter Conference) International Trade and Academic Research Conference (ITARC-2013) 4th 5th November 2013. Please click hereDubai, UAE International Academic Conference (IACD-2014) 20-21st January 2014. Please click here.New York, NY. (USA) International Conference on Business and Economic Development (ICBED-2014) 24th -25th March 2014. Please click here. ACADEMIC JOURNALS Journal of Business & Retail Management Research (JBRMR) JBRMR is a scholar and referred journal that provides as authoritative source of information for scholars, academics and professionals in the fields of business and retail management. For further information please visit at www.jbrmr.com The International Journal of Business and Economic Development (IJBED) IJBED`s mission is to promote and publish research inquiring into the behaviour of business , their ways of upgrading themselves in response to changes in the environment and the way the policy framework is being developed to encourage them to expand in a rational manner. BOOK PUBLICATION Globalisation Revisited: A Global Phenomenon under the Microscope Globalisation has become one of the watchwords of the latter Twentieth and early Twentieth First century. Whilst globalisation is written and talked about in a general sense this book seeks to take stock and reflect on the `era of globalisation through a series of regional case studies aimed at elucidating examples of globalisation in action. The book will begin with an attempt to define globalisation as well as to give a brief history of the theoretical nature of globalisation along with schools of thought about the nature and purpose of the topic. It will also present a brief explanation of how globalisation itself has inadvertently assisted those individuals and organisations who are committed to containing or curtailing that which they refer to as globalisation.ABRM announces a Call for Papers for the publication of a book entitled Globalisation Revisited: A global phenomenon under the microscope to be edited by Professor P.R.Banerjee and Dr P.R.Datta. Interested authors are invited to contribute chapter(s) in the book. For further details please click here Mark T Jones Holiday Inn Paris https://www.abrmr.com/conference_detail.php?id=99 No 1 OPEN DAY 2013 Open Day Join us for our Centenary Open Day and experience all that UWA has to offer https://email@example.com/whatson/ARE 1376186400 2013 8 11 Sunday 10:00 1376208000 2013 8 11 Sunday 16:00 (None Set) (None Set) Kate Brandis 6488 7302 email@example.com Come and find out about our undergraduate and postgraduate courses, career options, scholarship opportunities, our valuable research, community programs and facilities.There's also residential college tours, hands-on activities, live music, entertainment, and plenty of fun activities for the whole family as we celebrate our 100th birthday. UWA Crawley Campus https://www.openday.uwa.edu.au No 31 PUBLIC LECTURE Lifting Africans out of poverty an overview of the strategy and activities of the International Institute for Tropical Agriculture (IITA) https://email@example.com/whatson/ARE 1376298000 2013 8 12 Monday 17:00 1376301600 2013 8 12 Monday 18:00 (None Set) (None Set) Cora Castens 6488 4717 email@example.com The International Institute for Tropical Agriculture (IITA) sets clear targets: by 2020 its research efforts will have contributed to lifting 11 million Africans out of poverty and to restoring 7.5 million hectares of land into sustainable use. IITA's Deputy Director General for Research, Prof Ylva Hilbur, will provide an overiew of: the institute's scientific focus, its priority areas for future investment, its role in the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR), its initiatives to build public/private partnerships and its activities to stimulate youth employment and entrepreneurship in the agricultural sector. Prof Ylva Hilbur, Deputy Director General of Research, IITA change of venue: MCS Lecture Theatre (G.33), Bayliss Building https://www.ioa.uwa.edu.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0007/2342257/Ylva-Hilbur-flyer-MCS-venue.pdf No 18 OPEN DAY Future Farm 2050 Field Day 2013 The UWA Institute of Agriculture, Future Farm 2050 invites you to attend the 2013 Field Day on 6 September 2013 https://firstname.lastname@example.com/whatson/ARE 1378440000 2013 9 6 Friday 12:00 1378458000 2013 9 6 Friday 17:00 (None Set) (None Set) Christine Shervington 0408 096 662 (only Monday or Tuesday) email@example.com The UWA Institute of Agriculture, Future Farm 2050 invites you to attend the 2013 Field Day on 6 September 2013.PROGRAM 12.00pm: Registration with tea and coffee provided at Averys shed 12.30 - 12.40pm: Welcome and program overview, W/Prof Graeme Martin, The University of Western Australia12.40 - 1.10pm: Is more efficient food production in conflict with animal welfare? - Prof Marian Stamp Dawkins, Professor of Animal Behaviour, University of Oxford1.20 - 1.40pm: CFI, farmers options and barriers to participation, Assist/Prof Marit Kragt, The University of Western Australia1.40 - 2.00pm Maintaining our share of the lamb meat pie Dr Kelly Manton-Pearce, Research Fellow, Murdoch University, Yealering Farmer and Nuffield Scholar2.00 - 2.30pm; Tea and coffee break 2.30 - 4.30pm: Bus to demonstration sites 1) Station 1 - Averys Paddock - Soils: W/ Professor Andrew Whiteley, The University of Western Australia2) Station 2 - Enrich- Antimethanogenic Shrubs: Prof Phil Vercoe, The University of Western Australia; and Dr Dean Revell, CSIRO.3) Station 3 - House and Water Management: W/Prof Keith Smettem, The University of Western Australia; and Assoc/Prof Patrick Beale, The University of Western AustraliaApproximately 4.30pm: Closing reception at Averys.Full program available online https://www.ioa.uwa.edu.au/field-day-2013 Future Farm 2050, C/O The University of Western Australia-Ridgefield, 167 Page Road, PINGELLY WA 6308 Australia: Map located online https://www.ioa.uwa.edu.au/field-day-2013 https://www.ioa.uwa.edu.au/field-day-2013 Yes 9 COURSE Surveys: Instrument Design and Testing A Short Course https://email@example.com/whatson/ARE 1380589200 2013 10 1 Tuesday 9:00 1380790800 2013 10 3 Thursday 17:00 (None Set) (None Set) Laura Firth firstname.lastname@example.com This course is aimed at anyone wishing to improve their survey questionnaires. This course is useful for both people new to questionnaire design and those who have experience and would like to extend their knowledge. It will be a benefit not only for people who anticipate designing a questionnaire in the future, but for those in the role of critiquing commissioned or existing research.UWA Postgraduate Research students receive subsidised fees. Dr Pamela Campanelli Monadelphous Integrated Learning Centre https://www.cas.maths.uwa.edu.au/courses/survey-design Yes 1 COURSE R Basics A Statistics Short Course https://firstname.lastname@example.com/whatson/ARE 1384218000 2013 11 12 Tuesday 9:00 1384333200 2013 11 13 Wednesday 17:00 (None Set) (None Set) Laura Firth email@example.com R is a free and extremely powerful language and software environment for statistical computing, data analysis, and graphics. The course is designed for those who have no experience with R, but have a basic understanding of statistics. The course will include: Introduction to R: How to install R on your computer; basic R commands, how to use and understand the R help pages. Data: Reading in data and data manipulation; summarising data; basic statistical analysis and fitting linear models. Graphics and output: Basic plotting commands and how to customise your plots; how to export your plots and output in a user-friendly format. Functions: Writing simple functions and flow control structures. Mrs Laura Firth Monadelphous Integrated Learning Centre https://www.cas.maths.uwa.edu.au/courses/ Yes 3 SEMINAR genomic prediction in plant breeding programs: estimating heritability and predictive accuracy of genomic prediction in plant breeding programs https://firstname.lastname@example.com/whatson/ARE 1385542800 2013 11 27 Wednesday 17:00 1385546400 2013 11 27 Wednesday 18:00 (None Set) (None Set) Ully Fritsch 6488 4717 firstname.lastname@example.com Heritability is often used by plant breeders and geneticists as a measure of a trials precision, or the precision of a series of trials. For computing its main use is the response to selection.Most formulas proposed for calculating heritability implicitly assume balanced data and independent genotypic effects. While both of these assumptions are often violated in plant breeding trials, equations assuming balanced data are still in common usage.This talk reviews various approaches to assessing heritability and derived quantities for unbalanced plant breeding trial data. Furthermore, Professor Piepho will also discuss the related problem of assessing predictive accuracy in genomic selection. Professor Hans-Peter Piepho Ag Lecture Theatre (G.013, Agriculture North Wing) https://www.ioa.uwa.edu.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0006/2450148/Seminar-H-P-Piepho-flyer.pdf No 0 SEMINAR Influence of IGF-1 and myostatin on post-natal growth and aging School of Anatomy, Physiology & Human Biology Seminar Series https://email@example.com/whatson/ARE 1390885200 2014 1 28 Tuesday 13:00 1390888800 2014 1 28 Tuesday 14:00 (None Set) (None Set) Debbie Hull 6488 3313 email@example.com The Seminar: Chris will present an overview from a biomedical and agricultural perspective of studies done in his lab on the growth hormone, insulin-like growth factor 1 and myostatin, which form part of a common axis (GH/IGF-1/Mstn) that regulates growth, maintenance and aging of the body. Knowing that IGF-1 stimulates, while myostatin inhibits growth, Chris and colleagues crossed Mstn-/- mice with a transgenic line in which IGF-1 is overexpressed in skeletal muscle to generate offspring differing in copy number for both genes. Mice that had no myostatin and additional IGF-1 were twice the size and had 3.5 times the amount of muscle mass to that of wild-type controls. In a second cohort, those with additional IGF-1 died at a younger age. While the causative factors mediating the actions of IGF-1 of aging remain unclear, the recent discovery that the deacetylase sirtuin 6 (Sirt6) and Klotho regulate aging in mammals was a breakthrough in the search for a mechanism. Chris will show that IGF-1 regulates the expression of Klotho and Sirt6 in skeletal muscle. Finally, Chris will present the discovery of a novel splice-variant of myostatin that stimulates myogenesis and that may have an additional role to play in the development of double-muscling in breeds like Belgian Blue cattle.The Speaker: Chris is a growth physiologist at AgResearch Ruakura. He completed a PhD at Agresearch Invermay studying the seasonal growth of red deer, then completed two postdoctoral positions in the United States. The first at Auburn University (Alabama) addressed the mechanisms underlying how illness and disease reduces appetite and growth of sheep and cattle. The second at Michigan State University addressed the role of factors that regulate the growth axis in cattle. Chris is a senior scientist and, until recently, led the Growth and Lactation research team. His current research focuses on the role of growth hormone, IGF-1 and myostatin in regulating the post-natal growth of livestock, the development of marbling and the eating quality of meat. A further interest is in the regulation of antler growth. He is the current president of the NZ Society of Endocrinology. Dr Chris McMahon, AgResearch Ruakura Research Centre, New Zealand Room 1.81, Anatomy, Physiology & Human Biology Building North No 1 SEMINAR Glutathione: From the chloroplast to the nucleus and back Seminar on the functions of glutathione in cellular redox homeostasis https://email@example.com/whatson/ARE 1390896000 2014 1 28 Tuesday 16:00 1390899600 2014 1 28 Tuesday 17:00 (None Set) (None Set) Ully Fritsch 6488 4714 email@example.com The low molecular weight thiol antioxidant, reduced glutathione (GSH) is a multifunctional metabolite in plants. GSH is an important redox gatekeeper that maintains redox homeostasis. It also participates in oxidative signalling pathways that regulate gene expression and determine the outcome of plant responses to stress. GSH is synthesised in chloroplasts, from thence is transported to all the compartments of the cell including the nucleus. Mutants lacking the chloroplast GSH transporters have a low cytosolic GSH poor and have impaired responses to pathogens. Inhibition of glutathione synthesis leads to decreases the redox potential of the cytosol and the nuclei and to marked changes in gene expression. Low GSH availability leads to failure of the apical root meristem because of an arrest of the cell cycle at G1. GSH is recruited and sequestered in the nucleus early in the cell cycle by mechanisms that remain to be identified. Interestingly, mutants in candidates for GSH binding on the nuclear pore complex show very strong repression of photosynthesis, especially under high light. This talk will consider the functions of glutathione in cellular redox homeostasis and possible roles in signalling between the chloroplast and nucleus. Prof Christine Foyer Ag Lecture Theatre (G013, Agriculture North Wing) https://www.ioa.uwa.edu.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0008/2479301/Christine-Foyer-flyer-.pdf No 0 WORKSHOP Workshop: Setting Academic Standards for Agriculture What should a graduate in agriculture know, understand and be able to do? https://email@example.com/whatson/ARE 1391491800 2014 2 4 Tuesday 13:30 1391495400 2014 2 4 Tuesday 14:30 (None Set) (None Set) Phoebe Bobby (03) 6226 6385 email@example.com The AgLTAS project aims to develop a National Academic Standards Statement for agriculture representing what a student in Agriculture and related disciplines should know, understand and be able to do on graduation.You are invited to attend an upcoming workshop, led by Dr Tina Acuna from the University of Tasmania, to provide your valuable input on the Statement.LATE RSVPs will be accepted (until the day prior to the workshop) Dr Tina Acuna (University of Tasmania) Ag Lecture Theatre (G.013, Agriculture North Wing) https://bit.ly/1b79rAI Yes 2 COURSE Introductory Statistics A Short Course using SPSS https://firstname.lastname@example.com/whatson/ARE 1392598800 2014 2 17 Monday 9:00 1392800400 2014 2 19 Wednesday 17:00 (None Set) (None Set) Laura Firth firstname.lastname@example.com The aim of this course is to introduce you to basic statistics. It will cover descriptive statistics (means and standard deviations); data exploration; basic categorical data analysis; simple linear regression and basic analysis of variance (ANOVA). The statistical package SPSS will be used to illustrate the ideas demonstrated. The course will be held in a computer laboratory allowing participants to immediately apply the material covered through a series of practical examples. Dr Russel John Mathematics Computing Laboratory https://www.cas.maths.uwa.edu.au/courses/ Yes 3 PUBLIC LECTURE Valuing ecosystem services - how can economics help? https://firstname.lastname@example.com/whatson/ARE 1392892200 2014 2 20 Thursday 18:30 1392897600 2014 2 20 Thursday 20:00 (None Set) (None Set) Katrina Davis 64881495 firstname.lastname@example.com Professor Ian Bateman, University of East Anglia, will deliver a public lecture examining the application of economic analysis to ecosystem service assessments. Prof. Bateman will discuss methods for valuing changes in the services provided by the natural environment, and how to identify economically optimal implementations of land use policy. Findings highlight the substantial improvements in welfare that can arise from shifting the emphasis of decision making away from a focus upon market priced goods alone towards a broader conception of economic values, and the need to go beyond valuations of ecosystem service flows to consider the sustainability of natural asset stocks. Professor Ian Bateman The University Club Auditorium No 18 COURSE UWA Running Club 12 week Fitness & Running Club - All levels https://firstname.lastname@example.com/whatson/ARE 1393797600 2014 3 3 Monday 6:00 1401404400 2014 5 30 Friday 7:00 (None Set) (None Set) UWA Health & Rehabilitation Clinic 08 6488 3333 email@example.com UWA Health & Rehab Clinic - Running Club 13 week program working towards a 5 or 12km fun run (i.e. HBF Run for Reason - May 25th)All levels welcome. Perfect for those returning from injury or running for the first time and needing a little extra feedback and coaching.WHEN: Monday 3rd March - Friday 30th May Running Sessions = Mon & Fri 6am. Plus "Fit-R" Strength & Mobility Sessions = Wed 6am & Thurs 6pmWHERE: UWA Health & Rehabilitation Clinic - Parkway Entrance #4, Crawley Campus. Runs will take place around campus, along the river and into Kings Park.COST: $12 per week (up to 4 sessions/week) for 13 weeks = $156^Private health rebates may apply for Fit-R sessions School of Sport Science, Exercise & Health (UWA) - Parkway Entrance #4 No 10 EVENT AYCC UWA Carbon Neutral Quiz Night 2014! https://email@example.com/whatson/ARE 1394019000 2014 3 5 Wednesday 19:30 1394028000 2014 3 5 Wednesday 22:00 (None Set) (None Set) Belinda Thompson 0431446348 firstname.lastname@example.com Open to all, the Carbon Neutral Quiz Night 2014! presented by the Australian Youth Climate Coalition UWA, will be a night of fun, games, and a theme of sustainability to start the new semester. 7.30pm, Wednesday the 5th of March (Week 2) at Hackett Hall, UWA. All the proceeds will go to the trees planted to carbon offset the evening and to further the work the work of the campus club to spread awareness about climate change. This is a public, alcohol-free event. Hackett Hall, UWA https://www.facebook.com/events/804073406287410/ Yes 1 PRESENTATION Young Professionals in Agriculture Forum 6 presentations and announcement of winners https://email@example.com/whatson/ARE 1395798300 2014 3 26 Wednesday 9:45 1395811800 2014 3 26 Wednesday 13:30 (None Set) (None Set) Joe Steer 0439 017 073 email@example.com Six recent honours graduates (-5 from UWA-) in Agriculture and Natural Resource Management will present their research (15 min each) at the 'Young Professionals in Agriculture Forum', hosted by the Ag Institute Australia (WA Division)and DAFWA. Following the presentations, the Forum winners will be announced. For topics and student details see URL below. Student presenters (in Agriculture and NRM) CSIRO Centre for Environment and Life Sciences, Auditorium, (corner Brockway Rd and Underwood Ave, Floreat) https://www.ioa.uwa.edu.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0012/2496891/Forum-flyer-2014.pdf Yes 0 SEMINAR The acceptability of marine offsets and the social license to operate Professor Michael Burton, School of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of Western Australia https://firstname.lastname@example.com/whatson/ARE 1395975600 2014 3 28 Friday 11:00 1395978300 2014 3 28 Friday 11:45 (None Set) (None Set) Fiona Gibson email@example.com This paper reports the results of a choice experiment to examine the features of marine offsets that the public finds acceptable. Offsets have become an established element of what is required if developments are to impose no net loss on the environment, once avoidance and mitigation activities have been undertaken. However, there are a number of means by which the same environmental outcome can be achieved. We explore the consequences for public acceptance of different designs of offsets relating to migratory shorebirds with respect to the proportion of direct and compensatory offsets, the geographical location at which the offset takes place, and the possibility of substituting species. Within the survey used we also develop a measure of the oil and gas industries Social License to Operate. We explore whether this measure has an impact on the probability of rejecting the development as a whole, as well as its impact on acceptability of attributes within the offset design. The paper concludes with implications for the further use of marine offsets.Professor Michael Burton works in the area of environmental valuation, and is currently working on a project valuing marine biodiversity as part of the National Environmental Research Program Marine Biodiversity Hub. Professor Michael Burton, School of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of Western Australia Agriculture Lecture Theatre, University of Western Australia https://www.are.uwa.edu.au/research/seminars No 1 SEMINAR Predicting pro-environmental agricultural practices: The social, psychological and contextual influences on land management https://email@example.com/whatson/ARE 1396580400 2014 4 4 Friday 11:00 1396583100 2014 4 4 Friday 11:45 (None Set) (None Set) Fiona Gibson firstname.lastname@example.com Pro-environmental agricultural approaches have been developed, but their uptake has not been sufficient to mitigate environmental degradation. A lack of suitable theoretical frameworks limits research on famers' environmental behaviours, and there has been little integration of social sciences in the agricultural adoption literature. This paper details a predictive model of pro-environmental agricultural practices, drawing on psychological frameworks: Value-Belief-Norms and Theory of Planned Behaviour. Dry-land farmers in Central New South Wales, Australia (n = 422), were surveyed about behaviours deemed to have positive impacts on the environment by local natural resource management authorities. A rigorous measure of complex land management practice is developed in relation to native vegetation, weeds, soil, stock, and perennials. The model was able to predict 52% of the variance in complex behaviour. Contextual factors, values, attitudes, and norms are identified as important predictors. Results suggest skills and abilities, environmental constraints, biospheric values, and a sense of being able to control one's destiny are significant precursors to pro-environmental practices. The NRM policy context and policy implications are discussed. Holistic strategies and social learning processes are identified as beneficial for farmer well-being and environmental outcomes.Jennifer Price is an environmental psychologist with the Social and Behavioural Sciences Group of the CSIRO, within the Ecosystem Sciences Division. Her research applies social science to a broad range of natural resource domains and challenges, including agricultural land management practice, climate change mitigation and adaptation, and public acceptance of water supply schemes. Her research interests centre on identifying how cultural values and beliefs about environment shape individuals environmental behaviour, policy preferences, and risk perceptions. This work reveals how elements of social identity and personality influence the way people interpret and respond to environmental issues. Jennifer Price, Social and Behavioural Sciences, CSIRO Ecosystem Sciences Agriculture Lecture Theatre, University of Western Australia https://www.are.uwa.edu.au/research/seminars No 1 EXPO Study Abroad & Exchange Fair A festival of international study opportunities for UWA students https://firstname.lastname@example.com/whatson/ARE 1396926000 2014 4 8 Tuesday 11:00 1396940400 2014 4 8 Tuesday 15:00 (None Set) (None Set) Sam Andrews 6488 8199 email@example.com There will be presentations by international visitors, games, prizes, a photo booth, treats on offer and lots and lots of information about exchange and study abroad opportunities for UWA students. Prescott Court (opposite Science Library) No 8 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING Profectus UWA Annual AGM An opportunity to find out more on UWA's first club on entrepreneurship https://email@example.com/whatson/ARE 1396933200 2014 4 8 Tuesday 13:00 1396936800 2014 4 8 Tuesday 14:00 (None Set) (None Set) Rajiv Venkatraman 0452397001 email@example.com Come along to Profectus UWA's Inaugral 2014 AGM on Tuesday April 8. If you are passionate about business and entrepreneurship be sure to drop by at 1pm to learn more about our agenda. We will answer any questions you have about Profectus and events being held this semester!!! G.62 Arts Lecture Room 6 https://www.facebook.com/events/485411508248568/?ref_dashboard_filter=upcoming No 3 SEMINAR Managing social-ecological systems under uncertainty https://firstname.lastname@example.com/whatson/ARE 1397109600 2014 4 10 Thursday 14:00 1397112300 2014 4 10 Thursday 14:45 (None Set) (None Set) Fiona Gibson 6488 5506 firstname.lastname@example.com Natural resource managers and conservationists are often confronted with the challenges of uncertainty. In this talk, I will present some of work done for my PhD, in which I used a multidisciplinary approach to gain a better understanding of the role and implications of different sources and types of uncertainty for the management of social-ecological systems. Giving special attention to the issues of observation and implementation uncertainty, I used the conservation of harvested ungulate species in the Serengeti, Tanzania, as a case study to ask questions regarding the monitoring of wildlife and illegal resource use, and the implementation of effective conservation actions.Ana Nuno recently completed her PhD at Imperial College, London and is interested in the complexities of managing social-ecological systems. Initially trained as a biologist, Ana soon realized that looking only at ecological or social factors in isolation provides a very incomplete picture of the systems where conservation and natural resource management occur. Ana is particularly interested in applying multidisciplinary approaches to conservation which support robust decision-making under uncertainty and is looking forward to new collaborations. Dr Ana Nuno, Imperial College, London, United Kingdom Science Library Meeting Room (Room 3.02), University of Western Australia https://www.are.uwa.edu.au/research/seminars No 1 SEMINAR Australia's grain supply chains Dr Ross Kingwell, Chief Economist, Australian Export Grains Innovation Centre https://email@example.com/whatson/ARE 1397185200 2014 4 11 Friday 11:00 1397187900 2014 4 11 Friday 11:45 (None Set) (None Set) Fiona Gibson 6488 5506 firstname.lastname@example.com Australias grain supply infrastructure has been in the news. Late last year the Federal Government blocked ADMs proposed take-over of GrainCorp. Here in Western Australia, Bunge have built grain export port facilities in Bunbury and the Chinese firm Heilingjiang Feng Agricultural are currently constructing port terminal facilities in Albany. ABC televisions Landline program ran a 25 minute feature on Australian export grain infrastructure on March 9. Why is there interest in this infrastructure? This seminar will present findings of recent research that has examined the nature and cost of Australias export grain supply chains. Some interesting facts emerge with important ramifications for the future of Australias grains industry.Currently Ross is chief economist in AEGIC (Australian Export Grains Innovation Centre) that is a joint initiative of the WA Department of Agriculture & Food and the Grains R&D Corporation. He is also a professor in the School of Agricultural and Resource Economics at the University of Western Australia. He serves on a federal Department of Agricultures Expert Advisory Panel and chairs the Australian Farm Institutes research advisory committee. He has been a co-editor of the Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, president of the Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society and is a distinguished fellow of that society. In a recent book on the history of DAFWA Ross is listed of one its 50 most historically influential people. Dr Ross Kingwell, Chief Economist, Australian Export Grains Innovation Centre Agriculture Lecture Theatre, University of Western Australia https://www.are.uwa.edu.au/research/seminars No 2 PRESENTATION What's Christianity Ever Done For Science? Taking a leaf out of "Life of Brian", this WXED talk will present the key players and principles of faith which pioneered modern science. https://firstname.lastname@example.com/whatson/ARE 1398938400 2014 5 1 Thursday 18:00 1398945600 2014 5 1 Thursday 20:00 (None Set) (None Set) Ian Robinson 64885895 firstname.lastname@example.com Science and Faith seem to be arguing a lot lately, so is their long term marriage over? The accusations are not pretty, not even true. Can we afford for them to split? Taking a leaf out of "Life of Brian", this talk will present the key players and principles of faith which pioneered modern science up to today. WXED is a series of data-rich multimedia presentations on the theme "What's Christianity(WX) Ever Done(ED) for Us?" Rev Dr Ian Robinson, UWA Chaplain Ross Lecture Theatre, Physics No 18 SEMINAR Dr Roger Lawes: Is there a new twist in an old technology? Modelling crop rotations with the Land Use Sequence Optimiser https://email@example.com/whatson/ARE 1398999600 2014 5 2 Friday 11:00 1399002300 2014 5 2 Friday 11:45 (None Set) (None Set) Fiona Gibson email@example.com Crop rotation, where a legume, pasture, fallow or oilseed is grown after a cereal crop to manage soil borne disease and on occasions fix nitrogen, is one of the oldest technologies in agriculture. However, we are still researching the concept because plant breeding helps some crops resist certain diseases, weed management practices evolve, and fertiliser can provide a comparatively cheap source of nutrition. Farmers reacted to these changes by growing fewer break crops, but may now need to embrace seemingly unprofitable options like fallow on their farms. Here we demonstrate how the Land Use Sequence Optimiser (LUSO) can generate optimum land use strategies for various biotic stresses and land use options. We compare the performance of optimal sequences to those local agronomists recommend, and then explore how variable the optimal and recommended sequences are by drawing predicted crop yields from simulated distributions generated by a crop model. When challenged with variable seasons, the optimal sequence is often suboptimal and often the crop sequence has little bearing on the financial outcome. In other situations, the crop sequence choice will heavily influence the financial outcome for the farmer. I will discuss the deterministic and stochastic versions of LUSO, and the implications of the above findings. Roger Lawes is a Senior Research Scientist at CSIRO who works across a range of projects in farming systems. He has research interests in crop modelling, plant breeding, farming systems modelling, agronomy and applied statistics. Prior to joining CSIRO 12 years ago he completed a PhD at the University of Queensland. Dr Roger Lawes, CSIRO Ecosystems Sciences Agriculture Lecture Theatre, University of Western Australia https://www.are.uwa.edu.au/research/seminars No 1 Panel Discussion Building a Successful Career in the Asian Century https://firstname.lastname@example.com/whatson/ARE 1399608000 2014 5 9 Friday 12:00 1399611600 2014 5 9 Friday 13:00 (None Set) (None Set) Daniel Chegwidden 0430166298 email@example.com AIESEC in WA is excited to present a panel discussion on the topic of: Building a Successful Career in the Asian Century.With the number of graduate positions falling in recent years, many students face an uncertain career path post-graduation. But what is certain is the rise of Asia and the important role it will play in the Asia Pacific region.Our four guest speakers will be discussing the significance of the Asian Century and how your career can benefit from the rise of Asia.Our Guest Speakers include: Ross Taylor AM (President Indonesia Institution) Michael Wood (Director DFAT, WA State Office) James Pearson (General Manager - Communications & Government Relations, Shell) Kelly Smith (Director, International Centre at UWA)Stay behind afterwards for some light refreshments and a chance to talk to our speakers Ross Taylor AM, Michael Wood, James Pearson, Kelly Smith Ernst & Young Lecture Theatre, UWA Business School https://www.facebook.com/events/555013737947906/ Yes 6 Art Exhibition The Art of Zhen Shan Ren International Exhibition A compelling fine art exhibition reflecting the human rights situation in China (Free event) https://firstname.lastname@example.com/whatson/ARE 1399867200 2014 5 12 Monday 12:00 1400220000 2014 5 16 Friday 14:00 (None Set) (None Set) Albert Lin Jana 0407783057 email@example.com The Art of Zhen Shan Ren (Truthfulness, Compassion, Forbearance) takes viewers through the story of Falun Dafa - from its introduction to the public in 1992, through the beauty and enlightenment of the practice, to the unjust and unrelenting persecution, moving forward through the peaceful resistance of Falun Dafa practitioners worldwide who seek to bring an end to the persecution, then through themes of karmic retribution, salvation and grace, and finishing with a moment of choice.Storytelling has long been one of fine art's greatest joys, and this Exhibition's ability to cross cultural, lingual and ethnic barriers is highlighted each time it is shown.Inspired by tradition and divinity, the artists paint - often collaboratively - stories either experienced by themselves or shared by fellow Falun Dafa practitioners worldwide. Realist oil painting, or Neo-Renaissance, was chosen as the style for its narrative capabilities, accessibility and, above all, its purity.The Exhibition aims to educate and draw focus to an unjust persecution - to record a moment in time when the universal principles of Truth, Compassion, Forbearance are openly opposed. It also highlights the danger of becoming involved in the persecution through state-run ventures such as forced labour and forced organ harvesting of Falun Dafa practitioners. Outlasting these sombre themes, however, is a steady message of hope and fulfilment, as the enduring courage and belief of practitioners bring positive change in numerous dark settings. A central hope of founding artist Professor Zhang's mission is to promote, through fine art, the understanding that freedom of belief is a fundamental human right, and to raise awareness. Undercroft, Winthrop Hall, UWA https://en.falunart.org No 2 EVENT Do you live in fear of needles or blood? Blood-Injection-Injury Phobia Group https://firstname.lastname@example.com/whatson/ARE 1399975200 2014 5 13 Tuesday 18:00 1404216000 2014 7 1 Tuesday 20:00 (None Set) (None Set) Susan Pippet 6488 2644 firstname.lastname@example.com Do you live in fear of needles or blood? If so, read on...Blood-Injection-Injury Phobia is a fear that is triggered by seeing blood or an injury, or by receiving an injection or other invasive medical procedure. People vary in the way they react to situations involving blood or injections. Some individuals may feel disgust, nausea, or dizziness. Some people may even faint.The Robin Winker Clinic is a clinical psychology unit linked to the School of Psychology at The University of Western Australia. The Clinic will be running a group treatment program for Blood-Injection-Injury Phobia. The treatment is based on evidence from up-to-date research, and was co-developed by Dr Andrew Page, a psychologist and researcher from the School who specialises in anxiety disorders. The program will run for 8 two-hour sessions, plus an initial assessment session before the group commences and a follow-up session 4-6 weeks after completion. Through this program, individuals will work in a supportive environment to challenge their fears and learn coping strategies to control anxiety and be less worried when getting an injection, seeing blood, or when visiting the doctor for a medical procedure. Techniques for preventing fainting and for coping with feelings of disgust are also introduced.What do you do now? If you or someone you know would like to take part in this treatment program, or if you would like more information, please call the Clinic on 6488 2644 or email email@example.com: 6-8pm, Tuesday May 13th to Tuesday July 1st. Fees: $30 per session and $35 for the assessment, 25% discount if paid up front. Reduced fees are available for full time students and pensioners. UWA Location: Robin Winkler Clinic, 1st floor, Third General Purpose Building, Myers St. The University of Western Australia, 3rd General Purpose Building, Robin Winkler Clinic No 8 SEMINAR Threshold effects and climate change policy Assistant Professor Morteza Chalak, Centre for Environmental Economics and Policy https://email@example.com/whatson/ARE 1400814000 2014 5 23 Friday 11:00 1400816700 2014 5 23 Friday 11:45 (None Set) (None Set) Fiona Gibson email@example.com Climate change scientists have shown concerns about possible sudden changes due to crossing a temperature threshold. Many authors emphasized the importance of sea level rise due to melting ice sheets of Greenland and west Antarctica and its large economic consequences. We study the economic consequences and policy implications of assuming a certain and uncertain thresholds at 2oC of global warming where it could result in a sudden sea level rise. We introduce these thresholds to the Dynamic Integrated model of Climate and the Economy (DICE model, Nordhaus 2009) and assess their policy impacts. We further modify the DICE model and assess the impacts of the thresholds using a reactive damage function. Results show that certain and uncertain thresholds have different impact on the optimal policy for different years. If the threshold is uncertain, the optimal carbon tax before 2025 is higher than certain threshold. However, optimal carbon tax assuming a certain threshold becomes higher than uncertain threshold from year 2025 and sharply increases between years 2035 to 2100. Assistant Professor Morteza Chalak, Centre for Environmental Economics and Policy Agriculture Lecture Theatre, G.013 https://www.are.uwa.edu.au/research/seminars No 1 SEMINAR Public preferences for carbon farming co-benefits Assistant Professor Marit Kragt, Centre for Environmental Economics and Policy https://firstname.lastname@example.com/whatson/ARE 1401418800 2014 5 30 Friday 11:00 1401421500 2014 5 30 Friday 11:45 (None Set) (None Set) Fiona Gibson email@example.com The Australian Government still has initiatives to encourage climate change abatement practices by farmers. Under the Direct Action Plan, farmers can gain carbon credits for sequestering carbon in soils or vegetation, or for reducing emissions. Next to mitigation, these 'carbon farming' activities often generate co-benefits such as biodiversity or erosion prevention. In this seminar, I present the results of an Australia-wide choice experiment study, conducted to estimate community values for carbon farming projects. Carbon farming was described in terms of carbon sequestration and the ancillary effects on soil erosion and area of native vegetation on farmland. Analyses revealed that values for carbon farming benefits depend on respondents perceptions of climate change. While respondents are generally willing to pay for reducing Australias greenhouse gas emissions, people who do not believe that climate change is happening do not have a significant WTP for emissions reduction. All respondents were found to have a positive willingness to pay for increasing the area of native vegetation on farmland, and for reducing soil erosion. These preferences demonstrate that the community benefits from carbon farming are larger than just their effects on climate change mitigation. Future policies should take these positive values for ancillary effects into account. Assistant Professor Marit Kragt, Centre for Environmental Economics and Policy Agriculture Lecture Theatre https://www.are.uwa.edu.au/research/seminars No 1 COURSE Winter Clinical Pilates Exercise to keep you mobile during the winter months https://email@example.com/whatson/ARE 1401663600 2014 6 2 Monday 7:00 1414846800 2014 11 1 Saturday 21:00 (None Set) (None Set) UWA Exercise & Rehabilitation Clinic 08 6488 3333 email@example.com Machine &/or mat based clinical Pilates classes focusing on efficient and effective movement patterns. Classes are designed to strengthen the body whilst enhancing mobility over the colder winter months! Classes may incorporate elements of myofascial and muscle release, contemporary Pilates and a variety of props.'Group' (max 8 ppl) and 'Studio' (max 3 ppl) sessions available at various times throughout the day (incl. before or after work and lunch time sessions).All sessions are conducted by an Accredited Exercise Physiologist and private health rebates may apply depending on your level of cover.For a schedule and prices email email@example.com or call 6488 3333. School of Sport Science, Exercise & Health (UWA) - Parkway Entrance #4 https://www.sseh.uwa.edu.au/community/exercise-rehabilitation No 9 SEMINAR Climate change adaptation: water conservation and crop production in south-western Australia and the Loess Plateau of China this seminar is part of the Centre for Water Research seminar series. https://firstname.lastname@example.com/whatson/ARE 1401868800 2014 6 4 Wednesday 16:00 1401872400 2014 6 4 Wednesday 17:00 (None Set) (None Set) Askale Abebe 6488 7565 email@example.com Climate simulation models suggest that mean temperatures on the Loess Plateau of China will increase by 2.5 to 3.75°C by 2050, while those in the cropping region of south-west Australia will increase by 1.25 to 1.75°C. The rainfall in south-west Australia rainfall is predicted to decrease by 20 to 60 mm, rainfall on the Loess Plateau of China is not expected to change.Farming systems in both regions differ markedly in scale, but both have adopted water conservation techniques that benefit crop yields. In south-west Australia zero tillage and adequate use of fertilizers have enabled farmers to increase their rainfall use efficiency and yields of cereals, canola and legumes, while on the Loess Plateau, mulching with plastic, gravel and residues, crop sequence, fertilizer/organic manure application and supplementary irrigation have improved precipitation use efficiency and yields of several crops and enabled the production of maize in areas of the Loess Plateau where temperatures limit its production. The implications of climate change and adaptation strategies such as agronomic management and crop breeding in the two regions will be discussed in relation to future improvements in water productivity and food production.Further reading:Turner, N.C., Li, F.-M., Xiong, Y.-C., and Siddique, K.H.M. (2011). Climate change and agricultural ecosystem management in dry areas (Guest editorial). Crop and Pasture Science 62: i-ii. Gan, Y., Siddique, K.H.M., Turner, N.C., Li, X.G., Niu, J.Y., Yang, C., Liu, L., and Chai, Q. (2013). Ridge-Furrow Mulching Systems - An innovative technique for boosting crop productivity in semiarid rain-fed environments. Advances in Agronomy. 117: 429476.Chai, Q., Gan, Y., Turner, N.C., Zhang, R.Z., Yang, Y., Niu, Y. and Siddique, K.H.M. (2014). Water-saving innovations in Chinese agriculture. Advances in Agronomy 126: 149-201.Liu, C.A., Zhou, L.M., Jia, J.J., Wang, L.J., Xi, L., Pan, C.C., Siddique, K.H.M. and Li, F.M. (2014). Maize yield and water balance is affected by nitrogen application in a film-mulching ridge-furrow system in a semiarid region of China. European Journal of Agronomy 52:103-111. PS* This seminar is free and open to the public & no RSVP required. ****All Welcome**** Hackett Professor Kadambot H.M. Siddique,The UWA Institute of Agriculture, The University of Western Australia Blakers Lecture Room, Ground Floor, Mathematics Building, The University of Western Australia www.ioa.uwa.edu.au No 9 CONFERENCE 10th Australasian Development Economics Workshop This event brings together development economists from Australia and internationally with particular emphasis on the Asia-Pacific region. https://firstname.lastname@example.com/whatson/ARE 1401928200 2014 6 5 Thursday 8:30 1402041600 2014 6 6 Friday 16:00 (None Set) (None Set) Danni Figg 6488 1760 firstname.lastname@example.com The annual Australasian Development Economics Workshop, sponsored by DFAT, brings together development economists from Australia and internationally with particular emphasis on the Asia-Pacific region.The next workshop is the tenth in the series and will be hosted by the Business School, The University of Western Australia, Perth.Professor Lant Pritchett (Harvard University) will deliver the keynote address. We will also have a roundtable discussion on the Middle Income Trap with Professor James Riedel (Johns Hopkins University), Professor Xin Meng (Australian National University) and Dr. Sudarno Sumarto (SMERU).Register here: www.business.uwa.edu.au/research/conferences/10th-australasian-development-economics-workshop UWA Business School https://www.business.uwa.edu.au/research/conferences/10th-australasian-development-economics-workshop Yes 10 EVENT IOA Postgraduate Showcase - Frontiers in Agriculture 9 PhD students present their diverse agriculture-related research https://email@example.com/whatson/ARE 1401946200 2014 6 5 Thursday 13:30 1401962700 2014 6 5 Thursday 18:05 (None Set) (None Set) Cora Castens 6488 4717 firstname.lastname@example.com The Institute of Agriculture's annual Postgraduate Showcase brings together some of UWAs best PhD students at an advanced stage of their research. This year, nine presentations covering a wide range of disciplines will highlight some of the research and progress underway at UWA in the area of agriculture, food science and natural resource management. The event also provides opportunities for students to interact with industry representatives and future employers. For catering purposes, please RSVP by 26 May to email@example.com as per program (see URL below) MCS Lecture Theatre (G33), Bayliss Building https://www.ioa.uwa.edu.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0010/2533276/Flyer-and-program-IOA-PG-Showcase-2014.pdf Yes 16 COURSE ANOVA, Linear Regression and Logistic Regression A Short Course using SPSS https://email@example.com/whatson/ARE 1404781200 2014 7 8 Tuesday 9:00 1404982800 2014 7 10 Thursday 17:00 (None Set) (None Set) Laura Firth firstname.lastname@example.com The course is designed for people with knowledge of basic statistics who want to learn more about regression and analysis of variance (ANOVA).This course covers techniques that can be used to analyse data with continuous and categorical variables. The course will begin with simple linear regression and then proceed with approaches that can be used with more than two variables such as multiple regression. ANOVA with interactions and blocking will also be covered. The course will end with techniques that address the analysis of binary or ordinal variables. Dr Russel John Mathematics Computing Laboratory https://www.cas.maths.uwa.edu.au/courses/ Yes 4 EVENT The UWA Institute of Agriculture 2014 Industry Forum Potential for Food Production in northern Western Australia https://email@example.com/whatson/ARE 1406611200 2014 7 29 Tuesday 13:20 1406623200 2014 7 29 Tuesday 16:40 (None Set) (None Set) Cora Castens 6488 4717 email@example.com New agriculture is believed to play a crucial role in the regional transformation of northern Western Australia. There is significant potential for Asia-focused food production and industry to diversify northern Australias economy, trade and sustainable use of natural resources over the long term; and to benefit Indigenous communities, which have a significant presence in the region. It is timely to engage in a discussion on the feasibility and likely effectiveness of new agricultural development projects in this unique region of Australia, where the challenges are magnified compared to southern Australia.For catering purposes, please RSVP by 21 July 2014 to firstname.lastname@example.com as per program (see URL below) Banquet Hall South, University Club, UWA https://www.ioa.uwa.edu.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0006/2546070/2014-Industry-Forum-Flyer-Program-and-Map.pdf Yes 0 CONFERENCE IsoEcol 2014 International Conference on the Applications of Stable Isotope Techniques to Ecological Studies https://firstname.lastname@example.com/whatson/ARE 1407052800 2014 8 3 Sunday 16:00 1407452400 2014 8 8 Friday 7:00 (None Set) (None Set) Associate Professor Greg Skrzypek 08 6488 4584 email@example.com This will be the 9th International Conference on the Applications of Stable Isotope Techniques to Ecological Studies (IsoEcol 9). The conference will be held 3-8 August 2014 at The University Club, on the campus of The University of Western Australia, adjacent to the beautiful Swan River. IsoEcol 9 will bring together an exciting mix of researchers from universities, industry and government with interests in the development and application of stable isotope techniques to the ecological sciences. IsoEcol traditionally includes a mid-conference field trip day and is generally run as a single common session facilitating cross-disciplinary discussion. In addition to great science, Western Australia offers you a memorable array of pre- and post- conference touring options to excite and replenish your ecological spirit in a must see global biodiversity hotspot! Plenary speakers Brian N. Popp - The University of Hawaii, Honolulu / USA Keith Hobson - Environment Canada, Saskatoon / Canada Margaret Barbour - The University of Sydney, Sydney / Australia Naohiro Yoshida - The Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama/ Japan The University Club, on the campus of The University of Western Australia https://www.bukibuki.eu/isoecol/IsoEcol2014.htm No 1 SEMINAR The Behavioural Gap for Organic Food in Britain: Data from a Canterbury Case Study Dr Adelina Gschwandtner, University of Kent https://firstname.lastname@example.com/whatson/ARE 1407466800 2014 8 8 Friday 11:00 1407469500 2014 8 8 Friday 11:45 (None Set) (None Set) Fiona Gibson https://www.are.uwa.edu.au/research/seminars email@example.com The present paper attempts to bring further evidence on the behavioural gap for organic food in Britain. The stated preferences are analysed with the contingent valuation method while the revealed preferences are estimated with the hedonic pricing method. We find a small but significant gap in the premium for organic food between stated and revealed preferences. This gap may suggest a need for price premium intervention. The estimated price elasticity for organic products is on average above one (in absolute value) suggesting that subsidizing the consumption of organic products could be very effective and have a strong impact. Adelina Gschwandtner obtained her PhD in 2002, at the University of Vienna. She subsequently worked at the University of Vienna until 2011, before moving to the Vienna University of Economics and Business. She joined the University of Kent in September 2012. Adelina's research interests lie in the field of empirical Industrial Organization. Her two main research areas are Profit Persistence and Sunk Costs. She has analysed the pattern and the determinants of profit persistence in the US and the UK over the last 50 years. More recently she has worked on the determinants of profit persistence in the European food sector, and plans to analyse the relationship between food and health. Her papers in this area have been published in Economic Inquiry, Applied Economics, International Journal of Economics and Business and The Manchester School. Dr Adelina Gschwandtner, University of Kent Agriculture Lecture Theatre (G.013) No 0 OPEN DAY 2014 Open Day Join us for our Open Day and experience all that UWA has to offer https://firstname.lastname@example.com/whatson/ARE 1407636000 2014 8 10 Sunday 10:00 1407657600 2014 8 10 Sunday 16:00 (None Set) (None Set) Rilana Ostheim (08) 6488 7241 firstname.lastname@example.com Come and find out about UWAs undergraduate and postgraduate courses, scholarship opportunities, outstanding career options and explore our community programs and facilities.This year there will be campus tram tours, hands-on activities, live music and entertainment, as well as plenty of fun activities for the whole family to enjoy. Join us for Open Day 2014 from 10.00am to 4.00pm on Sunday 10 August. UWA Crawley Campus https://www.openday.uwa.edu.au No 25 EVENT Women in Agriculture Breakfast https://email@example.com/whatson/ARE 1407888000 2014 8 13 Wednesday 8:00 1407897000 2014 8 13 Wednesday 10:30 (None Set) (None Set) Diana Jasudasen 6488 3756 firstname.lastname@example.com Students of Natural and Agricultural Sciences (SNAGS) and The UWA Institute of Agriculture would like to invite you to a breakfast to commemorate the role of women in agriculture. Banquet Hall South, The University Club, UWA https://payments.weboffice.uwa.edu.au/ioa-registration/payment Yes 19 SEMINAR The world in the eyes of a Luenberger development indicator: Who is moving faster in the new century? Associate Professor Atakelty Hailu https://email@example.com/whatson/ARE 1408071600 2014 8 15 Friday 11:00 1408074300 2014 8 15 Friday 11:45 (None Set) (None Set) Fiona Gibson email@example.com This study relies on production theory to construct Luenberger indicators for quality of living across countries. Compared to the famous Human Development Index (HDI), which uses simple weights to average over outcomes, the Luenberger indicator uses a best-practice or frontier approach to the problem thus avoiding the need for ad hoc weighting. Further, the new indicator can be used to incorporate a wider set of outcomes relating to corruption, democratic rights and peace. Both nonparametric (DEA) and stochastic directional distance function frontiers were used to construct the underlying frontier. Our country rankings are compared to rankings based on the HDI. Some countries are graded down heavily relative to the HDI, and these also happen to be nations that are currently suffering from massive upheavals. Finally, the study undertakes a comparison of improvements between 2000 and 2011 using an equivalent productivity change measure to identify nations that are making the most progress.Atakelty is an Associate Professor in the School of Agricultural and Resource Economics at The University of Western Australia (UWA). He obtained a BSc degree from Alemaya (Haremaya) University (1990) and a PhD from the University of Alberta (1998). Atakelty has won several awards for his academic achievements and has published papers in premier journals. Before joining UWA in 2001, Atakelty had worked at Alemaya and the University of Alberta. His current research interests are diverse and include efficiency and productivity analysis, bioeconomic modelling, environmental policy and auction design, and agent-based modeling (computational economics). Atakelty is also the author of APEAR, a new R package for productivity and efficiency analysis in R. Associate Professor Atakelty Hailu Agriculture Lecture Theatre G.013, UWA https://www.are.uwa.edu.au/research/seminars No 2 EVENT More Than Honey - The Movie - Free Event Fifty years ago, Einstein had already insisted on the symbiotic relationship binding these pollen gatherers to mankind: If bees were to disappear from the globe, he predicted, mankind would only have four years left to live. https://email@example.com/whatson/ARE 1408172400 2014 8 16 Saturday 15:00 1408177800 2014 8 16 Saturday 16:30 (None Set) (None Set) Adrienne Hondros 6488 1655 email@example.com More Than Honey is a film on the relationship between mankind and honeybees, about nature and about our future.This documentary by the Swiss filmmaker Marcus Imhoof and narrated by John Hurt is looking into the fascinating world of bees, showing small family beekeepers (including the beekeeper of ERSTE Foundation beehive, Heidrun Singer) and industrialized honey farms.More Than Honey is a film on the relationship between mankind and honeybees, about nature and about our future. Honeybees show us that stability is just as unhealthy as unlimited growth, that crises and disasters are triggering evolution and that salvation sometimes comes from a completely unexpected direction. State Library Theatre Perth Cultural Centre, 25 Francis Street , Perth, WA, 6000 https://www.scienceweek.net.au/more-than-honey-the-movie No 1 PUBLIC LECTURE Tim Jarvis - Antarctic explorer who recreated British explorer Sir Ernest Shackletons survival journey! Relive Tims remarkable journey to retrace the steps of legendary leader Sir Ernest Shackleton. https://firstname.lastname@example.com/whatson/ARE 1408356000 2014 8 18 Monday 18:00 1408361400 2014 8 18 Monday 19:30 (None Set) (None Set) Adrienne Hondros 6488 1655 firstname.lastname@example.com Come to a free talk and book signing by Tim Jarvis, one of the worlds leading explorers, as he describes his modern-day journey to retrace, for the first time ever, the legendary 1914 expedition of Sir Ernest Shackleton.In early 1914, British explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton and his team sailed for Antarctica, attempting to be the first to reach the South Pole. Instead of glory, Shackleton and his crew found themselves in an epic struggle for survival: a three-year odyssey on the ice and oceans of the Antarctic that endures as one of the worlds most famous tales of adventure, endurance, and leadership ever recorded.In the winter of 2013, celebrated explorer Tim Jarvis, a veteran of multiple polar expeditions, set out to recreate Sir Ernest Shackletons treacherous voyage over sea and mountain, outfitted solely with authentic equipment clothing, boots, food, and tools from Shackletons time, a feat that has never been successfully accomplished. Tim Jarvis Woolnough Lecture Theatre,Geography and Geology building, Room 107. No 18 SEMINAR Consumer choices in fast-food chain restaurants: the role of information Assistant Professor James Fogarty, School of Agricultural & Resource Economics https://firstname.lastname@example.com/whatson/ARE 1408676400 2014 8 22 Friday 11:00 1408679100 2014 8 22 Friday 11:45 (None Set) (None Set) Fiona Gibson email@example.com The research question for this study was to determine the impact of providing menu item energy content information at the point of sale on consumer choices at Australian fast-food chain restaurants. To answer the research question data was collected via an on-line survey. Specifically, a sample of 1,600 members of the Australian adult population made menu selections from representative fast-food restaurant menus under different information conditions. To analyse the data a linear mixed model was estimated. The analysis found that providing information on the energy content of menu items at the point of sale results in consumers selecting menu items that, on average, have a lower energy content. In males the effect is statistically significant, but in females the effect is not. Compared to the baseline of no information on energy content, when energy content information was displayed using an absolute KJ format, the average energy content of menu selections fell by 191KJ for males and 63KJ for females. When energy content information was displayed using a %RDI format, the average energy content of menu selections fell by 233KJ for males and 5KJ for females. Mandating the provision of energy content information at the point of sale in fast-food chain restaurants in Australia would impose costs on business, but would also provide additional information to consumers that is valuable; and would also, potentially, generate a reduction in health system expenditure. Some exploratory analysis on costs and benefits finds that the benefits to consumers from more information, and the potential savings in terms of health system expenditures, are likely to be greater than the cost on business of a regulation mandating the provision of energy content information at the point of sale. Assistant Professor James Fogarty, School of Agricultural & Resource Economics Agriculture Lecture Theatre (G.013), UWA https://www.are.uwa.edu.au/research/seminars No 1 SEMINAR Economics Discipline Seminar Instrument endogeneity, weak identification, and inference in IV regressions https://firstname.lastname@example.com/whatson/ARE 1408680000 2014 8 22 Friday 12:00 1408684500 2014 8 22 Friday 13:15 (None Set) (None Set) Leandro Magnusson firstname.lastname@example.com Dr. Firmin Doko Tchatoka (U. Adelaide) BUSN: 101 https://www.business.uwa.edu.au/students/research-seminars No 0 EVENT RESCHEDULED: Making the Links Roundtable: Building Research Teams and Partnerships in the Humanities and Social Sciences Learn how to develop multi-partner projects and build collaborative relationships from some of UWA's leading ARC Linkage winners. https://firstname.lastname@example.com/whatson/ARE 1408683600 2014 8 22 Friday 13:00 1408689000 2014 8 22 Friday 14:30 (None Set) (None Set) Michelle Emmett email@example.com Some of the Universitys most successful ARC Linkage grant winners from the Faculties of Arts, Business, Education and Law will come together to discuss how they developed multi-partner projects and built collaborative relationships both within and outside academia. Members of the Research Development team will also present an overview of the ARC Linkage program and answer questions regarding program guidelines. A/Prof Christine Howitt, W/Prof Rob Lambert, Prof Alistair Paterson, W/Prof Nolan Sharkey, and W/Prof Peter Veth Law School Lecture Room 1 (Law Link) Yes 0 SEMINAR A Fourfold Sutra for Environmental Monitoring and Compliance Dr Rohan Sadler, Astron Environmental Services https://firstname.lastname@example.com/whatson/ARE 1409281200 2014 8 29 Friday 11:00 1409283900 2014 8 29 Friday 11:45 (None Set) (None Set) Fiona Gibson email@example.com A Fourfold Sutra for Environmental Monitoring and Compliance: Regulation, Remote Sensing, Information Management and Product DevelopmentR&D (research and development; including process improvement and leaning up) is really the only means a small- to mid- tier company can compete (i.e. survive!!) during a market downside. For small players in a contracting market, especially if the firm responds late to the margin squeeze, R&D characteristically is an all or nothing affair given the few surplus resources available to the small players, i.e. there is limited opportunity to spread your risk across an R&D portfolio. Moreover, R&D must target regulatory requirements which is by far the strongest driver forcing market participants to engage in environmental monitoring; in effect regulation requiring environmental monitoring is a key element of the social license given to miners to extract natural resources. Interestingly, past monitoring is generally poor both in quality and availability, with a big constraint being sampling bias, i.e. sampling occurs at such a small scale so as to confound any conclusion to be drawn at a scale appropriate to the regulation. Remote sensing aims to scale up environmental monitoring to overcome sampling bias, and some examples of UAV (unmanned airborne vehicle) data capture will be illustrated. Regulation also requires often sophisticated analytics be applied to available data to distinguish the effect of human activities from naturally noisy, lagged and/or event-driven changes in environmental state. This requires the integration of data, warehousing, analytics and decision tools into an information platform that enables objective and repeatable diagnostics of system state to be delivered as the basis for environmental management. However, the potential space of information and monitoring products that can possibly be developed can expand exponentially when addressing the information needs of an evidence based approach to environmental monitoring and compliance, and so the product development funnel will be outlined briefly. With a bit of luck, such an approach will lead to a temporary outwitting of the gamblers ruin problem, at least until the next iron ore price dive, if one can but convince the regulator, clients and internal users to accept and indeed champion new methods and technologies in a timely fashion. And you never know, such an approach may also benefit the environment through delivering measurable outcomes.Rohan is a Senior Scientist at Astron Environmental Services, an environmental consultancy serving primarily the resources sector. His current role has more to do with the D side of R&D (i.e., product development) than in past roles with UWA on the R side. This D side focuses on expanding Astrons capacity in data governance, analytics, information delivery and remote sensing across a range of business units, some of which earned him Innovator or the Year at Astron in 2013. While Rohans academic background is in ecological complexity theory and statistical computing, he does enjoy an affinity with the School as an Adjunct Senior Lecturer, and on occasion enjoys poking his nose into how economists may think. Professionally, Rohan is an AStat accredited statistician. Privately, caffeine is a magic word. Dr Rohan Sadler, Astron Environmental Services Agriculture Lecture Theatre (G.013), The University of Western Australia https://www.are.uwa.edu.au/research/seminars No 2 SEMINAR Economics Discipline Seminar A New Formulation for Latent Class Models https://email@example.com/whatson/ARE 1409284800 2014 8 29 Friday 12:00 1409288400 2014 8 29 Friday 13:00 (None Set) (None Set) Leandro Magnusson firstname.lastname@example.com Prof Sarah Brown (University of Sheffield No 0 SYMPOSIUM IAVS 2014 57th Annual Symposium of the International Association for Vegetation Science https://firstname.lastname@example.com/whatson/ARE 1409533200 2014 9 1 Monday 9:00 1409871600 2014 9 5 Friday 7:00 (None Set) (None Set) Winthrop Professor Laco Mucina 08 6488 7095 email@example.com The International Association for Vegetation Science (IAVS) is a worldwide union of scientists and others interested in theoretical and practical studies of vegetation: its composition and structure, history, classification, distribution, ecology, dynamics, management and uses in the landscape. The main goals of the IAVS are to facilitate personal contacts among vegetation scientists all over the world and to promote research in all aspects of vegetation science and its applications. Our official aims are: to promote research and education in vegetation science to promote the publication of research results in vegetation science to facilitate scientific and personal contacts among vegetation scientists of all countries to promote applications of vegetation science to increase awareness of and to disseminate knowledge about vegetation. The Local Organising Committee is looking forward to seeing you in Australia and proudly showing you around our country. Four excursions flanking the symposium (two in Western Australia, and two on the East Coast featuring New South Wales and tropical northern Queensland) will offer ample opportunity to marvel at the beauty of our plants and vegetation. Come and join us to push the envelopes of scientific theory, to boost the image of our scientia amabilis, to make new friends and perhaps find a new job or research partner, and at the same time, just to have a hell of a good time. The following keynote speakers have already confirmed their attendance: Prof. Phil Grime (The University of Sheffield, UK) Prof. David Keith (University of New South Wales, Australia) W/Prof. Hans Lamberts (The University of Western Australia, Australia) Prof. Rob Marrs (University of Liverpool, UK) Dr Mari Moora (University of Tartu, Estonia) Prof. Martin Zobel (University of Tartu, Estonia) The following Young Perspective keynote speakers have also confirmed: Dr Lucy E. Commander (Kings Park and Botanic Garden; The University of Western Australia, Australia) Dr Mark Dobrowolski (Principal Rehabilitation Scientist for Iluka Resources Limited) Asst/Prof Rachel Standish (The University of Western Australia, Australia) The University Club, on the campus of The University of Western Australia https://www.iavs2014.com/index.php No 1 VISITING SPEAKER Shovelomics - variation of architectural and anatomical root traits Guest Seminar on Wednesday 3 September @ 4pm, Botany Seminar Room 2.14 https://email@example.com/whatson/ARE 1409731200 2014 9 3 Wednesday 16:00 1409734800 2014 9 3 Wednesday 17:00 (None Set) (None Set) Diana Jasudasen 64883756 email@example.com There is an increasing need for higher crop yields and subsequently quantitatively analyses of phenotypic traits such as roots traits and their dynamic responses to the environment is an essential requirement for genetic and physiological research and plant breeding. We characterized variation in architectural and anatomical root traits in a diversity panel of Hordeum vulgare including wildtypes, landraces and modern germplasm. Variation of root architecture and anatomical traits of roots were measured in the field using shovelomics and laser ablation tomography. Although the shovelomics methodology has been used before to describe root crowns for several crops, this is the first time that this methodology was adapted to study the root crowns of temperate cereals. We will also hear from Miss Vera Lisa Hecht, JPPC, IBG-2 (plant sciences), Forschungszentrum Jülich who will talk about her PhD project on the influence of planting density on root growth and architecture in single plants and in plant clusters. Dr Tobias Wojciechowski and Miss Vera Lisa Hecht, JPPC, IBG-2 (plant sciences), Forschungszentrum Jülich Botany Seminar Room 2.14 No 0 PUBLIC TALK Steps to Sustainable Livestock and the Global Farm Platform A public lecture by Prof Mark Eisler, Chair in Global Farm Animal Health at the University of Bristol, United Kingdom https://email@example.com/whatson/ARE 1410771600 2014 9 15 Monday 17:00 1410775200 2014 9 15 Monday 18:00 (None Set) (None Set) Diana Jasudasen 6488 4717 firstname.lastname@example.com Prof Mark Eisler, Chair in Global Farm Animal Health at the University of Bristol will be giving a public lecture entitled Steps to Sustainable Livestock and the Global Farm Platform. In this lecture, Mark Eisler will describe his work towards establishing a Global Farm Platform, an international network of livestock observatories that will serve both to investigate and promote best practice for particular ecosystems, societies and production environments.Free but RSVP essential via www.ioa.uwa.edu.au/events/register Prof Mark Eisler BA, Vet MB, Msc, PhD, MRCVS, DipEVPC, Chair in Global Farm Animal Health at the University of Bristol MCS Lecture Theatre G:33, Bayliss Building, UWA https://www.ioa.uwa.edu.au/events/mark-eisler Yes 9 SEMINAR The 7 Secrets of Highly Successful Research Students The key habits underlying success and enjoyment of a research degree will be covered. https://firstname.lastname@example.com/whatson/ARE 1410829200 2014 9 16 Tuesday 9:00 1410840000 2014 9 16 Tuesday 12:00 (None Set) (None Set) Krystyna Haq 64882095 email@example.com This workshop is for research students who would like to be more effective in their studies. Dr Maria Gardiner Robyn Gray Lecture Theatre, 1.71 Sports Science https://ithinkwell.com.au/7_secrets.html No 3 SEMINAR 2020 Business Insights Forum: Investing in Agriculture https://firstname.lastname@example.com/whatson/ARE 1411034400 2014 9 18 Thursday 18:00 1411043400 2014 9 18 Thursday 20:30 (None Set) (None Set) Kiri Adams (08) 6488 5625 email@example.com Agriculture is one of the hottest investment sectors at the moment. The big names of Forrest, Rinehart, and Packer, plus the Chinese are pouring money into the food and fibre industry. Learn what investors are looking for, why agriculture is undergoing a transformation, and what investment opportunities are being taken up by savvy West Australian investors, producers and entrepreneurs. Our esteemed panel of experts will debate the pros and cons of investing in agriculture.AAAC/RMA/GMA Members $58 | Non-members: $88. Registration from 5.30pm.About the 2020 Business Insights Series:2020 Business Insights are information-packed panel sessions designed to bring members and non-members together for an informative and thought-provoking discussion on current business topics. Respected industry experts deliver a keynote presentation followed by an interactive panel discussion that also allows for audience questions followed by high level networking. David Lock - CEO, Craig Mostyn Group; Sue Daubney - Managing Director, Bannister Downs Dairy; Murray Gmeiner - Managing Director, Strat-Agri The University Club of Western Australia https://www.trybooking.com/FPPC Yes 3 PUBLIC LECTURE The Annual Boodja Soil Science Lecture Soil Science Australia (WA Branch) invites you to the annual WA Boodja Soil Science Lecture. The lecture is free and open to all. Boodja is a Noongar word for "land" and the lecture series acknowledges the important role of aboriginal understanding in the responsible management of our soil and land. https://email@example.com/whatson/ARE 1411119000 2014 9 19 Friday 17:30 1411122600 2014 9 19 Friday 18:30 (None Set) (None Set) Wendy Vance 93607224 email@example.com This year the society is honoured to have Emeritus Professor Alan Robson (AO) present the second lecture in this series.Alan Robson has made a huge contribution to research on soil-plant-microbe interactions and to the wider university sector.He is the author of four books, editor or co-editor of two books, and author or co-author of more than 200 papers in refereed international journals.Please join us to hear more about Alan's passion for soil-plant microbe interactions, and reflections on a career spanning more than 50 years. Emeritus Professor Alan Robson (AO) MCS Lecture Theather G:33, Bayliss Building https://www.soilscienceaustralia.com.au/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=39&Itemid=106 Yes 2 EXPO UWA Postgrad & Honours Expo Expo and information sessions for prospective postgraduate students https://email@example.com/whatson/ARE 1411545600 2014 9 24 Wednesday 16:00 1411556400 2014 9 24 Wednesday 19:00 (None Set) (None Set) Ilse Lorenzen 64881856 firstname.lastname@example.com Make an informed decision about your future and how postgraduate study can help achieve your goals by visiting the UWA Postgrad & Honours Expo. Bayliss Building voyer https://www.uwa.edu.au/postgradexpo No 15 PRESENTATION 3MT UWA Final An inspiring insight into PhD/Masters research at UWA https://firstname.lastname@example.com/whatson/ARE 1412312400 2014 10 3 Friday 13:00 1412319600 2014 10 3 Friday 15:00 (None Set) (None Set) Krystyna Haq 64882095 firstname.lastname@example.com Ten dynamic speakers will each have 3 minutes in which to explain the significance of their research using language that everyone can understand. UWA 3MT finalists Social Sciences Lecture Theatre https://www.postgraduate.uwa.edu.au/news/3mt No 11 FESTIVAL UWA Mental Health Week The Health Promotion Unit & Student Guild will be hosting the UWA Mental Health Week for students & staff from the 6-10 of October https://firstname.lastname@example.com/whatson/ARE 1412564400 2014 10 6 Monday 11:00 1412920800 2014 10 10 Friday 14:00 (None Set) (None Set) Emma Hawkins 64883173 firstname.lastname@example.com Join in to raise awareness and promote the mental health of those who study and work in higher education along side 30 other universities across Australia. Mental Health Week 2014 is coming up from October 6-10 and is a good opportunity to take some time out to consider what you can do to maximise your mental health. A number of free activities are available to staff and students during the week, including a range of seminars, laughter yoga and free come and try sessions for staff at UWA Sports. Also this year were inviting all UWA students and staff to make a personal pledge toward improved wellbeing at various times and venues across the week.Check out the event page for a full list of activities running across the week for staff and students: https://www.student.uwa.edu.au/life/health/fit/events-and-activities Oak Lawn and across the campus https://www.student.uwa.edu.au/life/health/fit/events-and-activities Yes 1 FESTIVAL 2014 UWA Mental Health Day Join in to raise awareness & promote the mental health of those studying & working in higher education https://email@example.com/whatson/ARE 1412650800 2014 10 7 Tuesday 11:00 1412661600 2014 10 7 Tuesday 14:00 (None Set) (None Set) Emma Hawkins 64883173 firstname.lastname@example.com The Health Promotion Unit & Student Guild will be hosting the inaugural Australian and New Zealand University Mental Health Day (ANZUMHD) on October 7 as part of UWA Mental Health Week, to raise awareness and promote the mental health of those who study and work in higher education. Over 30 Australian Universities have nominated to participate in 2014.Head over to the Oak Lawn from 11:00am-2:00pm for freebies, food, activities and special guests Headspace, Lifeline and Students Passionate About Mental Health (SPAMH). UWA support services staff available to answer questions about mental health services and support on campus. You are invited to make your personal pledge to improve your mental health & wellbeing. Workshops/seminars: Laughter Yoga for UWA staff and students from 1:00-1:45pm; Creating a Positive Work Culture for UWA staff from 1:30-2:30pm; SPAMH 'Mental Health 101' Seminars for UWA students from 1:00-3:00pmRegister now for the workshops and seminars! Multiple speakers for staff and students Oak Lawn https://www.student.uwa.edu.au/life/health/fit/events-and-activities No 1 EXPO Mini pop-up Postgraduate Expo Mini Postgraduate Expo on Tuesday 7 October between 1-2pm in the Bayliss Building https://email@example.com/whatson/ARE 1412658000 2014 10 7 Tuesday 13:00 1412661600 2014 10 7 Tuesday 14:00 (None Set) (None Set) Chris Hale email@example.com Missed out on the Postgrad & Honours Expo? No problem! Come along to our mini pop-up Postgrad Expo on 7 October between 1-2pm in the Bayliss Bldg. Staff from eight faculties will be there to answer your questions about postgraduate study - and to hand out free pizza! No 1 CONFERENCE 2nd Oceans Institute Postgraduate Conference https://firstname.lastname@example.com/whatson/ARE 1413417600 2014 10 16 Thursday 8:00 1413457200 2014 10 16 Thursday 19:00 (None Set) (None Set) Maria Jose Gonzalez-Bernat email@example.com The conference will provide a platform to discuss and present the latest research from OI Post Grads. Different laboratories will introduce the in house research facilities at UWA and time will be allocated during the conference for speed dating sessions - one on ones with current post docs, professors and research fellows. University Club of the University of Western Australia https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/2nd-oceans-institute-postgraduate-conference-tickets-13378887613 Yes 1 EXPO Mini Pop-up Postgraduate Expo Find out more about your postgraduate study options at UWA https://firstname.lastname@example.com/whatson/ARE 1413867600 2014 10 21 Tuesday 13:00 1413871200 2014 10 21 Tuesday 14:00 (None Set) (None Set) Verity Chia +618 6488 1346 email@example.com Missed out on the Postgrad & Honours Expo? Come along to the Business School foyer between 1pm and 2pm to meet staff from faculties across UWA. Have your questions about postgraduate studies answered and grab some free pizza! Business School foyer No 7 PUBLIC TALK Improving the competitiveness of Australia's export grain A seminar by Simon Johnson, General Manager of AEGIC https://email@example.com/whatson/ARE 1413964800 2014 10 22 Wednesday 16:00 1413968400 2014 10 22 Wednesday 17:00 (None Set) (None Set) Diana Jasudasen 64883756 email@example.com Based in Perth, the Australian Export Grains Innovation Centre (AEGIC) represents the front-door to the Australian grains industry.In this seminar, Simon Johnson, General Manager of AEGIC will discuss the role of AEGIC in increasing the competitiveness of Australias export grain. AEGIC supports the trade and use of Australian grains around the world through cutting-edge grain quality and processing technology and market research innovation.Key clients include stakeholders across the supply chain ranging from Australian grain producers, plant breeders, marketers and traders to millers, processors and consumers.AEGIC provides national leadership and enables collaboration and capacity building in Australias export grain industry with the end goal of returning enhanced value to growers. Simon Johnson, General Manager of AEGIC MCS Seminar Room G:35 https://www.ioa.uwa.edu.au/events/register Yes 0 EVENT WA and the Global Economy - A UWA Research Week event Featuring UWA Business School researchers https://firstname.lastname@example.com/whatson/ARE 1415251800 2014 11 6 Thursday 13:30 1415257200 2014 11 6 Thursday 15:00 (None Set) (None Set) Melina Wood 6488 2936 email@example.com This session will provide an overview of contemporary economic issues of local, national and global importance. Ken Clements will discuss the Australian Dollar. Rod Tyers will discuss the Global Economy. Michael McLure will discuss the GST and issues for Western Australia.This event is suitable for researchers, practitioners and anyone with an interest in economics. To register for this free event, email firstname.lastname@example.com Hawaiian Tutorial Room #160, UWA Business School, UWA https://www.research.uwa.edu.au/researchweek/wa-global-economy Yes 10 EVENT UWA Staff Sports Fun Day There is a time for work...and a time for play! https://firstname.lastname@example.com/whatson/ARE 1415332800 2014 11 7 Friday 12:00 1415350800 2014 11 7 Friday 17:00 (None Set) (None Set) Rosie Radica 6488 2577 firstname.lastname@example.com UWA Staff Sports Fun Day is a day on campus for staff and postgraduate students to get together and participate in sport and activity. This year's theme is Brazil - be loud, be colourful and join in - up to 1000 participants expected throughout the day. Get Involved: Contact your Team Coordinator now!Contacts: Phone: 6488 2281 Web: uwa.edu.au/sportsday Email: email@example.com Opening of the event: Riley Oval https://www.ecm.uwa.edu.au/staff/uwa-staff-sports-day No 2 EVENT Reduce Food Waste Forum The theme of the Forum is Waste in Food Value Chains: Opportunities for Technological, Policy and R&D Innovations for waste minimization and utilization. https://firstname.lastname@example.com/whatson/ARE 1415926800 2014 11 14 Friday 9:00 1415952000 2014 11 14 Friday 16:00 (None Set) (None Set) Shashi Sharma 0428 935 741 email@example.com We invite you to register and attend a Reduce Food Waste Forum on 14 November 2014 at the Kim Beazley Lecture Theatre at Murdoch University. Murdoch University, Curtin University and The University of Western Australia are sponsors of this Forum.The theme of the Forum is Waste in Food Value Chains: Opportunities for Technological, Policy and R&D Innovations for waste minimization and utilization. Six invited experts will present international, national and Western Australian perspectives on waste in food value chains followed by panel discussions and identification of actions required for promoting waste minimization and utilization.Please register and confirm your availability to attend as soon as possible latest by 31 October 2014. Prof Hugh Campbell, Dr Andre Teixeira, Dr Steve Lapidge, Marcus Geisler, Greg Hebble and Geoff Richards Kim Beazley Lecture Theatre, Murdoch University https://webapps2.murdoch.edu.au/forms/reduce-food-waste/ Yes 0 PUBLIC TALK Emerging biosciences capacity in Africa: Case study of the Regional Cassava Viruses Disease Diagnostic Project https://firstname.lastname@example.com/whatson/ARE 1416304800 2014 11 18 Tuesday 18:00 1416308400 2014 11 18 Tuesday 19:00 (None Set) (None Set) Institute of Advanced Studies 6488 1340 email@example.com A public lecture by Dr Joseph Ndunguru, Molecular Plant Virologist, Mikocheni Agricultural Research Institute (MARI), Tanzania.Cassava is an important food staple in sub Saharan Africa, however it is under threat from deadly viral diseases, which are decreasing yield and leaving many without food. In this lecture, Dr Joseph Ndunguru will outline his involvement with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the subsequent investment in his viral diagnostic projects. He will also outline the increasing biosciences capacity in sub Saharan Africa that is leading the transformational change to diagnose sick plants. Through this work, smallholder farmers are receiving virus free cassava plants, and therefore their yields are increasing, making them more food secure.Cost: Free, but RSVP requested via www.ias.uwa.edu.au/lectures/ndunguru Webb Lecture Theatre, Geography Building (ground floor), UWA https://www.ias.uwa.edu.au/lectures/ndunguru No 18 COURSE An Introduction to statistics using SPSS - a 3 day course https://firstname.lastname@example.com/whatson/ARE 1416876300 2014 11 25 Tuesday 8:45 1417078800 2014 11 27 Thursday 17:00 (None Set) (None Set) Marty Firth firstname.lastname@example.com The aim of this course is to introduce you to basic statistics. It will cover descriptive statistics (means and standard deviations); data exploration; basic categorical data analysis; simple linear regression and basic analysis of variance (ANOVA). The statistical package SPSS will be used to illustrate the ideas demonstrated. The course will be held in a computer laboratory allowing participants to immediately apply the material covered through a series of practical examples.UWA Postgraduate students receive a subsidised rate. Assoc/Prof Russel John Mathematics Computer Lab https://www.cas.maths.uwa.edu.au/courses/intro-stats Yes 3 SEMINAR Viral disease epidemics in cassava in sub Saharan Africa - Understanding the whitefly and cassava bagomovirus A seminar by two visiting scholars funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation - Joseph Ndgunguru and Peter Sseruwagi from the Mikocheni Agricultural Research Institute in Dar es Salam. https://email@example.com/whatson/ARE 1418011200 2014 12 8 Monday 12:00 1418014800 2014 12 8 Monday 13:00 (None Set) (None Set) Diana Jasudasen 6488 3756 email@example.com In this seminar, two highly esteemed researchers Dr Joseph Ndunguru and Dr Peter Sseruwagi from the Mikocheni Agricultural Research Institute, Tanzania will describe their work on the Cassava mosaic begomoviruses and whitefly which cause and carry the destructive cassava mosaic disease (CMD), costing Africa an estimated USD1.9-2.7 billion annually.Dr Ndunguru will report on the discovery of two novel DNAs, designated DNA-II and DNA-III, that contribute to the etiology of CMD and are widespread in cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz).These findings have implications for the control of CMD, geminiviruses generally, and the origin and evolution of geminivirus sequences. Dr Peter Sseruwagi will discuss the whitefly B. Tabaci which is the major vector of cassava mosaic begomoviruses (CMBs) and cassava brown streak viruses (CBSVs); the causative agents of cassava mosaic disease (CMD) and cassava brown streak disease (CBSD), respectively. African governments have initiated programs to monitor the spread of CMD and CBSD and enforce mitigation measures. However, limited research has been conducted to establish the role of the B. tabaci species associated with the two diseases. His presentation will discuss the impact of whitefly and whitefly-transmitted virus (WTV) problems in smallholder cassava farmer crops in SSA, and efforts and opportunities for their mitigation.Go to www.ioa.uwa.edu.au/events/register to RSVP. Dr Joseph Ndunguru and Dr Peter Sseruwagi Agriculture Lecture Theatre, UWA https://www.ioa.uwa.edu.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0008/2641697/JN_PS_Special-Seminar_IOA-Flyer-2014_v3.pdf Yes 0 EXPO Careers Fair Great Court 10am-2.00 pm https://email@example.com/whatson/ARE 1425434400 2015 3 4 Wednesday 10:00 1425438000 2015 3 4 Wednesday 11:00 (None Set) (None Set) Diane McLaren 6488 2430 email@example.com The University of Western Australia's Careers Fair provides excellent opportunities for students to engage, network and meet prospective employers looking to recruit students for graduate programs, vacation work, internships and voluntary positions. From first year to final year, Undergraduate to Post-Graduate, the Careers Fair is for you. Come along and meet more than 80 exhibitors and attend the 10 presentations. Great Court https://www.careers.uwa.edu.au/students/careersfair No 24 PUBLIC LECTURE Soils and the ends of the Earth, and a few places in between Hector and Andrew Stewart Memorial Lecture, by Professor David Hopkins, Dean of Agriculture, The Royal Agricultural University, England, UK https://email@example.com/whatson/ARE 1426755600 2015 3 19 Thursday 17:00 1426759200 2015 3 19 Thursday 18:00 (None Set) (None Set) Diana Boykett 64884717 email@example.com 2015 is the International Year of Soils. So what? It has frequently been said that soils are the thin skin on the land surface upon which terrestrial life depends and which acts as a buffer between the atmosphere, the hydrosphere and the biosphere, as well as representing a significant reservoir of biological diversity and source of multiple key ecosystem functions.In this talk, Prof David Hopkins will illustrate the diversity of soils and their roles in ecosystem processing based on first hand experience. He will show how they are being affected by environmental change or management or use by humans in a diverse range of soils from the polar deserts of Antarctica and the Arctic, the temperate and tropical regions.The emphasis will be on decomposition processes and soil organisms because these soil properties integrate across a range of soil conditions, and importantly drive key soil fertility properties and buffer environmental change.To register, go to www.ioa.uwa.edu.au/events/register Prof David Hopkins, Dean of Agriculture, The Royal Agricultural University, England, UK MCS Lecture Theatre, Bayliss Building, UWA https://www.ioa.uwa.edu.au/_nocache/?a=2682969&now=1423815272 Yes 0 EVENT Info Session: Funding Opportunities with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Learn about the Foundation's latest round of research grant opportunities from a previous winner. https://email@example.com/whatson/ARE 1427349600 2015 3 26 Thursday 14:00 1427353200 2015 3 26 Thursday 15:00 (None Set) (None Set) Michelle Emmett firstname.lastname@example.com The Gates Foundation and its Grand Challenges partners are now accepting applications for a number of programs, including its Grand Challenges Explorations initiative, which encourages innovative and unconventional global health and development solutions.To learn more about the Foundation, and how to approach its grant application process, you are invited to attend an information session featuring Dr Laura Boykin -- a Research Fellow, Computational Biologist, TED Fellow, and a CI on a new US$15.75 million Gates grant to the University of Greenwich's Natural Resources Institute entitled "African cassava whitefly: outbreak causes and sustainable solutions." Ms Michelle Emmett and Dr Laura Boykin UWA Social Sciences Lecture Theatre, LR1 https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/research-funding-opportunities-with-the-bill-melinda-gates-foundation-tickets-16097923322 Yes 2 PUBLIC TALK Infectious Diseases Community Conversation - Registration essential A chance for community members to have a say about vaccines, antibiotic use and infections in pregnancy research https://email@example.com/whatson/ARE 1427860800 2015 4 1 Wednesday 12:00 1427869800 2015 4 1 Wednesday 14:30 (None Set) (None Set) Marie Nadal-Sims 94897781 email@example.com The Telethon Kids Institute Wesfarmers Centre of Vaccines & Infectious Diseases invite consumers and community members to have a say on a wide range of research into childhood infectious diseases including: - Ear Health - Vaccines - Antibiotic use - Infections in pregnancy. If you have an opinion we would like to hear it so come and have a say! Light lunch and payment for out of pocket expenses are provided. Leederville Town Hall https://www.involvingpeopleinresearch.org.au/index.php/trainingevents/event090712 No 9 EVENT Study Abroad Fair Come along to the annual Study Abroad Fair to see where you or your students can study overseas! https://firstname.lastname@example.com/whatson/ARE 1429153200 2015 4 16 Thursday 11:00 1429167600 2015 4 16 Thursday 15:00 (None Set) (None Set) Jessica Gordon firstname.lastname@example.com Representatives from UWA's Exchange Partner institutions, returned students and faculty representatives will be there to tell you all about the fantastic opportunities they have available. Make sure your students come along to the Oak Lawn to check it out! Oak Lawn (near the Guild Village) No 16 PUBLIC TALK Building liberal resilience? A critical view from developing Asia https://firstname.lastname@example.com/whatson/ARE 1430906400 2015 5 6 Wednesday 18:00 1430910000 2015 5 6 Wednesday 19:00 (None Set) (None Set) Institute of Advanced Studies 6488 1340 firstname.lastname@example.com In this public lecture, Jonathan Rigg, Professor of Geography at the National University of Singapore, will argue that 'liberal resilience' plays into a growth-development-resilience 'trap' where economic growth has become a de facto synonym for development and, often, development a synonym for resilience. Drawing on cases around rural Asia the lecture will highlight the incongruities and inconsistencies in the line of logic.Cost: Free, but RSVP requested via the webpage https://www.ias.uwa.edu.au/lectures/jonathanrigg Webb Lecture Theatre, Geography Building, UWA https://www.ias.uwa.edu.au/lectures/jonathanrigg Yes 9 FUNDRAISER Fundraising Auction for Nepal Earthquake Apeeal Let's join hands in providing help to the people of Nepal who have suffered an earthquake of 8 magnitude. https://firstname.lastname@example.com/whatson/ARE 1431946800 2015 5 18 Monday 19:00 1431954000 2015 5 18 Monday 21:00 (None Set) (None Set) Professor James Travelyan (UWA) and Professor Samina Yasmeen (UWA) +61 8 6488 3057 firstname.lastname@example.com , firstname.lastname@example.com The 7.9 magnitude earthquake that struck Nepal on 25 April has already claimed the lives of more than 7,000 people with an estimated eight million people affected. The Red Cross is at the forefront of the international response, sending shelter and water and sanitation specialists, setting up emergency hospitals and sending additional relief materials. All funds from the Auction will go towards the Red Cross Nepal Region Earthquake Appeal. Sample auction prizes: A one week stay at La Mourrade, former US Counsel General Robin McLellan's home in France (airfares not included) Lunch for 6 people at Western Australian Parliament House, donated by the Hon Liz Behjat, Member for North Metropolitan Region University Club (UWA), Ballroom Hacket Drive Entrance 1. Crawley Yes 2 PUBLIC LECTURE Bayer Crop Science chemical and genetic technologies to help global agriculture feed a growing world A public lecture by Dr Hermann Stuebler, Director of Research, Bayer Crop Science, Frankfurt, Germany https://email@example.com/whatson/ARE 1433491200 2015 6 5 Friday 16:00 1433494800 2015 6 5 Friday 17:00 (None Set) (None Set) Diana Boykett 64884717 email@example.com In this talk, Dr Stuebler will give an overview of global Bayer crop science and crop protection research.He will announce details of a major new research joint-venture investment with Australia Dr Hermann Stuebler MCS Lecture Theatre G:33, Bayliss Building, UWA No 9 FREE LECTURE Postgraduate Showcase 2015: Frontiers in Agriculture Come listen to some of UWA's best PhD students present the major highlights and outcomes of their research in agriculture and related areas https://email@example.com/whatson/ARE 1434002400 2015 6 11 Thursday 14:00 1434016800 2015 6 11 Thursday 18:00 (None Set) (None Set) Diana Boykett 64884717 email@example.com Each year The UWA Institute of Agriculture hosts a postgraduate showcase where some of UWA's best PhD students present the major highlights and outcomes of their research in agriculture and related areas. Professor Paul Johnson, UWA Vice Chancellor will give the opening address.*** Event flyer and detailed program is available on www.ioa.uwa.edu.au/publications/showcase*** Afternoon tea and refreshments will be provided. Registration essential by Monday, 25 May 2015 on www.ioa.uwa.edu.au/events/register*** Short term pay parking available at Fairway, Myers St, Parkway and Hackett Drive Ms Lyndie Bayne; Mrs Chandima Ranawana; Ms Xiaoyan Qiu; Ms Joginder Gill; Mr Bede Mickan; Mr Adam Jalaludin; Mr Tas Thamo MCS Lecture Theatre G:33 https://www.ioa.uwa.edu.au/publications/showcase Yes 15 EVENT UWA Careers Centre - Resumes & Letters Top Tips Successful resumes and cover letters get put on top of the pile rather than in the bin! This seminar/lab will focus on the most important things that employers look for in the written application. https://email@example.com/whatson/ARE 1434427200 2015 6 16 Tuesday 12:00 1434430800 2015 6 16 Tuesday 13:00 (None Set) (None Set) Careers Centre firstname.lastname@example.com Successful resumes and cover letters get put on top of the pile rather than in the bin! This seminar/lab will focus on the most important things that employers look for in the written application. You will review and learn key elements of how to:Structure and format your resume and letters; Write in a convincing way; Provide evidence of your suitability; Stand out from the crowd!This seminar/lab supports other Resume Writing Lab and Cover Letter Wrting Lab workshops. You are encouraged to bring along your laptop so that you may implement what you have learned and receive feedback on your draft documents.RSVP is essential as places are limited. Careers Centre Room 2204, Second Floor, Student Central https://uwa.careerhub.com.au/students/events No 1 EVENT UWA Careers Centre - Best Interview Ever Workshop Do you have an interview scheduled or are your wisely preparing ahead for the opportunity? https://firstname.lastname@example.com/whatson/ARE 1434513600 2015 6 17 Wednesday 12:00 1434517200 2015 6 17 Wednesday 13:00 (None Set) (None Set) Careers Centre firstname.lastname@example.com Do you have an interview scheduled or are your wisely preparing ahead for the opportunity? If so, join our interview skills workshop and learn the key factors to giving your best interview ever. During this practical 40 minute workshop you will learn a framework to better structure your interview responses and communicate your suitability for the role. RSVP is essential as places are limited. Careers Centre Room 2204, Second Floor, Student Central https://uwa.careerhub.com.au/students/events No 1 EVENT UWA Careers Centre - "Are you LinkedIn?" Workshop Make the most of the world's largest professional network. LinkedIn will be a most valuable networking tool and job search tools. https://email@example.com/whatson/ARE 1435035600 2015 6 23 Tuesday 13:00 1435039200 2015 6 23 Tuesday 14:00 (None Set) (None Set) Careers Centre email@example.com Learn how to build your online professional presence so organisations seek you out. Many organisations use LinkedIn to find potential employees, some have talent searchers specifically employed to scan professional networks and poach potential employees. Learn how to stand out from the crowd and attract employers to your electronic profile.Bring your laptop or tablet so you can begin to build your professional profile. Make sure you have a LinkedIn account before the session. Careers Centre Room 2204, Second Floor, Student Central https://uwa.careerhub.com.au/students/events No 1 EVENT UWA Careers Centre - Resumes & Letters Top Tips Successful resumes and cover letters get put on top of the pile rather than in the bin! This seminar/lab will focus on the most important things that employers look for in the written application. https://email@example.com/whatson/ARE 1435636800 2015 6 30 Tuesday 12:00 1435640400 2015 6 30 Tuesday 13:00 (None Set) (None Set) Karen Abbott firstname.lastname@example.com Successful resumes and cover letters get put on top of the pile rather than in the bin! This seminar/lab will focus on the most important things that employers look for in the written application. You will review and learn key elements of how to:Structure and format your resume and letters; Write in a convincing way; Provide evidence of your suitability; Stand out from the crowd!This seminar/lab supports other Resume Writing Lab and Cover Letter Wrting Lab workshops. You are encouraged to bring along your laptop so that you may implement what you have learned and receive feedback on your draft documents.RSVP is essential as places are limited. Careers Centre Room 2204, Second Floor, Student Central https://uwa.careerhub.com.au/students/events No 1 EVENT UWA Careers Centre - Best Interview Ever - July Workshops Do you have an interview scheduled or are your wisely preparing ahead for the opportunity? https://firstname.lastname@example.com/whatson/ARE 1435723200 2015 7 1 Wednesday 12:00 1435726800 2015 7 1 Wednesday 13:00 (None Set) (None Set) Careers Centre email@example.com JULY INTERVIEW WORKSHOPS - July 1 and 15.Do you have an interview scheduled or are your wisely preparing ahead for the opportunity? If so, join our interview skills workshop and learn the key factors to giving your best interview ever. During this practical 40 minute workshop you will learn a framework to better structure your interview responses and communicate your suitability for the role.RSVP is essential as places are limited. Careers Centre Room 2204, Second Floor, Student Central https://uwa.careerhub.com.au/students/events No 1 EVENT UWA Careers Centre - "Are you LinkedIn?" - July Workshops Make the most of the world's largest professional network. LinkedIn will be a most valuable networking tool and job search tools. https://email@example.com/whatson/ARE 1436245200 2015 7 7 Tuesday 13:00 1436248800 2015 7 7 Tuesday 14:00 (None Set) (None Set) Careers Centre firstname.lastname@example.com DATES for JULY Workshops - 7 July, 21 July.Learn how to build your online professional presence so organisations seek you out . Many organisations use LinkedIn to find potential employees, some have talent searchers specifically employed to scan professional networks and poach potential employees. Learn how to stand out from the crowd and attract employers to your electronic profile.Bring your laptop or tablet so you can begin to build your professional profile. Make sure you have a LinkedIn account before the session. Careers Centre Room 2204, Second Floor, Student Central https://uwa.careerhub.com.au/students/events No 1 EVENT The UWA Institute of Agriculture 2015 Industry Forum Where are we heading with the red meat industry? https://email@example.com/whatson/ARE 1436421600 2015 7 9 Thursday 14:00 1436437800 2015 7 9 Thursday 18:30 (None Set) (None Set) Cora Castens 6488 4717 firstname.lastname@example.com Demand for protein is likely to increase as global incomes rise. What does Australia need to do to maintain its competitive export market? This year's Industry Forum will discuss the outlook for global demand for red meat and Australia's role in supplying it.Cost is free but registration is essential by 29 June unless fully booked prior www.ioa.uwa.edu.au/events/register-industry-forum The UWA University Club https://www.ioa.uwa.edu.au/_nocache/?a=2744392&now=1434074642 Yes 9 PUBLIC TALK Species Richness on our Nutrient-Impoverished Soils - Help for Perth Gardeners The 2015 George Seddon Lecture https://email@example.com/whatson/ARE 1437645600 2015 7 23 Thursday 18:00 1437649200 2015 7 23 Thursday 19:00 (None Set) (None Set) Institute of Advanced Studies 6488 1340 email@example.com Professor Hans Lambers, School of Plant Biology, UWA, will highlight the importance of maintaining Perth's biodiversity through our gardens and verges. South-western Australia is a global biodiversity hotspot, where the greatest plant diversity is found on the most severely phosphorus-impoverished soils in Kwongan (or Kwongkan). This biodiversity is not just to be admired in our iconic national parks - the Perth metropolitan area is equally diverse. Why is it that we have this tremendous biodiversity, including in peri-urban parks in Perth? Many Proteaceae, such as Banksia and Hakea species, are very sensitive to fertilisation with phosphorus. Less is better, for most south-western Australian Proteaceae. Native plants in our gardens and on our verges provide important corridors for wildlife between our precious Parks and Reserves. To maintain Perth as one of the most biodiverse cities in the world, we need to look after our native plants more effectively.The annual George Seddon Lecture is sponsored by the UWA Friends of the Grounds and the Institute of Advanced Studies.COST: Free, but RSVP is required via the webpage https://www.ias.uwa.edu.au/lectures/lambers Ross Lecture Theatre, Physics Building, UWA https://www.ias.uwa.edu.au/lectures/lambers Yes 18 EVENT UWA Careers Centre - EY Careers Seminar Come and hear from EY as we run you through what employers look for in your CV, application forms, interviews, group activities etc. Tips will also be given as to what you can get involved in whilst at university to increase your employability. https://firstname.lastname@example.com/whatson/ARE 1438664400 2015 8 4 Tuesday 13:00 1438668000 2015 8 4 Tuesday 14:00 (None Set) (None Set) Careers Centre email@example.com Come and hear from EY as we run you through what employers look for in your CV, application forms, interviews, group activities etc. Tips will also be given as to what you can get involved in whilst at university to increase your employability.There will also be plenty of time at the end of the presentation to ask questions.ALL STUDENTS WELCOME - Undergraduates and PostgraduatesBookings on CareerHub - https://uwa.careerhub.com.au/students/events/detail/230169/careers-seminar-selection-proc Representatives from EY Tattersall Lecture Theatre https://uwa.careerhub.com.au/students/events No 1 EVENT UWA Careers Centre - KPMG Careers Seminar It is not essential to have a business degree to work in the commercial world. It is important to have commercial awareness. https://firstname.lastname@example.com/whatson/ARE 1438837200 2015 8 6 Thursday 13:00 1438840800 2015 8 6 Thursday 14:00 (None Set) (None Set) Careers Centre email@example.com It is not essential to have a business degree to work in the commercial world. It is important to have commercial awareness. KPMG will give you an understanding of what it is, why it is important when applying for jobs and how you can improve it.Bookings on CareerHub - https://uwa.careerhub.com.au/students/events/detail/229941/graduate-employability-and-com Representatives from KPMG Social Sciences Lecture Room 1 https://uwa.careerhub.com.au/students/events No 1 EVENT Celebrating Women in Agriculture Breakfast The UWA Students of Natural and Agricultural Sciences (SNAGS) group are pleased to invite you to attend the Annual Women in Agriculture breakfast https://firstname.lastname@example.com/whatson/ARE 1439335800 2015 8 12 Wednesday 7:30 1439344800 2015 8 12 Wednesday 10:00 (None Set) (None Set) Rachel Asquith 0447053066 email@example.com The UWA Students of Natural and Agricultural Sciences (SNAGS) group are pleased to invite you to attend the Annual Women in Agriculture networking breakfast to be held 7:30am on Wednesday 12th of August at the University Club at The University of Western Australia. Join the UWA SNAGS group to hear from keynote speakers: Hon Mia Davies MLA (Minister for Water; Sport and Recreation; Forestry) and Brianna Peake (Government and Industry Relations Manager, CBH) past UWA AG Science Student & President of SNAGS.To book tickets to this exciting event go to https://payments.uwa.edu.au/agriculturebreakfast $25 for students and $35 for non-students Hon Mia Davies MLA (Minister for Water; Sport and Recreation; Forestry) and Brianna Peake (Government and Industry Relations Manager, CBH) past UWA AG Science Student & President of SNAGS. UWA University Club https://payments.uwa.edu.au/agriculturebreakfast Yes 9 EVENT UWA Careers Centre - PwC Careers Seminar Employers are using video interviews to screen candidates. PwC will give you hints and tips to ace your video interview. https://email@example.com/whatson/ARE 1439355600 2015 8 12 Wednesday 13:00 1439359200 2015 8 12 Wednesday 14:00 (None Set) (None Set) Careers Centre email@example.com Ace your Video Interview will cover:What is a video interview, at what stage of the recruitment process would you normally complete a video interview, what can you expect when conducting a video interview and how can you best prepare.Students from all degree backgrounds are welcome to attend and learn more about PwCs student and graduate career opportunities.Book on CareerHub at https://uwa.careerhub.com.au/students/events/detail/230171/careers-seminar-ace-your-video Representatives from PwC Social Sciences Lecture Room 1 https://uwa.careerhub.com.au/students/events No 1 EVENT UWA Careers Centre - Azure Consulting Careers Seminar How women can get a job in management consulting (and work out if they even want one) https://firstname.lastname@example.com/whatson/ARE 1439874000 2015 8 18 Tuesday 13:00 1439877600 2015 8 18 Tuesday 14:00 (None Set) (None Set) Careers Centre firstname.lastname@example.com Many women consider consulting as a career, but are unsure whether it is the right fit for them, and how best to navigate the job market. In this session, Azure Consulting will answer the questions: What's management consulting? What is life like as a consultant? How can you prepare for recruitment? Representatives from Azure Consulting Engineering Lecture Theatre 2 https://uwa.careerhub.com.au/students/events/detail/231078 No 1 PUBLIC TALK Uranium: Critical to a Clean Energy Future https://email@example.com/whatson/ARE 1439978400 2015 8 19 Wednesday 18:00 1439982000 2015 8 19 Wednesday 19:00 (None Set) (None Set) Institute of Advanced Studies 6488 1340 email@example.com In this public lecture Dr Vanessa Guthrie, Managing Director and CEO of Toro Energy Limited, will uncover the science and facts behind the mining and use of uranium globally, and bust a few of the myths that have circulated for a long time. Dr Guthrie is the 2015 ATSE Eminent Speaker.This annual lecture is presented by the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (ATSE)COST: Free, but RSVP is required via the webpage https://www.ias.uwa.edu.au/lectures/guthrie Theatre Auditorium, The University Club of Western Australia https://www.ias.uwa.edu.au/lectures/guthrie Yes 18 PUBLIC TALK Agricultural change in the Argentinean Pampas https://firstname.lastname@example.com/whatson/ARE 1440064800 2015 8 20 Thursday 18:00 1440068400 2015 8 20 Thursday 19:00 (None Set) (None Set) Institute of Advanced Studies 6488 1340 firstname.lastname@example.com In this public lecture Gustavo Striker, Assistant Professor at the University of Buenos Aires, will address the question of what we are doing to solve new problems. The increased area and yields of crops has benefited farm incomes. However, new challenging problems have emerged: (i) the appearance of weed species with increasing tolerance to herbicides given their successive application, and (ii) the need to identify new (or improve current) forage species with increasing ability to tolerate the more stressful soil conditions of marginal lands increasingly relied upon for forage production for livestock.COST: Free, but RSVP is required via the webpage https://www.ias.uwa.edu.au/lectures/striker Woolnough Lecture Theatre, Geography and Geology Building, UWA https://www.ias.uwa.edu.au/lectures/striker Yes 18 EVENT UWA Careers Centre Semester 2 Workshops https://email@example.com/whatson/ARE 1440478800 2015 8 25 Tuesday 13:00 1445320800 2015 10 20 Tuesday 14:00 (None Set) (None Set) Careers Centre email@example.com UWA Careers Centre provides job search skills workshops to help you find employment. These workshops will give you an advantage in your job search whether you are looking for a part-time, vacation or graduate position.Resumes & Cover Letters; Online Applications; Interview Skills; Job Search Strategies; Networking; Introduction to LinkedIn; Various dates throughout the semester. Book on CareerHub at https://uwa.careerhub.com.au/students/events UWA Careers Centre Various https://uwa.careerhub.com.au/students/events No 1 SEMINAR UWA Careers Centre - Addressing Selection Criteria Workshop Every job application requires you to address selection criteria. https://email@example.com/whatson/ARE 1441083600 2015 9 1 Tuesday 13:00 1441090800 2015 9 1 Tuesday 15:00 (None Set) (None Set) Careers Centre firstname.lastname@example.com Learn how to structure your responses to the selection criteria to give your best shot at getting to the interview stage. During this practical 75 minute workshop you will learn a framework to better structure your response to the selection criteria and communicate your suitability for the role.The presenter is Colette Kelly-Smith from Consultus2. Colette is a former Federal Government manager, with over 15 years experience writing CVs and job applications, as well as providing career counselling and interview coaching. Colette Kelly-Smith from Consultus2 Michael Chaney Case Study Room, Business School https://uwa.careerhub.com.au/students/events/detail/232111/careers-addressing-selection-c No 1 SEMINAR UWA Careers Centre - LinkedIn and Personal Branding Seminar Join Shell Australia to find out more about how recruiters use LinkedIn https://firstname.lastname@example.com/whatson/ARE 1441688400 2015 9 8 Tuesday 13:00 1441692000 2015 9 8 Tuesday 14:00 (None Set) (None Set) Careers Centre email@example.com LinkedIn is the little black book of resourcing, this is where we go as Recruiters to find out a little bit more about you in the work world. LinkedIn helps us to create a storyline about you and your personal brand, in the olden days it used to be about having a great resume, now your resume is not the only mechanism that will be reviewed and considered to secure an opportunity - you will need a strong brand presence.Recruiters searching for and assessing candidates will use a variety of methods to find diverse information about you, as if that wasn't pressure enough merely throwing together your LinkedIn profile without strategising its impact on your target audience can make your efforts ineffective or in some instances a detriment to you.Come to this session to hear more from the Shell Recruitment Manager and Graduate Resourcing Advisor. Book on CareerHub - https://uwa.careerhub.com.au/students/events/detail/232109.This seminar is for students from all years and disciplines. Shell Recruitment Manager & Graduate Resourcing Advisor Engineering Lecture Theatre 2 https://uwa.careerhub.com.au/students/events No 1 OPEN DAY Field Day - UWA Farm Ridgefield You're invited to the 2015 UWA Farm Ridgefield Field Day on Friday, 11 September. All are welcome. Register online. https://firstname.lastname@example.com/whatson/ARE 1441942200 2015 9 11 Friday 11:30 1441960200 2015 9 11 Friday 16:30 (None Set) (None Set) Debra Mullan 64884717 email@example.com UWA Farm Ridgefield near Pingelly will open its doors to the wider community at the 2015 Field Day on Friday, 11 September.The 1600-hectare farm is home to the Future Farm 2050 Project, a multidisciplinary project undertaking research into best practice farming techniques for the future.The focus of this year's event will be Managing Risk, a pertinent issue for farmers and rural communities. Three key speakers will discuss managing risk with respect to the climate, mental health in rural communities and the link between insurance and farming sustainably.The field day will also include the launch of Greening Australia's national "20 million Trees" Program. All are welcome and interested parties are asked to register online at www.ioa.uwa.edu.au/events/register-field-day by Friday, 4 September 2015. Prof Graeme Martin, Assoc/Prof Ross Kingwell, Prof Geoff Riley and Mr Kent Hannam UWA Farm Ridgefield, Lamard Road, Pingelly https://www.ioa.uwa.edu.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0009/2774403/FINAL-Field-Day-Agenda-150813.pdf Yes 16 EVENT The History of the Faculty of Agriculture: The rise and fall of a university icon An informal UWA Historical Society event https://firstname.lastname@example.com/whatson/ARE 1442307600 2015 9 15 Tuesday 17:00 1442313000 2015 9 15 Tuesday 18:30 (None Set) (None Set) Dr Fran Pesich 0417 178 275 email@example.com UWAHS Members and friends are invited to this short presentation by E/Prof David Lindsay on the history of the Faculty of Agriculture at UWA. This is an opportunity to meet others interested in the history of the University and its Faculty of Agriculture. E/Prof David Lindsay Convocation Council Room (formerly 'Old Senate Room'), Irwin St Building facing on to James Oval https://www.uwa.edu.au/uwa/events No 2 SEMINAR UWA Careers Centre - Assessment Centre Seminar Employers often use Assessment Centres as part of the selection process. Find out what to expect and what they look for with Hudson. https://email@example.com/whatson/ARE 1442898000 2015 9 22 Tuesday 13:00 1442901600 2015 9 22 Tuesday 14:00 (None Set) (None Set) Careers Centre firstname.lastname@example.com Hudson will deliver a session that will give you the chance to explore and learn about Assessment Centres including how they are used, what to expect and how to make the most out them.You will also have the opportunity to ask any questions related to: typical activities in an assessment centre; how candidates are assessed; psychometric testing and where to find free practice tests.Bookings on CareerHub - https://uwa.careerhub.com.au/students/events/detail/232259 Daniel Burt (Hudson) Michael Chaney Case Study Room, Business School https://uwa.careerhub.com.au/students/events No 1 COURSE Epidemiology II / Advanced Epidemiology PUBH5759 SPH Seasonal School 5 day 6 point unit https://email@example.com/whatson/ARE 1443402000 2015 9 28 Monday 9:00 1443776400 2015 10 2 Friday 17:00 (None Set) (None Set) Fiona Maley 1299 email@example.com Building upon the theoretical concepts that underpin this still youthful and dynamic discipline, this unit broadens and extends understanding of the practica application of advanced modern epidemiological principles. Current issues in epidemiology will be presented, with particular emphasis on outcome and exposure assessment, selection bias, gene vs environment interactions, causal diagrams and integration of data across studies. The School of Population Health offers a range of 5 day fulltime out of semester units for course credit or professional development at several points throughout the year. These are educational opportunities for a broad audience, allowing you to fit a whole semeester of teaching attendance into a week of classes. For information on our units, including enrolment and fee information for this unit, simply visit seasonal school at sph.uwa.edu.au Prof Jane Heyworth SPH Clifton Street Building https://www.sph.uwa.edu.au/courses/winter-spring-summer-school Yes 0 EVENT UWA Careers Centre - Careers Boot Camp Careers Boot Camp - Get Ready for Employment! https://email@example.com/whatson/ARE 1443661200 2015 10 1 Thursday 9:00 1443686400 2015 10 1 Thursday 16:00 (None Set) (None Set) Careers Centre email@example.com The Careers Boot Camp will get you ready for employment! Brush up your networking skills, update your resume and get tips to help you find a job. All students welcome to attend. Book for the individual workshops on CareerHub (https://uwa.careerhub.com.au/students/events)9am Workshop 1: Job Search Strategies10am Workshop 2: Resumes & Cover Letters11am Workshop 3: Networking Effectively1pm Workshop 4: Addressing Selection Criteria2pm Workshop 5: Interview Techniques 3pm Workshop 6: Get LinkedIn UWA Careers Centre Social Sciences Lecture Theatre https://uwa.careerhub.com.au/students/events No 1 SEMINAR "A cutting-age toolkit for measuring and monitoring ecosystem services at the site-scale." Animal Biology Seminar https://firstname.lastname@example.com/whatson/ARE 1448514600 2015 11 26 Thursday 13:10 1448518200 2015 11 26 Thursday 14:10 (None Set) (None Set) Jessica Mountford 3590 firstname.lastname@example.com Information on ecosystem services has often been unavailable at the site scale, where most land-use decisions are made. Thus there is an urgent need for simple, and yet robust protocols for assessing ecosystem services that are adaptable to a wide range of sites, are replicable over time, and are accessible to decision-making process. In response to this challenge I have co-developed a practical 'toolkit' (Toolkit for Ecosystem Service Site-based Assessment; TESSA) that provides easy-to-follow instructions on how to collect the data needed for five main services. These methods allow the user to assess whether conservation (or restoration) of a site is likely to deliver greater benefits than its conversion to a plausible alternative land-use, and who is likely to be affected. This toolkit has the potential to inform decision-making, to substantially increase our understanding of how land-use changes impact ecosystem services, and, where conversion of a site would diminish benefits to people, to broaden arguments in support of its conservation. These methods are also designed to be suitable for repeated and regular application to allow trends in the delivery of ecosystem services to be determined, thus providing important information for tracking progress towards internationally agreed targets for biodiversity conservation and ecosystem services by 2020. Dr. Kelvin Peh Jennifer Arnold Lecture Theatre, Ground Floor Zoology Building. No 0 COURSE Economic Evaluation of Health Care PUBH5801 SPH Seasonal School 5 day 6 point unit https://email@example.com/whatson/ARE 1449450000 2015 12 7 Monday 9:00 1449824400 2015 12 11 Friday 17:00 (None Set) (None Set) Fiona Maley 1299 firstname.lastname@example.com Expand your understanding of economic appraisal of health systems including cost effectiveness, cost utility and cost benefit analysis, and the role it plays in decision making and policy setting. The School of Population Health offers a range of 5 day fulltime out of semester units for course credit or professional development at several points throughout the year. These are educational opportunities for a broad audience, allowing you to fit a whole semeester of teaching attendance into a week of classes. For information on our units, including enrolment and fee information for this unit, simply visit seasonal school at sph.uwa.edu.au Prof Elizabeth Geelhoed SPH Clifton Street Building, Nedlands Campus UWA https://www.sph.uwa.edu.au/courses/winter-spring-summer-school Yes 0 EVENT Developing and Funding International Research Collaboration https://firstname.lastname@example.com/whatson/ARE 1449720000 2015 12 10 Thursday 12:00 1449725400 2015 12 10 Thursday 13:30 (None Set) (None Set) Michelle Emmett 6448 4769 email@example.com Interested in developing and funding international research collaborations, particularly in the fields of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences? Come hear how others have been able to do so, and learn how you can be more strategic in your approach.The Seminar will run from 12:00 - 1:00 pm, and will be followed by a brief AGM of the UWA Researchers' Association. A light lunch will be served at the close of the session.For more information, and to RSVP, please visit: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/international-research-collaborations-in-medicine-seminar-uwa-researchers-association-agm-tickets-19702120573 2015 Raine Visiting Fellow Stephen Hill, Prof George Yeoh, Assoc Prof Kevin Pfleger, Ms Michelle Emmett McCusker Auditorium, Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research, 6 Verdun Street, Nedlands WA https://www.news.uwa.edu.au/201511308193/december-2015/interested-international-collaborations-particularly-fields-medicine-dent?utm_source=uwaforward&utm_medium=email&utm_content=2015-12-02-international-collaborations&utm_campaign=uwaforward Yes 1 TALK Power/Sample Size Calculations This seminar provides an overview of sample size calculations and demonstrates how to use the free "PS" software https://email@example.com/whatson/ARE 1450238400 2015 12 16 Wednesday 12:00 1450242000 2015 12 16 Wednesday 13:00 (None Set) (None Set) Chrianna Bharat email@example.com Is it unethical to conduct studies that are too large or too small? If so, how do we find the right balance based on the available resources? This seminar provides an overview of sample size calculations and demonstrates how to use the free "PS" software to perform simple sample size calculations for the following study designs: - Comparator studies (two sample t-test, paired t-test) - Case-Control Studies (unmatched, matched) - Cohort studies (test of 2 proportions or odds ratios) - Survival Studies (log rank test) It will conclude by reviewing potential sources for estimates of effect size or variability and identifying situations where the best course of action is to consult a statistician. Dr. Julie Marsh Joske Room West, 8th floor, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital Yes 9 EVENT UWA/ConocoPhillips Science/Engineering Experience - Jan2016 Budding scientists in Yrs 9/10 - 3 days of fun! https://firstname.lastname@example.com/whatson/ARE 1453165200 2016 1 19 Tuesday 9:00 1453365000 2016 1 21 Thursday 16:30 (None Set) (None Set) Megan Ellyard firstname.lastname@example.com Our Science Experience event is now open for registration!UWA/ConocoPhillips Science/Engineering Experience - 19-21 January 2016!Budding scientists/engineers in Years 9/10 (this year) are welcomed to UWAs campus for three days of fun and to fuel their passion for science and engineering. They will experience the wonder of physics, take part in an amazing race, test their fitness, discover how maths can help win games, and be inspired by engineers who are finding ways to improve lives through humanitarian projects. They also learn how to protect our precious environment and witness the magic of chemical reactions!Students meet our enthusiastic scientists and current students, get to know others with an interest in STEM fields, experience what its like to be a university student, and discover the rich variety of careers that can come from having a degree in science or engineering.Register at www.scienceexperience.com.au/conference UWA Campus No 13 SEMINAR Disentangling Values for the Methods and Outcomes of Coastal Hazard Adaptation Henry Schapper Fellow lecture https://email@example.com/whatson/ARE 1455006600 2016 2 9 Tuesday 16:30 1455012000 2016 2 9 Tuesday 18:00 (None Set) (None Set) Louise Blackmore email@example.com Coastal states and communities must increasingly adapt to the hazards of a variable and changing climate, including sea level rise and an increased incidence of coastal storms and flooding. Natural (or green) infrastructure is often promoted as a means to enhance resilience while providing additional ecosystem services such as storm water management. Yet coastal adaptation decisions are often made with minimal information on the benefits, costs and tradeoffs associated with different types of natural hazards or the use of green versus engineered infrastructure. Reconciling these tradeoffs requires approaches that can identify and disentangle social welfare effects related both to the outcomes of coastal adaptation (e.g., what is protected) and the methods through which these outcomes are achieved (e.g., how protection occurs). This paper illustrates paired theoretical and empirical models designed to disentangle willingness to pay (WTP) for the methods and outcomes of coastal adaptation, with particular emphasis on biophysical tradeoffs and implications for social welfare. Discussion highlights implications for both on-the-ground coastal adaptation and the relevance of economic analysis.Dr. Johnstons research addresses methodology for nonmarket valuation, benefit cost analysis, benefit transfer, and analysis of ecosystem services, with an emphasis on aquatic, riparian and coastal systems. His work coordinates methods and data from environmental economics with those of ecological and other biophysical sciences, seeking to identify feasible policy and management actions that best sustain ecosystem services and attendant social welfare. Beyond his grant-funded research, Dr. Johnston serves on the US EPA Science Advisory Board, the Ecosystem Science and Management Working Group of the NOAA Scientific Advisory Board, the Management Committee and Science Advisory Board of the Narragansett Bay National Estuary Program, the Senior Advisory Board of the Connecticut Sea Grant Program, and the Program Committee for the Charles Darwin Foundation. Professor Robert Johnston, Department of Economics and The George Perkins Marsh Institute, Clark University Agriculture Lecture Theatre (G.013), The University of Western Australia No 1 EVENT Women in Science Morning Tea https://email@example.com/whatson/ARE 1455760800 2016 2 18 Thursday 10:00 1455764400 2016 2 18 Thursday 11:00 (None Set) (None Set) lindy.fitzgerald firstname.lastname@example.com The next meeting of the Faculty of Science, Women in Science group will be a morning tea. All are welcome. The morning tea is a great opportunity to network with other scientists in an informal setting. We will be discussing the implementation of the Faculty of Science mentoring program for men and women scientists at PhD level and above. We will also be discussing workshops to be held in 2016, designed to support the careers of all scientists in the Faculty. We encourage you to attend. Please rsvp to email@example.com for catering purposes. 1st floor balcony, Zoology Building Yes 0 EVENT UWA Careers Centre - Management Consulting Days Six management consulting firms on campus during O Week. https://firstname.lastname@example.com/whatson/ARE 1456102800 2016 2 22 Monday 9:00 1456207200 2016 2 23 Tuesday 14:00 (None Set) (None Set) Careers Centre email@example.com Find out what opportunities are available in management consulting. Six firms will present over 2 days. This is your chance to meet and network with employers.Presentation/Networking (Mon 22 February):9.00am-10.30am: McKinsey and Company10.30am-12.00pm: Bain and Company12.00pm-1.30pm: Strategy&Presentation/Networking (Tues 23 February):9.00am-10.30am: Boston Consulting Group10.30am-12.00pm: Azure Consulting12.00pm-1.30pm: EYStudents from all disciplines are welcome to attend. Bookings are essential through CareerHub for catering purposes. Various employers Wesfarmers Lecture Theatre (Mon) & Murdoch Lecture Theatre (Tues) https://uwa.careerhub.com.au/students/events No 1 SEMINAR Bayliss Seminar Series: DNA Topoisomerases in Bacteria and Plants: Mechanism and Drug Targeting https://firstname.lastname@example.com/whatson/ARE 1456372800 2016 2 25 Thursday 12:00 1456375500 2016 2 25 Thursday 12:45 (None Set) (None Set) scbevents 6488 4402 firstname.lastname@example.com Anthony Maxwell Geography & Geology Building, Webb Lecture Theatre No 1 EVENT The Big Meet Perth - FRIDAY 4TH MARCH 2016 Meet Australia's leading organisations to talk about your future. https://email@example.com/whatson/ARE 1457060400 2016 3 4 Friday 11:00 1457071200 2016 3 4 Friday 14:00 (None Set) (None Set) UWA Careers Centre firstname.lastname@example.com You are invited to join many of Australia's leading organisations at the years most important free careers event The Big Meet.Whether you're looking for graduate employment, a new job, vacation work, an international internship, a gap-year experience, voluntary work, travel, overseas opportunities, a teaching job or postgraduate education, The Big Meet can get you started.Entry is FREE. Don't miss out! Various employers Perth Convention and Exhibition Centre https://uwa.careerhub.com.au/students/events No 1 SEMINAR Thin Film XRD Seminar Learn about the intricacies of thin film XRD analysis and the benefits of high flux XRD https://firstname.lastname@example.com/whatson/ARE 1457931600 2016 3 14 Monday 13:00 1457944200 2016 3 14 Monday 16:30 (None Set) (None Set) CMCA Admin 02 9450 1359 email@example.com The analysis of thin films introduces numerous unique complexities compared to bulk materials. A thorough knowledge of thin film XRD enables researchers to gain a detailed understanding of their structure and composition and hence, arms them with the knowledge to better predict their in-service behaviour for applications including aerospace, biomedical, corrosion or wear resistance, optical or electronic. This seminar will take you through the complex analysis of thin films and show you how to generate and interpret thin film XRD data. From specific hardware configurations to experimental design all the way through to data interpretation, Shintaro Kobayashi, a Rigaku Applications Specialist will show you how to gain valuable insights into your thin films using the SmartLab and its unique capabilities such as the in-plane arm and high flux-generated by rotating anode technology. For more information, please visit www.axt.com.au/thin-film-seminarsRSVP by 10 March 2016 to: Cameron Chai (firstname.lastname@example.com or 02 9450 1359 Shintaro Kobayashi CMCA Seminar Room 1.80, Physics Building Yes 0 EVENT UWA Careers Centre - Goldman Sachs Presentation https://email@example.com/whatson/ARE 1458018000 2016 3 15 Tuesday 13:00 1458021600 2016 3 15 Tuesday 14:00 (None Set) (None Set) Careers Centre email@example.com Your application is a powerful marketing tool that can gain an employer's interest. This session hosted by Goldman Sachs will talk through ideas for your application that will sit you on top of the pile.RSVP - CareerHub - https://uwa.careerhub.com.au Representatives from Goldman Sachs EY Lecture Theatre, Business School https://uwa.careerhub.com.au/students/events/detail/258464 No 1 EVENT UWA Student Exchange Fair Study overseas as part of your UWA degree. https://firstname.lastname@example.com/whatson/ARE 1458615600 2016 3 22 Tuesday 11:00 1458630000 2016 3 22 Tuesday 15:00 (None Set) (None Set) Global Learning Office 08 6488 8199 firstname.lastname@example.com Find out about exchange opportunities to study overseas as part of your UWA degree including semester long and short term programs. Meet international students from UWA partner universities from all over the world and get advice on how an overseas experience can add to your UWA degree. No 1 SEMINAR X-ray microscopy: A powerful research tool for imaging, analysis and visualisation School of Anatomy, Physiology & Human Biology Seminar Series https://firstname.lastname@example.com/whatson/ARE 1459227600 2016 3 29 Tuesday 13:00 1459231200 2016 3 29 Tuesday 14:00 (None Set) (None Set) Deborah Hull 6488 3313 email@example.com The Seminar: Imagine a technique that requires minimal or no sample preparation and allows you to explore the internal structure of your sample down to the micrometre scale without the need for a single cut. This can be achieved using X-ray microscopy (XRM), which, as for medical CAT scanners, uses the penetrative power of X-rays to non-destructively image through materials. The data generated by an XRM is converted to a digital format that can be investigated in almost limitless ways. The technique is highly flexible, with wide ranging applications in biological, geological and materials science, but can easily be applied to hard and soft tissue imaging. The Centre for Microscopy, Characterisation and Analysis (CMCA) at UWA has two X-ray imaging systems and this seminar will cover the basics of the XRM technique, its applicability to anatomical studies, and a number of gratuitously pretty videos of objects imaged by XRM.The Speaker: Dr Jeremy Shaw is the X-ray microscopy technique group leader at the CMCA and also specialises in the application of electron microscopy in biology. With roots in marine science and the study of biomineral formation in marine molluscs, Dr Shaw has recently turned his attention to insects and holds an ARC DECRA Fellowship aimed at unravelling the biological basis of magnetoreception in honey bees. Dr Jeremy Shaw, Centre for Microscopy, Characterisation and Analysis, The University of Western Australia Room 1.81, Anatomy building (north), The University of Western Australia https://www.aphb.uwa.edu.au/research/seminars No 0 PUBLIC LECTURE Pastoral livestock systems in France: managing productivity, landscapes and communities The Art and Science of Shepherding. Dr Michel Meuret taps into the wisdom of French Herders https://firstname.lastname@example.com/whatson/ARE 1459411200 2016 3 31 Thursday 16:00 1459414800 2016 3 31 Thursday 17:00 (None Set) (None Set) Diana Boykett 64884717 email@example.com In this public lecture, editor of 2014 book The Art and Science of Shepherding: Tapping the Wisdom of French Herders, Dr Michel Meuret shares experience and scientific knowlegde about herding animals and optimising rangeland resources. He describes the essence of the engagement he has had with French shepherds and explains the French systems of grazing and herding techniques, focusing on the experiential know-how practices of the shepherds. Dr Michel Meuret, Director of Research, National Institute for Agricultural Research, France Agriculture Lecture Theatre, UWA https://www.ioa.uwa.edu.au/_nocache/?a=2862630&now=1458720064 Yes 9 PUBLIC TALK International Development - Ways Forward An open forum about International Development with speakers from industry and academia. https://firstname.lastname@example.com/whatson/ARE 1459760400 2016 4 4 Monday 17:00 1459765800 2016 4 4 Monday 18:30 (None Set) (None Set) Professor Petra Tschakert email@example.com Join our lively discussion on International Development with Dr Michael Woolcock from The World Bank and Mrs Dibya Gurung from DeKMIS, as well as Dr Petra Tschakert (UWA), Dr Amin Mugera (UWA), and Dr Graham Brown (UWA). Dr Michael Woolcock from The World Bank, Mrs Dibya Gurung from DeKMIS, Dr Petra Tschakert (UWA), Dr Amin Mugera (UWA), and Dr Graham Brown (UWA). UWA Faculty of Arts, Fox Lecture Theatre https://www.facebook.com/UWAscience/events No 8 SEMINAR Modelling Body Mass Index Distribution using Maximum Entropy Density https://email@example.com/whatson/ARE 1460084400 2016 4 8 Friday 11:00 1460088000 2016 4 8 Friday 12:00 (None Set) (None Set) Deborah Swindells 6488 2539 firstname.lastname@example.com The objective of this paper is to model the conditional distribution of Body Mass Index (BMI) by examining the relations between a set of covariates and the moments of the BMI distribution. While BMI is often seen as a leading indicators of health, most studies on the distribution of BMI did not model beyond the second order moments. This makes it difficult to examine the determinants of obesity as the mean and variance do not contain sufficient information about the tail of the distribution. This paper applies the Maximum Entropy Density framework to examine the relations between a set of covariates and the higher order moments of the BMI distribution. The aim is to provide a more accurate description on the relations between a set of determinant and the shape of the BMI distribution. Theoretically, the paper derives the asymptotic properties of the maximum likelihood estimator of the proposed density, including consistency and asymptotic normality. Empirically, this paper applies the proposed framework to an Australian dataset. The results demonstrate how different covariates affect different moments of the BMI distribution. Associate Professor Felix Chan, School of Economics and Finance, Curtin University Agriculture Lecture Theatre, G013 North Wing, Agricultural Building https://www.are.uwa.edu.au/research/seminars No 0 SEMINAR Hot or Not? Chances of Success for the new Pakistani red chilli contract https://firstname.lastname@example.com/whatson/ARE 1460689200 2016 4 15 Friday 11:00 1460692800 2016 4 15 Friday 12:00 (None Set) (None Set) Deborah Swindells 6488 2539 email@example.com Last year the Pakistan Mercantile Exchange (PMEX) launched a red chilli futures contract as a way for farmers and other market participants to manage their risks in this volatile commodity which is of such significance for the rural economy of parts of Pakistan. Why did it do so, what will its criteria for success be, and what can we deduce from analysis of other futures contracts, both in the West and the developing world, about the chances that this particular futures contract will succeed when so many have failed? Dr Julian Roche, Adjunct Lecturer, School of Agricultural & Resource Economics Agricultural Lecture Theatre, G013 North Wing, Agricultural Building https://www.are.uwa.edu.au/research/seminars No 0 SEMINAR Designing Biosecurity Inspection Protocols Accounting for Stakeholder Incentives: Theoretical and Experimental Insights https://email@example.com/whatson/ARE 1460952000 2016 4 18 Monday 12:00 1460955600 2016 4 18 Monday 13:00 (None Set) (None Set) Deborah Swindells 6488 2539 email@example.com Government regulators face significant trade-offs in conducting their roles. In Australia, Commonwealth, state and territory governments have been challenging their regulatory agencies to decrease the regulatory burden they impose on compliant stakeholders. However, poorly designed approaches to allocating a regulators interventions may inadvertently encourage stakeholder behaviours that go counter to the policy objectives for regulating particular activities in the first place. This presentation draws on evidence from game-theoretic models and economics experiments to investigate the potential behavioural responses of plant-product importers to alternative regulatory regimes in the Australian biosecurity inspection context. The focus is on rules from the continuous sampling plan family of rules that have been implemented recently by the Australian Government Department of Agriculture and Water Resources for border interventions on select plant-based products. The first part of the presentation considers theoretical predictions arising from a dynamic inspection game between the biosecurity regulator and a vertically integrated importer. The second part of the presentation discusses results from economic experiments where subjects played the role of importers who had choice over their suppliers. Dr Anthony Rossiter, Centre for Market Design, Victorian Department of Treasury and Finance Agriculture Lecture Theatre, G013 North Wing, Agricultural Building https://www.are.uwa.edu.au/research/seminars No 0 EVENT "Plan on a Page" Workshops Learn about this new tool to help you draft a compelling and comprehensive case to research funders. https://firstname.lastname@example.com/whatson/ARE 1460952000 2016 4 18 Monday 12:00 1460959200 2016 4 18 Monday 14:00 (None Set) (None Set) Michelle Emmett email@example.com UWA encourages its researchers to be proactive and plan early for applications to competitive grant schemes. With the move to continuous rounds of the ARC Linkage program from the 1st July, it is more important than ever to plan ahead! To help you in this regard, the UWA Research Development team has developed a new grant planning tool to assist with the planning of a compelling and comprehensive case to funders, to be rolled out online and through a series of workshops. Academics who participate in these workshops will benefit from a framework of research development activities, including additional support in the planning and writing process.Below are dates suggested for Faculties, but please attend the one that best suits your schedule.Workshop 1: Monday 18 April, 12-2pm (ALVA, ARTS, BUS, EDU, LAW, SIS) in Arts Room 5 [G61], Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social SciencesWorkshop 2: Thursday 21 April, 12-2pm (ECM, MDHS, SCIENCE) in Monadelphous Integrated Learning Centre [MILC], Engineering PrecinctPlease note that there are limited places available at each workshop. The Research Development Team Various https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/grant-planning-on-a-page-workshop-for-uwa-researchers-registration-24278034254 No 1 Short course Introduction to statistics using Microsoft Excel The course is open to anyone and is designed for those who have little or no experience with statistics or Microsoft Excel but who would like to learn more. https://email@example.com/whatson/ARE 1461025800 2016 4 19 Tuesday 8:30 1461142800 2016 4 20 Wednesday 17:00 (None Set) (None Set) Chrianna Bharat email@example.com This course aims to provide you with an introduction to the facilities available in MS Excel from a statistical point of view. As well as an introduction to Excel, spreadsheet functions and graphics, it concentrates on performing basic statistical methods, producing charts and tables, and discusses the limitations of Excel when it comes to more complex statistical analysis. Asst/Prof Nazim Khan Monadelphous Integrated Learning Centre (MILC) https://www.cas.maths.uwa.edu.au/courses/excel No 9 SEMINAR A Choice for Me or for Us? Using We-Reasoning to Predict Cooperation and Coordination in Games https://firstname.lastname@example.com/whatson/ARE 1461898800 2016 4 29 Friday 11:00 1461902400 2016 4 29 Friday 12:00 (None Set) (None Set) Deborah Swindells 6488 2539 firstname.lastname@example.com Cooperation is the foundation of human social life, but it sometimes requires individuals to choose against their individual self-interest. How then is cooperation sustained? How do we decide when instead to follow our own goals? I develop a model that builds on Bacharachs (2006) circumspect we-reasoning to address these questions. The model produces a threshold cost/benefit ratio to describe when we-reasoning players should choose cooperatively. After assumptions regarding player types and beliefs, we predict how the extent of cooperation varies across games. Results from two experiments offer strong support to the models and predictions herein, contributing to Ostroms call for a revised theory of collective action. Professor David Butler, Professor of Economics, Murdoch University Agriculture Lecture Theatre, G013 North Wing, Agricultural Building, UWA https://www.are.uwa.edu.au/research/seminars No 0 SEMINAR Protecting the environment: privately https://email@example.com/whatson/ARE 1463108400 2016 5 13 Friday 11:00 1463112000 2016 5 13 Friday 12:00 (None Set) (None Set) Deborah Swindells 64882539 firstname.lastname@example.com Much of the economics literature takes the environment to be a public good and hence writes out a role for the private sector as a source of supply. Yet there is ample evidence of the private sector being involved, driven both by profit and altruism. In this talk, Jeff will try to convince you of the merits of private sector environmental protection, drawing on examples from his edited book Protecting the Environment: Privately, recently published by World Scientific Press: https://www.worldscientific.com/worldscibooks/10.1142/9580. Professor Jeff Bennett, Australian National University Agriculture Lecture Theatre, Nth wing Agricultural Bldg (G.013) https://www.are.uwa.edu.au/research/seminars No 0 SEMINAR Using Conservation Auctions: The Auctioneers Experience https://email@example.com/whatson/ARE 1463713200 2016 5 20 Friday 11:00 1463716800 2016 5 20 Friday 12:00 (None Set) (None Set) Deborah Swindells 6488 2539 firstname.lastname@example.com Conservation auctions have been in use in natural resource management for a little more than 10 years and Australia has been a pioneer in their design and implementation. Conservation auctions seek to efficiently distribute incentives for natural resource management to overcome market failures in production which allow or cause degradation of the natural environment. While conservation auctions have been trialled, few long-term studies of impact have been undertaken and little is known about how these instruments fit with other policy approaches. This seminar will present some lessons from the implementation and evaluation of conservation auctions. Associate Professor Patrick O'Connor, University of Adelaide Agriculture Lecture Theatre G.013, North Wing Agricultural Building,UWA https://www.are.uwa.edu.au/research/seminars No 0 SEMINAR Impact of different water allocation strategies to manage groundwater resources in Western Australia: equity and efficiency considerations https://firstname.lastname@example.com/whatson/ARE 1464922800 2016 6 3 Friday 11:00 1464926400 2016 6 3 Friday 12:00 (None Set) (None Set) Deborah Swindells 6488 2539 email@example.com In many parts of the world groundwater is depleting at an alarming rate. Water regulation authorities are facing the challenge of reducing groundwater extraction by existing users. However, to take appropriate adaptation measures it is necessary to understand the distributional consequences of groundwater depletion. In water resource management, the issue of the equity-efficiency trade-off has been explored in a number of different areas, but not in the context of water allocation reduction from a groundwater system. To contribute to this knowledge gap, we conduct an empirical case study for the Gnangara Groundwater System (GGS) of Western Australia. The water level in this system is depleting at a consistent rate for various reasons such as draught, increasing demand and climate change. The agency is currently actively considering reduction of allocation under existing licences. Using an individual-based farm optimization model parameterized with the individual licence-specific data on area and water allocation we test a combination of scenarios: with and without area constraint, regional and individual farm-specific models. We observe that with the current land use distribution, a 25% reduction of allocation could reduce net revenues per hectare by 14%. However, in absence of area restriction the loss in net revenues could be as high as 22%. Farm level analysis showed that in terms of percentage reduction farms with lower initial water allocation are most affected, whereas, in terms of dollar per percentage allocation reduction farms with higher initial allocation are more affected. These results reveal the complexity in setting up an appropriate allocation reduction strategy. (Authors: Senior Research Fellow Md Sayed Iftekhar and Senior Lecturer James Fogarty) Senior Research Fellow Md Sayed Iftekhar Agriculture Lecture Theatre, North Wing Agricultural Building (G.013) https://www.are.uwa.edu.au/research/seminars No 0 PUBLIC LECTURE Postgraduate Showcase: Frontiers in Agriculture Listen to some of UWA's top postgraduate students present the exciting highlights of their research in agriculture and related areas https://email@example.com/whatson/ARE 1465362000 2016 6 8 Wednesday 13:00 1465377000 2016 6 8 Wednesday 17:10 (None Set) (None Set) Diana Boykett 4717 email@example.com All are welcome to attend the annual Postgraduate Showcase: Frontiers in Agriculture.The Postgraduate Showcase brings together some of UWAs best PhD students at an advanced stage of their research. It highlights relevant research and progress being made in the area of Agriculture and Natural Resource Management at UWA. WA's Chief Scientist Peter Klinken will deliver the closing address. WA Chief Scientist Peter Klinken MCS Lecture Theatre G:33 Bayliss Building UWA https://www.ioa.uwa.edu.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0004/2872426/PG-Showcase-Flyer-8-June-2016.pdf Yes 18 EVENT Fresh Science Pub Night Drinks, food, fireworks and science. Come and watch as WA's fresh, young scientists present their work at a pub event with a difference. https://firstname.lastname@example.com/whatson/ARE 1465380000 2016 6 8 Wednesday 18:00 1465387200 2016 6 8 Wednesday 20:00 (None Set) (None Set) Michelle Emmett firstname.lastname@example.com Drinks, food, fireworks and science. Come and watch as our fresh, young scientists present their work at a pub event with a difference.The ten young scientists will describe their scientific discoveries in the time it takes a party sparkler to burn out.One hundred early-career scientists around Australia nominated for Fresh Science 2016. Youll be meeting the ten selected for Fresh Science WA. They'll tell us about their discoveries and you'll have the chance to ask them more.Join us as WAs freshest young scientists strut their stuff in the fun environment of the Brisbane Hotel. Tickets are free but bookings are essential. Meals and drinks available at pub prices.Fresh Science is a national competition that helps early-career researchers share their stories of discovery and gain national media coverage for their work. Various The Brisbane Hotel https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/fresh-science-in-the-pub-wa-tickets-24445978580 Yes 2 LECTURE Bateman Lecture with Prof Jerry Hausman, MIT (Economics) Future Productivity: Pessimistic and Optimistic Viewpoints https://email@example.com/whatson/ARE 1467280800 2016 6 30 Thursday 18:00 1467288000 2016 6 30 Thursday 20:00 (None Set) (None Set) firstname.lastname@example.com Productivity is among the most important determinants of wages and economic welfare. Measured productivity growth in most large economies has decreased to very low levels in the last decade. Some analysts have pointed to this development and the slowdown in Moores Law to reach pessimistic conclusion about future productivity growth. At the same time advances in biotech and artificial intelligence may lead to important advances in productivity and economic welfare. Professor Hausman will consider both views and explain what he sees as the likely future of productivity. Please register at business.uwa.edu.au/school/ news/bateman-lecture/ Professor Jerry Hausman, MIT Wesfarmers Lecture Theatre, UWA Business School https://www.business.uwa.edu.au/school/news/bateman-lecture/ Yes 9 WORKSHOP How can CERI help researchers develop an entrepreneurial mindset? Discover what the Centre for Entrepreneurial Research and Innovation has to offer UWA researchers https://firstname.lastname@example.com/whatson/ARE 1467943200 2016 7 8 Friday 10:00 1467948600 2016 7 8 Friday 11:30 (None Set) (None Set) Michael Azariadis 64881726 firstname.lastname@example.com This workshop will outline how CERI can help researchers develop entrepreneurial skills and assist them through the innovation process. CERI is a not-for-profit organisation based in Nedlands. Dr Caroline Williams, CEO, CERI Rooms 1.61, 1.62, UWA Business School https://ceri.org.au Yes 2 Short course ANOVA, Linear regression and Logistic Regression The course is designed for people with knowledge of basic statistics who want to learn more about regression and analysis of variance (ANOVA). https://email@example.com/whatson/ARE 1468303200 2016 7 12 Tuesday 14:00 1468476000 2016 7 14 Thursday 14:00 (None Set) (None Set) Chrianna Bharat email@example.com This course covers techniques that can be used to analyse data with continuous and categorical variables. The course will begin with simple linear regression and then proceed with approaches that can be used with more than two variables such as multiple regression. ANOVA with interactions and blocking will also be covered. The course will end with techniques that address the analysis of binary or ordinal variables.Although not essential, some basic familiarity with SPSS or similar statistical package would be beneficial. A brief introduction to SPSS can be emailed to you before the course by request.The course will be held in a computer laboratory allowing participants to immediately apply the material covered through a series of practical examples.For further information relating to fees, please see the following link: https://www.cas.maths.uwa.edu.au/courses/anova-regression Assoc/Prof Russel John Mathematics Computing Laboratory (MCL), School of Mathematics and Statistics https://www.cas.maths.uwa.edu.au/courses/anova-regression No 36 SEMINAR Importance of accounting for private benefits and increasing opportunity costs in planning ecological restoration. https://email@example.com/whatson/ARE 1470366000 2016 8 5 Friday 11:00 1470369600 2016 8 5 Friday 12:00 (None Set) (None Set) Deborah Swindells 6488 2539 firstname.lastname@example.com Conservation projects implemented on private land often generate both public and private benefits. Private benefits are important determinants of cost-effectiveness, success, and adoption of such projects. However, they have not been adequately considered in ecological restoration planning and prioritisation. Another important issue lacking due attention in the restoration planning literature is variability of opportunity costs. Specifically, when restoration is implemented on private land, opportunity cost increases as landholder allocates more land to restoration. In this study, we analyse how consideration of private benefits and assumption of increasing marginal opportunity costs of land impact the outcomes of prioritising ecological restoration. We use a case study in north-central Victoria and employ a spatially explicit bio-economic model that maximises ecological benefits by selecting revegetation sites subject to a set of budgets. We observed that the scenario with increasing marginal opportunity costs that accounts for private benefits (i) gives a better biodiversity outcome, and (ii) results in a spatial pattern of ecological restoration shifting towards smaller properties. To avoid providing misleading recommendations to environmental managers about spatial targeting ecological restoration on private lands, it is important to take into account both private benefits captured by the landholders and increasing opportunity costs of securing land. Research Fellow Dr Maksym Polyakov Agriculture Lecture Theatre, Room G.013, North Wing Agricultural Building https://www.are.uwa.edu.au/research/seminars No 0 SEMINAR Category Errors in Natural Resource Management Planning Issues and Solutions https://firstname.lastname@example.com/whatson/ARE 1470970800 2016 8 12 Friday 11:00 1470974400 2016 8 12 Friday 12:00 (None Set) (None Set) Deborah 6488 2539 email@example.com Documenting the contribution of nature to human wellbeing, e.g., as human values or ecosystem services, is critical to the effective management of natural resources. However, problems with classifying desirable end states, including the mixing of means and ends, undermine research, planning and policy applications. Essentially, mixing means and ends is, in philosophical terms, a category error that has important implications for resource management. Although such errors are most damaging in goal-setting and thus decision-making, they also cause numerous related problems in natural resource management. For example, the misuse of system properties such as sustainability, profitability and resilience as goals in their own right. The proposed study will address category errors in natural resource management, the issues they raise, and their resolution. Research will focus on biological resources, but other resources will also be considered. This research will be documented through four proposed papers. Ken Wallace, ARE Adjunct Senior Lecturer and PhD Candidate Agricultural Lecture Theatre, G013, North Wing, Agriculture Building https://www.are.uwa.edu.au/research/seminars No 0 OPEN DAY University Hall Open Day Breakfast YOU can meet our UniHallers and join us for breakfast and a tour before heading over to UWA Open Day. https://firstname.lastname@example.com/whatson/ARE 1471136400 2016 8 14 Sunday 9:00 1471147200 2016 8 14 Sunday 12:00 (None Set) (None Set) Kelly Sheppard 9273 3488 email@example.com YOU can meet our UniHallers and join us for a free exclusive breakfast and a tour before heading over to UWA Open Day.This is a great opportunity for you to discover what its like to live on campus at UWA. On the day you will meet our UniHall ambassadors who will take you on a tour and share their stories about living at the Hall.Register your place online at www.unihall.uwa.edu.au/event/unihallbreakfast2016 Sir George Currie Dining Hall, University Hall, 130 Winthrop Ave, Crawley https://www.unihall.uwa.edu.au/event/unihallbreakfast2016/ Yes 16 PUBLIC TALK 2016 Women in Agriculture Breakfast Each year UWA SNAGS host a women in agriculture breakfast to introduce readily involved and influential women of the industry to those studying in the natural and agricultural sciences https://firstname.lastname@example.com/whatson/ARE 1471303800 2016 8 16 Tuesday 7:30 1471311000 2016 8 16 Tuesday 9:30 (None Set) (None Set) Lachlan Hunter 0457721949 email@example.com Each year UWA SNAGS host a women in agriculture breakfast to introduce readily involved and influential women of the industry to those studying in the natural and agricultural sciences. This year the event will be on the 16th August at 7:30am. This event has been a great success in previous years, with over a hundred attendees from range of different organisations. We are pleased to announce our keynote speakers for this year are: Mrs Maree Gooch - Finalist RIRDC Rural Woman of the Year WA 2016 Ms Elizabeth Brennan- President Australian Women in AgricultureMC: Former ABC Rural and WA Country Hour presenter Mrs Rose Crane.Tickets are $25 for students (with a valid student email address) and $40 for non-students and are available for purchase at www.eventbrite.com.au/e/uwa-snags-celebrating-women-in-agriculture-breakfast-tickets-26416677995 Mrs Maree Gooch and Ms Elizabeth Brennan The University Club of WA https://www.ioa.uwa.edu.au/_nocache/?a=2905872&now=1468488538 Yes 9 EVENT Are Plant Barcodes the Future of Conservation? Join Dr Ellen Jorgensen for this free talk https://email@example.com/whatson/ARE 1471334400 2016 8 16 Tuesday 16:00 1471338000 2016 8 16 Tuesday 17:00 (None Set) (None Set) Rebecca Maddern 9480 3684 email@example.com Join Dr Ellen Jorgensen for a free talk during National Science Week. Hear about Ellens fascinating project to barcode native plant species in a remote area of Alaska for their future conservation. Dr Jorgensen is visiting from New York, where she is co-founder of Genspace the worlds first community laboratory dedicated to promoting citizen science and biotechnology. With a passion for increasing science literacy, particularly in molecular and synthetic biology, Dr Jorgensen has a PhD in molecular biology and a 30-year career in the biotech industry. Her TED Talk Biohacking You Can Do It Too, has been viewed more than a million times. The event is free but bookings are essential as places are limited. Book at: firstname.lastname@example.com Dr Ellen Jorgensen, co-founder of Genspace. Biodiversity Conservation Centre, Kings Park (off Fraser Avenue) No 1 SEMINAR Think long term: the costs and benefits of prescribed burning in the south-west of Western Australia https://email@example.com/whatson/ARE 1471575600 2016 8 19 Friday 11:00 1471579200 2016 8 19 Friday 12:00 (None Set) (None Set) Deborah Swindells 6488 2539 firstname.lastname@example.com This study aims provide a framework through which the trade-offs between prescribed burning, wildfire suppression and wildfire damages can be brought to light and evaluated. It uses an economic model in conjunction with a wildfire simulator to test different prescribed-burning strategies and identify the strategy that yields the highest return to society under different scenarios. The long-term analysis shows that not doing any prescribed burning for several years can be very costly for the south-west of WA, with large increases in damages and suppression expenditures. It suggests that substantial benefits that can be gained from increasing the amount of area prescribed burned per year in the region. There are not large economic differences between prescribed burning 10, 15 and 20% of public land in the long term, but each of these is greatly superior to doing nothing. The results from the long-term model indicate that prescribed burning may generate between AU$10 and AU$47 benefits every year per dollar invested compared to doing nothing. Research Associate Veronique Florec, ARE Agric Lecture Theatre, G.013, North Wing Agricultural Building,UWA https://www.are.uwa.edu.au/research/seminars No 0 EVENT To tweet or not to tweet? Social media for Scientists (Thursday August 25th 11am-1pm) https://firstname.lastname@example.com/whatson/ARE 1472094000 2016 8 25 Thursday 11:00 1472101200 2016 8 25 Thursday 13:00 (None Set) (None Set) Kylie Black 6488 7039 firstname.lastname@example.com UWA scientists are invited to meet with Dr Melanie Bagg from the Australian Science Media Centre (AusSMC). Melanie will share tips and advice on the best use of social media to communicate your research with the media and the communities you want to reach.Melanie has a PhD in Medicine, Obstetrics and Gynaecology and more than 10 years of experience in science communication, marketing management, business development and education outreach. She helped create and was inaugural editor of e-Science magazine. Melanie also spent over five years working closely with journalists at the SA Advertiser on specialist science print publications and a weekly Can you believe it? column. Currently she is a regular on ABC891 live talk back radio as their regular Medical Science Myth Buster. Melanie is extremely passionate about science communication and how science is presented to the public via media and social media.The workshop is targeted at scientists and early career science researchers looking to improve their online profile and communication strategies, and will include the following: Introduction to the Australian Science Media Centre Mainstream Media/Social media: Common concerns Why bother? How engaging with social media can help your career Resources that specifically address scientists using social media How social media has embraced traditional media Which social media categories and platforms are most useful for researchers, best use, pros and cons, some tips for getting started Introduction to AusSMC online training resource: Science Media Savvy (SMS)Registration essential, please see https://is.uwa.libcal.com/event.php?id=1149084 Dr Melanie Bagg from the Australian Science Media Centre (AusSMC) Gentilli Lecture Theatre (note change of venue) https://is.uwa.libcal.com/event.php?id=1149084 No 2 SEMINAR Think long term: the costs and benefits of prescribed burning in the south-west of Western Australia https://email@example.com/whatson/ARE 1472180400 2016 8 26 Friday 11:00 1472184000 2016 8 26 Friday 12:00 (None Set) (None Set) Deborah Swindells 6488 2539 email@example.com This study aims provide a framework through which the trade-offs between prescribed burning, wildfire suppression and wildfire damages can be brought to light and evaluated. It uses an economic model in conjunction with a wildfire simulator to test different prescribed-burning strategies and identify the strategy that yields the highest return to society under different scenarios. The long-term analysis shows that not doing any prescribed burning for several years can be very costly for the south-west of WA, with large increases in damages and suppression expenditures. It suggests that substantial benefits that can be gained from increasing the amount of area prescribed burned per year in the region. There are not large economic differences between prescribed burning 10, 15 and 20% of public land in the long term, but each of these is greatly superior to doing nothing. The results from the long-term model indicate that prescribed burning may generate between AU$10 and AU$47 benefits every year per dollar invested compared to doing nothing. Veronique Florec, Research Associate, School of Agricultural and Resource Economics Agriculture Lecture Theatre, Nth Wing Agricultural Building, UWA - Room G.013 https://www.are.uwa.edu.au/research/seminars No 0 PUBLIC TALK Nitrogen crises in agriculture and potential solutions In this public lecture, Dr Udvardi will discuss basic and applied research and development approaches that aim to reduce the use and environmental impact of industrial N-fertlizers, while maintaining or even increasing plant productivity. https://firstname.lastname@example.com/whatson/ARE 1472720400 2016 9 1 Thursday 17:00 1472724000 2016 9 1 Thursday 18:00 (None Set) (None Set) Diana Boykett 64884717 email@example.com Low concentrations of mineral- and organic-nitrogen compounds in many soils limit plant growth and productivity. Industrial production and use of N-fertilizers relieved this constraint in many agricultural systems and fuelled the Green Revolution of the 20th century. Without N-fertilizers there would be approximately two billion fewer people alive today, yet massive use of such fertilizers (now over 100 million tonnes per year) in many areas is compromising human health and natural ecosystems, and challenging the sustainability of modern agriculture.In contrast, millions of resource-poor farmers lack sufficient N-fertilizer to ensure good harvests, especially in Africa where yields are often only 10-20% of yield potential for staples like maize.Solving these contrasting N-crises in agriculture will require concerted efforts on a number of fronts, including political, social, economic, industrial, agricultural and scientific action.In this talk, Dr Udvardi will discuss basic and applied research and development approaches that aim to reduce the use and environmental impact of industrial N-fertilizers, while maintaining or even increasing plant productivity.Symbiotic nitrogen fixation in legumes is helping to improve agricultural yields in resource poor countries now, while associative and synthetic nitrogen fixation in non-legumes may, in the future, substitute for industrial N-fertilizer in both resource-poor and rich agricultural systems, with benefits for society and the environment.Download the flyer https://ow.ly/fqsn304u07D for more information and RSVP to email@example.com Dr Michael Udvardi Tattersal Lecture Theatre, UWA https://ow.ly/fqsn304u07D Yes 0 EVENT Today's Global Emergencies and Their Impact on Communities https://email@example.com/whatson/ARE 1473314400 2016 9 8 Thursday 14:00 1473318000 2016 9 8 Thursday 15:00 (None Set) (None Set) Admin Psy 6488 3267 email@example.com The incidence of armed conflict, forced displacement and natural disasters is increasing, with tremendous impacts for local communities.There are concerning consequences of trauma for mental and physical health, community cohesion and economic stability, yet growing evidence suggests that humans are incredibly resilient in times of adversity.Innovative research currently being conducted at UWA that investigates how communities cope with complex emergencies will be highlighted in a panel discussion Dr. Elizabeth Newnham, Dr. Colleen Fisher, Dr. Jessica Tearne, Dr. Carmen Lawrence, Ernst and Young Lecture Theatre https://www.researchweek.uwa.edu.au/events/todays-global-emergencies-and-their-impact-on-communities/ No 1 PUBLIC LECTURE The Importance of Marine Protected Areas for Our Oceans A public lecture - part of the 2016 Our Ocean conference https://firstname.lastname@example.com/whatson/ARE 1473930000 2016 9 15 Thursday 17:00 1473933600 2016 9 15 Thursday 18:00 (None Set) (None Set) Oceans Institute email@example.com This satellite event is part of the 2016 Our Ocean Conference. Held in Washington, D.C. on September 15-16 and hosted by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, the conference focuses on the key ocean issues of our time marine protected areas, sustainable fisheries, marine pollution, and climate-related impacts on the ocean. Ocean wildlife such as sharks and tunas are in decline globally, with some populations reduced by up to 90% of their abundance pre-industrialised fishing. Marine pollution and ocean warming place further pressure on overexploited species. The loss of these predators is of significant concern from not only a biodiversity perspective but due to their role as ecosystem regulators in healthy oceans. Large big blue marine protected areas (MPAs) are increasingly established to halt and reverse declines in ocean wildlife and to protect examples of intact ocean ecosystems. In the US, President Obama recently announced the expansion of the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument off the coast of Hawaii to 1.5 million square kilometres (582,578 square miles), now the largest contiguous MPA in the world. Australia is the worlds first (and only) nation to zone its entire Exclusive Economic Zone into a multiple-use network of Commonwealth Marine Reserves, covering some 1.7 million square kilometres (656,374 square miles). These and other large MPAs reflect significant investments in ocean conservation by governments and have at times been polarising. Todays presentation will highlight innovative world-first research being undertaken at the University of Western Australia to determine how large MPAs increase resilience in our ocean wildlife and support its recovery and build community support for Our Oceans.Professor Jessica Meeuwig is the Director of the Centre for Marine Futures and a member of the UWA Oceans Institute and School of Animal Biology. Her lab primarily documents the structure of reef and open water fish communities using innovative video techniques to understand how these communities respond to climate change, overfishing and other human impacts. Professor Meeuwigs team has a particular focus on the role of marine protected areas in supporting ocean resilience. She is a Conservation Fellow of the Zoological Society of London.This event is co-sponsored by the UWA Oceans Institute, Perth USAsia Centre and the U.S. Consulate General Perth. Professor Jessica Meeuwig Economics Conference Room, Level 3, Economics and Commerce Building, UWA https://www.eventbrite.com. au/e/australias-big-blue-theimportance- of-marine-protectedareas- tickets-27398539770 Yes 9 EVENT Engels Law, Diet Diversity and the Quality of Food Consumption https://firstname.lastname@example.com/whatson/ARE 1473994800 2016 9 16 Friday 11:00 1473998400 2016 9 16 Friday 12:00 (None Set) (None Set) Deborah Swindells 6488 2539 firstname.lastname@example.com Increasing income brings about a decline in the relative importance of food consumption, a wider spread of spending patterns and a demand for higher-quality goods. Using an index-number approach, this paper analyses these three closely related tendencies. Stripping out the impact of prices from the dispersion of food expenditures gives a volume-based measure of diet diversity that is relevant for nutrition. Using unpublished ICP data for 31 items of food in more than 150 countries, we find that diets of rich countries are substantially more diverse than those of the poor; and that volumes are the more appropriate way to measure the inequality of diversity. The quality of the food basket, based on the luxury-necessity distinction of consumption, increases with income, but the elasticity is small. There is a modest tendency for the structure of prices to be pro-poor, since prices of necessities relative to luxuries are lower in richer countries. Additionally, our diversity and quality measures are shown to have implications for demand analysis and wellbeing. Professor Kenneth W Clements, UWA Business School Agriculural Lecture Theatre, G.013 North Wing Agricultural Building https://www.are.uwa.edu.au/research/seminars No 0 EVENT Pingelly Astrofest An Astronomically Awesome Free Event https://firstname.lastname@example.com/whatson/ARE 1474101000 2016 9 17 Saturday 16:30 1474117200 2016 9 17 Saturday 21:00 (None Set) (None Set) Debra Mullan 08 64881539 firstname.lastname@example.com UWA Farm Ridgefield and the International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research (ICRAR) are hosting a community based festival event to celebrate astronomy and Australian science on Saturday, 17 September 2016. The event will feature fun and engaging activities in a beautiful rural setting, at UWA Farm Ridgefield, close to Pingelly. Attendees will be able to interact and engage with astronomy experts, enjoy activities run by Scitech, see fabulous astrophotography and learn about some of the local history of astronomy in the Pingelly region.The event is free but you must register to attend: https://www.ioa.uwa.edu.au/_nocache/?a=2917412&now=1471416242A bus will be leaving UWA campus at 2pm on Saturday 17 September, 2016 and will return to the UWA campus at approximately midnight. Bus charges are $25 per adult and $12.50 for children under 12. To book to catch the bus: https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/pingelly-astrofest-return-bus-ticket-perth-to-pingelly-tickets-27166088502?utm_term=eventurl_textIf you have any questions, please email Debra Mullan (firstname.lastname@example.com) or call 08 6488 1539. UWA Farm Ridgefield https://www.ioa.uwa.edu.au/_nocache/?a=2917412&now=1471416242 Yes 8 SEMINAR Bayliss Seminar Series The biochemist stripped bare: fundamental issues around data analysis and presentation that have taken about 20 years of doing science to sink in https://email@example.com/whatson/ARE 1474268400 2016 9 19 Monday 15:00 1474272000 2016 9 19 Monday 16:00 (None Set) (None Set) The School of Chemistry and Biochemistry Team 6488 4402 email@example.com As practising scientists, we all know that every measurement we make is subject to uncertainty - and we also all know that there are a whole set of protocols that have been developed to help you quantify that uncertainty and help you make decisions about and present your data. These tools are statistics. The very word strikes fear into the heart of many researchers as they admit quietly to themselves that they don't remember as much of that first-year statistics course as they should, but are too embarrassed to ask anyone about it because they feel that they're supposed to know better. The good news I have is that I have taken that embarrassment on the chin for you. I've gone through the statistical fires of hell and emerged only mildly charred from the other side - and am now offering to share my findings with you. If you've ever felt slightly uncomfortable about error bars, sample sizes, p-values or prior probabilities, come along and hear the musings of someone else who has too. Professor Joel Mackay, The University of Sydney Tattersall Lecture Theatre No 0 STAFF EVENT mLEARNING SUMMIT Explore the use of mobile and in-context learning in Higher Education https://firstname.lastname@example.com/whatson/ARE 1474416000 2016 9 21 Wednesday 8:00 1474430400 2016 9 21 Wednesday 12:00 (None Set) (None Set) Georgina Roberts 6488 1577 email@example.com Join us for the mLEARNING SUMMIT, the main event for the mLearning Month (September 2016) hosted by the Centre for Education Futures. The mLearning Summit will be featuring our own Professor Gilly Salmon addressing the role of mobile learning in blended education.Also, featuring Dr Thomas Cochrane from Auckland University of Technology who has managed and implemented over 40 mobile learning projects and who also has a focus on student-generated content and student-generated learning contexts and bridging formal and informal learning environments.In addition, there will be a panel discussion including representatives from fellow Western Australian Universities discussing their approaches and thoughts around mobile learning within their University communities.The PROGRAM for the mLearning Summit is available at: https://www.worldclasseducation.uwa.edu.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0005/2915510/Calendar-of-Events-and-mLearning-Summit-Program.pdf Dr Thomas Cochrane, Academic Advisor and Senior Lecturer in Educational Technology, Auckland University of Technology AND Professor Gilly Salmon, Pro Vice-Chancellor (Education Innovation), University of Western Australia Banquet Hall, The University Club https://mlearningmonth.eventbrite.com.au Yes 3 PUBLIC LECTURE Antipodean agricultural and resource economics at 60: Natural resource management https://firstname.lastname@example.com/whatson/ARE 1475809200 2016 10 7 Friday 11:00 1475812800 2016 10 7 Friday 12:00 (None Set) (None Set) Heather Gordon 6488 7869 firstname.lastname@example.com Australian and New Zealand research on the economics of natural resource management (NRM) has a relatively short history. Defining NRM as including water, agricultural land, marine renewable resources, nature conservation and forestry, 65% of all Australasian journal articles in the area have been published since 2005. The most-researched NRM issue is water, followed by marine renewable resources and agricultural land. Most of the NRM issues with a high level of economic research are issues that have had major policy initiatives in place at around the time of the studies, highlighting the high policy relevance of most of the research. For each NRM issue, we identify important contributions that have been made by Australian and New Zealand economists. These include the design and implementation of well-functioning water markets, the provision of strong critiques of agricultural NRM programs, advice on the design and implementation of individual transferable quotas for fisheries, and many more. Prof David Pannell Agriculture Lecture Theatre (Ag Nth Bld G013) No 0 WORKSHOP Assessment and Feedback Futures: Tools for Good Practice https://email@example.com/whatson/ARE 1476061200 2016 10 10 Monday 9:00 1476262800 2016 10 12 Wednesday 17:00 (None Set) (None Set) Liberty Cramer x5083 email@example.com UWA Staff are invited to join Mark Bailye (Blackboard) and Centre for Education Futures staff for this active workshop to explore how technological tools can support the UWA Policy on Assessment, and enhance good assessment and feedback practice. This session will help you get the most out of Blackboard (and other digital tools) and give you a head start on meeting the requirements of the UWA Assessment Policy before 2018. This session is targeted at teaching staff, but all interested staff are welcome to attend.Sessions are three hours, running in the morning and afternoon of the 10th, 11th, and 12th of October. Staff only need to attend one session. For more information and to join your Faculty's session, please visit our website: https://www.worldclasseducation.uwa.edu.au/2883437 Mark Bailye Various https://www.worldclasseducation.uwa.edu.au/education-futures/faculty/assessment-and-feedback-futures/latest-updates Yes 3 PUBLIC LECTURE Non-Market Valuation of Loss: Values, Places, and Experiences with Climate Change https://email@example.com/whatson/ARE 1476414000 2016 10 14 Friday 11:00 1476417600 2016 10 14 Friday 12:00 (None Set) (None Set) Heather Gordon 6488 7869 firstname.lastname@example.com The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) is seeking to prepare for losses arising from climate change. This is an emerging issue that challenges climate science and policy to engage more deeply with values, places, and peoples experiences. Drawing on a collaborative WUN project, I first provide insight into the UNFCCC framing of loss and damage and current approaches to valuation. I then explore the growing literature on value- and place-based approaches to adaptation, including limits to adaptation, which examines loss as nuanced and sensitive to the nature of peoples lives. A significant body of knowledge illustrates that loss is often given meaning through lived, embodied, and place-based experiences, and so is more felt than tangible. Our group offers insights into recent scholarship that addresses how people make trade-offs between different value priorities. This emerging literature offers an opening in the academic debate to further advance a relational framing of loss in which trade-offs between lived values are seen as dynamic elements in a prospective loss space. Prof Petra Tschakert Agriculture Lecture Theatre (Ag Nth Bld G013) No 0 PUBLIC LECTURE The Uncertainty of modelling Uncertainty in an Uncertain World: Bane or Boon? https://email@example.com/whatson/ARE 1477018800 2016 10 21 Friday 11:00 1477022400 2016 10 21 Friday 12:00 (None Set) (None Set) Heather Gordon 6488 7869 email@example.com The debates around the 2006 Stern Review on the economics of climate change have been shifting their focus in conjunction with a renewed flurry of activity in the area of decision-making under uncertainty. New ideas are influencing the design of economic experiments as well as the interpretation of behavioural data. Motivated by these developments, as well as by my own ARC-funded research on conservation auctions under uncertainty, this talk will offer a birds eye view on how the study of economic behaviour under uncertainty is currently changing and how that might affect modelling efforts and economic analysis more broadly. Assoc Prof Steven Schilizzi Agriculture Lecture Theatre (Ag Nth Bld G013) No 0 SEMINAR Induction of fertile ovulation and puberty advancement by a new kisspeptin analog School of Anatomy, Physiology & Human Biology Seminar Series https://firstname.lastname@example.com/whatson/ARE 1477371600 2016 10 25 Tuesday 13:00 1477375200 2016 10 25 Tuesday 14:00 (None Set) (None Set) Deborah Hull 6488 3313 email@example.com The Seminar: The neuropeptide kisspeptin and its receptor, KiSS1R, govern the reproductive timeline of mammals. Previous studies pointed to their central role to maintain fertility by triggering puberty onset and promoting ovulation by stimulating gonadotrophin-releasing hormone (GnRH) secretion. However, the extremely short half-life of kisspeptin limits its use outside an experimental setting. To overcome this limitation we designed kisspeptin analogs with improved resistance to degradation and reduced renal excretion. The best analog, C6, induced a dose-dependent and long-lasting increase on LH and FSH plasma concentration. To explore potential applications in reproduction management C6 was injected to progestogen primed ewe and compared to PMSG treatment. The synchronization of LH surge obtained with a single bolus intramuscular injection of 15 nmol/ewe of C6 was superior to that induced by PMSG administration. Furthermore, using the same protocol either in the breeding or in the non-breeding season, C6 administration triggered ovulation that produced healthy corpora lutea as shown by progesterone increase starting from 3 days after treatment. In an additional experiment performed during the breeding season we showed that ovulations were fertile as demonstrated by the delivery of healthy lambs at term. Preliminary experiments in goats during the breeding season using a similar protocol produced similar results. Puberty control is another important requirement in livestock management. To assess if C6 could modulate puberty onset we used the mouse, which has the advantage of short time to puberty allowing for rapid testing. In prepubertal female mice daily injections (0.15 nmol/mouse) for five days significantly advanced vaginal opening and first estrus, confirming the potential for this application. To summarize C6 has a potent and long-lasting action in different species. Its ability to trigger ovulation and advance puberty onset demonstrate that kisspeptin analogs may find application in the management of livestock reproduction by, for example, substituting the use of PMSG to synchronize ovulations. Additional experiments are ongoing to establish if in the non-breeding season it would be possible to induce fertile ovulation without progestogen priming. This will definitively represent a breakthrough in livestock reproduction management.The Speaker: My story with kisspeptin started in 2008 when I performed my PhD studies under the supervision of Alain Caraty and Christine Briant at the French National Institute for Agricultural Research (INRA). During that period, I first explored the localization of kisspeptin neurons and theirs interactions with GnRH neuronal system in equine hypothalamus. Using kisspeptin administration I also explored the possibility to trigger ovulation in mares under different physiological conditions. This work allowed me to obtain my PhD with full honors in 2012. Passionate by this research subject I continued my work on kisspeptin and extended to RFRP-3 during my post-doctorate in the team of Massimiliano Beltramo always at the INRA. My present research on kisspeptin focuses on evaluating the possibility to manage livestock reproduction with kisspeptin analogs. By working in collaboration with a group of peptide chemists of the CNRS I take part in the development of a drug discovery program to generate kisspeptin analogs. This effort has already lead to the identification of an analog holding strong promise for development of field applications. Caroline Decourt Ph.D. French National Institute for Agricultural Research, Nouzilly, France Room 1.81, Anatomy building (north), The University of Western Australia https://www.aphb.uwa.edu.au/research/seminars No 0 PUBLIC TALK UN World Food Day and SDG2 free event Wed26 October 5:30pm @ Rio Tinto Theatrette, Perth, WA:https://www.facebook.com/events/627188600785729/ https://firstname.lastname@example.com/whatson/ARE 1477474200 2016 10 26 Wednesday 17:30 1477479600 2016 10 26 Wednesday 19:00 (None Set) (None Set) Isaac Lorca firstname.lastname@example.com Next Wed26 October at 5:30pm we will be having a free wonderful event focused on promoting UN World Food Day and UN Sustainable Development Goal 2 to ' End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition plus promoting sustainable agriculture' from a WA perspective. Here is the Facebook link with all the information about the event including how to register: https://www.facebook.com/events/627188600785729/ So do please register in case you are interested and please do tell friends who may have similar interests. Many thanks to you all and hope to speak to you very soon, Professor Graeme Martin from UWA and Janet Bornmann from Curtin University. Rio Tinto Theatrette, Perth. https://www.facebook.com/events/627188600785729/ Yes 2 PUBLIC LECTURE Assessing the performance of comparative agriculture methods to assess regional diversity in Australian farming systems https://email@example.com/whatson/ARE 1477623600 2016 10 28 Friday 11:00 1477627200 2016 10 28 Friday 12:00 (None Set) (None Set) Heather Gordon 6488 7869 firstname.lastname@example.com Ms Myrtille Lacoste, PhD candidate No 0 EVENT Video Feedback: Engage students & enhance their learning experience Helping provide a higher quality of feedback in the same amount of time. https://firstname.lastname@example.com/whatson/ARE 1477630800 2016 10 28 Friday 13:00 1477634400 2016 10 28 Friday 14:00 (None Set) (None Set) Alyce-Maree Walpole firstname.lastname@example.com Research indicates the provision of video feedback on student assessments results in an overwhelmingly positive impact on engagement, performance and overall perception of the unit and its coordinator. Join Learning Technologists Liberty Cramer and Michelle Bunting from the Centre for Education Futures as they discuss how to provide good feedback, how feedback aligns with university policy, and the pedagogy supporting video feedback. The session will suggest a workflow for providing video feedback, supported by research, allowing academics to provide a higher quality of feedback in the same amount of time. Liberty Cramer and Michelle Bunting Futures Observatory https://videofeedback.eventbrite.com.au Yes 2 SEMINAR PostgradOne: Designing an app for PhD supervision https://email@example.com/whatson/ARE 1478228400 2016 11 4 Friday 11:00 1478232000 2016 11 4 Friday 12:00 (None Set) (None Set) Deborah Swindells 6488 2539 email@example.com Successful PhD supervision requires the management of numerous milestones together with ongoing documentation of meetings, research outputs and supervisor feedback. Regular communication among the student, individual supervisors and other relevant bodies is critical to the process. This presentation describes current efforts at developing a software application (an app) that students and supervisors can use to manage milestones and to maintain extensive documentation on meetings, research resources and supervisor feedback. The presentation will include a demonstration of a very preliminary or toy version of the app and a related web service. The seminar is being given with the hope that there would be feedback from participants to help identify an ideal set of features for the app. Associate Professor Atakelty Hailu, School of Agricultural and Resource Economics Agriculture Lecture Theatre, G.013 North Wing Agricultural Building, UWA https://www.are.uwa.edu.au/research/seminars No 0 VISITING SPEAKER AB SEMINAR SERIES Stem Cells and Genome editing; exploring novel ways to engineer large animals for biotech and biomed outcomes https://firstname.lastname@example.com/whatson/ARE 1478235600 2016 11 4 Friday 13:00 1478239200 2016 11 4 Friday 14:00 (None Set) (None Set) Clelia Gasparini email@example.com Pluripotent (embryonic) stem cells have long been an elusive target for livestock as they were seen as the exclusive route for effecting precise genome editing. The first generation of cattle and reprogrammed sheep induced Pluripotent Stem Cells from our lab raised exciting possibilities to realise precise transgenic and genome editing in livestock. Meanwhile, advances in precise and efficient genome editing in mammalian cells and especially zygotes has made the generation of unique animals a reality. In the talk I will present our research using a combination of pluripotent stem cells and advanced genome editing aimed at achieving biomedical and agricultural outcomes. Prof Paul Verma Wesfarmers Lecture Theatre (Business school) No 1 CONFERENCE Australian Society for Medical Research national Scientific Conference Nov 2016 on the Gold Coast ASMR is pleased to announce that we have opened the National Scientific Conference for late-breaking abstracts. https://firstname.lastname@example.com/whatson/ARE 1479009600 2016 11 13 Sunday 12:00 1479186000 2016 11 15 Tuesday 13:00 (None Set) (None Set) Demelza Ireland - email@example.com; firstname.lastname@example.com 55th Australian Society for Medical Research (ASMR) National Scientific ConferenceNEXT-GENERATION HEALTHCARE: MERGING BIOLOGY & TECHNOLOGYNovember 13-15, 2016 Bond University, Gold CoastLook beyond disciplinary boundaries and join us at NSC 2016 for a truly inspiring glimpse into the future of healthcareOPEN FOR LATE-BREAKING ABSTRACTS!ALL FIELDS OF HEALTH & MEDICAL RESEARCH WELCOME!Only $230 for student member & $400 for regular member register here 2016 Firkin and Edwards Orators brilliantly successful exponents of multi- and cross-disciplinary researchProfessor AlimLouis Benabid and Professor Alan Trounson Bond University, Gold Coast, Queensland https://www.asmr-nsc.org.au Yes 2 SEMINAR Joint Physics and Mathematics Colloquium https://email@example.com/whatson/ARE 1479196800 2016 11 15 Tuesday 16:00 1479200400 2016 11 15 Tuesday 17:00 (None Set) (None Set) Luke Morgan email@example.com Everyone is warmly invited to the Joint Physics and Mathematics Colloquium. Title: "Dualities in Mathematics and Physics"Abstract: In this talk I will review some geometric analogues of the Fourier transform, which arise in String Theory under the name of dualities. In particular, I will discuss global aspects of T-duality and mention some recent generalisations. T-duality has important applications in different areas of mathematics, such as in differential geometry, algebraic topology, operator algebras, noncommutative geometry, as well as in physics. This is a talk aimed at non-specialists and will include many examples. Cheese and wine will be served in the Mathematics Common Room from 5.00 pm. Professor Peter Bouwknegt (Mathematical Sciences Institute, ANU) Robert Street Lecture Theatre No 1 SEMINAR Using Natural Capital Adjusted Productivity and Efficiency Model to Measure On-farm Natural Capital https://email@example.com/whatson/ARE 1480042800 2016 11 25 Friday 11:00 1480046400 2016 11 25 Friday 12:00 (None Set) (None Set) Deborah Swindells 6488 2539 firstname.lastname@example.com Valuing natural capital is fundamental to measuring sustainability of natural resources and environmental assets. An appropriate conceptual framework and practical measurement techniques do not currently exist to quantify and measure natural capital assets and ecosystem services on farms in an accurate and easy to understand way. We propose a natural capital adjusted productivity and efficiency technique to measure natural capital on farms. Using directional distance functions we construct an on-farm natural capital indicator soil natural capital indicator that can be used for assessment of soil natural capital assets on farms. The newly devised indicator can also be used in estimating efficiency of farms in relation to soil natural resource use in agricultural production systems. This natural capital asset indicator can then be used in economic decision making process in order to maintain higher farm productivity growth in agriculture and achieving environmental sustainability. M A Samad Azad, Research Fellow, Tasmanian School of Business and Economics, University of Tasmania Agriculture Lecture Theatre, G.013 North Wing, Agricultural Building, UWA https://www.are.uwa.edu.au/research/seminars No 0 PUBLIC LECTURE Nitrogen crises in agriculture and potential solutions All are welcome to attend a public lecture by one of the most highly cited scientists in the world, Dr Michael Udvardi https://firstname.lastname@example.com/whatson/ARE 1480582800 2016 12 1 Thursday 17:00 1480586400 2016 12 1 Thursday 18:00 (None Set) (None Set) Diana Boykett 64884717 firstname.lastname@example.com Without Nitrogen fertilizers there would be approximately two billion fewer people alive today, yet massive use of such fertilizers in many areas is compromising human health and natural ecosystems, and challenging the sustainability of modern agriculture.Register online at www.ioa.uwa.edu.au/events/registerIn this talk, Dr Udvardi will discuss basic and applied research and development approaches that aim to reduce the use and environmental impact of industrial nitrogen fertilizers, while maintaining or even increasing productivity. Dr Michael Udvardi Tattersal Lecture Theatre, UWA https://www.ioa.uwa.edu.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0010/2945359/Public-Lecture-Dr-Michael-Udvardi_011216.pdf Yes 9 EVENT UWA ConocoPhillips Science Experience UWA's 3 day Science Experience for current year 9 & 10 students https://email@example.com/whatson/ARE 1484614800 2017 1 17 Tuesday 9:00 1484640000 2017 1 17 Tuesday 16:00 (None Set) (None Set) Keal Byrne 6488 8744. email@example.com The UWA three-day ConocoPhillips Science Experience is a wonderful opportunity for current year 9 and 10 students to participate in hands-on workshops, meet knowledgeable and enthusiastic scientists and current students, get to know others with an interest in STEM fields, experience what its like to be a university student, and discover the rich variety of careers that can come from having a degree in science or engineering. Activities include: Phantastic Physics The Heart of Science Rocks are too hard lets break something else Cosmic Conversations: Radio Astronomy and the SKA Maths: Game Theory The Magic of Chemistry show The Society of Petroleum EngineersRegister now at https://www.scienceexperience.com.au/when-where/wa/university-of-western-australia-perth. Dates: 17-19 January 2017. Time: 9am-4pm. Cost: $120.00. Any queries? Please contact email@example.com Tel: 6488 8744. UWA campus No 13 SEMINAR Personal discount rates on and off the farm https://email@example.com/whatson/ARE 1488510000 2017 3 3 Friday 11:00 1488513300 2017 3 3 Friday 11:55 (None Set) (None Set) Maksym Polyakov 6488 5509 firstname.lastname@example.com Longitudinal studies of populations have achieved significant results, for example the long-running study of the health of residents of Bunbury. So far however there have not been any economics equivalents. There is therefore very little knowledge about the way subjective economic variables change over time. But in fact, time series data of how WA farmers, and control groups, react to changing economic circumstances would be a valuable resource for farmers themselves, policy makers, business and the academic community. One of the questions that would form part of the study has been proposed to be personal discount rates, which may vary not only over time but between different social groups in the community - but there will be many others.This seminar is about how UWA could take the lead in formulating and implementing this kind of study in Western Australia. Come along and help shape the project! Julian Roche, Adjunct Lecturer Agricultural Lecture Theatre, G013 North Wing, Agricultural Building No 0 SEMINAR The Economic Valuation of Australian Managed and Wild Honeybee Pollinators https://firstname.lastname@example.com/whatson/ARE 1489114800 2017 3 10 Friday 11:00 1489118100 2017 3 10 Friday 11:55 (None Set) (None Set) Maksym Polyakov 08 6488 5509 email@example.com Since the mid 1980s a limited number of Australian studies have reported the economic value of Australias managed and wild honeybee pollinators. Only a few of these studies reported the correct economic value while the bulk of the remainder reported various financial values, including the frequently cited, crop value of honeybee pollinators, which the industry and stakeholders consider to be the economic value. Four Australian studies have correctly reported the economic value. Two of the studies used the appropriate economic model, the Launhardt Marshall Economic Welfare Model (L‐M Model) to quantify the economic value of managed and wild honeybee pollinators. Two other studies cited the results of the two earlier studies. Roderic Gill (1989) pioneered the use of the L‐M Model using ABS data for the mid 1980s. He measured the economic value to be between $A 604.8 m and $A 1.209 bn, based on two price elasticities of demand. The upper value has been adopted as the most likely economic value. Gordon and Davis (2003) using 1999‐2000 ABS data updated Gills study which included the same number of honeybee pollinated agriculture crops. They calculated an economic value of $A 1.726 bn. The current study which uses 2014‐2015 ABS data, has heeded the sage advice offered by Kevan and Phillips (2001) to comprehensively review and update the pollination requirements. This led to the identification of over fifty honeybee dependent agriculture crops, while eliminating other crops once considered honeybee pollinator dependent. Gordon and Davis (2003) following Gill (1989) measured economic value in terms of the benefit producers receive in the presence of honeybee pollinators. This study measures the economic value in terms of the loss consumers experience in the absence of honeybee pollinators brought about by a supply side shock caused by an incursion of the deadly varroa mite onto mainland Australia. This study reports for the first‐time multiple economic values of honeybee pollinators: for Australia, for the individual states and the territories. It also reports the economic value of an arbitrarily selected food crop (strawberries) in a randomly selected region (the Avon region in Western Australia). In 2014‐2015 the economic value of Australian honeybee pollinators was between $A 8.0 bn and $A 19 bn. This economic value is far greater than ABARES 2014‐2015 estimate of $A 101m gross value of Australian honeybee production. The results of this study confirm the economic importance of Australias managed and wild honeybee pollinators continue to be substantial. John M. Karasinski, Lecturer, Curtin Graduate School of Business Agricultural Lecture Theatre, G013 North Wing, Agricultural Building No 0 SEMINAR Profit efficiency and rice variety choice among rice farmers in Vietnam PhD proposal seminar https://email@example.com/whatson/ARE 1489719600 2017 3 17 Friday 11:00 1489722900 2017 3 17 Friday 11:55 (None Set) (None Set) Maksym Polyakov 08 6488 5509 email@example.com Although Vietnam is among the worlds leading rice producers, rice farm incomes remain low. This is partly explained by the inefficient use or allocation of resources. This study aims to investigate the determinants of these inefficiencies and identify solutions that have the potential to enhance incomes. This project is conducted in the Mekong River Delta, the countrys largest rice intensification area, where more than 50% of Vietnams planted rice area (4.25 million ha) is cultivated, producing more than 25 million tonnes of paddy and contributing about 90% of the rice export volume annually (6 million tonnes) (GSO 2015). This study focuses on: 1) evaluating profit efficiency and analysing the factors affecting inefficiency among rice farmers employing data envelopment analysis using a directional distance function approach; 2) evaluating the impact of high-quality rice varieties on farm productivity and profit efficiency by using a combined approach between propensity score matching method and stochastic production frontier framework; and 3) investigating the factors affecting rice farmer adoption decisions in relation to high-quality rice varieties using duration analysis approach. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first study on profit efficiency and rice variety choice among rice farmers in Vietnam. The expected findings could provide useful information to assist policymakers in designing better policies to enhance rice farmer incomes and the sustainable development of Vietnamese rice subsector. Furthermore, it has the potential to make a significant contribution to the literature on efficiency and adoption studies in agriculture. Phuc Ho, PhD Student, ARE Agricultural Lecture Theatre, G013 North Wing, Agricultural Building No 0 SEMINAR New approach to Vietname and Australia's agriculture trade and investment in an uncertain world Dr Khoi Dang, will present a novel and smart trade and investment approach to take advantage of the main strengths of Australia and Vietnam https://firstname.lastname@example.com/whatson/ARE 1490068800 2017 3 21 Tuesday 12:00 1490072400 2017 3 21 Tuesday 13:00 (None Set) (None Set) Cora Castens 64884717 email@example.com Agriculture is a critical component of the vibrant trade between Australia and Vietnam. While this trade relationship has recently witnessed some developments, the uncertain future of Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP) has raised a question of how the two countries can overcome challenges and grasp opportunities without the US commitment to the regional trade. Dr Khoi Dang will present a novel and smart trade and investment approach to take advantages of the main strengths of both countries. He will review major trends in the agricultural sectors of the two countries with some descriptive analyses. In particular, Dr Khoi Dang will explain the main strengths and weaknesses of Vietnamese and Australian agriculture and the similarities. He will also introduce a new approach to trade and investment and provide policy recommendations.Register online at ioa.uwa.edu.au/events/register Dr Khoi Dang, John Dillon Fellow, and Director of the Centre for Agriculture Policy, Institute of Policy Faculty of Science Common Room Yes 0 SEMINAR How efficient are rice farms in Ghana? A comparison of alternative Bayesian stochastic metafrontier approaches https://email@example.com/whatson/ARE 1490324400 2017 3 24 Friday 11:00 1490327700 2017 3 24 Friday 11:55 (None Set) (None Set) Maksym Polyakov 08 6488 5509 firstname.lastname@example.com The subject of technological heterogeneity has been a major issue in the application of production function approach to efficiency estimation. Battese et al. (2004) introduced a metafrontier approach that addresses technological heterogeneity in efficiency estimation using linear programming (LP) methods. In this paper, we propose two alternative methods for constructing the metafrontier and establishing its statistical properties. Our first proposal relates to constructing the metafrontier using upper confidence bounds for the group frontiers and estimating the metafrontier using Bayesian stochastic metafrontier methods. The second alternative integrates the group and higher-level frontier estimations into a single Bayesian estimation procedure by constructing LP based metafrontier for each Markov Chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) group frontier draws. Using rice production data from two agro-ecological zones of Ghana, we find that farmers in the Guinea savannah zone are more productive and efficient compared with those in the Sudan savannah zone. However, rice production in both agro-ecological zones is characterised by substantial levels of inefficiency. Methodologically, we find that alternative metafrontier models generate slightly variable technology gaps and that is a function of the method of constructing the metafrontier and its statistical properties. Rebecca Owusu, PhD candidate, ARE, SAgE, UWA Agricultural Lecture Theatre, G013 North Wing, Agricultural Building No 0 SEMINAR Regulating natural monopolies - from building blocks to reasonable returns https://firstname.lastname@example.com/whatson/ARE 1490929200 2017 3 31 Friday 11:00 1490932500 2017 3 31 Friday 11:55 (None Set) (None Set) Maksym Polyakov 08 6488 5509 firstname.lastname@example.com Richards and Stefans presentation consist of two parts. First, they introduce basics of regulating natural monopolies by the Economic Regulation Authority of Western Australia: Why regulation? How regulation? The second part will present specific examples and issues of regulation: Diversifiable and non-diversifiable risk calculation and examples. Long-run marginal cost natural monopolies and fixed tariffs in water versus electricity. Diversifiable risks impacts on recovering fixed costs. Richard Begley and Stefan Mero, Economic Regulation Authority of WA Agricultural Lecture Theatre, G013 North Wing, Agricultural Building No 0 PUBLIC LECTURE The grand agricultural challenges of climate change Prof Snow Barlow, University of Melbourne, will discuss how climate change is already challenging our capacity to meet the emerging global food demand and what we can do about it. All are welcome to this public lecture https://firstname.lastname@example.com/whatson/ARE 1491210000 2017 4 3 Monday 17:00 1491213600 2017 4 3 Monday 18:00 (None Set) (None Set) Diana Boykett 64884717 email@example.com Climate change is already challenging our capacity to meet the emerging global food demand. While much effort is expended in understanding the extent of this challenge much less attention has been given to the grand biological challenges that underpin our attempts to mitigate climate change.The rising levels of the three major gases that drive global warming, carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4) and nitrous oxide (N2O) all present significant biological challenges to researchers seeking to counter climate change.In this talk, Professor Snow Barlow will discuss three grand agricultural challenges, giving emphasis to adaptation strategies and successful case studies.Registration essential at ioa.uwa.edu.au/events/register2 Prof Snow Barlow Bayliss Lecture Theatre, MCS G:33 https://www.ioa.uwa.edu.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0006/2989086/Public-Lecture-Snow-Barlow_030417.pdf Yes 0 SEMINAR Does Social Protection Reduce Vulnerability to Poverty? Household Level Evidence from Pakistan https://firstname.lastname@example.com/whatson/ARE 1491534000 2017 4 7 Friday 11:00 1491537300 2017 4 7 Friday 11:55 (None Set) (None Set) Maksym Polyakov 08 6488 5509 firstname.lastname@example.com While many studies have investigated in different countries the impact of social protection (SP) on ex-post poverty, the impact on ex-ante vulnerability to poverty (VtP) has received far less attention. This paper contributes to the literature by investigating both types of impacts in Pakistan, focusing on household-specific shocks (idiosyncratic vulnerability) and community-specific shocks (covariate vulnerability). We use a hierarchical modelling approach to analyse data from the Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS-2011) on about 90,000 households in the Punjab province. Matching methods and simultaneous endogenous switching regression are used to control for potential selection bias and estimate average treatment effects. The results show that SP has significantly reduced household poverty and VtP. However, there are considerable differences in both types of impact when comparing households in different wealth-index quantiles (a measure of asset ownership). We find that SP as a whole benefits households in the lowest quintiles the most in terms of VtP reduction, but not as much in terms of poverty reduction. Our results provide reliable evidence that SP programmes do have an impact on both poverty and vulnerability reduction, in support of further SP funding Masood Azeem, PhD candidate, ARE, SAgE, UWA Agricultural Lecture Theatre, G013 North Wing, Agricultural Building No 0 COURSE R Basics Evening Course This practical course introduces you to R https://email@example.com/whatson/ARE 1493632800 2017 5 1 Monday 18:00 1496662200 2017 6 5 Monday 19:30 (None Set) (None Set) Alethea Rea email@example.com R is a free and extremely powerful language and software environment for statistical computing, data analysis, and graphics. This course is designed for those who have little to no experience with R, but have a basic understanding of statistics. Those without this knowledge are encouraged to attend the Introductory Statistics course first. More details at https://www.cas.maths.uwa.edu.au/courses/r-basics-evening-course Yes 10 SEMINAR Regional Development in a Resource Production System: Long Distance Commuting, Population Growth and Wealth Redistribution in the WA Goldfields https://email@example.com/whatson/ARE 1493953200 2017 5 5 Friday 11:00 1493956500 2017 5 5 Friday 11:55 (None Set) (None Set) Maksym Polyakov 08 6488 5509 email@example.com Resource towns often exist on a knife-edge, largely depending upon global demand for their resource/s and, at the same time, playing a critical role in the development of a nation. The transition from single resource towns to diversified economies has been modelled on several occasions, but their application to other resource locales is difficult given the unique interplay of geographic, political, social, and economic factors. Nonetheless, Innis Canadian staples theory may explain the political motivations of resource extraction and exportation, not least in relation to the Western Australia Goldfields. This paper seeks to explore the theorys potential in this context by examining the implications of high labour mobility. It employs a two-step process using, first, a social network analysis to map the entire Australian labour commuting network and, second, a regression analysis of commuting, regional wealth, and population size against population change. While the Goldfields historically grew in line with processes described by Innis theory, contemporary high labour mobility has created a variegated landscape of different development dynamics and trajectories. This finding carries implications for network patterns of residence and work. Labour acts to extend the distribution of wealth by sending incomes to the metropolitan core and to amenity-rich regional towns across the State and nation. In such light, regional development scholars must view the resource town in its broader urban system of distinct but interlocked, and sometimes overlapping, activity nodes. Dr Kirsten Martinus, Centre for Regional Development, SAgE Agricultural Lecture Theatre, G013 North Wing, Agricultural Building No 0 EVENT Statistics Short Course: Spatial Point Patterns Analysis of spatial data using R and spatstat https://firstname.lastname@example.com/whatson/ARE 1494291600 2017 5 9 Tuesday 9:00 1494406800 2017 5 10 Wednesday 17:00 (None Set) (None Set) Alethea Rea email@example.com Spatial point pattern datasets are becoming common across many fields of research. However, statistical methodology for analysing these data has not been easily accessible. This course is a practical introduction to the analysis of spatial point patterns with a strong focus on hands-on exercises throughout the course. The course gives an in-depth introduction to spatstat, an R package for analysing spatial point patterns. The package supports a complete statistical analysis of spatial point pattern data: data input and inspection, calculations, plotting, exploratory data analysis, hypothesis tests, model-fitting, simulation, Monte Carlo methods and model diagnostics. Adrian Baddeley and Ege Rubak Uniclub https://www.cas.maths.uwa.edu.au/courses/spatial-point-patterns-may17 Yes 5 SEMINAR Quantifying the public-health benefits of exposure to the natural environment https://email@example.com/whatson/ARE 1494558000 2017 5 12 Friday 11:00 1494561300 2017 5 12 Friday 11:55 (None Set) (None Set) Maksym Polyakov 08 6488 5509 email@example.com A growing body of literature suggests that exposure to the natural environment may provide a range of public-health benefits. However, methodological limitations means that claims about the health benefits of nature have been treated with caution by public-health researchers and practitioners. In particular, the natural environment is prone to confounding by other drivers of public health outcomes. In addition, the natural environment is often difficult to experimentally manipulate. I will present findings from two studies that have addressed these methodological challenges in a novel way. In the first study, we used the spread of an invasive trees pestthe emerald ash boreras a natural experiment to study the impact of a major change in the natural environment on public health. We found that US counties infested with the emerald ash borer had higher rates of cardiovascular and lower-respiratory mortality, and this effect increased in both magnitude and significance as an infestation progressed.In the second study we used 347 samples of tree moss to identify and map sources of atmospheric heavy metals in Portland, Oregon. We found thatunknown to environmental regulatorstwo stained glass manufacturers were emitting cadmium and arsenic at levels that posed an immediate health risk. Our findings led to a major overhaul of environmental regulations at the state and federal level and showed that bio-indicators may be a cost-effective complement to traditional instrumental air-quality monitoring. Dr Geoffrey H. Donovan, 1USDA Forest Service, PNW Research Station, Portland, OR, USA Agricultural Lecture Theatre, G013 North Wing, Agricultural Building No 0 SEMINAR Personal discount rates on and off the farm https://email@example.com/whatson/ARE 1495162800 2017 5 19 Friday 11:00 1495166100 2017 5 19 Friday 11:55 (None Set) (None Set) Maksym Polyakov 6488 5509 firstname.lastname@example.com Longitudinal studies of populations have achieved significant results, for example the long-running study of the health of residents of Bunbury. So far however there have not been any economics equivalents. There is therefore very little knowledge about the way subjective economic variables change over time. But in fact, time series data of how WA farmers, and control groups, react to changing economic circumstances would be a valuable resource for farmers themselves, policy makers, business and the academic community. One of the questions that would form part of the study has been proposed to be personal discount rates, which may vary not only over time but between different social groups in the community - but there will be many others.This seminar is about how UWA could take the lead in formulating and implementing this kind of study in Western Australia. Come along and help shape the project! Julian Roche, Adjunct Lecturer Agricultural Lecture Theatre, G013 North Wing, Agricultural Building No 0 EVENT The Friends of Grounds of UWA Plant Sale A large selection of succulents, exotics, natives and herbs for sale. https://email@example.com/whatson/ARE 1495684800 2017 5 25 Thursday 12:00 1495692000 2017 5 25 Thursday 14:00 (None Set) (None Set) Joshua van Kampen email@example.com Our last sale sold out before 2pm. Any remaining plants will be sold on Friday 26th May at 12 - 2pm. We have a large selection of succulents as well as exotics, natives and herbs. Most plants will be $3-$5 with most herbs less. It is cash only and bring your own bag/box if possible. All proceeds will be spent on the grounds of UWA. Taxonomic Garden No 8 SEMINAR Connecting with Nature in the City: nonmaterial benefits from urban green space in Perth https://email@example.com/whatson/ARE 1495767600 2017 5 26 Friday 11:00 1495770900 2017 5 26 Friday 11:55 (None Set) (None Set) Maksym Polyakov 08 6488 5509 email@example.com Whats your favourite green space in Perth? What makes it special? Do you connect with nature in the city, how does it happen and does it even matter? These are the sorts of questions that Dawn has been exploring for her PhD and this talk will present some of the findings from her work so far. Urban green spaces like parks, bush reserves and backyards are often some of the few areas where people in cities can interact with the natural environment. Semi-structured interviews conducted with green space users found that people often refer to their favourite green spaces in terms of nonmaterial benefits like beauty, relaxation, social interaction, and discovery. This talk will outline some of the factors that influence these benefits and whether people connect with nature in the city. As more of us choose to live in cities, being able to connect with nature in urban green space will become increasingly important, for its potential to influence people to care more for nature and unlock multiple advantages for wellbeing. Dawn Dickinson, PhD candidate, School of Biological Sciences Agricultural Lecture Theatre, G013 North Wing, Agricultural Building No 0 SEMINAR An application of Hierarchical Information Integration to environmental valuation: marine management in Morten Bay, Queensland https://firstname.lastname@example.com/whatson/ARE 1496372400 2017 6 2 Friday 11:00 1496375700 2017 6 2 Friday 11:55 (None Set) (None Set) Maksym Polyakov 08 6488 5509 firstname.lastname@example.com Hierarchical Information Integration/Integrated Choice Experiments are methods of dealing with large numbers of attributes in a discrete choice experiment. It has been widely applied in the transport literature, and to some extent in health, but there have been no applications in the environmental field. This seminar will present preliminary results from an application of the approach to the management of Morten Bay, Queensland. Attributes of interest include the percentage of different ecosystems that are in marine protected areas, and the quality of the recreational experience, including beach closures, litter and access. Prof. Michael Burton, ARE, School of Agriculture and Environment Agricultural Lecture Theatre, G013 North Wing, Agricultural Building No 0 PUBLIC LECTURE 2017 Postgraduate Showcase: Frontiers in Agriculture Come and hear UWA's top postgraduate students present their research in agriculture and related areas https://email@example.com/whatson/ARE 1496811600 2017 6 7 Wednesday 13:00 1496827800 2017 6 7 Wednesday 17:30 (None Set) (None Set) Diana Boykett 64884717 email@example.com Come and hear UWA's top postgraduate students present their research in agriculture and related areas.Vice-Chancellor Prof Dawn Freshwater will give the opening address.Afternoon tea is provided and the event will be followed by drinks and nibbles in the Bayliss Foyer.Registration required at www.ioa.uwa.edu.au/events/register Bayliss Lecture Theatre, MCS G:33 https://www.ioa.uwa.edu.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0020/3014048/PG-Showcase-Flyer-7-June-2017_FINAL.pdf Yes 9 EVENT Feeding the Future event Students, staff and community are invited to see some of UWA's pioneering work and find out about careers of the future. https://firstname.lastname@example.com/whatson/ARE 1497751200 2017 6 18 Sunday 10:00 1497772800 2017 6 18 Sunday 16:00 (None Set) (None Set) Kat Dumont firstname.lastname@example.com Our world-leading researchers tackle global, regional and local issues. One example is advancing research to feed the world. Despite the significant progress made over the last two decades, more than one billion people around the world still go hungry every day. UWA will host Feeding the Future to showcase how our research translates into economic, social and environmental impact. Attendees can engage in talks, interactive displays and live demonstrations to see how UWA research tackles real world issues. The University Club of WA, Hackett Drive, UWA, Crawley https://www.web.uwa.edu.au/feedthefuture Yes 11 EVENT Introductory Statistics https://firstname.lastname@example.com/whatson/ARE 1498525200 2017 6 27 Tuesday 9:00 1498726800 2017 6 29 Thursday 17:00 (None Set) (None Set) Alethea Rea email@example.com The aim of this course is to introduce you to basic statistics. It will cover descriptive statistics (means and standard deviations); data exploration; basic categorical data analysis; simple linear regression and basic analysis of variance (ANOVA). The statistical package SPSS will be used to illustrate the ideas demonstrated. The course will be held in a computer laboratory allowing participants to immediately apply the material covered through a series of practical examples. Russel John Mathematics Computing Laboratory (MCL), School of Mathematics and Statistics https://www.cas.maths.uwa.edu.au/courses/intro-stats No 9 EVENT R Basics https://firstname.lastname@example.com/whatson/ARE 1499130000 2017 7 4 Tuesday 9:00 1499245200 2017 7 5 Wednesday 17:00 (None Set) (None Set) Alethea Rea firstname.lastname@example.com R is a free and extremely powerful language and software environment for statistical computing, data analysis, and graphics. The course is designed for those who have no experience with R, but have a basic understanding of statistics. Those without this experience are encouraged to attend the Introductory Statistics course first. Alethea Rea Monadelphous Integrated Learning Centre (MILC) https://www.cas.maths.uwa.edu.au/courses/rbasics No 9 PUBLIC LECTURE NOT JUST HOT WATER: THE SCIENCE, STORIES AND IMPORTANCE OF PERTHS GROUND WATER RESOURCES The 2017 George Seddon Memorial Lecture by Dr Megan Clark AC. https://firstname.lastname@example.com/whatson/ARE 1499335200 2017 7 6 Thursday 18:00 1499340600 2017 7 6 Thursday 19:30 (None Set) (None Set) Institute of Advanced Studies email@example.com Perth has long relied on its ground water resources. Today just under half of Perths water supply comes from ground water. The science of our water resources is a fascinating story of different aquifers and how they interact with the landscape around Perth. The story of how we have tapped into these different aquifers over time and their potential for the future is a fascinating journey that stretches from the scandalous to the most modern water-cooling technology. This presentation will provide a unique insight into the science behind our ground water and share personal experience ranging from hot springs on Garden Island to wild brumbies to cooling a supercomputer. The annual George Seddon Lecture is sponsored by the Institute of Advanced Studies and UWAs Friends of the Grounds. About Dr Clark Dr Clark was CEO of the CSIRO from 2009-2014. Prior to CSIRO, she held various roles with Western Mining Corporation, was a director at NM Rothschild and Sons (Australia) and was vice president, Technology and subsequently Health, Safety, Environment, Community and Sustainability with BHP Billiton. She has a PhD from Queens University, Canada and is a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, the Australian Institute on Mining and Metallurgy and the Australian Institute of Company Directors. In 2014, she was appointed a Companion of the Order of Australia. She is currently at non-executive director of Rio Tinto and CSL Limited and an advisory board member of the Bank of America Merrill Lynch Australia and the Australian Agricultural Company. Dr Megan Clark AC Social Science Lecture Theatre, UWA https://www.ias.uwa.edu.au/lectures/clark Yes 10 EVENT ANOVA, Linear regression and Logistic regression https://email@example.com/whatson/ARE 1499734800 2017 7 11 Tuesday 9:00 1499936400 2017 7 13 Thursday 17:00 (None Set) (None Set) Alethea Rea email@example.com This course covers techniques that can be used to analyse data with continuous and categorical variables. The course will begin with simple linear regression and then proceed with approaches that can be used with more than two variables such as multiple regression. ANOVA with interactions and blocking will also be covered. The course will end with techniques that address the analysis of binary or ordinal variables. Russel John Mathematics Computing Laboratory (MCL), School of Mathematics and Statistics https://www.cas.maths.uwa.edu.au/courses/anova-regression No 9 COURSE Data Visualisation Understanding how to display data https://email@example.com/whatson/ARE 1500339600 2017 7 18 Tuesday 9:00 1500368400 2017 7 18 Tuesday 17:00 (None Set) (None Set) Alethea Rea firstname.lastname@example.com This course will cover topics such as:-Presenting data for a single variable: Including an introduction to histograms, box plots, and bar graphs -Visualisation of two or more variables: Including an introduction to scatterplots, pairs plots, parallel coordinate plot and variable-width stack bar charts-Other plots and maps: Including a brief introduction to plots for time series, bubble plots and more-Data Ink: Essential parts of a graphic, Tuftes Data-Ink ratio and how to increase it-Colour and perception: Colour palettes, preattentive features -An introduction to ggplot2 Alethea Rea MILC https://www.cas.maths.uwa.edu.au/courses/data-visualisation Yes 10 PUBLIC TALK Financial Crisis and Rural Reforms in China: Implications for Australia China in Conversatoin https://firstname.lastname@example.com/whatson/ARE 1502359200 2017 8 10 Thursday 18:00 1502364600 2017 8 10 Thursday 19:30 (None Set) (None Set) Confucius Events 6488 6888 email@example.com Reforms in land ownership and the opening up to international markets have contributed to Chinas successful recovery from the financial crises experienced over the last decades.Of significance is the shift in Chinas policy towards agricultural production. With only 14% of land arable and pollution and water shortages reducing agricultural land by 2%, rural Chinese people, society and agriculture have undergone economic, production and social changes to develop a more robust economy.Join in the conversation and see how these reforms led to economic growth and how this might affect Australias economy and approach to agriculture in a climate of environmental and economic change.This event is presented by the Confucius Institute in partnership with The UWA Institute of Agriculture. Professor Tiejun Wen is Executive Dean, Institute of Advanced Studies for Sustainability, Renmin University of China and Executive Dean of Institute of Rural Reconstruction of China, Southwest University, and Executive Dean of The Institute of Rural Reconstruction of the Straits, Fujian Agriculture & Forestry University. Professor Kadambot Siddique is the Hackett Professor of Agriculture Chair and Director of The University of Western Australias Institute of Agriculture. He has 30 years experience in agricultural research, teaching and management in both Australia and overseas. The University Club of Western Australia https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/china-in-conversation-financial-crisis-and-rural-reforms-in-china-implications-for-australia-tickets-34714649451 Yes 11 SEMINAR Agricultural Groundwater Markets: An Analysis of the Gains from Trade and the Role of Market Power https://firstname.lastname@example.com/whatson/ARE 1502420400 2017 8 11 Friday 11:00 1502423700 2017 8 11 Friday 11:55 (None Set) (None Set) Maksym Polyakov 08 6488 5509 firstname.lastname@example.com Abstract: Groundwater is becoming a more widely regulated resource, yet the impacts of groundwater markets are not well understood. With an application to a groundwater basin in southern California, I develop a theoretical and simulation model of groundwater trading to estimate the gains from allowing trade. Within this framework, I show how the gains from trade change as market conditions and market structure vary. Market structure will be a key factor to consider when evaluating groundwater markets. If a handful of buyers or sellers control most of the permits, market power in permit trading would decrease the gains from trade. Since many water agencies restrict the export of groundwater outside basin boundaries, future groundwater markets will likely be spatially isolated. Market power may be a defining component of these local groundwater markets due to the presence of large grower-shippers and/or competition among a few water agencies on a shared basin. Simulation results based on linear groundwater demand curves show that gains from markets are large, despite potential losses from market power. Ellen M. Bruno, Ph.D. Candidate, University of California, Davis BUSN:G42 Michael Chaney Case Study Room (Business School) No 0 SEMINAR Mathematical Dialectics: Exploring the Spatial Dynamics of Capitalism https://email@example.com/whatson/ARE 1503630000 2017 8 25 Friday 11:00 1503633300 2017 8 25 Friday 11:55 (None Set) (None Set) Maksym Polyakov 08 6488 5509 firstname.lastname@example.com Abstract: In this presentation, we articulate a distinctively geographical approach to understanding the dynamics of capitalist economies, unpacking the concept from the perspective of an ontology that is grounded in socio-spatial dialectics. We conjecture that there is potential added-value from conceptualising the capitalist space economy as a structurally complex and evolving system in which spatial structures shape interdependencies which are, in turn, shaped by those interdependencies. That is, as a socially constructed socio-spatial dialectic in which space is both uneven and endogenous to the economy. We demonstrate the difference this can make to thinking about the evolution of economic landscape using the example of price dynamics in oligopolistically competitive spatial markets. We content that the interdependencies between complex structures and nonlinear dynamics increases the likelihood of persistent and endogenously generated nonequilibrium space-time trajectories that can be substantially disrupted by external shocks. Indeed, conceptualising the capitalist space economy as a socio-spatial dialectic may mean that search for spatial price equilibrium may be a process of creative destruction, producing its own internal contradictions and unintended consequences. Paul Plummer, Professor of Geography, Co-Director of the Centre for Regional Development, UWA AGRI:G013 | Agriculture Lecture Theatre No 0 EVENT WA Department of Health Youth Health Policy Community Conversation #1 If you are 13-24 we want to hear your thoughts on the new Youth Health Policy! https://firstname.lastname@example.com/whatson/ARE 1504692000 2017 9 6 Wednesday 18:00 1504699200 2017 9 6 Wednesday 20:00 (None Set) (None Set) Ngaire McNeil 64881266 email@example.com Are you aged 13 - 24? We want to hear from YOU! We want to find out what you think about health services for young people. The WA Department of Health wants to hear from people aged 13 24 about the WA Youth Health Policy. You are invited to come along and share your thoughts and ideas.We want to hear from everyone; people who are well and healthy, those with chronic conditions, people with a disability, refugees or migrants, Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and intersex, those living in rural and remote areas... we want to hear from you all!Free pizza, refreshments and small payment provided. There will be four community conversations in the metropolitan area, one in Bunbury and one in Broome. Visit our website https://bit.ly/IPIRevents for all dates and venues. Telethon Kids Institute, 100 Roberts Road, Subiaco https://www.involvingpeopleinresearch.org.au/find-out-more/future-events-trainings/event/342-wa-department-of-health-youth-community-conversation-1 Yes 1 PRESENTATION Researching without the red-tape* Join the Risk and Legal team for a discussion on clinical trials, complex research collaborations and data ownership. https://email@example.com/whatson/ARE 1504760400 2017 9 7 Thursday 13:00 1504765800 2017 9 7 Thursday 14:30 (None Set) (None Set) Harpreet Kaur 6488 3026 firstname.lastname@example.com Step beyond the tangle of red tape and start your research sooner.*Meet the UWA team who are here to work with researchers and central experts to quickly navigate the formalities of agreements and approvals. The Risk & Legal unit welcome researchers and peers to an informal open office featuring: poster presentations on challenging topics such as data ownership, clinical trials and complex collaborations a duty lawyer desk for on the spot queries* door prizes and Research Week coffee cards.Registrations are essential via https://www.researchweek.uwa.edu.au/events/researching-without-the-red-tape/ This event is suited to UWA researchers. * Some terms and conditions apply. Alicia Anderson, Managing Counsel; Annabel Williamson, Senior Legal Counsel; Jane Azzam, Legal Counsel; Jessica Boyd, Legal Counsel; Joanne Margo, Legal Counsel Winthrop Hall, Committee Room https://www.researchweek.uwa.edu.au/events/researching-without-the-red-tape Yes 1 STAFF EVENT Embedding Research Skills into Learning Experiences A discussion forum to learn from each other's experiences. https://firstname.lastname@example.com/whatson/ARE 1504846800 2017 9 8 Friday 13:00 1504850400 2017 9 8 Friday 14:00 (None Set) (None Set) Zarrin 64573065 firstname.lastname@example.com There is evidence that generic attributes like research skills are most effectively developed when they are embedded in the curricula.In this session, we will present examples from the courses in the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences as well as literature where academics have successfully integrated research skills into formal teaching and assessment of the discipline content.The session will also provide opportunity for the participants to share their experiences. Associate Professors Lena Lejmanoski, Reza Neraghi and Zarrin S Siddiqui Arts Lecture Room 5 (G61), UWA, 35 Stirling Highway, Perth WA 6009 https://www.researchweek.uwa.edu.au/events/embedding-research-skills-into-learning-experiences/ No 2 EVENT Forecasting: Principles and Practice https://firstname.lastname@example.com/whatson/ARE 1506387600 2017 9 26 Tuesday 9:00 1506589200 2017 9 28 Thursday 17:00 (None Set) (None Set) Alethea Rea email@example.com Forecasting is required in many situations: deciding whether to build another power generation planting the next five years requires forecasts of future demand; scheduling staff in a call centre next week requires forecasts of call volume; stocking an inventory requires forecasts of stock requirements. Forecasts can be required several years in advance (for the case of capital investments), or only a few minutes beforehand (for telecommunication routing). Whatever the circumstances or time horizons involved, forecasting is an important aid in effective and efficient planning. Rob Hyndman Uniclub https://www.cas.maths.uwa.edu.au/courses/forecasting2 No 10 FUNDRAISER From Perth to Antarctica: A Leadership Journey for Women in Science Team WA Homeward Bound 2018 fundraiser celebrating WA women in science https://email@example.com/whatson/ARE 1507802400 2017 10 12 Thursday 18:00 1507813200 2017 10 12 Thursday 21:00 (None Set) (None Set) Rachel Zombor email@example.com *Requires ticket - pruchase via Eventbrite or Chuffed (links at end)*Join Team WA Homeward Bound 2018 for a lively evening of conversation and celebration on behalf of WA women in science. In a provocative moderated discussion, panelists share stories and insights from their leadership journey. Live music, silent auction, wine and canapés included (tickets $100). Cocktail attire.Panelists: Professor Lyn Beazley (Science Ambassador), Diana Jones (WA Museum), Professor Carolyn Oldham (UWA), Professor Melinda Fitzgerald (Curtin U.)Proceeds support Team WA Homeward Bound 2018 as we embark on a leadership journey to Antarctica for gender equity and environmental sustainability action.Team WA Homeward Bound 2018: Rachel Zombor, School of Psychological Science UWA & Neurosciences Unit WA Health; Veronique Florec, Post-doctoral Researcher, UWA; Anais Pages, Research Scientist, CSIRO; Jessica Brainard, Curator, New Museum Project, Western Australian Museum; Valérie Sage, Senior Research Scientist, CSIRO Chuffed: https://chuffed.org/project/homewardboundwa-2018Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/from-perth-to-antarctica-a-leadership-journey-for-women-in-science-tickets-37326152527 Professor Lyn Beazley (Science Ambassador), Diana Jones (WA Museum), Professor Carolyn Oldham (UWA), Professor Melinda Fitzgerald (Curtin U.) Bayliss Building (211) Foyer, UWA https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/from-perth-to-antarctica-a-leadership-journey-for-women-in-science-tickets-37326152527 Yes 10 SYMPOSIUM The Clever Country: The importance of investing in regional and remote students https://email@example.com/whatson/ARE 1508133600 2017 10 16 Monday 14:00 1508142600 2017 10 16 Monday 16:30 (None Set) (None Set) Louise Pollard 6488 1221 firstname.lastname@example.com This symposium brings together a panel of experts from across Australia to discuss ways to support regional and remote students to succeed in higher education. The purpose is to explore the value of investing in higher education from the perspective of the individual, community and the university sector and to question what we need to do to become a truly clever country'.The symposium will feature the following panel of experts:Professor Grady Venville Chair (Dean of Coursework Studies, The University of Western Australia)Tim Shanahan (Chair, WA Regional Development Trust)Professor Sally Kift PFHEA (President, Australian Learning and Teaching Fellows, Former DVC Academic, James Cook University)Professor Steven Larkin (Pro Vice-Chancellor, Indigenous Education and Research, University of Newcastle)Vicki Ratliff (Director, Equity Policy and Programmes, Australian Government Department of Education and Training)Professor Sue Trinidad (Director, National Centre for Student Equity in Higher Education)The symposium will be held in The University Club of Western Australia Auditorium, and refreshments will be provided. Attendance is free, but tickets are limited so RSVP is essential. Reserve your ticket here: https://bit.ly/2xunNxe The University Club of Western Australia Auditorium https://www.ncsehe.edu.au/event/the-clever-country-the-importance-of-investing-in-regional-and-remote-students/ Yes 11 ALUMNI EVENT The Friends of Grounds of UWA Plant Sale Thursday 26th October, 12 midday until 2pm in the Taxonomic Garden. https://firstname.lastname@example.com/whatson/ARE 1508990400 2017 10 26 Thursday 12:00 1509084000 2017 10 27 Friday 14:00 (None Set) (None Set) Jayden Worts firstname.lastname@example.com The Friends of Grounds of UWA Plant Sale is on Thursday 26th October, from 12 midday until 2pm in the Taxonomic Garden. Any remaining plants will be sold on Friday 27th October from 12-2pm. We have a large selection of succulents as well as exotics, natives and herbs. Most plants will be $3-$5, with most herbs less. It is cash only and bring your own bag/box if possible. All proceeds will be spent on the grounds of UWA. Taxonomic Garden https://www.facebook.com/events/125617754768584 No 8 EVENT Spring Plant Sale! Join us at the UWA Friends of the Grounds Spring Plant Sale https://firstname.lastname@example.com/whatson/ARE 1510200000 2017 11 9 Thursday 12:00 1510207200 2017 11 9 Thursday 14:00 (None Set) (None Set) Linley Mitchell 0417 985 992 email@example.com The UWA Friends of the Grounds are holding a Spring Plant Sale next week and you're invited!Stock up on Christmas presents, improve your Mum's herb garden or add a succulent to your study space while supporting Friends of the Grounds. All plants are $3! UWA Taxonomic Garden (https://www.web.uwa.edu.au/contact/map?id=1999) https://www.facebook.com/friendsofthegrounds/ No 10 COURSE Read with Speed Double your reading speed and improve your comprehension! https://email@example.com/whatson/ARE 1516411800 2018 1 20 Saturday 9:30 1516429800 2018 1 20 Saturday 14:30 (None Set) (None Set) Susan Enright 08 64882433 email@example.com Students completing this course learn how the reading process works and understand how our brains process, store and retrieve information. They learn new techniques and practise these skills. The combination of knowledge, skills and practice enables students to develop into efficient readers.TESTIMONIALS The difference in my capability at the end amazing - believe in the process. Jonathan Smith Fascinating insight into how we operate. Very knowledgeable instructor and amiable. Mary Ann AgnelloOUTLINE This one-day course is structured with four sessions: Session 1 Assess your reading Control poor reading habits Increase reading rate; Session 2 Create visual pictures to improve comprehension Visual and non-visual information Tachistoscope the human mind is capable of fast information processing; Session 3 Comprehension is the key to effective reading Preparation for reading Memory and reading; Session 4 Flexible reading strategies Reading in paragraphs Mind mapping to organise information. Please Note: Bookings Essential The University Club of Western Australia https://www.extension.uwa.edu.au/course/CCFF006 Yes 3 PUBLIC LECTURE Alan Sevier Memorial Lecture: Beefing up the West with genetics Dr David Johnston will deliver the inaugural Alan Sevier Memorial Lecture during which he will discuss how genetic selection can be used across the beef supply chain to increase productivity and profitability https://firstname.lastname@example.com/whatson/ARE 1521105300 2018 3 15 Thursday 17:15 1521108900 2018 3 15 Thursday 18:15 (None Set) (None Set) Diana Boykett 64883756 firstname.lastname@example.com Recent advances in beef cattle genetics have the potential to change beef breeding. They can enable seedstock breeders to significantly increase rates of genetic progress and importantly at the commercial sector, allow producers to better match genetics to their production systems and markets. The talk will discuss how genetics and selection can be used across the beef supply chain to increase productivity and profitability. The presentation will cover recent advancements in beef cattle genetics including the evolving field of DNA and genomics, new genetic evaluation systems and the development of novel traits with a focus on northern systems.Please register online at www.ioa.uwa.edu.au/events/register Dr David Johnston Bayliss Lecture Theatre, MCS G:33 https://www.ioa.uwa.edu.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0008/3088025/Alan-Sevier-Memorial-Lecture_150318.pdf Yes 9 SEMINAR Economic valuation of different post-mine land uses: the case of an open cut coal mine in the Central Tablelands of NSW https://email@example.com/whatson/ARE 1521774000 2018 3 23 Friday 11:00 1521777300 2018 3 23 Friday 11:55 (None Set) (None Set) Maksym Polyakov 08 6488 5509 email@example.com Abstract: Leading practice of mine closure requires the relinquishment of a site to an agreed post-mine land use that is inclusive of sustainable development principals including environmental, social, and economic outcomes. This practice demands an assessment of options, both positive and negative which consider stakeholder expectations, acceptance by regulators as well as physical and landscape restrictions to ensure that the post-mine land use is optimal from a social welfare perspective. Presently, there is limited evidence to demonstrate where an assessment of post-mine land uses considers the economic benefits of alternative post-mine land uses in the decision making process. Determining the benefits and values of alternative post-mine land uses may require the use of non-market valuation techniques. This research will use valuation methods, such as choice modelling, to estimate the non-market values associated with alternative post-mine land uses. It is intended that the value estimates, in conjunction with rehabilitation costs, will be used in a cost benefit analysis to assess whether the proposed post-mine land use is the best alternative in terms of optimising social welfare. This study will be carried out for a case study of Wilpinjong Coal Mine in NSW. This study will also investigate why companies are not completing such assessments currently. The results from this research will assist in the design of policies that consider economic values when deciding post mine land uses. Karin Fogarty, ARE PhD student, UWA AGRI:G013 | Agriculture Lecture Theatre No 0 SEMINAR Social Media in Academia School of Human Sciences Seminar Series - 27th March (Dr Amanda Meyer) https://email@example.com/whatson/ARE 1522126800 2018 3 27 Tuesday 13:00 1522130400 2018 3 27 Tuesday 14:00 (None Set) (None Set) Christine Page +64887126 firstname.lastname@example.com AbstractDuring this seminar Amanda will discuss the roles of social media in academia: student engagement; public outreach; research dissemination; collaboration; academic promotion. Bring along your smartphone and make sure you have a QR scanner app downloaded (search in Google Play or App Store). BiographyDr Amanda Meyer completed her Bachelor of Science double majoring in Anatomy & Human Biology and Physiology at UWA with first class honours in 2001. She completed her PhD between the School of Women's and Infants' Health and the School of Anatomy & Human Biology at UWA in 2006.Amanda started Anatomy lecturing in February 2012 and since that time has coordinated 23 human gross anatomy units at Murdoch University. Since returning to UWA in November 2017, Amanda is teaching into and coordinating ANHB2217 Human Neurobiology & IMED1001 Form & Function and coordinating medical anatomy and teaching into the medical units IMED3001, IMED3002, IMED4443, IMED4211. Amanda is serving her second year on the council of the Australian and New Zealand Association of Clinical Anatomists. She is also a committee member for the Federative International Committee for Equality and Diversity in Anatomy and a financial member of the American Association of Anatomists. This year, Amanda joined the editorial board of the Anatomical Sciences Education Journal which is a Q1 journal in Anatomy. Dr Amanda Meyer Room 1.81, School of Human Sciences, Anatomy Building, UWA No 0 EVENT R Basics Evening Course https://email@example.com/whatson/ARE 1525082400 2018 4 30 Monday 18:00 1525087800 2018 4 30 Monday 19:30 (None Set) (None Set) Alethea Rea email@example.com R is a free and extremely powerful language and software environment for statistical computing, data analysis, and graphics. This course is designed for those who have little to no experience with R, but have a basic understanding of statistics. https://www.cas.maths.uwa.edu.au/courses/r-basics-evening-course No 4 PUBLIC TALK Towards Zero Hunger (SDG2) in Africa https://email@example.com/whatson/ARE 1528365600 2018 6 7 Thursday 18:00 1528369200 2018 6 7 Thursday 19:00 (None Set) (None Set) Institute of Advanced Studies 6488 1340 email@example.com A public lecture by Frans Swanepoel, Research Professor, Centre for Advancement of Scholarship, University of Pretoria, South Africa and 2018 UWA Institute of Advanced Studies Visiting Fellow. Currently there are 1.3 billion people in Africa; more than five times the population in 1950. By 2050, Africas population will double to 2.6 billion, eventually reaching 4.2 billion by the end of the century just about the entire world population in 1977. Africa is also the worlds most food insecure continent, with relatively low levels of agricultural productivity, low rural incomes, high rates of malnutrition, and a significantly worsening food trade balance. Ironically Africa has sufficient land, water and human resources to be a substantial contributor to the worlds food balance sheet, and to contribute to the growing global demand for both food staples and higher value added food, as well as to energy markets. Agriculture and the food sector also present significant opportunity for employment and wealth creation. This critical role of agriculture in fostering sustained competitiveness and profitability in the sector, in the face of a world economy that is rapidly transformed into a knowledge and network economy is acknowledged both within the scientific community and in Governments at large. Without question, agriculture and capacity strengthening are now back on the development agenda as Africa refocuses towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). African agriculture has a number of major strengths, but also faces a significant number of challenges, a set of unique opportunities. Africa has now entered a development stage where some analysts are taking a more positive outlook and narrative as opposed to the traditional Afro-pessimism of the last five decades. A new school of thought is emerging, one that recognises that Africa is in a better position to help itself be food secure moving forward agriculture has started growing, albeit slowly but sustainably over the last decade. However, a number of interesting trends distinguish the economic growth of Africa from other continents. The dominant growth detected here is by small intermediary groups who are responding to rapid urbanisation and the growing middle-class. Strategies to support growth in sustainable agriculture should thus be responsive to these trends in order to vastly improve food security on the African continent. Woolnough Lecture Theatre, Geology Building, UWA https://www.ias.uwa.edu.au/lectures/swanepoel Yes 9 COURSE R Basics https://firstname.lastname@example.com/whatson/ARE 1530579600 2018 7 3 Tuesday 9:00 1530694800 2018 7 4 Wednesday 17:00 (None Set) (None Set) Alethea Rea email@example.com R is a free and extremely powerful language and software environment for statistical computing, data analysis, and graphics. This course is designed for those who have no experience with R, but have a basic understanding of statistics. https://www.cas.maths.uwa.edu.au/courses/rbasics No 5 COURSE ANOVA, linear and logistic regression https://email@example.com/whatson/ARE 1531184400 2018 7 10 Tuesday 9:00 1531386000 2018 7 12 Thursday 17:00 (None Set) (None Set) Alethea Rea firstname.lastname@example.com This course covers techniques that can be used to analyse data with continuous and categorical variables. The course will begin with simple linear regression and then proceed with approaches that can be used with more than two variables such as multiple regression. ANOVA with interactions and blocking will also be covered. The course will end with techniques that address the analysis of binary or ordinal variables. https://www.cas.maths.uwa.edu.au/courses/anova-regression No 3 PRESENTATION Ventana Discovery Ultra - Fully automated research Presentation by Roche Diagnostics https://email@example.com/whatson/ARE 1536728400 2018 9 12 Wednesday 13:00 1536732000 2018 9 12 Wednesday 14:00 (None Set) (None Set) Mary Lee 6488 3889 firstname.lastname@example.com Roche Diagnostics invites you to join us for a presentation of the:VENTANA DISCOVERY ULTRA For fully automated research IHC/ISHRefreshments provided Seminar room 1.81 (first floor) Anatomy building, The University of Western Australia No 1 EVENT Albany Senior High School Marine Science Talks Come along to IOMRC and support the next generation scientists from Albany Senior High School as they present three marine science seminars based on 18 years of research into fish, oysters and seagrass off the south coast https://firstname.lastname@example.com/whatson/ARE 1542870584 2018 11 22 Thursday 15:09 1542870584 2018 11 22 Thursday 15:09 (None Set) (None Set) Aleta Johnston email@example.com 9 EVENT Read with speed Double your reading speed and improve your comprehension https://firstname.lastname@example.com/whatson/ARE 1549071000 2019 2 2 Saturday 9:30 1549089000 2019 2 2 Saturday 14:30 (None Set) (None Set) Susan Enright 64883473 firstname.lastname@example.com Learn from a highly qualified academic with international success and experience, how to quickly process large amount of written information in your business activities or academic studies. You will be provided with the skills to increase your reading speed significantly as well as improve your comprehension and memory. Carmel McGillicuddy The University Club https://www.extension.uwa.edu.au/course/CCFF7 Yes 0 SEMINAR Postgraduate Showcase: Frontiers in Agriculture https://email@example.com/whatson/ARE 1559710800 2019 6 5 Wednesday 13:00 1559725200 2019 6 5 Wednesday 17:00 (None Set) (None Set) The UWA Institute of Agriculture 64884717 email@example.com Each year The UWA Institute of Agriculture hosts a postgraduate showcase where some of UWA's top PhD students present their research in agriculture and related areas. Join us for an afternoon of fantastic talks from seven PhD students in the UWA School of Agriculture and Environment, the UWA School of Molecular Sciences, and the UWA Law School, with an introduction by Prof Imelda Whelehan, Dean, Graduate Research School. Afternoon tea and refreshments provided. Ms Madlen Kratz, Mr Luoyang Ding, Ms Toto Olita, Ms Jeanette Jensen, Ms Roopali Bhoite, Mrs Jo Wisdom, and Ms Alicea Garcia Bayliss Lecture Theatre G33, Bayliss Building, UWA https://www.ioa.uwa.edu.au/publications/showcase Yes 10 EVENT Speak Out on Climate Change Students and staff speak out on climate change https://email@example.com/whatson/ARE 1567573200 2019 9 4 Wednesday 13:00 1567575600 2019 9 4 Wednesday 13:40 (None Set) (None Set) Heath Greville email@example.com Brief talks on the climate emergency and what you can do about it. Hear from climate scientists, Extinction Rebellion and others. Professor Petra Tschakert and members of Extinction Rebellion Oak Lawn No 2 EVENT Agriculture 4.0 (The Future of Agriculture) AGRI 4.0 2020 https://firstname.lastname@example.com/whatson/ARE 1570506287 2019 10 8 Tuesday 11:44 1570506287 2019 10 8 Tuesday 11:44 (None Set) (None Set) fatin firstname.lastname@example.com 19 EVENT Friends of the Grounds Plant Sale October 24 and 25 between 12-2PM at The University of Western Australia's Taxonomic Gardens https://firstname.lastname@example.com/whatson/ARE 1571889600 2019 10 24 Thursday 12:00 1571983200 2019 10 25 Friday 14:00 (None Set) (None Set) Jayden Worts firstname.lastname@example.com Friends of the Grounds are holding a Plant Sale on October 24 and 25 between 12-2PM at The University of Western Australia's Taxonomic Gardens (near the Botany glass houses)! Location map: https://bit.ly/2XORLsP 🌷As usual, there will be plenty of awesome plant finds (herbs, succulents etc) ranging from $3-5 each 🌿 This sale is CASH ONLY and open to staff, students and the public. Please bring a carry bag, trolley or cardboard box to carry your new plant friends home 📦All proceeds will go towards the maintenance of UWA's grounds! UWA Taxonomic Gardens (near the Botany glass houses) https://www.facebook.com/events/860655807661219/ No 9 SEMINAR Heat Therapy: An ancient practice to target modern diseases School of Human Sciences, Seminar Series https://firstname.lastname@example.com/whatson/ARE 1574830800 2019 11 27 Wednesday 13:00 1574834400 2019 11 27 Wednesday 14:00 (None Set) (None Set) Christine Page 64887126 email@example.com Presentation Summary:Chronic heat exposure, in the form of saunas, hot water baths, and sweat lodges have been utilized in many cultures for thousands of years. While repetitive bouts of heat exposure is generally believed to be healthy, it is only recently that we are beginning to understand the full benefits of heat therapy across the spectrum of human health. Passive heating results in a rise in body temperature and changes in cardiovascular hemodynamics, including altered shear patterns of blood flow. There is growing evidence that these responses to acute heat stress combine over repetitive sessions to provide a stress-resistant profile to counter inflammation and oxidative stress, as occurs with aging and chronic disease, as well as from acute damaging events such as ischemia-reperfusion injury. There is also growing evidence heat therapy can be used to target metabolic dysfunction in obesity and diabetes through improvements in insulin signaling in fat and muscle cells. This ancient therapy needs broader application to treat modern diseases, particularly in those not able to obtain the full benefits of exercise. Speaker Biography:Dr. Christopher Minson is the Kenneth and Kenda Singer Professor of Human Physiology. His research focuses on topics related to integrative cardiovascular physiology in humans. His lab investigates how we can use exposures to extreme environments to gain a healthy and resilient physiology. He is also involved in projects related to endocrine function in women, biomarkers of aging and the risk of cardiovascular and metabolic diseases, and finding novel ways to improve thermal comfort and safely in work environments. He also works with elite athletes in the use of environmental stressors to improve performance. Christopher T. Minson, PhD, Kenneth and Kenda Singer Professor John Bloomfield Lecture Theatre, UWA School of Human Sciences (Exercise and Sport Science) adjacent to Parkway Entrance 3. https://www.uwa.edu.au/science/schools/school-of-human-sciences#anchor-Research-FA564AD5-2A44-4582-886C-3685901F5608 No 0 TUTORIAL Read with Speed - back by popular demand Double your reading speed and improve your comprehension https://email@example.com/whatson/ARE 1580520600 2020 2 1 Saturday 9:30 1580538600 2020 2 1 Saturday 14:30 (None Set) (None Set) Susan Enright 6488 3473 email@example.com Learn how to quickly process the large amount of written information we all deal with daily in our business activities or academic studies. You will be provided with the skills to increase your reading speed significantly as well as improve your comprehension and memory. Students completing this course learn how the reading process works and understand how our brains process, store and retrieve information. They learn new techniques and practise these skills. The combination of knowledge, skills and practice enables students to develop into efficient readers. Carmel McGillicuddy The University Club https://www.extension.uwa.edu.au/course/CCFF7 Yes 2