The schedule below may be subject to change.
*Subject to change
Day 1: Shaping and Presenting Ideas
15:00-15:10: Welcome Announcements and Introduction
15:10-15:25: Student Introductions
Ice-breaker activities that make use of Zoom’s breakout rooms to encourage students to get to know each other and share their stories.
15:25-15:50: Professional Development/Capacity Building Session 1
This session is aimed at students considering further study and a possible career in academia.
15:50-16:00: Break
16:00-16:30: Professional Development/Capacity Building Session 2
In this session, students have the chance to bring their own questions in small groups and discuss their own feelings about future career paths.
16:30-16:40: Break
16:40-17:10: Professional Development/Capacity Building Session 3
Students learn how to conduct themselves at conferences, during solo presentations, panels, and roundtables. How to ask and answer questions, deal with difficult situations and disagreements will also be covered.
17:10-17:40: Professional Development/Capacity Building Session 4
Roundtable Sessions
Students with research in similar fields engage in discussions based on themes decided by a session chair with knowledge of the relevant field.
17:40-17:50: Break
17:50-18:25: Professional Development/Capacity Building Session 5
This session will focus on the skills involved in communicating ideas publicly. Students will need to know how to effectively communicate their ideas in one-on-one scenarios and in small groups.
18:25-18:30: Closing Session
Day 2: Poster Presentation
15:00-15:10: Welcome Announcements and Introduction
15:10-15:45: Professional Development/Capacity Building Session 6
How to Present at an Academic Conference: Poster Power!
This session will follow on from the previous session by focusing on the skills involved in communicating ideas publicly in the academic context, outlining the types of presentation one can engage in at conferences or academia, and looking at their particular features and functions.
15:45-16:00: Break
16:00-17:00: Parallel Poster Presentations
Students present five-minute summaries of their research to each other, and seasoned academics.
17:00-17:10: Break
17:10-18:10: Parallel Poster Presentations Feedback and Q and A
Students present five-minute summaries of their research to each other. Following each presentation is a short Q&A session and feedback from field-specific experts.
18:10-18:20: Break
18:20-18:50: Professional Development/Capacity Building Session 7
Students are given an opportunity to engage with one another and network. The networking chair will provide problems, discussion topics and activities in order to encourage students to work with one another and develop connections that will endure beyond the closing of the conference.
18:50-19:00: Closing Session
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