ANZIAM Annual Conference 2021 (Virtual)
Sunday 31 January 2021 to Friday 5 February 2021
The current version of the conference booklet is now available (current as of 30.01.2021):
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The virtual venue landing page for the conference is now available:
Please visit the virtual venue here!
The annual ANZIAM conference promotes the advancement and dissemination of knowledge in all areas of applied and industrial mathematics. We encourage HDR students, postdoctoral researchers, academic staff and researchers across government and industry to attend and share their latest research!
In 2021, in light of the uncertainty that 2020 has cast over the near future for Australia, the world and particularly long distance travel and global health, the conference will be a virtual event running from the evening of Sunday 31 January until the afternoon of Friday 5 February. We will be running the conference through a highly immersive virtual conference environment hosted on the unique web-based platform gather.town. We have organised a virtual conference venue running on this platform which is customised and maintained by Virtual Chair to provide the most integrated and natural conference experience possible with live talks, seamlessly connected social events and networking opportunities, an integrated schedule to tell (and show) you where you need to be, technical support, and most importantly the opportunity for discussions to begin as spontaneously and naturally as at in-person events.
If you have not yet registered, please do so here:
Live plenary invited talks will cover diverse topics such as dynamical systems, computational mathematics, mathematical biology, fluid mechanics, and optimisation. The technical program will feature oral presentations in parallel sessions. Participants are encouraged to share graphical abstracts for advertising their talks and having discussions in a dedicated foyer and there will also be an option of sending in a pre-recorded version of your talk to share at watch parties timetabled to ensure that attendees from Western Australia to New Zealand and even around the world can find a suitable time to engage with the presentations.
Follow @ANZIAMnews and #ANZIAM2021 for updates!
We want you to stay in touch with us so that we can guide you through the process of the virtual conference. If you have questions you can send them to [email protected] or join us on Slack where you can talk to organisers and other attendees in real time.
Invited speakers
- Dr Rachelle Binny, Landcare Research, New Zealand
- Prof Linda Cummings, New Jersey Institute of Technology
- Prof Dr Gabriele Eichfelder, Technische Universitaet Ilmenau
- Prof Larry Forbes, University of Tasmania
- Prof Nathan Kutz, University of Washington
- Prof Mat Simpson, QUT
- Prof Ian Turner, QUT
- Dr Cecile Viboud, National Institutes of Health
Virtual conference venue
gather.town is a web-based video conferencing/networking platform. Before the conference you will be issued with a URL to gain admission to the conference venue. When you log in you will control a two-dimensional customisable avatar. This is you. The avatar is embedded in a two-dimensional world reminiscent of 1990 role playing games. This world will be a fully functional conference venue complete with
- a lobby with tables, TVs, a monitored help desk etc.,
- a foyer where you can have discussions and read graphical abstracts for the upcoming talks, leading to
- a number of seminar rooms for parallel and pre-recorded sessions,
- a large plenary room,
- a versatile presentation space for panel discussions as well as cooking classes,
- a collaboration space configured for co-working, activities and games, and
- features made possible only in the digital world such as hyperspace which can be used for fast navigation through the centre.
You will navigate the two-dimensional conference centre using just the arrow keys on your keyboard. As you encounter other registrants in the corridors of the centre, a video and audio feed will fade in and out based on your proximity which gives the illusion of ‘bumping into’ people spontaneously. You can also do other fancy things like generate a path between you and any attendee present so you do not have to go looking for people. Some items in the environment interact with you on proximity and others require you simply to press “x” on your keyboard to interact. In this way, the environment is configured to integrate with other environments such as zoom. We will also have access to a dedicated server to provide a smooth experience.
If you want to explore the software ahead of the conference, a free demo is available at gather.town. If you are concerned about having to learn the technical aspects of the software, Gather is designed to be intuitive and to replicate the feeling of a real conference as close as possible from your home office. Before the conference begins, on Sunday 31st January, we will be running a guided tour and tutorial of the virtual venue. You can also read further details on our conference philosophy.
Virtual social events
We want ANZIAM2021 to be as enjoyable as possible under the constraints of a virtual environment and we are excited to invite registrants to a number of formal and informal events that we have arranged.
Indigenous Australian cooking: damper and pavlova workshops
We are very pleased to be able to offer social damper and pavlova cooking classes within our virtual environment with Chef Nornie Bero from Mabu Mabu | Indigenous Catering, which is a Torres Strait Islander owned and run business based in Melbourne. In these workshops you will join with other registrants and cook these culturally iconic dishes with indigenous traditional flavors. These workshops are optional and can be booked at registration for just $15 each. If you are considering joining this unique virtual experience, you should read the details provided by Chef Nornie. As we need to plan this well in advance, it is important that you observe the due dates for booking and ordering ingredient kits.
Medal ceremony and social event
It is a tradition at ANZIAM to hold a celebration of our achievements as a society and present prestigious medals. Usually this celebration takes the form of a formal dinner the day before the end of the conference. It is not possible to have a formal dinner in a virtual conference but we will not let coronavirus get in the way of us sharing this important time together!
On the night of Thursday 4th February, we will hold a virtual medal ceremony in the conference venue. This medal ceremony will be open to every registrant to attend live. At the end of formal proceedings there will be time to mingle and congratulate medal winners. We encourage you to BYO drinks to celebrate our annual achievements in a difficult year. After this time, we will reconvene for a special virtual social event which will be professionally hosted and designed for a good time, lots of laughs and a chance to mingle, chat and have fun. This post-medal social event is optional and costs just $15 to take part.
Please read more about the post-medal social event.
Women in applied mathematics panel
The Women in Applied Mathematics Panel will be held under the umbrella of the Women in Mathematics Special Interest Group (WIMSIG) of the Australian Mathematical Society from 12.30-2pm (AEDT) on 2nd February. It is free to all registrants, regardless of gender or membership of WIMSIG. The purpose of the panel is to celebrate women in the mathematical sciences and to support women, and particularly early career researchers, to enter and establish careers in mathematics. Come along and hear about the careers of female applied mathematicians, and discuss issues concerning women in mathematics.
The panel will be chaired by Professor Yvonne Stokes – School of Mathematical Sciences, The University of Adelaide
The panellists are:
- Associate Professor Hamideh Anjomshoa – Enterprise Research Fellow, School of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Melbourne & Research Scientist and Technical lead, IBM Research-Australia
- Dr Rachelle Binny – Mathematical Biology and Ecology Researcher, Manaaki Whenua – Landcare Research, New Zealand
- Professor Antoinette Tordesillas – School of Mathematics and Statistics & School of Earth Sciences, The University of Melbourne
- Dr Cecile Viboud – Senior Research Scientist, Division of International Epidemiology and Population Studies of the Fogarty International Centre, National Institutes of Health, USA
Other formal events
We will have a range of free events that you are welcome to participate in. Many of these simply require you to let us know in the registration form that you wish to attend.
- On Sunday 31st January, a student fun night is planned. There will be activities and a chance to meet fellow applied mathematics students from around Australia, New Zealand and the rest of the world. This is free for all students registering for ANZIAM2021. Please contact ANZIAM student representative Lachlan Burton for any enquiries.
- An LGBTIQA+ and allies social gathering. We will hold this event on Thursday around afternoon tea time (AEDT).
- The Mathematical Biology Special Interest Group workshop, which is traditionally held on the Friday after the conference, will be held on the following Monday (since ANZIAM will take the extra day this year). Thanks to generous sponsorship by the Special Emphasis Year in Biological Dynamics from Melbourne University’s School of Mathematics and Statistics, registration for this event is completely free for all who register for ANZIAM2021. If you wish to attend the workshop without coming to ANZIAM2021, then a $5 fee will be requested. This event will take place within the ANZIAM2021 virtual conference centre. Please contact workshop co-organiser Stuart Johnston for any enquiries.
Informal networking and social opportunities
In addition to our formal social events, we have a number of informal activities
- We will have a collaboration room designed purely for co-working, casual interaction and fun. This space will have dedicated working and chatting spaces, integrated games and other features which make it a great place to meet friends and coworkers.
- A friendly chess tournament will be run and a small prize given to the winner. The tournament will be scheduled. If you wish to participate, you just need to let us know your intention on the registration form.
- We wish you could have joined us on the Mornington Peninsula in Victoria this year. In lieu of giving you the opportunity to visit the penguins at nearby Phillip Island, we will be running an evening live streaming of the penguins coming to shore at Phillip Island with commentary. If this suits you, please join us in the virtual lobby and feel free to bring children (this also applies to many of our social activities).
- We will have plenty of dedicated free time for you to interact and network at the virtual venue. You may use this to catch up with people or catch up with your duties that come with staying at home for a conference. Flexibility is important to us as we acknowledge that committing to 5 continuous full days from home is not possible for many. That being said, we want to facilitate and encourage connectedness for our community in this isolating time.
ANZIAM Annual General Meeting
The 2021 AGM will be held on February 2nd 2021 at 4pm ADST. The agenda can be downloaded here (PDF, 2 MB).
Registration and abstract submission
Please read more about graphical abstracts and pre-recorded talks.
Key dates:
- Registration opens: 14th November 2020
- Early bird registration closes: 18th December 2020
- Requesting delivery of ingredients for cooking workshops closes: 18th December 2020
- All titles, abstracts, keywords/categories for live talks as well as pre-recorded talks and graphical abstracts due: 8th January 2021
- Registration for cooking workshops and the post-medal event close: 15th January 2021
- Registrations close (including MBSiG workshop): 29th January
Registration fees:
| Early bird (ANZIAM member) | Early bird (non-member) | Standard (ANZIAM member) | Standard (non-member) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full* | $80 | $90 | $120 | $130 |
| Student** | $20 | $25 | $30 | $35 |
* SIAM members are eligible for the ANZIAM discount in line with our SIAM partnership.
**The prices quoted here for students include a 50% discount. These discounted student prices were made possible by generous sponsorship by the Special Emphasis Year in Biological Dynamics from Melbourne University’s School of Mathematics and Statistics who have committed to contributing one dollar for every dollar paid by students in registration fees.
Additional (optional) fees:
| Damper workshop | $15 |
| Damper kit + Delivery to AU/NZ | $35 per kit |
| Pavlova workshop | $15 |
| Pavlova kit + Delivery to AU/NZ | $45 per kit |
| Post-medal social event | $15 |
| MBSiG workshop with conference registration | Free |
| MBSiG workshop without conference registration | $5 |
Code of conduct
The conference is dedicated to providing a harassment-free conference experience for everyone, regardless of gender, gender identity and expression, age, sexual orientation, disability, physical appearance, body size, race, ethnicity, religion (or lack thereof), or technology choices. We do not tolerate harassment of conference participants in any form. Sexual language and imagery are not appropriate for any conference venue, including talks, workshops, parties and online media.
Agreeing to the ANZIAM 2021 Conference Code of Conduct is a condition of registration.
Organising committee
- Mark Flegg, Monash University (Chair)
- Christine Mangelsdorf, The University of Melbourne (Deputy Chair)
- James McCaw, The University of Melbourne (Deputy Chair)
- Michael Lydeamore, Monash University (Treasurer)
- Sergey Suslov, Swinburne University of Technology (Editor)
- Stuart Johnston, The University of Melbourne
- Ozge Ozcakir, Monash University
- Anja Slim, Monash University
Invited Speakers Committee
- Yvonne Stokes (Chair)
- James McCaw
- Regina Burachik
- Neville Fowkes
- Bishnu Lamichhane
- Fabien Montiel
- Claire Postlethwaite
- Mat Simpson
- Kate Smith-Miles
Sponsors
We are grateful for the support of the following organisations.
More information
Damper and pavlova cooking workshops with Chef Nornie Bero
We’re super excited to be offering an online indigeneous cooking experience through Mabu Mabu | Indigenous Catering as part of ANZIAM2021!
Mabu Mabu is a Torres Strait Islander owned and run business with an emphasis on using fresh, seasonal and native ingredients to create beautiful dishes that bring people together. Mabu Mabu is a term from the Torres Strait that translates to ‘help yourself’. Traditionally, a Mabu Mabu is a banquet, shared table or big family meal. It’s how we like to enjoy food on the islands: surrounded by the people we love.
We will be offering two different workshops with Nornie Bero, the head chef and owner of Mabu Mabu. Originally from Mer Island in the Torres Strait, Nornie has been a professional chef for over 20 years.
How will the workshops run?
These workshops are group, virtual, cooking classes. We are charging just $15 to participate in a workshop. You may choose from the Damper workshop or the Pavlova workshop or decide you would like to participate in both. Each workshop will involve up to 40 of your fellow registrants. You will meet with Chef Nornie and she will walk you through the cooking process as a group connected via video and audio feeds.
The workshop will take one hour. We cannot guarantee times for this event but in the registration form for ANZIAM2021 you will see options to indicate your ideal time of day (these times are in Melbourne time – AEDT or GMT+11). You will be placed in the workshop with the closest time to your designated time which has availability. We will be booking these workshops as registrations come in and will consider your time zone in assigning you to a workshop (you will not be assigned to a workshop starting before 8am or after 8pm your time, unless you indicate that you would prefer this). If you have special dietary requirements, the recipes below offer suggestions for substitute ingredients, or you can contact Mabu Mabu directly to ask about your options.
Can my household get involved? The workshops are good activities to do with family and friends at home. The charge of $15 dollars covers a single registrant to connect to the workshop. You can have as many people on the other side of the webcam as you like. We are here to have fun.
What will I need? What’s in the workshop kits?:
You will need to be in a kitchen so we recommend that you have a laptop so that you can interact from within the kitchen. The ingredients and the equipment you need to bring to your workshop is detailed in the following sections. It is important to note that some of the ingredients are not your typical cupboard staples. We will be cooking with native Australian ingredients which may be difficult for you to find, especially if you are not in Australia. In the registration process, you will be asked if you want to add 1 or more kits for your workshop. These kits are sold by Mabu Mabu. We will order these on your behalf and have them delivered to you if you are anywhere in Australia or New Zealand. Unfortunately we cannot guarantee delivery to other countries. These kits cost $35 dollars for the Damper kit and $45 dollars for the Pavlova kit which cover the premium dry ingredients required for the respective recipes and the delivery. We can only offer this through the registration process if you register before 18th December 2020 to give enough time for delivery. If you have the kits, you just need to purchase the other (‘standard’ and/or perishable) ingredients in the recipes from your local supermarket. Important: to have the kits delivered, we will obviously need to have your postal address. Please make sure your profile includes this on the registration site (as it will not demand this from you otherwise).
Can I join the workshops if I register later than 18th December 2020 or I am from overseas?:
The short answer is yes. The long answer is, you will have to register by the latest before 15th January 2021 to be included in the workshops to give us a chance to book Nornie. If you miss the chance to order the kits, the detailed ingredient list shows you what you must source elsewhere for each of the workshops. You might struggle to find these ingredients if you do not live in Australia and so Mabu Mabu has provided also ubiquitous alternatives that may be used to substitute without losing the flavor profile. If you come from overseas, be aware that it is likely that most registrants will likely want workshops to take place after the talks for the day (AEDT), but there is scope for us to make one or two earlier workshops if the demand is there for it.
Damper workshop:
In this session, Nornie will make a variety of dampers in Torres Strait Islander style – wrapped in banana leaves and baked with pumpkin, wattleseed and saltbush varieties. She’ll share tips on how to get the perfect damper softness, and where to source ingredients.
To cook along with Nornie, participants can purchase a damper kit, which includes the dry ingredients, Australian Indigenous ingredients; wattleseed and saltbush, banana leaves, and a recipe card. Please also read the additional required ingredients or substitutions and equipment below. To make more than one damper, please double or triple the flour and butter.
Ingredients required (items included in the kit are in bold):
- 3 cups self raising flour (or gluten-free self-raising flour)
- 4 x 30cm Sheets of Banana Leaves (can substitute for baking paper)
- 1 tbs Wattleseed (can substitute for other nutty spice)
- 1 & 1/2 tbs Saltbush (can substitute for oregano or other savoury herbs)
- 2 tbs room temperature butter (or vegan butter/nuttlex)
- 1&1/2 cups water
- 500g Japanese Pumpkin
Ingredients for golden syrup butter:
- 1 & 1/2 tbs golden syrup
- 3 tbs room temperature butter (or vegan butter/nuttlex)
Equipment required:
- Oven
- Foil
- Baking tray
Pavlova workshop:
In a Mabu Mabu twist on the classic Australian dessert, this workshop will lead participants in a cooking demonstration making a delicious full-sized pavlova full of Australian Indigenous flavours of wattleseed, strawberry gum and lemon myrtle. Nornie will share tips on how to get the perfect pavlova crust and soft gooey middle, and how to make a strawberry gum cream with a quick lemon myrtle jam topping.
To cook along with Nornie, participants can purchase a pavlova kit, which includes a jar each of wattleseed cocoa powder, lemon myrtle sugar and strawberry gum sugar. Please also read the additional required ingredients or substitutions and equipment below.
Ingredients for Pavlova (items included in the kit are in bold):
- 6 Egg Whites (room temperature)
- 300g Castor Sugar
- Dash or 2 tbs White Vinegar
- 2 tbs of Wattleseed cocoa powder
- 50g Dark Chocolate (chopped)
- 1 tbs Corn Starch/Flour
Ingredients for Strawberry Gum Cream (items included in the kit are in bold):
- 500g Thickened Cream
- 1 & 1/2 tbs Strawberry Gum Sugar
Fruit to decorate: raspberries, blueberries, and strawberries
Ingredients for Lemon Myrtle Quick Jam:
- Handful of mixed berries
- 2 tbs lemon Myrtle Sugar (or icing sugar)
- 1/4 cup apple juice (or other juice)
Equipment required:
Any further questions can be directed to Mark Flegg.
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Our virtual conference strategy
Virtual conferences face a number of challenges. Greatest amongst these are accommodating and engaging registrants from a range of time zones and providing conditions conducive to networking and sharing your research. We take these challenge very seriously and have implemented various changes to improve on the average virtual conference experience.
- The ANZIAM conference will take place over an extra day than normal and be spread out over a longer day. This is to ensure that the density of content does not overwhelm you as you sit at your computer all day and also try to juggle your lives at home (since you will not be at a dedicated exotic location).
- As ANZIAM is an Australia and New Zealand community, the formal live conference presentations are programmed between 9.30am and 8pm AEDT. The venue is available 24 hours and before and after the formal proceedings we will run watch parties of talks from the other end of the day so that you may watch talks that would otherwise be at inconvenient times.
- Your talks will be scheduled with your home time zone considered. We strongly recommend if you are from fringe time zones (especially international speakers) that you prepare a pre-recorded version of your talk. This is so that we can schedule your talk at an appropriate time and then show your pre-recorded version at watch parties at the other end of the day. Information on how to provide pre-recorded talks will be provided.
- Plenaries will be scheduled at a time appropriate for Australia and New Zealand but at a reasonable time for the speaker. We will encourage all plenary speakers to pre-record so that everyone can enjoy them.
- We strongly encourage all speakers to provide a graphical abstract, in the form of a poster or just a graphical advertisement for your talk. The graphical abstracts will be automatically displayed before and after you will present to give a chance for registrants to preview before the talk but also to stimulate discussion between talks in the foyer. If you do not provide a graphical abstract, a plain default one will be uploaded based on your normal abstract to help registrants preview the next session of talks.
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Post-medal ceremony social event
The presentation of medals is one of the most important traditions of the ANZIAM annual meetings. Under normal circumstances, we have this celebration over a formal dinner and have plenty of laughs and bond together as a community. Since this year we will be holding a virtual conference, it is important that we have a special, enjoyable evening planned to live up to the ANZIAM tradition.
We will be holding a ‘Big remote EXPO’ night of casual games hosted by Bananalife, a Brisbane-based company specialising in teambuilding and entertaining events.
The medal ceremony:
The medal ceremony will take place late afternoon AEDT on Thursday 4th February within our Gather virtual conference centre. Everyone registered for ANZIAM2021 is welcome and encouraged to attend this event.
We encourage you to bring a drink with you to the medal ceremony and raise it with us in celebration of the achievements of members of our community.
After the formal proceedings, there will be time to mingle and chat. This is a good time to congratulate medal winners and catch up with that one person you have been meaning to talk with all week. Shortly thereafter the social event will begin for those that have registered.
The social:
The post-medal ceremony social event will cost each registrant $15.
You will be given a url and here you will have the chance to mingle in any way you see fit in a specially designed platform for moving in and out of conversations. You will be linked to a team and one of many hosted game rooms where you will play laid back casual games and have a good laugh. If you don’t wish to play, you can just sit back and watch or just chat with people.
The hosts have expertise in engaging people and driving the night forward. Furthermore, the activities are constantly moving and highly inclusive to keep you engaged and having a good time for the entire time.
Since we need to book the hosts for each of the game sessions, we will need to know numbers in advance and so registration for this event is due 15th January 2021.
What you will need if you sign up for the social event (mostly that which is required for the conference venue itself):
- Headphones and microphone (absolutely necessary)
- A computer (not a phone or tablet) with a webcam
- A place to enjoy yourself where you can make noise
- A good internet connection (necessary for the whole conference)
- Chrome or Firefox browser
- Turn off any VPNs
- Bring drinks and snacks or anything else that will enhance your experience
Any further questions can be directed to Mark Flegg.
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Pre-uploaded content (deadline January 8th 2021)
We will be taking the opportunity of a virtual meeting to engage as much as possible using technology. To encourage casual discussion about research outside of the live presentations, you will have the opportunity to submit a graphical abstract and a pre-recorded version of your talk. These will be used in conjunction with your live talk to engage outside of your talk with attendees, to help them decide which talks to attend and also to reach attendees from a distribution of time zones.
Please upload your graphical abstract and/or pre-recorded talk here!
All graphical abstracts and pre-recorded talks must be submitted by January 8th 2021 (11:59pm AEDT) to allow us time to integrate them into the virtual conference platform. Content not received by this deadline risks not being included in the conference.
Further information abut the graphical abstracts and pre-recorded talks are given below. If you have logistical queries regarding the uploading of content you can direct them to the Virtual Chair team at [email protected].
Graphical abstracts
The graphical abstracts form an announcement for your talk combined with a short poster description. Before your scheduled live talk, the graphical abstract will be displayed in the virtual foyer to help delegates decide which talks to attend and after the talks the graphical abstracts are a good place to meet to carry on further informal discussions that might arise during question time.
How will the graphical abstracts work within the virtual venue?
Graphical abstracts are interactive objects in the virtual conference centre. At a distance, you see a small preview of the abstract. When standing next to it, the poster can be opened up using the interaction button (“x” on your keyboard) to see a full sized version on the screen. When the poster is expanded, you will lose sight of your own video feed but still be able to see those that are standing on the rug with you. There will also be a directory of graphical abstracts so that you can get a summary of the upcoming talks at a glance.
Format for graphical abstracts
When you submit your graphical abstracts to be uploaded, please keep the following in mind
- Make sure the PDF you’re submitting is a single page.
- While it can be any dimension, a 16:9 or 4:3 ratio graphical abstract will display all at once while a vertical graphical abstract will require scrolling up and down to see all the information.
- We will automatically create a title slide for your graphical abstract including Title and Name, so please make sure you fill these out on the form correctly.
- If you choose not to submit a graphical abstract at all, this is ok, a default abstract will be posted in its place based on the text abstract that you submit through the normal registration process.
- The software that you might use to generate a graphical abstract is a matter of personal preference but you may wish to use the same software that you use to generate slides for your talk.
Pre-recorded talks
When you register for a talk at ANZIAM2021, you will be given a 15 minute talk which will be delivered live during our formal operating hours (as you might expect of most conferences). As the timing of our formal operating hours (day time for Australia and New Zealand) will not suit everyone from around the world who may be joining our conference, the organisers will take care to ensure that your personal timezone is carefully considered when scheduling your talk. As this time might not be suitable for everyone, we plan to show the pre-recorded version of your talk (if you choose to provide one) at the opposing end of the day to the time that you are allocated (a time which will reach a different audience than that which can attend your live talk). The recordings will play in “watch parties” which will work like normal seminars except that the speaker will be a recording. You are more than welcome to attend your own pre-recorded lecture. There will be space for you to field questions or comment live over the top of your recording if you wish within the venue. Please note that a pre-recorded talk is not intended to be a substitute for a live talk.
The pre-recorded option is likely to be appealing to overseas attendees who will likely have talks scheduled at the extremes of the day or for those wishing to get a little more exposure for their talks.
To pre-record your talk, you may choose any recording software that you like. If you are not fluent with video recording software you can usually record straight from video conferencing tools like Zoom and create a good video with a shared screen.
Just like your live talk, the pre-recorded talk should be 15 minutes long and will be truncated if it is over 18 minutes so that we can fit all the talks in. It should be in the .MOV or .MP4 formats and for best viewing results have an aspect ratio of 16×9.
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FAQs
Q: What format should the graphical abstracts take? Classical poster? Minipaper? Infographic?
A: The format is completely up to you. As a graphical abstract the aim is to advertise and introduce your talk for other attendees deciding on which talk they would like to see. However, the graphical abstracts will remain in the foyer shortly after the talks and they are therefore also a good place to congregate after the talks for further discussions. In the latter case, the graphical abstracts could be used like a classical poster, with some key equations and figures to help facilitate post-talk discussions.
Q: If I miss the deadline for cooking kits (18th December) can I still join the cooking workshops?
A: Absolutely, you have until the 15th of January to register for the cooking workshops even if you missed the deadline to have a kit sent to you by us from Melbourne, Australia. In this case, you should source the ingredients (or substitute ingredients locally). Please see the cooking workshop page for a list of ingredients and suggested substitutions.
Q: If I am from overseas, can I still attend the social events?
A: Yes, you can. You should give some care with respect to your timezone however. The cooking classes will take place mostly during the late afternoon or evenings AEDT to suit most Australian and New Zealand time zones. Whilst this may be fine for a morning cook for European time zones, US attendees might find this a challenging time. That being said, if there are enough US attendees wishing to have a cooking class, we will seek a morning session for those interested (or contact you if this is not possible). We will not allocate you to an inappropriate time without first contacting you. The post-medal event will be live and take place in the evening on Thursday 4th of January in ADST. The WiM and Allies events will take place during the day time in Australia and New Zealand. The student night will take place in the evening ADST whilst the chess tournament will be at a time that suits the players that have to play at each stage and is quite flexible.
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