First day
Session 1, part 1/2:
- Welcome by Prof. Brian Schmidt (ANU) (00:00)
- Opening by Senator the Hon. Michaelia Cash (Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for Women) (05:20)
- Demographics: Diversity in Australian Astronomy, Prof. Sarah Maddison (Swinburne) (27:05)
Session 1, part 2/2:
- "Prop open that closet door", Dr. Lisa Harvey-Smith (CSIRO) (00:00)
- "Gender, parenthood and academic careers in science: understanding the problem and rethinking remedies", Prof. Gillian Whitehouse (UQ) (20:20)
Session 2:
Engage, empower, enact, Malcolm Fialho (UWA)
Second day
Session 3, part 1/2:
Experiential session: We Are All Made of Stars: The Mind of Equity and Diversity, Dr. Natalie McDonagh, Vicky Shukuroglou and Jessica Connor Kennedy (McDonagh Design)
Session 3, part 2/2:
Experiential session: We Are All Made of Stars: The Mind of Equity and Diversity, Dr. Natalie McDonagh, Vicky Shukuroglou and Jessica Connor Kennedy (McDonagh Design)
Session 4, part 1/2:
Male champions of change, Elizabeth Broderick (Australian Human Rights Sex Discrimination Commissioner)
Session 4, part 2/2:
- Top 5 things to change in the Australian Astronomy Community. Moderator: Prof. Matthew Colless (ANU) (00:00)
- Panel discussion:Bringing Change to Australian Institutions. Moderator: Elizabeth Broderick. Panel members: Prof. Margaret Harding (ANU Deputy Vice-Chancellor Research), Prof. Linda Kristjanson (Swinburne University Vice-Chancellor) , Prof. Aidan Byrne (ARC CEO), Dr. Megan Clark (CSIRO CEO) , Prof. Terry Speed (WEHI Investigator and Winner of Prime Minister's Science Prize 2013)
Program
A pdf version of the program is available here.
| Thursday 28th August 2014 | ||
| 9:30 | Registration | |
| 10:00 | Welcome by Prof. Brian Schmidt (ANU) | |
| 10:05 | Opening by Senator the Hon. Michaelia Cash (Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for Women) | |
| 10:20 | Demographics: Diversity in Australian Astronomy, Prof. Sarah Maddison (Swinburne) | |
| 10:40 | Inspirational Stories | |
| Made in Australia, Dr. Minh Huynh (ICRAR-UWA) | ||
| Prop open that closet door, Dr. Lisa Harvey-Smith (CSIRO) | ||
| 11:20 | Gender, parenthood and academic careers in science: understanding the problem and rethinking remedies, Prof. Gillian Whitehouse (UQ) | |
| 12:10 | Lunch Break | |
| 1:10 | Engage, empower, enact, Malcolm Fialho (UWA) | |
| 3:25 | Tea Break | |
| 3:40 | Delusions of gender? What women and men in science need to know about "neurosexism", Dr. Cordelia Fine (U. Melbourne) | |
| 4:30 | Role Playing Around Tricky Situations. Moderator: Prof. Brian Schmidt (ANU) | |
| 5:30 | Announcement of ICRAR Visiting Fellowship for Senior Women Astronomers, Dr. Renu Sharma (ICRAR, UWA) | |
| 7:00 | Dinner | |
| Friday 29th August 2014 | ||
| 9:30 | Experiential session: We Are All Made of Stars: The Mind of Equity and Diversity, Dr. Natalie McDonagh, Vicky Shukuroglou and Jessica Connor Kennedy (McDonagh Design) | |
| 10:30 | Morning Break | |
| 11:00 | Experiential session continued: We Are All Made of Stars: The Mind of Equity and Diversity, Dr. Natalie McDonagh, Vicky Shukuroglou and Jessica Connor Kennedy (McDonagh Design) | |
| 12:00 | Lunch Break | |
| 1:00 | Male champions of change, Elizabeth Broderick (Australian Human Rights Sex Discrimination Commissioner) | |
| 1:45 | Top 5 things to change in the Australian Astronomy Community. Moderator: Prof. Matthew Colless (ANU) | |
| 2:45 | Tea Break | |
| 3:00 | Panel discussion:Bringing Change to Australian Institution
Moderator: Elizabeth Broderick Panel members: Prof. Margaret Harding (ANU Deputy Vice-Chancellor Research) Prof. Linda Kristjanson (Swinburne University Vice-Chancellor) Prof. Aidan Byrne (ARC CEO) Dr. Megan Clark (CSIRO CEO) Prof. Terry Speed (WEHI Investigator and Winner of Prime Minister's Science Prize 2013) | |
| 4:15 | Launch of WiA Pleiades Awards, Dr. Lisa Harvey-Smith (CSIRO, ASA WiA Chapter President) | |
| 4:45 | Conlusion by Celine d'Orgeville and Prof. Brian Schmidt (ANU, WiA 2014 Workshop Co-Chairs) | |
| 5:00 | End of Workshop | |