Event schedule


Note: all Key Stories are in A1 - G.25 Auditorium.

1st of July 2025

Day 1
Registration (A1 - G.47/48)
Impostor Syndrome
  • Amanda Miotto Griffith

The Australian PID National Roadmap: strategy and implementation
  • Siobhann McCafferty ARDC

Introduction to programming: Plotting and Programming with Python
  • Joanna Salerno QCIF

  • Senn Oon QUT

Introduction to R
  • Dr Danny Meloncelli QCIF

  • Fellice Catelo UniSC

AI Basis: Unsupervised and Supervised Machine Learning using R
  • Dr Virginie Perlo QUT

EcoCommons: Calculating and visualising Species Richness and Shannon Diversity for analysing ecological surveys with EcoCommons Notebooks
  • Dr Ryan Newis QCIF

Productive and precise academic writing
  • Dr Sara Hutchinson UniSC

Making code go fast: an introduction to performance engineering in research
  • Dr Emily Kahl Pawsey Supercomputing Center

Morning tea (A1 - G.47/48)
Research data and high-performance computing at Pawsey
  • Dr Emily Kahl Pawsey Supercomputing Center

TERN Services to Enable Research in Ecosystem Science
  • Siddeswara Guru TERN

Introduction to programming: Plotting and Programming with Python
  • Joanna Salerno QCIF

  • Senn Oon QUT

Introduction to R
  • Dr Danny Meloncelli QCIF

  • Fellice Catelo UniSC

AI Basis: Unsupervised and Supervised Machine Learning using R
  • Dr Virginie Perlo QUT

Why you need an ORCID
  • Julie Toohey Australian Access Federation

Crafting Your Research Profile
  • Dr Sara Hutchinson UniSC

  • Graham Matchett UniSC

Auditing Generative AI Tools for Academic Research and Writing
  • Dr Kevin Witzenberger QUT

  • Prof. Michelle Riedlinger QUT

Lunch and Stalls (A1 - G.47/48)
Key Story - Ross Young
  • Ross Young UniSC

Bridging research and real-world impact: CSIRO's ON Innovation Program
  • Richelle McNae CSIRO

Introduction to programming: Plotting and Programming with Python
  • Joanna Salerno QCIF

  • Senn Oon QUT

Introduction to R
  • Dr Danny Meloncelli QCIF

  • Fellice Catelo UniSC

Maximising Health Research Outcomes with Secondary Clinical Trial Data
  • Dr Amany Gouda-Vossos ARDC

Building a Species Distribution Model with EcoCommons Platform
  • Xiang Zhao QCIF

Auditing Generative AI Tools for Academic Research and Writing
  • Dr Kevin Witzenberger QUT

  • Prof. Michelle Riedlinger QUT

2nd of July 2025

Day 2
Registration (A1 - G.47/48)
Valuing What Matters: A Participatory Framework for Recognising Diverse Contributions
  • Dr Cooper Smout Open Heart + Mind

Mining genomic and RNASeq data to develop new eco-friendly insecticides to combat Red Imported Fire Ants
  • Prof. Robert Harvey UniSC

Introduction to programming: Plotting and Programming with Python
  • Joanna Salerno QCIF

  • Senn Oon QUT

Introduction to R
  • Dr Danny Meloncelli QCIF

  • Fellice Catelo UniSC

Introductory Data Cleaning/Exploration with Python/Pandas
  • Robert Fleet QUT Digital Observatory

Studying digital platforms with data donation tools from the Australian Internet Observatory
  • Dr Bogdan Mamaev Australian Internet Observatory

How do our computers talk to each other? Learn about how the internet is wired together
  • Dr Sara King AARNET

Statistical Comparisons in R
  • Dr Ade Adeyinka QCIF

Morning tea (A1 - G.47/48)
Valuing What Matters: A Participatory Framework for Recognising Diverse Contributions
  • Dr Cooper Smout Open Heart + Mind

Introduction to programming: Plotting and Programming with Python
  • Joanna Salerno QCIF

  • Senn Oon QUT

Introduction to R
  • Dr Danny Meloncelli QCIF

  • Fellice Catelo UniSC

First Steps with AI: An Introduction to Enhanced Data Exploration
  • Robert Fleet QUT Digital Observatory

Exploring texts using concordances
  • Dr Simon Musgrave LDaCA / Monash

How do I move my truckload of data?
  • Dr Sara King AARNET

Statistical Comparisons in R
  • Dr Ade Adeyinka QCIF

Lunch and Stalls (A1 - G.47/48)
Key Story - These aren't the droids you're looking for: on the ongoing failure to create safe, ethical, and beneficial Artificial Intelligence
  • Paul Salmon UniSC

Data-Oriented Career Pathways - How did I get here, and how can you? - Panel discussion
  • Dr Danny Meloncelli QCIF

Introduction to programming: Plotting and Programming with Python
  • Joanna Salerno QCIF

  • Senn Oon QUT

Introduction to R
  • Dr Danny Meloncelli QCIF

  • Fellice Catelo UniSC

Accelerate Your Research with Cloud Computing on the ARDC Nectar Research Cloud
  • Meirian Lovelace-Tozer

Statistical Comparisons in R
  • Dr Ade Adeyinka QCIF

Researcher Speed-Dating

3rd of July 2025

Day 3
Registration (A1 - G.47/48)
Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility in Action: The Carpentries Way
  • Mark Crowe Australian Genome Research Facility

Core skills in bioinformatics
  • Dr Lachlan McKinnie UniSC

Introduction to Quantum Machine Learning
  • Dr Ashar Malik UQ

  • Adam Serghini UQ

Automating Research Data Workflows with Microsoft Forms and Power BI
  • Nicholas Pittman Relational Insights Data Lab, Griffith

  • Jessica Chen Relational Insights Data Lab, Griffith

Introduction to data cleaning with OpenRefine
  • Sharron Stapleton Griffith University

Bridging Quantitative Data and Qualitative Insights: Spearman’s Rank Correlation in Mixed Methods Research
  • Dimanthinie De Silva QUT

Web Archives 101: Beyond Copy and Paste for Digital Research
  • Robert Fleet QUT Digital Observatory

R Shiny essentials: from data to interactive dashboards
  • Dr Ade Adeyinka QCIF

Morning tea (A1 - G.47/48)
Beyond the Code: Effective Research Automation with Git, Ansible and Docker
  • Steele Cooke AARNet

Crafting Clarity: Data as Design
  • Jo McCallum Griffith

Introduction to Quantum Machine Learning
  • Dr Ashar Malik UQ

  • Adam Serghini UQ

Introduction to R Spatial
  • Stéphane Guillou UQ Library

  • Nicholas Wiggins UQ

Introduction to data cleaning with OpenRefine
  • Sharron Stapleton Griffith University

Introduction to Text Analytics in R
  • Dr Sam Hames UQ

Creating scientific graphs with Python and AI
  • Dr Lachlan McKinnie UniSC

R Shiny essentials: from data to interactive dashboards
  • Dr Ade Adeyinka QCIF

Lunch and Stalls (A1 - G.47/48)
Key Story - Not Knowing Is a Feature, Not a Bug
  • Alise Fox QLD Department of Primary Industries

How to use social media to your advantage
  • Dr Karen Sutherland UniSC

Introduction to Quantum Machine Learning
  • Dr Ashar Malik UQ

  • Adam Serghini UQ

Copyright 101 for Researchers
  • Cameron Rutter QUT

R Shiny essentials: from data to interactive dashboards
  • Dr Ade Adeyinka QCIF