July 2 - 4 2008

	WEDNESDAY	THURSDAY	FRIDAY
	8.00 Registration 9.00 Welcome Shenagh Gleisner, Dame Miian Dell Keynote speaker: Jilly Evans (supported by Agmardt)	8.30 AWIS AGM 9.30 Keynote speaker: Margaret Brimble (supported by Maurice Wilkins Centre)	9.00 Keynote speaker: Cordelia Fine (supported by University of Canterbury)
10.30	Morning tea	Morning tea	10.00 Morning tea
11.00	Symposia Science: women’s business? Issue for science geaching	Symposia Science and sustainability Hot issues in social science	10.30 Plenary: The role of the scientist in contemporary debate Closing Remarks: Rt. Hon. Lianene Dalziel
12.30pm	Lunch	Lunch	Finish
1.30	Workshops Magic of Science I Presenting so you really communicate Balancing work and young chilidren's needs Resilience in a science career Team dynamics (Belbin role theory)	Workshops Starting your own business Writing for mainstream media Health and wellbeing Team dynamics (Belbin role theory) Meet women with careers in science (for secondary students)	Optional half day field trip to the Antarctic Centre
3.00	Afternoon tea	Afternoon tea
3.30	Workshops Magic of Science II Presenting so you really communicate Balancing work and young children's needs Resilience in a science career Success with the PBRF	Symposia Communicating science Mana wahine (Magic of Science III)
	5 - 6 Poster session (sponsored by Univeristy of Otago) 6 - 7 Wine and chocolate tasting	6.30 Gala Dinner at the Dux de Lux, Christchurch Arts Centre

Keynote speakers

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Dr Jilly Evans, Vice-President of Amira Pharmaceuticals, San Diego
On being a scientist and a woman
(supported by Agmardt)

Professor Margaret Brimble, University of Auckland – L’Oreal UNESCO winner of Women in Science Award
Medicinal Chemistry: An Academic Discipline or a Commercial Reality?
(supported by Maurice Wilkins Centre)

Dr Cordelia Fine, University of Melbourne, cognitive neuroscientist and freelance science writer
Will working mothers' brains explode? Glass ceilings , ego depletion and mental housekeeping
(supported by the University of Canterbury)

Plenary session: “The role of the scientist in contemporary debate”

Chair: Margaret Kilvington, Social researcher, Landcare Research

Panel: Jean Fleming, Chair in Science Communication, University of Otago; Helen Anderson, CEO of Ministry of Research, Science and Technology; Cordelia Fine,University of Melbourne, cognitive neuroscientist and freelance science writer; Lesley Patterson, School of People, Environment and Planning, Massey University; Fiona Carswell, Landcare Research climate change researcher, .

Mini symposium themes

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1) Science: women’s business?

Chair: Sarah Hunger

Does commercialisation corrupt science? - where does Innovation come from? (Elspeth McRae, Group Manager, Biomaterials Research, Scion)
Science-it doesn't count if it's not used (Jane Lancaster, Catalyst R & D)
Creating an organisation you want to work for (Suzi Kerr, Director of Motu Economic and Public Policy Research)

2) Unlocking the potential in your students: issues for science teaching

Chair: Jenni Adams, University of Canterbury

Making Science Accessible, Fun and Feminine? or Not all Scientists are Bearded, Balding Middle-Aged Men' (Juliet Gerrard, Winner of “Sustained Excellence” in tertiary teaching, University of Canterbury)
Postgraduate supervision – improving your skills (Paula Jameson, Head of Biological Sciences, University of Canterbury)
Mentoring – how to be a good mentor and how to get the most from your mentor (Jean Fleming, Professor of Science Communication, University of Otago)

3) Science and sustainability

Chair: Fiona Carswell, Landcare Research

How important is sustainability to “brand NZ” in overseas markets? (Professor Caroline Saunders, Director of the Agribusiness and Economics Research Unit, Lincoln University)
Sustainability and water management (Gillian Wratt, CEO of the Cawthron Institute)
Maximising co-benefits - a new paradigm for the way we view, use and protect our natural capital (Alison Collins, Landcare Research)

4) Hot issues in social science
Chair: Lisa Langer, Scion Research

Between a rock and a hard place ‑ the fads and frictions of bodily disposal in a globally informed age (Ruth McManus, University of Canterbury)
Barbara Ehrenreich Revisited (Ronnie Cooper, University of Canterbury)
Who does what when baby arrives? Parents’ accounts of work in the first year of their first child’s life (Lesley Patterson, School of Sociology, Social Policy and Social Work, Massey University, Wellington)

5) The magic of science I – tasters of research across the sciences
Chair: Elisabeth Wells,, University of Otago, Christchurch

The science of swallowing (Phoebe Macrae, Van der Veer Institute for Parkinson's and Brain Research, University of Canterbury)
What's love got to do with it? (Elaine Rush, Auckland University of Technology)
Polar 'Canaries'- Understanding adaptive processes using Antarctic marine animals (Victoria Metcalfe, University of Canterbury)

6) The magic of science II – tasters of research across the sciences
Chair: Stella Bellis, Landcare Research

Science with a Rural Focus: Using immunology to add-value to the humble farm animal (Liz Carpenter, AgResearch)
The science behind eating “the Colour Way” (Carolyn Lister, Crop and Food Research)
The South West Pacific Ocean - a sink for atmospheric carbon dioxide (Kim Currie, NIWA)

7) Mana wahine: emerging māori scientists (Magic of Science III)
Chair: hazel Gatehouse, Lincoln University

Nutrinos, Gamma Ray Bursts and Motherhood (Pauline Harris, University of Canterbury)
Once were scientists - kaitiakitanga mo te kiekie (Freycinetia banksii) (Cheri van Schravendijk, University of Canterbury)
Bioavailability of trace elements in soils (Amanda Black, Lincoln University)

8) Communicating science to the New Zealand public
Chair: Malina Storer, Syft Technologies

Can a science focussed exhibition be delivered to a general audience that is popular, accurate, bicultural, fun engaging, inspiring and curriculum linked? (Carol Diebel, Director of Natural Environment, Te Papa Tongarewa)
Café Scientifique: public conversations about science (Alison Campbell, University of Waikato)
What do you say when a child asks why it's colder in winter? (Jenni Adams, University of Canterbury)