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Pecha Kucha: Showcasing Collaborative Research

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Summary

Applied & Community-Based Research: Health, Technology, Sustainability & Society

Start Date

2nd Sep 2013 5:00pm

End Date

2nd Sep 2013 7:00pm

Venue

School of Architecture & Design Lecture Theatre, Inveresk Campus, Launceston

RSVP / Contact Information

Natalie.Edwards@utas.edu.au

A Pecha Kucha 20x20 style event with researchers from an range of disciplines presenting a rapid view of their research with industry, community, etc.

Key threads running through these presentations include: health, technology, sustainability and societal transformation.

Speakers are as follows, with more being confirmed daily:

  • Dr Helen Trenos (Tasmanian College of the Arts) - 'Tasmanian Drama Festival: for the love of theatre'
  • Dr Ceridwen Owen (School of Architecture & Design) - 'Back Home with Autism: Senses of Space'
  • Ms Carey Mather (Nursing & Midwifery) - 'Acting locally, Engaging globally: Using Web 2.0 in health'
  • Mr James Riggall (Launceston Clinical School) - 'digiMe: a Personalisable Dashboard that Supports Learning, Teaching, Clinical and Professional Practice'
  • Assoc Prof Stu Smith (Human Life Sciences & Director, Active Living Centre) - 'Video Games for Health'
  • Dr Alex Forrest (AMC) - 'Bridging science and engineering: Autonomous Underwater Vehicles as platforms for cross-disciplinary research'
  • Ms Katrina de Graaf - 'Bubble dynamics of seismic airguns'
  • Angela McKay - 'High Fidelity Simulation'

The session will be chaired by Professor Janelle Allison.