NEOTOMA(TILIA)/OCTOPUS and Pollen Data Analysis Online Workshop

Hosted by the ARC Centre of Excellence for Australian Biodiversity and Heritage (CABAH)

Registration page: https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/neotomatiliaoctopus-and-pollen-data-analysis-registration-98975946721

CABAH are hosting a free online workshop and training sessions available to everyone interested in learning, upskilling and participating in discussions around the theme of developing a Quaternary Research database for Australia. This workshop will be delivered over five days and will comprise a series of morning and afternoon sessions. This workshop will provide training, discussion and decision making on the current and future state of palaeoecological data management in Australia – with a focus one using the global NEOTOMA Database. We are very fortunate to be able to invite Prof Eric Grimm and Prof Jessica Blois to this event and they will be providing expert advice and training in TILIA, NEOTOMA and in using the R package for palaeoecological data analysis.

We will also be using this time to explore the future of palaeoecological data management in Australia with the guidance from CABAH database experts Dr Henry Munack and Dr Tibi Codilean (building an Australian palaeoecological database that integrates with NEOTOMA – OCTOPUS).

This workshop is open to all interested academic staff, students and practitioners who produce or are engaged with palaeoecological data (focus on pollen and charcoal datasets, but others also welcome). The workshop is sponsored by CABAH so there is no registration fee. Anyone interested in attending should register with their details using the registration link on this Eventbrite page.

Dates: This workshop will be held over five days from 13th July to 17th July (~3hr sessions each day).

Coordinator: Professor Simon Haberle. Facilitators: Professor Eric Grimm, Professor Jessica Blois, Dr. Henry Munack, Dr. Tibi Codilean

Full workshop information and schedule

Are you sad the AQUA 2020 conference has been postponed? Are you missing your bi-annual Quaternary fix? Never fear, some of your fellow AQUA members, Helen Bostock and Chris Moy have proposed a pop-up online conference for all this Aus + NZ Quaternary! 

The online conference will occur on the 1st-2nd July 2020. Anyone working on quaternary research in Australia, New Zealand, the South Pacific or Antarctica are welcome to participate. Presentation content can span a wide range of topics, including (but not limited to) past climates/environments, stratigraphy, geomorphology, volcanology and biogeography. Students (PhD and Masters), and Early Career Researchers are strongly encouraged to participate, to get feedback on your research and meet the broader community. If you would like to present your research please send your; 

Name:

Affiliation:

Contact email address:

Informative title:

Key points: (eg. 3 points as for some journals) 

to h.bostock@uq.edu.au (for Australian related research) or chris.moy@otago.ac.nz (for New Zealand related research).

Key Information:

No cost. BYO coffee and food!

Presentation submission deadline: 1st June 2020

Short talks 10 mins, lots of time for discussion.

Dates for the AQUA 2021 biennial conference on the Atherton Tablelands will be re-assessed when the current situation changes.

Atherton, far north Queensland.

The Atherton tablelands have, of course, been the location of some iconic Quaternary studies, and this meeting will be an opportunity to acknowledge these contributions. It is also a great opportunity to escape the cool southern winters for the dry season tropics.

The venue for the conference will be the function room of The Atherton Hotel. The hotel is in the centre of the Atherton metropolis, close to all accommodation and entertainment options. It also has three bars to retire to if all the science talk has made you thirsty, or to facilitate even more talk.

Further information, including abstract submission details and registration, will follow in the upcoming weeks.