AQUA 2022

AQUA 2022  The next AQUA conference will be held in Adelaide, Australia from Tuesday 6th to Thursday 8th December, 2022! This will be the first in-person AQUA conference for 4 years and we can’t wait to see as many AQUA members there as possible. However, due to travel constraints this meeting will likely be offered as…

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XXI INQUA Congress 13-20 July 2023

The XXI INQUA congress is to be held from the 13-20th of July 2023! The first circular and call for sessions has just been released. It would be great to see some sessions proposed from the AQUA community, in particular those with a Southern Hemisphere focus. Session proposals are due by March 31, 2022. Check…

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Interview series: Dr Michelle McKeown

By Dr Annie Lau I got the opportunity to ask Dr Michelle McKeown some questions before she moves out of Australasia and back to her native country, Ireland. I wish her all the best in her new role as a lecturer at University College Cork! 1. Hi Michelle, you seem to have worked in many…

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AQUA 2021 Schedule & Abstract booklet

The 2021 AQUA virtual conference is just around the corner (8th & 9th of July 2021). We have a full schedule of Australian and New Zealand Quaternary Science coming to you over 2 days. We are also pleased to announce that our two keynote speakers for this virtual event will be Dr. Amy Prendagast (University…

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AQUA virtual conference 2021

AQUA will be hosting an online/virtual conference on the 8th-9th of July 2021! 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),…

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Interview series: Dr Haidee Cadd

By Dr Annie Lau and Dr Lynda Petherick We are delighted to have Dr Haidee Cadd, research associate at the University of New South Wales, as the first interviewee in this new series. 1. Can you tell us about yourself, your research interest, and your career path? I am currently a post-doctoral research associate working…

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ECR takeover! (New blog)

We are transforming the AQUA blog into an ECR blog. To kick off this refurbished blog, we will be interviewing AQUA researchers to know more about each other’s research, science journey, and life outside work. Do you want to be interviewed? Contact us to chat more! http://aqua.org.au/blogs/ecr-blog/

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NEOTOMA(TILIA)/OCTOPUS and Pollen Data Analysis Workshop – 13-17 July 2020

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…

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Aus+NZ pop-up-e-conference

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…

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AQUA 2020 *Postponed to 2021* – Atherton Tablelands

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…

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