| 8.45 - 9.15 |
Registration |
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Session 1 Chair: Piers Brissenden
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| 9.15 - 9.20 |
Welcome - Peter Kay, President, TechNet SA |
| 9.20 - 9.35 |
Official Welcome - Professor Anne Edwards, Vice-Chancellor, Flinders University |
| 9.35 - 10.15 |
Keynote Address - What makes a good techo? - Professor Mary Barton, Head, Pharmaceutical, Molecular and Biomedical Sciences, University of South Australia |
| 10.15 - 10.45 |
Morning Tea |
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Session 2 Chair: Lyn Spencer
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| 10.45 - 11.25 |
The role of technical staff in a land of priorities - Associate Professor John Rice, Head, Flinders Institute for Research in Science and Technology (FIRST), Flinders University |
| 11.25 - 12.05 |
Professional development and career paths for technical staff - Hugh Kearns, Head, Staff Development and Training Unit, Flinders University |
| 12.05 - 12.30 |
Building bridges between faculties - Ian Linke, Technical Officer, Dept. Chemical Engineering, University of Adelaide |
| 12.30 - 1.30 |
Lunch |
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Session 3 Chair: Alana Hansen
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| 1.30 - 2.00 |
Commercialisation- What can it mean to you? Piers Brissenden, Associate, Technology Commercialisation Group |
| 2.00 - 2.20 |
Diversity in a clinical teaching laboratory - Judith Manning, Clinical Skills Coordinator, Clinical Educational Development Unit, TQEH |
| 2.20 - 2.35 |
Novel software program for spectrophotometry - Doug Butler, School of Biological Sciences, Flinders University |
| 2.35 - 3.00 |
Employment options for technical staff – Jana Skilins, Kelly Scientific Resources |
| 3.00- 3.30 |
Afternoon Tea |
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Session 4 Chair: Piers Brissenden
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| 3.30 - 4.00 |
TechTrain Report - Lynda Kutek, School of Pharmaceutical Molecular and Biomedical Sciences, Uni SA; Rupal Pradhan, School of Pharmaceutical Molecular and Biomedical Sciences, Uni SA; Lyn Spencer, School of Biological Sciences, Flinders University |
| 4.00 - 4.55 |
Discussion forum - Interuniversity networking and the future of TechNet SA |
| 4.55 - 5.00 |
Close - Peter Kay |
