BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:-//University of Otago//Events Calendar//EN VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:University of Otago Calendar X-WR-TIMEZONE:Pacific/Auckland BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Pacific/Auckland X-LIC-LOCATION:Pacific/Auckland BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+1200 TZOFFSETTO:+1300 TZNAME:NZDT DTSTART:19700927T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=9;BYDAY=-1SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+1300 TZOFFSETTO:+1200 TZNAME:NZST DTSTART:19700405T030000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=4;BYDAY=1SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:A planning tool to optimise conference timing for virtual delegates: A test of concept SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20230621T213534Z DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20230724T120000 DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20230724T130000 UID:UniversityOfOtago-Events-Calendar-OTAGO0245783 DESCRIPTION:A seminar co-hosted by He Kaupapa Hononga, Otago Energy Research Centre and Transport Research Network, and presented by James Higham, Ray O’Brien, Richard Wang, and Sherry Tseng. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
In 2022 James Higham and his team were awarded a joint seed research grant by He Kaupapa Hononga (HKH), Otago Energy Research Centre (OERC) and the Transport Research Network (TRN) to undertake the research project “Conference timing: Optimising for targeted impact”.
This team of researchers set out to develop and pilot a prototype optimisation tool that would allow conference organisers to optimise the timing of conference activities. Such a tool aims to address a key barrier to virtual conference attendance to further advance progress towards new low-carbon academic conference conventions by better catering for online conference delegates.
In this seminar, James Higham, Ray O’Brien, Richard Wang, and Sherry Tseng will share their experiences and findings from their research project.
The deadline for registration is Wednesday, 19 July 2023.
To register for in-person attendance, please contact:
Email transport.research@otago.ac.nz
To attend online, please register at the link below:
LOCATION:Seminar Room 1.03, William James Building, 275 Leith Walk, Dunedin, and online via Zoom END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Discovering and cataloguing previously undocumented Otago and Southland earthquakes, 1855–1929 SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20230619T230655Z DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20230718T170000 DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20230718T180000 UID:UniversityOfOtago-Events-Calendar-OTAGO0245741 DESCRIPTION:A seminar by Jamie Gurney, GNS Science. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:A seminar by Jamie Gurney, GNS Science.
Seismicity in the Otago and Southland regions during the 19th, and first four decades of the 20th, centuries is poorly documented in published catalogues and scientific literature. Using newspapers and contemporary felt reports, a more complete database of felt historical earthquakes has been constructed, potentially increasing the continuous record of known seismicity in the two regions from 85–90 years to approximately 160 years. Although defining the seismic parameters for these earlier earthquakes poses a significant challenge, the addition of 75 years of previously unknown seismicity may assist evaluation of existing seismic hazard assessments
This seminar will be available to watch live online via Zoom at the link below:
Zoom link for Jamie Gurney's geology seminar
LOCATION:Benson Common Room (Gn9, Geology Building), Dunedin and online via Zoom END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Inaugural Professorial Lecture – Professor Anne-Marie Jackson SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20230703T034458Z DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20230720T160000 DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20230720T200000 UID:UniversityOfOtago-Events-Calendar-OTAGO0245448 DESCRIPTION:Professor Anne-Marie Jackson delivers her Inaugural Professorial Lecture (IPL) titled: Tino Rangatiratanga: A foundation for Flourishing Wellness X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:Ko mauri ora te kaupapa matua tā Anne-Marie mahi rangahau. E mahi ana rātou ko āna rōpū i ngā kaupapa o: te hauora Māori; Tangaroa me Hinemoana; ngā waka me te haumaru wai, me; te mātauranga ā iwi, ā hapū. He kaiārahi ia o ngā kaupapa e rua, arā Te Koronga Centre of Indigenous Science me te Centre of Research Excellence Coastal People: Southern Skies. He kaiakiaki hoki ia o ngā tauira atamai e whai ana ki te pae tawhiti. Tēnei tātou Te Koronga!
Anne-Marie’s research is focused on indigenous flourishing wellness. Her teams work on Māori physical education and health; the marine environment; traditional canoes and water safety and Indigenous science.
She is a leader of Te Koronga Centre of Indigenous Science and the Centre of Research Excellence Coastal People: Southern Skies. She is also a supervisor to excellent students who seek the distant horizon. Here we are Te Koronga!
Registration is required for this event.
Please register your attendance here
Upon arrival please wait in the carpark for a prompt 4pm start of a formal pōwhiri. Please ensure you are on time, and dress warmly as we will be gathering outside.
This event will be live-streamed, from 4:55pm Thursday 20th July 2023, at the following web address:
Professor Anne-Marie Jackson's IPL video stream
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LOCATION:Arai Te Uru Marae, 24 Shetland Street, Dunedin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Inaugural Professorial Lecture – Professor Craig Bunt SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20230607T023904Z DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20230713T173000 DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20230713T193000 UID:UniversityOfOtago-Events-Calendar-OTAGO0245471 DESCRIPTION:Professor Craig Bunt delivers his Inaugural Professorial Lecture (IPL) titled: Pharm to farm: Interdisciplinary Agricultural Innovation X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:Dr Craig Bunt is the Inaugural Professor of Agricultural Innovation, University of Otago, New Zealand.
In 1995 he completed his PhD in Pharmaceutical Sciences at the University of Otago. After a period as a Research Officer with InterAg, a veterinary pharmaceutical company, he became a Senior Lecturer in Pharmaceutics at the University of Auckland, and following this a Senior Research Scientist at AgResearch.
Craig’s research focuses on bioactive delivery, and he is an author on over 120 research publications and 16 patents (6 granted in the USA). Craig has been awarded many honours and distinctions including an OECD fellowship, The Chiasma, Uniservices and Ideas Challenge prizes of the Spark Ideas Entrepreneurship Challenge, the Waikato Agribusiness Innovation Awards Supreme Winner and the Controlled Release Society’s Outstanding Veterinary Paper.
Craig has a wide range of formulations experience over many years, clustered around three key areas; Veterinary Pharmaceutics, Agriculture, and Nutraceuticals, currently with a strong focus on electro-spinning/spraying and 3D printing. He leads the Ag/Vet Controlled Release lab, which researches agri and veterinary controlled release formulations. Craig is also a member of Food Waste Innovation, a University of Otago Research Theme which measures food waste, develops reduction strategies, applies innovative technology, and works to modify producer and consumer behaviour.
This lecture will be followed with light refreshments, tea, coffee and juice.
This event will be live-streamed, from 5:25pm Thursday 13 July 2023, at the following web address:
Professor Craig Bunt's IPL video stream
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LOCATION:Castle 1 Lecture Theatre, Dunedin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Inaugural Professorial Lecture – Professor David Eyers SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20230530T001048Z DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20230711T173000 DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20230711T193000 UID:UniversityOfOtago-Events-Calendar-OTAGO0245147 DESCRIPTION:Professor David Eyers delivers his Inaugural Professorial Lecture (IPL) titled, “Head in the clouds: the passing front of a new computing paradigm”. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:David's research examines how to structure interacting software components for safety, efficiency and usability; and approaches to software engineering that result in auditable systems. He has developed security technology that tracks the provenance of data as it is processed by interacting computer systems. This ensures that the users’ data management policies can be upheld: e.g. sensitive data can be protected from exfiltration attacks, and data sovereignty requirements can be supported. This work applies particularly to cloud computing, in which the cloud provider becomes an additional stakeholder in software systems. He is interested in computationally and energy efficient large-scale data processing techniques, for example speeding up reconstruction of 3D landscape models from geospatial measurements using high performance computing clusters. His research also investigates potential social impacts of software systems, such as determining how compliance to regulation can be demonstrated, and reducing risks caused by recommender systems within social media platforms.
This lecture will be followed with light refreshments, tea, coffee and juice.
This event will be livestreamed, from 5:25pm Tuesday 11 July 2023, at the following web address:
Professor David Eyers's IPL video stream
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LOCATION:Castle 1 Lecture Theatre, University of Otago Dunedin campus END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Inaugural Professorial Lecture – Professor David Orlovich SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20230530T013026Z DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20230718T173000 DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20230718T193000 UID:UniversityOfOtago-Events-Calendar-OTAGO0245149 DESCRIPTION:Professor David Orlovich delivers his Inaugural Professorial Lecture (IPL) titled, “Exploring the Fungal Underworld”. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:David is a mycologist and botanist with expertise in fungal cell biology, molecular ecology, plant and fungal evolution, taxonomy and systematics. He has a Bachelor of Science and PhD from the University of New South Wales, and conducted postdoctoral research at the Universities of Melbourne, Queensland and New South Wales before coming to New Zealand and Otago. He currently leads a Marsden-funded study to understand the genetic basis for the evolution of truffle-like fungi. Other current research focuses on discovering and describing new species of native mushrooms.
David curates the fungal and slime mould collections in the Otago Regional Herbarium and adds to this collection through the annual New Zealand Fungal Foray.
David shares his passion for plants and fungi through teaching at all levels. He has been President of the Fungal Network of New Zealand since 2004 and the Head of the Department of Botany since 2017.
This lecture will be followed with light refreshments, tea, coffee and juice.
This event will be live-streamed, from 5:25pm Tuesday 18 July 2023, at the following web address:
LOCATION:Castle 1 Lecture Theatre, University of Otago Dunedin campus END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR