Program
Your three day line-up!The program will run to Australian Eastern Daylight Savings time (GMT+11). Look up your time here.
Day 1
09 Oct 2017
Day 2
10 Oct 2017
Day 3
11 Oct 2017
10:00 - 10:35
Implementation Science Insights – Session Expired
Implementation Researcher and author of the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research (CFIR), Dr Laura Damschroder, talks about implementation science and the considerations needed when implementing new knowledge into practice settings.... Read More
Laura J. Damschroder
10:35 - 11:20
What makes implementation successful?
Dr Jeremy Grimshaw provides insights into Implementation Science and the lessons he has learned along the way in a long and prestigious career. Some great information for those about to... Read More
Dr. Jeremy Grimshaw
11:20 - 11:45
Changing behaviour and attitudes
Steven Roche talks us through the similarities and differences between knowledge translation and agricultural extension and provides some valuable insights and tools for influencing people and changing attitudes. Add this... Read More
Steven Roche, PhD
11:45 - 12:05
BREAK TIME
12:05 - 12:45
Embedding knowledge Translation in a research centre
Ben Harris-Roxas discusses how knowledge translation is part of business as usual at the South Eastern Sydney Research Collaboration Hub and the key lessons they have learned throughout the process.... Read More
A/Prof Ben Harris-Roxas
12:45 - 13:10
Visual techniques for science communication
Kate Patterson from the Garvan Research Institute discusses the role of visual science communication of the basic sciences and how to create impact. In this interview, we get to see... Read More
Kate Patterson
13:10 - 14:10
LUNCH BREAK DAY 1
14:10 - 14:45
The use of stories in science communication
Shawn Callahan outlines the elements required for successful storytelling and how using stories can be helpful in influencing decision making. Add this session to your calendar: iCalendar • Google Calendar... Read More
Shawn Callahan
14:45 - 15:15
Podcasting science
Marie McNeely helps people understand science and the people behind the science in her podcast. Find out how scientists are becoming understood and sharing the value of their work through... Read More
Marie McNeely, PhD
15:15 - 15:35
A SNEAKY LITTLE TEA BREAK!
15:35 - 16:30
Sharing science and research impact in blogs
Editor of the London School of Economics Impact Blog, Kieren Booluck, discusses the research impact blog, the impact of the impact blog and blogging for science communication best practices.
Kieran Booluck
16:30 - 17:10
Video Journals for communicating science
Pajam Sobhani discusses the techniques used to create a new way of disseminating science using Video. If you have ever considered how you can better disseminate your research, look no... Read More
Pajam Sobhani
17:10 - 17:40
Developing a strategic research communication plan
John Eggleton of Research Media guides viewers through the importance and the elements involved in your research communication plan. Learn what you should consider in your planning and don’t miss... Read More
John Eggleton
10:00 - 10:35
Knowledge Brokering
Michael Johnny, an accomplished knowledge broker from York University in Ontario, joins me in a discussion around the value of brokering, skills required and how to work in that tricky... Read More
Michael Johnny
10:35 - 11:05
Knowledge Brokering for Impact
Amanda Cooper, knowledge broker and education research specialist, highlights the role of brokers, considerations of skills required and what funders are doing and saying when it comes to research impact... Read More
Amanda Cooper PhD
11:05 - 11:45
Creating your key messages
Kevin Anselmo takes us through the steps to develop your key messages to communicate your science with impact. Find out how to be less wordy and more influential through the... Read More
Kevin Anselmo
11:45 - 12:10
MORNING BREAK TIME – DAY 2
12:10 - 12:35
Global impact insights – New Zealand
Max Kennedy of the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment in New Zealand talks us through the nature of research funding and the newly created focus on research impact within... Read More
Dr Max J Kennedy
12:35 - 13:15
Global impact insights – Hong Kong
John Bacon-Shone from The University of Hong Kong shares the research impact agenda and experiences with us. In this insightful talk, we learn about the close relationship and similarities between... Read More
PROFESSOR JOHN BACON-SHONE, PhD
13:15 - 13:45
Global impact insights – Malaysia
Professor Shaliza Ibrahim, Associate Vice Chancellor (Research & Innovation) of University of Malaya, shares the Malaysian research impact experience and how they are focusing on research translation within their funding.
Prof. Dr. Shaliza Ibrahim
13:45 - 14:45
LUNCH BREAK DAY 2
Global impact insights – Brazil
In this panel discussion, Jorge Otávio Maia Barreto, Marcus Tolentino, Viviane Pereira, and Sharmila Sousa outline the status of research impact and research translation in Brazil.
Marcus Tolentino Silva
Viviane Cássia Pereira, M.Sc.
Sharmila Sousa, PhD
Jorge Barreto, PhD
15:25 - 15:55
Global impact insights – Ireland
Mark Ferguson, the Director General of Science Foundation Ireland, gives us the funder and researcher perspectives on research impact iin Ireland. The focus here is on impact upfront where planning... Read More
Mark Ferguson
15:55 - 16:15
16:15 - 16:45
Productive interactions for research impact
Leonie van Drooge from the Rathenau Institute gives us some research impact insights into the status of impact measurement in the Netherlands and talks us through the use of productive... Read More
Leonie van Drooge
16:45 - 17:35
Global impact insights – Belgium
Esther De Smet, Senior Research Policy Advisor at Ghent University, fills us in on the state of research impact in Belgium, her role as a knowledge broker and how they... Read More
Esther De Smet
9:35 - 10:00
Involving Consumers in Research
Anne McKenzie AM talks us through what consumer involvement really is and how you can start to consider involving them in your research too. We speak to Anne about the... Read More
Anne McKenzie AM
10:00 - 10:30
Strategies to be more productive
Joshua Zerkel, Evernote’s Director of Global Customer Education and Community, talks about being organised and how to get the most out of your day. As a certified professional organiser, he... Read More
Joshua Zerkel
10:30 - 11:10
The process of collaboration
Tony Peacock, CEO of the Cooperative Research Centres Association, talks about the elements of successful partnerships between industry and research and provides insights of the common problems that occur and... Read More
Dr Tony Peacock
11:10 - 11:30
MORNING BREAK TIME – DAY 3
11:30 - 12:15
Industry Engagement, the good, the bad and the ugly!
James Dalton shares his experiences of industry engagement and partnerships in the commercial sector to help facilitate research impact through sustainable and fruitful relationships. This interview is open access and... Read More
12:15 - 13:00
Improving Research Visibility and Impact
Nader Ale Ebrahim, from the University of Malaya walks us through the many processes and steps you can take to improve your research visibility and impact, including citations and traditional... Read More
Dr. Nader Ale Ebrahim
13:00 - 14:00
LUNCH BREAK
14:00 - 14:30
Developing an instrument for impact assessment
Alex Verkade shares an assessment instrument that he has developed to look at impact. Learn the background behind the assessment tool and the fifteen criteria used to assess impact. We... Read More
Alex Verkade
14:30 - 15:10
Learning from the UK REF
Kim Hackett, Research Excellence Framework (REF) Manager, for the Higher Education Funding Council for England, shares the experience of the REF 2014, what they learned from the process, the evaluation... Read More
Kim Hackett
15:10 - 15:50
The payback framework and Impact Insights
Emeritus Professor, Steve Hanney, a proud family man and one of the original authors of the Payback Framework, joins me to discuss the background to the framework, how it is... Read More
Steve Hanney
15:50 - 16:35
The impact of open access publishing
Danny Kingsley has a breadth of knowledge of open access from her work in both the southern and northern hemispheres. In this interview we talk about the open access movement,... Read More
Dr Danny Kingsley
16:35 - 17:15
The Research Leaders Impact Toolkit
Elizabeth Morrow and Gary Reed were recently involved in the development of the Research Leaders Impact Toolkit. Here we discuss the concept of the toolkit, learn the purpose of using... Read More
Gary Reed
Dr Elizabeth M Morrow
17:15 - 17:50
Impact Metrics
James Wilsdon, Chair of the Independent Review of the Role of Metrics in Research Assessment and Management, shares his learnings and views on impact metrics, gamification of the assessment process... Read More
James Wilsdon