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ResearchFest Record

A record of the April 2009 ResearchFest sessions and competition winners. Audio, video and other material is available to the ANU community. See the report (1.6MB) on ResearchFest for survey results and other data.

Be Inspired: Public lectures by high-profile speakers

Hugh White Beyond Research: Ideas, Policy and the Purposes of Scholarship Audio (37MB)	Will Steffen Global Change and the Earth System: Surviving the Anthropocene Audio (44MB) Video (265MB) Slides (17MB)
Hilary Charlesworth Does Australia Need a Bill of Rights? Audio (37MB) Video (225MB)	Graeme Dobell I call it research, you call it going to the pub! Audio (36MB) Video (217MB)

Be Challenged: forums and debates

Debate: That only applied research benefits society and therefore deserves more funding

For (blue) Emma Thomas (4MB) Lachlan Blackhall (4MB) Sam Bowker (3MB) Scott Pacey	Against (white) Siaan Ansori (4MB) Anton Wasson (4MB) Drew Ninnis (3MB) Stuart Szigeti
Result (1MB)

Forum: Publishing in Journals
Dr Elizabeth Minchin, Classics
Professor Stephen Buckman, Atomic and Molecular Physics Laboratory
Professor Stephen Dovers, Fenner School of Environment and Society (Slides 0.3MB)
Audio (42MB)

Be Successful: essential skills

Media Savvy
Jane O'Dwyer, Communications and External Liaison Office (CELO)
Dr Linda Botterill, Research School of Social Sciences
Dr Charles Lineweaver, Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics
Adam Shirley, Journalist with ABC 666 Radio
Audio (43MB)

Additional Funding
Laura Dan, Research Office, (chair)
Lisa Robins, Fenner School of Environment and Society
Siann Ansori, Asian Studies
Bobby Cerini, Centre for Public Awareness of Science
Audio (36MB)

Be a Winner: speaking, writing, teaching, posters, skits & songs, treasure hunt.

See the winning entries.