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Monday, August 24, 2026

The Forest
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM Early Career Researcher Day Program
Thank you to the sponsor of the ECR Day, Antarctic Science Foundation
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM
Welcome Reception
The Forest
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM Early Career Researcher Day Program
Thank you to the sponsor of the ECR Day, Antarctic Science Foundation
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM
Welcome Reception

The Forest
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM Early Career Researcher Day Program
Thank you to the sponsor of the ECR Day, Antarctic Science Foundation
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM
Welcome Reception

Tuesday, August 25, 2026

Stanley Burbury Theatre
Plenary session: The past, present and future of Antarctic and Southern Ocean systems
Convenors: Dr Amanda Pettersen & Dr Elena Di Stefano
9:00 AM - 9:30 AM Keynote: Chemical time capsules: What can molecular fossils tell us about past, present and future environmental change in Antarctica?
Bella Duncan, Victoria University of Wellington (NZ)
9:30 AM - 9:42 AM Southern Ocean circulation reorganization led to abrupt CO2 outgassing during the Mid-Miocene Climate Transition
Dr Yuhao Dai, ANU
9:42 AM - 9:54 AM Glacial-Interglacial variation in ice-rafted debris and silt-sized detrital provenance in the Denman region
Ms Amy Wells, UTAS
9:54 AM - 10:06 AM Separating human-induced signals from internal variability in the Antarctic Circumpolar Current since 1986
Prof. Nathan Bindoff, IMAS/UTAS
10:06 AM - 10:18 AM Precipitation: understanding the present and the future of snow and rain over the cryosphere
Dr Simon Alexander, Australian Antarctic Division
Day 1: Parallel Sessions
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM Parallel session: Outcomes of the Heard Island and MacDonald Islands (HIMI) 2025-26 campaign
Convenors: Dr Aleks Terauds & Julie McInnes
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM Day 1: Lunch and discussion sessions
2:00 PM - 2:15 PM Lightning Talks: Tuesday
2:15 PM - 3:15 PM Poster Session 1: Tuesday
Tuesday - Wednesday
Plenary session: Antarctic ice loss and its impacts
Convenors: Ms Helen Shea & Dr Lenneke Jong
4:02 PM - 4:32 PM Keynote and Virtual Panel: Limits to the Predictability of Antarctic Ice-Sheet Mass Loss
Gaël Durand, Institut des Géosciences de l’Environnement (Virtual Speaker)
4:32 PM - 5:02 PM Keynote: Modelling the ocean around Antarctica: New insights into a changing system
Dr Adele Morrison, ANU
5:02 PM - 5:14 PM Influences of ocean waves on Antarctic sea-ice albedo and seasonal melting, and physical-biological feedbacks
Dr Rob Massom, Australian Antarctic Division
5:14 PM - 5:26 PM Microalgal Responses to Changing Sea-Ice Regimes: Insights for Future Antarctic Ecosystems
Dr Rebecca Duncan, Linnaeus University Sweden and University of Technology Sydney
5:26 PM - 5:38 PM Southern Ocean Ice Gauge
Professor Helen Phillips, UTAS
5:38 PM - 5:50 PM Ice shelf meltwater parameterisation controls Antarctic Bottom Water projections
Dr Fabio Boeira Dias, UTAS
Harvard 2
9:00 AM - 9:30 AM
9:30 AM - 9:42 AM
9:42 AM - 9:54 AM
9:54 AM - 10:06 AM
10:06 AM - 10:18 AM
Day 1: Parallel Sessions
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM ‎Parallel session: Antarctic tourism in practice and in policy
Convenors: Hanne Nielsen & Prof Elizabeth Leane
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM Day 1: Lunch and discussion sessions
2:00 PM - 2:15 PM Lightning Talks: Tuesday
2:15 PM - 3:15 PM Poster Session 1: Tuesday
Tuesday - Wednesday
4:02 PM - 4:32 PM
4:32 PM - 5:02 PM
5:02 PM - 5:14 PM
5:14 PM - 5:26 PM
5:26 PM - 5:38 PM
5:38 PM - 5:50 PM
212 Lecture Theatre
9:00 AM - 9:30 AM
9:30 AM - 9:42 AM
9:42 AM - 9:54 AM
9:54 AM - 10:06 AM
10:06 AM - 10:18 AM
Day 1: Parallel Sessions
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM Parallel session: Antarctic sea ice in a changing climate: processes, extremes, and system-wide impacts
Convenors: Dr Hannah Dawson, Dr Amelie Meyer, Dr Johannes Lohse, Mx Elio Campitelli
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM Day 1: Lunch and discussion sessions
2:00 PM - 2:15 PM Lightning Talks: Tuesday
2:15 PM - 3:15 PM Poster Session 1: Tuesday
Tuesday - Wednesday
4:02 PM - 4:32 PM
4:32 PM - 5:02 PM
5:02 PM - 5:14 PM
5:14 PM - 5:26 PM
5:26 PM - 5:38 PM
5:38 PM - 5:50 PM
Stanley Burbury Theatre
Harvard 2
Plenary session: The past, present and future of Antarctic and Southern Ocean systems
Convenors: Dr Amanda Pettersen & Dr Elena Di Stefano
9:00 AM - 9:30 AM Keynote: Chemical time capsules: What can molecular fossils tell us about past, present and future environmental change in Antarctica?
Bella Duncan, Victoria University of Wellington (NZ)
9:30 AM - 9:42 AM Southern Ocean circulation reorganization led to abrupt CO2 outgassing during the Mid-Miocene Climate Transition
Dr Yuhao Dai, ANU
9:42 AM - 9:54 AM Glacial-Interglacial variation in ice-rafted debris and silt-sized detrital provenance in the Denman region
Ms Amy Wells, UTAS
9:54 AM - 10:06 AM Separating human-induced signals from internal variability in the Antarctic Circumpolar Current since 1986
Prof. Nathan Bindoff, IMAS/UTAS
10:06 AM - 10:18 AM Precipitation: understanding the present and the future of snow and rain over the cryosphere
Dr Simon Alexander, Australian Antarctic Division
Day 1: Parallel Sessions
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM Parallel session: Outcomes of the Heard Island and MacDonald Islands (HIMI) 2025-26 campaign
Convenors: Dr Aleks Terauds & Julie McInnes 		‎Parallel session: Antarctic tourism in practice and in policy
Convenors: Hanne Nielsen & Prof Elizabeth Leane
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM Day 1: Lunch and discussion sessions
2:00 PM - 2:15 PM Lightning Talks: Tuesday
2:15 PM - 3:15 PM Poster Session 1: Tuesday
Tuesday - Wednesday
Plenary session: Antarctic ice loss and its impacts
Convenors: Ms Helen Shea & Dr Lenneke Jong
4:02 PM - 4:32 PM Keynote and Virtual Panel: Limits to the Predictability of Antarctic Ice-Sheet Mass Loss
Gaël Durand, Institut des Géosciences de l’Environnement (Virtual Speaker)
4:32 PM - 5:02 PM Keynote: Modelling the ocean around Antarctica: New insights into a changing system
Dr Adele Morrison, ANU
5:02 PM - 5:14 PM Influences of ocean waves on Antarctic sea-ice albedo and seasonal melting, and physical-biological feedbacks
Dr Rob Massom, Australian Antarctic Division
5:14 PM - 5:26 PM Microalgal Responses to Changing Sea-Ice Regimes: Insights for Future Antarctic Ecosystems
Dr Rebecca Duncan, Linnaeus University Sweden and University of Technology Sydney
5:26 PM - 5:38 PM Southern Ocean Ice Gauge
Professor Helen Phillips, UTAS
5:38 PM - 5:50 PM Ice shelf meltwater parameterisation controls Antarctic Bottom Water projections
Dr Fabio Boeira Dias, UTAS

212 Lecture Theatre
9:00 AM - 9:30 AM
9:30 AM - 9:42 AM
9:42 AM - 9:54 AM
9:54 AM - 10:06 AM
10:06 AM - 10:18 AM
Day 1: Parallel Sessions
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM Parallel session: Antarctic sea ice in a changing climate: processes, extremes, and system-wide impacts
Convenors: Dr Hannah Dawson, Dr Amelie Meyer, Dr Johannes Lohse, Mx Elio Campitelli
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM Day 1: Lunch and discussion sessions
2:00 PM - 2:15 PM Lightning Talks: Tuesday
2:15 PM - 3:15 PM Poster Session 1: Tuesday
Tuesday - Wednesday
4:02 PM - 4:32 PM
4:32 PM - 5:02 PM
5:02 PM - 5:14 PM
5:14 PM - 5:26 PM
5:26 PM - 5:38 PM
5:38 PM - 5:50 PM

Stanley Burbury Theatre
Plenary session: The past, present and future of Antarctic and Southern Ocean systems
Convenors: Dr Amanda Pettersen & Dr Elena Di Stefano
9:00 AM - 9:30 AM Keynote: Chemical time capsules: What can molecular fossils tell us about past, present and future environmental change in Antarctica?
Bella Duncan, Victoria University of Wellington (NZ)
9:30 AM - 9:42 AM Southern Ocean circulation reorganization led to abrupt CO2 outgassing during the Mid-Miocene Climate Transition
Dr Yuhao Dai, ANU
9:42 AM - 9:54 AM Glacial-Interglacial variation in ice-rafted debris and silt-sized detrital provenance in the Denman region
Ms Amy Wells, UTAS
9:54 AM - 10:06 AM Separating human-induced signals from internal variability in the Antarctic Circumpolar Current since 1986
Prof. Nathan Bindoff, IMAS/UTAS
10:06 AM - 10:18 AM Precipitation: understanding the present and the future of snow and rain over the cryosphere
Dr Simon Alexander, Australian Antarctic Division
Day 1: Parallel Sessions
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM Parallel session: Outcomes of the Heard Island and MacDonald Islands (HIMI) 2025-26 campaign
Convenors: Dr Aleks Terauds & Julie McInnes
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM Day 1: Lunch and discussion sessions
2:00 PM - 2:15 PM Lightning Talks: Tuesday
2:15 PM - 3:15 PM Poster Session 1: Tuesday
Tuesday - Wednesday
Plenary session: Antarctic ice loss and its impacts
Convenors: Ms Helen Shea & Dr Lenneke Jong
4:02 PM - 4:32 PM Keynote and Virtual Panel: Limits to the Predictability of Antarctic Ice-Sheet Mass Loss
Gaël Durand, Institut des Géosciences de l’Environnement (Virtual Speaker)
4:32 PM - 5:02 PM Keynote: Modelling the ocean around Antarctica: New insights into a changing system
Dr Adele Morrison, ANU
5:02 PM - 5:14 PM Influences of ocean waves on Antarctic sea-ice albedo and seasonal melting, and physical-biological feedbacks
Dr Rob Massom, Australian Antarctic Division
5:14 PM - 5:26 PM Microalgal Responses to Changing Sea-Ice Regimes: Insights for Future Antarctic Ecosystems
Dr Rebecca Duncan, Linnaeus University Sweden and University of Technology Sydney
5:26 PM - 5:38 PM Southern Ocean Ice Gauge
Professor Helen Phillips, UTAS
5:38 PM - 5:50 PM Ice shelf meltwater parameterisation controls Antarctic Bottom Water projections
Dr Fabio Boeira Dias, UTAS

Harvard 2
9:00 AM - 9:30 AM
9:30 AM - 9:42 AM
9:42 AM - 9:54 AM
9:54 AM - 10:06 AM
10:06 AM - 10:18 AM
Day 1: Parallel Sessions
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM ‎Parallel session: Antarctic tourism in practice and in policy
Convenors: Hanne Nielsen & Prof Elizabeth Leane
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM Day 1: Lunch and discussion sessions
2:00 PM - 2:15 PM Lightning Talks: Tuesday
2:15 PM - 3:15 PM Poster Session 1: Tuesday
Tuesday - Wednesday
4:02 PM - 4:32 PM
4:32 PM - 5:02 PM
5:02 PM - 5:14 PM
5:14 PM - 5:26 PM
5:26 PM - 5:38 PM
5:38 PM - 5:50 PM

212 Lecture Theatre
9:00 AM - 9:30 AM
9:30 AM - 9:42 AM
9:42 AM - 9:54 AM
9:54 AM - 10:06 AM
10:06 AM - 10:18 AM
Day 1: Parallel Sessions
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM Parallel session: Antarctic sea ice in a changing climate: processes, extremes, and system-wide impacts
Convenors: Dr Hannah Dawson, Dr Amelie Meyer, Dr Johannes Lohse, Mx Elio Campitelli
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM Day 1: Lunch and discussion sessions
2:00 PM - 2:15 PM Lightning Talks: Tuesday
2:15 PM - 3:15 PM Poster Session 1: Tuesday
Tuesday - Wednesday
4:02 PM - 4:32 PM
4:32 PM - 5:02 PM
5:02 PM - 5:14 PM
5:14 PM - 5:26 PM
5:26 PM - 5:38 PM
5:38 PM - 5:50 PM

Wednesday, August 26, 2026

Stanley Burbury Theatre
7:30 AM - 9:00 AM Antarctic Women’s Network Breakfast
Day 2.1: Parallel Sessions
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM ‎ Parallel session: Ice sheet, shelf and ocean interactions: processes, monitoring and modelling - part 1
Convenors: Dr David Gwyther, Cat Vreugdenhil, Prof Craig Stevens, Dr Lenneke Jong
Plenary - Protecting Antarctica from existing and emerging threats
Convenors: Dr Hanne Nielsen & Dr Shaun Brooks
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM Keynote: Protecting the blueprints of Antarctic marine life – victims of circumstance and masters of their destiny alike
Dr Sally Lau, James Cook University
11:30 AM - 11:42 AM From outbreak to observing system: integrated field surveillance of high pathogenicity avian influenza (HPAI) and the future of Antarctic wildlife disease surveillance
Dr Jane Younger, IMAS
11:42 AM - 11:54 AM Freedom of Scientific Investigation, Article II of the Antarctic Treaty, and the Legal Limits of Spatial Protection Under the Protocol
Dr Indi Hodgson-Johnston, UTAS
11:54 AM - 12:06 PM eXplainable Systematic Conservation Planning (XSCP): A Framework for Transparent Decision-Support in Antarctica
Mr. Hamidreza Lashgarian Azad, University Of Wollongong
12:06 PM - 12:18 PM The Impact of the Creative Arts on Antarctic Knowledge, Interest and Care: Results from an Australian Survey
Prof Elizabeth Leane, UTAS
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM Day 2: Lunch and discussion sessions
2:00 PM - 2:15 PM Lightning Talks: Wednesday
2:15 PM - 3:15 PM Poster Session 1: Wednesday
Tuesday - Wednesday
Day 2.2: Parallel Sessions
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
‘Island of Ideas’ – Ice and Fire: The Mystery of Heard Island
Harvard 1
7:30 AM - 9:00 AM Antarctic Women’s Network Breakfast
Day 2.1: Parallel Sessions
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM ‎ Parallel session: From ice to mud: tools and applications in Antarctic paleoceanography and paleoclimatology - part 1
Convenors: Dr Elena Di Stefano, Dr Matt Jeromson, Taryn Noble, Molly Hudsell, David Fink, Dr Duanne White
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM
11:30 AM - 11:42 AM
11:42 AM - 11:54 AM
11:54 AM - 12:06 PM
12:06 PM - 12:18 PM
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM Day 2: Lunch and discussion sessions
2:00 PM - 2:15 PM Lightning Talks: Wednesday
2:15 PM - 3:15 PM Poster Session 1: Wednesday
Tuesday - Wednesday
Day 2.2: Parallel Sessions
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM ‎ Parallel session: From ice to mud: tools and applications in Antarctic paleoceanography and paleoclimatology - Part 2
Convenors: Dr Elena Di Stefano, Dr Matt Jeromson, Taryn Noble, Molly Hudsell, David Fink, Dr Duanne White
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
‘Island of Ideas’ – Ice and Fire: The Mystery of Heard Island
Harvard 2
7:30 AM - 9:00 AM Antarctic Women’s Network Breakfast
Day 2.1: Parallel Sessions
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM ‎ Parallel session: From bench to basin: connecting lab experiments, observations and models in Southern Ocean biogeochemistry and ecosystems - part 1
Convenors: Dr Amanda Pettersen, Tyler Rohr, Dr Robert Strzepek, Haiting Zhang
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM
11:30 AM - 11:42 AM
11:42 AM - 11:54 AM
11:54 AM - 12:06 PM
12:06 PM - 12:18 PM
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM Day 2: Lunch and discussion sessions
2:00 PM - 2:15 PM Lightning Talks: Wednesday
2:15 PM - 3:15 PM Poster Session 1: Wednesday
Tuesday - Wednesday
Day 2.2: Parallel Sessions
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM ‎ Parallel session: From bench to basin: connecting lab experiments, observations and models in Southern Ocean biogeochemistry and ecosystems - part 2
Convenors: Dr Amanda Pettersen, Tyler Rohr, Dr Robert Strzepek, Haiting Zhang
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
‘Island of Ideas’ – Ice and Fire: The Mystery of Heard Island
Teal
7:30 AM - 9:00 AM Antarctic Women’s Network Breakfast
Day 2.1: Parallel Sessions
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM Workshop: Australian Antarctic requirements for future Earth observation missions
Convenor: Eloise Birchall
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM
11:30 AM - 11:42 AM
11:42 AM - 11:54 AM
11:54 AM - 12:06 PM
12:06 PM - 12:18 PM
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM Day 2: Lunch and discussion sessions
2:00 PM - 2:15 PM Lightning Talks: Wednesday
2:15 PM - 3:15 PM Poster Session 1: Wednesday
Tuesday - Wednesday
Day 2.2: Parallel Sessions
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM ‎ Parallel session: Incorporating historic data to understand present-day and future Antarctica: innovations and considerations
Convenors: Dr Helena Baird, Sam Beale and Assoc Prof Justine Shaw
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
‘Island of Ideas’ – Ice and Fire: The Mystery of Heard Island
Design Centre 302
7:30 AM - 9:00 AM Antarctic Women’s Network Breakfast
Day 2.1: Parallel Sessions
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM Panel discussion: Sampling the future: what observations do we need to prepare Australia for Antarctic change?
Convenors: Dr Natalia Ribeiro and Dr Will Hobbs
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM
11:30 AM - 11:42 AM
11:42 AM - 11:54 AM
11:54 AM - 12:06 PM
12:06 PM - 12:18 PM
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM Day 2: Lunch and discussion sessions
2:00 PM - 2:15 PM Lightning Talks: Wednesday
2:15 PM - 3:15 PM Poster Session 1: Wednesday
Tuesday - Wednesday
Day 2.2: Parallel Sessions
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
‘Island of Ideas’ – Ice and Fire: The Mystery of Heard Island
212 Lecture Theatre
7:30 AM - 9:00 AM Antarctic Women’s Network Breakfast
Day 2.1: Parallel Sessions
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM
11:30 AM - 11:42 AM
11:42 AM - 11:54 AM
11:54 AM - 12:06 PM
12:06 PM - 12:18 PM
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM Day 2: Lunch and discussion sessions
2:00 PM - 2:15 PM Lightning Talks: Wednesday
2:15 PM - 3:15 PM Poster Session 1: Wednesday
Tuesday - Wednesday
Day 2.2: Parallel Sessions
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM ‎ Parallel session: Ice sheet, shelf and ocean interactions: processes, monitoring and modelling - part 2
Convenors: Dr David Gwyther, Cat Vreugdenhil, Prof Craig Stevens, Dr Lenneke Jong
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
‘Island of Ideas’ – Ice and Fire: The Mystery of Heard Island
Stanley Burbury Theatre
Harvard 1
7:30 AM - 9:00 AM Antarctic Women’s Network Breakfast
Day 2.1: Parallel Sessions
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM ‎ Parallel session: Ice sheet, shelf and ocean interactions: processes, monitoring and modelling - part 1
Convenors: Dr David Gwyther, Cat Vreugdenhil, Prof Craig Stevens, Dr Lenneke Jong 		‎ Parallel session: From ice to mud: tools and applications in Antarctic paleoceanography and paleoclimatology - part 1
Convenors: Dr Elena Di Stefano, Dr Matt Jeromson, Taryn Noble, Molly Hudsell, David Fink, Dr Duanne White
Plenary - Protecting Antarctica from existing and emerging threats
Convenors: Dr Hanne Nielsen & Dr Shaun Brooks
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM Keynote: Protecting the blueprints of Antarctic marine life – victims of circumstance and masters of their destiny alike
Dr Sally Lau, James Cook University
11:30 AM - 11:42 AM From outbreak to observing system: integrated field surveillance of high pathogenicity avian influenza (HPAI) and the future of Antarctic wildlife disease surveillance
Dr Jane Younger, IMAS
11:42 AM - 11:54 AM Freedom of Scientific Investigation, Article II of the Antarctic Treaty, and the Legal Limits of Spatial Protection Under the Protocol
Dr Indi Hodgson-Johnston, UTAS
11:54 AM - 12:06 PM eXplainable Systematic Conservation Planning (XSCP): A Framework for Transparent Decision-Support in Antarctica
Mr. Hamidreza Lashgarian Azad, University Of Wollongong
12:06 PM - 12:18 PM The Impact of the Creative Arts on Antarctic Knowledge, Interest and Care: Results from an Australian Survey
Prof Elizabeth Leane, UTAS
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM Day 2: Lunch and discussion sessions
2:00 PM - 2:15 PM Lightning Talks: Wednesday
2:15 PM - 3:15 PM Poster Session 1: Wednesday
Tuesday - Wednesday
Day 2.2: Parallel Sessions
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM ‎ Parallel session: From ice to mud: tools and applications in Antarctic paleoceanography and paleoclimatology - Part 2
Convenors: Dr Elena Di Stefano, Dr Matt Jeromson, Taryn Noble, Molly Hudsell, David Fink, Dr Duanne White
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
‘Island of Ideas’ – Ice and Fire: The Mystery of Heard Island

Harvard 2
Teal
7:30 AM - 9:00 AM Antarctic Women’s Network Breakfast
Day 2.1: Parallel Sessions
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM ‎ Parallel session: From bench to basin: connecting lab experiments, observations and models in Southern Ocean biogeochemistry and ecosystems - part 1
Convenors: Dr Amanda Pettersen, Tyler Rohr, Dr Robert Strzepek, Haiting Zhang 		Workshop: Australian Antarctic requirements for future Earth observation missions
Convenor: Eloise Birchall
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM
11:30 AM - 11:42 AM
11:42 AM - 11:54 AM
11:54 AM - 12:06 PM
12:06 PM - 12:18 PM
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM Day 2: Lunch and discussion sessions
2:00 PM - 2:15 PM Lightning Talks: Wednesday
2:15 PM - 3:15 PM Poster Session 1: Wednesday
Tuesday - Wednesday
Day 2.2: Parallel Sessions
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM ‎ Parallel session: From bench to basin: connecting lab experiments, observations and models in Southern Ocean biogeochemistry and ecosystems - part 2
Convenors: Dr Amanda Pettersen, Tyler Rohr, Dr Robert Strzepek, Haiting Zhang 		‎ Parallel session: Incorporating historic data to understand present-day and future Antarctica: innovations and considerations
Convenors: Dr Helena Baird, Sam Beale and Assoc Prof Justine Shaw
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
‘Island of Ideas’ – Ice and Fire: The Mystery of Heard Island

Design Centre 302
212 Lecture Theatre
7:30 AM - 9:00 AM Antarctic Women’s Network Breakfast
Day 2.1: Parallel Sessions
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM Panel discussion: Sampling the future: what observations do we need to prepare Australia for Antarctic change?
Convenors: Dr Natalia Ribeiro and Dr Will Hobbs
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM
11:30 AM - 11:42 AM
11:42 AM - 11:54 AM
11:54 AM - 12:06 PM
12:06 PM - 12:18 PM
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM Day 2: Lunch and discussion sessions
2:00 PM - 2:15 PM Lightning Talks: Wednesday
2:15 PM - 3:15 PM Poster Session 1: Wednesday
Tuesday - Wednesday
Day 2.2: Parallel Sessions
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM ‎ Parallel session: Ice sheet, shelf and ocean interactions: processes, monitoring and modelling - part 2
Convenors: Dr David Gwyther, Cat Vreugdenhil, Prof Craig Stevens, Dr Lenneke Jong
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
‘Island of Ideas’ – Ice and Fire: The Mystery of Heard Island

Stanley Burbury Theatre
7:30 AM - 9:00 AM Antarctic Women’s Network Breakfast
Day 2.1: Parallel Sessions
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM ‎ Parallel session: Ice sheet, shelf and ocean interactions: processes, monitoring and modelling - part 1
Convenors: Dr David Gwyther, Cat Vreugdenhil, Prof Craig Stevens, Dr Lenneke Jong
Plenary - Protecting Antarctica from existing and emerging threats
Convenors: Dr Hanne Nielsen & Dr Shaun Brooks
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM Keynote: Protecting the blueprints of Antarctic marine life – victims of circumstance and masters of their destiny alike
Dr Sally Lau, James Cook University
11:30 AM - 11:42 AM From outbreak to observing system: integrated field surveillance of high pathogenicity avian influenza (HPAI) and the future of Antarctic wildlife disease surveillance
Dr Jane Younger, IMAS
11:42 AM - 11:54 AM Freedom of Scientific Investigation, Article II of the Antarctic Treaty, and the Legal Limits of Spatial Protection Under the Protocol
Dr Indi Hodgson-Johnston, UTAS
11:54 AM - 12:06 PM eXplainable Systematic Conservation Planning (XSCP): A Framework for Transparent Decision-Support in Antarctica
Mr. Hamidreza Lashgarian Azad, University Of Wollongong
12:06 PM - 12:18 PM The Impact of the Creative Arts on Antarctic Knowledge, Interest and Care: Results from an Australian Survey
Prof Elizabeth Leane, UTAS
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM Day 2: Lunch and discussion sessions
2:00 PM - 2:15 PM Lightning Talks: Wednesday
2:15 PM - 3:15 PM Poster Session 1: Wednesday
Tuesday - Wednesday
Day 2.2: Parallel Sessions
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
‘Island of Ideas’ – Ice and Fire: The Mystery of Heard Island

Harvard 1
7:30 AM - 9:00 AM Antarctic Women’s Network Breakfast
Day 2.1: Parallel Sessions
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM ‎ Parallel session: From ice to mud: tools and applications in Antarctic paleoceanography and paleoclimatology - part 1
Convenors: Dr Elena Di Stefano, Dr Matt Jeromson, Taryn Noble, Molly Hudsell, David Fink, Dr Duanne White
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM
11:30 AM - 11:42 AM
11:42 AM - 11:54 AM
11:54 AM - 12:06 PM
12:06 PM - 12:18 PM
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM Day 2: Lunch and discussion sessions
2:00 PM - 2:15 PM Lightning Talks: Wednesday
2:15 PM - 3:15 PM Poster Session 1: Wednesday
Tuesday - Wednesday
Day 2.2: Parallel Sessions
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM ‎ Parallel session: From ice to mud: tools and applications in Antarctic paleoceanography and paleoclimatology - Part 2
Convenors: Dr Elena Di Stefano, Dr Matt Jeromson, Taryn Noble, Molly Hudsell, David Fink, Dr Duanne White
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
‘Island of Ideas’ – Ice and Fire: The Mystery of Heard Island

Harvard 2
7:30 AM - 9:00 AM Antarctic Women’s Network Breakfast
Day 2.1: Parallel Sessions
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM ‎ Parallel session: From bench to basin: connecting lab experiments, observations and models in Southern Ocean biogeochemistry and ecosystems - part 1
Convenors: Dr Amanda Pettersen, Tyler Rohr, Dr Robert Strzepek, Haiting Zhang
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM
11:30 AM - 11:42 AM
11:42 AM - 11:54 AM
11:54 AM - 12:06 PM
12:06 PM - 12:18 PM
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM Day 2: Lunch and discussion sessions
2:00 PM - 2:15 PM Lightning Talks: Wednesday
2:15 PM - 3:15 PM Poster Session 1: Wednesday
Tuesday - Wednesday
Day 2.2: Parallel Sessions
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM ‎ Parallel session: From bench to basin: connecting lab experiments, observations and models in Southern Ocean biogeochemistry and ecosystems - part 2
Convenors: Dr Amanda Pettersen, Tyler Rohr, Dr Robert Strzepek, Haiting Zhang
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
‘Island of Ideas’ – Ice and Fire: The Mystery of Heard Island

Teal
7:30 AM - 9:00 AM Antarctic Women’s Network Breakfast
Day 2.1: Parallel Sessions
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM Workshop: Australian Antarctic requirements for future Earth observation missions
Convenor: Eloise Birchall
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM
11:30 AM - 11:42 AM
11:42 AM - 11:54 AM
11:54 AM - 12:06 PM
12:06 PM - 12:18 PM
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM Day 2: Lunch and discussion sessions
2:00 PM - 2:15 PM Lightning Talks: Wednesday
2:15 PM - 3:15 PM Poster Session 1: Wednesday
Tuesday - Wednesday
Day 2.2: Parallel Sessions
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM ‎ Parallel session: Incorporating historic data to understand present-day and future Antarctica: innovations and considerations
Convenors: Dr Helena Baird, Sam Beale and Assoc Prof Justine Shaw
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
‘Island of Ideas’ – Ice and Fire: The Mystery of Heard Island

Design Centre 302
7:30 AM - 9:00 AM Antarctic Women’s Network Breakfast
Day 2.1: Parallel Sessions
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM Panel discussion: Sampling the future: what observations do we need to prepare Australia for Antarctic change?
Convenors: Dr Natalia Ribeiro and Dr Will Hobbs
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM
11:30 AM - 11:42 AM
11:42 AM - 11:54 AM
11:54 AM - 12:06 PM
12:06 PM - 12:18 PM
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM Day 2: Lunch and discussion sessions
2:00 PM - 2:15 PM Lightning Talks: Wednesday
2:15 PM - 3:15 PM Poster Session 1: Wednesday
Tuesday - Wednesday
Day 2.2: Parallel Sessions
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
‘Island of Ideas’ – Ice and Fire: The Mystery of Heard Island

212 Lecture Theatre
7:30 AM - 9:00 AM Antarctic Women’s Network Breakfast
Day 2.1: Parallel Sessions
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM
11:30 AM - 11:42 AM
11:42 AM - 11:54 AM
11:54 AM - 12:06 PM
12:06 PM - 12:18 PM
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM Day 2: Lunch and discussion sessions
2:00 PM - 2:15 PM Lightning Talks: Wednesday
2:15 PM - 3:15 PM Poster Session 1: Wednesday
Tuesday - Wednesday
Day 2.2: Parallel Sessions
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM ‎ Parallel session: Ice sheet, shelf and ocean interactions: processes, monitoring and modelling - part 2
Convenors: Dr David Gwyther, Cat Vreugdenhil, Prof Craig Stevens, Dr Lenneke Jong
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
‘Island of Ideas’ – Ice and Fire: The Mystery of Heard Island

Thursday, August 27, 2026

Stanley Burbury Theatre
DAY 3: THURSDAY 27 AUGUST
Day 3.1: Parallel Sessions
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM Parallel session: Ocean dynamics of the Southern Ocean and Antarctic Continental Shelf - part 1
Convenors: Dr Julia Neme, Dr Wilma Huneke, Dr Monica Nelson, Johanne Jan Hus, Dr Fabio Boeira Dias, Dr Jiheun Lee
Plenary - Antarctic research for decision-making
Convenors: Dr Amelie Meyer & Dr Wilma Huneke
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM Keynote: Modelling the Meeting: Mathematics and Antarctic Treaty Decision-Making
Professor Michael Bode, Queensland University of Technology
11:30 AM - 11:45 AM Information and Transparency in International Antarctic Affairs
Miss Georgie Hicks, UTAS/ANU
11:45 AM - 12:00 PM Is science still the currency of influence in Antarctica
Ms Anne-Maree Mitford, IMAS
12:00 PM - 12:15 PM What Antarctic sea-level rise estimates to 2050 should be used for decision-making?
Prof Matt King, UTAS
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM Day 3: Lunch and discussion sessions
2:00 PM - 2:15 PM Lightning Talks: Thursday
2:15 PM - 3:15 PM Poster Session 2: Thursday
Thursday - Friday
3:59 PM - 4:00 PM
Day 3.2: Parallel Sessions
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM ‎ Parallel session: Ocean dynamics of the Southern Ocean and Antarctic Continental Shelf - part 2
Convenors: Dr Julia Neme, Dr Wilma Huneke, Dr Monica Nelson, Johanne Jan Hus, Dr Fabio Boeira Dias, Dr Jiheun Lee
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
Hobart Historic Walking Tour
6:00 PM - 8:30 PM
Laser Tag & Pizza
Harvard 1
DAY 3: THURSDAY 27 AUGUST
Day 3.1: Parallel Sessions
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM Panel discussion: Understanding the connection between Antarctic climate systems and the Pacific region to inform global decision making
Convenors: Liz Brierley, Maya Gold, Dr Krystyna Saunders
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM
11:30 AM - 11:45 AM
11:45 AM - 12:00 PM
12:00 PM - 12:15 PM
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM Day 3: Lunch and discussion sessions
2:00 PM - 2:15 PM Lightning Talks: Thursday
2:15 PM - 3:15 PM Poster Session 2: Thursday
Thursday - Friday
3:59 PM - 4:00 PM
Day 3.2: Parallel Sessions
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM ‎ Parallel session: Marine biodiversity from shelf to shore: status, threats and trends
Convenor: Frances Perry
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
Hobart Historic Walking Tour
6:00 PM - 8:30 PM
Laser Tag & Pizza
Harvard 2
DAY 3: THURSDAY 27 AUGUST
Day 3.1: Parallel Sessions
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM ‎ Parallel session: Antarctic terrestrial biodiversity: multidisciplinary perspectives for conservation and management in East Antarctica
Convenors: Dr Jane Wasley & Assoc Prof Justine Shaw
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM
11:30 AM - 11:45 AM
11:45 AM - 12:00 PM
12:00 PM - 12:15 PM
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM Day 3: Lunch and discussion sessions
2:00 PM - 2:15 PM Lightning Talks: Thursday
2:15 PM - 3:15 PM Poster Session 2: Thursday
Thursday - Friday
3:59 PM - 4:00 PM
Day 3.2: Parallel Sessions
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM ‎ Parallel session: Transparency and science into policy
Convenors: Georgie Hicks, Dr Indi Hodgson-Johnston
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
Hobart Historic Walking Tour
6:00 PM - 8:30 PM
Laser Tag & Pizza
Teal
DAY 3: THURSDAY 27 AUGUST
Day 3.1: Parallel Sessions
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM Workshop: Building sustainable biological collections infrastructure to support Antarctic science
Convenor: Dr Nerida Wilson
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM
11:30 AM - 11:45 AM
11:45 AM - 12:00 PM
12:00 PM - 12:15 PM
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM Day 3: Lunch and discussion sessions
2:00 PM - 2:15 PM Lightning Talks: Thursday
2:15 PM - 3:15 PM Poster Session 2: Thursday
Thursday - Friday
3:59 PM - 4:00 PM
Day 3.2: Parallel Sessions
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM Workshop: Atmospheric sciences over the Southern Ocean and Antarctica: coordinating science and campaigns
Convenor: Dr Sonya Fiddes
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
Hobart Historic Walking Tour
6:00 PM - 8:30 PM
Laser Tag & Pizza
212 Lecture Theatre
DAY 3: THURSDAY 27 AUGUST
Day 3.1: Parallel Sessions
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM Workshop: Detecting, anticipating and learning from tipping points in Antarctica’s changing systems
Convenor: Dr Will Hobbs
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM
11:30 AM - 11:45 AM
11:45 AM - 12:00 PM
12:00 PM - 12:15 PM
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM Day 3: Lunch and discussion sessions
2:00 PM - 2:15 PM Lightning Talks: Thursday
2:15 PM - 3:15 PM Poster Session 2: Thursday
Thursday - Friday
3:59 PM - 4:00 PM
Day 3.2: Parallel Sessions
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM Workshop: Dynamic instability of the Wilkes Subglacial Basin
Convenor: Prof Matt King
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
Hobart Historic Walking Tour
6:00 PM - 8:30 PM
Laser Tag & Pizza
Stanley Burbury Theatre
Harvard 1
DAY 3: THURSDAY 27 AUGUST
Day 3.1: Parallel Sessions
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM Parallel session: Ocean dynamics of the Southern Ocean and Antarctic Continental Shelf - part 1
Convenors: Dr Julia Neme, Dr Wilma Huneke, Dr Monica Nelson, Johanne Jan Hus, Dr Fabio Boeira Dias, Dr Jiheun Lee 		Panel discussion: Understanding the connection between Antarctic climate systems and the Pacific region to inform global decision making
Convenors: Liz Brierley, Maya Gold, Dr Krystyna Saunders
Plenary - Antarctic research for decision-making
Convenors: Dr Amelie Meyer & Dr Wilma Huneke
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM Keynote: Modelling the Meeting: Mathematics and Antarctic Treaty Decision-Making
Professor Michael Bode, Queensland University of Technology
11:30 AM - 11:45 AM Information and Transparency in International Antarctic Affairs
Miss Georgie Hicks, UTAS/ANU
11:45 AM - 12:00 PM Is science still the currency of influence in Antarctica
Ms Anne-Maree Mitford, IMAS
12:00 PM - 12:15 PM What Antarctic sea-level rise estimates to 2050 should be used for decision-making?
Prof Matt King, UTAS
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM Day 3: Lunch and discussion sessions
2:00 PM - 2:15 PM Lightning Talks: Thursday
2:15 PM - 3:15 PM Poster Session 2: Thursday
Thursday - Friday
3:59 PM - 4:00 PM
Day 3.2: Parallel Sessions
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM ‎ Parallel session: Ocean dynamics of the Southern Ocean and Antarctic Continental Shelf - part 2
Convenors: Dr Julia Neme, Dr Wilma Huneke, Dr Monica Nelson, Johanne Jan Hus, Dr Fabio Boeira Dias, Dr Jiheun Lee 		‎ Parallel session: Marine biodiversity from shelf to shore: status, threats and trends
Convenor: Frances Perry
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
Hobart Historic Walking Tour
6:00 PM - 8:30 PM
Laser Tag & Pizza

Harvard 2
Teal
DAY 3: THURSDAY 27 AUGUST
Day 3.1: Parallel Sessions
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM ‎ Parallel session: Antarctic terrestrial biodiversity: multidisciplinary perspectives for conservation and management in East Antarctica
Convenors: Dr Jane Wasley & Assoc Prof Justine Shaw 		Workshop: Building sustainable biological collections infrastructure to support Antarctic science
Convenor: Dr Nerida Wilson
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM
11:30 AM - 11:45 AM
11:45 AM - 12:00 PM
12:00 PM - 12:15 PM
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM Day 3: Lunch and discussion sessions
2:00 PM - 2:15 PM Lightning Talks: Thursday
2:15 PM - 3:15 PM Poster Session 2: Thursday
Thursday - Friday
3:59 PM - 4:00 PM
Day 3.2: Parallel Sessions
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM ‎ Parallel session: Transparency and science into policy
Convenors: Georgie Hicks, Dr Indi Hodgson-Johnston 		Workshop: Atmospheric sciences over the Southern Ocean and Antarctica: coordinating science and campaigns
Convenor: Dr Sonya Fiddes
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
Hobart Historic Walking Tour
6:00 PM - 8:30 PM
Laser Tag & Pizza

212 Lecture Theatre
DAY 3: THURSDAY 27 AUGUST
Day 3.1: Parallel Sessions
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM Workshop: Detecting, anticipating and learning from tipping points in Antarctica’s changing systems
Convenor: Dr Will Hobbs
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM
11:30 AM - 11:45 AM
11:45 AM - 12:00 PM
12:00 PM - 12:15 PM
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM Day 3: Lunch and discussion sessions
2:00 PM - 2:15 PM Lightning Talks: Thursday
2:15 PM - 3:15 PM Poster Session 2: Thursday
Thursday - Friday
3:59 PM - 4:00 PM
Day 3.2: Parallel Sessions
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM Workshop: Dynamic instability of the Wilkes Subglacial Basin
Convenor: Prof Matt King
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
Hobart Historic Walking Tour
6:00 PM - 8:30 PM
Laser Tag & Pizza

Stanley Burbury Theatre
DAY 3: THURSDAY 27 AUGUST
Day 3.1: Parallel Sessions
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM Parallel session: Ocean dynamics of the Southern Ocean and Antarctic Continental Shelf - part 1
Convenors: Dr Julia Neme, Dr Wilma Huneke, Dr Monica Nelson, Johanne Jan Hus, Dr Fabio Boeira Dias, Dr Jiheun Lee
Plenary - Antarctic research for decision-making
Convenors: Dr Amelie Meyer & Dr Wilma Huneke
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM Keynote: Modelling the Meeting: Mathematics and Antarctic Treaty Decision-Making
Professor Michael Bode, Queensland University of Technology
11:30 AM - 11:45 AM Information and Transparency in International Antarctic Affairs
Miss Georgie Hicks, UTAS/ANU
11:45 AM - 12:00 PM Is science still the currency of influence in Antarctica
Ms Anne-Maree Mitford, IMAS
12:00 PM - 12:15 PM What Antarctic sea-level rise estimates to 2050 should be used for decision-making?
Prof Matt King, UTAS
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM Day 3: Lunch and discussion sessions
2:00 PM - 2:15 PM Lightning Talks: Thursday
2:15 PM - 3:15 PM Poster Session 2: Thursday
Thursday - Friday
3:59 PM - 4:00 PM
Day 3.2: Parallel Sessions
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM ‎ Parallel session: Ocean dynamics of the Southern Ocean and Antarctic Continental Shelf - part 2
Convenors: Dr Julia Neme, Dr Wilma Huneke, Dr Monica Nelson, Johanne Jan Hus, Dr Fabio Boeira Dias, Dr Jiheun Lee
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
Hobart Historic Walking Tour
6:00 PM - 8:30 PM
Laser Tag & Pizza

Harvard 1
DAY 3: THURSDAY 27 AUGUST
Day 3.1: Parallel Sessions
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM Panel discussion: Understanding the connection between Antarctic climate systems and the Pacific region to inform global decision making
Convenors: Liz Brierley, Maya Gold, Dr Krystyna Saunders
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM
11:30 AM - 11:45 AM
11:45 AM - 12:00 PM
12:00 PM - 12:15 PM
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM Day 3: Lunch and discussion sessions
2:00 PM - 2:15 PM Lightning Talks: Thursday
2:15 PM - 3:15 PM Poster Session 2: Thursday
Thursday - Friday
3:59 PM - 4:00 PM
Day 3.2: Parallel Sessions
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM ‎ Parallel session: Marine biodiversity from shelf to shore: status, threats and trends
Convenor: Frances Perry
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
Hobart Historic Walking Tour
6:00 PM - 8:30 PM
Laser Tag & Pizza

Harvard 2
DAY 3: THURSDAY 27 AUGUST
Day 3.1: Parallel Sessions
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM ‎ Parallel session: Antarctic terrestrial biodiversity: multidisciplinary perspectives for conservation and management in East Antarctica
Convenors: Dr Jane Wasley & Assoc Prof Justine Shaw
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM
11:30 AM - 11:45 AM
11:45 AM - 12:00 PM
12:00 PM - 12:15 PM
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM Day 3: Lunch and discussion sessions
2:00 PM - 2:15 PM Lightning Talks: Thursday
2:15 PM - 3:15 PM Poster Session 2: Thursday
Thursday - Friday
3:59 PM - 4:00 PM
Day 3.2: Parallel Sessions
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM ‎ Parallel session: Transparency and science into policy
Convenors: Georgie Hicks, Dr Indi Hodgson-Johnston
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
Hobart Historic Walking Tour
6:00 PM - 8:30 PM
Laser Tag & Pizza

Teal
DAY 3: THURSDAY 27 AUGUST
Day 3.1: Parallel Sessions
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM Workshop: Building sustainable biological collections infrastructure to support Antarctic science
Convenor: Dr Nerida Wilson
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM
11:30 AM - 11:45 AM
11:45 AM - 12:00 PM
12:00 PM - 12:15 PM
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM Day 3: Lunch and discussion sessions
2:00 PM - 2:15 PM Lightning Talks: Thursday
2:15 PM - 3:15 PM Poster Session 2: Thursday
Thursday - Friday
3:59 PM - 4:00 PM
Day 3.2: Parallel Sessions
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM Workshop: Atmospheric sciences over the Southern Ocean and Antarctica: coordinating science and campaigns
Convenor: Dr Sonya Fiddes
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
Hobart Historic Walking Tour
6:00 PM - 8:30 PM
Laser Tag & Pizza

212 Lecture Theatre
DAY 3: THURSDAY 27 AUGUST
Day 3.1: Parallel Sessions
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM Workshop: Detecting, anticipating and learning from tipping points in Antarctica’s changing systems
Convenor: Dr Will Hobbs
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM
11:30 AM - 11:45 AM
11:45 AM - 12:00 PM
12:00 PM - 12:15 PM
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM Day 3: Lunch and discussion sessions
2:00 PM - 2:15 PM Lightning Talks: Thursday
2:15 PM - 3:15 PM Poster Session 2: Thursday
Thursday - Friday
3:59 PM - 4:00 PM
Day 3.2: Parallel Sessions
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM Workshop: Dynamic instability of the Wilkes Subglacial Basin
Convenor: Prof Matt King
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
Hobart Historic Walking Tour
6:00 PM - 8:30 PM
Laser Tag & Pizza

Friday, August 28, 2026

Stanley Burbury Theatre
DAY 4: FRIDAY 28 AUGUST
Day 4: Parallel Sessions
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM ‎ Parallel session: Multidisciplinary understanding of the Denman (marine/terrestrial) system
Convenors: Dr Benoit Legresy, Dr Duanne White, Dr Katharina Hochmuth, Dr Sarah Thompson
Plenary - Innovations in Antarctic and Southern Ocean research capabilities
Convenors: Dr Bowen Zhang & Dr Pat Wongpan
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM Keynote Presentation: Breaking the mould south of 60°S: a look into new technologies and the discoveries they have enabled
Dr Beatriz Pena-Molino, CSIRO
11:30 AM - 11:40 AM Constraining Ocean Carbon with Optimized Observing (COCO2): collecting winter observations in the Southern Ocean with uncrewed surface vehicles
Dr Elizabeth Shadwick, CSIRO
11:30 AM - 11:42 AM Detection and analysis of Antarctic glacial earthquakes to study transient glacial processes
Dr Thanh-Son Pham, ANU
11:42 AM - 11:54 AM The Million Year Ice Core Project at Dome C North
Dr Lenneke Jong, Australian Antarctic Division
11:54 AM - 12:06 PM Deploying at the Edge: SAR Satellite Calibration on Heard Island
Dr Melissa Fedrigo, Australian Antarctic Division
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM Day 4: Lunch and discussion sessions
Plenary - Looking forward: Australian Antarctic research over the next decade
Convenors: Prof Andrew Bowie & Prof Joanne Whittaker
1:30 PM - 2:00 PM Keynote: Sustained monitoring in Antarctica and the Southern Ocean: past, present, and where do we go from here
Dr Patricia Miloslavich, Australian Antarctic Division
2:00 PM - 2:12 PM Vertical exchanges in the fast-thinning Denman Glacier area explained by the SWOT satellite and in situ oceanography.
Dr Benoit Legresy, CSIRO
2:12 PM - 2:24 PM Climate impacts of Antarctic meltwater: insights from the SOFIA
Dr Ariaan Purich, Monash University
2:24 PM - 2:36 PM Emerging Australian capabilities in global sea-level modelling
Dr Mark Hoggard, ANU
2:36 PM - 2:48 PM Antarctic sea-level fingerprints amplify future sea-level rise across the Pacific Islands
Dr Chen Zhao, Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies
Disclaimer: AARC 2026 reserves the right to amend or alter any advertised details relating to dates, program and speakers if necessary and without notice, as a result of circumstances beyond their control. All attempts will be made to keep any changes to an absolute minimum.
Harvard 2
DAY 4: FRIDAY 28 AUGUST
Day 4: Parallel Sessions
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM ‎ Parallel session: Drivers and impacts of Antarctic Marginal Ice Zone processes
Convenors: Dr Noah Day, Dr Klaus Meiners, Dr Amelie Meyer, Dr Alex Fraser
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM
11:30 AM - 11:40 AM
11:30 AM - 11:42 AM
11:42 AM - 11:54 AM
11:54 AM - 12:06 PM
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM Day 4: Lunch and discussion sessions
1:30 PM - 2:00 PM
2:00 PM - 2:12 PM
2:12 PM - 2:24 PM
2:24 PM - 2:36 PM
2:36 PM - 2:48 PM
Disclaimer: AARC 2026 reserves the right to amend or alter any advertised details relating to dates, program and speakers if necessary and without notice, as a result of circumstances beyond their control. All attempts will be made to keep any changes to an absolute minimum.
Teal
DAY 4: FRIDAY 28 AUGUST
Day 4: Parallel Sessions
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM Workshop: The ACCESS-AIS3 ice sheet model configuration and Cryosphere Sciences working group meet-up
Convenors: Dr Lenneke Jong, Dr Felicity McCormack, Dr Chen Zhao
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM
11:30 AM - 11:40 AM
11:30 AM - 11:42 AM
11:42 AM - 11:54 AM
11:54 AM - 12:06 PM
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM Day 4: Lunch and discussion sessions
1:30 PM - 2:00 PM
2:00 PM - 2:12 PM
2:12 PM - 2:24 PM
2:24 PM - 2:36 PM
2:36 PM - 2:48 PM
Disclaimer: AARC 2026 reserves the right to amend or alter any advertised details relating to dates, program and speakers if necessary and without notice, as a result of circumstances beyond their control. All attempts will be made to keep any changes to an absolute minimum.
212 Lecture Theatre
DAY 4: FRIDAY 28 AUGUST
Day 4: Parallel Sessions
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM ‎ Parallel session: Ocean dynamics of the Southern Ocean and Antarctic Continental Shelf - Part 3
Convenors: Dr Julia Neme, Dr Wilma Huneke, Dr Monica Nelson, Johanne Jan Hus, Dr Fabio Boeira Dias, Dr Jiheun Lee
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM
11:30 AM - 11:40 AM
11:30 AM - 11:42 AM
11:42 AM - 11:54 AM
11:54 AM - 12:06 PM
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM Day 4: Lunch and discussion sessions
1:30 PM - 2:00 PM
2:00 PM - 2:12 PM
2:12 PM - 2:24 PM
2:24 PM - 2:36 PM
2:36 PM - 2:48 PM
Disclaimer: AARC 2026 reserves the right to amend or alter any advertised details relating to dates, program and speakers if necessary and without notice, as a result of circumstances beyond their control. All attempts will be made to keep any changes to an absolute minimum.
Stanley Burbury Theatre
Harvard 2
DAY 4: FRIDAY 28 AUGUST
Day 4: Parallel Sessions
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM ‎ Parallel session: Multidisciplinary understanding of the Denman (marine/terrestrial) system
Convenors: Dr Benoit Legresy, Dr Duanne White, Dr Katharina Hochmuth, Dr Sarah Thompson 		‎ Parallel session: Drivers and impacts of Antarctic Marginal Ice Zone processes
Convenors: Dr Noah Day, Dr Klaus Meiners, Dr Amelie Meyer, Dr Alex Fraser
Plenary - Innovations in Antarctic and Southern Ocean research capabilities
Convenors: Dr Bowen Zhang & Dr Pat Wongpan
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM Keynote Presentation: Breaking the mould south of 60°S: a look into new technologies and the discoveries they have enabled
Dr Beatriz Pena-Molino, CSIRO
11:30 AM - 11:40 AM Constraining Ocean Carbon with Optimized Observing (COCO2): collecting winter observations in the Southern Ocean with uncrewed surface vehicles
Dr Elizabeth Shadwick, CSIRO
11:30 AM - 11:42 AM Detection and analysis of Antarctic glacial earthquakes to study transient glacial processes
Dr Thanh-Son Pham, ANU
11:42 AM - 11:54 AM The Million Year Ice Core Project at Dome C North
Dr Lenneke Jong, Australian Antarctic Division
11:54 AM - 12:06 PM Deploying at the Edge: SAR Satellite Calibration on Heard Island
Dr Melissa Fedrigo, Australian Antarctic Division
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM Day 4: Lunch and discussion sessions
Plenary - Looking forward: Australian Antarctic research over the next decade
Convenors: Prof Andrew Bowie & Prof Joanne Whittaker
1:30 PM - 2:00 PM Keynote: Sustained monitoring in Antarctica and the Southern Ocean: past, present, and where do we go from here
Dr Patricia Miloslavich, Australian Antarctic Division
2:00 PM - 2:12 PM Vertical exchanges in the fast-thinning Denman Glacier area explained by the SWOT satellite and in situ oceanography.
Dr Benoit Legresy, CSIRO
2:12 PM - 2:24 PM Climate impacts of Antarctic meltwater: insights from the SOFIA
Dr Ariaan Purich, Monash University
2:24 PM - 2:36 PM Emerging Australian capabilities in global sea-level modelling
Dr Mark Hoggard, ANU
2:36 PM - 2:48 PM Antarctic sea-level fingerprints amplify future sea-level rise across the Pacific Islands
Dr Chen Zhao, Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies
Disclaimer: AARC 2026 reserves the right to amend or alter any advertised details relating to dates, program and speakers if necessary and without notice, as a result of circumstances beyond their control. All attempts will be made to keep any changes to an absolute minimum.

Teal
212 Lecture Theatre
DAY 4: FRIDAY 28 AUGUST
Day 4: Parallel Sessions
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM Workshop: The ACCESS-AIS3 ice sheet model configuration and Cryosphere Sciences working group meet-up
Convenors: Dr Lenneke Jong, Dr Felicity McCormack, Dr Chen Zhao 		‎ Parallel session: Ocean dynamics of the Southern Ocean and Antarctic Continental Shelf - Part 3
Convenors: Dr Julia Neme, Dr Wilma Huneke, Dr Monica Nelson, Johanne Jan Hus, Dr Fabio Boeira Dias, Dr Jiheun Lee
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM
11:30 AM - 11:40 AM
11:30 AM - 11:42 AM
11:42 AM - 11:54 AM
11:54 AM - 12:06 PM
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM Day 4: Lunch and discussion sessions
1:30 PM - 2:00 PM
2:00 PM - 2:12 PM
2:12 PM - 2:24 PM
2:24 PM - 2:36 PM
2:36 PM - 2:48 PM
Disclaimer: AARC 2026 reserves the right to amend or alter any advertised details relating to dates, program and speakers if necessary and without notice, as a result of circumstances beyond their control. All attempts will be made to keep any changes to an absolute minimum.

Stanley Burbury Theatre
DAY 4: FRIDAY 28 AUGUST
Day 4: Parallel Sessions
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM ‎ Parallel session: Multidisciplinary understanding of the Denman (marine/terrestrial) system
Convenors: Dr Benoit Legresy, Dr Duanne White, Dr Katharina Hochmuth, Dr Sarah Thompson
Plenary - Innovations in Antarctic and Southern Ocean research capabilities
Convenors: Dr Bowen Zhang & Dr Pat Wongpan
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM Keynote Presentation: Breaking the mould south of 60°S: a look into new technologies and the discoveries they have enabled
Dr Beatriz Pena-Molino, CSIRO
11:30 AM - 11:40 AM Constraining Ocean Carbon with Optimized Observing (COCO2): collecting winter observations in the Southern Ocean with uncrewed surface vehicles
Dr Elizabeth Shadwick, CSIRO
11:30 AM - 11:42 AM Detection and analysis of Antarctic glacial earthquakes to study transient glacial processes
Dr Thanh-Son Pham, ANU
11:42 AM - 11:54 AM The Million Year Ice Core Project at Dome C North
Dr Lenneke Jong, Australian Antarctic Division
11:54 AM - 12:06 PM Deploying at the Edge: SAR Satellite Calibration on Heard Island
Dr Melissa Fedrigo, Australian Antarctic Division
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM Day 4: Lunch and discussion sessions
Plenary - Looking forward: Australian Antarctic research over the next decade
Convenors: Prof Andrew Bowie & Prof Joanne Whittaker
1:30 PM - 2:00 PM Keynote: Sustained monitoring in Antarctica and the Southern Ocean: past, present, and where do we go from here
Dr Patricia Miloslavich, Australian Antarctic Division
2:00 PM - 2:12 PM Vertical exchanges in the fast-thinning Denman Glacier area explained by the SWOT satellite and in situ oceanography.
Dr Benoit Legresy, CSIRO
2:12 PM - 2:24 PM Climate impacts of Antarctic meltwater: insights from the SOFIA
Dr Ariaan Purich, Monash University
2:24 PM - 2:36 PM Emerging Australian capabilities in global sea-level modelling
Dr Mark Hoggard, ANU
2:36 PM - 2:48 PM Antarctic sea-level fingerprints amplify future sea-level rise across the Pacific Islands
Dr Chen Zhao, Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies
Disclaimer: AARC 2026 reserves the right to amend or alter any advertised details relating to dates, program and speakers if necessary and without notice, as a result of circumstances beyond their control. All attempts will be made to keep any changes to an absolute minimum.

Harvard 2
DAY 4: FRIDAY 28 AUGUST
Day 4: Parallel Sessions
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM ‎ Parallel session: Drivers and impacts of Antarctic Marginal Ice Zone processes
Convenors: Dr Noah Day, Dr Klaus Meiners, Dr Amelie Meyer, Dr Alex Fraser
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM
11:30 AM - 11:40 AM
11:30 AM - 11:42 AM
11:42 AM - 11:54 AM
11:54 AM - 12:06 PM
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM Day 4: Lunch and discussion sessions
1:30 PM - 2:00 PM
2:00 PM - 2:12 PM
2:12 PM - 2:24 PM
2:24 PM - 2:36 PM
2:36 PM - 2:48 PM
Disclaimer: AARC 2026 reserves the right to amend or alter any advertised details relating to dates, program and speakers if necessary and without notice, as a result of circumstances beyond their control. All attempts will be made to keep any changes to an absolute minimum.

Teal
DAY 4: FRIDAY 28 AUGUST
Day 4: Parallel Sessions
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM Workshop: The ACCESS-AIS3 ice sheet model configuration and Cryosphere Sciences working group meet-up
Convenors: Dr Lenneke Jong, Dr Felicity McCormack, Dr Chen Zhao
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM
11:30 AM - 11:40 AM
11:30 AM - 11:42 AM
11:42 AM - 11:54 AM
11:54 AM - 12:06 PM
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM Day 4: Lunch and discussion sessions
1:30 PM - 2:00 PM
2:00 PM - 2:12 PM
2:12 PM - 2:24 PM
2:24 PM - 2:36 PM
2:36 PM - 2:48 PM
Disclaimer: AARC 2026 reserves the right to amend or alter any advertised details relating to dates, program and speakers if necessary and without notice, as a result of circumstances beyond their control. All attempts will be made to keep any changes to an absolute minimum.

212 Lecture Theatre
DAY 4: FRIDAY 28 AUGUST
Day 4: Parallel Sessions
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM ‎ Parallel session: Ocean dynamics of the Southern Ocean and Antarctic Continental Shelf - Part 3
Convenors: Dr Julia Neme, Dr Wilma Huneke, Dr Monica Nelson, Johanne Jan Hus, Dr Fabio Boeira Dias, Dr Jiheun Lee
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM
11:30 AM - 11:40 AM
11:30 AM - 11:42 AM
11:42 AM - 11:54 AM
11:54 AM - 12:06 PM
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM Day 4: Lunch and discussion sessions
1:30 PM - 2:00 PM
2:00 PM - 2:12 PM
2:12 PM - 2:24 PM
2:24 PM - 2:36 PM
2:36 PM - 2:48 PM
Disclaimer: AARC 2026 reserves the right to amend or alter any advertised details relating to dates, program and speakers if necessary and without notice, as a result of circumstances beyond their control. All attempts will be made to keep any changes to an absolute minimum.

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