Date: Thu 13 June 2019
Time: 9:00 - 21:00
Place:
The Waterfront Museum
(Ocean Room)
Oystermouth Road
Maritime Quarter
Swansea SA1 3RD
WiFi will be available
Free Registration for Visitors
Coordinator(s):
Robert S. Laramee
-Conference Chair
Student Volunteers
Waldir M. Berbel-Filho
Elif Firat
Olga Petrovska
Dylan Rees
(If you would like to get involved, please contact the
conference chair.)
Past Events:
2017
2018
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Call For Participation
Introduction:
We are happy to invite you to our 2nd annual College of Science
(CoS) Postgraduate Research (PGR) Student conference. One of our
goals is to foster a growing, vibrant community of PhD students
across the College. This community is a key dynamic in our drive
to be the most creative place to carry out science globally.
This is a great opportunity to practice your scientific
presentation skills, connect with your peers, disseminate your
research, and discover what fellow PhD candidates
are working on.
As part of this initiative, we invite you to participate in the
conference in one (or more) of three ways:
- Giving a Presentation:
All PhD students are invited to submit A 1-page abstract of their
research for presentation at the conference. The abstract can
describe your own original research results, work-in-progress,
literature review, work already published or more. These
presentations are open to all PhD students, however, they are
targeted at 2nd and 3rd+, students as preview for first year
students. We expect presentations to last 10-15 minutes depending
on the number submitted. Submission instructions are provided
below. Abstracts are not published and thus do not interfere with
any publication plans.
- Presenting a Poster:
We are offering all postgraduate research students the opportunity
to present a poster. A poster presentation is obligatory for PGR
students in the CoS with a start date in October 2018. However,
any PGR student may present a poster including those beyond
their first year. Your poster represents your research. It can be
work-in-progress research, about your literature review, what your
plans are etc. You may select any aspect of your research for your
poster or may give an overall outline of your project. Posters
are presented in a dedicated poster session in the afternoon
of the conference day.
- Help with Conference Organisation:
We are also looking for volunteers to take on an organisational
role for the conference. This can be chairing a presentation
session, helping with registration, taking photos, helping with
AV equipment, liaising with the venue, etc. Organizational roles
are open to all PhD students.
Instuctions
- Instructions for Submitting an Abstract or Poster:
First you need to be registered on the Blackboard module called
`College of Science Doctoral Training’. If this appears
on your Blackboard home page, then you are registered. If you
are not, you may ask Sara Fenn to register you:
s.j.fenn `at’ swansea.ac.uk.
You may also call her at 01792 295 860 or see her in person
in room 122 of the Wallace Building. Please notify her
of your expression of interest by the deadline below.
- Instructions for Submitting an Abstract for Presentation:
Those submitting an abstract use the
abstract template.
A copy of this template can also be found on Blackboard in the
`College of Science Doctoral Training’ module in
the `CoS Conference Abstract Submission’ assignment.
After your abstract is written, submit it to this assignment.
- Instructions for Submitting a Poster:
There is a portrait and landscape template available in the
the Blackboard module "Research Skills" under
"Presentation and Public Engagement" and then
"Designing an Academic Poster".
You may use either of these templates. The poster must be
your own, original work. The templates are A1 size, either
landscape or portrait orientation. If you choose to create your
own original poster you still use this standard size.
After your poster is prepared, submit it to the assignment:
`Cos Conference Poster Submission’ in the
`College of Science Doctoral Training’ module.
If you are not enrolled on the "Research Skills" module
on Blackboard, you may contact Pamela Styles,
pamela.styles "at" swansea.ac.uk.
- Instructions for Taking on an Organisational Role:
Please contact the conference chair,
Bob Laramee
indicating the role you would like to volunteer for.
Important Deadlines:
Deadline for 1-page abstract submission: 23 May
Deadline for poster submissions: 23 May
Deadline to volunteer for an organizational role: 23 May
Sponsors:
If you or anyone you know would like to get involved as a sponsor,
please let us know.
Poster Printing:
Google:
"Swansea poster printing" and you'll find a number of
poster printing alternatives based right here in Swansea.
Swansea University has a
Print Room, however, the last time
Bob spoke with them, this service was only available for
staff.
Program
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Click here for this year's full program.
(Awards voted for by students)
Best Talk Award:
Waldir M. Berbel-Filho on
The Promiscuous Life of a Weird Fish
Best Poster Awards:
Karol Szuba-Sablonski,
The Electrical Conductivity and Tensile Strength of
Ultrabithorax Materials
Carlo Sarli,
Volumetric Visualization of Antarctica
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Conference Photos
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