Tuesday, 1st December Joint Annual Scientific Meeting of the Nutrition Society of NZ and the Nutrition Society of Australia

For more information and registration for this event please go to the 2015 Postgraduate and Early Career Nutrition Conference Website

1.50-2.00 pm – Welcome by the chair

Dr Niikee Schoendorfer – University of Queensland

2.00-2.30 pm – Session 1 – “Making yourself visible on the net as a researcher”.

Dr Nenad Naumovski – University of Canberra

Speaker will cover:

• Setting up and utilizing google scholar academic profiles
• Benefits of ResearchGate for research dissemination
• Other academic and publication based sites eg. PhDTree

2.30-3.00pm – Session 2 – using social media

Dr Vanessa Vaughan – Deakin University

Speaker will cover:

• Twitter
• Linked-in
• Facebook
• Instagram

3.00-3.30 pm – Session 3 – e-portfolios

Associate Professor Tanya Lawlis – University of Canberra

Speaker will cover:

• Why you might consider the use of e-portfolios and their applications
• How to go about putting one together
• Tips for maximizing the technology and common pitfalls

3.30-4.00 pm – Tea break

4.00-5.00pm – Session 4 – Video Blogs and Youtube

Dr Damien Belobrajdic – University of SA

Speaker will cover:

• potential benefits of making video blogs to your science research and career
• tips on how to make a video blog – story structure, equipment, style
• Utilising youtube

5.00-5.30pm – Panel Q & A Session