Programme outline

TIME	SESSION
09:00 - 1700	INWES – Outgoing, 2021-2023 Board of Directors meeting (BM44)
17:00 - 19:00	Welcome reception Register early for the conference and enjoy some local hospitality ahead of the official conference opening on Monday 4 September

TIME	SESSION
0830 - 0900	Mihi Whakatau
0900 - 0910	Welcome from Conference Convenors Emma Timewell, Bryony Lane
0910 - 0915	Welcome from INWES President Jung Sun Kim
0915 - 1000	Common cognitive traps constraining the future of STEM Kristin Alford
1000 - 1030	Morning tea
1030 - 1230	CONCURRENT 1A Protecting people from natural hazards and other threats to society	CONCURRENT 1B Protecting and restoring the natural environment	CONCURRENT 1C Improving health and healthcare	CONCURRENT 1E Advancing technology	CONCURRENT1F Ensuring STEM diversity and equality Kindly sponsored by MBIE
	Resolving landscape dynamics in the Fox Glacier/Te Moeka o Tuawe Valley with remote sensing and 3D-change detection (30m) Ellorine Carle New Zealand	The role of ecosystem services in restorative marine economies (15m) Emily Douglas New Zealand	Antimicrobial graft materials for bone engineering (15m + 5qa) Dawn Coates New Zealand	Emphasizing universities’ innovation to achieve sustainability for smart cities mission in India (15m) Seema Singh India	Creating a center for STEM excellence in New Mexico – the power of STEM advocacy at the State Government Level in the USA (30m) Gail Mattson USA
	Volcanic Tsunamis: what we know, what we learned from Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai and what we are doing to keep us safe in the future (30m) Emily Lane New Zealand	Establishing a blue carbon methodology for Aotearoa New Zealand (15m) Phoebe Stewart-Sinclair New Zealand	The yin and yang of alveolar bone remodelling (15m + 5qa) Trudy Milne New Zealand	Experimental monitoring system of canopy health and environment using IoT technology for deployment in remote sites (15m) Celine Mercier New Zealand	Factors that influence young women to pursue their career in STEM in New Zealand (15m) Jitty Varghese New Zealand
	Password Managers help to protect our online security… so why are New Zealanders not using them? (15m) Lisa Patterson New Zealand	Advocating for marine biodiversity, one squid at a time (15m) Kat Bolstad New Zealand	Using bacteriophages to enhance global health: a drug delivery system that could revolutionize cancer prevention in low-income nations (15m + 5qa) Daliya Rizvi USA	Predicting fruit quality using the mechanistic model (15m) Hana Liang New Zealand	The Aotearoa New Zealand longitudinal gender attitudes survey (30m) Suzanne Manning New Zealand
	Developing a multi-hazard modelling framework for estimating agricultural production loss (15m) Heather Craig New Zealand	Water security under Te Mana o te Wai (15m) India Eiloart New Zealand	Optimising Probiotic delivery systems to withstand the rigors of commercial food processing, long shelf-life storage and delivery to the body (30m + 5qa) Ashling Ellis New Zealand	Scale up and automation of Pinus radiata somatic embryogenesis (15m) Taryn Saggese New Zealand	Shaping the future through contemporary approaches to engineering education (30m) Marlene Kanga Australia
	How can we reduce risk to Aotearoa New Zealand from local landslide tsunami sources? (15m) Suzanne Bull New Zealand	Re-orienting preservice chemistry teachers towards sustainability through systems thinking for environmental restoration (15m) Ruby Hanson Ghana		Portable electroantennograms – working towards a cyborg (15m) Brooke O'Connor New Zealand	Q&A (15m)
	Q&A (15m)			Multi-omics integration pipeline - a test framework to analyze multiple high dimensional biological data. (15m) Lindy Guo New Zealand
				Holmes Solutions use time and motion studies to make sure products and processes are efficient and economical (30m) Madeline Burrows New Zealand
1230 - 1330	Lunch
1330 - 1500	ENSURING DIVERSITY AND INCLUSIVITY IN STEM Chaired by Maretha Smit, Diversity Works
	Mainstreaming LGBT+ diversity Martyn Loukes
	Women in a traditionally male sector NZ Defence Force Carol Abraham, Emily Kutarski, Rebecca Magdalinos
	Neurodiversity Denise Carter-Bennett
	Māori inclusion and indigenous engagement Genevieve Doube
1500 - 1530	Afternoon tea
1530 - 1700	Panel: How do we get to a future of diversity? Martyn Loukes, NZ Defence Force, Denise Carter-Bennett, Kristin Alford, Genevieve Doube
1700 -1830	Poster session
1900 - 2100	INWES Annual General Meeting (AGM19)

TIME	SESSION
0830 - 1000	SHAPING ANTARCTICA
	Coordinating science internationally Chandrika Nath
	Engineering for Antarctica Latasha Templeton
	Science for Antarctica Vonda Cummings
1000 - 1030	Morning tea
1030 - 1145	Female perspective of Covid-19 Juliet Gerrard, Siouxsie Wiles
1145 - 1245	Lunch
1245 - 1445	CONCURRENT 2A Protecting and restoring the natural environment	CONCURRENT 2B Ensuring STEM diversity and equality Kindly sponsored by MBIE	CONCURRENT 2C Enhancing liveability through urban transformation	CONCURRENT 2D Providing food security	CONCURRENT 2E Transitioning to clean energy	CONCURRENT 2F Workshop
	The footprint of ship anchoring on the seafloor (15m) Sally Watson New Zealand	Improving gender equality in forestry disciplines (15m) Beccy Ganley New Zealand	Securing Aotearoa's sustainable housing future with indigenous knowledge: an exploratory study (30m) Eziaku Rasheed New Zealand	Food spoilage spore forming bacteria in New Zealand dairy farm environment- A North Island perspective (30m) Tanushree Gupta New Zealand	Is less more in the transition to a cleaner energy future? (15m + 5qa) Emma Lloyd & Irene Clausse New Zealand	Telling your story (Science Media Centre) Dacia Herbulock Katrin O'Donnell
	Predicting macroalgal range shifts in Aotearoa New Zealand to inform climate-smart conservation management (15m) Katie Cook New Zealand	Women in Space Aotearoa New Zealand: A professional network and supportive community taking action in pursuit of gender equity in Aotearoa’s space sector (30m) Kate Breach New Zealand	Holmes Solutions develop Whoosh®, a personalised transport system on an elevated network of cable and rail (30m) Margot Willis New Zealand	Closing the gap between liking and wanting - improving prediction of consumer behaviour through new methodologies (15m) Shannon Bullock New Zealand	Grid operations challenges and policy considerations for integrating renewable resources into the U.S. grid (15m + 5qa) Jill Tietjen USA
	A novel approach to analyse continuous microchemical information from biological samples reveals changes in migration and habitat-use patterns of snapper (Chrysophrys auratus) (15m) Jingjing Zhang New Zealand	The changing face of women in STEM in Aotearoa New Zealand (15m) Emma Timewell New Zealand	Functionalised wood-based materials for a sustainable built environment (30m) Tripti Singh New Zealand	Beekeeping outside the box: innovative colony handling and hive architecture (15m) Ashley Mortensen New Zealand	Retrofitting New Zealand’s existing housing stock to support the transition to 100% renewable energy (15m + 5qa) Eloise Blewden New Zealand
	Seafloor cold seeps offshore Aotearoa – geologically controlled oases of life under threat? (15m) Jess Hillman New Zealand	Fighting the labour shortage in the water industry: attracting and retaining immigrants and women (30m) Gabriela Campos Balzat & Natalia Moraga Alcaino New Zealand	Q&A panel (30m)	Fighting environmental degradation at grassroots: promoting climate smart agriculture technologies amongst communities in Lake Victoria Basin, Kenya (30m) Pamella Were Kenya	Accelerating national transitions to low-carbon electricity systems and the implications to metals lifecycles: Case of Aotearoa New Zealand (15m + 5qa) Isabella Pimentel Pincelli New Zealand
	Oceanographic baseline at a future offshore fish farm site in Cook Strait (15m) Marta Ribo New Zealand	Promotion of diversity and inclusion in STEM - some tips on improving Japanese situation (15m) Mami Mihara-Narita Japan		The concurrent impacts of drought and leaf harvesting on two traditional African vegetable non-timber forest product species (15m) K. Gisele Sinasso S. Benin	Q&A panel (20m)
	The fight against myrtle rust (15m) Beccy Ganley New Zealand	A tale from the other side: Establishing an investment system to support amazing science for the future (15m) Kieren Arthur New Zealand		African fermented seeds as probiotic carriers for poultry feed and an alternative to antibiotic growth promoters. (15m) Elmer Ametefe Ghana
1445 - 1500	Afternoon tea
1500 - 1700	CONCURRENT 3A Advancing technology	CONCURRENT 3B Ensuring STEM diversity and equality Kindly sponsored by MBIE	CONCURRENT 3C Protecting people from natural hazards and other threats to society	CONCURRENT 3D Improving health and healthcare	CONCURRENT 3E Workshop	CONCURRENT 3F Workshop
	Extreme exploration, Chinese and New Zealand women scientists and engineers venture into the Kermadec Trench, one of the deepest parts of the Earth’s oceans (15m) Caroline Chin New Zealand	Controlling unconscious bias (15m) Reiko Iijima Japan	A national flood awareness system for ungauged catchments in complex topography for Aotearoa New Zealand: development, communication, and evaluation (30m) Celine Cattoen New Zealand	Understanding the health impacts of vaping: are we there yet? (30m + 3qa) Kelly Burrowes New Zealand	Recording your histories as women in engineering & science (INWES)	Successful STEM engagement (GirlGuiding NZ) Maia Faulkner Mirjam Oord
	Real-time invasive marine species detection using computer vision deployed on remotely operated vehicles (15m) Rose Pearson New Zealand	Contextual science learning and student motivation: the case of grade 11 girls in a secondary school in Kenya (15m) Selline Ooko Kenya	Generating flood maps for all Aotearoa (30m) Alice Harang New Zealand	The role and source of respiratory sinus arrhythmia: exploration using mathematical models of heart rate regulation and blood circulation (30m + 3qa) Weiwei Al New Zealand
	Microplastic elimination from aquatic systems using nanotechnology based approaches (15m) Nishita Narwal India	Diversity and STEM Equality (15m) Rufina Dabo Sarr Senegal	Trust Me!I have the Proof: How a provenance based approach can provide more transparency to IoT Healthcare (30m) Fariha Jaigidar Australia	Modelling and analyzing the respiratory neural network using Boolean representation (30m + 3qa) Alona Ben-Tal New Zealand
	Indigenous car driving simulator (15m) Kamini Gupta India	Encouraging diversity in engineering through sustainability (15m) Paige Chong New Zealand	Responsible and ethical use of genomics in forensics (30m) Suzanne Manning New Zealand	Antimicrobial compounds from root, stem bark and seeds of Melia volkensii (15m + 5qa) Rahab Kamau Kenya
	Using Unity 3D and interactive 3D visualizations to enhance the accuracy and usability of orchard simulations (15m) Jane Tsang New Zealand	Inclusive education of women and girls in STEM sectors for local sustainable development in Africa (15m) Aude Abamba Mboapfouri Cameroon
	A recurrence of vulnerabilities within Decentralized Finance: analyzing notorious DeFi network exploits and deriving implications for the future (15m) Caroline He USA	Why is HE and engineer but SHE isn’t? Addressing the female engineering identity in STEM (15m) Emma Lloyd & Irene Clausse New Zealand
	Q&A Panel (30m)	Who’s doing Surveying and Spatial Science Honours Degrees and what do they get from it? (15m) Emily Tidey New Zealand
		An assessment of the impact of the STEM Kenya mentorship program on career choices and employment of young women in Kenya (15m) Mary Mwangi Kenya
1830	Conference dinner Hunua Room, Aotea Centre Kindly sponsored by Stantec

TIME	SESSION
0730 - 0830	Breakfast Light breakfast available for all attendees
0830 - 1000	SHAPING SPACE
	Space Law Maria Pozza
	Engineering for space Imogen Rea
	Exploring space Michele Bannister
1000 - 1030	Morning tea
1030 - 1230	CONCURRENT 4A Improving health and healthcare	CONCURRENT 4B Ensuring STEM diversity and equality Kindly sponsored by MBIE	CONCURRENT 4D Enhancing liveability through urban transformation	CONCURRENT 4E Workshop
	Simplified, saliva-based PCR testing for greater public health impact (30m + 5qa) Anne Wyllie USA	Gender inequity in Australian research grants broadly reflects the workforce (30m) Isabelle Kingsley Australia	Engineering innovation and the circular economy (30m) Evelyn Laurito Phillippines	Creating a successful engagement programme Claire Lyons Ying Yang Sneh Patel
	Transitioning from PCR and Sanger sequencing to WGS - Legionella typing and beyond (15m + 5qa) Amy Bradshaw New Zealand	Making a difference in the Pacific (30m) Andrea Rickard New Zealand	A European view on unlocking the Circular Economy (30m) Tania Hyde New Zealand
	Addressing sex bias in medicine: A sex-specific digital twin of the cardio-respiratory system (15m + 5qa) Kelly Burrowes New Zealand	Writing women scientists back into history (30m) Asha Gopinathan India	Digital Innovation: Integrating Planetary Boundaries into Decision-Making (30m) Debbie O'Byrne New Zealand
	An up side to COVID-19? Impact of COVID19 and lockdown on chronic obstructive pulmonary disease admissions to Christchurch hospital (15m + 5qa) Malina Storer New Zealand	Stimulating sustainable entrepreneurial (SSETS) thinking for impactful research and enhanced employability of STEM graduates (30m) Mary Mwangi Kenya	Q&A panel (20m)
	Generation Kāinga: Rangatahi building a regenerative and resilient Aotearoa (15m + 5qa) Maia Ratana & Keisha Rawiri New Zealand
1230 - 1330	Lunch
1330 - 1530	CONCURRENT 5A Ensuring STEM diversity and equality Kindly sponsored by MBIE	CONCURRENT 5D Transitioning to clean energy	CONCURRENT 5E Workshop
	From ICWES9 to ICWES19 - Observations from an ICWES time traveller (15m) Suzanne Wilkinson New Zealand	How do we ensure New Zealand's geothermal use is sustainable? (15m + 5qa) Sophie Pearson-Grant New Zealand	Putting it all into practice - what can you do with what you've learnt this week when you get home? Claire Lyons Ying Yang Sneh Patel
	Busting myths about women engineers (15m) Daphne Deidre Yong Teng Wong Australia	Generation and emmissions of geothermal powerplants in New Zealand. (15m + 5qa) Anu Choudhary New Zealand
	Perceptions of Gender Barriers in Science and Engineering and the GISE Index: Tools for Change (30m) Sarah Peers United Kingdom	The roadmap to net-zero with geothermal resources in Aotearoa New Zealand (15m + 5qa) Sophie Pearson-Grant New Zealand
	The movement driving change for women in engineering and architecture (30m) Charlotte Downes New Zealand	Q&A Panel (20m)
	Making STEM and maths more gender inclusive: lessons from a new model for engineering education (15m) Sarah Peers United Kingdom
	Q&A (15m)
1530 - 1600	Afternoon tea
1600 - 1700	Including sustainability in every project Colleen Thorpe
	Summary Emma Timewell & Bryony Lane
	Farewell Jung Sun Kim
1700 - 2200	INWES – Incoming, 2024 - 2026 Board of Directors meeting (BM45)

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