Programme outline

TIME	SESSION
Evening	Welcome reception

TIME	SESSION
0830 - 0900	Powhiri
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 1D Enhancing liveability through urban transformation	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	The role of ecosystem services in restorative marine economies (15m) Emily Douglas	Antimicrobial graft materials for bone engineering (15m + 5qa) Dawn Coates	Emphasizing universities’ innovation to achieve sustainability for smart cities mission in India (15m) Seema Singh	Modeling hydrological parameters using Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT) to assess the water balance in tropical watershed, Sri Lanka. (15m) Tant Perera	Outreach with intent: Designing and scaling STEM education programmes with equity and longevity at the core (30m) Felicity Powell
	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	Establishing a blue carbon methodology for Aotearoa New Zealand (15m) Phoebe Stewart-Sinclair	The yin and yang of alveolar bone remodelling (15m + 5qa) Trudy Milne	Identification of barriers and challenges faced by contractors in green sustainable construction project for affordable high-rise housing in Malaysia towards enhancing societal liveability through urban transformation (30m) Ainarull Hadi	Experimental monitoring system of canopy health and environment using IoT technology for deployment in remote sites (15m) Celine Mercier	Factors that influence young women to pursue their career in STEM in New Zealand (15m) Jitty Varghese
	Understanding the respiratory health impacts of natural hazard events (15m) Christina Magill	Advocating for marine biodiversity, one squid at a time (15m) Kat Bolstad	Using bacteriophages to enhance global health: a drug delivery system that could revolutionize cancer prevention in low-income nations (15m + 5qa) Daliya Rizvi	Holmes Solutions use time and motion studies to make sure products and processes are efficient and economical (30m) Madeline Burrows	Early detection of locus plagues using a machine learning model (15m) Hana Liang	The Aotearoa New Zealand longitudinal gender attitudes survey (30m) Suzanne Manning
	Developing a multi-hazard modelling framework for estimating agricultural production loss (15m) Heather Craig	Water security under Te Mana o te Wai (15m) India Eiloart	Identification and biological evaluation of potential anti-cancer molecules against Aurora kinases (15m + 5qa) Punit Kaur	Complementarity of formal and informal actors and their networks in support of vulnerable populations in informal settlements. Governance Diaries Approach (15min) Ivy Chumo	Scale up and automation of Pinus radiata somatic embryogenesis (15m) Jana Krajnakova	Shaping the future through contemporary approaches to engineering education (30m) Marlene Kanga
	Mathematical analysis of the role of information technology on the dynamics of Typhoid fever. (15m) Nyanga Masasila	Re-orienting preservice chemistry teachers towards sustainability through systems thinking for environmental restoration (15m) Ruby Hanson	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	Sanitation services for the urban poor: a social capital approach to sanitation challenges in informal settlements (15m) Ivy Chumo	Cooperative coevolutionary genetic programming hyper heuristic for budget constrained dynamic multi-workflow scheduling in cloud computing (15m) Kirita-rose Escott	Q&A (15m)
	Q&A (15m)			Q&A (15m)	Portable electroantennograms – working towards a cyborg (15m) Brooke O'Connor
					Work smart, not hard: Artificial Intelligence for unprecedented image quality improvement at little to no extra cost in light-based biomedical imaging (15m) Sylwia Kolenderska
					Multi-omics integration pipeline - a test framework to analyze multiple high dimensional biological data. (15m) Lindy Guo
1230 - 1330	Lunch
1330 - 1500	ENSURING DIVERSITY AND INCLUSIVITY IN STEM Chaired by Maretha Smit, Diversity Works
	LGBTQ+ Martyn Loukes
	Women in a traditionally male sector NZ Defence Force
	Neurodiversity Denise Carter-Bennett
	Cultural/ethnic diversity 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 AGM

TIME	SESSION
0830 - 1000	SHAPING ANTARCTICA
	Governing Antarctica 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
	Distribution of toxic Dinoflagellates in the Gulf of Guinea, Nigeria (15m) Medina Kadira	Improving gender equality in forestry disciplines (15m) Beccy Ganley	Securing Aotearoa's sustainable housing future with indigenous knowledge: an exploratory study (30m) Eziaku Rasheed	Food spoilage spore forming bacteria in New Zealand dairy farm environment- A North Island perspective (30m) Tanushree Gupta	Is less more in the transition to a cleaner energy future? (15m + 5qa) Emma Lloyd	Telling your story (Science Media Centre)
	Predicting macroalgal range shifts in Aotearoa New Zealand to inform climate (15m) Katie Cook	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	ArcGIS Urban helping Wellington City Council to strategically plan for growth and lead urban transformation (15m) Laura Dowdall-Masters	Food science & technology and its role in ensuring food security in Samoa (15m) Kuinimeri Asora-Finau	Grid operations challenges and policy considerations for integrating renewable resources into the U.S. grid (15m + 5qa) Jill Tietjen
	Differentially expressed genes responding to environmental changes in Austinograea rodriguezensis from hydrothermal vent fields in The Central Indian Ridge (15m) Seonock Woo	The changing face of women in STEM in Aotearoa New Zealand (15m) Emma Timewell	Holmes Solutions develop Whoosh®, a personalised transport system on an elevated network of cable and rail (30m) Margot Willis	Understanding virulence mechanisms of the apple fungal pathogen Neonectria ditissima (15m) Liz Florez	Accelerating national transitions to low-carbon electricity systems and the implications to metals lifecycles: Case of Aotearoa New Zealand (15m + 5qa) Isabella Pimentel Pincelli
	Prokaryotic and eukaryotic diversity in mangrove forests of Gazi Bay in Kenya: A case for enhanced conservation strategies (15m) Grace Kinyanjui	Fighting the labour shortage in the water industry: attracting and retaining immigrants and women (30m) Gabriela Campos Balzat	Functionalised wood-based materials for a sustainable built environment (30m) Tripti Singh	Fighting environmental degradation at grassroots: promoting climate smart agriculture technologies amongst communities in Lake Victoria Basin, Kenya (30m) Pamella Were	Q&A panel (20m)
	Oceanographic baseline at a future offshore fish farm site in Cook Strait (15m) Marta Ribo	Promotion of diversity and inclusion in STEM - some tips on improving Japanese situation (15m) Mami Mihara-Narita	Q&A panel (15m)	The concurrent impacts of drought and leaf harvesting on two traditional African vegetable non-timber forest product species (15m) K. Gisele Sinasso S.
		Q&A (15m)		African fermented seeds as probiotic carriers for poultry feed and an alternative to antibiotic growth promoters. (15m) Elmer Ametefe

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) Kareen Schnabel	Controlling unconscious bias (15m) Reiko Iijima	A national flood awareness system for ungauged catchments in complex topography for Aotearoa New Zealand: development, communication, and evaluation (30m) Celine Cattoen	Understanding the health impacts of vaping: are we there yet? (30m + 3qa) Kelly Burrowes	Recording your histories as women in engineering & science (INWES)	Successful STEM engagement (GirlGuiding NZ)
	Real-time invasive marine species detection using computer vision deployed on remotely operated vehicles (15m) Rose Pearson	Contextual science learning and student motivation: the case of grade 11 girls in a secondary school in Kenya (15m) Selline Ooko	Generating flood maps for all Aotearoa (30m) Alice Harang	The role and source of respiratory sinus arrhythmia: exploration using mathematical models of heart rate regulation and blood circulation (30m + 3qa) Weiwei Al
	Microplastic elimination from aquatic systems using nanotechnology based approaches (15m) Nishita Narwal	Diversity and STEM Equality (15m) Rufina Dabo Sarr	Advancing methods of rapid flood risk scenario assessment using hybrid approaches of hydraulic modelling and machine learning (15m) Andrea Pozo	Modelling and analyzing the respiratory neural network using Boolean representation (30m + 3qa) Alona Ben-Tal
	Indigenous car driving simulator (15m) Kamini Gupta	Encouraging diversity in engineering through sustainability (15m) Paige Chong	How can we reduce risk to Aotearoa New Zealand from local landslide tsunami sources? (15m) Suzanne Bull	Antimicrobial compounds from root, stem bark and seeds of Melia volkensii (15m + 5qa) Rahab Kamau
	Challenges for women in spaceflight: An engineer’s perspective (15m) Surbhi Baghotia	Inclusive education of women and girls in STEM sectors for local sustainable development in Africa (15m) Aude Abamba Mboapfouri	Repositioning’s of cutting down of trees and using firewood as cooking and the health implications: a case studies of Gbessa community of the federal capital territory, Abuja Nigeria (15m) Michael Oke
	Enabling sustainable food transits for fresh-produce vendors in local retail markets (15m) Maria Chaudhry	Why is HE and engineer but SHE isn’t? Addressing the female engineering identity in STEM (15m) Emma Lloyd	Q&A panel (15m)
	Using Unity 3D and interactive 3D visualizations to enhance the accuracy and usability of orchard simulations (15m) Jane Tsang	Who’s doing Surveying and Spatial Science Honours Degrees and what do they get from it? (15m) Emily Tidey
	A recurrence of vulnerabilities within Decentralized Finance: analyzing notorious DeFi network exploits and deriving implications for the future (15m) Caroline He	Diversity and inclusiveness of STEM workforce in selected high schools, tertiary and research institutions in Kenya (15m) Speranza Ndege
1830	Conference dinner Viaduct Events Centre Kindly sponsored by Stantec

TIME	SESSION
0730 - 0830	Breakfast
0830 - 1000	SHAPING SPACE
	Space Law Maria Pozza
	Engineering for space Imogen Rea
	Mātauranga space Victoria Campbell
	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 4C Protecting and restoring the natural environment	CONCURRENT 4D Enhancing liveability through urban transformation	CONCURRENT 4E Workshop
	Simplified, saliva-based PCR testing for greater public health impact (30m + 5qa) Anne Wylie	Gender inequity in Australian research grants broadly reflects the workforce (30m) Isabelle Kingsley	Nomads waste management issues in a rural area of Mongolia (15m) Battsengel Dashdorj	Engineering innovation and the circular economy (30m) Evelyn Laurito	Creating a successful engagement programme
	Transitioning from PCR and Sanger sequencing to WGS - Legionella typing and beyond (15m + 5qa) Amy Bradshaw	Making a difference in the Pacific (30m) Andrea Rickard	Fiber characterisation and evaluation of sugarcane (s. Officinarum) bagasse - an agricultural waste as raw material for pulp and paper production (15m) Fausat Odujebe	A European view on unlocking the Circular Economy (30m) Tania Hyde
	Addressing sex bias in medicine: A sex-specific digital twin of the cardio-respiratory system (15m + 5qa) Kelly Burrowes	Writing women scientists back into history (30m) Asha Gopinathan	The fight against myrtle rust (15m) Beccy Ganley	Urban metabolism: Enabling circular cities of the future (30m) Debbie O'Byrne
		Bridging the gender STEM divide in Kenya: ensuring diversity and equality (30m) Rachael Kibuku	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	Q&A panel (20m)
			The footprint of ship anchoring on the seafloor (15m) Sally Watson
			What makes a riparian buffer most effective for improving ecological outcomes? (15m) Elizabeth Graham
			Restoration of the natural environment through construction - culvert replacement on SH10 (15m) Kathleen McMullen
1230 - 1330	Lunch
1330 - 1530	CONCURRENT 5A Ensuring STEM diversity and equality Kindly sponsored by MBIE	CONCURRENT 5B Providing food security	CONCURRENT 5C Protecting people from natural hazards and other threats to society	CONCURRENT 5D Transitioning to clean energy	CONCURRENT 5E Workshop
	From ICWES9 to ICWES19 - Observations from an ICWES time traveller (15m) Suzanne Wilkinson	A tale from the other side: Establishing an investment system to support amazing science for the future (30m) Kieren Arthur	Password Managers help to protect our online security… so why are New Zealanders not using them? (15m) Lisa Patterson	How do we ensure New Zealand's geothermal use is sustainable? (15m + 5qa) Sophie Pearson-Grant	Putting it all into practice - what can you do with what you've learnt this week when you get home?
	Busting myths about women engineers (15m) Daphne Deidre Yong Teng Wong	The role of behaviour research in understanding the animal welfare assurances provided for our food (30m) Gosia Zobel	Trust Me!I have the Proof: How a provenance based approach can provide more transparency to IoT Healthcare (30m) Fariha Jaigidar	Generation and emmissions of geothermal powerplants in New Zealand. (15m + 5qa) Anu Choudhary
	Perceptions of Gender Barriers in Science and Engineering and the GISE Index: Tools for Change (30m) Sarah Peers	Closing the gap between liking and wanting - improving prediction of consumer behaviour through new methodologies (15m) Nathalie Janin	How Machine Learning can free Palestine: A detailed review of machine learning humanitarian applications and potential future endeavours (15m) Marah Shahin	Prospects for production of bioethanol from organic wastes using cellulolytic bacillus species isolated from mangrove sediment in coastal Kenya (15m + 5qa) Eucharia Kenya
	The movement driving change for women in engineering and architecture (30m) Charlotte Downes	Beekeeping outside the box: innovative colony handling and hive architecture (15m) Ashley Mortensen	Responsible and ethical use of genomics in forensics (30m) Suzanne Manning	Lead-Free ferroelectric materials for transitioning to clean energy (15m + 5qa) Bushra Anam
	Making STEM and maths more gender inclusive: lessons from a new model for engineering education (15m) Sarah Peers	Fonterra women in food safety science - advancing risk management application in industry (30m) Rosalind Robertson	Q&A Panel (15m)	Q&A Panel (20m)
1530 - 1600	Afternoon tea
1600 - 1700	Including sustainability in every project Colleen Thorpe
	Including people in every project TBC
	Summary Emma Timewell & Bryony Lane
	Farewell Jung Sun Kim

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