2025 CDU HDR Conference Program
17 – 18 July 2025
Day 1, Thursday 17 July 2025
| Time | Details | Venue |
|---|---|---|
| 8:45 am | Smoking Ceremony – Nadine Lee | Mal Nairn Auditorium |
| 9:00 am – 9:30am | Welcome to country – Bilawara Lee, Vice-Chancellor – Welcome Address, DVCRCC – Welcome Address | Mal Nairn Auditorium & Online |
| 9:30 am – 10:30 am | Keynote Session Topic – HDRs supporting Indigenous communities & organisations in NT Keynote speakers – Yvette Roe (Director Molly Wardaguga Research Centre for First Nations Birth Rights) & Ruth Wallace (Pro-Vice Chancellor, Faculty of Arts & Society) | Mal Nairn Auditorium & Online |
| 10:30 am – 11:00 am | Morning Tea | Mal Nairn Auditorium |
| 11:00 am -12:30 pm | Concurrent HDR presentations Session 1 – Society & Education Chair: Adelle Sefton- Rowston, ADR FAS Session 2 – Environment & Environmental Sustainability Chair: Vinuthaa Murthy, ADR FST Session 3 – Society & Health Chair: Abel Dadi, Outstanding Future Researcher, Menzies | Session 1: Mal Nairn Auditorium & Online Session 2: Casuarina Blue 05.1.01 – Lecture Theatre & Online Session 3: Red 06.1.01 – Lecture Theatre & Online |
| 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm | Lunch | Mal Nairn Auditorium |
| 1:30 pm – 3:00 pm | Concurrent HDR presentations Session 4 – Environment, Systems & Impact Chair: Matthew Abunyewah, Outstanding Future Researcher, FoH Session 5 – Economy, Production & Consumption Chair: Michael Erdiaw-Kwasiw, Senior Lecturer, FAS Session 6 – Society & Life Quality Chair: David Ompong, Senior Lecturer, FST | Session 1: Mal Nairn Auditorium & Online Session 2: Casuarina Blue 05.1.01 – Lecture Theatre & Online Session 3: Red 06.1.01 – Lecture Theatre & Online |
| 3:00 pm | Close of day 1 |
Day 2, Friday 18 July 2025
| Time | Details | Venue |
|---|---|---|
| 9:00 am – 10:00 am | ADR Panel discussion Topic: Essential strategies for PhD success (completions, publications & career advancement) – ADR & supervisor perspective Panel speakers – Adelle Sefton-Rowston (ADR FAS), Vinuthaa Murthy (ADR FST), Kim Caudwell (ADR FoH) & Menzies ADR Delegate | Online |
| 10:00 am – 10:30 am | Break | |
| 10:30 am -12:00 pm | Concurrent HDR presentations Session 7 – Society & Health Chair: Devaki Monani, Senior Lecturer, FoH Session 8 – Environment & Society Chair: Milad Bazli, Senior Lecturer, FST | Online |
| 12:00pm – 1:00pm | Lunch Break | |
| 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm | Concurrent HDR presentations Session 9 – Society & Education Chair: Adelle-Sefton Rowston, ADR FAS Session 10 – Communication, Culture & Behaviour Chair: Steven Greenland, Dean of Graduate Studies | Online |
| 2:30pm | End of the program |