At the time of registration, workshop participants will be offered a choice of global problems, and project teams will self-organize with catalysis from the organizers, working through the COSNet Wiki.

During the workshop, project teams will learn from keynote speakers and be assisted by mentors who will advise them on the practicalities and tactics of steering the projects to fruition.

The Problem Set

We invite every participant to contribute to the problem set. A special, dynamic Wikipage has been set up, which all participants have access to read and write on as soon as they are registered. Below are some proposals:

Workshop Program

Keynote Speakers

Laurie Hammond (Founder/Director, inQbator technology investment group)

Allen Kearns (Deputy Chief, CSIRO Sustainable Ecosystems)

David Newth (Research Scientist, CSIRO Centre for Complex Systems Science)

Sue Stocklmayer AM (Director, ANU Centre for the Public Awareness of Science - A Centre for the Australian National Commission for UNESCO)

Mentors

David Batten (Agent Based Modelling, CSIRO)

Debra Bernhardt (Biomolecular and Physical Sciences, Griffith University)

Jim Denier (Mathematical Sciences, University of Adelaide)

Barry Newell (The Fenner School of Environment and Society, The Australian National University)

David Newth (Complex Systems Science, CSIRO)

Pip Pattison (Department of Psychology, University of Melbourne)

Pascal Perez (Pacific and Asian Studies, The Australian National University)

Venue

The workshop will be held at the beautiful ANU Kioloa Coastal Campus, located between Ulladulla and Bateman's Bay on the South-Eastern Australian coastline.

Registration

You must be a COSNet member to attend the workshop. If you are not a COSNet member please join here.

A fee of $100 is payable at the time of registration as guarantee of your attendance. This fee will be returned to you after your attendance at the workshop.

The workshop is limited to 60 participants and registration will be accepted on a "first come, first served" basis. To register please complete the Registration Form and return it via fax or by post to the Network Manager by Friday 10 October 2008.

After returning your registration, you will be given a username and password for the COSNet Wiki to join a project team to start collaborative activity on a problem of your choice.

Travel

You will be provided free coach transport to and from Sydney/Kioloa and Canberra/Kioloa. For details of pick up time and pick up points, click here.

For ECRs and Postgraduate Students only

COSNet will reimburse your travel costs from the originating city to Sydney or Canberra, up to the limits below:

You or your home institution will first purchase the tickets; after verification of your attendance at the workshop, you or your home institution will be reimbursed the cost of the tickets as applicable, up to the above limits. Please note that only full-time participants will be reimbursed.

Accommodation

Different types of accommodation will be allocated for you depending on your involvement in the workshop.

Generally you will be housed in dormitory style cottages ranging in numbers from 3 up to 6 people with each person sleeping in either a single or bunk bed.

If you do not want to stay at ANU Kioloa Campus you will need to make your own accommodation arrangements.

Organizing Committee

Please direct all enquiries to: