He Pito Mata 2023 - Programme and Event Details
Welcome to the two-day event for the early career researcher community on 18-19 April 2023 at Te Papa, hosted by the Royal Society Te Apārangi Early Career Researcher Forum Aotearoa.
Here you will find the Programme and event details.
- Programme
Event map
Getting to Te Papa
Health and safety guidelines – COVID-19
- Connect with the ECR Forum
How to get involved
Become a member - Capturing your Whakaaro Reflections
- Useful resources
Programme
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Tuesday 18 April 2023
8:45am-5:15pm
5:30pm-7:00pm Whakawhanaungatanga Network Gathering -
Wednesday 19 April 2023
9:00am-3:45pm
- View the Programme
- View the Event Map
- View how to get to Te Papa
- ECR Forum Committee Session Chairs Outline
Health and safety guidelines – COVID-19
Our policy to keep attendees as safe and healthy as possible is based on four interventions:
- Stay home if feeling unwell
- Good indoor ventilation
- Daily Rapid Antigen Test (RATs)
- Indoor masking.
View the full He Pito Mata Health and Safety Guidelines– COVID-19
Connect with the ECR Forum
How to get involved
If you are an early career researcher we encourage you to get involved with the Forum.
- Follow the ECR Forum on Twitter
- Follow the ECR Forum on Facebook
- Email ECR Forum rsnzecrforum@gmail.com
Royal Society Te Apārangi offers a special category of professional membership to early career researchers that attracts a 50% rebate on the full subscription, making it just $90 per year.
- View more on becoming an ECR Professional Member of the Society.
- Subscribe to our ECR Forum mailing list.
Capturing your Whakaaro Reflections
We would really appreciate your whakaaro reflections on the questions posed at the end of the sessions you attend. The purpose of this feedback is to help the ECR community to capture and understand your shared experiences of navigating the research ecosystem.
A QR code and URL link will be displayed at the end of each session.
Please have your device ready to scan the code or use the links below for the session(s) you attend.
Each reflection feedback form has 1 or 2 short questions.
Te Rā Tuatahi - Day One
| Amokura Gallery | Soundings Theatre | Rangimarie Room 1 | Rangimarie Room 2 | ||
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| 8:45 | 9:10 | Gather at conference centre | |||
| 9:15 | 9:30 | Mihi Whakatau | |||
| 9:30 | 9:45 | Introduction – He Pito Mata | |||
| 9:45 | 10:15 |
Setting the scene |
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| 10:15 | 11:00 |
Understanding the ecosystem of the research sector What is one thing that you would have liked capacity building on when you entered the research sector in Aotearoa NZ?.... |
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| 11:05 | 11:25 |
Paramanawa (morning tea) |
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| 11:30 | 12:15 |
Te Ara Paerangi – Future Pathways What is your vision/ hope for the future of the research sector in Aotearoa?... |
How early career researchers can increase their impact on policy What is a useful piece of advice you learned about increasing the policy impact of your research?... |
Communicating for Impact What most challenged and supported you in communicating your research impactfully?... |
Media Savvy Express |
| 12:20 | 13:05 |
Information session on Horizon Europe opportunities, Early Career Researcher Fellowships and the funding process. |
Māori Data Sovereignty – why is it important? What might support you in implementing Māori Data Sovereignty in your own research?... |
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| 13:10 | 13:55 |
Kai o te rānui (lunch) |
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| 14:00 | 14:45 |
Navigating conversations around politically-charged research |
Engaging your audience #1 Who is your target audience?... |
Media Savvy Express |
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| 14:50 | 15:35 |
Meet the media What was a useful piece of advice you learned about promoting your research through media?... |
Māori Data Sovereignty – the role of intercultural collaborations What might support you in having more successful intercultural collaborations?... |
Engaging your audience #2 Who is your target audience?... |
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| 15:40 | 16:00 |
Paramanawa (afternoon tea), Oceania |
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| 16:05 | 17:05 |
Early Career Researcher Forum Committee What would attract you to joining the Royal Society Te Apārangi ECR Forum?... |
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| 17:05 |
17:15 |
Kōrero from Kaiwhakataki |
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| 17:30 |
19:30 | Whakawhanaungatanga Network Gathering, Oceania | |||
Te Rā Tuarua - Day Two
| Amokura Gallery | Soundings Theatre | Rangimarie Room 1 | Rangimarie Room 2 | ||
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| 9:00 |
9:05 |
Karakia tīmatanga | |||
| 9:05 |
9:15 |
Overview of the day |
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| 9:15 | 10:15 |
Kaikōrero Matua - Assoc Prof Ocean Mercier What is your vision of a more inclusive research sector in Aotearoa?... |
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| 10:15 | 10:35 |
Paramanawa (morning tea) |
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| 10:35 | 11:35 |
Career development opportunities and challenges |
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| 11:40 | 12:25 |
What would it take to solve precarity in New Zealand? Would you consider yourself a precarious ECR scholar?... |
Exploring pathways in industry and CRI sectors What would help you in pursuing a pathway in CRIs or Industry?... |
Communicating for Impact What most challenged and supported you in communicating your research impactfully?... |
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| 12:30 | 13:15 |
Mentorship |
Funding Opportunities |
Collaboration What was a useful piece of advice you learned about collaborating well?... |
Exploring self-employed pathways What do you see as the greatest challenge of being self-employed as an ECR?... |
| 13:20 | 14:05 | Kai o te rānui (lunch) | |||
| 14:10 | 15:10 | Kaikōrero Matua Keynote - Prof Selina Tusitala-Marsh
What is your vision of a more inclusive research sector in Aotearoa?... |
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| 15:10 | 15:30 | Closing session | |||
| 15:30 | 15:45 | Karakia whakamutunga | |||
Useful resources
- Falling Walls Lab New Zealand
- Te Whitinga mai o te rā: a digital series on recipients of MBIE Science Whitinga Fellowships
- Marsden Fund
- Royal Society Te Apārangi Annual Reviews
- Response to Te Ara Paerangi - Future Pathways Green Paper
- Community Research
- Top Ten Tips for Turbocharging Your Networking Skills
- Horizon Europe presentation
- Advice for researchers experiencing harassment 2019 - Science Media Centre
