Next Generation Resources 2019 - Call for Abstracts - Sustainable Minerals Institute

We warmly invite all Higher Degree by Research students from all disciplines, institutes, schools and universities to submit abstracts for the Next Generation Resources 2019 Student Conference. The Conference is an opportunity to share ideas and meet students committed to achieving sustainability in the resource industry.

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Conference themes

Presentation formats

Submission details

Abstracts should be prepared according to the official conference template and submitted via e-mail to smihdrconference@uq.edu.au using as a subject “ Abstract submission NGR-2019_Firstname_Lastname”.

Please submit your abstract as a word document.

Submission deadline 24 June 2019

All submissions will be reviewed and notification of acceptance and instructions on preparing the video/presentation will be sent during the week of 24 June 2019

Download abstract template

Abstracts should be written plain English, and must follow the template

Judging criteria

All presentations will be judged on their content and their delivery. Judging will be carried out by an impartial panel from industry and academia in order to select the winner of a generous prize.

The content of your video or oral presentation will be judged based on:

How well you explain the context of the research, and how it relates to minerals in a sustainable world
How well you explain the impact and significance of your research
How clearly you present your information
How well you explain your ideas to people who are not experts in your topic area (the audience will be from a range of backgrounds)
How well you time your presentation.

The delivery of your video or oral presentation will be judged based on:

How engaging and entertaining the presentation is
Your vocal range, body language, consistency and stage presence
Whether the audience wanted to know more
Whether members of the audience could repeat your take-home message

Interactive Displays and Posters will be judged based on:

How well you explain the content of the display or poster
How well the poster/display explains the impact and significance of your research
How clearly you present your information
How creative and innovative your poster or display is