Each session will require a minimum of two, and no more than three, organisers. Preference will be given to groups of session organisers who are prepared to work to ensure gender balance, have a blend of experienced and early-career professionals/academics (or graduate students) and have at least one member of their group whose first language is other than English. The conference organisers can help interested individuals to make contact with other potentially suitable session organisers. Session organisers will be expected to attend the conference in person and to present an individual, or jointly written, paper in either their own or another session.
Sessions
The Conference will have twelve sessions. Each session will have a minimum of four papers and all papers will be assigned to a session.
Session organisers
Sessions will address a significant, specific issue in maritime archaeology and/or underwater cultural heritage management. The conference organisers wish to encourage a variety of approaches to sessions including workshops, panel discussions, demonstrations, poster sessions or other approaches as well as innovative ideas using digital media and communications. Ordinary sessions will consist of one or more parts (each of 1 and a half hours), each of which will consist of four presentations (each of 20 minutes) plus 10 minutes for questions at the end. A session needs to have a minimum of four presenters but can consist of multiple parts that run over a day or days.
Session organisers will be required to draft a suitable session description of approximately 300 words which will appear on the conference website. They will be responsible for the overall co-ordination of their session within the conference program including involvement in the recruitment, evaluation and selection of presenters for their session. They will be involved in seeking funds to bring participants to the conference. Session organisers will also select a suitable chair for each part of their session and they will be expected to chair a session part within their session as well as be prepared to stand in as chair of a session part, if required. Session organisers will be expected to play a role in the publication(s) that arise from the conference.
email: Mark.Staniforth@flinders.edu.au
Adjunct Associate Professor Mark Staniforth
Chair – Scientific Committee
On behalf of the Conference Organising Committee
Portland Maru 2010: Engine of the Portland Maru, sunk off Cape Torrens, South Australia in 1935 (Photograph by Amer Khan 2010 courtesy of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources, South Australia)
