Is any one going to the CIAC conferance in Tasmania in 2006?

I'm planning to, if I can save enough money! Plus my supervisors tell me I have to prsent a paper.....AAAAAAAAAAAAAARGH!

J

I'm planning to, if I can save enough money! Plus my supervisors tell me I have to prsent a paper.....AAAAAAAAAAAAAARGH!

J

I'm planning on going, I'm trying to put something togeather if I have time, to present or make a poster. The reason I'm asking is to save money I was seeing if anyone wanted to share a room and car.

Adam

I'm in Melbourne and as Tasmania is just a short boat ride across some rough sea, I might go to have a sticky beak! I could be driver for several people (if someone else can navigate!). The last time I went to Tasmania I was 10, which was quite a while ago...

KRin

Well I'm in NZ! so i'll have to fly! Prob to Melbourne then Hobart. I'll most likely try for a backpackers!

Cheers

j

I'm planning to, if I can save enough money! Plus my supervisors tell me I have to prsent a paper.....AAAAAAAAAAAAAARGH!

J


You mean they want you to present but they're not paying for you to go???

I love geology :smile:

Dan

That would be right! But I'm applying for money from the NZ Marine Sciences Society! Keep fingers crossed for me!

J

Got the grant...............bought my air ticket today CIAC here I come!!! YAY only 121 more sleeps!!!!!!

J

only 121 more sleeps!!!!!!

:shock: :shock: :shock:

AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!!!!!

:goofysca:
.... that's 121 days to raise funds for ... 1, 2, 3, 4 ... 5 people. Oh dear.:goofysca:

Bit of an AUT contingent going Jean: me, Kat, Jason, Felipe & Emma.

Kat's talking :mesonych:
I'm talking :archi:
Emma and Felipe are talking :whalevsa:
... and Jason is talking :baby: squid

We've gone some really cool smilies you know! Perhaps I'd best post pics of the ladies and gents that'll be participating next year. Could have some fun I could ... for a change!

:twisted:

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We've gone some really cool smilies you know! Perhaps I'd best post pics of the ladies and gents that'll be participating next year. Could have some fun I could ... for a change!

:twisted:

Have you heard if you're actually talking? I haven't and when I checked the website yesterday it said it would take a few more days! Hmmmm maybe I'l scoot over and have another wee look! I'm hoping to be talking Nototodarus (we need a smilie for that!). Also attending the Southern Ocean cephs workshop:grin: should be interesting!

J

Well it'll be great to meet the new people (Jean and co.) and see the old people (Steve, et al), not that I mean you're old...ummm....yeah.

Fun though anyways! Nice break from school, one heck of a flight though (Halifax to Hobart, thats 1...2...3...4....x... hours...). Definitely looking forward to it though if all things work out. See you there!

Cheers!

:twisted:, have you heard if you're actually talking?

Nope, don't know yet... just have to assume the worst at this stage. :wink:

Certainly wish I could be there (if they'd even let me in :grin:). Have fun, ambassadors of TONMO.com!

Certainly wish I could be there (if they'd even let me in :grin:). Have fun, ambassadors of TONMO.com!

Course they would Tony! Wish you caould be there too!

and Kat yes I'm assuming the worst too, got my talk halfway ready (that way if I have to change to poster I have the pics etc all ready to go!!)

J

Will those of you presenting put up your pictures accompanying your talks or posters on TONMO? Please?

Have fun!

Melissa

Will those of you presenting put up your pictures accompanying your talks or posters on TONMO? Please?

Have fun!

Melissa

Will do although at this stage most of mine are drawings and graphs.

Main_board Halifax to Hobart Wow.....that's some distance! Christchurch to Melbourne is about 3 hours then a wee wait of about 2-3 hours before the flight to Hobart.

Was going to leave from Dunedin but that was going to be nearly $500 more........can't quite figure out why, so have a four hour bus trip to Christchurch first, still 'tis extra time to memorise my talk and to get stressed out!!!!:lol:

J

Well, finally registered for the conference! And not a day too soon either for that early cut off of Nov. 1. Feels soooooo good, I'm just soooo excited! :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

Cheers!

Well, finally registered for the conference! And not a day too soon either for that early cut off of Nov. 1. Feels soooooo good, I'm just soooo excited! :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

Cheers!


See ya there, just heard I'm talking apparently same talk in 2 different sessions :shock: !!!! Aint gonna happen 1 is quite enough!!!!!!!!! Sent my registration off a few weeks ago with a big fat cheque (don't have a credit card .......waaaaaaaaaaaay too dangerous!!!)

Cheers

J

Hmmmm, that just might be a little awkward! Good luck with all the preparations. :yinyang:
Cheers!

Hmmmm, that just might be a little awkward! Good luck with all the preparations. :yinyang:
Cheers!

Did they, in typical conference planning form, schedule the two talks in different rooms at the same time? I hope your talks go well, in any case... :grad:

Rooms, times etc haven't been assigned yet but.........still they are ONLY GETTING ONE TALK!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thanks for the good luck wishes ...I'm gonna need it!!! :grin:

J

.....still they are ONLY GETTING ONE TALK!!!!!!!!!!!!!


Oh, come on---it would look great on your CV!

Good luck, and I hope it goes better than my Geological Society of America talk last year :bonk:

Dan

Oh, come on---it would look great on your CV!

Good luck, and I hope it goes better than my Geological Society of America talk last year :bonk:

Dan

I hope it goes well too, I've given a presentation nearly every year at the NZ Marine Science Society Conference but that conference generally has no squid biologists at it, (unless Steve and Kat can find the time in their very busy schedules to attend ) so's I don't have to stress too much but a WHOLE conference of ceph people :goofysca: :goofysca:

I'm sure your talk was great really...on the whole when i talk to people after their presentations they pick holes in it but the audience usually find nothing wrong!!!!!!!

J

If you've given regular research talks you probably don't need either cv padding or well wishes :wink:

I really don't understand how myself or anyone else can be so nervous about public speaking. It is so irrational. I was watching Bill Clinton give an hour-long speech to a college group in Texas today on C-Span. Completely extemporaneous, without any notes or anything. I was in such awe until I realized that I, or anyone else, can do the exact same thing when we're talking to a friend and aren't under pressure. Completely psychological.

It reminds me of a bit by Jerry Seinfeld where he's talking about a poll that said people's number two fear is death, and their number one fear is public speaking. The logical conclusion is that if you have to go to a funeral, most people would prefer to be in the casket than to have to give the eulogy!

Dan

If you've given regular research talks you probably don't need either cv padding or well wishes :wink:

Oh yes I do every little bit helps!!!!


I really don't understand how myself or anyone else can be so nervous about public speaking. It is so irrational. I was watching Bill Clinton give an hour-long speech to a college group in Texas today on C-Span. Completely extemporaneous, without any notes or anything. I was in such awe until I realized that I, or anyone else, can do the exact same thing when we're talking to a friend and aren't under pressure. Completely psychological.

Yup.....still gives me the willies tho'! What's even worse is that I work in a Public Aquarium where I teach and give tours regularly AND I've nearly completed an interpretive guide course but talking about my own research to people in the know still freaks me out (and yes I know I talk myself into it!!!!)


It reminds me of a bit by Jerry Seinfeld where he's talking about a poll that said people's number two fear is death, and their number one fear is public speaking. The logical conclusion is that if you have to go to a funeral, most people would prefer to be in the casket than to have to give the eulogy!

Dan

Hmmmmmmmm not sure I'd go quite THAT far.......OTOH if the casket was comfy..............:grin:

Jean

Hey Everyone!

I have a silly little question here: how formal do you think the dress code is going to be? I'm just an undergrad student, so initially I was assuming that I could get away with jean shorts and t-shirts (except for the more formal functions like reception and poster project presentation), especially considering how hot it's going to be, hopefully. However, after talking to my parents about it they said that in North America showing up in blue denim at any conferece, regardless of temperature, is not acceptable. Generally people down under seem to be a little more relaxed and laid back (at least the kiwi's were) so now I'm really, royally confused. Please advise (hehehe :lol: ).

Cheers,
Your clueless Canuck!

I think you could get away with a nice button-up, collared shirt and some khaki pants. Then again I'm a geo guy so I'm used to a little less formal dress code.

If you ever go to a paleontology conference, you can tell at first glance who's a geologist and who's a zoologist, because half of the people are wearing blue jeans or khakis, the other half are in suit and tie. You can also get a margarita in every poster session.

Dan

Good Luck to everyone giving presentations. Wish I could be there...

Good luck with the representations, folks.

Thanks, on behalf of the five of us going from AUT! I believe I can sum up the current collective mood as :bonk: .

So who's going from TONMO.com?

Nancy

Would be nice to get an Octopodcast with someone on-the-scene!

...just sayin'...

Hey Everyone!
I have a silly little question here: how formal do you think the dress code is going to be?
Totally informal, no joke!!! Shorts and a singlet would be ok.

Sheila is going to wear a nice, green kirtle...and that lovely set of pearls his wife bought him last year.

And his best alien underpants. :wink:

Thanks, on behalf of the five of us going from AUT! I believe I can sum up the current collective mood as :bonk: .

And on behalf of all one of me from Otago!!!!!:lol: I'm at the :bugout: stage!

J

Originally posted by cthuhlu77
Sheila is going to wear a nice, green kirtle...and that lovely set of pearls his wife bought him last year.
I am soo confused. Is this a kirtle?
http://mlhdesigns.com/catalog/images/catwalk2.jpg

Steve/Sheila likes chocolate, Neil Diamond and is going to the conference wearing one of these???

My image of him as an upstanding brilliant teuthologist has been shattered. :goofysca:

..ummmmmmmmm........ see 'Supporters' forum, the 'Neil Diamond' thread, page 37, entry 9 for my totally appropriate response! I apologise to all non-supporters ..... but perhaps this just might enthoooooooze a few extra members.

......it's actually amazing that a thread dedicated to Neil Diamond on a cephalopod website has reached 37 pages, amongst 'supporters' that profess their dislike for him (except dear Clem and Lord Soopa-Doopa Right-Royal and Most-Regal Left-Footed Sir Dr Ummmmm........!!). Just wait until you stumble upon "A Pointless Thread" up there .......

So we have a crossdressing Neil Diamond fan obsessed with squid.

Uhhhh have there been a lot of tourists go missing in NZ the past few years? Dr SOS you don't own a run down motel off the beaten track with really showers by any chance?

(Steve put that knife down right now. Really i'm not kidding. Fun is fun but--- AAAAAHHHHHHHH!!!!! )? :angel:

and we all know what terry pratchett said about !!!!!

And his best alien underpants. :wink:

Don't have any of those, though I do have a few pair of fish boxers! Oh, and I've got some people on the look out for squid boxers for me. I'll keep ya posted!

Cheers!

PS: I'm going too, hehehe! Soooo excited!

How about octopus boxers?
http://www.cafepress.com/buy/octopus/-/pv_design_details/pg_/c_1/id_6042817/fpt_/opt_
http://prodtn.cafepress.com/8/17684658_F_tn.jpg

Very well found! I suppose you really can get anything off the net. I don't think they were deft enough to try checking cyber-space. Let that be a lesson to them!

Cheers!

A quick and breathless report from the midst of the fray... so far the workshops have been very interesting, covering all sorts of things from tracking lipids and heavy metals through the food web, to beak identification, to the synthesis/cooperation/reliability/rivalism of morphology- and genetics-based taxonomy. No time for snoozing! There are quite a few TONMOers here, some who have met before and some who haven't, all in all quite a diverse crowd of biologists (fisheries, octopus, squid, predator), biochemists, genetecists, and all sorts of others!
May check in again in a few days, otherwise will have to report when we get back. Hi from Steve and the rest of the AUT gang!

Thanks for the update!

I was in such awe until I realized that I, or anyone else, can do the exact same thing when we're talking to a friend and aren't under pressure. Completely psychological.

I've seen enough Mystery Science Theater 3000 shorts to know that there's more to public speaking than just standing up and talking! Be heard - be understood - be pleasing!
And posture posture posture

:sink:

Good luck to you all and I really envy you. Stuck in Vancouver.

I hope someone manages to take a photo of all the TONMOers together!

Nancy

Oops, missed this from a few days back... Thanks for the update, Kat! Very cool that there are TONMOers meeting and greeting over there. I gotta attend one of those things...

If I knew what I was talking about, then I would've went to CIAC. Alas, I don't.

You could have gone and listened... then you would know what you were talking about :smile:

There is a pic which I'll download when i get a chance

J

Fantastic that all this is going ahead at last. Sorry i've not been posting much but im here in spirit!

My best for you all. Jean, just imagine SOS in his pants when you talk and everything will be fine!