Venue: Biometrics in the Bay of Islands is the 2023 conference for the Australasian Region of the International Biometrics Society (IBS-AR). The conference will take place at Copthorne Hotel and Resort Bay of Islands, Waitangi, NZ from Monday, November 27–Friday, 1 December, 2023. All keynote sessions will be held in Treaty Room 1. After the keynote sessions, Treaty Room 1 will be divided into Treaty Room 1 and Treaty Room 2 which will be used for the contributed sessions. The Copthorne Hotel is located at 1 Tau Henare Drive, Waitangi.

Welcome Reception: There will be a Welcome Reception Barbecue, held (weather permitting) in the courtyard of the Garden Restaurant at the hotel at 1800 hours, on Monday the 27th.


Conference Dinner: The conference dinner will also be held in the Garden Restaurant from 1800–2200 on Thursday the 30th of November, 2023.

Session Chairs: Session chairs for the keynote talks have been arranged. In all other sessions, the session chair will be the last speaker of that session. Speakers should aim to talk for 20–22 minutes, and allow for a couple of questions at most. Please try and stick to the times so that people can move between rooms easily.


Questions: Remember that if you have a question for a speaker:

  1. It should be a question not a statement.
  2. It should be about the talk and not about you.
  3. It should be short.
  4. If you really think the speaker is wrong, then it might be better to talk to them when they are off-stage.
  5. To please be respectful.
  6. And finally, that James hates most questions, so think before you ask :-)

Schedule


Time Tuesday 28/11
0855 Welcome
James Curran
IBS-AR President
Treaty Room 1
0900 Keynote 1
0950 Morning Tea (30 minutes)
Treaty Room 1 Treaty Room 2
1030 Contributed Talk #1 Contributed Talk #2
1055 Contributed Talk #3 Contributed Talk #4
1120 Contributed Talk #5 Contributed Talk #6
1145 Contributed Talk #7 Contributed Talk #8
1210 Contributed Talk #9 Contributed Talk #10
1235 Lunch (1 hour 10 minutes)
1345 Keynote 2
Treaty Room 1 Treaty Room 2
1435 Contributed Talk #11 Contributed Talk #12
1500 Contributed Talk #13 Contributed Talk #14
1525 Contributed Talk #15 Contributed Talk #16
1550 Afternoon Tea (20 minutes)
Treaty Room 1 Treaty Room 2
1610 Contributed Talk #17 Contributed Talk #18
1635 Contributed Talk #19 Contributed Talk #20
1700 Contributed Talk #21 Contributed Talk #22
1730 Poster Session and Lightning Talks
with wine and canapés
1730-1900
Time Wednesday 29/11
0855 Housekeeping
Treaty Room 1
0900 Keynote 3
0950 Morning Tea (30 minutes)
Treaty Room 1 Treaty Room 2
1030 Contributed Talk #23 Contributed Talk #24
1055 Contributed Talk #25 Contributed Talk #26
1120 Contributed Talk #27 Contributed Talk #28
1145 Contributed Talk #29 Contributed Talk #30
1210 Contributed Talk #31 Contributed Talk #32
1235 Lunch (1 hour 10 minutes)
1345 Conference Excursions
Time Thursday 30/11
0855 Housekeeping
Treaty Room 1
0900 Keynote 4
0950 Morning Tea (30 minutes)
Treaty Room 1 Treaty Room 2
1030 Contributed Talk #33 Contributed Talk #34
1055 Contributed Talk #35 Contributed Talk #36
1120 Contributed Talk #37 Contributed Talk #38
1145 Contributed Talk #39 Contributed Talk #40
1210 Contributed Talk #41 Contributed Talk #42
1235 Lunch (1 hour 10 minutes)
1345 Keynote 5
Treaty Room 1 Treaty Room 2
1435 Contributed Talk #43 Contributed Talk #44
1500 Contributed Talk #45 Contributed Talk #46
1525 Contributed Talk #47 Contributed Talk #48
1550 Afternoon Tea (20 minutes)
Treaty Room 1 Treaty Room 2
1610 Contributed Talk #49 Contributed Talk #50
1635 Contributed Talk #51 Contributed Talk #52
1800
Time Friday 1/12
0855 Housekeeping
Treaty Room 1
0900 Keynote 6
0950 Morning Tea (30 minutes)
Treaty Room 1 Treaty Room 2
1030 Contributed Talk #53 Contributed Talk #54
1055 Contributed Talk #55 Contributed Talk #56
1120 Contributed Talk #57 Contributed Talk #58
1145 Contributed Talk #59 Contributed Talk #60
1210 Contributed Talk #61 Contributed Talk #62
1235 Contributed Talk #63 Contributed Talk #64
1300 Lunch and Conference Close
(1 hour 30 minutes)