Program

Two days. Mornings are shared — everyone in the same room. Afternoons open into parallel sessions where you choose your own path. Each day closes with something that makes the learning stick.
01
Day One
8:30 – 9:00
Arrival & Registration
Pick up your name badge, grab a coffee, and connect with fellow participants before we begin.
9:00 – 9:30
Welcome & Opening
Formal welcome from C3L, housekeeping, and an overview of how the two days are structured.
9:30 – 10:30
Facilitated Session
Field Signals — What's Working, What's Broken, What's Next
A structured, facilitated conversation designed to surface what's actually on participants' minds. We use targeted prompts to draw out the challenges you're navigating, the approaches that seem to be working, and the questions you haven't been able to answer yet. This isn't a panel — everyone contributes. What emerges directly shapes the conversations across the rest of the two days.
10:30 – 11:00
Morning Break
11:00 – 12:30
Breakout — Part I
Workshop Sessions
Choose one of our parallel sessions and go deep. Each 90-minute block is designed to be hands-on, conversational, and directly applicable to your work. You will stay with the same session for Part II after lunch.
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12:30 – 2:00
Lunch
2:00 – 3:30
Breakout — Part II
Workshop Sessions (continued)
A second 90-minute block with the same session and speakers. Go deeper, work through your questions, and consolidate what you've covered in the morning.
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3:30 – 4:00
Afternoon Break
4:00 – 6:00
Showcase
Share Your Work, Meet Your Collaborators
Bring a slide, a prototype, a finding, or just an idea you're wrestling with. This is your moment to share what you're working on with a generous, curious audience — followed by drinks and open networking.
02
Day Two
8:30 – 9:00
Arrival & Registration
Welcome back. Coffee is on.
9:00 – 10:30
Plenary
Making Sense of Day One — and Navigating the Funding Landscape
We open Day Two with structured reflection on what surfaced yesterday, then shift to one of the most practical questions in academic life: how do you fund the work that matters? Peter Goodyear joins us to share hard-won insight into the ARC landscape — what reviewers actually look for, how to position your work, and where early-career researchers tend to lose points.
with Peter Goodyear
10:30 – 11:00
Morning Break
11:00 – 12:30
Open Gallery
Revisit, Explore, and Go Deeper
Yesterday's sessions don't disappear — they come back as a gallery. Each presenter sets up a brief station where you can get a rapid overview of what was covered, ask the questions you didn't get to ask, and make the connections you missed. Move freely, stay as long as you like at each stop.
12:30 – 2:00
Lunch
2:00 – 3:30
Research Clinic
Design Your Next Move
Bring a half-formed idea — a grant concept, a research design, a school partnership you're trying to shape, or a tool you want to build. Small groups rotate through facilitators who offer structured feedback and help you leave with something concrete: a clearer question, a sharper pitch, or a first draft of a plan.
3:30 – 4:00
Afternoon Break
4:00 – 5:00
Closing
What We're Building Together
We close not with a summary but with a commitment. What collaborations are forming? What follow-up do we need? Participants share intentions, facilitators map connection points, and we sketch what comes next for this community.