Events, workshops, conferences and upcoming opportunities relevant to ACPIR members and our research network. To be included, contact ACPIR.
Upcoming events
11 September
Regenerative Verification Program Live Webinar.
Online (registrations now closed).
1 - 3 October
Gender in Aquaculture and Fisheries Conference in Thailand 2025
Bangkok, Thailand
29 September - 3 October
Pacific Islands Ocean Conference 2025
Honiara, Solomon Islands
13 - 16 October
Adaptation Futures Conference
Christchurch, New Zealand
22 October
Pacific Seminar Series with Soane Patolo Jr.
UniSC Sunshine Coast and online
22 October
HDR Student Workshop on Building and Sustaining Partnerships in the Pacific with Soane Patolo and Candra Samekto.
UniSC Sunshine Coast
23 October
ACPIR HDR Research Showcase
UniSC Sunshine Coast
23 October
Careers in the Pacific panel and Q&A
UniSC Sunshine Coast
27 - 29 October
UniSC’s Forest Research Institute 2025 Research Showcase
UniSC Sunshine Coast
11 - 13 November
TropAg International Agricultural Conference
Brisbane
November (Date to be TBC)
ACPIR End of Year Reflection
UniSC Sunshine Coast
27 November
Pacific Seminar Series: Enhancing the Policing of Gender Violence in Pacific Island Communities: The case of Fiji with Adjunct Professor Kerry Carrington and Adjunct Dr Melissa Jardine
UniSC Sunshine Coast
Past events
View recordings of past ACPIR events, Pacific Seminar Series and Masterclasses.
- Pacific Islands Political Studies Association (PIPSA) Conference 2025 (February 20 - 21)
- ACPIR Pacific Seminar Series with Adjunct Industry Fellow Luke Halling.
‘Biosecurity Development in the Pacific: Experiences in Entomology and Risk Management’ (April 9) - Pacific Week of Agriculture and Forestry (May 26 - 30)
- Conference on Advancing Ocean Learning: Navigating Knowledge in the Pacific (April 14–16)
- Climate resilience pathways: Water security and WASH in Asia Pacific (April 29–May 1)
- ACPIR Visiting Scholar Presentation with Nigussie Haregeweyn (May 1)
- Pacific Regional Research Symposium 2025 (May 22–23)
- UN Ocean Conference 2025 (June 9–13)
- Oceania Chondrichthyan Society Conference 2025 (June 16–19)
- 6th Pacific Island Universities Regional Network Conference (July 1–3)
- Society for Industrial Ecology Conference 2025 (ISIE2025) (July 1–4)
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HDR Confirmation Seminar for Elodie Casey | Enhancing children's nutrition through understanding the role of aquatic foods within the Pacific School Food Environment (July 29)
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Global Policies and Indigenous Education: Tools to assess policies that affect Indigenous rights hosted by the Indigenous and Transcultural Research Centre (July 31)
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15th Triennial Conference of Pacific Women (22–24 July)
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Pacific Community SPC: Pacific Agriculture and Forestry Strategy Workshop (12–13 March)
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5th Global Food Security Conference: Towards equitable, sustainable and resilient food systems (9–12 April)
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Asia and the Pacific Food Security Forum (8–12 April)
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Ocean Decade Conference (10–12 April)
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Our Ocean. An Ocean of Potential (15–17 April)
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2nd UN Ocean Decade Regional Conference & 11th WESTPAC International Marine Science Conference (22–25 April)
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Sixteenth Heads of Fisheries meeting (HoF16) (22–26 April)
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4th Pacific Ocean Pacific climate change conference 2024. Our Ocean, Our Home: Climate Resilience for a Blue Pacific (20–24 May)
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Global Regenerative Agritourism Symposium (10–14 June)
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2023 Pacific Update (13–15 June)
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YPL Annual Conference 2024 (6–16 June)
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Festival of Pacific arts and culture (FestPAC) Hawai’i (6–16 June)
ACPIR Masterclass - 23 November 2023
Cultural Intelligence: Connecting meaningfully across cultures - Dr Saskia de Klerk, A/Prof Salesh Kumar and Ms Courtney Anderson
Visiting Scholar Presentation - 25 October 2023
Marine tourism research and pathways towards marine conservation - Prof Serena Lucrezi
ACPIR Masterclass - 27 July 2023
Research practice and engagement in the Pacific
- Respectful engagement in the Pacific Islands for research and publications with Dr Lee McGowan, Dr Kasey Symons and Prof Yoko Kanemasu
- Using Critical Participatory Action Research (CPAR) in projects to empower local Pasifika communities and Dr Cherise Addinsall
ACPIR Masterclass - 11 May 2023
Engaging with the media to elevate your academic credibility and expertise - ACPIR researcher and UniSC Prof Patrick Nunn, UniSC Marketing & Communications Clare McKay and AusSMC director of news and partnerships Lyndal Byford.
Pacific Seminar Series - 29 March 2023
Climate change, climate variability, and early warning systems in the Pacific - Prof Scott Power
Pacific Seminar Series - 22 February 2023
Women rocking the fish world in the Pacific!
- Agribusiness development for women in aquaculture in Fiji - Salote Waqairatu-Waqainabete
- A framework for assessing women's engagement in community-based fisheries management in the Pacific using a case study from Marovo Lagoon, Solomon Islands - Sheridan Rabbitt
Pacific Seminar Series - 16 November 2022
Dialogue from the field: Embracing strengths and voices to codesign a gender inclusive seaweed program in Samoa - Dr Libby Swanepoel and Ulusapeti Tiitii
Pacific Seminar Series - 25 October 2022
Opportunities for developing coffee as a foundation crop for resilient livelihood systems in the Pacific Islands - Dr Richard Markham and Dr Wayne Hancock
Skills Session - 13 October 2022
The importance of learning about monitoring and evaluation for research and development - Dr Dani Medina Hidalgo
Pacific Seminar Series - 28 September 2022
Putting conversation at the heart of a community - Meleli Qera
Skills Session - 8 September 2022
Build an engaging online research profile - Kirsty O'Callaghan
Pacific Seminar Series - 31 August 2022
United Nations World Food Programme - Mike Sackett
Skills Session - 11 August 2022
Presentation skills for the HDR candidate - Natasha Kitano
Pacific Seminar Series - 27 July 2022
Histories, herstories, of women’s soccer in Oceania - Dr Lee McGowan
Skills Session - 14 July 2022
Human Research Ethics: Applications and key considerations - A/Prof Andrew Crowden and Angela Bestard
Skills Session - 9 June 2022
Some thoughts on working in the United Nations system - Mike Sackett
Pacific Seminar Series - 8 June 2022
Pacific Climate Warriors Brisbane: Storytelling to create social change - Mary Harm
Skills Sessions - 11 May 2022
Academic Writing and Introductions - Dr Lee McGowan
Pacific Seminar Series - 27 Apr 2022
Building Resilience in Rural Communities on Vanua Levu: Conservation, Education, and Eco-Tourism Projects in Natewa Bay. Presented by Sara Carlson and Matthew Norman
Skills Sessions - 6 April 2022
From Research Proposal to Confirmation Document - Dr Sara Hutchinson
Pacific Seminar Series - 30 Mar 2022
How does technology adoption interact with socio-cultural change amongst smallholder farmers in Papua New Guinea? Presented by Prof George Curry and Assoc Prof Gina Koczberski
Pacific Seminar Series - 23 Feb 2022
Intensification of sweetpotato production in Papua New Guinea: strengthening supply chains, high performance planting material and improving plant protection, presented by Prof Phil Brown and Dr Bree Wilson
Pacific Seminar Series - 8 Dec 2021
The food environment and COVID-19 in Samoa: A photo essay, presented by Dr Ramona Boodoosingh and Dr Sarah Burkhart.
Pacific Seminar Series - 24 Nov 2021
Agricultural export value chains in the Pacific – moving from opportunity to reality?, presented by Dr Bronwyn Wiseman and Andrew Piper.
Pacific Seminar Series - 27 Oct 2021
Big is beautiful, skinny is sick: Generational health perspectives of Māori & Pacific Island communities in South East Queensland, presented by Inez Fainga'a Manu-Sione.
Pacific Seminar Series - 29 Sep 2021
Agroforestry, ecotourism and agribusiness: how a tree-to-bar chocolate maker seek to contribute to developing sustainable livelihoods in rural Fiji, presented by Dr Richard Markham.
Pacific Seminar Series - 25 Aug 2021
Toksave Pacific Gender Resource:
A New Home for Research on Gender in the Pacific, presented by Lindy Kanan.
Pacific Seminar Series - 28 Jul 2021
The Use of Drones to Support Local Communities in Fiji, presented by Dr Javier Leon.
Pacific Seminar Series - 30 Jun 2021
The Pacific Island Food Revolution, presented by Robert Oliver.
Pacific Seminar Series - 26 May 2021
The importance of building relationships when working with Pacific Islanders, presented by Pamela Lysaght.
Pacific Seminar Series - 28 Apr 2021
Productive partnerships: Tropical rock oyster farming in the NT, presented by ACPIR member Dr Samantha Nowland.
Pacific Seminar Series - 14 Apr 2021
Gathering evidence and supporting multi-stakeholder engagement on the role of diets and food systems in the prevention of obesity and non-communicable diseases in Fiji, presented by ACPIR core member Dr Sarah Burkhart, Tarli O’Connell and Itziar González.
Pacific Seminar Series - 31 Mar 2021
Food Loss in the Pacific, presented by ACPIR director Professor Steven Underhill
Contact ACPIR
- Email: acpir@usc.edu.au
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