AGENDA Opera Antarctic Symposium: FIRST LIGHT

Monday 1st July - 4:00 - 5:00 pm OPERA ANTARCTICA Opening 'Icebreaker' event at IMAS Waterfront Building with VIPs (drinks and nibbles provided) ’The Metaphor – An Inspiration for Composition Practice' - Mary Finsterer Tuesday 2nd July - 9:30 - 4:30 pm 'The Genesis of the Antarctica Libretto' - Tom 9:30 am - 9.40 am: Symposium Introduction and Wright General Housekeeping 'Moving the Science to the Stage: A Case of 9:40 am - 11.00 am: Introduction to the Artistic Creative Pragmaticism...' - Joel Crotty Process - Part I 12.30 pm - 2:00 pm - Lunch HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm: Introduction to Antarctic 'An historical overview on how humans engage Science - Part I with Antarctica through sound and music' - Carolyn Philpott 'The Delicate Balance of Antarctica's Ice Mass' - Felicity McCormack 'Performing Antarctica' - Elizabeth Leane 'Uncovering Terra Incognita - what lies beneath?' - ART COMMUNICATION TODAY Jacqueline Halpin

‘Connecting to an Audience' - Fedor Teunisse 'Antarctica and the Ice Ages' - Zanna Chase

’Pristine – Landscapes and Perception' - Dean Golja ‘Secret Sediments’ – Taryn Noble

'Parallels between Science Communication and 'Under-waterfalls Driving the World's Ocean Arts Marketing' - Troy Beer Engine' - Guy Williams

11.00 am - 11.15 am: Morning Tea 'Etchings of an Iceberg' - Vanessa Lucieer

11:15 am - 12:30 pm: Introduction to the Artistic ‘Hotspots of Wonderment’ – Craig Johnson Process - Part II

1 Tuesday 2nd July - Cont Wednesday 3rd July - 9.30 - 4.30 pm

3.00 pm - 3.15 pm: - Afternoon Tea 9:30 am - 10:30 am: 'Intermeshing' (large group discussion) 3:15 pm - 4:15 pm: Introduction to Antarctic Science - Part II 10:30 am - 10:45: Morning Tea

'Vanishing Sea Ice' - Amelie Meyer 11.00 am - 1.00 pm: 'Marine and Antarctic Seminar Series - 'Art/Science Collaboration and Communication' - (with 'Sea Ice provides Slow Food for Microscopic Plants - lunch refreshments) Christina Schallenberg 1:30 pm - 3.00 pm: Building Events around the Opera 'Krill Under Thin Ice' - Patti Virtue that Feature the Science' - Small Group Discussions

'Lobsters of Jelly for Dinner?' - Kerrie Swadling 3:00 pm - 3:15 pm: Afternoon Tea

'A Whisker in Time' - Mary-Anne Lea 3:15 pm - 4:30 pm: Wrap–up: Publishing outcomes from the Symposium 'How will the Whales Go?' - Sophie Bestley (All day catering provided) 4:15 pm - 4:30 pm: Discussion and outlining of the following day's group activities.

(All day catering provided)

COLLABORATORS SCIENCE TEAM (alphabetical order)

Professor Mary Finsterer Science Steering Committee Opera Antarctic Symposium: First Light – Direction Composer Associate Professor Zanna Chase Creative Fellow | College of Arts, Law and Education ARC Future Fellow University Associate | Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies Adjunct Professor | Conservatorium of Music University of Tasmania Associate Professor Mary-Anne Lea Marine Predator Ecology Associate Professor Guy Williams Centre for Ecology and Biodiversity, IMAS Opera Antarctic Symposium: First Light – Co-ordination Autonomous Maritime Systems Laboratory Dr Felicity McCormack University of Tasmania Researcher and Ice Sheet Modeller Antarctic Gateway Partnership ARTS (alphabetical order) Dr Amelie Meyer Troy Beer MA Research Associate Digital Strategist, Wilderness Society ARC Centre of Excellence for Climate Extremes

Dr Joel Crotty Dr Kerrie Swadling Affiliate, Sir Zelman Cowen School of Music Research Fellow and Plankton-Biologist Monash University Centre for Ecology and Biodiversity, IMAS

–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Dean Golja MA

Video / Image Artist, Image United Dr Sophie Bestley DECRA Fellow Associate Professor Elizabeth Leane Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies English, Humanities and ARC Future Fellow School of Humanities, CALE & IMAS Dr Jacqueline Halpin Research Fellow Dr Carolyn Philpott Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies Senior Lecturer Research Coordinator Honours & Musicology School of Creative Arts Professor Craig Johnson Adjunct Researcher, IMAS Head – Ecology and Biodiversity Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies Fedor Teunisse Artistic Director – Asko|Schönberg Dr Vanessa Lucieer The Netherlands Deputy Head- Ecology and Biodiversity Senior Research Scientist & Lecturer, IMAS Tom Wright Librettist, Playwright Dr Taryn Noble John Stocker Postdoctoral Fellow Antarctic Gateway Partnership

Dr Christine Schallenberg Antarctic Climate and Ecosystem CRC University of Tasmania

Associate Professor Patti Virtue Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies 2