MATRIX · Creswick, Victoria
Monday 21 September – Friday 2 October 2026
| Time | Sunday 20 | Monday 21Chair Noa Kraitzman | Tuesday 22Chair Luke Bennetts | Wednesday 23Chair Mike Meylan | Thursday 24Chair Alex Fraser | Friday 25Chair Ian Eisenman | Saturday 26 |
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| 08:00–09:00Dining Hall | Arrivals Shuttle from Ballarat |
Breakfast | |||||
| 09:00–09:45 | Welcome and Creswick campus orientation 09:30–09:45 · MATRIX and Creswick staff |
Collaboration and discussion | Free day Go hike and explore |
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| 09:45–10:4550 min talk 10 min Q&A |
Vernon Squire | Kenneth Golden | Rob Massom | Waylon Wu | Guillaume Boutin | ||
| 10:45–11:15MATRIX House | Morning break | ||||||
| 11:15–12:30 | Collaboration and discussion | ||||||
| 12:30–13:30Dining Hall | Lunch | ||||||
| 13:30–14:00 | One slide introductions Everyone, in turn |
Nico Mokus | Ian Eisenman | Hardik Gaur | Noah Day | ||
| 14:05–14:35 | Yawei Chen | Patricia Langhorne | Noa Kraitzman | Siobhan O'Farrell | |||
| 14:35–15:10MATRIX House | Afternoon break | ||||||
| 15:10–16:00 | Collaboration and discussion | Collaboration and discussion | Collaboration and discussion | Collaboration and discussion | Collaboration and discussion | ||
| 16:00–17:00 | Mighty Indeed, followed by Q&A with Patricia Langhorne | ||||||
| 17:00–18:00 | MATRIX wine and cheeseRecreational Room | ||||||
| 18:00–19:00 | Pre-program dinnerFarmers’ Arms, Creswick | DinnerDining Hall | |||||
| Time | Sunday 27 | Monday 28Chair Noa Kraitzman | Tuesday 29Chair Mike Meylan | Wednesday 30Chair Alex Fraser | Thursday 1 OctoberChair Luke Bennetts | Friday 2 October |
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| 08:00–09:00Dining Hall | Breakfast | Breakfast and check out | ||||
| 09:00–09:45 | Free day Go hike and explore |
Collaboration and discussion | ||||
| 09:45–10:4550 min talk 10 min Q&A |
Christina Schallenberg | Aikaterini Tavri | Gillian Cheong | Alex Fraser | Closing remarksNoa Kraitzman, Mike Meylan and Luke Bennetts | |
| 10:45–11:15MATRIX House | Morning break | |||||
| 11:15–12:30 | Collaboration and discussion | Collaboration and discussion | ||||
| 12:30–13:30Dining Hall | Lunch | Lunch and departure | ||||
| 13:30–14:00 | Klaus Meiners | Luke Bennetts | Mike Meylan | Nathan Teder | Program closes after lunch |
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| 14:05–14:35 | Isaac Klapper | Phillip Reid | Stuart Hawkins | Collaboration and discussion | ||
| 14:35–15:10MATRIX House | Afternoon break | |||||
| 15:10–16:00 | Collaboration and discussion | Panel discussionChair Mike Meylan | Collaboration and discussion | Working group reportsEach group reports on what it got done | ||
| 16:00–17:00 | ||||||
| 17:00–18:00 | Collaboration and discussion | Collaboration and discussion | ||||
| 18:00–19:00Dining Hall | Dinner | |||||