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Three Minute Thesis (3MTTM) Competition 2011

15 Jun 2011

 

The University of Hong Kong (HKU) will organize the inaugural Three Minute Thesis (3MT^TM) Competition this year.  Developed by The University of Queensland (UQ), Australia, 3MT is an academic competition that challenges research postgraduate students to explain their research within three minutes to a general audience. It also celebrates the discoveries made by research students and encourages skill development in communicating the importance of research to the broader community.  3MT has now become an annual event in over 30 universities in Australia and New Zealand.

HKU is the first university in Hong Kong that organizes the 3MT Competition.  Over 40 research postgraduate (MPhil and PhD) students will compete for four prizes.  Each contestant will have only three minutes to explain his/ her research project, using only one PowerPoint slide and in language that is appropriate to a non-specialist audience.  The winners of the 1^st, 2^nd and 3^rd places will receive research travel grants or book prizes at HK$7,000, HK$5,000 and HK$3,000 respectively.  The winner of the People's Choice Award, to be determined by audience ballot, will also be awarded a HK$3,000 research travel grant or book prize.

Prof. Paul K. H. Tam, Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Research) of HKU will be the officiating guest of the Competition.  The adjudicating panel will comprise both internal and external members.  Prof. Sarah Roberts-Thomson, Deputy Dean of UQ Graduate School, and Dr John Strickland, Member of the HKU Council 1996-2011 and Chairman of the Audit Committee 2004-2011, and Chairman of the Trustees of the HKU Retirement Benefit Schemes, are the external members on the adjudicating panel. 

Members of the press are cordially invited to attend the Competition.  Details are as follows:

Date: June 17, 2011 (Friday)
Time: 10:30am - 5:30pm
Venue: T5, Meng Wah Complex, HKU
Remarks: The Competition will be conducted in English