NIF Museums Special Interest Group workshop 2026: Progress and challenges in 3D biodiversity imaging and beyond
Description
This four-hour workshop is convened by the National Imaging Facility Museums Special Interest Group, and is aimed at discussing practices, challenges, and progress in biodiversity (and heritage) object 3D imaging.
We will hear diverse perspectives on acquisition, data management, storage, platforming, curation, and other topics from speakers including museum collections staff, researchers, students, NIF staff, industry, and the GLAM sector. A final discussion will focus on funding opportunities to address the challenges identified in the workshop and the Group’s regular meetings.
As in 2024, we have a great cross-section of speakers including museum collection staff, NIF node colleagues, and research users.
Start time: 9am AWST, 10.30am ACST, 11am AEST
WA (AWST) | SA (ACST) | East Coast (AEST) | Speaker | Institution | Title |
09:00-09:10 | 10:30-10:40 | 11:00-11:10 | Vera Weisbecker, Timothy Stait-Gardiner |
| Welcome and Introductions |
09:10-09:20 | 10:40-10:50 | 11:10-11:20 | Tom Peachey | Australian Museum | 3D digitisation and the Australian Museum - An update |
09:20-09:30 | 10:50-11:00 | 11:20-11:30 | David Hocking | Tasmanian Museum | Collaborative scans and models as street art - 3D imaging updates from the TMAG |
09:30-09:40 | 11:00-11:10 | 11:30-11:40 | Nicole Fisher | CSIRO | 3D digitisation of CSIRO collections |
09:40-09:50 | 11:10-11:20 | 11:40-11:50 | Michael Rampe | Pedestal 3D | Same, Same, Different - Trends and developments in storage and management of 3D data in GLAM |
09:50-10:00 | 11:20-11:30 | 11:50-12:00 | David Pyle | QUT | OPTICAL 3D: Improvements to Capture, Processing, Delivery |
10:00-10:10 | 11:30-11:40 | 12:00-12:10 | Diana Patalwala | Western Australian NIF node | Non-Destructive Imaging Across Disciplines: Cultural Heritage and Comparative Anatomy at the WA NIF Node |
10:10-10:20 | 11:40-11:50 | 12:10-12:20 | Timothy Stait-Gardiner | Western Sydney NIF node | Museum specimen scans at the Western Sydney NIF node |
10:20-10:45 | 11:50-12:15 | 12:20-12:45 | Break |
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10:45-10:55 | 12:15-12:25 | 12:45-12:55 | Cameron Dodd, Noor Noor Ul Ain | UWA, Murdoch University | Optimising high-throughput uCT digitisation of mammal skulls (5 minutes each) |
10:55-11:05 | 12:25-12:35 | 12:55-13:05 |
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| TBA - waiting for speaker confirmation |
11:05-11:15 | 12:35-12:45 | 13:05-13:15 | Vera Weisbecker | Flinders University | Ozboneviz: lessons learned from compiling a large open-access service collection of 3D biodiversity specimens |
11:15-11:25 | 12:45-12:55 | 13:15-13:25 | Alice Clement | Flinders University | Digital Segmentation of Small Synchrotron MCT Volumes Using Machine Learning |
11:25-11:35 | 12:55-13:05 | 13:25-13:35 | Laura Wilson | ANU | A national open-source infrastructure solution for 3D imaging analysis |
11:35-11:45 | 13:05-13:15 | 13:35-13:45 |
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11:45-12:00 | 13:15-13:30 | 13:45-14:00 | Break |
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12:00-13:00 | 13:30-14:30 | 14:00-15:00 | Discussion on collective funding applications |
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