Welcome to the 2021 Asia-Pacific 3MT Semi-Final Showcase!
This year, representatives from 54 universities from across Australia, New Zealand, Japan, Hong Kong, Malaysia and Singapore will compete for the title of the 2021 Virtual Asia-Pacific 3MT Winner.
Semi-Final Judging Process
Two judging panels will select 8 finalists from the 54 competitors to progress to the 2021 Virtual Asia-Pacific 3MT Final. The judging panel outcome will be announced on October 13.
The members of this year's Semi-Final judging panels are: Nick Melchior (Springer Nature), Lee Scales (UniSuper), Daniel Edwards (Australian Council for Educational Research ACER), Sara Philips (Nature Research - Publishing) and John Pickering (Evidn) and Desma Grice (FB Rice).
Semi-Final People's Choice
A People's Choice component has been added to this year's Semi-Final round of the Asia-Pacific 3MT competition. The competitor with the most votes will also progress to the Asia-Pacific 3MT Final as the 'wildcard' entrant. Voting closed Sunday 10 October.
Asia-Pacific Final
The eight finalists selected by the judging panels and one wildcard entrant (People's Choice winner) progressing to the 2021 Asia-Pacific 3MT Final will be announced on Wednesday 13 October and will appear on the Asia-Pacific 3MT Final page.
The Virtual Asia-Pacific 3MT Final will be livestreamed on Wednesday 20 October, where the 9 finalist's videos will be played and there will be a short Q&A with each competitor. There will also be an opportunity to vote for People's Choice during the livestream and the 2021 winners will be announced! Research Grant prizes will be awarded to the Winner, Runner-Up and People's Choice (Final) winner. Audience registration for the Final livestream is now open!
Please join us in celebrating these students and their incredible research!
