Joint Meeting R & SSA VIC '26

Hello everyone. We are waking up from our hybernation. Hope all of you have been well. If you remember both the R User Group and members of Statistical Society Australia - Victoria had a wonderful joint meeting last year. This August 2026 we will be doing that again. We like to do two things for this meeting. First, a short talk on R + AI, then an open microphone from all of you who would like to share a 5 mins brief of what projects you are working on. First Part - Short Talk: R and Posit Assistant (PA) Abstract: This is an introduction on ways to use PA to our advantage. Speaker: Dr Tony Liu. Second Part - Open Microphone\, 5 mins each. Max 4 speakers. We encourage our SSA-Vic colleagues on this. Agenda: 6:00 - 6:45 : Networking over pizza, sandwitches and softdrinks. Cutlery/cups will be provided but 6:45 - 7:00 : Announcements 7:00 - 7:30 : Short Talk + Q & A. 7:30 - 8:00 : Open Mic + Comments etc Note: If you have special dietary requirements, we only have vegetarian/non-vegetarian options.