Bayes on the Beach | Program

Full Program: Bayes on the Beach Conference Program 2026

Main Program

Location:  Building 20, Room 1- University of Wollongong, NSW

09:30 AMKeynote – Sudipto Banerjee: How should spatial statistics embrace Artificial Intelligence? A case study in spatial energetics for mobile health applications
10:30 AMMorning Tea
11:00 AMKeynote – Antonietta Mira
12:00 PMInvited Talk – Fabrizio Ruggeri: Modeling Power Outages under a Random Environment: A Bayesian Approach
12:30 PMGroup Photo
12:35 PMLunch Break
02:00 PMWorkshop 2 – Matthew Sainsbury-Dale: NeuralEstimators: Amortized simulation-based inference in Julia and R
03:00 PMInvited Talk – Susan Wei: A Principled Framework for Uncertainty Decomposition in TabPFN
03:30 PMSumeetpal Singh: Bayesian learning of the optimal action-value function in a Markov decision process
03:50 PMAfternoon Tea + Poster Session

Location:  Building 20, Room 1- University of Wollongong, NSW

09:30 AMKeynote – Robert Kohn: Calibrated Generalized Bayesian Inference
10:30 AMMatthew Sutton: Enhanced MCMC: Fully Adaptive Sampling with PDMP Samplers
10:50 AMMorning Tea
11:20 AMInvited Talk – Leah South: Validating and improving Monte Carlo estimates in Bayesian inference
11:50 AMClara Grazian: Approximate Bayesian Computation with Statistical Distances for Model Selection
12:10 PMScott A. Sisson: Variational transdimensional inference
12:30 PMClosing Lunch

Poster Presentations

  1. Adam Bretherton: Flexible Transformations for Bayesian Scoring Rule Calibration
  2. Narayan Srinivasan: Evaluating Sampling Quality in Discrete Binary Posteriors via the Gibbs‚ Stein Discrepancy
  3. Mohammad Javad Davoudabadi: The Bayesian Pliable Lasso
  4. Jeyamalar T Thurai RathnaM Estimating Cancer Burden at Different Spatial Scales in Australia and Communicating the Associated Impact of the Modifiable Areal Unit Problem (MAUP)
  5. Mahdi Nouraie: Bayesian Stability Selection
  6. Alex Liu: Advanced Probabilistic Modelling in Multimodal Biosensing: Towards Interpretable Inference of Latent Physiological States.
  7. Sotirios Pestrivas: Applications of Bayesian Modelling in Sports Aerodynamics
  8. Jiamin Xu: Prediction-Centric Calibration for Parameters Inference of ODE Models
  9. Ruiting Mao: Inference from Imperfection: A Robust and Scalable SBI Framework for Time Series Data with Artefacts
  10. Bao Anh Vu: Estimating Antarctic subglacial conditions using neural posterior inference
  11. Caitriona Ryan: Using Bayesian Adaptive Design of Experiments to Optimise Additive Manufacturing Processes
  12. Paul Wu: Using Clusters to Reduce Computational Cost under Uncertainty in Dynamic Bayesian Networks
  13. Sarah Lee: Bayesian Regression and Variable Selection for Joint Ordinal-Continuous Outcomes
  14. David Rohde: Causal Inference Emerges Naturally as a Consequence of Bayesian Decision Theory
  15. Ethan Water: Bayesian Approaches for Spatiotemporal Challenges in Queensland Primary Industries

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Social

Sunday, 8th February

Optional Social Dinner – Delegates who are in town prior to the conference are welcome to join an informal dinner.
This is a self-funded event and participation is entirely optional.

Venue: Wollongong Golf Club
Time: 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM

Monday 9th February

Beach Games & Welcome Social – Registered attendees are warmly invited to join us for an informal evening of networking:

6:00pm – Beach games
7:00pm – Light dinner at The Boathouse

Tuesday 10th February

Informal Dinner Options (Optional)

For the second night of the conference, a range of local dinner options are provided. Delegates are welcome to form small groups and choose a venue to visit based on their interests.
This is an informal, self-organised, and self-funded activity, offering a relaxed way to continue conversations with fellow delegates.

Chefs Choice, https://chefschoicewollongong.com.au/, Chinese/Vietnamese

Balinese Spice Magic, https://balinesespicemagic.com.au/ very traditional Balinese

Sakura Sushi/Japanese https://www.tripadvisor.com.au/Restaurant_Review-g255333-d3169189-Reviews-Sakura_Sushi-Wollongong_New_South_Wales.html

Bombora Seafood https://www.bomboraseafood.com/ great location overlooking our small harbour

Ilu ilu Bar https://www.ilubar.com.au/ Indian Tapas

Carnation Thai https://carnationthairestaurant.com.au/about-us/  good Thai

His Boy Elroy https://hisboyelroy.com.au/, great hamburgers,