Full Program: Bayes on the Beach Conference Program 2026
Main Program
Day 2 - Tuesday, 10 February 2026
Location: Building 20, Room 1- University of Wollongong, NSW
| 09:30 AM | Keynote – Sudipto Banerjee: How should spatial statistics embrace Artificial Intelligence? A case study in spatial energetics for mobile health applications |
| 10:30 AM | Morning Tea |
| 11:00 AM | Keynote – Antonietta Mira |
| 12:00 PM | Invited Talk – Fabrizio Ruggeri: Modeling Power Outages under a Random Environment: A Bayesian Approach |
| 12:30 PM | Group Photo |
| 12:35 PM | Lunch Break |
| 02:00 PM | Workshop 2 – Matthew Sainsbury-Dale: NeuralEstimators: Amortized simulation-based inference in Julia and R |
| 03:00 PM | Invited Talk – Susan Wei: A Principled Framework for Uncertainty Decomposition in TabPFN |
| 03:30 PM | Sumeetpal Singh: Bayesian learning of the optimal action-value function in a Markov decision process |
| 03:50 PM | Afternoon Tea + Poster Session |
Day 3 - Wednesday, 11 February 2026
Location: Building 20, Room 1- University of Wollongong, NSW
| 09:30 AM | Keynote – Robert Kohn: Calibrated Generalized Bayesian Inference |
| 10:30 AM | Matthew Sutton: Enhanced MCMC: Fully Adaptive Sampling with PDMP Samplers |
| 10:50 AM | Morning Tea |
| 11:20 AM | Invited Talk – Leah South: Validating and improving Monte Carlo estimates in Bayesian inference |
| 11:50 AM | Clara Grazian: Approximate Bayesian Computation with Statistical Distances for Model Selection |
| 12:10 PM | Scott A. Sisson: Variational transdimensional inference |
| 12:30 PM | Closing Lunch |
Poster Presentations
Poster Session Day 2 - 10th February 2026
- Adam Bretherton: Flexible Transformations for Bayesian Scoring Rule Calibration
- Narayan Srinivasan: Evaluating Sampling Quality in Discrete Binary Posteriors via the Gibbs‚ Stein Discrepancy
- Mohammad Javad Davoudabadi: The Bayesian Pliable Lasso
- 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)
- Mahdi Nouraie: Bayesian Stability Selection
- Alex Liu: Advanced Probabilistic Modelling in Multimodal Biosensing: Towards Interpretable Inference of Latent Physiological States.
- Sotirios Pestrivas: Applications of Bayesian Modelling in Sports Aerodynamics
- Jiamin Xu: Prediction-Centric Calibration for Parameters Inference of ODE Models
- Ruiting Mao: Inference from Imperfection: A Robust and Scalable SBI Framework for Time Series Data with Artefacts
- Bao Anh Vu: Estimating Antarctic subglacial conditions using neural posterior inference
- Caitriona Ryan: Using Bayesian Adaptive Design of Experiments to Optimise Additive Manufacturing Processes
- Paul Wu: Using Clusters to Reduce Computational Cost under Uncertainty in Dynamic Bayesian Networks
- Sarah Lee: Bayesian Regression and Variable Selection for Joint Ordinal-Continuous Outcomes
- David Rohde: Causal Inference Emerges Naturally as a Consequence of Bayesian Decision Theory
- Ethan Water: Bayesian Approaches for Spatiotemporal Challenges in Queensland Primary Industries

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,