- Co-chairing Special Session "Assessing the state of play in Australian fisheries stock assessment and harvest strategy approaches". 
- Showcasing and promoting the Australian Stock Assessment Community of Practice (CoP)
- Running a discussion panel on the proposed CoP
- Presenting two papers, one of which would be on the proposed CoP
- Active networking strategy to promote the CoP at ASFB

Immediate benefits are a raised awareness of the CoP and as such the opportunity to join from point of inception and gain the benefit of a collaborative, collegiate community undertaking cutting edge stock assessment science in a safe and enjoyable space that helps feed the stock assessment pipeline.
Organise a small prize for the best quantitative student presentation in the Special Session