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Conference Program (Final)

Please note: Dress Code for the conference is smart casual (unless otherwise stated)

 

Sunday 2nd December

 

 

3.00pm - 5.00pm

Registration

5.00pm - 7.00pm

Welcome and Conference Opening - Steve Turton

Drinks and Nibbles

Monday 3rd December

 

7.30am - 9.00am

Breakfast / Registration open from 8am

9.00am - 9.15am

WELCOME

9.15am - 9.45am

KEYNOTE ADDRESS: Dr Richard Denniss - Australian Greens

9.45am - 10.30am

SESSION 1: Environmental Decision Making and Sustainability

 

Student Prentations :-

  • Hamza Farooq Gabriel
  • Karen Benn
  • Richard Wood

10.30am - 11.00am

Morning Tea

11.00am - 11:30am

SESSION 2: Tourism & the Environment

 

Student Prentations :-

  • Julie Carmody
  • Patricia J Erfurt

11.30am - 12.45pm

Poster Session (Including Lunch)

 

Posters Presenters :-

  • Marnie Ireland
  • Christine Tan
  • Nicholas Henry
  • Trina Myers
  • Paul Mulley

1.15pm - 1.45pm

KEYNOTE ADDRESS: Russell Fisher - Environment Victoria

1.45pm - 2.15pm

SESSION 3: Ecologically Sustainable Development & the built Community

 

Student Prentations :-

  • Scott Grierson
  • Nicki Sochacka

2.15pm - 5.00pm

Afternoon Tour (TBA)

7.00pm - 9.00pm

BBQ Dinner

Tuesday 4th December

 

7.30am - 9.00am

Breakfast / Registration Open

9.00am - 9.30am

KEYNOTE ADDRESS: Sheridan Morris - Reef & Rainforest Research Centre

9.30am - 10.30am

SESSION 4: Ecology & Management

 

Student Presentations :-

  • Darren Grant
  • Jamie Voyles
  • Jessica Melbourne-Thomas
  • Brigitta Flick

10.30am - 11.00am

Morning Tea

11.00am - 12.00pm

SESSION 5: Waste Management & Environmental Chemistry

 

Student Presentations :-

  • Ahanad Ahangar
  • Liam Pettigrew
  • Shee Ping Ng
  • Katik Venkatraman

12.00pm - 1.00pm

Lunch

1.00pm - 1.30pm

KEYNOTE ADDRESS: Steve Turton - JCU/CSIRO Tropical Landscapes Joint Venture Australian Tropical Forest Institute and Australian Tropical Science & Innovation Precinct

Impacts of urbanisation sprawl on the environment

1.30pm - 2.30pm

SESSION 6: Emerging Technologies

 

Student Presentations :-

  • Yoland Strengers
  • Emily Voyde
  • George Nabin Baroi
  • Hiroki Takano

2.30pm - 3.00pm

Afternoon Tea

3.00pm - 4.00pm

SESSION 7: Education and the Community

 

Student Presentations :-

  • Anne Lord
  • Jenny Mulcahy
  • Neus (Snowy) Evans
  • Abel Barasa Atiti

6.00pm - 10.30pm

Conference Formal Dinner (Dress: Cocktail)

Wednesday 5th December

 

7.30am - 9.00am

Breakfast / Registration

9.00am - 9.30am

KEYNOTE ADDRESS: Dr Hugh Spencer - Australian Tropical Research Foundation

9.30am - 10.00am

SESSION 8: Environmental Activism

 

Student Prentations :-

  • Elizabeth Lillian Dumont
  • Jennifer Stirling

10.00am - 10.30am

Morning Tea

10.30am - 11.45am

SESSION 9: Water Treatment, Irrigation & Alternative Water Managment

 

Student Presentations :-

  • Melanie Schwecke
  • Chin Hong Cheah
  • Luke Sutherland-Stacey
  • Poppy Coleman
  • Paul Mulley

11.45pm - 1.00pm

Lunch & Peer Voting

1.00pm - 2.30pm

Closing Address and Handover

2.30pm

CONFERENCE CLOSED

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ERE 07 Social Program

Welcome and Reception
The conference will commence with the welcome reception at the Crowther Lecturer Theatre located within James Cook University Cairns
Date and Time: Sunday 2nd December 3pm – 7pm
Venue: Crowther lecture theatre
Dress: Smart Casual
Cost: Included in Full Registration (both with and without accommodation, and if you paid for the launch/debate option (on the registration page)
Additional Tickets cost: $15

Aussie BBQ
A traditional Aussie BBQ dinner – great networking opportunity in a relaxed environment
Date and Time: Monday 3rd December 7pm-9pm
Venue: Cairns Student Lodge
Dress: Casual
Cost: Included in Full Registration (both with and without accommodation, and if you paid for the social dinner option (on the registration page).
Additional Tickets cost: $30

Conference Formal Dinner
The Conference Dinner will be held at Whitefield house:  A Federation style mansion completely renovated to incorporate state of the art digital technology throughout the property. Add to this the stunning art collection, the magnificent antique furniture, the crystal chandeliers, Persian rugs with polished floors from timber harvested from the surrounding rainforest seventy five years ago and you have Whitfield House.
Date and Time: Tuesday 4th December 6pm-10.30pm
Venue: Whitefield House, Cairns
Dress: Cocktail/Suit
Cost: Included in Full Registration (both with and without accommodation, and if you paid for the formal dinner option (on the registration page).
Additional Tickets cost: $90

Please note that delegates going to the formal dinner are requested to meet at the Cairns student lodge by 5.45pm so that you can be transported to the venue.