Program*
Program is subject to change
| Tuesday 20 October 2009 | |||
| 0800 | Registration opens | ||
| Session 1 - Plenary | |||
| 0845 | Official Opening | ||
| 0900 | Conference Opening Address - An Independent Eye and Voice ACT Commissioner for Sustainability & the Environment |
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| Session 2A New Approaches in Environmental Policy |
Session 2B Who are Environmental Practitioners? |
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| 0930 | Balancing policy, practice, partnership and environmental outcomes Dr Adam Smith FEIANZ Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority |
Who Are the Green Collar Workers? An Australasian Perspective Mr Graeme Philipson Connection Research |
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| 0945 | Environmental Purchasing - moving from an idealised policy goal to fully integrated purchasing practice Ms Darian McBain Blue Sky Green |
Achieving Sustainability: An Evolving Problem or a Problem of Evolution? Mr Jason Scarborough Renewable Australia |
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| 1000 | What exactly are you asking? The role of survey design in policy implementation Dr Elizabeth Stark Symbolix |
Environmental Ethics for Good Environmental Outcomes Mr John Haydon MEIANZ CEnvP Environmental Conflict Resolution Consultant |
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| 1015 | Discussion | Discussion | |
| 1030 | Morning Tea | ||
| Session 3A Developments in Water, NRM and Sustainability Policy (sponsored by Hyder Consulting Pty Ltd) |
Session 3B Are you skilled in Environmental Conflict Resolution? |
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| 1100 | The Commonwealth Environmental Water Holder: Prioritising the Use of Commonwealth Environmental Water Mr Ian Robinson Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage & the Arts |
Environmental Conflict Resolution: An Interactive Workshop Mr John Haydon MEIANZ, CEnvP |
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| 1115 | Water Management Mr Mark Roberts Aurecon |
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| 1130 | Implementing a planning policy to deliver greener building practices - Outcomes from the first five years of BASIX Mrs Rebecca Dawson Department of Planning New South Wales |
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| 1145 | Australia’s infrastructure: planning to deliver |
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| 1200 | Policy, information, and good practice - a case study on the water market and the 4% restriction on trade Mr Adrian Piani Hyder Consulting |
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| 1215 | Discussion | ||
| 1230 | Lunch | ||
| Session 4A Developments in Environmental Impact Assessment |
Session 4B So you Want to Become a Certified Environmental Practitioner? |
Session 4C What is Ecological Impact Assessment (sponsored by NGH Environmental) |
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| 1330 | The role of EMS in implementing environmental policy Mr Paul Cunsolo GHD Pty Ltd |
Certification for Environmental Practitioners - Certified Practitioner Board Mr Nigel Murphy MEIANZ, CEnvP |
Ecological Impact Assessment - towards developing guidelines for Australia and New Zealand - EIANZ Mr Simon Mustoe MEIANZ, CEnvP EIANZ |
| 1345 | The changing face of community participation in environmental impact assessment Ms Allison Rushton MEIANZ Parsons Brinckerhoff Australia |
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| 1400 | Kakadu Case Study: Assessment of climate change impacts and development of adaptation options Ms Lyn Raphael MEIANZ BMT WBM |
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| 1415 | Outcome-based approached to Environmental Impact Assessments Mrs Christine Wyatt GHD Pty Ltd |
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| 1430 | Environmental Assessment of the Proposed Traveston Crossing Dam Ms Glenda Pickersgill Mary River Catchment Coordinating Committee |
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| 1445 | Discussion | ||
| 1500 | Afternoon Tea | ||
| Session 5A Developments in Biodiversity Conservation, and Consultation Practice |
Session 5B How Well do you know the EPBC Act? (sponsored by Biosis Research) |
Session 5C Developing Certification for Ecological Practitioners? |
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| 1530 | Strategic Planning for Biodiversity Conservation David Hogg Pty Ltd |
EPBC Act workshop: a hypothetical - assessing the Eldorado Gold Mine - Mr Lachlan Wilkinson MEIANZ, CEnvP Department of Environment Water, Heritage and the Arts |
Certification for Ecological Practitioners - EIANZ |
| 1545 | Stakeholders And Sustainability: Making Your Policy Sound, Shared, Effective And Implementable. Twyfords |
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| 1600 | Reconciling the spirit and intent of the Victorian Net Gain policy with limitations in skill and understanding in the community. Mr Lincoln Kern Practical Ecology Pty Ltd |
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| 1615 | Regional Collaborative Environmental Governance in Practice: Examining the Conditions for Successful Collaboration Dr Cameron Holley Australian National University |
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| 1630 | Cape York Peninsula; policy and legislative opportunities for environmental advocacy and the driver for world heritage listing. Australian Conservation Foundation |
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| 1645 | Discussion | ||
| 1700 | Close of Day 1 | ||
| 1930 | The Environment Institute Annual Gala Dinner and Merit Award Presentation with Guest Speaker Chris Darwin [READ MORE] |
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| Wednesday 21 October 2009 | ||
| 0800 | Registration Opens | |
| Session 6A Environmental Policies Delivering Productive Landscapes (Part 1) |
Session 6B Tomorrow's Environmental Professionals. |
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| 0900 | Australian Government Caring for our Country Environmental Stewardship Department of Environment, Water, Heritage & the Arts |
Developing Next Year's Practitioners - STEPS towards certification integrated with Continuing Professional Development and mentoring Chenoweth Environmental Planning & Landscape Architecture Pty Ltd |
| 0930 | Bush food plants for sustainable development Dr Wasantha Rajapaksha Central West Catchment Management Authority |
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| 0945 | Winning the hearts and minds of private
landowners: a collaborative approach to
restoring Canterbury’s indigenous biodiversity Mr Ray Maw MEIANZ Canterbury Regional Council |
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| 1000 | Soil Carbon - for productivity or trading Dr John Gray, Bureau of Rural Sciences |
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| 1015 | Discussion | |
| 1030 | Morning Tea | |
| Session 7A Environmental Policies Delivering Productive Landscapes (Part 2) |
Session 7B Do you understand the Difference Between Carbon Taxes and Carbon Trading? |
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| 1100 | From paddock to parliament: can on-ground practice influence national policy? Mr Graham Fifield Greening Australia -Capital Region |
Carbon Trading versus Carbon Taxes Sydney Metropolitan Catchment Management Authority |
| 1115 | Managing a dog's breakfast - achieving realistic, representative and ethical consultation in NRM using the evaluation of the Queensland pest animal barrier fences as a cast study Mr Roland Breckwoldt Hyder Consulting |
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| 1130 | Towards a dirtier Australia: Facing the present and future challenges. Mr Ben Macdonald Australian National University |
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| 1200 | Program characteristics versus personal characteristics: do land management programs meet the needs of private landholders? Miss Katie Moon James Cook University |
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| 1215 | Discussion | |
| 1230 | Lunch | |
| Session 8A The Practical Application of Environmental Policy. (Part 1) |
Session 8B Do You Have the Skills to Turn Climate Change Adaptation into Action? |
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| 1330 | Gold Coast City Council's Nature Conservation Strategy Ms Carmel Peacock Gold Coast City Council |
Turning climate change adaptation into action - what can local statutory planning instruments realistically achieve? Ms Rebecca Enright MEIANZ AECOM Australia Pty Ltd |
| 1345 | The Queensland Hunter Gas Pipeline - an innovative assessment approach delivers approvals on a complex project Sandi Shrimski, MEIANZ and Paul Keighley, MEIANZ Manidis Roberts |
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| 1400 | Predicting the condition of Private Native Forests to inform the development of sensible policy options Mr Simon Roberts Australian National University |
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| 1415 | An overview of current planning regimes for major infrastructure projects across Australia's eight jurisdictions Ms Angelique Easton Parsons Brinckerhoff |
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| 1430 | Balancing Conflicting Policies in Contaminated Site Management Mr Daniel Cramer MEIANZ SMEC Australia Pty Ltd |
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| 1445 | Discussion | |
| 1500 | Afternoon Tea | |
| Session 9 - Examples of Excellence in Achieving Environmental Outcomes | ||
| 1530 | My Year Without Sex: Making an Australian Film - Carbon Footprint Case Study Mr Mark O’Brien MEIANZ CEnvP Beyond Neutral Pty Ltd |
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| 1545 | Do voluntary industry codes of practice provide businesses with a 'get out of jail' free card? Ms Pip Marks MEIANZ Hyder Consulting |
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| 1600 | People, Place, Performance: Integrating across cycles of sustainability policy and practice at the Australian National University Dr Su Wild-River MEIANZ CEnvP Australian National University |
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| 1615 | Discussion | |
| Session 10 - What Have Environmental Professionals Achieved - What Does the Future Hold | ||
| 1630 | Closing Remarks from Bill Haylock, President EIANZ Next year's conference -New Zealand |
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| 1700 | Conference Close | |
Poster
A comparison of Australian biodiversity offset policies and their application, Martin Juniper
