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The Conference Program
Wrest Point Hotel Convention Centre, Hobart; 15 - 19 January 2018
Monday 15 January
| 8.00 - 9.00 |
REGISTRATION |
| 9.00 - 9.15 |
Welcome to Country by a representative of the Aboriginal community. |
| 9.15 - 9.30 |
Official Opening by Her Excellency Professor the Honourable Kate Warner, AC, Governor of Tasmania. |
| 9. 30 - 10.30 |
Keynote speaker Professor Jamie Kirkpatrick - Alpine vegetation of Tasmania. |
| 10.30 - 11.00 |
Morning tea |
| 11.00 - 11.45 |
Mark Fountain RTBG, 200 years of the Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens. |
| 11.45 - 12.30 |
Nick Fitzgerald - The Subantarctic flora and vegetation of Macquarie island. |
| 12.30 - 13.30 |
Lunch |
| 13.30 - 17.00 |
Conference excursion |
| 17.45 |
Busses leave for Government House |
| 18 00 - 19.00 |
Reception at Government House |
Tuesday 16 January
COASTAL
| 9.00 - 9.45 |
Vishnu Prahalad - A virtual tour of the Tasmanian coastal saltmarsh wetlands. |
| 9.45 - 10.30 |
Dr Tonia Cochran - Gondwanan flora: a global collection within a local natural ecosystem. |
| 10.30 - 11.00 |
Morning tea |
GRASSLANDS AND FLOWERS
| 11.00 - 11. 45 |
Louise Gilfedder - Tasmanian native grasslands. |
| 11.45 - 12.30 |
Phil Collier - Managing a native orchid hot-spot: learning about the plants and their needs. |
| 12.30 - 13.30 |
Lunch |
| 13.30 - 17.00 |
Conference excursion. |
| 19.45 |
A.J. SWABY LECTURE by James Wood RTBG, The Seed Bank Story
Preceded by the presentation of the ANPSA Australian Plant Awards |
Wednesday 17 January
DRY BUSHLAND AND GARDEN
| 9.00 - 9.45 |
Sebastian A Burgess - The Tasmanian Island Ark: Ecological and Cultural Restoration of the Tasmanian Midlands. |
| 9.45 - 10.30 |
Dr Tanya Bailey - Research on the Midlands restoration. |
| 10.30 - 11.00 |
Morning tea |
| 11.00 - 11.45 |
Brief presentations on local grassroots projects:
* Dr Keith Corbett on the Tasmanian Bushland Garden,
* Daphne Longman on Launceston's Heritage Forest native garden.
* Riitta Boevink - Bluewater Crescent; How to surreptitiously introduce locals to native gardens. |
| 11.45 - 12.30 |
Dr Tim Wardlaw - Living in the Goldilocks zone: A look inside one of the world's tallest and most productive natural forest ecosystem. |
| 12.30 - 13.30 |
Lunch |
| 13.30 - 17.00 |
Conference excursion. |
| 17:00 |
On the Boardwalk, Study Group displays and meetings. |
Thursday 18 January
RAINFORESTS AND CLIMBING UP
| 9.00 - 9.45 |
Mark Wapstra - Tasmanian ferns and fern allies: diversity, habitats and conservation management. |
| 9.45 - 10.30 |
Fred Duncan - Tasmanian rainforests and its Gondwanan heritage. |
| 10.30 - 11.00 |
Morning tea |
| 11.00 - 11.40 |
Patrick Dalton - Mosses, liverworts and hornworts, their contribution to the plant world. |
| 11.40 - 11.50 |
Study groups, general introduction by Ben Walcott/Jane Fountain. |
| 11.50 - 12.00 |
Container growing study group by Lynne Mockridge |
| 12.00 - 12.15 |
Isopogon and Petrophile Study group by Catriona Bate and Phil Trickett. |
| 12.15 - 12.30 |
Waratah and Flannel Flower study group by Maria Hitchcock. |
| 12.30 - 13.30 |
Lunch |
| 13.30 - 17.00 |
Conference excursion. |
| 7:30 pm |
CONFERENCE DINNER at Wrest Point |
Friday 19 January
| 9.00 - 12:30 |
Conference excursions - IN THE MORNING |
| 12.30 - 13.30 |
Lunch |
| 13.30 - 14:15 |
Sib Corbett - In our backyard - Mt. Wellington. |
| 14.15 - 14.30 |
Next conference by Wildflower Society of Western Australia |
| 14.30 - 15.30 |
Information / discussion panel on the future trends of the organization. |
| 15.30 - 15.45 |
Closing ceremony by the Conference Convenor. |
Header Photo: Leptecophylla juniperina (Crimson Berry)
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- The 2018 Conference has now finished.
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