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The 21st Annual Western Australian Wetlands Conference 2025 | |||||||
Scientific Innovation, Cultural Wisdom, Creative Pathways and Collective Action towards Protecting Wetlands for our Common Future: The conversation we need to have. | |||||||
Location: | The Wetlands Centre Cockburn 184 Hope Road, Bibra Lake, WA 6163 | ||||||
Date: | 6th to 7th February 2025 |
Start | End | Time | Title | Speaker/s | Organisation | Topic | |
DAY 1 | Morning | Thu 6th | Feb | EMERGING HORIZONS SESSION | |||
7:30 AM | 8:30 AM | 60 | min | Special Walking Tour of Rehabilitating Roe 8 Project | Adam Peck | Optional activity (walking shoes required) — Arrive at 7:15 am for a 7:30 am start. | |
8:45 AM | 9:00 AM | 15 | min | WELCOME TO COUNTRY | Marie Taylor | ||
9:00 AM | 9:10 AM | 10 | min | CONFERENCE OPENING | Opening by Hon. Simone McGurk MLA | ||
9:10 AM | 9:15 AM | 5 | min | Acknowledgement of Sponsors | Professor Treena Burgess | Chair, The Wetlands Centre | |
9:20 AM | 10:00 AM | 40 | min | Keynote | Professor Anne Poelina | Nulungu Research Institute, University of Notre Dame & Martuwarra Fitzroy River Council | Knowing Living Waters |
10:00 AM | 10:30 AM | 20 | min | Morning Tea / Networking | 🍰 🍩 ☕ 🍵 🍨 | ||
Expert / Case Study Presentations – Round 1 | Choose to attend any one of the 2 presentations below | ||||||
10:30 AM | 10:50 AM | 20 | min | Case Study Presentation | Adrian Pinder | Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions | Maintaining Biodiversity in the Ramsar-Listed Toolibin Lake |
10:30 AM | 10:50 AM | 20 | min | Expert Presentation | Kurt Krispyn | Murdoch University | Characteristics and Classification of Estuaries in Southwestern Australia |
Expert / Case Study Presentations – Round 2 | Choose to attend any one of the 2 presentations below | ||||||
10:55 AM | 11:15 AM | 20 | min | Case Study Presentation | Bryony Fremlin | Wetlands Conservation Society | Anstey-Keane Dampland: A Haven for Wildlife |
10:55 AM | 11:15 AM | 20 | min | Expert Presentation | Angus Lawrie | Molecular and Life Sciences Curtin University | Next Generation Environmental Monitoring: A Taxon-Independent Index for The Biomonitoring of Wetlands |
Expert / Case Study Presentations – Round 3 | Choose to attend any one of the 2 presentations below | ||||||
11:20 AM | 11:40 AM | 20 | min | Case Study Presentation | Gavan McGrath | Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions | Ashfield Flats Hydrological Study: Changing Terrestrial and Estuarine Hydrological Processes of a Temperate Estuarine Salt |
11:20 AM | 11:40 AM | 20 | min | Case Study Presentation | Agustina Quadri Adrogue | Deakin University | Assessing Biogeochemical Recovery in Restored Saltmarshes |
Start | End | Time | Title | Speaker/s | Organisation | Topic | |
Expert / Case Study Presentations – Round 4 | Choose to attend any one of the 2 presentations below | ||||||
11:45 AM | 12:05 PM | 20 | min | Case Study Presentation | Jessica Harvey | HiDef Aerial Surveying | Detection and Identification of Wetlands Birds Using Ultrahigh-Resolution Digital Aerial Video Footage |
11:45 AM | 12:05 PM | 20 | min | Case Study Presentation | Felicity Bairstow | Turtle Trackers | Turtles, Citizen Science, Community and Conservation. We can do this! |
12:05 PM | 1:10 PM | 65 | min | Lunch / Networking | 🍽️ 🥘 🥗 🥪 🍢 🍴 | Plants available for sale at our Conservation Nursery during Lunch Break | |
DAY 1 | Afternoon | Thu 6th | Feb | SHAPING THE FUTURE SESSION | |||
1:10 PM | 1:40 PM | 30 | min | Keynote | Jane Chambers | Murdoch University | Wetlands Under Urbanisation and Climate Change: The Way Forward |
1:45 PM | 2:15 PM | 30 | min | Panel Discussion | Moderated by | Jane Chambers | Policy Panel Discussion with Candidates from Bibra Lake |
2:15 PM | 2:35 PM | 20 | min | Afternoon Tea / Networking | 🍰 🍩 ☕ 🍵 🍨 | ||
Expert / Case Study Presentations – Round 5 | Choose to attend any one of the 2 presentations below | ||||||
2:40 PM | 3:00 PM | 20 | min | Case Study Presentation | Bronwyn Scallan | Perth South West Metropolitan Alliance | Perth Southwest Sediment Snapshot: A Case Study in Collaboration |
2:40 PM | 3:00 PM | 20 | min | Case Study Presentation | Daniel Jan Martin | The University of Western Australia | Rising Tides Studio: Collaborative Visions for Our Future Coasts |
Expert / Case Study Presentations – Round 6 | Choose to attend any one of the 2 presentations below | ||||||
3:05 PM | 3:25 PM | 20 | min | Expert Presentation | Tom Atkinson | Emerge Associates | In Typha's Defence: Does the Cost of Bulrush Control Out Way the Benefits? |
3:05 PM | 3:25 PM | 20 | min | Expert Presentation | Annamaria Weldon | Independent | Watermarked by the Wetlands' Wild Wisdom: Nature Writing |
3:30 PM | 4:00 PM | 30 | min | Spotlight Session | Heidi Hardisty | Friends of Lake Claremont | Restoring Lake Claremont: A Never-Ending Story (A feature on PSHB) |
4:00 PM | 6:00 PM | 60 | min | Sundowner | 🌅 🍻🍷🍸🍹 | ||
Book Launch | Bryony Fremlin & David Jones | 📖🎉✨ | Reflections on the Anstey-Keane Dampland | ||||
END OF DAY 1 |
Start | End | Time | Title | Speaker/s | Organisation | Topic | |
DAY 2 | Morning | Fri 7th | Feb | CHALLENGES INTO TRIUMPHS SESSION | |||
7:30 AM | 8:30 AM | 60 | min | Special Walking Tour of Bibra Lake | Stuart Gordon Andrews | Wetlands as Rehabilitation Hubs | Optional activity (walking shoes required) — Arrive at 7:15 am for a 7:30 am start. Walk followed by Short session on Eco-printing |
9:00 AM | 9:10 AM | 10 | min | ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF COUNTRY | |||
9:10 AM | 9:15 AM | 5 | min | Acknowledgement of Sponsors | Ana Terrazas, Manager, The Wetlands Centre | ||
9:20 PM | 10:00 PM | 40 | min | Keynote | Tim Storer | Department of Water and Environmental Regulation | Building Resilience of River Ecosystems to A Dryer And Hotter Climate |
10:00 AM | 10:30 AM | 30 | min | Morning Tea / Networking | 🍰 🍩 ☕ 🍵 🍨 | ||
Expert / Case Study Presentations – Round 1 | Choose to attend any one of the 2 presentations below | ||||||
10:30 AM | 10:50 AM | 20 | min | Case Study Presentation | Rick James | Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions | Wetland Flow Augmentation via Drain Alterations: A Case Study |
10:30 AM | 10:50 AM | 20 | min | Case Study Presentation | Bethany Treglown | Flinders University South Australia | Environmental Drivers and Who Eats Who? Investigating Biological Community and Trophic Responses to Environmental Change |
Expert / Case Study Presentations – Round 2 | Choose to attend any one of the 2 presentations below | ||||||
10:55 AM | 11:15 AM | 20 | min | Case Study Presentation | Kristy Gregory, Brett Hill, Darryl Kickett & Jock Abraham | PHCC & Wilman (Dryandra) People Corporation | Shared Country, Shared Rivers: A Collaboration Project on the Hotham River |
10:55 AM | 11:15 AM | 20 | min | Expert Presentation | Michael Payne | Northern Agricultural Catchments Council | Improving Coastal Saltmarsh in the Northern Agricultural Region |
Expert / Case Study Presentations – Round 3 | Choose to attend any one of the 2 presentations below | ||||||
11:20 AM | 11:40 AM | 20 | min | Case Study Presentation | Johanna Slijkerman | Water Technology Pty Ltd | Vegetation Response After the Exclusion of Feral Animal Grazing in Barmah Forest Ramsar Wetlands |
11:20 AM | 11:40 AM | 20 | min | Expert Presentation | Robyn Heckenberg | Curtin University | Cultural Ways of Seeing and Hearing: Local and Global Wetlands; Ramsar & My Country Talk |
Expert / Case Study Presentations – Round 4 | Choose to attend any one of the 2 presentations below | ||||||
11:45 AM | 12:05 PM | 20 | min | Case Study Presentation | Chris Charles & Zoltan Kelly | Water Technology Pty Ltd | Mapping Wetland Vegetation Using a Bird's Eye View |
11:45 AM | 12:05 PM | 20 | min | Case Study Presentation | Jem Stirling, Paul Higginson & Jayson Sekhon | City of Melville | Lessons in Improving Urban Wetlands |
12:05 PM | 1:10 PM | 65 | min | Lunch / Networking | 🍽️ 🥘 🥗 🥪 🍢 🍴 | Plants available for sale at our Conservation Nursery during Lunch Break | |
DAY 2 | Afternoon | Fri 7th | Feb | FROM IDEAS TO ACTION SESSION | |||
1:10 PM | 1:50 PM | 40 | min | Keynote | Luke Bentley | Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions | Plan for Our Parks |
1:50 PM | 2:10 PM | 20 | min | Poster Presentations | All Poster Presenters | Overview | Brief Introduction to the Posters |
2:15 PM | 2:45 PM | 30 | min | Afternoon Tea / Networking | 🍰 🍩 ☕ 🍵 🍨 | ||
Workshops & Hybrid Presentations | Choose to attend any one of the workshops / hybrid presentations below | ||||||
2:45 PM | 3:45 PM | 60 | min | Hybrid Presentations | Jack Ingelbrecht | Harry Butler Institute Murdoch University | 1. Silver Linings: Conservation Genetics Using Freshwater Turtle Cadavers from A Mass Mortality Event |
Anthony Santoro | 2. Long-Term Habitat Degradation Affects Nest Site Selection Behaviour by A Freshwater Turtle (Chelodina oblonga). | ||||||
Kiera Gordon | 3. Reading Between the Lines – Using Biologgers To Study Behaviour And Activity In Freshwater Turtles | ||||||
2:45 PM | 3:45 PM | 60 | min | Hybrid Presentations | Basil Schur & Aunty Carol Pettersen | Green Skills Inc | 1. Tootanellup Walking Together with Zamia Eco-restoration & Cultural Connections Project |
Shaun Ossinger | Wilson Inlet Catchment Committee (WICC) | 2. Eungedup Wetlands: Creating a Safe Haven for Wildlife | |||||
2:45 PM | 3:45 PM | 60 | min | Hybrid Presentations | Alan Cottingham | Harry Butler Institute Murdoch University | 1. Rise of the Machines. Are Cyborg Mussels the Future of Water Quality Monitoring? |
Delphine Chabanne | 2. Addressing Fishing Gear Entanglement in the Swan Canning Estuary: A Case Study on Dolphin Conservation | ||||||
2:45 PM | 3:45 PM | 60 | min | Workshop | Lanie Cottam Hazel Dempster | Conservation Nursery, The Wetlands Centre | Native Plant Propagation Techniques Workshop at TWC Conservation Nursery |
3:50 PM | 4:30 PM | 40 | min | Plenary Session | Plenary Session with Forum and Closing Remarks | ||
CLOSE OF CONFERENCE |
POSTER PRESENTATIONS | |||||||
All Days | Poster Presentations | Kindly view and interact with the Poster Presentations during breaks. | |||||
All Days | Poster Presentation | Bryony Fremlin | Wetlands Conservation Society | A Wild Heritage: Reflections on the Anstey-Keane Dampland | |||
All Days | Poster Presentation | Nandi Chinna | Independent | An Oral History of The Cockburn Wetlands Education Centre | |||
All Days | Poster Presentation | Caitlyn White | Town of Bassendean | Ashfield Flats Master Plan Implementation Project | |||
All Days | Poster Presentation | Claire Fitzpatrick | Water Technology Pty Ltd | An Elevated Understanding of Wetland Data | |||
All Days | Poster Presentation | Ray Tauss | Independent | DIY Tools for Landscape Planting and Weeding |
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