Presentations

Where available, speeches, presentations and audio recordings from the Symposium will be published here.

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Tuesday 9 November 2004			8.30am - 5.15pm
Session One - Welcome and Introduction	Audio		Powerpoint	Paper
Welcome by your host Justin Murphy	Windows Media
Welcome to Country Lhere Artepe	Windows Media
Welcome to Forum Professor Donna Craig	Windows Media
Welcome to the University Professor Helen Garnett	Windows Media
Session Two - Deserts	Audio		Powerpoint	Paper
Extremes: Great Deserts of the Southern Hemisphere	Windows Media
Dr Mark Stafford Smith
Meanings of the "Desert": Intellectual, Ideological and Research Issues	Windows Media
Sonia Smallacombe
Session Three - Universities	Audio		Powerpoint	Paper
The Meanings of University: Historical Evolution	Windows Media
Professor Seumas Miller
Harold Furber	Windows Media
Visions of Great Universities in the Desert	Windows Media
Professor Octaviana Trujillo
Associate Professor Ibtisam Abu-Duhou	Windows Media
Session Four - Desert Knowledge	Audio		Powerpoint	Paper
Regional and Community Development through Desert Knowledge
Professor Veronica Arbon	Windows Media
Dr. Ram Vemuri
Larry Bannister	Windows Media
Professor Stephen Garnett	Windows Media
Session Four Discussion	Windows Media
Session Five - Indigenous Knowledge	Audio		Powerpoint	Paper
Valuing, Understanding and Protecting Indigenous Knowledge
Sonia Smallacombe
David Ross	Windows Media
Robynne Quiggin	Windows Media
Prof. Octaviana Trujillo	Windows Media
Closing remarks from your host Justin Murphy	Windows Media
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Wednesday 10 November 2004			8.30am - 5.00pm
Session Six - Knowledge Economy	Audio		Powerpoint	Paper
Building the Knowledge Economy with the Desert Regions of the World
Dr. Mark Stafford Smith
Mr. Sopan Joshi
Professor Steve Dowrick
Dr. Ken Johnson
Prof. Stephen Garnett
Session Seven - Community and Partnerships	Audio		Powerpoint	Paper
Community Forum: Community Visions of a Learning and Research in the Desert Justin Murphy
Engagement and Partnerships for Higher Education and Research in the Desert: Building Pathways and Bridges between Institutions
Professor Robert Wasson
Professor Gregor Ramsey
Professor Malcolm Gillies
Session Eight - Working Together	Audio		Powerpoint	Paper
Community Forum: Ways of Working Together Justin Murphy
Session Nine - Outreach	Audio		Powerpoint	Paper
Outreach: Taking the University to Remote Areas
Jan Richardson
Alicia Boyle
David Reilly
Steve McBurnie
Helen Parer
Metta Young
Graeme Sawyer
Closing remarks from your host Justin Murphy
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