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Day 1 - Thursday 11 May |
| Session 1 |
| 8.00 - 9.00am |
Registration |
| 9.00 - 9.05am |
Welcome to Country
Larrakia Nation representative |
| 9.05 - 9.10am |
Welcome on behalf of University
Prof Helen Garnett PSM, Vice-Chancellor, Charles Darwin University |
| 9.10 - 9.20am |
Welcome to the Symposium
Prof Bruce Campbell (Co-convener), Charles Darwin University |
| 9.20 - 10.00am |
Introductory Key Note Address from Chair
Justin Murphy - ABC TV |
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10.00 - 10.30am |
Morning tea |
| Session 2 |
| Theme 1: Drivers of change |
| 10.30 - 11.00am |
The future demography, economics and policy issues of northern Australia
Dr Rolf Gerritsen, Professional Fellow, Tropical Savannas CRC, Charles Darwin University |
| 11.00 - 11.30am |
Environmental impacts of mega economies
Dr Leena Srivastava, The Energy Research Institute, New Delhi, India |
| 11.30 - 12.00pm |
The future of tropical forest species in South East Asia
Dr S Joseph Wright, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panama, Republic of Panama |
| 12.00 - 12.30pm |
Climate change and the tropics
Prof Will Steffen, Center for Resource and Environmental Studies, Australian National University |
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Question and answer session to follow each speaker
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12.30 - 1.30pm |
Lunch |
| Session 3 |
| Theme 2: Values and livelihoods |
| 1.30 - 2.00pm |
Managing for the future: A culture based economy for northern Australia
Mr Joe Morrison, Executive Officer, NAILSMA |
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2.00 - 3.00pm |
This session will feature short catalyzing talks followed by facilitated audience views. The talks will focus on:
- Commercial use of wildlife in Indigenous communities - Ms Jean Fenton, CRC Tropical Savannas, NAILSMA, Darwin
- Do local people and the environment collide? - Prof Bruce Campbell, School for Environmental Research, Charles Darwin University
- Policy changes needed for profitable livelihoods - Prof Stephen Garnett, Professor of Tropical Knowledge, Charles Darwin University
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| Open audience discussion |
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3.00 - 3.30pm |
Afternoon tea |
| Session 4 |
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3.30 - 4.30pm |
Open audience discussion continued
Panel membership
- Mr Joe Morrison, Executive Officer, NAILSMA, Darwin
- Prof Bruce Campbell, School for Environmental Research, Charles Darwin University
- Prof Stephen Garnett, Professor of Tropical Knowledge, Charles Darwin University
- Dr Leena Srivastava, The Energy Research Institute, New Delhi, India
- Dr Natasha Stacey, School for Environmental Research, Charles Darwin University
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4.30pm |
Close of Day 1 |
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Day 2 - Friday 12 May |
| Session 5 |
| 8.00 - 9.00am |
Registration |
| 9.00 - 9.10am |
Welcome Day Two
Opening remarks from chair
Justin Murphy - ABC TV, Hobart 7.30 Report |
| Theme 3: What are the changes and their impacts? |
| 9.10 - 9.40am |
Trade and environment in South East Asia
Assoc Prof Simon S C Tay, Singapore Institute of International Affairs, Singapore |
| 9.40 - 10.10am |
Drivers of change: Culture, livelihoods and conservation
Prof Tony Cunningham, CRC Desert Knowledge and Mr Kado Muir, School for Australian Indigenous Knowledge Systems, Charles Darwin University |
| 10.10 - 10.30am |
Emerging infectious diseases in the tropical North
Prof Bart Currie, Menzies School of Health Research, Charles Darwin University |
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Question and answer session to follow each speaker
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10.30 - 11.00am |
Morning tea |
| Session 6 |
| 11.00 - 11.10am |
Time up for Australia’s last frontier
Prof Barry Brook, School for Environmental Research, Charles Darwin University
Note: Professor Barry Brook will present Time up for Australia's last frontier on behalf of Prof David Bowman, who has been unavoidably called away family business |
| 11.10 - 11.30am |
South East Asia biodiversity in crisis
Assoc Prof Navjot Sodhi, National University of Singapore, Singapore
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| 11.30 - 11.50am |
Seascapes in the Arafura and Timor seas region
Dr Tonny Wagey, Arafura and Timor Sea Experts Forum, Jakarta, Indonesia |
| 11.50 - 12.10pm |
Food production systems and policy development in South East Asia
Dr Meryl Williams, Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research |
| 12.10 - 12.30pm |
Northern Australia – all that water … going to waste?
Prof Stuart Bunn, Centre for Riverine Landscapes, Griffith University |
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Question and answer session to follow each speaker
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12.30 - 1.30pm |
Lunch |
| Session 7 |
| Theme 4: The future - the inexorable, and the manageable |
| 1.30 - 2.15pm |
Northern Australian perspectives
Prof Will Steffen, Center for Resource and Environmental Studies, Australian National University |
| 2.15 - 3.00pm |
South East Asian perspectives
Dr Budy P Resosudarmo, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University
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Question and answer session to follow each speaker
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3.00 - 3.30pm |
Afternoon tea |
| Session 8 |
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3.30 - 4.15pm |
Open audience discussion
Panel Membership to be chaired by Prof Bob Wasson, Deputy Vice Chancellor Research, Charles Darwin University
- Prof Will Steffen, Center for Resource and Environmental Studies, Australian National University
- Dr John Woinarski, NT Department of Natural Resources, Environment and the Arts
- Dr Meryl Williams, Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research
- Dr Tonny Wagey, Arafura and Timor Sea Experts Forum, Jakarta, Indonesia
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4.15 - 4.30pm |
Close of Symposium |
