With the Keynote Speakers now in place, the program for the 2012 Australasian Weeds Conference is
developing substance, and looking exciting.
We welcome your interest to join
our impressive list of Keynote Speakers by submitting an abstract for an oral
or poster presentation at the conference.
Abstract submission deadline 30 November 2011. Instructions and much more at the conference website www.18awc.com
Keynote Speakers (Covering the entire conference)
Prof. Richard Hobbs – Disturbance, restoration and plant community ecology.
Prof. Chris N. Johnson – Impacts of marsupial megafauna extinctions on plant ecology.
Prof. Paul Martin – Prioritising weeds institutional research: results of RIRDC funded project.
Jarvis Weston – Weed management to optimise sea bird habitat in the Phillip Is Nature Park.
Dr John Dwyer – Messages and metaphors: is it time to end the ‘war on weeds’.
Dr Rachael McFadyen – Food security for a 9 billion population (more R&D for weed control will be critical.
Prof. Richard Mack – Sustaining the control of invasive species: countering polemics and public apathy.
Robert Chin – Nursery & Garden Industry: an industry perspective on weed risks.