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Functions

Coming Functions:

18th Australasian Weeds Conference 2012

The 18^th Australasian Weeds Conference will be held at the Sebel and Citigate Albert Park, Melbourne, Australia from 8 – 11 October 2012. The Conference will showcase recent advances in weed science, extension and policy across Australian and international communities and landscapes.

The program will provide valuable information and networking opportunities for anyone with an interest in aspects of weed legislation and development of practical solutions to evolving weed problems.

The Conference will focus on 'Developing solutions to evolving weed problems' and will address the key areas of:

• Sources of new weeds
• Weed ecology and management in aquatic systems
• Weed ecology and management in biodiversity conservation
• Monitoring, evaluation and reporting

For more information and Conference updates please visit www.18awc.com.

This important international conference is being hosted by the Weed Society of Victoria. We are looking for people to help with organizing the conference. If you would like to have an input in the program, organization of the field trips, as an editor, proof reader, as a speaker or in any way at all please contact the Secretary. We are looking for volunteers to make this a big and successful Conference.

 

NZPPS Conference 2010

Past Functions:

Seminar

Weed management – worth the investment?

Gain the latest facts and figures on weeds and the worth of managing them covering:

• impacts measurement
• mapping (as part of measuring success)
• success stories
• cost benefit analysis.

To be held at the Department of Primary Industries, Attwood on Thursday 15th April 2010.

Please see the pdf flyer for more detailed information about the seminar and for a registration form or alternatively download the form as a word document.

 

Annual General Meeting

The 44th AGM will be held after the seminar - Weed management – worth the investment?

Members and non-members are invited to attend the AGM. All positions are available for nomination.

 

Fourth Victorian Weeds Conference

Plants behaving badly - in agriculture and the environment

The Weed Society of Victoria held this conference on 7-8 October 2009 at the Mercure Hotel Geelong, Corner Gheringhap & Myers Streets, Geelong.

The conference was well attended and speakers presented a varieties of interesting topics. These included -

• Where are we going with weeds?
• A new look at environmental weeds in Victoria
• Climate change and weeds, Regulatory framework for spray drift
• The spread and detection of weeds on Australian farms
• Invasive species: ecological principals and Hieracium invasion in Australia.

Proceedings of the conference are available from the Secretary.
As a pdf on CDs, $6.00 including postage.
Paper copies, $22.00 including postage.

43rd AGM

The 43rd AGM will be held after the seminar - Modelling the Potential Distribution of Weeds (download flyer here). It will be held on Thursday 16 April 2009 at 5.00 p.m. at the Lecture Theatre in the Department of Primary Industries, 475-485 Mickleham Road, Attwood. Melway Ref Map 5 J,K 2.

Proceedings of the Modelling the Potential Distribution of Weeds seminar will be published in Plant Protection Quarterly and can be purchased from Rob Richardson of Weedinfo at richardson@weedinfo.com.au.

 

Modelling the potential distribution of weeds Seminar

A seminar to be held at the Department of Primary Industries, Attwood on Thursday 16 April 2009, followed by the 43rd AGM.

Weed modelling can be a valuable tool for estimating and communicating:

• - the impacts of weeds on agriculture and the environment;
• - suitable habitats and hotspots for weed invasion, and informing surveillance for new weed incursions;
• - cost-effective weed management methods; and
• - the success of weed control, including eradication programs.

But the modelling world is a frightening place for the uninitiated, with a dizzying array of methods on offer that are often explained using terminology unfamiliar to those outside the modelling sphere.

This seminar will introduce non-modellers to the types of modelling methods that are available and how they can be used in the field of weeds, including:

• - how they can be used to model weed dispersal and distributions;
• - the expertise required to operate the model;
• - the types of data needed to run the model;
• - the system requirements needed to run the model;
• - the scale at which the model operates; and
• - ways to interpret and present the model outputs, and use these in research and communication.

A flyer is available for download here (2.3Mb, pdf) with more information.

 

Commercial Weeds: Roles, Responsibilities and Innovations

A seminar to be held by the Weed Society of Victoria on 17 April 2008 at:
Lecture Theatre
Department of Primary Industries, 475-485 Mickleham Road, Attwood 3049 (near Tullamarine Airport)
Melway reference ? map 5, J,K 2

We are dependent on crops and pastures, but many species are weedy and impact on the environment. Who is responsible for managing these weeds? What are the costs and strategies? What innovations are there in managing commercial weeds?

Download the registration form and flyer (pdf).

For further information please contact Ros Shepherd, Secretary, Weed Society of Victoria, PO Box 987, Frankston 3199; ph/fax 9576 2949; secwssv@surf.net.au

 

42nd AGM

The Weed Society of Victoria's 42nd Annual General Meeting will be held on 17 April 2008 following the seminar on Commercial Needs: Roles Responsibilities and Innovations.

 

Third Biennial Victorian Weeds Conference

The Weed Society of Victoria is holding its Third Biennial Victorian Weed Conference - Earth Wind Fire Water & Weeds on Wednesday 3rd and Thursday 4th October 2007, at the All Seasons International Hotel in Bendigo.

The program will be divided into four sessions:-

• Earth, wind, fire, water and weeds. How can we prevent new weed problems and solve old ones?
• Tackling weeds on private land. How we can prevent the spread of weeds on private land?
• Weed management. How we can map, identify, manage weeds in Victoria?
• Weed alert. Be aware of the potential new and emerging weeds to Victoria. What can we do about them?

Each section will consist of

• Invited speakers for each sessions
• Presented papers in each session
• Poster sessions

If you would like any information about this conference please contact Ros Shepherd, Secretary, Weed Society of Victoria, PO Box 987, Frankston 3199; ph/fax 9576 2949; secwssv@surf.net.au

 

41st AGM and seminar

Over the Garden Fence and Far Away - Communities' Action on Weeds

A seminar presented by the Weed Society of Victoria Inc.

Thursday 19th April 2007

What are the problems that face community groups attempting to clear an area of weeds, and what can they do to clean up a weedy area so that it does not become a sea of seedlings but an area of restored bush.

What is a declared weed and how does that differ from the environmental weeds of bushland, and what are the weeds that require mapping and controlling.

This seminar looks at how communities can help themselves and also keep their areas weed free.

 

Weed Society of Victoria's 40th Anniversary Celebration

Forty years ago some intrepid weed scientists were seen splashing around in Albert Park Lake attempting to solve the challenge of choking water weeds. Believe it or not - this was the beginning of your Society.

Assembled were the past presidents of the Weed Society of Victoria to celebrate its 40th birthday.

The past presidents of the Society (L to R Harry Combellack, Ian Anderson, Rosemary Henderson, Daniel Joubert (present President), Kelly Raymond, Rob Richardson, Wendy Bedggood, Ros Shepherd, Chris Knight, Kate Blood. )

 

Seminar - The interaction of weeds and animals & 40th AGM

The Weed Society of Victoria held a seminar entitled The interaction of weeds and animals on Thursday 9th March 2006 at the DPI/DSE Knoxfield Centre, Burwood Highway, Knoxfield.

The 40th AGM of the Weed Society of Victoria was held after the Seminar.

Download the flyer here for more information about the seminar.

The proceedings will be available later this year.

 

Second Biennial Weed Control Conference: Smart weed control, managing for success

Second Victorian Weed Conference - Smart weed control, managing for success

Date: Wednesday 17th-Thursday 18th August 2005

Address: The All Seasons International Hotel Bendigo.

The aim of this series of conferences was to provide information on the latest weed issues relevant to Victoria, particularly for those people unable to attend the Australian Weeds Conference.

The program was divided into four sessions:-

• Getting technical
• Successful monitoring
• Early detection and response
• Integrated weed management

There were:

• Invited/Key note speakers for each sessions
• Presented papers in each session
• Poster sessions

A number of interesting speakers were invited to present papers on chosen topics relating to the above session topics and the afternoon sessions were reserved for attendees to present their own work, either as papers or as posters.

 

Policies for WEED management - who has responsibility?

A seminar presented by the Weed Society of Victoria Inc.

Date: Thursday 17th February 2005

Venue: Lecture Theatre E2, Building 32, Faculty of Engineering, Monash University, Wellington Rd., Clayton.

How well known or understood are weed policies? Are weed policies seen as either unrealistic or controversial or just something to be ignored?

• Why do Governments make them?
• Are they realistic or idealistic and are they enacted successfully by the agencies that should be in charge of them?
• What are the differences between the various policies that are put together by the numerous branches of Government?
• Are our perceptions of these policies correct and how do they impinge on any management?
• What industries are creating problems and are responsible for weeds and their management?

This seminar examined how policies for weed management are perceived and how they are or are not put into action. This was intended for policy makers, practitioners or just those who wanted to know who has the authority to do what in the area of policy and management.

Download the program

 

39th AGM of the Weed Society of Victoria

Date: Thursday 17th February 2005

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