Forestry Australia 2021 Conference, Launceston

Your Forests, Our Future
11 – 14 October 2021
Country Club Tasmania, Launceston

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Monday 11 October 2021
Opening & Plenary Session #1
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Friday 21 October 2022

Welcome Day 2
Panel #4
THE POLITICS AND POLICY TO EXPAND THE FORESTRY ESTATE

Jenny Bradley, Clean Energy Regulator
David Jochinke, Vice President, National Farmers Federation
Cathy McGowan AO, Former Member of the Australian House of Representatives

Panel:
Ross Hampton, Australian Forest Products Association & Dr Kevin Harding, Farm Forester & AFG President

Launch
TURNING THE GOALS OF THE NATIONAL BUSHFIRE MANAGEMENT POLICY STATEMENT INTO OBJECTIVES & KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS
Dr Kevin Tolhurst & Gary Morgan, Forestry Australia’s Forest Fire Management Committee
Concurrent 1 | Fire
EVIDENCE-BASED FIRE MANAGEMENT – NOT JUST POLITICS AND SPIN
Dr Kevin Tolhurst AM, University of Melbourne
THE INTERACTION OF AGENCIES IN THE PREVENTION AND PROTECTION OF FIRE
Dean Anderson, Forestry Corporation of NSW
THE IMPACTS OF 2019-20 BUSHFIRES ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF VICTORIA’S MODERNISED RFA’S
Dr Tony Bartlett, Bartlett Forestry Consulting
Concurrent 2 | Water
FORESTS, WATER, CLIMATE RISKS & SCIENCE – POLICY DILEMMA
Jason Alexandra, Alexandra and Associates
PREDICTING FUTURE CLIMATE IMPACTS ON FOREST PRODUCTIVITY, WATER USE AND DROUGHT RISK
Prof Belinda Medlyn, Hawkesbury, Institute for the Environment
LESSONS FROM 50 YEARS OF PLANTATION HYDROLOGY RESEARCH FOR NEW PLANTINGS IN THE MURRAY DARLING BASIN – THE PHYSICS & MANAGING COMMUNITY PERCEPTIONS
A/Prof Leon Bren, University of Melbourne
Concurrent 3 | Climate Change Adaption
A HELICOPTER VIEW OF CLIMATE CHANGE: SEEING BOTH THE FOREST AND THE TREES
Prof Mark Howden, Australian National University
30 YEAR WEATHER FORECAST
Dr David Jones, Bureau of Meteorology
CLIMATE-INDUCED IMPACTS ON FOREST SYSTEMS
Dr Patrick Mitchell, CSIRO
Concurrent 4 | Recovery & Resilience
CUTTING THROUGH – A MENTAL HEALTH CASE STUDY
Barb Walters, Rural Alive and Well
BUSHFIRE RECOVERY IN THE MURRAY
Mary Hoodless, Regional Development Australia Murray Inc
BUILDING RESILIENT COMMUNITIES WITHIN THE SNOWY VALLEYS
Andrew Rae, National Recovery and Resilience Agency
Closing Plenary & Wrap Up
INNOVATION IS A STATE OF MIND
James O’Loughlin, Esteemed Author, Broadcaster, Innovation Speaker & former host of the ABC’s The New Inventor’s