Forestry Australia 2022 Symposium
20 – 22 October, Albury NSW & Online
Leading, Adapting & Reimagining – The Future of Forestry
To access the recordings and slides for each session, click on the hyperlinked session title
Thursday 20 October 2022
| Opening & Welcome to Country |
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| Plenary # 1 |
| LEADING, ADAPTING AND REIMAGINING – THE FUTURE OF FORESTRY Chris Perley, Thoughtscapes & Centre for Sustainability, Otago University |
| Plenary #2 |
| REIMAGINING FORESTRY IN AUSTRALIA THROUGH A GLOBAL FILTER Dr Lyndall Bull, Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations (Please note this video is coming soon) |
| Panel #1 |
| THE REIMAGINING OF AGRICULTURAL & FORESTRY LANDSCAPES Mark Rogers, New Forests Cullen Gunn, Kilter Rural Keith Lamb, Araucaria Advisory |
| Plenary #3 |
| EMBRACING TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE AND LEADING CHANGE TO COLLABORATE WITH TRADITIONAL OWNERS AS FOREST MANAGERS A/Prof Michael-Shawn Fletcher, University of Melbourne |
| Panel #2 |
| REIMAGINING FORESTRY’S STRATEGIC COLLABORATIONS & PARTNERSHIPS Monique Dawson, VicForests Rodney Carter, Dja Dja Wurrung Brendan Foran, Greening Australia Dr John Kanowski, Australian Wildlife |
| Panel #3 |
| GROWING TIMBER: GETTING TRACTION ON AUSTRALIAN FARMS Molly Marshall, Private Forests Tasmania Andrew Lang, Farm Forest Growers Victoria Paul Millen, New Zealand Dryland Forests Initiative Michael Taylor, 2022 Australian Farmer of the Year |
Friday 21 October 2022
| Welcome Day 2 |
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| Panel #4 |
| THE POLITICS AND POLICY TO EXPAND THE FORESTRY ESTATE
Jenny Bradley, Clean Energy Regulator Panel: |
| 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 |
