Adelaide Laboratory Public Seminar Series

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Public Seminars 2005

Thursday 14 April
Value of Habitat in the Upper South East
Darla Hatton McDonald
Policy and Economic Research Unit (PERU)

Wednesday 15 June
*2.30pm afternoon tea, for 3pm start (finish 4pm)
Auctions for Biodiversity and Water Quality
(A Market-Based Instrument Pilot Project with the Onkaparinga Catchment Water Management Board)
Brett Bryan
Policy and Economic Research Unit

Friday 30 September - Morning Symposium 8am-1pm
Contaminants and Ecological Risk Assessment
Australian and International perspectives, from a range of speakers including Professor Mike McLaughlin, Dr Rai Kookana, and Dr Graeme Batley from CSIRO, plus guest speakers:
Dr Chris Hicky - NIWA (National Institute of Water & Atmospheric Research), New Zealand
Professor G. Allen Burton, Jr., Director of the Institute for Environmental Quality at Wright State University in the U.S.
Dr Steve Sheppard of ECOMatters Inc. - a Professional Agrologist and Canadian Certified Environmental Practitioner.

Wednesday 19 October
Lower River Murray Floodplain Vegetation Health: Impacts of Salinity and River Flows
Ian Overton and Ian Jolly

Previous seminars as webstreamed videos

Monday 22 March 2004
*World Water Day
Turning the Tide: How Does Science Change Public Policy?
Peter Cullen

Wednesday 22 September 2004
Organic Wastewater Contaminants with Environmental Side Effects: Drawing on the U.S. Experience
Special guest speaker Dana Kolpin, Chair Rai Kookana

Wednesday 27 October 2004
A South Australian View on Climatic Issues in Agriculture
Chair: Rob Thomas
Presentations by Wayne Meyer (CRC for Irrigation Futures), Peter Hayman/Melissa Truscott (SARDI-PIRSA), Bill Bellotti (University of Adelaide), Victor Sadras/Jane Gillooly (CSIRO Land and Water)