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Perth Laboratory - Public Seminar Series

CSIRO Land and Water, Perth, presents a regular free public seminar series.
Free on-site parking is provided.

Venue: Auditorium, Floreat Laboratories, Underwood Avenue, Floreat. Location Map
Time: 3.30pm
Day: Thursday
*unless otherwise indicated

To subscribe to the Perth seminars mailing list, send an email to: clw_seminar_series_perth-join@lists.csiro.au (note: email subject and text ignored).

Public Seminars 2005

Friday 2 December*
Colin Chartres – Science Advisor, National Water Commission
Underpinning Australia’s Water Reform Process with Robust Science and Information

Monday 14 November*
Professor Gustaaf M. Hallegraeff – School of Plant Science, University of Tasmania
Harmful Algal Blooms: from Molecular Processes to Global Ocean Phenomena

Thursday 3 November
Dr Evelyn Krull – Research Scientist, CSIRO Land and Water
Residence time and chemistry of soil organic matter: And why we should care about it

Friday 28 October, 2.30pm*
Dr Riffat Mahmood Qureshi – Head, Radiation and Isotope Application Division (RIAD), Pakistan Institute of Nuclear Science and Technology (PINSTECH)
Development and application of isotope hydrology facilities in Pakistan

NATIONAL WATER WEEK 2005:
Thursday 20 October
Dr Donna Brennan – Water Economist, Water for a Healthy Country Flagship
What price water? An economics perspective on the Integrated Water Supply System

Wednesday 19 October, 12pm*
Dr Ross Kingwell – Manager of Economic Services, Department of Agriculture and visiting senior lecturer, University of Western Australia
Research issues for future agriculture: An economist’s perspective

Thursday 13 October
Albert Vrielink – Senior Adviser Water Systems, Water Board ‘De Dommel’, The Netherlands
Dutch Water Boards: Dealing with climate change and rising water levels

Thursday 6 October
Dr Michael Robertson – Officer in Charge, CSIRO Sustainable Ecosystems, Floreat
CSIRO Sustainable Ecosystems in WA: Who are we and where are we going?

Thursday 29 September
Dr Olga Barron – Project Leader, Water for a Healthy Country Flagship
Can groundwater abstraction control rising saline water tables in WA rural towns?

Thursday 15 September
Dr Brian Ryan – CSIRO Project Leader for IOCI (formally Joint Leader, Climate Modelling and Applications at CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research and Leader, Climate Variability and Change for the Water for a Healthy Country Flagship)
Adaptation to climate change in WA:
What is the IOCI message and how can CSIRO partner to deliver the climate science needed to address the future?

Tuesday 13 September*
Dr Barbara Robson – Research Scientist, CSIRO Land and Water
Modelling Biogeochemistry of Contrasting Australian Estuaries

Thursday 11 August
Dr Simon Toze – Project Leader, Water for a Healthy Country Flagship
McGillivray Oval Direct Use Project
Assessment of Pathogen Risk for Direct Irrigation of Sporting Ovals with Reclaimed Water

Monday 8 August*
Dr Stuart Minchin – Research Director, Environmental Sensing, Prediction and Reporting, CSIRO Land and Water
The WRON – Water Resources Observation Network

Thursday 21 July
Dr Steve Rogers – Advanced Analytical Techniques in Biogeochemistry, CSIRO Land and Water
Geochemistry of Acid Drains in the WA Wheatbelt

Thursday 14 July
Dr Michele John – Water for a Healthy Country
The socio-economic context of salinity management in the WA wheatbelt

Monday 11 July*
Warren Hicks – Environmental Chemist, CSIRO Land and Water
Biogeochemical changes associated with wetland salinisation in the Lower River Murray floodplains

Wednesday 8 June*
Blair Nancarrow – Director, Australian Research Centre for Water in Society
The community and water reuse: What drives decisions to accept or reject?

Thursday 12 May
Don McFarlane – Regional Coordinator, Water for a Healthy Country Flagship
South West water resource options: A summary prepared for the Kimberley Expert Panel