Opening Sessions
Welcome to Country
Gudjugudju - Gimuy Walubarra Yidinji; Gavin Singleton - Yirrganydji
Introduction to the Symposium from the NESP Tropical Water Quality Hub leader
Damien Burrows, Symposium convenor, RRRC/NESP TWQ/JCU
Opening address 1
The Hon Zed Seselja, Assistant Minister for Science, Jobs and Innovation
Opening address 2
Patrick Suckling, Australian Ambassador for the Environment, DFAT
Plenary – Status of the Great Barrier Reef: risks and opportunities in the 21st century
David Wachenfeld, GBRMPA
Plenary – Coastal habitat restoration past and present
Boze Hancock, TNC
Collaboration to improve efficiency and spur aggresive innovation: the Coral Restoration Consortium
Tali Vardi, NOAA
Indigenous perspectives on coral restoration in the Great Barrier Reef
Gavin Singleton, Dawul Wuru
Listening session – perspectives from diverse stakeholders about need for and scope of interventions on the Great Barrier Reef
Introduction by Hon. Penny Wensley AC, Chair, Reef Advisory Committee
Collaborating to create an innovative suite of tools: the Reef Restoration and Adaptation Program
David Mead, AIMS
Next generation corals for tomorrow’s reefs
Line Bay, AIMS
Asking for permission? The role of social licence in coral restoration
Justine Lacey, CSIRO
New approaches, transdisciplinary work and synthesis is needed to solve GBR problems: Integrated Pest Management for COTS
Sheriden Morris, RRRC
Building reefs versus planting corals – examples from Indonesia
Frank Mars, Mars Inc
Young adults workshop
Nathan Cook, Reef Ecologic
Reef restoration
Sex, death and scaling up coral restoration
Peter Harrison, SCU
Reef to Reef: Sharing Knowledge and Resources Across the Globe with the Reef Resilience Network
Liz Shaver, TNC
Economic value and importance of geographic scale in communications around reef health
Wendy Morris, TTNQ
Tackling decision challenges for reef restoration and adaptation – what strategies will sustain reef values?
Ken Anthony et al., AIMS
Restoration – other ecosystems
Overview of shellfish restoration
Chris Gillies, TNC
Reef Aid: Innovative restoration techniques in priority catchments to improve GBR water quality
Lynise Wearne et al., Greening Australia
The potential for seagrass restoration in the GBR region
Rob Coles et al., JCU
Island restoration in the GBR: a case study of island intervention and restoration in the Great Barrier Reef – Raine Island recovery project
Tina Alderson et al., QPWS