Opening Session
Keynote – Is it feasible and worth altering temperature and light stress on the Great Barrier Reef?
Mark Baird, CSIRO
Engineering challenges to scaling restoration and adaptation techniques
David Mead, AIMS
Towards an integrated pest management approach to crown-of-thorns starfish on the Great Barrier Reef
David Westcott et al., CSIRO
COTS control on the GBR Session 1
The evolution of the COTS Control Program on the GBR
Darren Cameron et al., GBRMPA
Safe, efficient and effective delivery of in-water COTS control operations: a viewpoint from several decades of effort by the Association of Marine Park Tourism Operators (AMPTO)
Col McKenzie, AMPTO
Crown-of-thorns starfish management: does it work and what is it good for?
David Westcott et al., CSIRO
Innovations: Ecologically-informed tactical reef scale control using the COTS Control Centre
Cameron Fletcher et al., CSIRO
Enabling targeting of effort through connectivity analyses
Karlo Hock et al., UQ
COTS control on the GBR Session 2
Ongoing COTS control effort at a high-value tourism site on the GBR: Moore Reef
Eric Fisher et al., ReefMagic/AIMS@JCU
Settlement and post-settlement movement of COTS in the central GBR
Morgan Pratchett, JCU
Using environmental DNA to inform COTS management
Sven Uthicke et al., AIMS
Identifying fish predators to manipulate COTS predation
Frederieke Kroon et al., AIMS
Can we prevent the next COTS outbreak?
Russ Babcock et al., CSIRO
Synthesis discussion led by
David Westcott, CSIRO
Achieving scale for restoration 1
Mass production of corals for at-scale reef restoration in the GBR
Peter Mellor et al., Worley Parsons
Exploring coral settlement on 3D objects: potential applications for improved census and post-settlement survival
Andrew Heyward et al., AIMS
The National Sea Simulator: advanced aquarium facility providing essential assistance for reef restoration research
Craig Humphrey et al., AIMS
Recruit – recovery of reefs using industrial techniques for coral spawn slick harvesting and release
Christopher Doropoulos et al., CSIRO
Opportunities for innovation in reef restoration
Mark Gibbs et al., QUT
Achieving scale for restoration 2
Australian engineered reef substrates for habitat restoration, stabilisation, coral outplanting and improving juvenile mortality rates
Matthew Allen et al., Subcon International
Leveraging the science to position GBR restoration as the global benchmark – innovative international restoration / intervention project examples
Sam King et al., International Coastal Management
The role of light in coral bleaching and recovery
Neal Cantin, AIMS
New tools to prevent mass coral bleaching: Shading by ultra-thin surface films
Andrew Negri et al., AIMS
Regional marine cloud brightening for coral bleaching mitigation
Daniel Harrison et al., University of Sydney
The cultivation of macroalgae to reduce nutrient loads and improve the resilience of coral reef ecosystems
Andrew Cole et al., JCU
Effects of hydrodynamics & mixing on bleaching & recovery
Understanding the physical drivers determining the spatial variability of coral bleaching of the Great Barrier Reef
Craig Steinberg et al., AIMS/NESP TWQ
Scratching the surface: How in-water observations cast light on possibilities for small-scale engineering interventions
Dennis Stanley
Fine-scale water circulation patterns of a channel in Moore Reef on the GBR
Eric Fisher, Reef Magic
Reef Havens: an in-situ research platform for developing effective science-based local-scale interventions for the GBR
Suzanne Long et al., RRRC
Hydrodynamic drivers of restoration success using staghorn Acropora from Guam, Mariana Island
Whitney Hoot et al., University of Guam
Summary panel discussion led by
Ian Poiner, RRRC
Enhancing the temperature tolerance of corals
Assessing the value of northern Great Barrier Reef bleaching survivors for selective breeding and assisted gene flow
Carly Randall et al., AIMS
Assisted gene flow: facilitating the spread of adaptive variation for coral reef restoration
Kate Quigley et al., AIMS
Evaluating adaptive potential and identifying markers of thermal tolerance in Platygyra daedalea
Holland Elder et al., Oregon State University/AIMS
Conditioning next generation corals to sublethal stress to enhance tolerance for reef restoration
Neal Cantin et al., AIMS
The social risk of biocontrol and synthetic biology in Australia: examples of social science in action
Aditi Mankad et al., CSIRO
Summary panel discussion led by
Line Bay, AIMS
Collaborating for reef restoration
Reef Education to Sea Country connections: Innovation of co- learning for a sustainable future
Marie Taylor et al., Reef Magic & Dawul Wuru Aboriginal Corporation
Leveraging the science to position GBR restoration as the global benchmark - catalyst infrastructure
Robert Prestipino, Vital Places
Leveraging the science to position GBR restoration as the global benchmark - the academic role
Rodger Tomlinson, GU
Leveraging the science to position GBR restoration as the global benchmark – implementation
Angus Jackson, International Coastal Management
GBR Legacy’s collaborative expeditions: a catalyst for the future survival of coral reefs
Dean Miller et al., GBR Legacy
Speed Talks
Reborn from the fragments: urban coral restoration in Hong Kong
Vriko Yu et al., University of Hong Kong
Scientific lessons in establishing Australia’s first coral nursery
Nathan Cook et al., Reef Ecologic
The importance of farmers: how algal-farming damselfish influence reef recovery and coral restoration
Johanna Leonhardt et al., JCU
Seaweed (Sargassum spp.) removal on the GBR
Adam Smith et al., Reef Ecologic/JCU
The role of underwater sound in the restoration of coral reefs
Craig McPherson et al., JASCO
Exploring the potential use of chemical extracts from coralline algae for enhancing coral larvae settlement
Guillermo Diaz-Pulido et al., Griffith University
Local reef stewardship in the face of global climate change: A tourism operators’ perspective
Doug Baird, Quicksilver Cruises
The power of networks – the Australian Coastal Restoration Network and its relevance to the GBR
Jemma Purandere et al., JCU
Can underwater art help reef restoration science?
Adam Smith et al., Reef Ecologic/JCU
Diversity and non-random transplanting increase growth of coral transplants following removal of an invasive corallimorpharian
Corinne Amir, Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Aggregation, allee effects and management of COTS
Jacob Rogers et al, UQ
Engaging citizens in the future of the Great Barrier Reef
Andy Ridley, Citizens of the GBR
Active localised restoration and its application in management of the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area
Richard Quincey, GBRMPA
