Network Conference Draft Programme Now Available
Draft conference programmeFriday 8 August 2008
9.10-9.15 Introduction and welcome
Session 1 Chair: John Sawyer
9.15-9.45 Peter de Lange: keynote speaker Threatened plant classification
9.45-10.05 Brian Rance Conserving our small-leaved tree daisies
10.05-10.25 Bec Stanley City Slickers—protecting plants in NZ’s biggest city
10.25-11.00 Morning tea
Session 2 Chair: Philippa Crisp
11.00-11.20 Shannel Courtney A plant on the edge - the trials of coastal peppercress recovery
11.20-11.40 Marc Hasenbank A very hungry caterpillar—Pieris rapae (Lepidoptera – Pieridae) and its impact on a population of Lepidium oleraceum (Brassicaceae) on Matariki Island
11.40-12.10 David Norton: keynote speaker Restoration of rare species
12.10-1.40 Lunch followed by Poster session and Presentations from 20 of the regions Enviroschools about their plant conservation work.
Session 3 Chair: David Norton
1.40-2.10 Gary Houliston: keynote speaker Genetics and conservation
2.10-2.30 Leon Perrie Conservation genetics in Pseudopanax
2.30-3.00 Susan Wiser: keynote speaker Threatened ecosystems
3.00-3.20 Cathy Jones To save an ephemeral wetland and its threatened plants: a battle with Carex ovalis
3.20-3.45 Afternoon tea
Session 4 Chair: Mike Oates
3.45-4.15 Dave Kelly: keynote speaker The importance of pollination and dispersal in native plant conservation
4.15-4.35 Peter Heenan New insights in the diversity and origins of the Chatham Islands flora
4.35-4.55 Paul Guy Viruses in the native flora: threats or part of biodiversity?
5.00-6.00 Chair: Ian Spellerberg
Tane Ngahere Lecture - Brian Molloy Reflections on 50 years of New Zealand botany and plant conservation
Saturday 9 August 2008
9.00-9.05 Introduction and welcome
Session 5 Chair: Shannel Courtney
9.05–9.25 Heidi Meudt Taxonomy and species limits in the Australasian snow hebes
9.25–9.45 Mike Burtenshaw Investigations into the food value of bracken fern rhizomes
9.45–10.05 Philippa Crisp Development and delivery of marae-based plant conservation training in New Zealand
10.05–10.35 Morning tea
10.35–10.45
Jean Tompkins Ecosystem Services provided by native New Zealand plants in vineyards
10.45–11.00 Graeme Atkins - Conservation at the coal face on the East Cape
11.00–11.30 John Sawyer The Good the Bad and the Ugly – what next for the New Zealand Plant Conservation Network?
11.30–12.30 NZPCN AGM
12.30–1.30 Lunch
1.30–2.00 Ian Spellerberg Where to for NZPCN for next 5 years
2.00–3.00 Workshops
In-situ protection of plant life:
Ex-situ management of plants:
Advocacy and information:
Training and education:
Membership and sponsorship:
Research:
3.00–3.20 Afternoon tea
3.20–4.20 Workshops – Repeated
4.20–5.00 Workshop feed back, discussion, and conference wrap-up
7.00 p.m. Conference dinner and Network Awards ceremony at the Wellington Brewery
To be held at the Brewery on the Wellington Waterfront (corner Taranaki and Cable Streets, 3 minutes walk from Te Papa), price includes buffet dinner and a free drink.
Sunday 10 August: Field trips
Eastbourne Hills
Otari /Wilton Bush and Karori Sanctuary
Matiu /Somes Island
Posted: 18/07/2008