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Thursday, December 5, 2024

Track 1
Track 2
Track 3
Track 4
Track 5
Track 6
Track 7
Track 8
Track 9
10:00 AM - 11:00 PM Field Trip: Wilsons Promontory National Park (4-day pre-conference Field Trip)
Participation fee: $495 inc GST Inclusions: 3 nights accommodation; dinner on Thursday; breakfast, lunch and dinner on both Friday and Saturday; breakfast on Sunday. Lunch is at own expense on Thursday 5 December and Sunday 8 December.
Track 1
Track 2
10:00 AM - 11:00 PM Field Trip: Wilsons Promontory National Park (4-day pre-conference Field Trip)
Participation fee: $495 inc GST Inclusions: 3 nights accommodation; dinner on Thursday; breakfast, lunch and dinner on both Friday and Saturday; breakfast on Sunday. Lunch is at own expense on Thursday 5 December and Sunday 8 December.

Track 3
Track 4
10:00 AM - 11:00 PM Field Trip: Wilsons Promontory National Park (4-day pre-conference Field Trip)
Participation fee: $495 inc GST Inclusions: 3 nights accommodation; dinner on Thursday; breakfast, lunch and dinner on both Friday and Saturday; breakfast on Sunday. Lunch is at own expense on Thursday 5 December and Sunday 8 December.

Track 5
Track 6
10:00 AM - 11:00 PM Field Trip: Wilsons Promontory National Park (4-day pre-conference Field Trip)
Participation fee: $495 inc GST Inclusions: 3 nights accommodation; dinner on Thursday; breakfast, lunch and dinner on both Friday and Saturday; breakfast on Sunday. Lunch is at own expense on Thursday 5 December and Sunday 8 December.

Track 7
Track 8
10:00 AM - 11:00 PM Field Trip: Wilsons Promontory National Park (4-day pre-conference Field Trip)
Participation fee: $495 inc GST Inclusions: 3 nights accommodation; dinner on Thursday; breakfast, lunch and dinner on both Friday and Saturday; breakfast on Sunday. Lunch is at own expense on Thursday 5 December and Sunday 8 December.

Track 9
10:00 AM - 11:00 PM Field Trip: Wilsons Promontory National Park (4-day pre-conference Field Trip)
Participation fee: $495 inc GST Inclusions: 3 nights accommodation; dinner on Thursday; breakfast, lunch and dinner on both Friday and Saturday; breakfast on Sunday. Lunch is at own expense on Thursday 5 December and Sunday 8 December.

Track 1
10:00 AM - 11:00 PM Field Trip: Wilsons Promontory National Park (4-day pre-conference Field Trip)
Participation fee: $495 inc GST Inclusions: 3 nights accommodation; dinner on Thursday; breakfast, lunch and dinner on both Friday and Saturday; breakfast on Sunday. Lunch is at own expense on Thursday 5 December and Sunday 8 December.

Track 2
10:00 AM - 11:00 PM Field Trip: Wilsons Promontory National Park (4-day pre-conference Field Trip)
Participation fee: $495 inc GST Inclusions: 3 nights accommodation; dinner on Thursday; breakfast, lunch and dinner on both Friday and Saturday; breakfast on Sunday. Lunch is at own expense on Thursday 5 December and Sunday 8 December.

Track 3
10:00 AM - 11:00 PM Field Trip: Wilsons Promontory National Park (4-day pre-conference Field Trip)
Participation fee: $495 inc GST Inclusions: 3 nights accommodation; dinner on Thursday; breakfast, lunch and dinner on both Friday and Saturday; breakfast on Sunday. Lunch is at own expense on Thursday 5 December and Sunday 8 December.

Track 4
10:00 AM - 11:00 PM Field Trip: Wilsons Promontory National Park (4-day pre-conference Field Trip)
Participation fee: $495 inc GST Inclusions: 3 nights accommodation; dinner on Thursday; breakfast, lunch and dinner on both Friday and Saturday; breakfast on Sunday. Lunch is at own expense on Thursday 5 December and Sunday 8 December.

Track 5
10:00 AM - 11:00 PM Field Trip: Wilsons Promontory National Park (4-day pre-conference Field Trip)
Participation fee: $495 inc GST Inclusions: 3 nights accommodation; dinner on Thursday; breakfast, lunch and dinner on both Friday and Saturday; breakfast on Sunday. Lunch is at own expense on Thursday 5 December and Sunday 8 December.

Track 6
10:00 AM - 11:00 PM Field Trip: Wilsons Promontory National Park (4-day pre-conference Field Trip)
Participation fee: $495 inc GST Inclusions: 3 nights accommodation; dinner on Thursday; breakfast, lunch and dinner on both Friday and Saturday; breakfast on Sunday. Lunch is at own expense on Thursday 5 December and Sunday 8 December.

Track 7
10:00 AM - 11:00 PM Field Trip: Wilsons Promontory National Park (4-day pre-conference Field Trip)
Participation fee: $495 inc GST Inclusions: 3 nights accommodation; dinner on Thursday; breakfast, lunch and dinner on both Friday and Saturday; breakfast on Sunday. Lunch is at own expense on Thursday 5 December and Sunday 8 December.

Track 8
10:00 AM - 11:00 PM Field Trip: Wilsons Promontory National Park (4-day pre-conference Field Trip)
Participation fee: $495 inc GST Inclusions: 3 nights accommodation; dinner on Thursday; breakfast, lunch and dinner on both Friday and Saturday; breakfast on Sunday. Lunch is at own expense on Thursday 5 December and Sunday 8 December.

Track 9
10:00 AM - 11:00 PM Field Trip: Wilsons Promontory National Park (4-day pre-conference Field Trip)
Participation fee: $495 inc GST Inclusions: 3 nights accommodation; dinner on Thursday; breakfast, lunch and dinner on both Friday and Saturday; breakfast on Sunday. Lunch is at own expense on Thursday 5 December and Sunday 8 December.

Sunday, December 8, 2024

Room 108
Room 106
Room 104
Room 103
Room 107
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM Postgraduate Day (Sunday)
10:30 AM - 4:30 PM Workshop: A horizon scan of future priorities to support the sustainability of plant-soil ecosystems in Australia
11:00 AM - 4:00 PM ESA Planning Day
11:00 AM - 5:00 PM Workshop / Working Group: Future ecosystems
12:00 PM - 5:00 PM Workshop: How to ensure Indigenous research priorities are effectively included in environmental research
5:30 PM - 6:30 PM Registration and Welcome Drinks
Room 108
Room 106
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM Postgraduate Day (Sunday)
10:30 AM - 4:30 PM
11:00 AM - 4:00 PM ESA Planning Day
11:00 AM - 5:00 PM
12:00 PM - 5:00 PM
5:30 PM - 6:30 PM Registration and Welcome Drinks

Room 104
Room 103
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
10:30 AM - 4:30 PM Workshop: A horizon scan of future priorities to support the sustainability of plant-soil ecosystems in Australia
11:00 AM - 4:00 PM
11:00 AM - 5:00 PM
12:00 PM - 5:00 PM Workshop: How to ensure Indigenous research priorities are effectively included in environmental research
5:30 PM - 6:30 PM Registration and Welcome Drinks

Room 107
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
10:30 AM - 4:30 PM
11:00 AM - 4:00 PM
11:00 AM - 5:00 PM Workshop / Working Group: Future ecosystems
12:00 PM - 5:00 PM
5:30 PM - 6:30 PM Registration and Welcome Drinks

Room 108
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
10:30 AM - 4:30 PM
11:00 AM - 4:00 PM ESA Planning Day
11:00 AM - 5:00 PM
12:00 PM - 5:00 PM
5:30 PM - 6:30 PM Registration and Welcome Drinks

Room 106
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM Postgraduate Day (Sunday)
10:30 AM - 4:30 PM
11:00 AM - 4:00 PM
11:00 AM - 5:00 PM
12:00 PM - 5:00 PM
5:30 PM - 6:30 PM Registration and Welcome Drinks

Room 104
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
10:30 AM - 4:30 PM Workshop: A horizon scan of future priorities to support the sustainability of plant-soil ecosystems in Australia
11:00 AM - 4:00 PM
11:00 AM - 5:00 PM
12:00 PM - 5:00 PM
5:30 PM - 6:30 PM Registration and Welcome Drinks

Room 103
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
10:30 AM - 4:30 PM
11:00 AM - 4:00 PM
11:00 AM - 5:00 PM
12:00 PM - 5:00 PM Workshop: How to ensure Indigenous research priorities are effectively included in environmental research
5:30 PM - 6:30 PM Registration and Welcome Drinks

Room 107
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
10:30 AM - 4:30 PM
11:00 AM - 4:00 PM
11:00 AM - 5:00 PM Workshop / Working Group: Future ecosystems
12:00 PM - 5:00 PM
5:30 PM - 6:30 PM Registration and Welcome Drinks

Monday, December 9, 2024

Plenary 3
Room 105
Room 106
Room 104
Rooms 101/102
Room 103
Rooms 111/112
Room 110
Room 109
7:30 AM - 6:00 PM
ESA 2024 Registration Desk open
OPENING PLENARY SESSION
8:30 AM - 9:30 AM Welcome to Country and Conference Opening
Welcome to Country
Conference Opening - ESA 2024 Organising Committee Chair, John Morgan
Conference Welcome – Steve Dimopoulos MP, Minister for Environment; Minister for Tourism, Sport and Major Events; Minister for Outdoor Recreation
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM KEYNOTE PRESENTATION – Professor Emily Nicholson, The University of Melbourne
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM KEYNOTE PRESENTATION - Indigenous Keynote – Joe Morrisson, CEO, Indigenous Land and Sea Corporation
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Morning tea (Monday)
11:00 AM - 1:00 PM SYMPOSIUM (part 1): From risk to recovery: measuring the status of ecosystems
Convenors: Dr Jessica Walsh, Monash University and Prof Emily Nicholson, University of Melbourne 		SYMPOSIUM: Designing for Nature in Cities
Convenors: Professor Sarah Bekessy, RMIT: Professor Michelle Leishman, Professor Melanie Bishop and Dr Caragh Threlfall, Macquarie University 		SYMPOSIUM: Indigenous ecological knowledge
Convenor: Stephen van Leeuwen 		SYMPOSIUM: Plant-soil microbial interactions in an era of rapid change: challenges and opportunities
Convenors: Dr Elizabeth Wandrag, University of Tasmania; Dr Christina Birnbaum, Dr Eleonora Egidi, Dr Adam Frew, Dr Anna Hopkins 		SYMPOSIUM: From Antarctica and Southern Ocean to Australia: Current Ecological Research and Conservation Challenges
Convenors: Dr W. P. Amy Liu, Dr Rodolfo De Oliveira Anderson, Dr Matthias Dehling and Dr David Clarke, Monash University 		OPEN FORUM: Community Ecology OPEN FORUM: Animal Ecology SYMPOSIUM (part 1): Wind energy and wildlife – achieving conservation outcomes in Australia’s era of energy transition
Convenor: Dr Inka Veltheim, Biosis Pty Ltd 		SYMPOSIUM: Forgotten Species: Current Knowledge and Future Directions
Convenors: Dr Caitlyn Forster, The University of Sydney, Prof Euan Ritchie and Meghan Shaw, Deakin University, Dr Leanda Mason, The University of Western Australia, Grace Heathcote, The Ecological Society of Australia
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM Lunch (Monday)
1:15 PM - 1:45 PM Habitat Innovation and Management for Artificial Habitats Changing the Face of Australian Conservation
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM SYMPOSIUM (part 2): From risk to recovery: measuring the status of ecosystems SYMPOSIUM: Nature in Cities (part 1) SYMPOSIUM (part 1): Ecology and policy in the Murray-Darling Basin
Convenors: Dr Jarod Lyon and Dr Jian Yen, Arthur Rylah Institute 		SYMPOSIUM: Fundamental and applied mycology: a global nexus for cross-kingdom interactions
Convenors: Associate Professor Jonathan Plett, Australasian Mycological Society and Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, Western Sydney University; Dr Camille Truong, Australasian Mycological Society and Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria; Dr. Anna Hopkins, Australasian Mycological Society and Edith Cowan University 		OPEN FORUM: Cool Threatened Species OPEN FORUM: Methods in Ecology (1) OPEN FORUM: Restoration Ecology (1) SYMPOSIUM (part 2): Wind energy and wildlife – achieving conservation outcomes in Australia’s era of energy transition SYMPOSIUM (part 1): Introducing the Resist-Accept-Direct adaptive-management framework and exploring its applications
Convenor: Dr Callum Bryant, Australian National University
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM Afternoon tea (Monday)
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM SYMPOSIUM (part 1): Nature Positive 1: the importance of robust ecological evidence and rigorous science
Convenors; Jeremy Simmonds and Dr Ailsa Kerswell, 2rog Consulting 		SYMPOSIUM: Nature in Cities (part 2) SYMPOSIUM (part 2): Ecology and policy in the Murray-Darling Basin SYMPOSIUM: Phytophthora Dieback: Beyond immediate impacts
Convenor: Mia Townsend, Dieback Working Group Inc. 		OPEN FORUM: Conservation Planning (1) OPEN FORUM: Methods in Ecology (2) OPEN FORUM: Restoration Ecology (2) OPEN FORUM: Invasive Species SYMPOSIUM (part 2): Exploring Resist-Accept-Direct-type case studies for conservation intervention, planning, and action
5:45 PM - 7:00 PM Barbara Rice Memorial Poster Session - Monday
5:45 PM - 7:45 PM Barbara Rice Memorial Poster Session
Monday Poster Session - Agriculture & Energy
Monday Poster Session - Climate Change
Monday Poster Session - Community Ecology
Monday Poster Session - Fire Ecology
Monday Poster Session - Functional Traits
Monday Poster Session - Genetics
Monday Poster Session - Human Dimensions
Monday Poster Session - Invasive Species
Monday Poster Session - Management & Restoration
Monday Poster Session - Microbes & Mycology
Monday Poster Session - Modelling, Technology & Novel Methods
Monday Poster Session - Peatlands, Saltlands & Other Outlandish Ecosystems
Monday Poster Session - Plant Ecology
Monday Poster Session - Threatened Species
Monday Poster Session - Urban Ecology
7:30 PM - 9:00 PM Movie - Follow the Rain
Plenary 3
Room 105
7:30 AM - 6:00 PM
ESA 2024 Registration Desk open
OPENING PLENARY SESSION
8:30 AM - 9:30 AM Welcome to Country and Conference Opening
Welcome to Country
Conference Opening - ESA 2024 Organising Committee Chair, John Morgan
Conference Welcome – Steve Dimopoulos MP, Minister for Environment; Minister for Tourism, Sport and Major Events; Minister for Outdoor Recreation
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM KEYNOTE PRESENTATION – Professor Emily Nicholson, The University of Melbourne
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM KEYNOTE PRESENTATION - Indigenous Keynote – Joe Morrisson, CEO, Indigenous Land and Sea Corporation
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Morning tea (Monday)
11:00 AM - 1:00 PM SYMPOSIUM (part 1): From risk to recovery: measuring the status of ecosystems
Convenors: Dr Jessica Walsh, Monash University and Prof Emily Nicholson, University of Melbourne 		SYMPOSIUM: Designing for Nature in Cities
Convenors: Professor Sarah Bekessy, RMIT: Professor Michelle Leishman, Professor Melanie Bishop and Dr Caragh Threlfall, Macquarie University
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM Lunch (Monday)
1:15 PM - 1:45 PM Habitat Innovation and Management for Artificial Habitats Changing the Face of Australian Conservation
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM SYMPOSIUM (part 2): From risk to recovery: measuring the status of ecosystems SYMPOSIUM: Nature in Cities (part 1)
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM Afternoon tea (Monday)
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM SYMPOSIUM (part 1): Nature Positive 1: the importance of robust ecological evidence and rigorous science
Convenors; Jeremy Simmonds and Dr Ailsa Kerswell, 2rog Consulting 		SYMPOSIUM: Nature in Cities (part 2)
5:45 PM - 7:00 PM Barbara Rice Memorial Poster Session - Monday
5:45 PM - 7:45 PM Barbara Rice Memorial Poster Session
Monday Poster Session - Agriculture & Energy
Monday Poster Session - Climate Change
Monday Poster Session - Community Ecology
Monday Poster Session - Fire Ecology
Monday Poster Session - Functional Traits
Monday Poster Session - Genetics
Monday Poster Session - Human Dimensions
Monday Poster Session - Invasive Species
Monday Poster Session - Management & Restoration
Monday Poster Session - Microbes & Mycology
Monday Poster Session - Modelling, Technology & Novel Methods
Monday Poster Session - Peatlands, Saltlands & Other Outlandish Ecosystems
Monday Poster Session - Plant Ecology
Monday Poster Session - Threatened Species
Monday Poster Session - Urban Ecology
7:30 PM - 9:00 PM Movie - Follow the Rain

Room 106
Room 104
7:30 AM - 6:00 PM
ESA 2024 Registration Desk open
OPENING PLENARY SESSION
8:30 AM - 9:30 AM Welcome to Country and Conference Opening
Welcome to Country
Conference Opening - ESA 2024 Organising Committee Chair, John Morgan
Conference Welcome – Steve Dimopoulos MP, Minister for Environment; Minister for Tourism, Sport and Major Events; Minister for Outdoor Recreation
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM KEYNOTE PRESENTATION – Professor Emily Nicholson, The University of Melbourne
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM KEYNOTE PRESENTATION - Indigenous Keynote – Joe Morrisson, CEO, Indigenous Land and Sea Corporation
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Morning tea (Monday)
11:00 AM - 1:00 PM SYMPOSIUM: Indigenous ecological knowledge
Convenor: Stephen van Leeuwen 		SYMPOSIUM: Plant-soil microbial interactions in an era of rapid change: challenges and opportunities
Convenors: Dr Elizabeth Wandrag, University of Tasmania; Dr Christina Birnbaum, Dr Eleonora Egidi, Dr Adam Frew, Dr Anna Hopkins
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM Lunch (Monday)
1:15 PM - 1:45 PM Habitat Innovation and Management for Artificial Habitats Changing the Face of Australian Conservation
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM SYMPOSIUM (part 1): Ecology and policy in the Murray-Darling Basin
Convenors: Dr Jarod Lyon and Dr Jian Yen, Arthur Rylah Institute 		SYMPOSIUM: Fundamental and applied mycology: a global nexus for cross-kingdom interactions
Convenors: Associate Professor Jonathan Plett, Australasian Mycological Society and Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, Western Sydney University; Dr Camille Truong, Australasian Mycological Society and Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria; Dr. Anna Hopkins, Australasian Mycological Society and Edith Cowan University
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM Afternoon tea (Monday)
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM SYMPOSIUM (part 2): Ecology and policy in the Murray-Darling Basin SYMPOSIUM: Phytophthora Dieback: Beyond immediate impacts
Convenor: Mia Townsend, Dieback Working Group Inc.
5:45 PM - 7:00 PM Barbara Rice Memorial Poster Session - Monday
5:45 PM - 7:45 PM Barbara Rice Memorial Poster Session
Monday Poster Session - Agriculture & Energy
Monday Poster Session - Climate Change
Monday Poster Session - Community Ecology
Monday Poster Session - Fire Ecology
Monday Poster Session - Functional Traits
Monday Poster Session - Genetics
Monday Poster Session - Human Dimensions
Monday Poster Session - Invasive Species
Monday Poster Session - Management & Restoration
Monday Poster Session - Microbes & Mycology
Monday Poster Session - Modelling, Technology & Novel Methods
Monday Poster Session - Peatlands, Saltlands & Other Outlandish Ecosystems
Monday Poster Session - Plant Ecology
Monday Poster Session - Threatened Species
Monday Poster Session - Urban Ecology
7:30 PM - 9:00 PM Movie - Follow the Rain

Rooms 101/102
Room 103
7:30 AM - 6:00 PM
ESA 2024 Registration Desk open
OPENING PLENARY SESSION
8:30 AM - 9:30 AM Welcome to Country and Conference Opening
Welcome to Country
Conference Opening - ESA 2024 Organising Committee Chair, John Morgan
Conference Welcome – Steve Dimopoulos MP, Minister for Environment; Minister for Tourism, Sport and Major Events; Minister for Outdoor Recreation
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM KEYNOTE PRESENTATION – Professor Emily Nicholson, The University of Melbourne
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM KEYNOTE PRESENTATION - Indigenous Keynote – Joe Morrisson, CEO, Indigenous Land and Sea Corporation
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Morning tea (Monday)
11:00 AM - 1:00 PM SYMPOSIUM: From Antarctica and Southern Ocean to Australia: Current Ecological Research and Conservation Challenges
Convenors: Dr W. P. Amy Liu, Dr Rodolfo De Oliveira Anderson, Dr Matthias Dehling and Dr David Clarke, Monash University 		OPEN FORUM: Community Ecology
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM Lunch (Monday)
1:15 PM - 1:45 PM Habitat Innovation and Management for Artificial Habitats Changing the Face of Australian Conservation
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM OPEN FORUM: Cool Threatened Species OPEN FORUM: Methods in Ecology (1)
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM Afternoon tea (Monday)
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM OPEN FORUM: Conservation Planning (1) OPEN FORUM: Methods in Ecology (2)
5:45 PM - 7:00 PM Barbara Rice Memorial Poster Session - Monday
5:45 PM - 7:45 PM Barbara Rice Memorial Poster Session
Monday Poster Session - Agriculture & Energy
Monday Poster Session - Climate Change
Monday Poster Session - Community Ecology
Monday Poster Session - Fire Ecology
Monday Poster Session - Functional Traits
Monday Poster Session - Genetics
Monday Poster Session - Human Dimensions
Monday Poster Session - Invasive Species
Monday Poster Session - Management & Restoration
Monday Poster Session - Microbes & Mycology
Monday Poster Session - Modelling, Technology & Novel Methods
Monday Poster Session - Peatlands, Saltlands & Other Outlandish Ecosystems
Monday Poster Session - Plant Ecology
Monday Poster Session - Threatened Species
Monday Poster Session - Urban Ecology
7:30 PM - 9:00 PM Movie - Follow the Rain

Rooms 111/112
Room 110
7:30 AM - 6:00 PM
ESA 2024 Registration Desk open
OPENING PLENARY SESSION
8:30 AM - 9:30 AM Welcome to Country and Conference Opening
Welcome to Country
Conference Opening - ESA 2024 Organising Committee Chair, John Morgan
Conference Welcome – Steve Dimopoulos MP, Minister for Environment; Minister for Tourism, Sport and Major Events; Minister for Outdoor Recreation
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM KEYNOTE PRESENTATION – Professor Emily Nicholson, The University of Melbourne
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM KEYNOTE PRESENTATION - Indigenous Keynote – Joe Morrisson, CEO, Indigenous Land and Sea Corporation
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Morning tea (Monday)
11:00 AM - 1:00 PM OPEN FORUM: Animal Ecology SYMPOSIUM (part 1): Wind energy and wildlife – achieving conservation outcomes in Australia’s era of energy transition
Convenor: Dr Inka Veltheim, Biosis Pty Ltd
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM Lunch (Monday)
1:15 PM - 1:45 PM Habitat Innovation and Management for Artificial Habitats Changing the Face of Australian Conservation
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM OPEN FORUM: Restoration Ecology (1) SYMPOSIUM (part 2): Wind energy and wildlife – achieving conservation outcomes in Australia’s era of energy transition
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM Afternoon tea (Monday)
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM OPEN FORUM: Restoration Ecology (2) OPEN FORUM: Invasive Species
5:45 PM - 7:00 PM Barbara Rice Memorial Poster Session - Monday
5:45 PM - 7:45 PM Barbara Rice Memorial Poster Session
Monday Poster Session - Agriculture & Energy
Monday Poster Session - Climate Change
Monday Poster Session - Community Ecology
Monday Poster Session - Fire Ecology
Monday Poster Session - Functional Traits
Monday Poster Session - Genetics
Monday Poster Session - Human Dimensions
Monday Poster Session - Invasive Species
Monday Poster Session - Management & Restoration
Monday Poster Session - Microbes & Mycology
Monday Poster Session - Modelling, Technology & Novel Methods
Monday Poster Session - Peatlands, Saltlands & Other Outlandish Ecosystems
Monday Poster Session - Plant Ecology
Monday Poster Session - Threatened Species
Monday Poster Session - Urban Ecology
7:30 PM - 9:00 PM Movie - Follow the Rain

Room 109
7:30 AM - 6:00 PM
ESA 2024 Registration Desk open
OPENING PLENARY SESSION
8:30 AM - 9:30 AM Welcome to Country and Conference Opening
Welcome to Country
Conference Opening - ESA 2024 Organising Committee Chair, John Morgan
Conference Welcome – Steve Dimopoulos MP, Minister for Environment; Minister for Tourism, Sport and Major Events; Minister for Outdoor Recreation
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM KEYNOTE PRESENTATION – Professor Emily Nicholson, The University of Melbourne
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM KEYNOTE PRESENTATION - Indigenous Keynote – Joe Morrisson, CEO, Indigenous Land and Sea Corporation
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Morning tea (Monday)
11:00 AM - 1:00 PM SYMPOSIUM: Forgotten Species: Current Knowledge and Future Directions
Convenors: Dr Caitlyn Forster, The University of Sydney, Prof Euan Ritchie and Meghan Shaw, Deakin University, Dr Leanda Mason, The University of Western Australia, Grace Heathcote, The Ecological Society of Australia
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM Lunch (Monday)
1:15 PM - 1:45 PM Habitat Innovation and Management for Artificial Habitats Changing the Face of Australian Conservation
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM SYMPOSIUM (part 1): Introducing the Resist-Accept-Direct adaptive-management framework and exploring its applications
Convenor: Dr Callum Bryant, Australian National University
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM Afternoon tea (Monday)
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM SYMPOSIUM (part 2): Exploring Resist-Accept-Direct-type case studies for conservation intervention, planning, and action
5:45 PM - 7:00 PM Barbara Rice Memorial Poster Session - Monday
5:45 PM - 7:45 PM Barbara Rice Memorial Poster Session
Monday Poster Session - Agriculture & Energy
Monday Poster Session - Climate Change
Monday Poster Session - Community Ecology
Monday Poster Session - Fire Ecology
Monday Poster Session - Functional Traits
Monday Poster Session - Genetics
Monday Poster Session - Human Dimensions
Monday Poster Session - Invasive Species
Monday Poster Session - Management & Restoration
Monday Poster Session - Microbes & Mycology
Monday Poster Session - Modelling, Technology & Novel Methods
Monday Poster Session - Peatlands, Saltlands & Other Outlandish Ecosystems
Monday Poster Session - Plant Ecology
Monday Poster Session - Threatened Species
Monday Poster Session - Urban Ecology
7:30 PM - 9:00 PM Movie - Follow the Rain

Plenary 3
7:30 AM - 6:00 PM
ESA 2024 Registration Desk open
OPENING PLENARY SESSION
8:30 AM - 9:30 AM Welcome to Country and Conference Opening
Welcome to Country
Conference Opening - ESA 2024 Organising Committee Chair, John Morgan
Conference Welcome – Steve Dimopoulos MP, Minister for Environment; Minister for Tourism, Sport and Major Events; Minister for Outdoor Recreation
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM KEYNOTE PRESENTATION – Professor Emily Nicholson, The University of Melbourne
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM KEYNOTE PRESENTATION - Indigenous Keynote – Joe Morrisson, CEO, Indigenous Land and Sea Corporation
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Morning tea (Monday)
11:00 AM - 1:00 PM SYMPOSIUM (part 1): From risk to recovery: measuring the status of ecosystems
Convenors: Dr Jessica Walsh, Monash University and Prof Emily Nicholson, University of Melbourne
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM Lunch (Monday)
1:15 PM - 1:45 PM Habitat Innovation and Management for Artificial Habitats Changing the Face of Australian Conservation
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM SYMPOSIUM (part 2): From risk to recovery: measuring the status of ecosystems
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM Afternoon tea (Monday)
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM SYMPOSIUM (part 1): Nature Positive 1: the importance of robust ecological evidence and rigorous science
Convenors; Jeremy Simmonds and Dr Ailsa Kerswell, 2rog Consulting
5:45 PM - 7:00 PM Barbara Rice Memorial Poster Session - Monday
5:45 PM - 7:45 PM Barbara Rice Memorial Poster Session
Monday Poster Session - Agriculture & Energy
Monday Poster Session - Climate Change
Monday Poster Session - Community Ecology
Monday Poster Session - Fire Ecology
Monday Poster Session - Functional Traits
Monday Poster Session - Genetics
Monday Poster Session - Human Dimensions
Monday Poster Session - Invasive Species
Monday Poster Session - Management & Restoration
Monday Poster Session - Microbes & Mycology
Monday Poster Session - Modelling, Technology & Novel Methods
Monday Poster Session - Peatlands, Saltlands & Other Outlandish Ecosystems
Monday Poster Session - Plant Ecology
Monday Poster Session - Threatened Species
Monday Poster Session - Urban Ecology
7:30 PM - 9:00 PM Movie - Follow the Rain

Room 105
7:30 AM - 6:00 PM
ESA 2024 Registration Desk open
OPENING PLENARY SESSION
8:30 AM - 9:30 AM Welcome to Country and Conference Opening
Welcome to Country
Conference Opening - ESA 2024 Organising Committee Chair, John Morgan
Conference Welcome – Steve Dimopoulos MP, Minister for Environment; Minister for Tourism, Sport and Major Events; Minister for Outdoor Recreation
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM KEYNOTE PRESENTATION – Professor Emily Nicholson, The University of Melbourne
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM KEYNOTE PRESENTATION - Indigenous Keynote – Joe Morrisson, CEO, Indigenous Land and Sea Corporation
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Morning tea (Monday)
11:00 AM - 1:00 PM SYMPOSIUM: Designing for Nature in Cities
Convenors: Professor Sarah Bekessy, RMIT: Professor Michelle Leishman, Professor Melanie Bishop and Dr Caragh Threlfall, Macquarie University
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM Lunch (Monday)
1:15 PM - 1:45 PM Habitat Innovation and Management for Artificial Habitats Changing the Face of Australian Conservation
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM SYMPOSIUM: Nature in Cities (part 1)
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM Afternoon tea (Monday)
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM SYMPOSIUM: Nature in Cities (part 2)
5:45 PM - 7:00 PM Barbara Rice Memorial Poster Session - Monday
5:45 PM - 7:45 PM Barbara Rice Memorial Poster Session
Monday Poster Session - Agriculture & Energy
Monday Poster Session - Climate Change
Monday Poster Session - Community Ecology
Monday Poster Session - Fire Ecology
Monday Poster Session - Functional Traits
Monday Poster Session - Genetics
Monday Poster Session - Human Dimensions
Monday Poster Session - Invasive Species
Monday Poster Session - Management & Restoration
Monday Poster Session - Microbes & Mycology
Monday Poster Session - Modelling, Technology & Novel Methods
Monday Poster Session - Peatlands, Saltlands & Other Outlandish Ecosystems
Monday Poster Session - Plant Ecology
Monday Poster Session - Threatened Species
Monday Poster Session - Urban Ecology
7:30 PM - 9:00 PM Movie - Follow the Rain

Room 106
7:30 AM - 6:00 PM
ESA 2024 Registration Desk open
OPENING PLENARY SESSION
8:30 AM - 9:30 AM Welcome to Country and Conference Opening
Welcome to Country
Conference Opening - ESA 2024 Organising Committee Chair, John Morgan
Conference Welcome – Steve Dimopoulos MP, Minister for Environment; Minister for Tourism, Sport and Major Events; Minister for Outdoor Recreation
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM KEYNOTE PRESENTATION – Professor Emily Nicholson, The University of Melbourne
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM KEYNOTE PRESENTATION - Indigenous Keynote – Joe Morrisson, CEO, Indigenous Land and Sea Corporation
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Morning tea (Monday)
11:00 AM - 1:00 PM SYMPOSIUM: Indigenous ecological knowledge
Convenor: Stephen van Leeuwen
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM Lunch (Monday)
1:15 PM - 1:45 PM Habitat Innovation and Management for Artificial Habitats Changing the Face of Australian Conservation
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM SYMPOSIUM (part 1): Ecology and policy in the Murray-Darling Basin
Convenors: Dr Jarod Lyon and Dr Jian Yen, Arthur Rylah Institute
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM Afternoon tea (Monday)
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM SYMPOSIUM (part 2): Ecology and policy in the Murray-Darling Basin
5:45 PM - 7:00 PM Barbara Rice Memorial Poster Session - Monday
5:45 PM - 7:45 PM Barbara Rice Memorial Poster Session
Monday Poster Session - Agriculture & Energy
Monday Poster Session - Climate Change
Monday Poster Session - Community Ecology
Monday Poster Session - Fire Ecology
Monday Poster Session - Functional Traits
Monday Poster Session - Genetics
Monday Poster Session - Human Dimensions
Monday Poster Session - Invasive Species
Monday Poster Session - Management & Restoration
Monday Poster Session - Microbes & Mycology
Monday Poster Session - Modelling, Technology & Novel Methods
Monday Poster Session - Peatlands, Saltlands & Other Outlandish Ecosystems
Monday Poster Session - Plant Ecology
Monday Poster Session - Threatened Species
Monday Poster Session - Urban Ecology
7:30 PM - 9:00 PM Movie - Follow the Rain

Room 104
7:30 AM - 6:00 PM
ESA 2024 Registration Desk open
OPENING PLENARY SESSION
8:30 AM - 9:30 AM Welcome to Country and Conference Opening
Welcome to Country
Conference Opening - ESA 2024 Organising Committee Chair, John Morgan
Conference Welcome – Steve Dimopoulos MP, Minister for Environment; Minister for Tourism, Sport and Major Events; Minister for Outdoor Recreation
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM KEYNOTE PRESENTATION – Professor Emily Nicholson, The University of Melbourne
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM KEYNOTE PRESENTATION - Indigenous Keynote – Joe Morrisson, CEO, Indigenous Land and Sea Corporation
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Morning tea (Monday)
11:00 AM - 1:00 PM SYMPOSIUM: Plant-soil microbial interactions in an era of rapid change: challenges and opportunities
Convenors: Dr Elizabeth Wandrag, University of Tasmania; Dr Christina Birnbaum, Dr Eleonora Egidi, Dr Adam Frew, Dr Anna Hopkins
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM Lunch (Monday)
1:15 PM - 1:45 PM Habitat Innovation and Management for Artificial Habitats Changing the Face of Australian Conservation
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM SYMPOSIUM: Fundamental and applied mycology: a global nexus for cross-kingdom interactions
Convenors: Associate Professor Jonathan Plett, Australasian Mycological Society and Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, Western Sydney University; Dr Camille Truong, Australasian Mycological Society and Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria; Dr. Anna Hopkins, Australasian Mycological Society and Edith Cowan University
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM Afternoon tea (Monday)
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM SYMPOSIUM: Phytophthora Dieback: Beyond immediate impacts
Convenor: Mia Townsend, Dieback Working Group Inc.
5:45 PM - 7:00 PM Barbara Rice Memorial Poster Session - Monday
5:45 PM - 7:45 PM Barbara Rice Memorial Poster Session
Monday Poster Session - Agriculture & Energy
Monday Poster Session - Climate Change
Monday Poster Session - Community Ecology
Monday Poster Session - Fire Ecology
Monday Poster Session - Functional Traits
Monday Poster Session - Genetics
Monday Poster Session - Human Dimensions
Monday Poster Session - Invasive Species
Monday Poster Session - Management & Restoration
Monday Poster Session - Microbes & Mycology
Monday Poster Session - Modelling, Technology & Novel Methods
Monday Poster Session - Peatlands, Saltlands & Other Outlandish Ecosystems
Monday Poster Session - Plant Ecology
Monday Poster Session - Threatened Species
Monday Poster Session - Urban Ecology
7:30 PM - 9:00 PM Movie - Follow the Rain

Rooms 101/102
7:30 AM - 6:00 PM
ESA 2024 Registration Desk open
OPENING PLENARY SESSION
8:30 AM - 9:30 AM Welcome to Country and Conference Opening
Welcome to Country
Conference Opening - ESA 2024 Organising Committee Chair, John Morgan
Conference Welcome – Steve Dimopoulos MP, Minister for Environment; Minister for Tourism, Sport and Major Events; Minister for Outdoor Recreation
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM KEYNOTE PRESENTATION – Professor Emily Nicholson, The University of Melbourne
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM KEYNOTE PRESENTATION - Indigenous Keynote – Joe Morrisson, CEO, Indigenous Land and Sea Corporation
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Morning tea (Monday)
11:00 AM - 1:00 PM SYMPOSIUM: From Antarctica and Southern Ocean to Australia: Current Ecological Research and Conservation Challenges
Convenors: Dr W. P. Amy Liu, Dr Rodolfo De Oliveira Anderson, Dr Matthias Dehling and Dr David Clarke, Monash University
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM Lunch (Monday)
1:15 PM - 1:45 PM Habitat Innovation and Management for Artificial Habitats Changing the Face of Australian Conservation
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM OPEN FORUM: Cool Threatened Species
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM Afternoon tea (Monday)
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM OPEN FORUM: Conservation Planning (1)
5:45 PM - 7:00 PM Barbara Rice Memorial Poster Session - Monday
5:45 PM - 7:45 PM Barbara Rice Memorial Poster Session
Monday Poster Session - Agriculture & Energy
Monday Poster Session - Climate Change
Monday Poster Session - Community Ecology
Monday Poster Session - Fire Ecology
Monday Poster Session - Functional Traits
Monday Poster Session - Genetics
Monday Poster Session - Human Dimensions
Monday Poster Session - Invasive Species
Monday Poster Session - Management & Restoration
Monday Poster Session - Microbes & Mycology
Monday Poster Session - Modelling, Technology & Novel Methods
Monday Poster Session - Peatlands, Saltlands & Other Outlandish Ecosystems
Monday Poster Session - Plant Ecology
Monday Poster Session - Threatened Species
Monday Poster Session - Urban Ecology
7:30 PM - 9:00 PM Movie - Follow the Rain

Room 103
7:30 AM - 6:00 PM
ESA 2024 Registration Desk open
OPENING PLENARY SESSION
8:30 AM - 9:30 AM Welcome to Country and Conference Opening
Welcome to Country
Conference Opening - ESA 2024 Organising Committee Chair, John Morgan
Conference Welcome – Steve Dimopoulos MP, Minister for Environment; Minister for Tourism, Sport and Major Events; Minister for Outdoor Recreation
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM KEYNOTE PRESENTATION – Professor Emily Nicholson, The University of Melbourne
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM KEYNOTE PRESENTATION - Indigenous Keynote – Joe Morrisson, CEO, Indigenous Land and Sea Corporation
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Morning tea (Monday)
11:00 AM - 1:00 PM OPEN FORUM: Community Ecology
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM Lunch (Monday)
1:15 PM - 1:45 PM Habitat Innovation and Management for Artificial Habitats Changing the Face of Australian Conservation
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM OPEN FORUM: Methods in Ecology (1)
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM Afternoon tea (Monday)
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM OPEN FORUM: Methods in Ecology (2)
5:45 PM - 7:00 PM Barbara Rice Memorial Poster Session - Monday
5:45 PM - 7:45 PM Barbara Rice Memorial Poster Session
Monday Poster Session - Agriculture & Energy
Monday Poster Session - Climate Change
Monday Poster Session - Community Ecology
Monday Poster Session - Fire Ecology
Monday Poster Session - Functional Traits
Monday Poster Session - Genetics
Monday Poster Session - Human Dimensions
Monday Poster Session - Invasive Species
Monday Poster Session - Management & Restoration
Monday Poster Session - Microbes & Mycology
Monday Poster Session - Modelling, Technology & Novel Methods
Monday Poster Session - Peatlands, Saltlands & Other Outlandish Ecosystems
Monday Poster Session - Plant Ecology
Monday Poster Session - Threatened Species
Monday Poster Session - Urban Ecology
7:30 PM - 9:00 PM Movie - Follow the Rain

Rooms 111/112
7:30 AM - 6:00 PM
ESA 2024 Registration Desk open
OPENING PLENARY SESSION
8:30 AM - 9:30 AM Welcome to Country and Conference Opening
Welcome to Country
Conference Opening - ESA 2024 Organising Committee Chair, John Morgan
Conference Welcome – Steve Dimopoulos MP, Minister for Environment; Minister for Tourism, Sport and Major Events; Minister for Outdoor Recreation
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM KEYNOTE PRESENTATION – Professor Emily Nicholson, The University of Melbourne
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM KEYNOTE PRESENTATION - Indigenous Keynote – Joe Morrisson, CEO, Indigenous Land and Sea Corporation
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Morning tea (Monday)
11:00 AM - 1:00 PM OPEN FORUM: Animal Ecology
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM Lunch (Monday)
1:15 PM - 1:45 PM Habitat Innovation and Management for Artificial Habitats Changing the Face of Australian Conservation
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM OPEN FORUM: Restoration Ecology (1)
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM Afternoon tea (Monday)
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM OPEN FORUM: Restoration Ecology (2)
5:45 PM - 7:00 PM Barbara Rice Memorial Poster Session - Monday
5:45 PM - 7:45 PM Barbara Rice Memorial Poster Session
Monday Poster Session - Agriculture & Energy
Monday Poster Session - Climate Change
Monday Poster Session - Community Ecology
Monday Poster Session - Fire Ecology
Monday Poster Session - Functional Traits
Monday Poster Session - Genetics
Monday Poster Session - Human Dimensions
Monday Poster Session - Invasive Species
Monday Poster Session - Management & Restoration
Monday Poster Session - Microbes & Mycology
Monday Poster Session - Modelling, Technology & Novel Methods
Monday Poster Session - Peatlands, Saltlands & Other Outlandish Ecosystems
Monday Poster Session - Plant Ecology
Monday Poster Session - Threatened Species
Monday Poster Session - Urban Ecology
7:30 PM - 9:00 PM Movie - Follow the Rain

Room 110
7:30 AM - 6:00 PM
ESA 2024 Registration Desk open
OPENING PLENARY SESSION
8:30 AM - 9:30 AM Welcome to Country and Conference Opening
Welcome to Country
Conference Opening - ESA 2024 Organising Committee Chair, John Morgan
Conference Welcome – Steve Dimopoulos MP, Minister for Environment; Minister for Tourism, Sport and Major Events; Minister for Outdoor Recreation
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM KEYNOTE PRESENTATION – Professor Emily Nicholson, The University of Melbourne
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM KEYNOTE PRESENTATION - Indigenous Keynote – Joe Morrisson, CEO, Indigenous Land and Sea Corporation
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Morning tea (Monday)
11:00 AM - 1:00 PM SYMPOSIUM (part 1): Wind energy and wildlife – achieving conservation outcomes in Australia’s era of energy transition
Convenor: Dr Inka Veltheim, Biosis Pty Ltd
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM Lunch (Monday)
1:15 PM - 1:45 PM Habitat Innovation and Management for Artificial Habitats Changing the Face of Australian Conservation
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM SYMPOSIUM (part 2): Wind energy and wildlife – achieving conservation outcomes in Australia’s era of energy transition
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM Afternoon tea (Monday)
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM OPEN FORUM: Invasive Species
5:45 PM - 7:00 PM Barbara Rice Memorial Poster Session - Monday
5:45 PM - 7:45 PM Barbara Rice Memorial Poster Session
Monday Poster Session - Agriculture & Energy
Monday Poster Session - Climate Change
Monday Poster Session - Community Ecology
Monday Poster Session - Fire Ecology
Monday Poster Session - Functional Traits
Monday Poster Session - Genetics
Monday Poster Session - Human Dimensions
Monday Poster Session - Invasive Species
Monday Poster Session - Management & Restoration
Monday Poster Session - Microbes & Mycology
Monday Poster Session - Modelling, Technology & Novel Methods
Monday Poster Session - Peatlands, Saltlands & Other Outlandish Ecosystems
Monday Poster Session - Plant Ecology
Monday Poster Session - Threatened Species
Monday Poster Session - Urban Ecology
7:30 PM - 9:00 PM Movie - Follow the Rain

Room 109
7:30 AM - 6:00 PM
ESA 2024 Registration Desk open
OPENING PLENARY SESSION
8:30 AM - 9:30 AM Welcome to Country and Conference Opening
Welcome to Country
Conference Opening - ESA 2024 Organising Committee Chair, John Morgan
Conference Welcome – Steve Dimopoulos MP, Minister for Environment; Minister for Tourism, Sport and Major Events; Minister for Outdoor Recreation
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM KEYNOTE PRESENTATION – Professor Emily Nicholson, The University of Melbourne
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM KEYNOTE PRESENTATION - Indigenous Keynote – Joe Morrisson, CEO, Indigenous Land and Sea Corporation
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Morning tea (Monday)
11:00 AM - 1:00 PM SYMPOSIUM: Forgotten Species: Current Knowledge and Future Directions
Convenors: Dr Caitlyn Forster, The University of Sydney, Prof Euan Ritchie and Meghan Shaw, Deakin University, Dr Leanda Mason, The University of Western Australia, Grace Heathcote, The Ecological Society of Australia
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM Lunch (Monday)
1:15 PM - 1:45 PM Habitat Innovation and Management for Artificial Habitats Changing the Face of Australian Conservation
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM SYMPOSIUM (part 1): Introducing the Resist-Accept-Direct adaptive-management framework and exploring its applications
Convenor: Dr Callum Bryant, Australian National University
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM Afternoon tea (Monday)
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM SYMPOSIUM (part 2): Exploring Resist-Accept-Direct-type case studies for conservation intervention, planning, and action
5:45 PM - 7:00 PM Barbara Rice Memorial Poster Session - Monday
5:45 PM - 7:45 PM Barbara Rice Memorial Poster Session
Monday Poster Session - Agriculture & Energy
Monday Poster Session - Climate Change
Monday Poster Session - Community Ecology
Monday Poster Session - Fire Ecology
Monday Poster Session - Functional Traits
Monday Poster Session - Genetics
Monday Poster Session - Human Dimensions
Monday Poster Session - Invasive Species
Monday Poster Session - Management & Restoration
Monday Poster Session - Microbes & Mycology
Monday Poster Session - Modelling, Technology & Novel Methods
Monday Poster Session - Peatlands, Saltlands & Other Outlandish Ecosystems
Monday Poster Session - Plant Ecology
Monday Poster Session - Threatened Species
Monday Poster Session - Urban Ecology
7:30 PM - 9:00 PM Movie - Follow the Rain

Tuesday, December 10, 2024

Plenary 3
Room 105
Room 106
Room 104
Rooms 101/102
Room 103
Rooms 111/112
Room 110
Room 109
TUESDAY MORNING PLENARY SESSION
8:30 AM - 9:00 AM KEYNOTE PRESENTATION - Dr Kylie Soanes, University of Melbourne
9:00 AM - 9:45 AM KEYNOTE PRESENTATION - ESA ECOLOGICAL IMPACT AWARD PRESENTATIONS

Streetscape Biodiversity Project - Lee Harrison, City of Melbourne and Nicholas Williams, University of Melbourne

How to train your apex reptilian predator: taste aversion can be used to mitigate toxic invaders – Clare Forward, Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions and Dr Georgia Ward-Fear, Macquarie University
9:45 AM - 10:00 AM ESA Australian Research Data Commons (ARDC) Award for New Developers of Open Source Software in Ecology Award Presentation - Dr Juergen Knauer, Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM Morning tea (Tuesday)
10:30 AM - 12:30 PM SYMPOSIUM (part 2): Nature Positive 1: the importance of robust ecological evidence and rigorous science
Convenors; Jeremy Simmonds and Dr Ailsa Kerswell, 2rog Consulting 		SYMPOSIUM: Planning for Nature in Cities
Convenors: Professor Sarah Bekessy, RMIT: Professor Michelle Leishman, Professor Melanie Bishop and Dr Caragh Threlfall, Macquarie University 		SYMPOSIUM (part 1): Practitioner Engagement: Ecological Connections between Practitioners and Researchers
Convenors: Dr Samantha Lloyd, Healthy Land & Water, Lincoln Kern, Practical Ecology, Dr Sacha Jellinek, University of Melbourne 		SYMPOSIUM: Forests against the Machine: facilitating persistence and conservation in dieback-affected native forests and woodlands
Convenors: Chloe Bentze and Ass. Prof. Gunnar Keppel, University of South Australia 		OPEN FORUM: Plant Ecology OPEN FORUM: Fire ecology + indigenous wetland restoration OPEN FORUM: Plant Traits SYMPOSIUM (part 1): Conservation management of wildlife populations guided by genetics
Convenor: Dr Alexandra Pavlova, Monash University 		SYMPOSIUM: Trends in invasion ecology and biosecurity measures
Convenor: Dr Irene Martin-Fores, The University of Adelaide / TERN
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM Austral Ecology Meetup
Lunch (Tuesday)
12:35 PM - 1:25 PM Field Trip: Birrarung Trial Floating Wetlands (Tuesday)
Participation fee: $5 inc GST. Meet at the ESA 2024 Registration and Information Desk
12:45 PM - 1:15 PM Workshop: The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Sound Localisation
Hosted by Frontier Labs
TUESDAY AFTERNOON PLENARY SESSION and STUDENT AWARDS
1:30 PM - 1:50 PM ESA President's address - Dr Perpetua Turner
1:50 PM - 2:05 PM Jill Landsberg Applied Ecology Scholarship 2023 Presentation - Sara Cavalcanti Marques, Murdoch University
2:05 PM - 2:10 PM Jill Landsberg Applied Ecology Scholarship 2024 - Jesse Moyses, Queensland University of Technology
2:10 PM - 2:25 PM ESA Applied Forest Ecology Scholarship Winner 2023 Presentation - Ted Wiedemeyer, The University of Melbourne
2:25 PM - 2:40 PM ESA Fundamental Ecology Award 2023 Presentation - Joshua Lee, Western Sydney University
2:40 PM - 3:10 PM AERA AWARD WINNER PRESENTATION - Professor Dale Nimmo, Charles Sturt University
3:10 PM - 3:30 PM Afternoon tea (Tuesday)
3:30 PM - 5:30 PM SYMPOSIUM: Nature Positive 2: the strengths and weaknesses of emerging policy tools in delivering positive biodiversity outcomes
Convenors: Abigail Watkins, EcoFutures; Dr Matthew Selinske, Mosaic Insights and RMIT University, Dr Susan Nuske, EcoFutures and Dr Helen Corney, EcoFutures 		SYMPOSIUM: Carbon dynamics from leaf to landscape under climate change: life in a warmer, drier world
Convenors: Dr Zach Brown and Dr Hilary Rose Dawson, Australian National University 		SYMPOSIUM (part 2): Practitioner Engagement: Ecological Connections between Practitioners and Researchers SYMPOSIUM: Using detection dogs in ecological research and monitoring
Convenor: Emma Bennett, Monash University and Elmoby Ecology 		SYMPOSIUM: Advancing ecological theory and management with near-term forecasts: an Australasian synthesis
Convenors: Dr Nicholas Clark, The University of Queensland, Prof Glenda Wardle, The University of Sydney 		OPEN FORUM: Fire Ecology OPEN FORUM: Climate change SYMPOSIUM (part 2): Conservation management of wildlife populations guided by genetics
Convenor: Dr Alexandra Pavlova, Monash University 		SYMPOSIUM: Australian Peatlands - Undiscovered and Unique Ecosystems
Convenors: Professor Patrick Moss, Queensland University of Technology; Professor Catherine Yule and Doctor Gareth Chambers, University of the Sunshine Coast
5:45 PM - 6:30 PM Holsworth Alumni Networking Drinks
6:00 PM - 6:30 PM ESA 2024 Queer Mixer
Plenary 3
Room 105
TUESDAY MORNING PLENARY SESSION
8:30 AM - 9:00 AM KEYNOTE PRESENTATION - Dr Kylie Soanes, University of Melbourne
9:00 AM - 9:45 AM KEYNOTE PRESENTATION - ESA ECOLOGICAL IMPACT AWARD PRESENTATIONS

Streetscape Biodiversity Project - Lee Harrison, City of Melbourne and Nicholas Williams, University of Melbourne

How to train your apex reptilian predator: taste aversion can be used to mitigate toxic invaders – Clare Forward, Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions and Dr Georgia Ward-Fear, Macquarie University
9:45 AM - 10:00 AM ESA Australian Research Data Commons (ARDC) Award for New Developers of Open Source Software in Ecology Award Presentation - Dr Juergen Knauer, Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM Morning tea (Tuesday)
10:30 AM - 12:30 PM SYMPOSIUM (part 2): Nature Positive 1: the importance of robust ecological evidence and rigorous science
Convenors; Jeremy Simmonds and Dr Ailsa Kerswell, 2rog Consulting 		SYMPOSIUM: Planning for Nature in Cities
Convenors: Professor Sarah Bekessy, RMIT: Professor Michelle Leishman, Professor Melanie Bishop and Dr Caragh Threlfall, Macquarie University
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM Austral Ecology Meetup
Lunch (Tuesday)
12:35 PM - 1:25 PM Field Trip: Birrarung Trial Floating Wetlands (Tuesday)
Participation fee: $5 inc GST. Meet at the ESA 2024 Registration and Information Desk
12:45 PM - 1:15 PM Workshop: The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Sound Localisation
Hosted by Frontier Labs
TUESDAY AFTERNOON PLENARY SESSION and STUDENT AWARDS
1:30 PM - 1:50 PM ESA President's address - Dr Perpetua Turner
1:50 PM - 2:05 PM Jill Landsberg Applied Ecology Scholarship 2023 Presentation - Sara Cavalcanti Marques, Murdoch University
2:05 PM - 2:10 PM Jill Landsberg Applied Ecology Scholarship 2024 - Jesse Moyses, Queensland University of Technology
2:10 PM - 2:25 PM ESA Applied Forest Ecology Scholarship Winner 2023 Presentation - Ted Wiedemeyer, The University of Melbourne
2:25 PM - 2:40 PM ESA Fundamental Ecology Award 2023 Presentation - Joshua Lee, Western Sydney University
2:40 PM - 3:10 PM AERA AWARD WINNER PRESENTATION - Professor Dale Nimmo, Charles Sturt University
3:10 PM - 3:30 PM Afternoon tea (Tuesday)
3:30 PM - 5:30 PM SYMPOSIUM: Nature Positive 2: the strengths and weaknesses of emerging policy tools in delivering positive biodiversity outcomes
Convenors: Abigail Watkins, EcoFutures; Dr Matthew Selinske, Mosaic Insights and RMIT University, Dr Susan Nuske, EcoFutures and Dr Helen Corney, EcoFutures 		SYMPOSIUM: Carbon dynamics from leaf to landscape under climate change: life in a warmer, drier world
Convenors: Dr Zach Brown and Dr Hilary Rose Dawson, Australian National University
5:45 PM - 6:30 PM Holsworth Alumni Networking Drinks
6:00 PM - 6:30 PM ESA 2024 Queer Mixer

Room 106
Room 104
TUESDAY MORNING PLENARY SESSION
8:30 AM - 9:00 AM KEYNOTE PRESENTATION - Dr Kylie Soanes, University of Melbourne
9:00 AM - 9:45 AM KEYNOTE PRESENTATION - ESA ECOLOGICAL IMPACT AWARD PRESENTATIONS

Streetscape Biodiversity Project - Lee Harrison, City of Melbourne and Nicholas Williams, University of Melbourne

How to train your apex reptilian predator: taste aversion can be used to mitigate toxic invaders – Clare Forward, Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions and Dr Georgia Ward-Fear, Macquarie University
9:45 AM - 10:00 AM ESA Australian Research Data Commons (ARDC) Award for New Developers of Open Source Software in Ecology Award Presentation - Dr Juergen Knauer, Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM Morning tea (Tuesday)
10:30 AM - 12:30 PM SYMPOSIUM (part 1): Practitioner Engagement: Ecological Connections between Practitioners and Researchers
Convenors: Dr Samantha Lloyd, Healthy Land & Water, Lincoln Kern, Practical Ecology, Dr Sacha Jellinek, University of Melbourne 		SYMPOSIUM: Forests against the Machine: facilitating persistence and conservation in dieback-affected native forests and woodlands
Convenors: Chloe Bentze and Ass. Prof. Gunnar Keppel, University of South Australia
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM Austral Ecology Meetup
Lunch (Tuesday)
12:35 PM - 1:25 PM Field Trip: Birrarung Trial Floating Wetlands (Tuesday)
Participation fee: $5 inc GST. Meet at the ESA 2024 Registration and Information Desk
12:45 PM - 1:15 PM Workshop: The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Sound Localisation
Hosted by Frontier Labs
TUESDAY AFTERNOON PLENARY SESSION and STUDENT AWARDS
1:30 PM - 1:50 PM ESA President's address - Dr Perpetua Turner
1:50 PM - 2:05 PM Jill Landsberg Applied Ecology Scholarship 2023 Presentation - Sara Cavalcanti Marques, Murdoch University
2:05 PM - 2:10 PM Jill Landsberg Applied Ecology Scholarship 2024 - Jesse Moyses, Queensland University of Technology
2:10 PM - 2:25 PM ESA Applied Forest Ecology Scholarship Winner 2023 Presentation - Ted Wiedemeyer, The University of Melbourne
2:25 PM - 2:40 PM ESA Fundamental Ecology Award 2023 Presentation - Joshua Lee, Western Sydney University
2:40 PM - 3:10 PM AERA AWARD WINNER PRESENTATION - Professor Dale Nimmo, Charles Sturt University
3:10 PM - 3:30 PM Afternoon tea (Tuesday)
3:30 PM - 5:30 PM SYMPOSIUM (part 2): Practitioner Engagement: Ecological Connections between Practitioners and Researchers SYMPOSIUM: Using detection dogs in ecological research and monitoring
Convenor: Emma Bennett, Monash University and Elmoby Ecology
5:45 PM - 6:30 PM Holsworth Alumni Networking Drinks
6:00 PM - 6:30 PM ESA 2024 Queer Mixer

Rooms 101/102
Room 103
TUESDAY MORNING PLENARY SESSION
8:30 AM - 9:00 AM KEYNOTE PRESENTATION - Dr Kylie Soanes, University of Melbourne
9:00 AM - 9:45 AM KEYNOTE PRESENTATION - ESA ECOLOGICAL IMPACT AWARD PRESENTATIONS

Streetscape Biodiversity Project - Lee Harrison, City of Melbourne and Nicholas Williams, University of Melbourne

How to train your apex reptilian predator: taste aversion can be used to mitigate toxic invaders – Clare Forward, Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions and Dr Georgia Ward-Fear, Macquarie University
9:45 AM - 10:00 AM ESA Australian Research Data Commons (ARDC) Award for New Developers of Open Source Software in Ecology Award Presentation - Dr Juergen Knauer, Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM Morning tea (Tuesday)
10:30 AM - 12:30 PM OPEN FORUM: Plant Ecology OPEN FORUM: Fire ecology + indigenous wetland restoration
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM Austral Ecology Meetup
Lunch (Tuesday)
12:35 PM - 1:25 PM Field Trip: Birrarung Trial Floating Wetlands (Tuesday)
Participation fee: $5 inc GST. Meet at the ESA 2024 Registration and Information Desk
12:45 PM - 1:15 PM Workshop: The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Sound Localisation
Hosted by Frontier Labs
TUESDAY AFTERNOON PLENARY SESSION and STUDENT AWARDS
1:30 PM - 1:50 PM ESA President's address - Dr Perpetua Turner
1:50 PM - 2:05 PM Jill Landsberg Applied Ecology Scholarship 2023 Presentation - Sara Cavalcanti Marques, Murdoch University
2:05 PM - 2:10 PM Jill Landsberg Applied Ecology Scholarship 2024 - Jesse Moyses, Queensland University of Technology
2:10 PM - 2:25 PM ESA Applied Forest Ecology Scholarship Winner 2023 Presentation - Ted Wiedemeyer, The University of Melbourne
2:25 PM - 2:40 PM ESA Fundamental Ecology Award 2023 Presentation - Joshua Lee, Western Sydney University
2:40 PM - 3:10 PM AERA AWARD WINNER PRESENTATION - Professor Dale Nimmo, Charles Sturt University
3:10 PM - 3:30 PM Afternoon tea (Tuesday)
3:30 PM - 5:30 PM SYMPOSIUM: Advancing ecological theory and management with near-term forecasts: an Australasian synthesis
Convenors: Dr Nicholas Clark, The University of Queensland, Prof Glenda Wardle, The University of Sydney 		OPEN FORUM: Fire Ecology
5:45 PM - 6:30 PM Holsworth Alumni Networking Drinks
6:00 PM - 6:30 PM ESA 2024 Queer Mixer

Rooms 111/112
Room 110
TUESDAY MORNING PLENARY SESSION
8:30 AM - 9:00 AM KEYNOTE PRESENTATION - Dr Kylie Soanes, University of Melbourne
9:00 AM - 9:45 AM KEYNOTE PRESENTATION - ESA ECOLOGICAL IMPACT AWARD PRESENTATIONS

Streetscape Biodiversity Project - Lee Harrison, City of Melbourne and Nicholas Williams, University of Melbourne

How to train your apex reptilian predator: taste aversion can be used to mitigate toxic invaders – Clare Forward, Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions and Dr Georgia Ward-Fear, Macquarie University
9:45 AM - 10:00 AM ESA Australian Research Data Commons (ARDC) Award for New Developers of Open Source Software in Ecology Award Presentation - Dr Juergen Knauer, Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM Morning tea (Tuesday)
10:30 AM - 12:30 PM OPEN FORUM: Plant Traits SYMPOSIUM (part 1): Conservation management of wildlife populations guided by genetics
Convenor: Dr Alexandra Pavlova, Monash University
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM Austral Ecology Meetup
Lunch (Tuesday)
12:35 PM - 1:25 PM Field Trip: Birrarung Trial Floating Wetlands (Tuesday)
Participation fee: $5 inc GST. Meet at the ESA 2024 Registration and Information Desk
12:45 PM - 1:15 PM Workshop: The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Sound Localisation
Hosted by Frontier Labs
TUESDAY AFTERNOON PLENARY SESSION and STUDENT AWARDS
1:30 PM - 1:50 PM ESA President's address - Dr Perpetua Turner
1:50 PM - 2:05 PM Jill Landsberg Applied Ecology Scholarship 2023 Presentation - Sara Cavalcanti Marques, Murdoch University
2:05 PM - 2:10 PM Jill Landsberg Applied Ecology Scholarship 2024 - Jesse Moyses, Queensland University of Technology
2:10 PM - 2:25 PM ESA Applied Forest Ecology Scholarship Winner 2023 Presentation - Ted Wiedemeyer, The University of Melbourne
2:25 PM - 2:40 PM ESA Fundamental Ecology Award 2023 Presentation - Joshua Lee, Western Sydney University
2:40 PM - 3:10 PM AERA AWARD WINNER PRESENTATION - Professor Dale Nimmo, Charles Sturt University
3:10 PM - 3:30 PM Afternoon tea (Tuesday)
3:30 PM - 5:30 PM OPEN FORUM: Climate change SYMPOSIUM (part 2): Conservation management of wildlife populations guided by genetics
Convenor: Dr Alexandra Pavlova, Monash University
5:45 PM - 6:30 PM Holsworth Alumni Networking Drinks
6:00 PM - 6:30 PM ESA 2024 Queer Mixer

Room 109
TUESDAY MORNING PLENARY SESSION
8:30 AM - 9:00 AM KEYNOTE PRESENTATION - Dr Kylie Soanes, University of Melbourne
9:00 AM - 9:45 AM KEYNOTE PRESENTATION - ESA ECOLOGICAL IMPACT AWARD PRESENTATIONS

Streetscape Biodiversity Project - Lee Harrison, City of Melbourne and Nicholas Williams, University of Melbourne

How to train your apex reptilian predator: taste aversion can be used to mitigate toxic invaders – Clare Forward, Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions and Dr Georgia Ward-Fear, Macquarie University
9:45 AM - 10:00 AM ESA Australian Research Data Commons (ARDC) Award for New Developers of Open Source Software in Ecology Award Presentation - Dr Juergen Knauer, Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM Morning tea (Tuesday)
10:30 AM - 12:30 PM SYMPOSIUM: Trends in invasion ecology and biosecurity measures
Convenor: Dr Irene Martin-Fores, The University of Adelaide / TERN
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM Austral Ecology Meetup
Lunch (Tuesday)
12:35 PM - 1:25 PM Field Trip: Birrarung Trial Floating Wetlands (Tuesday)
Participation fee: $5 inc GST. Meet at the ESA 2024 Registration and Information Desk
12:45 PM - 1:15 PM Workshop: The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Sound Localisation
Hosted by Frontier Labs
TUESDAY AFTERNOON PLENARY SESSION and STUDENT AWARDS
1:30 PM - 1:50 PM ESA President's address - Dr Perpetua Turner
1:50 PM - 2:05 PM Jill Landsberg Applied Ecology Scholarship 2023 Presentation - Sara Cavalcanti Marques, Murdoch University
2:05 PM - 2:10 PM Jill Landsberg Applied Ecology Scholarship 2024 - Jesse Moyses, Queensland University of Technology
2:10 PM - 2:25 PM ESA Applied Forest Ecology Scholarship Winner 2023 Presentation - Ted Wiedemeyer, The University of Melbourne
2:25 PM - 2:40 PM ESA Fundamental Ecology Award 2023 Presentation - Joshua Lee, Western Sydney University
2:40 PM - 3:10 PM AERA AWARD WINNER PRESENTATION - Professor Dale Nimmo, Charles Sturt University
3:10 PM - 3:30 PM Afternoon tea (Tuesday)
3:30 PM - 5:30 PM SYMPOSIUM: Australian Peatlands - Undiscovered and Unique Ecosystems
Convenors: Professor Patrick Moss, Queensland University of Technology; Professor Catherine Yule and Doctor Gareth Chambers, University of the Sunshine Coast
5:45 PM - 6:30 PM Holsworth Alumni Networking Drinks
6:00 PM - 6:30 PM ESA 2024 Queer Mixer

Plenary 3
TUESDAY MORNING PLENARY SESSION
8:30 AM - 9:00 AM KEYNOTE PRESENTATION - Dr Kylie Soanes, University of Melbourne
9:00 AM - 9:45 AM KEYNOTE PRESENTATION - ESA ECOLOGICAL IMPACT AWARD PRESENTATIONS

Streetscape Biodiversity Project - Lee Harrison, City of Melbourne and Nicholas Williams, University of Melbourne

How to train your apex reptilian predator: taste aversion can be used to mitigate toxic invaders – Clare Forward, Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions and Dr Georgia Ward-Fear, Macquarie University
9:45 AM - 10:00 AM ESA Australian Research Data Commons (ARDC) Award for New Developers of Open Source Software in Ecology Award Presentation - Dr Juergen Knauer, Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM Morning tea (Tuesday)
10:30 AM - 12:30 PM SYMPOSIUM (part 2): Nature Positive 1: the importance of robust ecological evidence and rigorous science
Convenors; Jeremy Simmonds and Dr Ailsa Kerswell, 2rog Consulting
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM Austral Ecology Meetup
Lunch (Tuesday)
12:35 PM - 1:25 PM Field Trip: Birrarung Trial Floating Wetlands (Tuesday)
Participation fee: $5 inc GST. Meet at the ESA 2024 Registration and Information Desk
12:45 PM - 1:15 PM Workshop: The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Sound Localisation
Hosted by Frontier Labs
TUESDAY AFTERNOON PLENARY SESSION and STUDENT AWARDS
1:30 PM - 1:50 PM ESA President's address - Dr Perpetua Turner
1:50 PM - 2:05 PM Jill Landsberg Applied Ecology Scholarship 2023 Presentation - Sara Cavalcanti Marques, Murdoch University
2:05 PM - 2:10 PM Jill Landsberg Applied Ecology Scholarship 2024 - Jesse Moyses, Queensland University of Technology
2:10 PM - 2:25 PM ESA Applied Forest Ecology Scholarship Winner 2023 Presentation - Ted Wiedemeyer, The University of Melbourne
2:25 PM - 2:40 PM ESA Fundamental Ecology Award 2023 Presentation - Joshua Lee, Western Sydney University
2:40 PM - 3:10 PM AERA AWARD WINNER PRESENTATION - Professor Dale Nimmo, Charles Sturt University
3:10 PM - 3:30 PM Afternoon tea (Tuesday)
3:30 PM - 5:30 PM SYMPOSIUM: Nature Positive 2: the strengths and weaknesses of emerging policy tools in delivering positive biodiversity outcomes
Convenors: Abigail Watkins, EcoFutures; Dr Matthew Selinske, Mosaic Insights and RMIT University, Dr Susan Nuske, EcoFutures and Dr Helen Corney, EcoFutures
5:45 PM - 6:30 PM Holsworth Alumni Networking Drinks
6:00 PM - 6:30 PM ESA 2024 Queer Mixer

Room 105
TUESDAY MORNING PLENARY SESSION
8:30 AM - 9:00 AM KEYNOTE PRESENTATION - Dr Kylie Soanes, University of Melbourne
9:00 AM - 9:45 AM KEYNOTE PRESENTATION - ESA ECOLOGICAL IMPACT AWARD PRESENTATIONS

Streetscape Biodiversity Project - Lee Harrison, City of Melbourne and Nicholas Williams, University of Melbourne

How to train your apex reptilian predator: taste aversion can be used to mitigate toxic invaders – Clare Forward, Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions and Dr Georgia Ward-Fear, Macquarie University
9:45 AM - 10:00 AM ESA Australian Research Data Commons (ARDC) Award for New Developers of Open Source Software in Ecology Award Presentation - Dr Juergen Knauer, Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM Morning tea (Tuesday)
10:30 AM - 12:30 PM SYMPOSIUM: Planning for Nature in Cities
Convenors: Professor Sarah Bekessy, RMIT: Professor Michelle Leishman, Professor Melanie Bishop and Dr Caragh Threlfall, Macquarie University
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM Austral Ecology Meetup
Lunch (Tuesday)
12:35 PM - 1:25 PM Field Trip: Birrarung Trial Floating Wetlands (Tuesday)
Participation fee: $5 inc GST. Meet at the ESA 2024 Registration and Information Desk
12:45 PM - 1:15 PM Workshop: The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Sound Localisation
Hosted by Frontier Labs
TUESDAY AFTERNOON PLENARY SESSION and STUDENT AWARDS
1:30 PM - 1:50 PM ESA President's address - Dr Perpetua Turner
1:50 PM - 2:05 PM Jill Landsberg Applied Ecology Scholarship 2023 Presentation - Sara Cavalcanti Marques, Murdoch University
2:05 PM - 2:10 PM Jill Landsberg Applied Ecology Scholarship 2024 - Jesse Moyses, Queensland University of Technology
2:10 PM - 2:25 PM ESA Applied Forest Ecology Scholarship Winner 2023 Presentation - Ted Wiedemeyer, The University of Melbourne
2:25 PM - 2:40 PM ESA Fundamental Ecology Award 2023 Presentation - Joshua Lee, Western Sydney University
2:40 PM - 3:10 PM AERA AWARD WINNER PRESENTATION - Professor Dale Nimmo, Charles Sturt University
3:10 PM - 3:30 PM Afternoon tea (Tuesday)
3:30 PM - 5:30 PM SYMPOSIUM: Carbon dynamics from leaf to landscape under climate change: life in a warmer, drier world
Convenors: Dr Zach Brown and Dr Hilary Rose Dawson, Australian National University
5:45 PM - 6:30 PM Holsworth Alumni Networking Drinks
6:00 PM - 6:30 PM ESA 2024 Queer Mixer

Room 106
TUESDAY MORNING PLENARY SESSION
8:30 AM - 9:00 AM KEYNOTE PRESENTATION - Dr Kylie Soanes, University of Melbourne
9:00 AM - 9:45 AM KEYNOTE PRESENTATION - ESA ECOLOGICAL IMPACT AWARD PRESENTATIONS

Streetscape Biodiversity Project - Lee Harrison, City of Melbourne and Nicholas Williams, University of Melbourne

How to train your apex reptilian predator: taste aversion can be used to mitigate toxic invaders – Clare Forward, Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions and Dr Georgia Ward-Fear, Macquarie University
9:45 AM - 10:00 AM ESA Australian Research Data Commons (ARDC) Award for New Developers of Open Source Software in Ecology Award Presentation - Dr Juergen Knauer, Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM Morning tea (Tuesday)
10:30 AM - 12:30 PM SYMPOSIUM (part 1): Practitioner Engagement: Ecological Connections between Practitioners and Researchers
Convenors: Dr Samantha Lloyd, Healthy Land & Water, Lincoln Kern, Practical Ecology, Dr Sacha Jellinek, University of Melbourne
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM Austral Ecology Meetup
Lunch (Tuesday)
12:35 PM - 1:25 PM Field Trip: Birrarung Trial Floating Wetlands (Tuesday)
Participation fee: $5 inc GST. Meet at the ESA 2024 Registration and Information Desk
12:45 PM - 1:15 PM Workshop: The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Sound Localisation
Hosted by Frontier Labs
TUESDAY AFTERNOON PLENARY SESSION and STUDENT AWARDS
1:30 PM - 1:50 PM ESA President's address - Dr Perpetua Turner
1:50 PM - 2:05 PM Jill Landsberg Applied Ecology Scholarship 2023 Presentation - Sara Cavalcanti Marques, Murdoch University
2:05 PM - 2:10 PM Jill Landsberg Applied Ecology Scholarship 2024 - Jesse Moyses, Queensland University of Technology
2:10 PM - 2:25 PM ESA Applied Forest Ecology Scholarship Winner 2023 Presentation - Ted Wiedemeyer, The University of Melbourne
2:25 PM - 2:40 PM ESA Fundamental Ecology Award 2023 Presentation - Joshua Lee, Western Sydney University
2:40 PM - 3:10 PM AERA AWARD WINNER PRESENTATION - Professor Dale Nimmo, Charles Sturt University
3:10 PM - 3:30 PM Afternoon tea (Tuesday)
3:30 PM - 5:30 PM SYMPOSIUM (part 2): Practitioner Engagement: Ecological Connections between Practitioners and Researchers
5:45 PM - 6:30 PM Holsworth Alumni Networking Drinks
6:00 PM - 6:30 PM ESA 2024 Queer Mixer

Room 104
TUESDAY MORNING PLENARY SESSION
8:30 AM - 9:00 AM KEYNOTE PRESENTATION - Dr Kylie Soanes, University of Melbourne
9:00 AM - 9:45 AM KEYNOTE PRESENTATION - ESA ECOLOGICAL IMPACT AWARD PRESENTATIONS

Streetscape Biodiversity Project - Lee Harrison, City of Melbourne and Nicholas Williams, University of Melbourne

How to train your apex reptilian predator: taste aversion can be used to mitigate toxic invaders – Clare Forward, Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions and Dr Georgia Ward-Fear, Macquarie University
9:45 AM - 10:00 AM ESA Australian Research Data Commons (ARDC) Award for New Developers of Open Source Software in Ecology Award Presentation - Dr Juergen Knauer, Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM Morning tea (Tuesday)
10:30 AM - 12:30 PM SYMPOSIUM: Forests against the Machine: facilitating persistence and conservation in dieback-affected native forests and woodlands
Convenors: Chloe Bentze and Ass. Prof. Gunnar Keppel, University of South Australia
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM Austral Ecology Meetup
Lunch (Tuesday)
12:35 PM - 1:25 PM Field Trip: Birrarung Trial Floating Wetlands (Tuesday)
Participation fee: $5 inc GST. Meet at the ESA 2024 Registration and Information Desk
12:45 PM - 1:15 PM Workshop: The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Sound Localisation
Hosted by Frontier Labs
TUESDAY AFTERNOON PLENARY SESSION and STUDENT AWARDS
1:30 PM - 1:50 PM ESA President's address - Dr Perpetua Turner
1:50 PM - 2:05 PM Jill Landsberg Applied Ecology Scholarship 2023 Presentation - Sara Cavalcanti Marques, Murdoch University
2:05 PM - 2:10 PM Jill Landsberg Applied Ecology Scholarship 2024 - Jesse Moyses, Queensland University of Technology
2:10 PM - 2:25 PM ESA Applied Forest Ecology Scholarship Winner 2023 Presentation - Ted Wiedemeyer, The University of Melbourne
2:25 PM - 2:40 PM ESA Fundamental Ecology Award 2023 Presentation - Joshua Lee, Western Sydney University
2:40 PM - 3:10 PM AERA AWARD WINNER PRESENTATION - Professor Dale Nimmo, Charles Sturt University
3:10 PM - 3:30 PM Afternoon tea (Tuesday)
3:30 PM - 5:30 PM SYMPOSIUM: Using detection dogs in ecological research and monitoring
Convenor: Emma Bennett, Monash University and Elmoby Ecology
5:45 PM - 6:30 PM Holsworth Alumni Networking Drinks
6:00 PM - 6:30 PM ESA 2024 Queer Mixer

Rooms 101/102
TUESDAY MORNING PLENARY SESSION
8:30 AM - 9:00 AM KEYNOTE PRESENTATION - Dr Kylie Soanes, University of Melbourne
9:00 AM - 9:45 AM KEYNOTE PRESENTATION - ESA ECOLOGICAL IMPACT AWARD PRESENTATIONS

Streetscape Biodiversity Project - Lee Harrison, City of Melbourne and Nicholas Williams, University of Melbourne

How to train your apex reptilian predator: taste aversion can be used to mitigate toxic invaders – Clare Forward, Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions and Dr Georgia Ward-Fear, Macquarie University
9:45 AM - 10:00 AM ESA Australian Research Data Commons (ARDC) Award for New Developers of Open Source Software in Ecology Award Presentation - Dr Juergen Knauer, Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM Morning tea (Tuesday)
10:30 AM - 12:30 PM OPEN FORUM: Plant Ecology
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM Austral Ecology Meetup
Lunch (Tuesday)
12:35 PM - 1:25 PM Field Trip: Birrarung Trial Floating Wetlands (Tuesday)
Participation fee: $5 inc GST. Meet at the ESA 2024 Registration and Information Desk
12:45 PM - 1:15 PM Workshop: The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Sound Localisation
Hosted by Frontier Labs
TUESDAY AFTERNOON PLENARY SESSION and STUDENT AWARDS
1:30 PM - 1:50 PM ESA President's address - Dr Perpetua Turner
1:50 PM - 2:05 PM Jill Landsberg Applied Ecology Scholarship 2023 Presentation - Sara Cavalcanti Marques, Murdoch University
2:05 PM - 2:10 PM Jill Landsberg Applied Ecology Scholarship 2024 - Jesse Moyses, Queensland University of Technology
2:10 PM - 2:25 PM ESA Applied Forest Ecology Scholarship Winner 2023 Presentation - Ted Wiedemeyer, The University of Melbourne
2:25 PM - 2:40 PM ESA Fundamental Ecology Award 2023 Presentation - Joshua Lee, Western Sydney University
2:40 PM - 3:10 PM AERA AWARD WINNER PRESENTATION - Professor Dale Nimmo, Charles Sturt University
3:10 PM - 3:30 PM Afternoon tea (Tuesday)
3:30 PM - 5:30 PM SYMPOSIUM: Advancing ecological theory and management with near-term forecasts: an Australasian synthesis
Convenors: Dr Nicholas Clark, The University of Queensland, Prof Glenda Wardle, The University of Sydney
5:45 PM - 6:30 PM Holsworth Alumni Networking Drinks
6:00 PM - 6:30 PM ESA 2024 Queer Mixer

Room 103
TUESDAY MORNING PLENARY SESSION
8:30 AM - 9:00 AM KEYNOTE PRESENTATION - Dr Kylie Soanes, University of Melbourne
9:00 AM - 9:45 AM KEYNOTE PRESENTATION - ESA ECOLOGICAL IMPACT AWARD PRESENTATIONS

Streetscape Biodiversity Project - Lee Harrison, City of Melbourne and Nicholas Williams, University of Melbourne

How to train your apex reptilian predator: taste aversion can be used to mitigate toxic invaders – Clare Forward, Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions and Dr Georgia Ward-Fear, Macquarie University
9:45 AM - 10:00 AM ESA Australian Research Data Commons (ARDC) Award for New Developers of Open Source Software in Ecology Award Presentation - Dr Juergen Knauer, Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM Morning tea (Tuesday)
10:30 AM - 12:30 PM OPEN FORUM: Fire ecology + indigenous wetland restoration
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM Austral Ecology Meetup
Lunch (Tuesday)
12:35 PM - 1:25 PM Field Trip: Birrarung Trial Floating Wetlands (Tuesday)
Participation fee: $5 inc GST. Meet at the ESA 2024 Registration and Information Desk
12:45 PM - 1:15 PM Workshop: The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Sound Localisation
Hosted by Frontier Labs
TUESDAY AFTERNOON PLENARY SESSION and STUDENT AWARDS
1:30 PM - 1:50 PM ESA President's address - Dr Perpetua Turner
1:50 PM - 2:05 PM Jill Landsberg Applied Ecology Scholarship 2023 Presentation - Sara Cavalcanti Marques, Murdoch University
2:05 PM - 2:10 PM Jill Landsberg Applied Ecology Scholarship 2024 - Jesse Moyses, Queensland University of Technology
2:10 PM - 2:25 PM ESA Applied Forest Ecology Scholarship Winner 2023 Presentation - Ted Wiedemeyer, The University of Melbourne
2:25 PM - 2:40 PM ESA Fundamental Ecology Award 2023 Presentation - Joshua Lee, Western Sydney University
2:40 PM - 3:10 PM AERA AWARD WINNER PRESENTATION - Professor Dale Nimmo, Charles Sturt University
3:10 PM - 3:30 PM Afternoon tea (Tuesday)
3:30 PM - 5:30 PM OPEN FORUM: Fire Ecology
5:45 PM - 6:30 PM Holsworth Alumni Networking Drinks
6:00 PM - 6:30 PM ESA 2024 Queer Mixer

Rooms 111/112
TUESDAY MORNING PLENARY SESSION
8:30 AM - 9:00 AM KEYNOTE PRESENTATION - Dr Kylie Soanes, University of Melbourne
9:00 AM - 9:45 AM KEYNOTE PRESENTATION - ESA ECOLOGICAL IMPACT AWARD PRESENTATIONS

Streetscape Biodiversity Project - Lee Harrison, City of Melbourne and Nicholas Williams, University of Melbourne

How to train your apex reptilian predator: taste aversion can be used to mitigate toxic invaders – Clare Forward, Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions and Dr Georgia Ward-Fear, Macquarie University
9:45 AM - 10:00 AM ESA Australian Research Data Commons (ARDC) Award for New Developers of Open Source Software in Ecology Award Presentation - Dr Juergen Knauer, Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM Morning tea (Tuesday)
10:30 AM - 12:30 PM OPEN FORUM: Plant Traits
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM Austral Ecology Meetup
Lunch (Tuesday)
12:35 PM - 1:25 PM Field Trip: Birrarung Trial Floating Wetlands (Tuesday)
Participation fee: $5 inc GST. Meet at the ESA 2024 Registration and Information Desk
12:45 PM - 1:15 PM Workshop: The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Sound Localisation
Hosted by Frontier Labs
TUESDAY AFTERNOON PLENARY SESSION and STUDENT AWARDS
1:30 PM - 1:50 PM ESA President's address - Dr Perpetua Turner
1:50 PM - 2:05 PM Jill Landsberg Applied Ecology Scholarship 2023 Presentation - Sara Cavalcanti Marques, Murdoch University
2:05 PM - 2:10 PM Jill Landsberg Applied Ecology Scholarship 2024 - Jesse Moyses, Queensland University of Technology
2:10 PM - 2:25 PM ESA Applied Forest Ecology Scholarship Winner 2023 Presentation - Ted Wiedemeyer, The University of Melbourne
2:25 PM - 2:40 PM ESA Fundamental Ecology Award 2023 Presentation - Joshua Lee, Western Sydney University
2:40 PM - 3:10 PM AERA AWARD WINNER PRESENTATION - Professor Dale Nimmo, Charles Sturt University
3:10 PM - 3:30 PM Afternoon tea (Tuesday)
3:30 PM - 5:30 PM OPEN FORUM: Climate change
5:45 PM - 6:30 PM Holsworth Alumni Networking Drinks
6:00 PM - 6:30 PM ESA 2024 Queer Mixer

Room 110
TUESDAY MORNING PLENARY SESSION
8:30 AM - 9:00 AM KEYNOTE PRESENTATION - Dr Kylie Soanes, University of Melbourne
9:00 AM - 9:45 AM KEYNOTE PRESENTATION - ESA ECOLOGICAL IMPACT AWARD PRESENTATIONS

Streetscape Biodiversity Project - Lee Harrison, City of Melbourne and Nicholas Williams, University of Melbourne

How to train your apex reptilian predator: taste aversion can be used to mitigate toxic invaders – Clare Forward, Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions and Dr Georgia Ward-Fear, Macquarie University
9:45 AM - 10:00 AM ESA Australian Research Data Commons (ARDC) Award for New Developers of Open Source Software in Ecology Award Presentation - Dr Juergen Knauer, Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM Morning tea (Tuesday)
10:30 AM - 12:30 PM SYMPOSIUM (part 1): Conservation management of wildlife populations guided by genetics
Convenor: Dr Alexandra Pavlova, Monash University
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM Austral Ecology Meetup
Lunch (Tuesday)
12:35 PM - 1:25 PM Field Trip: Birrarung Trial Floating Wetlands (Tuesday)
Participation fee: $5 inc GST. Meet at the ESA 2024 Registration and Information Desk
12:45 PM - 1:15 PM Workshop: The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Sound Localisation
Hosted by Frontier Labs
TUESDAY AFTERNOON PLENARY SESSION and STUDENT AWARDS
1:30 PM - 1:50 PM ESA President's address - Dr Perpetua Turner
1:50 PM - 2:05 PM Jill Landsberg Applied Ecology Scholarship 2023 Presentation - Sara Cavalcanti Marques, Murdoch University
2:05 PM - 2:10 PM Jill Landsberg Applied Ecology Scholarship 2024 - Jesse Moyses, Queensland University of Technology
2:10 PM - 2:25 PM ESA Applied Forest Ecology Scholarship Winner 2023 Presentation - Ted Wiedemeyer, The University of Melbourne
2:25 PM - 2:40 PM ESA Fundamental Ecology Award 2023 Presentation - Joshua Lee, Western Sydney University
2:40 PM - 3:10 PM AERA AWARD WINNER PRESENTATION - Professor Dale Nimmo, Charles Sturt University
3:10 PM - 3:30 PM Afternoon tea (Tuesday)
3:30 PM - 5:30 PM SYMPOSIUM (part 2): Conservation management of wildlife populations guided by genetics
Convenor: Dr Alexandra Pavlova, Monash University
5:45 PM - 6:30 PM Holsworth Alumni Networking Drinks
6:00 PM - 6:30 PM ESA 2024 Queer Mixer

Room 109
TUESDAY MORNING PLENARY SESSION
8:30 AM - 9:00 AM KEYNOTE PRESENTATION - Dr Kylie Soanes, University of Melbourne
9:00 AM - 9:45 AM KEYNOTE PRESENTATION - ESA ECOLOGICAL IMPACT AWARD PRESENTATIONS

Streetscape Biodiversity Project - Lee Harrison, City of Melbourne and Nicholas Williams, University of Melbourne

How to train your apex reptilian predator: taste aversion can be used to mitigate toxic invaders – Clare Forward, Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions and Dr Georgia Ward-Fear, Macquarie University
9:45 AM - 10:00 AM ESA Australian Research Data Commons (ARDC) Award for New Developers of Open Source Software in Ecology Award Presentation - Dr Juergen Knauer, Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM Morning tea (Tuesday)
10:30 AM - 12:30 PM SYMPOSIUM: Trends in invasion ecology and biosecurity measures
Convenor: Dr Irene Martin-Fores, The University of Adelaide / TERN
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM Austral Ecology Meetup
Lunch (Tuesday)
12:35 PM - 1:25 PM Field Trip: Birrarung Trial Floating Wetlands (Tuesday)
Participation fee: $5 inc GST. Meet at the ESA 2024 Registration and Information Desk
12:45 PM - 1:15 PM Workshop: The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Sound Localisation
Hosted by Frontier Labs
TUESDAY AFTERNOON PLENARY SESSION and STUDENT AWARDS
1:30 PM - 1:50 PM ESA President's address - Dr Perpetua Turner
1:50 PM - 2:05 PM Jill Landsberg Applied Ecology Scholarship 2023 Presentation - Sara Cavalcanti Marques, Murdoch University
2:05 PM - 2:10 PM Jill Landsberg Applied Ecology Scholarship 2024 - Jesse Moyses, Queensland University of Technology
2:10 PM - 2:25 PM ESA Applied Forest Ecology Scholarship Winner 2023 Presentation - Ted Wiedemeyer, The University of Melbourne
2:25 PM - 2:40 PM ESA Fundamental Ecology Award 2023 Presentation - Joshua Lee, Western Sydney University
2:40 PM - 3:10 PM AERA AWARD WINNER PRESENTATION - Professor Dale Nimmo, Charles Sturt University
3:10 PM - 3:30 PM Afternoon tea (Tuesday)
3:30 PM - 5:30 PM SYMPOSIUM: Australian Peatlands - Undiscovered and Unique Ecosystems
Convenors: Professor Patrick Moss, Queensland University of Technology; Professor Catherine Yule and Doctor Gareth Chambers, University of the Sunshine Coast
5:45 PM - 6:30 PM Holsworth Alumni Networking Drinks
6:00 PM - 6:30 PM ESA 2024 Queer Mixer

Wednesday, December 11, 2024

Plenary 3
Room 105
Room 106
Room 104
Rooms 101/102
Room 103
Rooms 111/112
Room 110
Room 109
WEDNESDAY MORNING PLENARY SESSION
9:00 AM - 9:30 AM KEYNOTE PRESENTATION - Dr Phil Zylstra, Adjunct Associate Professor, Curtin University; Visiting Fellow, Australian National University
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM KEYNOTE PRESENTATION - Dr Rachael Nolan, Western Sydney University
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM Morning tea (Wednesday)
10:30 AM - 12:30 PM SYMPOSIUM (part 1): Getting it right in a changing climate: Climate sensitivity informing plant conservation
Convenors: Paul Rymer and Hannah Carle, Western Sydney University and Rebecca Jordan, CSIRO 		SYMPOSIUM (part 1): Advances in Fire Ecology Science: Species and Community Responses
Convenors: Laurence Berry and Simon Watson, Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action; Don Driscoll, Deakin University 		SYMPOSIUM (part 1): Beyond Boundaries: Technological Innovations and Advancements in Ecological Monitoring and Conservation
Convenor: Dr Siddeswara Guru, The University of Queensland – TERN 		SYMPOSIUM: Nature market mechanisms - one year on
Convenor: Dr Sarah Luxton, CSIRO Environment 		SYMPOSIUM (part 1): Completing the adaptive learning cycle: linking monitoring to management for improved conservation outcomes
Convenors: Associate Professor Carly Cook, Monash University and Dr Nicole Hanson, NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water 		OPEN FORUM: Animal Behaviour SYMPOSIUM: Getting your start: understanding plant establishment to predict vegetation change and the success of restoration and conservation interventions
Convenors: Associate Professor Rachael Gallagher and Dr Assaf Inbar, Prof. Belinda Medlyn, Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, Western Sydney University 		OPEN FORUM: Ecological disturbance, Wetland birds SYMPOSIUM (part 1): Functional traits, physiology and future climates
Convenors: Dr Natalie Briscoe, Dr Kristoffer Wild, Professor Michael Kearney, The University of Melbourne
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM Lunch (Wednesday)
12:35 PM - 1:25 PM Field Trip: Birrarung Trial Floating Wetlands (Wednesday)
Participation fee: $5 inc GST. Meet at the ESA 2024 Registration and Information Desk
12:45 PM - 1:15 PM Arthur Rylah Institute for Environmental Research (ARI) drop-in session
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM SYMPOSIUM (part 2): Getting it right in a changing climate: Climate sensitivity informing animal conservation SYMPOSIUM (part 2): Advances in Fire Ecology Science: Management and Planning SYMPOSIUM (part 2): Beyond Boundaries: Technological Innovations and Advancements in Ecological Monitoring and Conservation SYMPOSIUM: Advances and applications of Bayesian Network analyses in ecology
Convenors: Erica Marshall and Helen Mayfield 		SYMPOSIUM (part 2): Completing the adaptive learning cycle: linking monitoring to management for improved conservation outcomes SYMPOSIUM: Spanners, connectors, catalysts, and levers for biodiversity: Tensions and opportunities for transformational systems change
Convenor: Dr Kate Lee, Arthur Rylah Institute, DEECA 		OPEN FORUM: Conservation Practice OPEN FORUM: Eat, be eaten or infected and stress out about it SYMPOSIUM (part 2): Functional traits, physiology and future climates
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM Afternoon tea (Wednesday)
3:30 PM - 5:30 PM SYMPOSIUM (part 3): Getting it right in a changing climate: Adaptation interventions for ecosystem restoration SYMPOSIUM (part 3): Advances in Fire Ecology Science: Determining and Achieving Desirable States SYMPOSIUM (part 3): Beyond Boundaries: Technological Innovations and Advancements in Ecological Monitoring and Conservation
Convenor: Dr Siddeswara Guru, The University of Queensland – TERN 		OPEN FORUM: Conservation Planning (2) ECE Careers Forum and Networking Session SYMPOSIUM: Understanding and predicting the impacts of global and local economic activity on nature using Integrated Assessment Models (IAMs)
Convenors: Professor Brendan Wintle, University of Melbourne; DR Brooke Williams, Queensland University of Technology; Prof Brett Bryan, Deakin University; Prof Eve McDonald-Madden and Assoc Prof Justin Johnson, University of Minnesota 		SYMPOSIUM: The value of benchtop ecology: Diverse uses of omic-based techniques that explore ecological responses to extreme events
Convenors, Sarah McInnes and Dr Nathali Machado de Lima, Centre for Ecosystem Science, School of Biological Earth and Environmental Sciences, UNSW and Dr Ryan Tangney, Centre for Ecosystem Science, School of Biological Earth and Environmental Sciences, UNSW; Kings Park Science, Biodiversity, and Conservation Science, Department of Biodiversity, Conservation, and Attractions 		OPEN FORUM: Hot threatened species SYMPOSIUM (part 3): Functional traits, physiology and future climates
6:30 PM - 10:00 PM Conference Dinner
Conference Dinner tickets cost: $120 inc GST
Plenary 3
Room 105
WEDNESDAY MORNING PLENARY SESSION
9:00 AM - 9:30 AM KEYNOTE PRESENTATION - Dr Phil Zylstra, Adjunct Associate Professor, Curtin University; Visiting Fellow, Australian National University
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM KEYNOTE PRESENTATION - Dr Rachael Nolan, Western Sydney University
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM Morning tea (Wednesday)
10:30 AM - 12:30 PM SYMPOSIUM (part 1): Getting it right in a changing climate: Climate sensitivity informing plant conservation
Convenors: Paul Rymer and Hannah Carle, Western Sydney University and Rebecca Jordan, CSIRO 		SYMPOSIUM (part 1): Advances in Fire Ecology Science: Species and Community Responses
Convenors: Laurence Berry and Simon Watson, Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action; Don Driscoll, Deakin University
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM Lunch (Wednesday)
12:35 PM - 1:25 PM Field Trip: Birrarung Trial Floating Wetlands (Wednesday)
Participation fee: $5 inc GST. Meet at the ESA 2024 Registration and Information Desk
12:45 PM - 1:15 PM Arthur Rylah Institute for Environmental Research (ARI) drop-in session
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM SYMPOSIUM (part 2): Getting it right in a changing climate: Climate sensitivity informing animal conservation SYMPOSIUM (part 2): Advances in Fire Ecology Science: Management and Planning
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM Afternoon tea (Wednesday)
3:30 PM - 5:30 PM SYMPOSIUM (part 3): Getting it right in a changing climate: Adaptation interventions for ecosystem restoration SYMPOSIUM (part 3): Advances in Fire Ecology Science: Determining and Achieving Desirable States
6:30 PM - 10:00 PM Conference Dinner
Conference Dinner tickets cost: $120 inc GST

Room 106
Room 104
WEDNESDAY MORNING PLENARY SESSION
9:00 AM - 9:30 AM KEYNOTE PRESENTATION - Dr Phil Zylstra, Adjunct Associate Professor, Curtin University; Visiting Fellow, Australian National University
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM KEYNOTE PRESENTATION - Dr Rachael Nolan, Western Sydney University
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM Morning tea (Wednesday)
10:30 AM - 12:30 PM SYMPOSIUM (part 1): Beyond Boundaries: Technological Innovations and Advancements in Ecological Monitoring and Conservation
Convenor: Dr Siddeswara Guru, The University of Queensland – TERN 		SYMPOSIUM: Nature market mechanisms - one year on
Convenor: Dr Sarah Luxton, CSIRO Environment
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM Lunch (Wednesday)
12:35 PM - 1:25 PM Field Trip: Birrarung Trial Floating Wetlands (Wednesday)
Participation fee: $5 inc GST. Meet at the ESA 2024 Registration and Information Desk
12:45 PM - 1:15 PM Arthur Rylah Institute for Environmental Research (ARI) drop-in session
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM SYMPOSIUM (part 2): Beyond Boundaries: Technological Innovations and Advancements in Ecological Monitoring and Conservation SYMPOSIUM: Advances and applications of Bayesian Network analyses in ecology
Convenors: Erica Marshall and Helen Mayfield
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM Afternoon tea (Wednesday)
3:30 PM - 5:30 PM SYMPOSIUM (part 3): Beyond Boundaries: Technological Innovations and Advancements in Ecological Monitoring and Conservation
Convenor: Dr Siddeswara Guru, The University of Queensland – TERN 		OPEN FORUM: Conservation Planning (2)
6:30 PM - 10:00 PM Conference Dinner
Conference Dinner tickets cost: $120 inc GST

Rooms 101/102
Room 103
WEDNESDAY MORNING PLENARY SESSION
9:00 AM - 9:30 AM KEYNOTE PRESENTATION - Dr Phil Zylstra, Adjunct Associate Professor, Curtin University; Visiting Fellow, Australian National University
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM KEYNOTE PRESENTATION - Dr Rachael Nolan, Western Sydney University
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM Morning tea (Wednesday)
10:30 AM - 12:30 PM SYMPOSIUM (part 1): Completing the adaptive learning cycle: linking monitoring to management for improved conservation outcomes
Convenors: Associate Professor Carly Cook, Monash University and Dr Nicole Hanson, NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water 		OPEN FORUM: Animal Behaviour
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM Lunch (Wednesday)
12:35 PM - 1:25 PM Field Trip: Birrarung Trial Floating Wetlands (Wednesday)
Participation fee: $5 inc GST. Meet at the ESA 2024 Registration and Information Desk
12:45 PM - 1:15 PM Arthur Rylah Institute for Environmental Research (ARI) drop-in session
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM SYMPOSIUM (part 2): Completing the adaptive learning cycle: linking monitoring to management for improved conservation outcomes SYMPOSIUM: Spanners, connectors, catalysts, and levers for biodiversity: Tensions and opportunities for transformational systems change
Convenor: Dr Kate Lee, Arthur Rylah Institute, DEECA
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM Afternoon tea (Wednesday)
3:30 PM - 5:30 PM ECE Careers Forum and Networking Session SYMPOSIUM: Understanding and predicting the impacts of global and local economic activity on nature using Integrated Assessment Models (IAMs)
Convenors: Professor Brendan Wintle, University of Melbourne; DR Brooke Williams, Queensland University of Technology; Prof Brett Bryan, Deakin University; Prof Eve McDonald-Madden and Assoc Prof Justin Johnson, University of Minnesota
6:30 PM - 10:00 PM Conference Dinner
Conference Dinner tickets cost: $120 inc GST

Rooms 111/112
Room 110
WEDNESDAY MORNING PLENARY SESSION
9:00 AM - 9:30 AM KEYNOTE PRESENTATION - Dr Phil Zylstra, Adjunct Associate Professor, Curtin University; Visiting Fellow, Australian National University
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM KEYNOTE PRESENTATION - Dr Rachael Nolan, Western Sydney University
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM Morning tea (Wednesday)
10:30 AM - 12:30 PM SYMPOSIUM: Getting your start: understanding plant establishment to predict vegetation change and the success of restoration and conservation interventions
Convenors: Associate Professor Rachael Gallagher and Dr Assaf Inbar, Prof. Belinda Medlyn, Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, Western Sydney University 		OPEN FORUM: Ecological disturbance, Wetland birds
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM Lunch (Wednesday)
12:35 PM - 1:25 PM Field Trip: Birrarung Trial Floating Wetlands (Wednesday)
Participation fee: $5 inc GST. Meet at the ESA 2024 Registration and Information Desk
12:45 PM - 1:15 PM Arthur Rylah Institute for Environmental Research (ARI) drop-in session
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM OPEN FORUM: Conservation Practice OPEN FORUM: Eat, be eaten or infected and stress out about it
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM Afternoon tea (Wednesday)
3:30 PM - 5:30 PM SYMPOSIUM: The value of benchtop ecology: Diverse uses of omic-based techniques that explore ecological responses to extreme events
Convenors, Sarah McInnes and Dr Nathali Machado de Lima, Centre for Ecosystem Science, School of Biological Earth and Environmental Sciences, UNSW and Dr Ryan Tangney, Centre for Ecosystem Science, School of Biological Earth and Environmental Sciences, UNSW; Kings Park Science, Biodiversity, and Conservation Science, Department of Biodiversity, Conservation, and Attractions 		OPEN FORUM: Hot threatened species
6:30 PM - 10:00 PM Conference Dinner
Conference Dinner tickets cost: $120 inc GST

Room 109
WEDNESDAY MORNING PLENARY SESSION
9:00 AM - 9:30 AM KEYNOTE PRESENTATION - Dr Phil Zylstra, Adjunct Associate Professor, Curtin University; Visiting Fellow, Australian National University
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM KEYNOTE PRESENTATION - Dr Rachael Nolan, Western Sydney University
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM Morning tea (Wednesday)
10:30 AM - 12:30 PM SYMPOSIUM (part 1): Functional traits, physiology and future climates
Convenors: Dr Natalie Briscoe, Dr Kristoffer Wild, Professor Michael Kearney, The University of Melbourne
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM Lunch (Wednesday)
12:35 PM - 1:25 PM Field Trip: Birrarung Trial Floating Wetlands (Wednesday)
Participation fee: $5 inc GST. Meet at the ESA 2024 Registration and Information Desk
12:45 PM - 1:15 PM Arthur Rylah Institute for Environmental Research (ARI) drop-in session
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM SYMPOSIUM (part 2): Functional traits, physiology and future climates
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM Afternoon tea (Wednesday)
3:30 PM - 5:30 PM SYMPOSIUM (part 3): Functional traits, physiology and future climates
6:30 PM - 10:00 PM Conference Dinner
Conference Dinner tickets cost: $120 inc GST

Plenary 3
WEDNESDAY MORNING PLENARY SESSION
9:00 AM - 9:30 AM KEYNOTE PRESENTATION - Dr Phil Zylstra, Adjunct Associate Professor, Curtin University; Visiting Fellow, Australian National University
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM KEYNOTE PRESENTATION - Dr Rachael Nolan, Western Sydney University
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM Morning tea (Wednesday)
10:30 AM - 12:30 PM SYMPOSIUM (part 1): Getting it right in a changing climate: Climate sensitivity informing plant conservation
Convenors: Paul Rymer and Hannah Carle, Western Sydney University and Rebecca Jordan, CSIRO
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM Lunch (Wednesday)
12:35 PM - 1:25 PM Field Trip: Birrarung Trial Floating Wetlands (Wednesday)
Participation fee: $5 inc GST. Meet at the ESA 2024 Registration and Information Desk
12:45 PM - 1:15 PM Arthur Rylah Institute for Environmental Research (ARI) drop-in session
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM SYMPOSIUM (part 2): Getting it right in a changing climate: Climate sensitivity informing animal conservation
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM Afternoon tea (Wednesday)
3:30 PM - 5:30 PM SYMPOSIUM (part 3): Getting it right in a changing climate: Adaptation interventions for ecosystem restoration
6:30 PM - 10:00 PM Conference Dinner
Conference Dinner tickets cost: $120 inc GST

Room 105
WEDNESDAY MORNING PLENARY SESSION
9:00 AM - 9:30 AM KEYNOTE PRESENTATION - Dr Phil Zylstra, Adjunct Associate Professor, Curtin University; Visiting Fellow, Australian National University
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM KEYNOTE PRESENTATION - Dr Rachael Nolan, Western Sydney University
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM Morning tea (Wednesday)
10:30 AM - 12:30 PM SYMPOSIUM (part 1): Advances in Fire Ecology Science: Species and Community Responses
Convenors: Laurence Berry and Simon Watson, Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action; Don Driscoll, Deakin University
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM Lunch (Wednesday)
12:35 PM - 1:25 PM Field Trip: Birrarung Trial Floating Wetlands (Wednesday)
Participation fee: $5 inc GST. Meet at the ESA 2024 Registration and Information Desk
12:45 PM - 1:15 PM Arthur Rylah Institute for Environmental Research (ARI) drop-in session
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM SYMPOSIUM (part 2): Advances in Fire Ecology Science: Management and Planning
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM Afternoon tea (Wednesday)
3:30 PM - 5:30 PM SYMPOSIUM (part 3): Advances in Fire Ecology Science: Determining and Achieving Desirable States
6:30 PM - 10:00 PM Conference Dinner
Conference Dinner tickets cost: $120 inc GST

Room 106
WEDNESDAY MORNING PLENARY SESSION
9:00 AM - 9:30 AM KEYNOTE PRESENTATION - Dr Phil Zylstra, Adjunct Associate Professor, Curtin University; Visiting Fellow, Australian National University
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM KEYNOTE PRESENTATION - Dr Rachael Nolan, Western Sydney University
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM Morning tea (Wednesday)
10:30 AM - 12:30 PM SYMPOSIUM (part 1): Beyond Boundaries: Technological Innovations and Advancements in Ecological Monitoring and Conservation
Convenor: Dr Siddeswara Guru, The University of Queensland – TERN
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM Lunch (Wednesday)
12:35 PM - 1:25 PM Field Trip: Birrarung Trial Floating Wetlands (Wednesday)
Participation fee: $5 inc GST. Meet at the ESA 2024 Registration and Information Desk
12:45 PM - 1:15 PM Arthur Rylah Institute for Environmental Research (ARI) drop-in session
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM SYMPOSIUM (part 2): Beyond Boundaries: Technological Innovations and Advancements in Ecological Monitoring and Conservation
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM Afternoon tea (Wednesday)
3:30 PM - 5:30 PM SYMPOSIUM (part 3): Beyond Boundaries: Technological Innovations and Advancements in Ecological Monitoring and Conservation
Convenor: Dr Siddeswara Guru, The University of Queensland – TERN
6:30 PM - 10:00 PM Conference Dinner
Conference Dinner tickets cost: $120 inc GST

Room 104
WEDNESDAY MORNING PLENARY SESSION
9:00 AM - 9:30 AM KEYNOTE PRESENTATION - Dr Phil Zylstra, Adjunct Associate Professor, Curtin University; Visiting Fellow, Australian National University
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM KEYNOTE PRESENTATION - Dr Rachael Nolan, Western Sydney University
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM Morning tea (Wednesday)
10:30 AM - 12:30 PM SYMPOSIUM: Nature market mechanisms - one year on
Convenor: Dr Sarah Luxton, CSIRO Environment
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM Lunch (Wednesday)
12:35 PM - 1:25 PM Field Trip: Birrarung Trial Floating Wetlands (Wednesday)
Participation fee: $5 inc GST. Meet at the ESA 2024 Registration and Information Desk
12:45 PM - 1:15 PM Arthur Rylah Institute for Environmental Research (ARI) drop-in session
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM SYMPOSIUM: Advances and applications of Bayesian Network analyses in ecology
Convenors: Erica Marshall and Helen Mayfield
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM Afternoon tea (Wednesday)
3:30 PM - 5:30 PM OPEN FORUM: Conservation Planning (2)
6:30 PM - 10:00 PM Conference Dinner
Conference Dinner tickets cost: $120 inc GST

Rooms 101/102
WEDNESDAY MORNING PLENARY SESSION
9:00 AM - 9:30 AM KEYNOTE PRESENTATION - Dr Phil Zylstra, Adjunct Associate Professor, Curtin University; Visiting Fellow, Australian National University
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM KEYNOTE PRESENTATION - Dr Rachael Nolan, Western Sydney University
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM Morning tea (Wednesday)
10:30 AM - 12:30 PM SYMPOSIUM (part 1): Completing the adaptive learning cycle: linking monitoring to management for improved conservation outcomes
Convenors: Associate Professor Carly Cook, Monash University and Dr Nicole Hanson, NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM Lunch (Wednesday)
12:35 PM - 1:25 PM Field Trip: Birrarung Trial Floating Wetlands (Wednesday)
Participation fee: $5 inc GST. Meet at the ESA 2024 Registration and Information Desk
12:45 PM - 1:15 PM Arthur Rylah Institute for Environmental Research (ARI) drop-in session
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM SYMPOSIUM (part 2): Completing the adaptive learning cycle: linking monitoring to management for improved conservation outcomes
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM Afternoon tea (Wednesday)
3:30 PM - 5:30 PM ECE Careers Forum and Networking Session
6:30 PM - 10:00 PM Conference Dinner
Conference Dinner tickets cost: $120 inc GST

Room 103
WEDNESDAY MORNING PLENARY SESSION
9:00 AM - 9:30 AM KEYNOTE PRESENTATION - Dr Phil Zylstra, Adjunct Associate Professor, Curtin University; Visiting Fellow, Australian National University
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM KEYNOTE PRESENTATION - Dr Rachael Nolan, Western Sydney University
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM Morning tea (Wednesday)
10:30 AM - 12:30 PM OPEN FORUM: Animal Behaviour
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM Lunch (Wednesday)
12:35 PM - 1:25 PM Field Trip: Birrarung Trial Floating Wetlands (Wednesday)
Participation fee: $5 inc GST. Meet at the ESA 2024 Registration and Information Desk
12:45 PM - 1:15 PM Arthur Rylah Institute for Environmental Research (ARI) drop-in session
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM SYMPOSIUM: Spanners, connectors, catalysts, and levers for biodiversity: Tensions and opportunities for transformational systems change
Convenor: Dr Kate Lee, Arthur Rylah Institute, DEECA
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM Afternoon tea (Wednesday)
3:30 PM - 5:30 PM SYMPOSIUM: Understanding and predicting the impacts of global and local economic activity on nature using Integrated Assessment Models (IAMs)
Convenors: Professor Brendan Wintle, University of Melbourne; DR Brooke Williams, Queensland University of Technology; Prof Brett Bryan, Deakin University; Prof Eve McDonald-Madden and Assoc Prof Justin Johnson, University of Minnesota
6:30 PM - 10:00 PM Conference Dinner
Conference Dinner tickets cost: $120 inc GST

Rooms 111/112
WEDNESDAY MORNING PLENARY SESSION
9:00 AM - 9:30 AM KEYNOTE PRESENTATION - Dr Phil Zylstra, Adjunct Associate Professor, Curtin University; Visiting Fellow, Australian National University
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM KEYNOTE PRESENTATION - Dr Rachael Nolan, Western Sydney University
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM Morning tea (Wednesday)
10:30 AM - 12:30 PM SYMPOSIUM: Getting your start: understanding plant establishment to predict vegetation change and the success of restoration and conservation interventions
Convenors: Associate Professor Rachael Gallagher and Dr Assaf Inbar, Prof. Belinda Medlyn, Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, Western Sydney University
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM Lunch (Wednesday)
12:35 PM - 1:25 PM Field Trip: Birrarung Trial Floating Wetlands (Wednesday)
Participation fee: $5 inc GST. Meet at the ESA 2024 Registration and Information Desk
12:45 PM - 1:15 PM Arthur Rylah Institute for Environmental Research (ARI) drop-in session
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM OPEN FORUM: Conservation Practice
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM Afternoon tea (Wednesday)
3:30 PM - 5:30 PM SYMPOSIUM: The value of benchtop ecology: Diverse uses of omic-based techniques that explore ecological responses to extreme events
Convenors, Sarah McInnes and Dr Nathali Machado de Lima, Centre for Ecosystem Science, School of Biological Earth and Environmental Sciences, UNSW and Dr Ryan Tangney, Centre for Ecosystem Science, School of Biological Earth and Environmental Sciences, UNSW; Kings Park Science, Biodiversity, and Conservation Science, Department of Biodiversity, Conservation, and Attractions
6:30 PM - 10:00 PM Conference Dinner
Conference Dinner tickets cost: $120 inc GST

Room 110
WEDNESDAY MORNING PLENARY SESSION
9:00 AM - 9:30 AM KEYNOTE PRESENTATION - Dr Phil Zylstra, Adjunct Associate Professor, Curtin University; Visiting Fellow, Australian National University
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM KEYNOTE PRESENTATION - Dr Rachael Nolan, Western Sydney University
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM Morning tea (Wednesday)
10:30 AM - 12:30 PM OPEN FORUM: Ecological disturbance, Wetland birds
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM Lunch (Wednesday)
12:35 PM - 1:25 PM Field Trip: Birrarung Trial Floating Wetlands (Wednesday)
Participation fee: $5 inc GST. Meet at the ESA 2024 Registration and Information Desk
12:45 PM - 1:15 PM Arthur Rylah Institute for Environmental Research (ARI) drop-in session
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM OPEN FORUM: Eat, be eaten or infected and stress out about it
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM Afternoon tea (Wednesday)
3:30 PM - 5:30 PM OPEN FORUM: Hot threatened species
6:30 PM - 10:00 PM Conference Dinner
Conference Dinner tickets cost: $120 inc GST

Room 109
WEDNESDAY MORNING PLENARY SESSION
9:00 AM - 9:30 AM KEYNOTE PRESENTATION - Dr Phil Zylstra, Adjunct Associate Professor, Curtin University; Visiting Fellow, Australian National University
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM KEYNOTE PRESENTATION - Dr Rachael Nolan, Western Sydney University
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM Morning tea (Wednesday)
10:30 AM - 12:30 PM SYMPOSIUM (part 1): Functional traits, physiology and future climates
Convenors: Dr Natalie Briscoe, Dr Kristoffer Wild, Professor Michael Kearney, The University of Melbourne
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM Lunch (Wednesday)
12:35 PM - 1:25 PM Field Trip: Birrarung Trial Floating Wetlands (Wednesday)
Participation fee: $5 inc GST. Meet at the ESA 2024 Registration and Information Desk
12:45 PM - 1:15 PM Arthur Rylah Institute for Environmental Research (ARI) drop-in session
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM SYMPOSIUM (part 2): Functional traits, physiology and future climates
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM Afternoon tea (Wednesday)
3:30 PM - 5:30 PM SYMPOSIUM (part 3): Functional traits, physiology and future climates
6:30 PM - 10:00 PM Conference Dinner
Conference Dinner tickets cost: $120 inc GST

Thursday, December 12, 2024

Plenary 3
Room 105
Room 106
Room 104
Rooms 101/102
Room 103
Rooms 111/112
Room 110
Room 107
Room 108
THURSDAY MORNING PLENARY SESSION
9:00 AM - 9:30 AM KEYNOTE PRESENTATION - ESA NEXT GENERATION AWARD PRESENTATION - Dr Patrick FInnerty, The University of Sydney
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM KEYNOTE PRESENTATION - Dr Paul Sunnucks, Monash University
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM Morning tea (Thursday)
10:30 AM - 12:30 PM SYMPOSIUM (part 1): Pathways to biodiversity-friendly farmlands: knowledge, barriers and opportunities
Convenor: Dr Frederick Rainsford, La Trobe University 		SYMPOSIUM (part 1): Advancing Theory in Community Ecology
Convenors: Courtney Taylor and Prof Margaret Mayfield, The University of Melbourne 		SYMPOSIUM (part 4): Beyond Boundaries: Technological Innovations and Advancements in Ecological Monitoring and Conservation SYMPOSIUM: Integrated Species Distribution Models (ISDMs): From data collection through to Inference/Prediction
Convenors: Scott Foster, CSIRO Data61; Andrew Hoskins, CSIRO Environment and Jes Froese, CSIRO Health & Biosecurity 		SYMPOSIUM (part 1): Habitat by Design: Artificial Habitat for Recovery, Restoration, and Rewilding
Convenors: Dr Alexandra Carthey, Macquarie University and ReHabitat and Professor Melanie Bishop, Macquarie University and Living Seawells 		SYMPOSIUM: Towards powerful, generalised trait-based models of fundamental and realised niches
Convenor: Peter Vesk, University of Melbourne 		OPEN FORUM: Movement Ecology SYMPOSIUM: Connecting pyrodiversity, biodiversity and people in Australian landscapes
Convenors: Associate Professor Luke Kelly, University of Melbourne; Dr Leanne Greenwood, Dja Dja Wurrung Clans Aboriginal Corporation and Charles Sturt University; Julianna Santos, University of Melbourne; Professor Dale Nimmo, Charles Sturt University 		Workshop: Children’s ecological stories: Engaging eager minds
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM Lunch (Thursday)
12:35 PM - 1:25 PM Field Trip: Birrarung Trial Floating Wetlands (Thursday)
Participation fee: $5 inc GST. Meet at the ESA 2024 Registration and Information Desk
12:45 PM - 1:20 PM Workshop: Turning Sound into Discovery: Using Wildlife Audio Recorders as a Valuable Research Tool
Facilitated by Banca Stinson, Faunatech
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM SYMPOSIUM (part 2): Pathways to biodiversity-friendly farmlands: knowledge, barriers and opportunities SYMPOSIUM (part 2): Advancing Theory in Community Ecology SYMPOSIUM: Nature-dependent ecosystem services in agricultural landscapes
Convenors: Dr Ayesha Tulloch and Jessie Moyses, QUT 		SYMPOSIUM: Wildfire Futures - Interdisciplinary challenges and opportunities in understanding and exploring future fire regimes
Convenors; Dr Thomas Fairman, Dr Hamish Clarke, Dr Katitza Marinkovic Chávez, Dr Colin Gallagher, Dr Ella Plumanns Pouton, Dr Libby Rumpff and A/Prof Lauren Bennett, The University of Melbourne 		SYMPOSIUM (part 2): Habitat by Design: Artificial Habitat for Recovery, Restoration, and Rewilding OPEN FORUM OPEN FORUM: Landscape Ecology, Urban Ecology OPEN FORUM: Pollination Workshop: Children’s ecological stories: Engaging eager minds (repeated) Reimagining Ecology Education using Artificial Intelligence: a debate
Convenors: Dr Caitlyn Forster and Dr Fran van den Berg, The University of Sydney
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM Afternoon tea (Thursday)
ESA 2024 CLOSING SESSION
4:00 PM - 4:20 PM KEYNOTE PRESENTATION - ESA GOLD MEDAL WINNER
4:20 PM - 4:50 PM KEYNOTE PRESENTATION – NZ ES TE TOHU TAIAO AWARD WINNER – Susan Wiser, Manaaki Whenua – Landcare Research
4:30 PM - 5:00 PM Announcement of Prizes and Awards plus Closing Remarks
Plenary 3
Room 105
THURSDAY MORNING PLENARY SESSION
9:00 AM - 9:30 AM KEYNOTE PRESENTATION - ESA NEXT GENERATION AWARD PRESENTATION - Dr Patrick FInnerty, The University of Sydney
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM KEYNOTE PRESENTATION - Dr Paul Sunnucks, Monash University
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM Morning tea (Thursday)
10:30 AM - 12:30 PM SYMPOSIUM (part 1): Pathways to biodiversity-friendly farmlands: knowledge, barriers and opportunities
Convenor: Dr Frederick Rainsford, La Trobe University 		SYMPOSIUM (part 1): Advancing Theory in Community Ecology
Convenors: Courtney Taylor and Prof Margaret Mayfield, The University of Melbourne
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM Lunch (Thursday)
12:35 PM - 1:25 PM Field Trip: Birrarung Trial Floating Wetlands (Thursday)
Participation fee: $5 inc GST. Meet at the ESA 2024 Registration and Information Desk
12:45 PM - 1:20 PM Workshop: Turning Sound into Discovery: Using Wildlife Audio Recorders as a Valuable Research Tool
Facilitated by Banca Stinson, Faunatech
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM SYMPOSIUM (part 2): Pathways to biodiversity-friendly farmlands: knowledge, barriers and opportunities SYMPOSIUM (part 2): Advancing Theory in Community Ecology
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM Afternoon tea (Thursday)
ESA 2024 CLOSING SESSION
4:00 PM - 4:20 PM KEYNOTE PRESENTATION - ESA GOLD MEDAL WINNER
4:20 PM - 4:50 PM KEYNOTE PRESENTATION – NZ ES TE TOHU TAIAO AWARD WINNER – Susan Wiser, Manaaki Whenua – Landcare Research
4:30 PM - 5:00 PM Announcement of Prizes and Awards plus Closing Remarks

Room 106
Room 104
THURSDAY MORNING PLENARY SESSION
9:00 AM - 9:30 AM KEYNOTE PRESENTATION - ESA NEXT GENERATION AWARD PRESENTATION - Dr Patrick FInnerty, The University of Sydney
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM KEYNOTE PRESENTATION - Dr Paul Sunnucks, Monash University
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM Morning tea (Thursday)
10:30 AM - 12:30 PM SYMPOSIUM (part 4): Beyond Boundaries: Technological Innovations and Advancements in Ecological Monitoring and Conservation SYMPOSIUM: Integrated Species Distribution Models (ISDMs): From data collection through to Inference/Prediction
Convenors: Scott Foster, CSIRO Data61; Andrew Hoskins, CSIRO Environment and Jes Froese, CSIRO Health & Biosecurity
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM Lunch (Thursday)
12:35 PM - 1:25 PM Field Trip: Birrarung Trial Floating Wetlands (Thursday)
Participation fee: $5 inc GST. Meet at the ESA 2024 Registration and Information Desk
12:45 PM - 1:20 PM Workshop: Turning Sound into Discovery: Using Wildlife Audio Recorders as a Valuable Research Tool
Facilitated by Banca Stinson, Faunatech
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM SYMPOSIUM: Nature-dependent ecosystem services in agricultural landscapes
Convenors: Dr Ayesha Tulloch and Jessie Moyses, QUT 		SYMPOSIUM: Wildfire Futures - Interdisciplinary challenges and opportunities in understanding and exploring future fire regimes
Convenors; Dr Thomas Fairman, Dr Hamish Clarke, Dr Katitza Marinkovic Chávez, Dr Colin Gallagher, Dr Ella Plumanns Pouton, Dr Libby Rumpff and A/Prof Lauren Bennett, The University of Melbourne
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM Afternoon tea (Thursday)
ESA 2024 CLOSING SESSION
4:00 PM - 4:20 PM KEYNOTE PRESENTATION - ESA GOLD MEDAL WINNER
4:20 PM - 4:50 PM KEYNOTE PRESENTATION – NZ ES TE TOHU TAIAO AWARD WINNER – Susan Wiser, Manaaki Whenua – Landcare Research
4:30 PM - 5:00 PM Announcement of Prizes and Awards plus Closing Remarks

Rooms 101/102
Room 103
THURSDAY MORNING PLENARY SESSION
9:00 AM - 9:30 AM KEYNOTE PRESENTATION - ESA NEXT GENERATION AWARD PRESENTATION - Dr Patrick FInnerty, The University of Sydney
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM KEYNOTE PRESENTATION - Dr Paul Sunnucks, Monash University
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM Morning tea (Thursday)
10:30 AM - 12:30 PM SYMPOSIUM (part 1): Habitat by Design: Artificial Habitat for Recovery, Restoration, and Rewilding
Convenors: Dr Alexandra Carthey, Macquarie University and ReHabitat and Professor Melanie Bishop, Macquarie University and Living Seawells 		SYMPOSIUM: Towards powerful, generalised trait-based models of fundamental and realised niches
Convenor: Peter Vesk, University of Melbourne
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM Lunch (Thursday)
12:35 PM - 1:25 PM Field Trip: Birrarung Trial Floating Wetlands (Thursday)
Participation fee: $5 inc GST. Meet at the ESA 2024 Registration and Information Desk
12:45 PM - 1:20 PM Workshop: Turning Sound into Discovery: Using Wildlife Audio Recorders as a Valuable Research Tool
Facilitated by Banca Stinson, Faunatech
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM SYMPOSIUM (part 2): Habitat by Design: Artificial Habitat for Recovery, Restoration, and Rewilding OPEN FORUM
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM Afternoon tea (Thursday)
ESA 2024 CLOSING SESSION
4:00 PM - 4:20 PM KEYNOTE PRESENTATION - ESA GOLD MEDAL WINNER
4:20 PM - 4:50 PM KEYNOTE PRESENTATION – NZ ES TE TOHU TAIAO AWARD WINNER – Susan Wiser, Manaaki Whenua – Landcare Research
4:30 PM - 5:00 PM Announcement of Prizes and Awards plus Closing Remarks

Rooms 111/112
Room 110
THURSDAY MORNING PLENARY SESSION
9:00 AM - 9:30 AM KEYNOTE PRESENTATION - ESA NEXT GENERATION AWARD PRESENTATION - Dr Patrick FInnerty, The University of Sydney
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM KEYNOTE PRESENTATION - Dr Paul Sunnucks, Monash University
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM Morning tea (Thursday)
10:30 AM - 12:30 PM OPEN FORUM: Movement Ecology SYMPOSIUM: Connecting pyrodiversity, biodiversity and people in Australian landscapes
Convenors: Associate Professor Luke Kelly, University of Melbourne; Dr Leanne Greenwood, Dja Dja Wurrung Clans Aboriginal Corporation and Charles Sturt University; Julianna Santos, University of Melbourne; Professor Dale Nimmo, Charles Sturt University
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM Lunch (Thursday)
12:35 PM - 1:25 PM Field Trip: Birrarung Trial Floating Wetlands (Thursday)
Participation fee: $5 inc GST. Meet at the ESA 2024 Registration and Information Desk
12:45 PM - 1:20 PM Workshop: Turning Sound into Discovery: Using Wildlife Audio Recorders as a Valuable Research Tool
Facilitated by Banca Stinson, Faunatech
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM OPEN FORUM: Landscape Ecology, Urban Ecology OPEN FORUM: Pollination
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM Afternoon tea (Thursday)
ESA 2024 CLOSING SESSION
4:00 PM - 4:20 PM KEYNOTE PRESENTATION - ESA GOLD MEDAL WINNER
4:20 PM - 4:50 PM KEYNOTE PRESENTATION – NZ ES TE TOHU TAIAO AWARD WINNER – Susan Wiser, Manaaki Whenua – Landcare Research
4:30 PM - 5:00 PM Announcement of Prizes and Awards plus Closing Remarks

Room 107
Room 108
THURSDAY MORNING PLENARY SESSION
9:00 AM - 9:30 AM KEYNOTE PRESENTATION - ESA NEXT GENERATION AWARD PRESENTATION - Dr Patrick FInnerty, The University of Sydney
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM KEYNOTE PRESENTATION - Dr Paul Sunnucks, Monash University
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM Morning tea (Thursday)
10:30 AM - 12:30 PM Workshop: Children’s ecological stories: Engaging eager minds
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM Lunch (Thursday)
12:35 PM - 1:25 PM Field Trip: Birrarung Trial Floating Wetlands (Thursday)
Participation fee: $5 inc GST. Meet at the ESA 2024 Registration and Information Desk
12:45 PM - 1:20 PM Workshop: Turning Sound into Discovery: Using Wildlife Audio Recorders as a Valuable Research Tool
Facilitated by Banca Stinson, Faunatech
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM Workshop: Children’s ecological stories: Engaging eager minds (repeated) Reimagining Ecology Education using Artificial Intelligence: a debate
Convenors: Dr Caitlyn Forster and Dr Fran van den Berg, The University of Sydney
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM Afternoon tea (Thursday)
ESA 2024 CLOSING SESSION
4:00 PM - 4:20 PM KEYNOTE PRESENTATION - ESA GOLD MEDAL WINNER
4:20 PM - 4:50 PM KEYNOTE PRESENTATION – NZ ES TE TOHU TAIAO AWARD WINNER – Susan Wiser, Manaaki Whenua – Landcare Research
4:30 PM - 5:00 PM Announcement of Prizes and Awards plus Closing Remarks

Plenary 3
THURSDAY MORNING PLENARY SESSION
9:00 AM - 9:30 AM KEYNOTE PRESENTATION - ESA NEXT GENERATION AWARD PRESENTATION - Dr Patrick FInnerty, The University of Sydney
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM KEYNOTE PRESENTATION - Dr Paul Sunnucks, Monash University
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM Morning tea (Thursday)
10:30 AM - 12:30 PM SYMPOSIUM (part 1): Pathways to biodiversity-friendly farmlands: knowledge, barriers and opportunities
Convenor: Dr Frederick Rainsford, La Trobe University
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM Lunch (Thursday)
12:35 PM - 1:25 PM Field Trip: Birrarung Trial Floating Wetlands (Thursday)
Participation fee: $5 inc GST. Meet at the ESA 2024 Registration and Information Desk
12:45 PM - 1:20 PM Workshop: Turning Sound into Discovery: Using Wildlife Audio Recorders as a Valuable Research Tool
Facilitated by Banca Stinson, Faunatech
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM SYMPOSIUM (part 2): Pathways to biodiversity-friendly farmlands: knowledge, barriers and opportunities
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM Afternoon tea (Thursday)
ESA 2024 CLOSING SESSION
4:00 PM - 4:20 PM KEYNOTE PRESENTATION - ESA GOLD MEDAL WINNER
4:20 PM - 4:50 PM KEYNOTE PRESENTATION – NZ ES TE TOHU TAIAO AWARD WINNER – Susan Wiser, Manaaki Whenua – Landcare Research
4:30 PM - 5:00 PM Announcement of Prizes and Awards plus Closing Remarks

Room 105
THURSDAY MORNING PLENARY SESSION
9:00 AM - 9:30 AM KEYNOTE PRESENTATION - ESA NEXT GENERATION AWARD PRESENTATION - Dr Patrick FInnerty, The University of Sydney
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM KEYNOTE PRESENTATION - Dr Paul Sunnucks, Monash University
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM Morning tea (Thursday)
10:30 AM - 12:30 PM SYMPOSIUM (part 1): Advancing Theory in Community Ecology
Convenors: Courtney Taylor and Prof Margaret Mayfield, The University of Melbourne
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM Lunch (Thursday)
12:35 PM - 1:25 PM Field Trip: Birrarung Trial Floating Wetlands (Thursday)
Participation fee: $5 inc GST. Meet at the ESA 2024 Registration and Information Desk
12:45 PM - 1:20 PM Workshop: Turning Sound into Discovery: Using Wildlife Audio Recorders as a Valuable Research Tool
Facilitated by Banca Stinson, Faunatech
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM SYMPOSIUM (part 2): Advancing Theory in Community Ecology
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM Afternoon tea (Thursday)
ESA 2024 CLOSING SESSION
4:00 PM - 4:20 PM KEYNOTE PRESENTATION - ESA GOLD MEDAL WINNER
4:20 PM - 4:50 PM KEYNOTE PRESENTATION – NZ ES TE TOHU TAIAO AWARD WINNER – Susan Wiser, Manaaki Whenua – Landcare Research
4:30 PM - 5:00 PM Announcement of Prizes and Awards plus Closing Remarks

Room 106
THURSDAY MORNING PLENARY SESSION
9:00 AM - 9:30 AM KEYNOTE PRESENTATION - ESA NEXT GENERATION AWARD PRESENTATION - Dr Patrick FInnerty, The University of Sydney
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM KEYNOTE PRESENTATION - Dr Paul Sunnucks, Monash University
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM Morning tea (Thursday)
10:30 AM - 12:30 PM SYMPOSIUM (part 4): Beyond Boundaries: Technological Innovations and Advancements in Ecological Monitoring and Conservation
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM Lunch (Thursday)
12:35 PM - 1:25 PM Field Trip: Birrarung Trial Floating Wetlands (Thursday)
Participation fee: $5 inc GST. Meet at the ESA 2024 Registration and Information Desk
12:45 PM - 1:20 PM Workshop: Turning Sound into Discovery: Using Wildlife Audio Recorders as a Valuable Research Tool
Facilitated by Banca Stinson, Faunatech
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM SYMPOSIUM: Nature-dependent ecosystem services in agricultural landscapes
Convenors: Dr Ayesha Tulloch and Jessie Moyses, QUT
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM Afternoon tea (Thursday)
ESA 2024 CLOSING SESSION
4:00 PM - 4:20 PM KEYNOTE PRESENTATION - ESA GOLD MEDAL WINNER
4:20 PM - 4:50 PM KEYNOTE PRESENTATION – NZ ES TE TOHU TAIAO AWARD WINNER – Susan Wiser, Manaaki Whenua – Landcare Research
4:30 PM - 5:00 PM Announcement of Prizes and Awards plus Closing Remarks

Room 104
THURSDAY MORNING PLENARY SESSION
9:00 AM - 9:30 AM KEYNOTE PRESENTATION - ESA NEXT GENERATION AWARD PRESENTATION - Dr Patrick FInnerty, The University of Sydney
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM KEYNOTE PRESENTATION - Dr Paul Sunnucks, Monash University
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM Morning tea (Thursday)
10:30 AM - 12:30 PM SYMPOSIUM: Integrated Species Distribution Models (ISDMs): From data collection through to Inference/Prediction
Convenors: Scott Foster, CSIRO Data61; Andrew Hoskins, CSIRO Environment and Jes Froese, CSIRO Health & Biosecurity
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM Lunch (Thursday)
12:35 PM - 1:25 PM Field Trip: Birrarung Trial Floating Wetlands (Thursday)
Participation fee: $5 inc GST. Meet at the ESA 2024 Registration and Information Desk
12:45 PM - 1:20 PM Workshop: Turning Sound into Discovery: Using Wildlife Audio Recorders as a Valuable Research Tool
Facilitated by Banca Stinson, Faunatech
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM SYMPOSIUM: Wildfire Futures - Interdisciplinary challenges and opportunities in understanding and exploring future fire regimes
Convenors; Dr Thomas Fairman, Dr Hamish Clarke, Dr Katitza Marinkovic Chávez, Dr Colin Gallagher, Dr Ella Plumanns Pouton, Dr Libby Rumpff and A/Prof Lauren Bennett, The University of Melbourne
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM Afternoon tea (Thursday)
ESA 2024 CLOSING SESSION
4:00 PM - 4:20 PM KEYNOTE PRESENTATION - ESA GOLD MEDAL WINNER
4:20 PM - 4:50 PM KEYNOTE PRESENTATION – NZ ES TE TOHU TAIAO AWARD WINNER – Susan Wiser, Manaaki Whenua – Landcare Research
4:30 PM - 5:00 PM Announcement of Prizes and Awards plus Closing Remarks

Rooms 101/102
THURSDAY MORNING PLENARY SESSION
9:00 AM - 9:30 AM KEYNOTE PRESENTATION - ESA NEXT GENERATION AWARD PRESENTATION - Dr Patrick FInnerty, The University of Sydney
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM KEYNOTE PRESENTATION - Dr Paul Sunnucks, Monash University
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM Morning tea (Thursday)
10:30 AM - 12:30 PM SYMPOSIUM (part 1): Habitat by Design: Artificial Habitat for Recovery, Restoration, and Rewilding
Convenors: Dr Alexandra Carthey, Macquarie University and ReHabitat and Professor Melanie Bishop, Macquarie University and Living Seawells
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM Lunch (Thursday)
12:35 PM - 1:25 PM Field Trip: Birrarung Trial Floating Wetlands (Thursday)
Participation fee: $5 inc GST. Meet at the ESA 2024 Registration and Information Desk
12:45 PM - 1:20 PM Workshop: Turning Sound into Discovery: Using Wildlife Audio Recorders as a Valuable Research Tool
Facilitated by Banca Stinson, Faunatech
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM SYMPOSIUM (part 2): Habitat by Design: Artificial Habitat for Recovery, Restoration, and Rewilding
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM Afternoon tea (Thursday)
ESA 2024 CLOSING SESSION
4:00 PM - 4:20 PM KEYNOTE PRESENTATION - ESA GOLD MEDAL WINNER
4:20 PM - 4:50 PM KEYNOTE PRESENTATION – NZ ES TE TOHU TAIAO AWARD WINNER – Susan Wiser, Manaaki Whenua – Landcare Research
4:30 PM - 5:00 PM Announcement of Prizes and Awards plus Closing Remarks

Room 103
THURSDAY MORNING PLENARY SESSION
9:00 AM - 9:30 AM KEYNOTE PRESENTATION - ESA NEXT GENERATION AWARD PRESENTATION - Dr Patrick FInnerty, The University of Sydney
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM KEYNOTE PRESENTATION - Dr Paul Sunnucks, Monash University
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM Morning tea (Thursday)
10:30 AM - 12:30 PM SYMPOSIUM: Towards powerful, generalised trait-based models of fundamental and realised niches
Convenor: Peter Vesk, University of Melbourne
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM Lunch (Thursday)
12:35 PM - 1:25 PM Field Trip: Birrarung Trial Floating Wetlands (Thursday)
Participation fee: $5 inc GST. Meet at the ESA 2024 Registration and Information Desk
12:45 PM - 1:20 PM Workshop: Turning Sound into Discovery: Using Wildlife Audio Recorders as a Valuable Research Tool
Facilitated by Banca Stinson, Faunatech
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM OPEN FORUM
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM Afternoon tea (Thursday)
ESA 2024 CLOSING SESSION
4:00 PM - 4:20 PM KEYNOTE PRESENTATION - ESA GOLD MEDAL WINNER
4:20 PM - 4:50 PM KEYNOTE PRESENTATION – NZ ES TE TOHU TAIAO AWARD WINNER – Susan Wiser, Manaaki Whenua – Landcare Research
4:30 PM - 5:00 PM Announcement of Prizes and Awards plus Closing Remarks

Rooms 111/112
THURSDAY MORNING PLENARY SESSION
9:00 AM - 9:30 AM KEYNOTE PRESENTATION - ESA NEXT GENERATION AWARD PRESENTATION - Dr Patrick FInnerty, The University of Sydney
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM KEYNOTE PRESENTATION - Dr Paul Sunnucks, Monash University
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM Morning tea (Thursday)
10:30 AM - 12:30 PM OPEN FORUM: Movement Ecology
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM Lunch (Thursday)
12:35 PM - 1:25 PM Field Trip: Birrarung Trial Floating Wetlands (Thursday)
Participation fee: $5 inc GST. Meet at the ESA 2024 Registration and Information Desk
12:45 PM - 1:20 PM Workshop: Turning Sound into Discovery: Using Wildlife Audio Recorders as a Valuable Research Tool
Facilitated by Banca Stinson, Faunatech
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM OPEN FORUM: Landscape Ecology, Urban Ecology
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM Afternoon tea (Thursday)
ESA 2024 CLOSING SESSION
4:00 PM - 4:20 PM KEYNOTE PRESENTATION - ESA GOLD MEDAL WINNER
4:20 PM - 4:50 PM KEYNOTE PRESENTATION – NZ ES TE TOHU TAIAO AWARD WINNER – Susan Wiser, Manaaki Whenua – Landcare Research
4:30 PM - 5:00 PM Announcement of Prizes and Awards plus Closing Remarks

Room 110
THURSDAY MORNING PLENARY SESSION
9:00 AM - 9:30 AM KEYNOTE PRESENTATION - ESA NEXT GENERATION AWARD PRESENTATION - Dr Patrick FInnerty, The University of Sydney
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM KEYNOTE PRESENTATION - Dr Paul Sunnucks, Monash University
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM Morning tea (Thursday)
10:30 AM - 12:30 PM SYMPOSIUM: Connecting pyrodiversity, biodiversity and people in Australian landscapes
Convenors: Associate Professor Luke Kelly, University of Melbourne; Dr Leanne Greenwood, Dja Dja Wurrung Clans Aboriginal Corporation and Charles Sturt University; Julianna Santos, University of Melbourne; Professor Dale Nimmo, Charles Sturt University
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM Lunch (Thursday)
12:35 PM - 1:25 PM Field Trip: Birrarung Trial Floating Wetlands (Thursday)
Participation fee: $5 inc GST. Meet at the ESA 2024 Registration and Information Desk
12:45 PM - 1:20 PM Workshop: Turning Sound into Discovery: Using Wildlife Audio Recorders as a Valuable Research Tool
Facilitated by Banca Stinson, Faunatech
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM OPEN FORUM: Pollination
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM Afternoon tea (Thursday)
ESA 2024 CLOSING SESSION
4:00 PM - 4:20 PM KEYNOTE PRESENTATION - ESA GOLD MEDAL WINNER
4:20 PM - 4:50 PM KEYNOTE PRESENTATION – NZ ES TE TOHU TAIAO AWARD WINNER – Susan Wiser, Manaaki Whenua – Landcare Research
4:30 PM - 5:00 PM Announcement of Prizes and Awards plus Closing Remarks

Room 107
THURSDAY MORNING PLENARY SESSION
9:00 AM - 9:30 AM KEYNOTE PRESENTATION - ESA NEXT GENERATION AWARD PRESENTATION - Dr Patrick FInnerty, The University of Sydney
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM KEYNOTE PRESENTATION - Dr Paul Sunnucks, Monash University
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM Morning tea (Thursday)
10:30 AM - 12:30 PM Workshop: Children’s ecological stories: Engaging eager minds
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM Lunch (Thursday)
12:35 PM - 1:25 PM Field Trip: Birrarung Trial Floating Wetlands (Thursday)
Participation fee: $5 inc GST. Meet at the ESA 2024 Registration and Information Desk
12:45 PM - 1:20 PM Workshop: Turning Sound into Discovery: Using Wildlife Audio Recorders as a Valuable Research Tool
Facilitated by Banca Stinson, Faunatech
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM Workshop: Children’s ecological stories: Engaging eager minds (repeated)
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM Afternoon tea (Thursday)
ESA 2024 CLOSING SESSION
4:00 PM - 4:20 PM KEYNOTE PRESENTATION - ESA GOLD MEDAL WINNER
4:20 PM - 4:50 PM KEYNOTE PRESENTATION – NZ ES TE TOHU TAIAO AWARD WINNER – Susan Wiser, Manaaki Whenua – Landcare Research
4:30 PM - 5:00 PM Announcement of Prizes and Awards plus Closing Remarks

Room 108
THURSDAY MORNING PLENARY SESSION
9:00 AM - 9:30 AM KEYNOTE PRESENTATION - ESA NEXT GENERATION AWARD PRESENTATION - Dr Patrick FInnerty, The University of Sydney
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM KEYNOTE PRESENTATION - Dr Paul Sunnucks, Monash University
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM Morning tea (Thursday)
10:30 AM - 12:30 PM
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM Lunch (Thursday)
12:35 PM - 1:25 PM Field Trip: Birrarung Trial Floating Wetlands (Thursday)
Participation fee: $5 inc GST. Meet at the ESA 2024 Registration and Information Desk
12:45 PM - 1:20 PM Workshop: Turning Sound into Discovery: Using Wildlife Audio Recorders as a Valuable Research Tool
Facilitated by Banca Stinson, Faunatech
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM Reimagining Ecology Education using Artificial Intelligence: a debate
Convenors: Dr Caitlyn Forster and Dr Fran van den Berg, The University of Sydney
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM Afternoon tea (Thursday)
ESA 2024 CLOSING SESSION
4:00 PM - 4:20 PM KEYNOTE PRESENTATION - ESA GOLD MEDAL WINNER
4:20 PM - 4:50 PM KEYNOTE PRESENTATION – NZ ES TE TOHU TAIAO AWARD WINNER – Susan Wiser, Manaaki Whenua – Landcare Research
4:30 PM - 5:00 PM Announcement of Prizes and Awards plus Closing Remarks

Friday, December 13, 2024

Field Trip
Workshop
Workshop
Workshop
Workshop
Workshop
5:30 AM - 10:00 AM Field Trip: Nangak Tamboree Wildlife Sanctuary, La Trobe University – Breakfast with the Birds and Nursery Tour
Depart from Melbourne Convention Centre (Convention Centre Place) at 5:30am Participation Fee: $95 inc GST per person
6:30 AM - 3:30 PM Field Trip: Western Treatment Plant, Werribee
Depart from Melbourne Convention Centre (Convention Centre Place) at 6:30am Participation fee: $95 inc GST per person
7:15 AM - 6:15 PM Field Trip: Wild Otways Initiative: Conserving threatened species in the Otways through landscape-scale integrated threat management practices (Phytophthora cinnamomi and vertebrate pests)
Depart from Melbourne Convention Centre (Convention Centre Place) at 7:15am Participation Fee: $225 inc GST per person
9:00 AM - 12:00 PM WORKSHOP 1: How to ACTUALLY make a difference: connecting ecology, policy and law to influence decision-making for a better future
9:00 AM - 1:00 PM WORKSHOP 2: Build Your Own Call Recogniser: Integrating Passive Acoustic Monitoring with AI for Scalable Biodiversity Tracking
9:00 AM - 4:00 PM WORKSHOP 3: Articles for Action: how to write research papers useful to land managers, practitioners, policy-makers and the public
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM Field Trip: Starvation Creek (Forest Global Earth Observatory Network Site)
Depart from Melbourne Convention Centre (Convention Centre Place) at 9am Field Trip Leader: Patrick Baker Participation fee: $95 inc GST per person
9:30 AM - 11:30 AM WORKSHOP 4: Sharing biodiversity data using the 'galaxias' R package
9:30 AM - 12:30 PM WORKSHOP 5: Ecological Time Series Analysis and Forecasting in R (morning workshop)
9:30 AM - 4:00 PM WORKSHOP 6: Modelling heat and activity stress in plants and animals with NicheMapR
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM Field Trip: Koorie Heritage Trust Scar Tree Walk
Participation fee: $40 inc GST per person Depart from: Koorie Heritage Trust (The Yarra Building, Federation Square, Flinders St &, Swanston St, Melbourne)
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM WORKSHOP 7: Capturing Conservation - Lessons in taking and using images for conservation advocacy and action
10:30 AM - 2:30 PM WORKSHOP 8: Nature Writing
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM WORKSHOP 9: Using science communication to increase impact: A practical workshop
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM WORKSHOP 10: Species Distribution Models for Environmental, Ecological, and Conservation Applications with EcoCommons Australia
WORKSHOP 11: Whys and Hows of Interdisciplinary Collaboration
2:00 PM - 4:30 PM WORKSHOP 12: Ecological Time Series Analysis and Forecasting in R (afternoon workshop)
Field Trip
Workshop
5:30 AM - 10:00 AM Field Trip: Nangak Tamboree Wildlife Sanctuary, La Trobe University – Breakfast with the Birds and Nursery Tour
Depart from Melbourne Convention Centre (Convention Centre Place) at 5:30am Participation Fee: $95 inc GST per person
6:30 AM - 3:30 PM Field Trip: Western Treatment Plant, Werribee
Depart from Melbourne Convention Centre (Convention Centre Place) at 6:30am Participation fee: $95 inc GST per person
7:15 AM - 6:15 PM Field Trip: Wild Otways Initiative: Conserving threatened species in the Otways through landscape-scale integrated threat management practices (Phytophthora cinnamomi and vertebrate pests)
Depart from Melbourne Convention Centre (Convention Centre Place) at 7:15am Participation Fee: $225 inc GST per person
9:00 AM - 12:00 PM WORKSHOP 1: How to ACTUALLY make a difference: connecting ecology, policy and law to influence decision-making for a better future
9:00 AM - 1:00 PM WORKSHOP 2: Build Your Own Call Recogniser: Integrating Passive Acoustic Monitoring with AI for Scalable Biodiversity Tracking
9:00 AM - 4:00 PM WORKSHOP 3: Articles for Action: how to write research papers useful to land managers, practitioners, policy-makers and the public
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM Field Trip: Starvation Creek (Forest Global Earth Observatory Network Site)
Depart from Melbourne Convention Centre (Convention Centre Place) at 9am Field Trip Leader: Patrick Baker Participation fee: $95 inc GST per person
9:30 AM - 11:30 AM
9:30 AM - 12:30 PM
9:30 AM - 4:00 PM
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM Field Trip: Koorie Heritage Trust Scar Tree Walk
Participation fee: $40 inc GST per person Depart from: Koorie Heritage Trust (The Yarra Building, Federation Square, Flinders St &, Swanston St, Melbourne)
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
10:30 AM - 2:30 PM
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
2:00 PM - 4:30 PM

Workshop
Workshop
5:30 AM - 10:00 AM
6:30 AM - 3:30 PM
7:15 AM - 6:15 PM
9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
9:00 AM - 1:00 PM
9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
9:30 AM - 11:30 AM WORKSHOP 4: Sharing biodiversity data using the 'galaxias' R package
9:30 AM - 12:30 PM WORKSHOP 5: Ecological Time Series Analysis and Forecasting in R (morning workshop)
9:30 AM - 4:00 PM WORKSHOP 6: Modelling heat and activity stress in plants and animals with NicheMapR
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM WORKSHOP 7: Capturing Conservation - Lessons in taking and using images for conservation advocacy and action
10:30 AM - 2:30 PM WORKSHOP 8: Nature Writing
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
2:00 PM - 4:30 PM

Workshop
Workshop
5:30 AM - 10:00 AM
6:30 AM - 3:30 PM
7:15 AM - 6:15 PM
9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
9:00 AM - 1:00 PM
9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
9:30 AM - 11:30 AM
9:30 AM - 12:30 PM
9:30 AM - 4:00 PM
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
10:30 AM - 2:30 PM
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM WORKSHOP 9: Using science communication to increase impact: A practical workshop
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM WORKSHOP 10: Species Distribution Models for Environmental, Ecological, and Conservation Applications with EcoCommons Australia
WORKSHOP 11: Whys and Hows of Interdisciplinary Collaboration
2:00 PM - 4:30 PM WORKSHOP 12: Ecological Time Series Analysis and Forecasting in R (afternoon workshop)

Field Trip
5:30 AM - 10:00 AM Field Trip: Nangak Tamboree Wildlife Sanctuary, La Trobe University – Breakfast with the Birds and Nursery Tour
Depart from Melbourne Convention Centre (Convention Centre Place) at 5:30am Participation Fee: $95 inc GST per person
6:30 AM - 3:30 PM Field Trip: Western Treatment Plant, Werribee
Depart from Melbourne Convention Centre (Convention Centre Place) at 6:30am Participation fee: $95 inc GST per person
7:15 AM - 6:15 PM Field Trip: Wild Otways Initiative: Conserving threatened species in the Otways through landscape-scale integrated threat management practices (Phytophthora cinnamomi and vertebrate pests)
Depart from Melbourne Convention Centre (Convention Centre Place) at 7:15am Participation Fee: $225 inc GST per person
9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
9:00 AM - 1:00 PM
9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM Field Trip: Starvation Creek (Forest Global Earth Observatory Network Site)
Depart from Melbourne Convention Centre (Convention Centre Place) at 9am Field Trip Leader: Patrick Baker Participation fee: $95 inc GST per person
9:30 AM - 11:30 AM
9:30 AM - 12:30 PM
9:30 AM - 4:00 PM
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM Field Trip: Koorie Heritage Trust Scar Tree Walk
Participation fee: $40 inc GST per person Depart from: Koorie Heritage Trust (The Yarra Building, Federation Square, Flinders St &, Swanston St, Melbourne)
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
10:30 AM - 2:30 PM
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
2:00 PM - 4:30 PM

Workshop
5:30 AM - 10:00 AM
6:30 AM - 3:30 PM
7:15 AM - 6:15 PM
9:00 AM - 12:00 PM WORKSHOP 1: How to ACTUALLY make a difference: connecting ecology, policy and law to influence decision-making for a better future
9:00 AM - 1:00 PM WORKSHOP 2: Build Your Own Call Recogniser: Integrating Passive Acoustic Monitoring with AI for Scalable Biodiversity Tracking
9:00 AM - 4:00 PM WORKSHOP 3: Articles for Action: how to write research papers useful to land managers, practitioners, policy-makers and the public
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
9:30 AM - 11:30 AM
9:30 AM - 12:30 PM
9:30 AM - 4:00 PM
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
10:30 AM - 2:30 PM
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
2:00 PM - 4:30 PM

Workshop
5:30 AM - 10:00 AM
6:30 AM - 3:30 PM
7:15 AM - 6:15 PM
9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
9:00 AM - 1:00 PM
9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
9:30 AM - 11:30 AM WORKSHOP 4: Sharing biodiversity data using the 'galaxias' R package
9:30 AM - 12:30 PM WORKSHOP 5: Ecological Time Series Analysis and Forecasting in R (morning workshop)
9:30 AM - 4:00 PM WORKSHOP 6: Modelling heat and activity stress in plants and animals with NicheMapR
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
10:30 AM - 2:30 PM
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
2:00 PM - 4:30 PM

Workshop
5:30 AM - 10:00 AM
6:30 AM - 3:30 PM
7:15 AM - 6:15 PM
9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
9:00 AM - 1:00 PM
9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
9:30 AM - 11:30 AM
9:30 AM - 12:30 PM
9:30 AM - 4:00 PM
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM WORKSHOP 7: Capturing Conservation - Lessons in taking and using images for conservation advocacy and action
10:30 AM - 2:30 PM WORKSHOP 8: Nature Writing
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
2:00 PM - 4:30 PM

Workshop
5:30 AM - 10:00 AM
6:30 AM - 3:30 PM
7:15 AM - 6:15 PM
9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
9:00 AM - 1:00 PM
9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
9:30 AM - 11:30 AM
9:30 AM - 12:30 PM
9:30 AM - 4:00 PM
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
10:30 AM - 2:30 PM
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM WORKSHOP 9: Using science communication to increase impact: A practical workshop
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM WORKSHOP 10: Species Distribution Models for Environmental, Ecological, and Conservation Applications with EcoCommons Australia
WORKSHOP 11: Whys and Hows of Interdisciplinary Collaboration
2:00 PM - 4:30 PM

Workshop
5:30 AM - 10:00 AM
6:30 AM - 3:30 PM
7:15 AM - 6:15 PM
9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
9:00 AM - 1:00 PM
9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
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9:30 AM - 12:30 PM
9:30 AM - 4:00 PM
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
10:30 AM - 2:30 PM
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
2:00 PM - 4:30 PM WORKSHOP 12: Ecological Time Series Analysis and Forecasting in R (afternoon workshop)

Contact the ESA 2024 Conference Secretariat
Kaigi Conferencing and Events
Phone: (02) 6198 3218
Email: esa@kaigi.com.au

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