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8:30 AM - 9:00 AM |
Registration and check-in
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Symposium Opening Session
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9:00 AM - 9:30 AM |
Opening Session
Introduction - Dr Jo Luck, Program Director, PBRI
Welcome to Country - Maria Minjil
Opening Address - Senator the Hon Murray Watt, Minister for
Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF), Minister
for Emergency Management
About the Symposium - Jo Luck, Program Director PBRI
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9:30 AM - 10:00 AM |
KEYNOTE PRESENTATION - Varroa - honey bee industry recovery
Danny le Feuvre, CEO Australian Honey Bee Industry Council and Director, AgriFutures)
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SESSION 1: Early Warning and Risk
Chair: Robyn Dixon, Wine Australia
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10:00 AM - 10:15 AM |
Indigenous Ranger Biosecurity Program - How Indigenous Rangers contribute to biosecurity in Northern Australian
Renae Todd, Director Indigenous Rangers & Business Management Section DAFF and Ranger Joyce Bohme (Womens’ Ranger Co-ordinator) Djelk
Rangers, NT
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10:15 AM - 10:25 AM |
Biosecurity Commons – Online, Open-Access & Sharable Biosecurity Risk Analytics at your finger-tips
Dr James Camac, Chief Investigator, Biosecurity,
Ecology and Climate Change Impacts CEBRA
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10:25 AM - 10:35 AM |
National Priority Plant Pest Preparedness
Dr Jo Lee, Assistant Director, Preparedness and
Response, DAFF
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10:35 AM - 10:45 AM |
Questions with all presenters (Session 1)
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10:45 AM - 11:15 AM |
International Day of Plant Health Morning Tea
Sponsored by Plant Health Australia
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11:15 AM - 11:25 AM |
From Collaboration to Readiness: Australia's Preparedness for Xylella spp
Dr Toni Chapman, Senior Research Scientist, Plant Biosecurity Research and Diagnostics, DPI NSW
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11:25 AM - 11:35 AM |
Developing risk-based approaches to support domestic and international trade
Jane Muller, Stakeholder Engagement, Agricultural Exports, Market Access & Digital Agriculture, CSIRO
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11:35 AM - 11:45 AM |
Pre-emptive variety development for sugarcane
Jason Eglington, General Manager, Variety Development, SRA
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11:45 AM - 11:55 AM |
Catalysing Australia’s Biosecurity initiative
Dr Andy Sheppard, Chief Research Scientist CSIRO, Co-Executive Director DAFF-CSIRO Catalysing Australia’s Biosecurity Initiative CSIRO and Richard
Keane, Principal Director Biosecurity Innovation, Research and Education Branch, DAFF
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11:55 AM - 12:05 PM |
Questions with all presenters (Session 1.)
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SESSION 2 - Diagnostics and Surveillance
Chair: Callum Fletcher, GRDC
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12:05 PM - 12:15 PM |
National Grains Diagnostic and Surveillance Initiative (NGDSI)
Dr Will Cuddy, Manager, Plant Biosecurity Research and Diagnostics, DPI NSW
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12:15 PM - 12:25 PM |
Post Entry Quarantine screening - practice change
Dr Candace Elliott, Acting Assistant Director, Plant Pathology and Botany Section, DAFF
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12:25 PM - 12:35 PM |
Boosting diagnostics, standards, and data sharing to support surveillance
Dr Brendan Rodoni, Research Director – Microbial Sciences, Pests & Diseases, Agriculture Research Victoria
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12:35 PM - 12:45 PM |
Questions with all presenters (Session 2)
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12:45 PM - 1:45 PM |
Lunch (Wednesday)
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1:45 PM - 1:55 PM |
Novel dual use sensors
Dr Nick Fitzgerald, Science, Technology & Innovation Lead – OCE STaR Shot
Defence Science & Technology Group
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1:55 PM - 2:05 PM |
Boosting Diagnostics: Invertebrates in sugarcane
Hank Xu, PhD Student, University of Southern Queensland
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SESSION 3: Diagnostics and Surveillance
Chair: Susan Maas, CRDC
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2:05 PM - 2:15 PM |
Northern Australia Quarantine Strategy – plant biosecurity initiatives
Dr Bernie Witwer and Dr Darren Peck Northern Australia Quarantine Strategy
DAFF
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2:15 PM - 2:25 PM |
Questions with all presenters (Session 3)
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2:25 PM - 2:35 PM |
iMapPESTS 1.0 and next phase regional surveillance concept
Shakira Johnson, Biosecurity Coordinator for Farm Biosecurity, AUSVEG
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2:35 PM - 2:45 PM |
50 years of the APLC: locust surveillance, control and research
Heath McRae, Deputy Director, Australian Plague Locust Commission, DAFF
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2:45 PM - 2:55 PM |
Forest Watch Australia - Progress and opportunities
Rohan Burgess, Surveillance Manger, Plant Health Australia
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2:55 PM - 3:05 PM |
Multipest surveillance and grower education in the banana industry
Dr Rosie Godwin, R&D Manager, Australian Banana Growers’ Council
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3:05 PM - 3:15 PM |
Questions with all presenters (Session 3.)
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3:15 PM - 3:40 PM |
Afternoon tea (Wednesday)
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SESSION 4: Capability Building
Chair: Stephen Mudge, Sugar Research Australia
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3:40 PM - 3:50 PM |
Behavioural Economics & Biosecurity: Nudgeathon 2024
Dr Stephen Whyte, Senior Research Fellow, School of Economics & Finance Faculty of Business & Law and Deputy Director, Centre for Behavioural
Economics, Society and Technology (BEST)
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3:50 PM - 4:00 PM |
The Northern Australian People Capacity and Response Network (NAPCaRN)
Dr Anne Walters, Director of the Northern Australian People Capacity and Response Network (NAPCaRN) Department of Industry, Tourism and
Trade
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4:00 PM - 4:10 PM |
ARC Training Centre in Plant Biosecurity
Professor Peter Solomon, Director, ARC Training Centre in Plant Biosecurity, ANU
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4:10 PM - 4:15 PM |
Questions with all presenters (Session 4)
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4:15 PM - 4:25 PM |
Tackling myrtle rust outbreaks and uncovering rust fungi biology using dsRNA
Rebecca Degnan, Ritman Scholar, PhD Student, University of Queensland
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4:25 PM - 4:30 PM |
Identification of thrips (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) from sticky traps using short-read metabarcoding
Eyal Zeira, PhD Student, La Trobe University
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4:30 PM - 4:45 PM |
The Plant Health TV Contest – ‘People’s choice’ voting
Dr Baldissera Giovani, Program Coordinator, Euphresco and EUPHRESCO III and Jo Luck, Program Director, PBRI
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5:30 PM - 6:30 PM |
PBRI 2024 - Drinks and Poster Viewing
sponsored by Euphresco III
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6:45 PM - 10:00 PM |
Symposium Dinner
Dinner address Dr Angus Carnegie, Senior Principal Research Scientist, Forest Science NSW DPI
Sponsored by CSIRO
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