BGANZ 2025 Program
please note that this program is subject to change without notice
Sunday, November 2, 2025
| 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM | Tour of the Australian National Botanic Gardens (ANBG) |
| 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM | Congress Registration Desk Open - Sunday |
| 4:30 PM - 6:00 PM | BGANZ 2025 Welcome Reception |
Monday, November 3, 2025
| 8:00 AM - 6:00 PM | |||
| 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM | BGANZ AGM | ||
| 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM | Twilight Tour of the Australian National Botanic Gardens (ANBG) | ||
Tuesday, November 4, 2025
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Congress Registration Desk Open
8:30 AM - 9:00 AM
Pre-Congress Coffee & Tea
9:00 AM - 9:20 AM
Welcome Address
9:20 AM - 10:00 AM
Keynote Presentation 1
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Morning Tea
CONCURRENT SESSIONS 1 - TUESDAY (1030-1200) 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Session 1
Session 2
Session 3
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Lunch - Tuesday
CONCURRENT SESSIONS 2 - TUESDAY (1300-1500) 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Session 4
Session 5
Session 6
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Afternoon Tea
WORKSHOPS - TUESDAY 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Workshop 1
Workshop 2
Workshop 3
4:30 PM - 4:45 PM
Wrap Up Session - Tuesday
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Great BG Debate
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM BGANZ 2025 Congress Dinner
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM | Congress Registration Desk Open | ||
8:30 AM - 9:00 AM | Pre-Congress Coffee & Tea | ||
9:00 AM - 9:20 AM | Welcome Address | ||
9:20 AM - 10:00 AM | Keynote Presentation 1 | ||
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM | Morning Tea | ||
| CONCURRENT SESSIONS 1 - TUESDAY (1030-1200) | |||
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM | Session 1 | Session 2 | Session 3 |
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM | Lunch - Tuesday | ||
| CONCURRENT SESSIONS 2 - TUESDAY (1300-1500) | |||
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM | Session 4 | Session 5 | Session 6 |
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM | Afternoon Tea | ||
| WORKSHOPS - TUESDAY | |||
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM | Workshop 1 | Workshop 2 | Workshop 3 |
4:30 PM - 4:45 PM | Wrap Up Session - Tuesday | ||
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM | Great BG Debate | ||
| 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM | BGANZ 2025 Congress Dinner | ||
Wednesday, November 5, 2025
| 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM | Congress Registration Desk Open | ||
| 8:30 AM - 9:00 AM | Pre-Congress Coffee & Tea | ||
| 9:00 AM - 9:45 AM | Keynote/Plenary presentation | ||
| 9:45 AM - 10:30 AM | Second Plenary | ||
| 10:30 AM - 11:00 AM | Morning Tea | ||
| CONCURRENT SESSIONS AND WORKSHOPS - (1100 - 1230) | |||
| 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM | Session 7 | Workshop 4 | Workshop 5 |
| 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM | Lunch | ||
| CONCURRENT SESSIONS AND WORKSHOPS - (1330 - 1450) | |||
| 1:30 PM - 2:50 PM | Session 8 | Session 9 | Workshop 6 |
| 2:50 PM - 3:30 PM | Afternoon Tea | ||
| 3:30 PM - 4:00 PM | Closing Plenary Presentation & Congress Close | ||
Page photo credits:
Friends Wollongong BG - Wollongong Botanic Garden
Harvesting Phebalium davesii seed at RTBG nursery - Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens
Visitors to the Hoop Pine Forest - Tracey Whitby
Cranbourne Gardens Nursery Staff Propagating Care for the rare collections - RBGV
We acknowledge Australia's First Nations peoples as the Traditional Custodians of Country throughout Australia. We recognise their continuing connection to land, waters and community. We respectfully acknowledge the role that First Nations people continue to play in shaping Australia's democracy. We also acknowledge the Ngunnawal, Ngunawal and Ngambri peoples as the Traditional Custodians of the region in which The Museum of Australian Democracy at Old Parliament House is located.