BGANZ 2025 Program
please note that this program is subject to change without notice
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
| Track 1 | Track 2 | Track 3 | |
| 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM | Congress Registration Desk Open - Monday | ||
| 8:30 AM - 8:45 AM | Pre-Congress Coffee & Tea | ||
| 8:45 AM - 9:30 AM | Welcome Address | ||
| 9:30 AM - 10:30 AM | Keynote Presentation 1 | ||
| 10:30 AM - 11:00 AM | Morning Tea - Monday | ||
| 11:00 AM - 11:30 AM | Keynote Presentation 2 | ||
| 11:30 AM - 12:00 PM | Keynote Presentation 3 | ||
| 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM | Lunch - Monday | ||
| 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM | Theme 1 - Monday | Theme 2 - Monday | Theme 3 - Monday |
| 3:00 PM - 3:30 PM | Afternoon Tea - Monday | ||
| 3:30 PM - 3:50 PM | Theme 1 - Monday (continued) | Theme 2 - Monday (Continued) | Theme 3 - Monday (continued) |
| 3:50 PM - 4:30 PM | Plenary Presentation | ||
| 4:30 PM - 5:00 PM | Wrap Up Session - Monday | ||
| 5:00 PM - 5:00 PM | Close of Day | ||
| 8:00 PM - 9:00 PM | Twilight Tour of the Australian National Botanic Gardens (ANBG) | ||
Tuesday, November 4, 2025
| 8:00 AM - 6:00 PM | Field Trips |
Wednesday, November 5, 2025
| Track 1 | Track 2 | Track 3 | |
| 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM | Congress Registration Desk Open - Wednesday | ||
| 8:30 AM - 8:45 AM | Pre-Congress Coffee & Tea - Wednesday | ||
| 8:45 AM - 9:30 AM | Keynote/Plenary presentation | ||
| 9:30 AM - 10:30 AM | Second Plenary | ||
| 10:30 AM - 11:00 AM | Morning Tea - Wednesday | ||
| 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM | Theme 1 - Wednesday | Theme 2 - Wednesday | Theme 3 - Wednesday |
| 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM | Lunch - Wednesday | ||
| 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM | Theme 1 - Wednesday (continued) | Theme 2 - Wednesday (continued) | Theme 3 - Wednesday (continued) |
| 3:00 PM - 3:30 PM | Afternoon Tea - Wednesday | ||
| 3:30 PM - 3:50 PM | Theme 1 - Wednesday (cont.) | Theme 2 - Wednesday (cont.) | Theme 3 - Wednesday (cont.) |
| 3:50 PM - 4:30 PM | Closing Plenary Presentation | ||
| 4:30 PM - 5:00 PM | Wrap Up Session - Wednesday | ||
| 5:00 PM - 5:00 PM | Close of Congress | ||
| 5:30 PM - 6:30 PM | Great BG Debate | ||
| 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM | Congress Dinner | ||
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.