The Scientific Program for the 15th Australasian Vertebrate Pest Conference comprises an exciting mix of invited plenary speakers, Symposia on the hot topics in vertebrate pest animal control and contributed papers. Contributors will be able to deliver 15- or 5-minute papers.
Draft symposia topics and convenors are listed below. Up to nine symposia can be accommodated in the Scientific Program. Please contact Dr Glen Saunders glen.saunders@industry.nsw.gov.au
Symposia may be 1.5, 3 or 4.5 hours in length depending on the number of speakers to be accommodated. They will include:
- Human-Wildlife conflicts: Integrating ethics, animal welfare and science (John Hadidian, US Humane Society - jhadidian@humanesociety.org and Camilla Fox, Project Coyote and Animal Welfare Institute - cfox@projectcoyote.org)
- Detecting and eradicating invasive fish (Wayne Fulton,Invasive Animals CRC – wfulto@yahoo.com.au)
- Maximising impact through social science (Andreas Glanznig, Invasive Animals CRC - andreas.glanznig@invasiveanimals.com)
- Wildlife management and fertility control - progress? (Lyn Hinds, CSIRO - lyn.hinds@csiro)
- Pest Eradication on Islands (John Parkes, - parkesj@landcareresearch.co.nz and Elaine Murphy, NZ DoC - emurphy@doc.govt.nz)
- Assessing and managing risks of exotic animals (Wendy Henderson, IA CRC - wendy.henderson@invasiveanimals.com and Marion Massam, DAF WA - marion.massam@agric.wa.gov.au)
- Community involvement in vertebrate pest control (Peter West, NSW I&I – peter.west@industry.nsw.gov.au)
- New Tools and Methods in Pest Control (Charles Eason, University of Lincoln, NZ - charlieeason@xtra.co.nz)
- Managing the Impacts of Feral Camels (Quentin Hart, Ninti One Ltd. - quentin.hart@csiro.au and Andrew Woolnough, DAF WA - andrew.woolnough@agric.wa.gov.au)
- Indigenous wildlife management (George Wilson, Australian Wildlife Services - george.wilson@awt.com.au)
- Managing environmental pests (Jim Mitchell, Qld. DEEDI - Jim.Mitchell@deedi.qld.gov.au)
- Commercial use of wildlife including pests (Jane Frances, NSW I&I – jane.frances@industry.nsw.gov.au and Steve McLeod, NSW I&I – steven.mcleod@industry.nsw.gov.au)
- Managing wild dogs for biodiversity (Ben Allen, SANRM - Ben.Allen@saalnrm.sa.gov.au and Brad Purcell, UWS - B.Purcell@uws.edu.au
- Managing the impacts of rabbits (Tarnya Cox, NSW I&I – tarnya.cox@industry.nsw.gov.au)