Queensland Coastal Conference 2013

Queensland Coastal Conference 2013
Castles in the Sand
Wednesday 2 to Friday 4 October, 2013

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Conference Program

The 2013 conference program featured invited keynote speakers, concurrent sessions, workshops, field trips and exhibitors. The conference had five main themes.

BARRIERS AND OPPORTUNITIES - Socio-economics, governance, legislation, tourism and natural resource economics

HELPING THE REEF FROM THE LAND - Strategic planning, land use coordination, behaviour transformation and other actions targeted at water quality outcomes by coastal managers and coastal communities for the Great Barrier Reef

RESEARCH AND INNOVATION - Latest research outcomes, technical and program innovations

LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND COMMUNITY ACTION - Case studies and outcomes of individual and collaborative projects

COASTAL HAZARD MANAGEMENT - Technical advances in mitigation and adaptation, policy, planning and practical action

The program as it actually happened is available to download here

Papers and Presentations [as permission of authors/presenters is obtained] are available here.

If you weren't able to make it to the conference here is what you missed. Pictures and stories from the conference will be available here soon

7.30 am	Registration open
Plenary – Raffles Room
8.30 am	Introduction – Greg Stuart on behalf of the Queensland Coastal Conference 2013 organising committee
8.40 am	Welcome to Country
8.50 am	Conference Opening – Cr Jenny Hill - Mayor of the City of Townsville
9.00 am	Keynote 1 Senator Larissa Waters - Australian Greens Senator for Queensland
9.45 am	Keynote 2 Greg Bruce - Executive Manager Integrated Sustainability Services/Townsville City Council – “Townsville Smart City Solar City – from Creek to Coral: a fundamental transformation in the way business and citizen engagement is conducted to create effective, city-wide sustainability and coastal zone management”
10.30 am	Morning tea
11.00 am	Keynote 3 Dr Russell Reichelt – Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority (GBRMPA)
11.30 am	Keynote 4 Richard Brinkman – Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS) “Coastal oceanography: critical knowledge for sustainable development”
12.00 pm	Keynote 5 Jon Brodie - TropWATER (Centre for Tropical Water and Aquatic Ecosystem Research, James Cook University)
12.30pm	Lunch
Topic		Local Gov and Community	Helping Reef from Land	Knowing and Learning
Room		Kingston	Raffles	Savoy
1.20 pm		Andrew O’Neill Using collaboration to reduce urban impacts on the Reef	Amelie Auge Coastal development in the Great Barrier Reef coastal zone: Using scenarios for conservation planning	Bill Carter The Status of Monitoring and Evaluation in Coastal Australia
1.40 pm		Ella Horton [for Rachel Lamaro] Kirra Beach Dune Regeneration Works: Large scale vegetation of artificially created coastal dunes [GeckoLamaroRandBibbyM.pdf]	Dominique O’Brien Pesticides in Great Barrier Reef waters	Dave Anning Valuing beach and surf tourism and recreation in Australian sea change communities [AnningDetal.pdf]
2.00 pm		Kim Badcock Strategy for Engaging the Community in a Post-Cyclone Era - 'the lazy person's guide'	Greg Stuart eReefs: Monitoring and modelling water quality in the Great Barrier Reef	Kieran Harper Tropical Cyclone Oswald - Coastal Monitoring [HarperKandMaherJ.pdf]
2.20 pm		Kurt Davis Cairns Marine Plant Management Strategy process and update [DavisKetal.pdf]	Jason Vains Developing a ‘whole of landscape approach’ to managing the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area	Saeed Shaeri The Importance of Accurate Prediction of Tidal-Induced Water Level Variations in Small Tidal Inlets [ShaeriSetal.pdf]
2.40 pm		Terry Done Changes in coral cover at Great Barrier Reef dive sites 2001 – 2011: more ups than downs	Amelia Wenger A decision-making tool for prioritising management actions on islands in the southern Great Barrier Reef	Leslie Mallinson A review of plastic resin pellet distribution throughout Australia and mitigation methods for reducing spill-over into the marine environment [MallinsonLetal.pdf]
3.00 pm	Afternoon tea
Topic		Barriers and Opportunities	Coastal Hazard Management	Knowing and Learning
Room		Kingston	Raffles	Savoy
3.30 pm		Allan Dale A risk analysis across the Great Barrier Reef governance system [DaleAetalPublishedPaper.pdf]	Sel Sultmann The way forward in adapting to coastal hazards in Queensland [AllenMandSultmannS.pdf]	John Maher Gulf of Carpentaria Storm Tide and Inundation Study
3.50 pm		Allan Dale [for Jorge Alvarez-Romero] Integrated catchment-to-coast planning: using social network analysis to untangle connections in the governance of natural resource management	Jennifer Roughan Coastal hazards: the land use and development policy response [RoughanJ.pdf]	Angus Jackson Adaptable Design in Response to Uncertainty: A Noosa River Case Study
4.10 pm		Mark Gibbs Barriers to Sea level Rise Adaptation: Asset Anchoring	Peter Gibson Managing Coastal Hazards in the Burdekin Dry Tropics [GibsonPetal.pdf]	Marina Farr Taking a closer look at Boating, Fishing and Fish in the GBR [FarrMetal.pdf]
4.30 pm		Anthony Richardson Irukandji blooms are predictable	Chris Lane Managing the impacts of major environmental events and natural hazards	Shannon van Nunen Coastal Community Engagement: Achieving more than ever before working alongside 14 community groups [vanNunenSandBishopJ.pdf]
4.50 pm		Alana Grech Guiding principles for the improved governance of port and shipping impacts in the Great Barrier Reef	Kane Nielsen Maximum Storm Tide Level Recorders Pilot Project [NielsenKandSchwatrzR.pdf]	Kay Critchell Abundance, distribution and movement of marine debris in the Southern Great Barrier Reef (Winner of the best student presentation)
5.10 pm	Day close

8.30 am		Registration open
Plenary - Raffles Room
9.00 am		Keynote 6 Nick Harvey – Australian Coastal Society “Coastal policy in a climate of governmental change”
9.40 am		Keynote 7 Angus Jackson – ICM (Integrated Coastal Management) “Coastal management in uncertain times requires vision not computers”
10.10 am		Keynote 8 Melinda Louden - Port of Townsville Ltd
10.30 am		Rapid fire Poster Presentations: 1. Joel Hayes (BeachCare Coordinator – Griffith Centre for Coastal Management) 2. Ruth Kamrowski (James Cook University) 3. Jenna Brown (University of the Sunshine Coast) (Winner of the best student poster presentation) 4. Colin Wen (James Cook University) 5. John Gunn (Earth Environmental for Creek to Coral) Virtual poster
11.00 am		Morning tea
Topic	Barriers and Opportunities		Local Gov and Community	Knowing and Learning
Room	Savoy		Kingston	Raffles
11.30 am	Joel Bolzenius Seagrass Friendly Moorings - Repairing Marine Habitats through engaging the boating community [BolzeniusJandKorhalillerS.pdf]		Kayleigh Mast Yakety-yak: yACS has become a breeding ground for tomorrow’s coastal leaders (Winner of the best community presentation)	Sharon Tickell Catchment to coast information integration: a South-east Queensland example with national application [CannardTetalCSIRO.pdf]
11.50 pm	Daniel Ware Littoral Drift – evolution of institutions for managing the long shore transport of sand across the NSW/Queensland Border (Winner of the most inspiring presentation) [WareDan.pdf]		Chris Manning Improving urban stormwater quality management in the Coastal Dry Tropics: a Townsville perspective	Emily Saeck A vision towards resilient coral reefs successfully adapting to climate change: the Great Barrier Reef Foundation
12.10 pm	Jenna Bishop Persevering to preserve a Ramsar wetland: Shoalwater and Corio Bays [BishopJandvanNunenS.pdf]		John Gunn Creek to Coral’s Adaptive Reef Rescue with Community	Simon Baltais Citizen Science – 10 years of Seagrass and Mangrove monitoring by the community has it delivered any benefits? [BaltaisSimon.pdf]
12.30 pm		Lunch
Topic	Barriers and Opportunities		Helping the Reef from Land	Knowing and Learning
Room	Raffles		Kingston	Savoy
1.30 pm	Melissa Bos Innovative and Strategic Finance for the Great Barrier Reef		Jennifer DeBose The use of constructed wetlands and sumps as mitigation strategies for agricultural run-off
1.50 pm	Matt Curnock Insights into the Human Dimension of the Great Barrier Reef		Kathryn Berry Coal Pollution in the Marine Environment: a risk to the Great Barrier Reef?
2.10 pm	Heather Zeppel Local Planning for Climate Adaptation in Coastal Queensland [ZeppelH.pdf]		Eric Wolanski Estuaries of Australia in 2050 and beyond [WolanskEandDucrotoyJP.pdf]

9.00 am		Keynote 1 Senator Larissa Waters - Australian Greens Senator for Queensland
9.45 am		Keynote 2 Greg Bruce - Executive Manager Integrated Sustainability Services/Townsville City Council – “Townsville Smart City Solar City – from Creek to Coral: a fundamental transformation in the way business and citizen engagement is conducted to create effective, city-wide sustainability and coastal zone management”
11.00 am		Keynote 3 Dr Russell Reichelt – Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority (GBRMPA)
11.30 am		Keynote 4 Richard Brinkman – Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS) “Coastal oceanography: critical knowledge for sustainable development”
12.00 pm		Keynote 5 Jon Brodie - TropWATER (Centre for Tropical Water and Aquatic Ecosystem Research, James Cook University)

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