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Monday, August 7, 2023


Tuesday, August 8, 2023

Track 1
Track 2
Track 3
8:30 AM - 8:45 AM Welcome to Country
8:45 AM - 9:00 AM Welcome and opening from dignitaries
9:00 AM - 9:30 AM Keynote Speaker | Tom Price | Department of Environment, Parks and Water Security, Northern Territory Government | The Northern Territory Government’s response to Siam weed and the nature and challenges of the program
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM Keynote Speaker | Dr Daniel Tan | University of Sydney | Best Practice weed management in Cambodia including the use of drones
10:00 AM - 10:25 AM
Morning Tea and Trade Display
Weeds Surveillance
Location: Parthenium Theatre
Weed Identification
Location: Miconia Room
Community, stakeholders and sharing knowledge
Location: Frogbit Room
10:25 AM - 10:45 AM Reviewing the success of the NSW Biosecurity (Chinese Violet) Control Order 2019 | Terry Bignell and Jordan Skinner A hard nut to crack - Japanese walnut identification & control | Matt Bell Multi stakeholder collaboration between private and public landholders to address target weed species | Emma Tilley and Kylie Falconer
10:45 AM - 11:05 AM "Where the rivers run" Parkinsonia | Andrea Fletcher-Dawson Range Extension of a new weed species, Perennial soybean (Neonotonia wightii) for NSW | Natalie James Industry agreed qualifications - a beneficial partnership for NSW Weeds | Paul Marynissen and Jodie Bartlett-Taylor
11:05 AM - 11:25 AM 14610sq km of Weed Surveillance & Property Inspections | Damian Wray WEEDSCAN – A community tool for weed identification, reporting and management | Dr Hanwen Wu and Dr Emily Thomas A Case Study Of A Beneficial Relationship Between a Local Control Authority and a Local Landcare Network | Katherine Clare and Phil Price
11:25 AM - 11:45 AM MICONIA – ERADICATING THE ‘PURPLE PLAGUE’ An inside look at 20 years of locating and removing this colourful threat | Brook Hooson and Jesse Telford Integrated Weed Identification: how to get the most out weed identification tools | Wendy Gibney Weeds and Wind Farms | Richard Sharp
11:45 AM - 12:05 PM Stopping Weeds Going Wild Post Flood | Alysha Wynan and Angel Marotte Much ado about some things: When does plant identification lead to weed response in NSW | Dr Stephen Johnson A Case Study Of A Beneficial Relationship Between a Local Control Authority and a University | Phil Price
12:05 PM - 12:15 PM
Question Time
12:15 PM - 1:00 PM
Lunch and Trade Display
1:05 PM - 1:35 PM Keynote Speaker | Roger J Fletcher OAM | Fletcher International Exports
1:35 PM - 2:05 PM Keynote Speaker | Dr John Tracey | Deputy Director General, Biosecurity and Food Safety NSW DPI | Research, innovation, people - managing biosecurity threats now and into the future
2:05 PM - 2:35 PM Keynote Speaker | Dr Jodie Benton | OzArk Environment and Heritage | NSW Aboriginal Heritage - Sites and context
2:35 PM - 3:00 PM
Afternoon Tea and Trade Display
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM Weed Control | Biocontrol
Location: Parthenium Theatre
Prohibited matter research and surveillance
Location: Miconia Room
Managing Weed Risks
Location: Frogbit Room
3:00 PM - 3:20 PM Biocontrol research for weed management in NSW | Dr Andrew McConnachie Species specific QPCR Assay for detection of Limnobium laevigatum (HUMB. & BONPL. EX WILLD.) HEINE | Dr Xiaocheng Zhu Weed Risk Australia: Future-proofing Australia's Post-Border Weed Risk Management Process | Claire Lock
3:20 PM - 3:40 PM Giant Rats Tail Leaf Smut found in NSW | David Officer Development of Environmental DNA methods for the detection and management of Amazon Frogbit incursions | Dr Karen Bell Peering over the fence: an update on the gardening responsibly movement | Julia Rayment
3:40 PM - 4:00 PM Weed Biocontrol agent mass rearing and implementation in NSW | Fritz Heystek Where could it be now? Vulnerability of New South Wales to parthenium weed invasion | Dr Stephen Johnson Managing risk on High risk pathways | David Pomery
4:00 PM - 4:20 PM Progress on the biological control of narrow-leaf privet in Australia | Dr Muhammad Nawaz Hawkweed Delimitation | Liesl Grant Wrangling Hudson Pear at Quanda | Jodie Lawler and Andrea Fletcher-Dawson
4:20 PM - 4:30 PM
Questions
4:45 PM - 5:30 PM Weeds Officer Association Annual General Meeting
All members welcome
6:30 PM - 10:00 PM Social Networking Function | Sponsored by Dubbo Regional Council
Join us for a conference tradition, our Social Networking Dinner. This year we will venture to Dubbo Zoo for this casual and fun evening.
Track 1
Track 2
8:30 AM - 8:45 AM Welcome to Country
8:45 AM - 9:00 AM Welcome and opening from dignitaries
9:00 AM - 9:30 AM Keynote Speaker | Tom Price | Department of Environment, Parks and Water Security, Northern Territory Government | The Northern Territory Government’s response to Siam weed and the nature and challenges of the program
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM Keynote Speaker | Dr Daniel Tan | University of Sydney | Best Practice weed management in Cambodia including the use of drones
10:00 AM - 10:25 AM
Morning Tea and Trade Display
Weeds Surveillance
Location: Parthenium Theatre
Weed Identification
Location: Miconia Room
10:25 AM - 10:45 AM Reviewing the success of the NSW Biosecurity (Chinese Violet) Control Order 2019 | Terry Bignell and Jordan Skinner A hard nut to crack - Japanese walnut identification & control | Matt Bell
10:45 AM - 11:05 AM "Where the rivers run" Parkinsonia | Andrea Fletcher-Dawson Range Extension of a new weed species, Perennial soybean (Neonotonia wightii) for NSW | Natalie James
11:05 AM - 11:25 AM 14610sq km of Weed Surveillance & Property Inspections | Damian Wray WEEDSCAN – A community tool for weed identification, reporting and management | Dr Hanwen Wu and Dr Emily Thomas
11:25 AM - 11:45 AM MICONIA – ERADICATING THE ‘PURPLE PLAGUE’ An inside look at 20 years of locating and removing this colourful threat | Brook Hooson and Jesse Telford Integrated Weed Identification: how to get the most out weed identification tools | Wendy Gibney
11:45 AM - 12:05 PM Stopping Weeds Going Wild Post Flood | Alysha Wynan and Angel Marotte Much ado about some things: When does plant identification lead to weed response in NSW | Dr Stephen Johnson
12:05 PM - 12:15 PM
Question Time
12:15 PM - 1:00 PM
Lunch and Trade Display
1:05 PM - 1:35 PM Keynote Speaker | Roger J Fletcher OAM | Fletcher International Exports
1:35 PM - 2:05 PM Keynote Speaker | Dr John Tracey | Deputy Director General, Biosecurity and Food Safety NSW DPI | Research, innovation, people - managing biosecurity threats now and into the future
2:05 PM - 2:35 PM Keynote Speaker | Dr Jodie Benton | OzArk Environment and Heritage | NSW Aboriginal Heritage - Sites and context
2:35 PM - 3:00 PM
Afternoon Tea and Trade Display
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM Weed Control | Biocontrol
Location: Parthenium Theatre
Prohibited matter research and surveillance
Location: Miconia Room
3:00 PM - 3:20 PM Biocontrol research for weed management in NSW | Dr Andrew McConnachie Species specific QPCR Assay for detection of Limnobium laevigatum (HUMB. & BONPL. EX WILLD.) HEINE | Dr Xiaocheng Zhu
3:20 PM - 3:40 PM Giant Rats Tail Leaf Smut found in NSW | David Officer Development of Environmental DNA methods for the detection and management of Amazon Frogbit incursions | Dr Karen Bell
3:40 PM - 4:00 PM Weed Biocontrol agent mass rearing and implementation in NSW | Fritz Heystek Where could it be now? Vulnerability of New South Wales to parthenium weed invasion | Dr Stephen Johnson
4:00 PM - 4:20 PM Progress on the biological control of narrow-leaf privet in Australia | Dr Muhammad Nawaz Hawkweed Delimitation | Liesl Grant
4:20 PM - 4:30 PM
Questions
4:45 PM - 5:30 PM Weeds Officer Association Annual General Meeting
All members welcome
6:30 PM - 10:00 PM Social Networking Function | Sponsored by Dubbo Regional Council
Join us for a conference tradition, our Social Networking Dinner. This year we will venture to Dubbo Zoo for this casual and fun evening.

Track 3
8:30 AM - 8:45 AM Welcome to Country
8:45 AM - 9:00 AM Welcome and opening from dignitaries
9:00 AM - 9:30 AM Keynote Speaker | Tom Price | Department of Environment, Parks and Water Security, Northern Territory Government | The Northern Territory Government’s response to Siam weed and the nature and challenges of the program
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM Keynote Speaker | Dr Daniel Tan | University of Sydney | Best Practice weed management in Cambodia including the use of drones
10:00 AM - 10:25 AM
Morning Tea and Trade Display
Community, stakeholders and sharing knowledge
Location: Frogbit Room
10:25 AM - 10:45 AM Multi stakeholder collaboration between private and public landholders to address target weed species | Emma Tilley and Kylie Falconer
10:45 AM - 11:05 AM Industry agreed qualifications - a beneficial partnership for NSW Weeds | Paul Marynissen and Jodie Bartlett-Taylor
11:05 AM - 11:25 AM A Case Study Of A Beneficial Relationship Between a Local Control Authority and a Local Landcare Network | Katherine Clare and Phil Price
11:25 AM - 11:45 AM Weeds and Wind Farms | Richard Sharp
11:45 AM - 12:05 PM A Case Study Of A Beneficial Relationship Between a Local Control Authority and a University | Phil Price
12:05 PM - 12:15 PM
Question Time
12:15 PM - 1:00 PM
Lunch and Trade Display
1:05 PM - 1:35 PM Keynote Speaker | Roger J Fletcher OAM | Fletcher International Exports
1:35 PM - 2:05 PM Keynote Speaker | Dr John Tracey | Deputy Director General, Biosecurity and Food Safety NSW DPI | Research, innovation, people - managing biosecurity threats now and into the future
2:05 PM - 2:35 PM Keynote Speaker | Dr Jodie Benton | OzArk Environment and Heritage | NSW Aboriginal Heritage - Sites and context
2:35 PM - 3:00 PM
Afternoon Tea and Trade Display
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM Managing Weed Risks
Location: Frogbit Room
3:00 PM - 3:20 PM Weed Risk Australia: Future-proofing Australia's Post-Border Weed Risk Management Process | Claire Lock
3:20 PM - 3:40 PM Peering over the fence: an update on the gardening responsibly movement | Julia Rayment
3:40 PM - 4:00 PM Managing risk on High risk pathways | David Pomery
4:00 PM - 4:20 PM Wrangling Hudson Pear at Quanda | Jodie Lawler and Andrea Fletcher-Dawson
4:20 PM - 4:30 PM
Questions
4:45 PM - 5:30 PM Weeds Officer Association Annual General Meeting
All members welcome
6:30 PM - 10:00 PM Social Networking Function | Sponsored by Dubbo Regional Council
Join us for a conference tradition, our Social Networking Dinner. This year we will venture to Dubbo Zoo for this casual and fun evening.

Track 1
8:30 AM - 8:45 AM Welcome to Country
8:45 AM - 9:00 AM Welcome and opening from dignitaries
9:00 AM - 9:30 AM Keynote Speaker | Tom Price | Department of Environment, Parks and Water Security, Northern Territory Government | The Northern Territory Government’s response to Siam weed and the nature and challenges of the program
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM Keynote Speaker | Dr Daniel Tan | University of Sydney | Best Practice weed management in Cambodia including the use of drones
10:00 AM - 10:25 AM
Morning Tea and Trade Display
Weeds Surveillance
Location: Parthenium Theatre
10:25 AM - 10:45 AM Reviewing the success of the NSW Biosecurity (Chinese Violet) Control Order 2019 | Terry Bignell and Jordan Skinner
10:45 AM - 11:05 AM "Where the rivers run" Parkinsonia | Andrea Fletcher-Dawson
11:05 AM - 11:25 AM 14610sq km of Weed Surveillance & Property Inspections | Damian Wray
11:25 AM - 11:45 AM MICONIA – ERADICATING THE ‘PURPLE PLAGUE’ An inside look at 20 years of locating and removing this colourful threat | Brook Hooson and Jesse Telford
11:45 AM - 12:05 PM Stopping Weeds Going Wild Post Flood | Alysha Wynan and Angel Marotte
12:05 PM - 12:15 PM
Question Time
12:15 PM - 1:00 PM
Lunch and Trade Display
1:05 PM - 1:35 PM Keynote Speaker | Roger J Fletcher OAM | Fletcher International Exports
1:35 PM - 2:05 PM Keynote Speaker | Dr John Tracey | Deputy Director General, Biosecurity and Food Safety NSW DPI | Research, innovation, people - managing biosecurity threats now and into the future
2:05 PM - 2:35 PM Keynote Speaker | Dr Jodie Benton | OzArk Environment and Heritage | NSW Aboriginal Heritage - Sites and context
2:35 PM - 3:00 PM
Afternoon Tea and Trade Display
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM Weed Control | Biocontrol
Location: Parthenium Theatre
3:00 PM - 3:20 PM Biocontrol research for weed management in NSW | Dr Andrew McConnachie
3:20 PM - 3:40 PM Giant Rats Tail Leaf Smut found in NSW | David Officer
3:40 PM - 4:00 PM Weed Biocontrol agent mass rearing and implementation in NSW | Fritz Heystek
4:00 PM - 4:20 PM Progress on the biological control of narrow-leaf privet in Australia | Dr Muhammad Nawaz
4:20 PM - 4:30 PM
Questions
4:45 PM - 5:30 PM Weeds Officer Association Annual General Meeting
All members welcome
6:30 PM - 10:00 PM Social Networking Function | Sponsored by Dubbo Regional Council
Join us for a conference tradition, our Social Networking Dinner. This year we will venture to Dubbo Zoo for this casual and fun evening.

Track 2
8:30 AM - 8:45 AM Welcome to Country
8:45 AM - 9:00 AM Welcome and opening from dignitaries
9:00 AM - 9:30 AM Keynote Speaker | Tom Price | Department of Environment, Parks and Water Security, Northern Territory Government | The Northern Territory Government’s response to Siam weed and the nature and challenges of the program
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM Keynote Speaker | Dr Daniel Tan | University of Sydney | Best Practice weed management in Cambodia including the use of drones
10:00 AM - 10:25 AM
Morning Tea and Trade Display
Weed Identification
Location: Miconia Room
10:25 AM - 10:45 AM A hard nut to crack - Japanese walnut identification & control | Matt Bell
10:45 AM - 11:05 AM Range Extension of a new weed species, Perennial soybean (Neonotonia wightii) for NSW | Natalie James
11:05 AM - 11:25 AM WEEDSCAN – A community tool for weed identification, reporting and management | Dr Hanwen Wu and Dr Emily Thomas
11:25 AM - 11:45 AM Integrated Weed Identification: how to get the most out weed identification tools | Wendy Gibney
11:45 AM - 12:05 PM Much ado about some things: When does plant identification lead to weed response in NSW | Dr Stephen Johnson
12:05 PM - 12:15 PM
Question Time
12:15 PM - 1:00 PM
Lunch and Trade Display
1:05 PM - 1:35 PM Keynote Speaker | Roger J Fletcher OAM | Fletcher International Exports
1:35 PM - 2:05 PM Keynote Speaker | Dr John Tracey | Deputy Director General, Biosecurity and Food Safety NSW DPI | Research, innovation, people - managing biosecurity threats now and into the future
2:05 PM - 2:35 PM Keynote Speaker | Dr Jodie Benton | OzArk Environment and Heritage | NSW Aboriginal Heritage - Sites and context
2:35 PM - 3:00 PM
Afternoon Tea and Trade Display
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM Prohibited matter research and surveillance
Location: Miconia Room
3:00 PM - 3:20 PM Species specific QPCR Assay for detection of Limnobium laevigatum (HUMB. & BONPL. EX WILLD.) HEINE | Dr Xiaocheng Zhu
3:20 PM - 3:40 PM Development of Environmental DNA methods for the detection and management of Amazon Frogbit incursions | Dr Karen Bell
3:40 PM - 4:00 PM Where could it be now? Vulnerability of New South Wales to parthenium weed invasion | Dr Stephen Johnson
4:00 PM - 4:20 PM Hawkweed Delimitation | Liesl Grant
4:20 PM - 4:30 PM
Questions
4:45 PM - 5:30 PM Weeds Officer Association Annual General Meeting
All members welcome
6:30 PM - 10:00 PM Social Networking Function | Sponsored by Dubbo Regional Council
Join us for a conference tradition, our Social Networking Dinner. This year we will venture to Dubbo Zoo for this casual and fun evening.

Track 3
8:30 AM - 8:45 AM Welcome to Country
8:45 AM - 9:00 AM Welcome and opening from dignitaries
9:00 AM - 9:30 AM Keynote Speaker | Tom Price | Department of Environment, Parks and Water Security, Northern Territory Government | The Northern Territory Government’s response to Siam weed and the nature and challenges of the program
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM Keynote Speaker | Dr Daniel Tan | University of Sydney | Best Practice weed management in Cambodia including the use of drones
10:00 AM - 10:25 AM
Morning Tea and Trade Display
Community, stakeholders and sharing knowledge
Location: Frogbit Room
10:25 AM - 10:45 AM Multi stakeholder collaboration between private and public landholders to address target weed species | Emma Tilley and Kylie Falconer
10:45 AM - 11:05 AM Industry agreed qualifications - a beneficial partnership for NSW Weeds | Paul Marynissen and Jodie Bartlett-Taylor
11:05 AM - 11:25 AM A Case Study Of A Beneficial Relationship Between a Local Control Authority and a Local Landcare Network | Katherine Clare and Phil Price
11:25 AM - 11:45 AM Weeds and Wind Farms | Richard Sharp
11:45 AM - 12:05 PM A Case Study Of A Beneficial Relationship Between a Local Control Authority and a University | Phil Price
12:05 PM - 12:15 PM
Question Time
12:15 PM - 1:00 PM
Lunch and Trade Display
1:05 PM - 1:35 PM Keynote Speaker | Roger J Fletcher OAM | Fletcher International Exports
1:35 PM - 2:05 PM Keynote Speaker | Dr John Tracey | Deputy Director General, Biosecurity and Food Safety NSW DPI | Research, innovation, people - managing biosecurity threats now and into the future
2:05 PM - 2:35 PM Keynote Speaker | Dr Jodie Benton | OzArk Environment and Heritage | NSW Aboriginal Heritage - Sites and context
2:35 PM - 3:00 PM
Afternoon Tea and Trade Display
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM Managing Weed Risks
Location: Frogbit Room
3:00 PM - 3:20 PM Weed Risk Australia: Future-proofing Australia's Post-Border Weed Risk Management Process | Claire Lock
3:20 PM - 3:40 PM Peering over the fence: an update on the gardening responsibly movement | Julia Rayment
3:40 PM - 4:00 PM Managing risk on High risk pathways | David Pomery
4:00 PM - 4:20 PM Wrangling Hudson Pear at Quanda | Jodie Lawler and Andrea Fletcher-Dawson
4:20 PM - 4:30 PM
Questions
4:45 PM - 5:30 PM Weeds Officer Association Annual General Meeting
All members welcome
6:30 PM - 10:00 PM Social Networking Function | Sponsored by Dubbo Regional Council
Join us for a conference tradition, our Social Networking Dinner. This year we will venture to Dubbo Zoo for this casual and fun evening.


Wednesday, August 9, 2023


Thursday, August 10, 2023

Track 1
Track 2
Track 3
7:45 AM - 9:00 AM Breakfast and Demonstration by Sky Land Management
Join us at Creo Cafe for coffee and a bacon and egg roll as we view a demonstration by the team at Sky Land Management
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM Keynote Speaker | Paul Fong | TACT 4 | The importance of a Safety Mindset in Compliance
10:00 AM - 10:20 AM
Morning Tea and Exhibition
Prohibited matter in NSW
Location: Parthenium Theatre
Weed Control
Location: Miconia Room
Remote Sensing
Location: Frogbit Room
10:20 AM - 10:40 AM Limnocharis a National Eradication Species | Rod Ensbey Alternative chemistries for managing ALG | Dr Hanwen Wu Winning the war on weeds with military precision using innovations in spatial technologies | Lyn Terrett
10:40 AM - 11:00 AM Putting black knapweed to bed | Nicola Dixon and Bill Davidson Can exposure to low herbicide rates increase resistance evolution in weeds? | Dr Md Asaduzzaman Drone Surveillance of Invasive Weeds: A Lesson Learnt from North-West NSW | Dr Rajendra Shilpakar
11:00 AM - 11:20 AM Parthenium weed in NSW 40 years on | Bill Davidson and Nicola Dixon Implementation of a rapid response biosecurity program to eradicate a novel invasive species in NSW | Terry Inkson A low-cost green on brown weed detection sprayer | Bill Manning
11:20 AM - 11:40 AM Frogbit in NSW | Charles Mifsud Fire and Weeds | Learnings from the 2019/20 Bushfires | Lily Berry Workshop | Weed Remote Sensing Community of Practice | Hillary Cherry NPWS | 11:20AM - 12:10PM
11:40 AM - 12:00 PM Mexican feather grass in NSW | Matthew McGrath When is a Windbreak no Longer a Windbreak | Damian Wray Workshop | Weed Remote Sensing Community of Practice | Hillary Cherry NPWS | Continued
12:00 PM - 12:20 PM Rubber Vine | A Colonial History: Detection and eradication in the remote West | Brook Hooson Bringing in the Big Guns: Using Mechanical Methods to Tackle Pines Gone Wild | Anne Finegan Workshop | Weed Remote Sensing Community of Practice | Hillary Cherry NPWS | Continued
12:20 PM - 1:00 PM
Lunch
1:00 PM - 1:20 PM Keynote Presentation | Herbicide Resistance, understanding the challenges and making the most of opportunities | Greg Condon | WeedSmart and Grassroots Agronomy
1:20 PM - 1:35 PM Biosecurity Audits of Local Control Authorities
Presenter: Philip Blackmore| NSW DPI
1:35 PM - 1:50 PM
Break
Onground Weed Control
Location: Parthenium Theatre
Weedy Updates
Location: Miconia Room
Technology and Surveillance
Location: Frogbit Room
1:50 PM - 2:00 PM Battling Salvinia with biocontrol at Muddy Lake | Brad Shultz An update on national weed projects - WoNS, national environmental biosecurity and Weed Risk Management | Matt Sheehan Dogs with Jobs: exploring the role of dogs in threat abatement of a soil borne pathogen | Julia Rayment
2:00 PM - 2:10 PM Tools of the trade | Christopher Holman Weed management on Traveling Stock Routes of the Central west | Brian Bonello Improving Herbicide Application techniques: improving Calibration and utilising Digital tools | Paul Jackson
2:10 PM - 2:20 PM Working together on a sticky situation - Sticky nightshade in the central tablelands | Marita Sydes NSW DPI Getting down to BISness (Biosecurity Information System) | Robyn Henderson Aerial Weed Surveillance | Andy McKinnon
2:20 PM - 2:30 PM Can a big Berocca kill aquatic weeds? | Julia Rayment Weeds Officers Presentation and Performance - Lets Sell ourselves | Mel Wilkerson Innovations in spatial technologies that help to increase Biosecurity Control productivity through collaboration | Lynnette Terrett
2:30 PM - 2:45 PM
Afternoon Tea
2:45 PM - 3:45 PM Gardening Responsibly | Tools for preventing future garden escape weeds
Presenters: Aimee Freimanis Ecohort and Julia Rayment | NPWS
3:45 PM - 4:00 PM Conference summary and close
Track 1
Track 2
7:45 AM - 9:00 AM Breakfast and Demonstration by Sky Land Management
Join us at Creo Cafe for coffee and a bacon and egg roll as we view a demonstration by the team at Sky Land Management
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM Keynote Speaker | Paul Fong | TACT 4 | The importance of a Safety Mindset in Compliance
10:00 AM - 10:20 AM
Morning Tea and Exhibition
Prohibited matter in NSW
Location: Parthenium Theatre
Weed Control
Location: Miconia Room
10:20 AM - 10:40 AM Limnocharis a National Eradication Species | Rod Ensbey Alternative chemistries for managing ALG | Dr Hanwen Wu
10:40 AM - 11:00 AM Putting black knapweed to bed | Nicola Dixon and Bill Davidson Can exposure to low herbicide rates increase resistance evolution in weeds? | Dr Md Asaduzzaman
11:00 AM - 11:20 AM Parthenium weed in NSW 40 years on | Bill Davidson and Nicola Dixon Implementation of a rapid response biosecurity program to eradicate a novel invasive species in NSW | Terry Inkson
11:20 AM - 11:40 AM Frogbit in NSW | Charles Mifsud Fire and Weeds | Learnings from the 2019/20 Bushfires | Lily Berry
11:40 AM - 12:00 PM Mexican feather grass in NSW | Matthew McGrath When is a Windbreak no Longer a Windbreak | Damian Wray
12:00 PM - 12:20 PM Rubber Vine | A Colonial History: Detection and eradication in the remote West | Brook Hooson Bringing in the Big Guns: Using Mechanical Methods to Tackle Pines Gone Wild | Anne Finegan
12:20 PM - 1:00 PM
Lunch
1:00 PM - 1:20 PM Keynote Presentation | Herbicide Resistance, understanding the challenges and making the most of opportunities | Greg Condon | WeedSmart and Grassroots Agronomy
1:20 PM - 1:35 PM Biosecurity Audits of Local Control Authorities
Presenter: Philip Blackmore| NSW DPI
1:35 PM - 1:50 PM
Break
Onground Weed Control
Location: Parthenium Theatre
Weedy Updates
Location: Miconia Room
1:50 PM - 2:00 PM Battling Salvinia with biocontrol at Muddy Lake | Brad Shultz An update on national weed projects - WoNS, national environmental biosecurity and Weed Risk Management | Matt Sheehan
2:00 PM - 2:10 PM Tools of the trade | Christopher Holman Weed management on Traveling Stock Routes of the Central west | Brian Bonello
2:10 PM - 2:20 PM Working together on a sticky situation - Sticky nightshade in the central tablelands | Marita Sydes NSW DPI Getting down to BISness (Biosecurity Information System) | Robyn Henderson
2:20 PM - 2:30 PM Can a big Berocca kill aquatic weeds? | Julia Rayment Weeds Officers Presentation and Performance - Lets Sell ourselves | Mel Wilkerson
2:30 PM - 2:45 PM
Afternoon Tea
2:45 PM - 3:45 PM Gardening Responsibly | Tools for preventing future garden escape weeds
Presenters: Aimee Freimanis Ecohort and Julia Rayment | NPWS
3:45 PM - 4:00 PM Conference summary and close

Track 3
7:45 AM - 9:00 AM Breakfast and Demonstration by Sky Land Management
Join us at Creo Cafe for coffee and a bacon and egg roll as we view a demonstration by the team at Sky Land Management
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM Keynote Speaker | Paul Fong | TACT 4 | The importance of a Safety Mindset in Compliance
10:00 AM - 10:20 AM
Morning Tea and Exhibition
Remote Sensing
Location: Frogbit Room
10:20 AM - 10:40 AM Winning the war on weeds with military precision using innovations in spatial technologies | Lyn Terrett
10:40 AM - 11:00 AM Drone Surveillance of Invasive Weeds: A Lesson Learnt from North-West NSW | Dr Rajendra Shilpakar
11:00 AM - 11:20 AM A low-cost green on brown weed detection sprayer | Bill Manning
11:20 AM - 11:40 AM Workshop | Weed Remote Sensing Community of Practice | Hillary Cherry NPWS | 11:20AM - 12:10PM
11:40 AM - 12:00 PM Workshop | Weed Remote Sensing Community of Practice | Hillary Cherry NPWS | Continued
12:00 PM - 12:20 PM Workshop | Weed Remote Sensing Community of Practice | Hillary Cherry NPWS | Continued
12:20 PM - 1:00 PM
Lunch
1:00 PM - 1:20 PM Keynote Presentation | Herbicide Resistance, understanding the challenges and making the most of opportunities | Greg Condon | WeedSmart and Grassroots Agronomy
1:20 PM - 1:35 PM Biosecurity Audits of Local Control Authorities
Presenter: Philip Blackmore| NSW DPI
1:35 PM - 1:50 PM
Break
Technology and Surveillance
Location: Frogbit Room
1:50 PM - 2:00 PM Dogs with Jobs: exploring the role of dogs in threat abatement of a soil borne pathogen | Julia Rayment
2:00 PM - 2:10 PM Improving Herbicide Application techniques: improving Calibration and utilising Digital tools | Paul Jackson
2:10 PM - 2:20 PM Aerial Weed Surveillance | Andy McKinnon
2:20 PM - 2:30 PM Innovations in spatial technologies that help to increase Biosecurity Control productivity through collaboration | Lynnette Terrett
2:30 PM - 2:45 PM
Afternoon Tea
2:45 PM - 3:45 PM Gardening Responsibly | Tools for preventing future garden escape weeds
Presenters: Aimee Freimanis Ecohort and Julia Rayment | NPWS
3:45 PM - 4:00 PM Conference summary and close

Track 1
7:45 AM - 9:00 AM Breakfast and Demonstration by Sky Land Management
Join us at Creo Cafe for coffee and a bacon and egg roll as we view a demonstration by the team at Sky Land Management
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM Keynote Speaker | Paul Fong | TACT 4 | The importance of a Safety Mindset in Compliance
10:00 AM - 10:20 AM
Morning Tea and Exhibition
Prohibited matter in NSW
Location: Parthenium Theatre
10:20 AM - 10:40 AM Limnocharis a National Eradication Species | Rod Ensbey
10:40 AM - 11:00 AM Putting black knapweed to bed | Nicola Dixon and Bill Davidson
11:00 AM - 11:20 AM Parthenium weed in NSW 40 years on | Bill Davidson and Nicola Dixon
11:20 AM - 11:40 AM Frogbit in NSW | Charles Mifsud
11:40 AM - 12:00 PM Mexican feather grass in NSW | Matthew McGrath
12:00 PM - 12:20 PM Rubber Vine | A Colonial History: Detection and eradication in the remote West | Brook Hooson
12:20 PM - 1:00 PM
Lunch
1:00 PM - 1:20 PM Keynote Presentation | Herbicide Resistance, understanding the challenges and making the most of opportunities | Greg Condon | WeedSmart and Grassroots Agronomy
1:20 PM - 1:35 PM Biosecurity Audits of Local Control Authorities
Presenter: Philip Blackmore| NSW DPI
1:35 PM - 1:50 PM
Break
Onground Weed Control
Location: Parthenium Theatre
1:50 PM - 2:00 PM Battling Salvinia with biocontrol at Muddy Lake | Brad Shultz
2:00 PM - 2:10 PM Tools of the trade | Christopher Holman
2:10 PM - 2:20 PM Working together on a sticky situation - Sticky nightshade in the central tablelands | Marita Sydes
2:20 PM - 2:30 PM Can a big Berocca kill aquatic weeds? | Julia Rayment
2:30 PM - 2:45 PM
Afternoon Tea
2:45 PM - 3:45 PM Gardening Responsibly | Tools for preventing future garden escape weeds
Presenters: Aimee Freimanis Ecohort and Julia Rayment | NPWS
3:45 PM - 4:00 PM Conference summary and close

Track 2
7:45 AM - 9:00 AM Breakfast and Demonstration by Sky Land Management
Join us at Creo Cafe for coffee and a bacon and egg roll as we view a demonstration by the team at Sky Land Management
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM Keynote Speaker | Paul Fong | TACT 4 | The importance of a Safety Mindset in Compliance
10:00 AM - 10:20 AM
Morning Tea and Exhibition
Weed Control
Location: Miconia Room
10:20 AM - 10:40 AM Alternative chemistries for managing ALG | Dr Hanwen Wu
10:40 AM - 11:00 AM Can exposure to low herbicide rates increase resistance evolution in weeds? | Dr Md Asaduzzaman
11:00 AM - 11:20 AM Implementation of a rapid response biosecurity program to eradicate a novel invasive species in NSW | Terry Inkson
11:20 AM - 11:40 AM Fire and Weeds | Learnings from the 2019/20 Bushfires | Lily Berry
11:40 AM - 12:00 PM When is a Windbreak no Longer a Windbreak | Damian Wray
12:00 PM - 12:20 PM Bringing in the Big Guns: Using Mechanical Methods to Tackle Pines Gone Wild | Anne Finegan
12:20 PM - 1:00 PM
Lunch
1:00 PM - 1:20 PM Keynote Presentation | Herbicide Resistance, understanding the challenges and making the most of opportunities | Greg Condon | WeedSmart and Grassroots Agronomy
1:20 PM - 1:35 PM Biosecurity Audits of Local Control Authorities
Presenter: Philip Blackmore| NSW DPI
1:35 PM - 1:50 PM
Break
Weedy Updates
Location: Miconia Room
1:50 PM - 2:00 PM An update on national weed projects - WoNS, national environmental biosecurity and Weed Risk Management | Matt Sheehan
2:00 PM - 2:10 PM Weed management on Traveling Stock Routes of the Central west | Brian Bonello
2:10 PM - 2:20 PM NSW DPI Getting down to BISness (Biosecurity Information System) | Robyn Henderson
2:20 PM - 2:30 PM Weeds Officers Presentation and Performance - Lets Sell ourselves | Mel Wilkerson
2:30 PM - 2:45 PM
Afternoon Tea
2:45 PM - 3:45 PM Gardening Responsibly | Tools for preventing future garden escape weeds
Presenters: Aimee Freimanis Ecohort and Julia Rayment | NPWS
3:45 PM - 4:00 PM Conference summary and close

Track 3
7:45 AM - 9:00 AM Breakfast and Demonstration by Sky Land Management
Join us at Creo Cafe for coffee and a bacon and egg roll as we view a demonstration by the team at Sky Land Management
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM Keynote Speaker | Paul Fong | TACT 4 | The importance of a Safety Mindset in Compliance
10:00 AM - 10:20 AM
Morning Tea and Exhibition
Remote Sensing
Location: Frogbit Room
10:20 AM - 10:40 AM Winning the war on weeds with military precision using innovations in spatial technologies | Lyn Terrett
10:40 AM - 11:00 AM Drone Surveillance of Invasive Weeds: A Lesson Learnt from North-West NSW | Dr Rajendra Shilpakar
11:00 AM - 11:20 AM A low-cost green on brown weed detection sprayer | Bill Manning
11:20 AM - 11:40 AM Workshop | Weed Remote Sensing Community of Practice | Hillary Cherry NPWS | 11:20AM - 12:10PM
11:40 AM - 12:00 PM Workshop | Weed Remote Sensing Community of Practice | Hillary Cherry NPWS | Continued
12:00 PM - 12:20 PM Workshop | Weed Remote Sensing Community of Practice | Hillary Cherry NPWS | Continued
12:20 PM - 1:00 PM
Lunch
1:00 PM - 1:20 PM Keynote Presentation | Herbicide Resistance, understanding the challenges and making the most of opportunities | Greg Condon | WeedSmart and Grassroots Agronomy
1:20 PM - 1:35 PM Biosecurity Audits of Local Control Authorities
Presenter: Philip Blackmore| NSW DPI
1:35 PM - 1:50 PM
Break
Technology and Surveillance
Location: Frogbit Room
1:50 PM - 2:00 PM Dogs with Jobs: exploring the role of dogs in threat abatement of a soil borne pathogen | Julia Rayment
2:00 PM - 2:10 PM Improving Herbicide Application techniques: improving Calibration and utilising Digital tools | Paul Jackson
2:10 PM - 2:20 PM Aerial Weed Surveillance | Andy McKinnon
2:20 PM - 2:30 PM Innovations in spatial technologies that help to increase Biosecurity Control productivity through collaboration | Lynnette Terrett
2:30 PM - 2:45 PM
Afternoon Tea
2:45 PM - 3:45 PM Gardening Responsibly | Tools for preventing future garden escape weeds
Presenters: Aimee Freimanis Ecohort and Julia Rayment | NPWS
3:45 PM - 4:00 PM Conference summary and close


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