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Monday, August 4, 2025


4:00 PM - 5:30 PM	Registration Opens
4:15 PM - 5:00 PM	RapidMap Summit Biosecurity Users Group meeting \| Booth #14
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM	Welcome Reception \| Sponsored by NSW Weeds Officers Association Join us for the opening event on the program, the Welcome Reception, which will be held at our conference venue, The Glasshouse, Port Macquarie.


4:00 PM - 5:30 PM	Registration Opens
4:15 PM - 5:00 PM	RapidMap Summit Biosecurity Users Group meeting \| Booth #14
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM	Welcome Reception \| Sponsored by NSW Weeds Officers Association Join us for the opening event on the program, the Welcome Reception, which will be held at our conference venue, The Glasshouse, Port Macquarie.


4:00 PM - 5:30 PM	Registration Opens
4:15 PM - 5:00 PM	RapidMap Summit Biosecurity Users Group meeting \| Booth #14
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM	Welcome Reception \| Sponsored by NSW Weeds Officers Association Join us for the opening event on the program, the Welcome Reception, which will be held at our conference venue, The Glasshouse, Port Macquarie.

Tuesday, August 5, 2025


8:30 AM - 9:00 AM	Welcome to Country, Uncle Bill O’Brien, Birpai Elder Welcome and opening from dignitaries
9:00 AM - 9:40 AM	Keynote speaker Dr Pete Turner Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development \| Weed management in NSW is a collective. Understanding the Why, What and How
9:40 AM - 10:10 AM	Day 1 - Morning tea and trade displays
10:10 AM - 10:40 AM	Keynote speaker Dr Marion Healy Independent Biosecurity Commission of NSW \| How can we manage weeds more effectively and sustainably?
10:40 AM - 11:10 AM	Keynote speaker Ben Russell NSW Natural Resources Commission \| Reflections on NSW Invasive Species Management
	Day 1 - Concurrent sessions AM
	Prohibited matter Location: Parthenium Theatre	Western Weeds Location: Miconia Room	Weeds in the Herbarium Location: Frogbit Room
11:20 AM - 11:40 AM	How can environmental DNA be used in weed biosecurity? The case of Amazon frogbit \| Dr Karen Bell	What a few wet years has done for a Parkinsonia in NSW \| Andrea Fletcher-Dawson, Matt Savage and Skye Phelps	An annotated, curated checklist of the alien flora of New South Wales \| Dr Patricia Lu-Irving
11:40 AM - 12:00 PM	Stopping the purple plague \| Angel Marotte and Shannon Smedley	Weeds west of the Bogan \| Damian Wray	Unlocking an Historic Weed Herbarium Collection \| Dr Aniuzka Kazandjian Salazar
12:00 PM - 12:20 PM	NSW DPIRD Agriculture and Biosecurity Surveillance Exercises: Mouse-ear hawkweed in Kosciuszko National Park \| Matthew McGrath	Taming the wild west: Surveillance, Control and Progress within the Unincorporated Area of Western NSW \| Andrea Fletcher-Dawson, Matt Savage and Brook Hooson	Building a reference collection of priority weeds \| Marie-B Foyard
12:20 PM - 1:10 PM	Weeds Officer Association AGM \| Frogbit Room Day 1 - Lunch, trade displays and networking
	Day 1 - Concurrent Sessions MID
	Strategy and planning Location Parthenium Theatre	Biological control Location Miconia Room
1:10 PM - 1:30 PM	WAP UNVEILED: Achievements and path forward \| Jodie Lawler	From research to release: A pipeline approach to sustaining environmental weed biocontrol in NSW \| Dr Ben Gooden
1:30 PM - 1:50 PM	Initial results from Local Control Authority biosecurity audits. Observations and recommendations for all weeds program partners \| Phil Blackmore	It takes a village: community-enabled release and monitoring of classical biocontrol agents for environmental weeds \| Caroline Delaisse
1:50 PM - 2:10 PM	Revving up Regional Inspection Plans \| Dr Marita Sydes	Implementing Biocontrol of Cabomba caroliniana in NSW \| Fritz Heystek
2:10 PM - 2:30 PM	Strategic approaches to support large-scale conservation weed management \| Julia Rayment	Salvinia and biocontrol responses to increasing salinity in light and shade \| Amy Stephens
2:30 PM - 2:50 PM	Day 1 - Afternoon tea and trade displays
	Day 1 - Concurrent sessions PM
	Coastal Weeds Location: Parthenium Theatre	Weedy solanums Location: Miconia Room
2:50 PM - 3:10 PM	Reduction of Bitou Bush in Northern NSW through stakeholder long term persistence and collaboration \| Rhonda James	Tropical Soda Apple - 15 Years On \| Rod Ensbey
3:10 PM - 3:30 PM	Weed management to support the migration of intertidal habitats with sea level rise \| Dr Kate Buckley	Tropical soda apple best practice manual: Engaging stakeholders and empowering action \| Greg Egan
3:30 PM - 3:50 PM	Turning the tide: An outstanding example of coastal habitat restoration \| Sue Baker	Cut it, and it comes back stronger: the asexual regeneration mystery of Tropical Soda Apple \| Dr Asad Asaduzzaman
3:50 PM - 4:10 PM	Managing weeds to protect biodiversity on Sydney’s northern beaches \| Sonja Elwood	Effective herbicide options for sticky nightshade management \| Dr Hanwen Wu
Tues PM 4.10 4:10 PM - 4:30 PM	Rebuilding Penguin Paradise: Restoring Snapper Island for a Brighter Future \| Paul Martin	Regenerative Potential and Emergence of Sticky Nightshade (Solanum sisymbriifolium Lam): Implications for Weed Management \| Md Shoriful Islam
4:30 PM - 5:00 PM	Weed Society of NSW AGM \| Frogbit Room
6:30 PM - 10:00 PM	Social Networking Function \| Sponsored by Port Macquarie Hastings Council Join us for a conference tradition, our Social Networking Dinner. This year we are running a Bowls Tournament at the Westport Club. Get your Team ready for this casual and fun evening.


8:30 AM - 9:00 AM	Welcome to Country, Uncle Bill O’Brien, Birpai Elder Welcome and opening from dignitaries
9:00 AM - 9:40 AM	Keynote speaker Dr Pete Turner Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development \| Weed management in NSW is a collective. Understanding the Why, What and How
9:40 AM - 10:10 AM	Day 1 - Morning tea and trade displays
10:10 AM - 10:40 AM	Keynote speaker Dr Marion Healy Independent Biosecurity Commission of NSW \| How can we manage weeds more effectively and sustainably?
10:40 AM - 11:10 AM	Keynote speaker Ben Russell NSW Natural Resources Commission \| Reflections on NSW Invasive Species Management
	Day 1 - Concurrent sessions AM
	Prohibited matter Location: Parthenium Theatre	Western Weeds Location: Miconia Room
11:20 AM - 11:40 AM	How can environmental DNA be used in weed biosecurity? The case of Amazon frogbit \| Dr Karen Bell	What a few wet years has done for a Parkinsonia in NSW \| Andrea Fletcher-Dawson, Matt Savage and Skye Phelps
11:40 AM - 12:00 PM	Stopping the purple plague \| Angel Marotte and Shannon Smedley	Weeds west of the Bogan \| Damian Wray
12:00 PM - 12:20 PM	NSW DPIRD Agriculture and Biosecurity Surveillance Exercises: Mouse-ear hawkweed in Kosciuszko National Park \| Matthew McGrath	Taming the wild west: Surveillance, Control and Progress within the Unincorporated Area of Western NSW \| Andrea Fletcher-Dawson, Matt Savage and Brook Hooson
12:20 PM - 1:10 PM	Weeds Officer Association AGM \| Frogbit Room Day 1 - Lunch, trade displays and networking
	Day 1 - Concurrent Sessions MID
	Strategy and planning Location Parthenium Theatre	Biological control Location Miconia Room
1:10 PM - 1:30 PM	WAP UNVEILED: Achievements and path forward \| Jodie Lawler	From research to release: A pipeline approach to sustaining environmental weed biocontrol in NSW \| Dr Ben Gooden
1:30 PM - 1:50 PM	Initial results from Local Control Authority biosecurity audits. Observations and recommendations for all weeds program partners \| Phil Blackmore	It takes a village: community-enabled release and monitoring of classical biocontrol agents for environmental weeds \| Caroline Delaisse
1:50 PM - 2:10 PM	Revving up Regional Inspection Plans \| Dr Marita Sydes	Implementing Biocontrol of Cabomba caroliniana in NSW \| Fritz Heystek
2:10 PM - 2:30 PM	Strategic approaches to support large-scale conservation weed management \| Julia Rayment	Salvinia and biocontrol responses to increasing salinity in light and shade \| Amy Stephens
2:30 PM - 2:50 PM	Day 1 - Afternoon tea and trade displays
	Day 1 - Concurrent sessions PM
	Coastal Weeds Location: Parthenium Theatre	Weedy solanums Location: Miconia Room
2:50 PM - 3:10 PM	Reduction of Bitou Bush in Northern NSW through stakeholder long term persistence and collaboration \| Rhonda James	Tropical Soda Apple - 15 Years On \| Rod Ensbey
3:10 PM - 3:30 PM	Weed management to support the migration of intertidal habitats with sea level rise \| Dr Kate Buckley	Tropical soda apple best practice manual: Engaging stakeholders and empowering action \| Greg Egan
3:30 PM - 3:50 PM	Turning the tide: An outstanding example of coastal habitat restoration \| Sue Baker	Cut it, and it comes back stronger: the asexual regeneration mystery of Tropical Soda Apple \| Dr Asad Asaduzzaman
3:50 PM - 4:10 PM	Managing weeds to protect biodiversity on Sydney’s northern beaches \| Sonja Elwood	Effective herbicide options for sticky nightshade management \| Dr Hanwen Wu
Tues PM 4.10 4:10 PM - 4:30 PM	Rebuilding Penguin Paradise: Restoring Snapper Island for a Brighter Future \| Paul Martin	Regenerative Potential and Emergence of Sticky Nightshade (Solanum sisymbriifolium Lam): Implications for Weed Management \| Md Shoriful Islam
4:30 PM - 5:00 PM	Weed Society of NSW AGM \| Frogbit Room
6:30 PM - 10:00 PM	Social Networking Function \| Sponsored by Port Macquarie Hastings Council Join us for a conference tradition, our Social Networking Dinner. This year we are running a Bowls Tournament at the Westport Club. Get your Team ready for this casual and fun evening.


8:30 AM - 9:00 AM	Welcome to Country, Uncle Bill O’Brien, Birpai Elder Welcome and opening from dignitaries
9:00 AM - 9:40 AM	Keynote speaker Dr Pete Turner Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development \| Weed management in NSW is a collective. Understanding the Why, What and How
9:40 AM - 10:10 AM	Day 1 - Morning tea and trade displays
10:10 AM - 10:40 AM	Keynote speaker Dr Marion Healy Independent Biosecurity Commission of NSW \| How can we manage weeds more effectively and sustainably?
10:40 AM - 11:10 AM	Keynote speaker Ben Russell NSW Natural Resources Commission \| Reflections on NSW Invasive Species Management
	Day 1 - Concurrent sessions AM
	Weeds in the Herbarium Location: Frogbit Room
11:20 AM - 11:40 AM	An annotated, curated checklist of the alien flora of New South Wales \| Dr Patricia Lu-Irving
11:40 AM - 12:00 PM	Unlocking an Historic Weed Herbarium Collection \| Dr Aniuzka Kazandjian Salazar
12:00 PM - 12:20 PM	Building a reference collection of priority weeds \| Marie-B Foyard
12:20 PM - 1:10 PM	Weeds Officer Association AGM \| Frogbit Room Day 1 - Lunch, trade displays and networking
	Day 1 - Concurrent Sessions MID
1:10 PM - 1:30 PM
1:30 PM - 1:50 PM
1:50 PM - 2:10 PM
2:10 PM - 2:30 PM
2:30 PM - 2:50 PM	Day 1 - Afternoon tea and trade displays
	Day 1 - Concurrent sessions PM
2:50 PM - 3:10 PM
3:10 PM - 3:30 PM
3:30 PM - 3:50 PM
3:50 PM - 4:10 PM
Tues PM 4.10 4:10 PM - 4:30 PM
4:30 PM - 5:00 PM	Weed Society of NSW AGM \| Frogbit Room
6:30 PM - 10:00 PM	Social Networking Function \| Sponsored by Port Macquarie Hastings Council Join us for a conference tradition, our Social Networking Dinner. This year we are running a Bowls Tournament at the Westport Club. Get your Team ready for this casual and fun evening.


8:30 AM - 9:00 AM	Welcome to Country, Uncle Bill O’Brien, Birpai Elder Welcome and opening from dignitaries
9:00 AM - 9:40 AM	Keynote speaker Dr Pete Turner Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development \| Weed management in NSW is a collective. Understanding the Why, What and How
9:40 AM - 10:10 AM	Day 1 - Morning tea and trade displays
10:10 AM - 10:40 AM	Keynote speaker Dr Marion Healy Independent Biosecurity Commission of NSW \| How can we manage weeds more effectively and sustainably?
10:40 AM - 11:10 AM	Keynote speaker Ben Russell NSW Natural Resources Commission \| Reflections on NSW Invasive Species Management
	Day 1 - Concurrent sessions AM
	Prohibited matter Location: Parthenium Theatre
11:20 AM - 11:40 AM	How can environmental DNA be used in weed biosecurity? The case of Amazon frogbit \| Dr Karen Bell
11:40 AM - 12:00 PM	Stopping the purple plague \| Angel Marotte and Shannon Smedley
12:00 PM - 12:20 PM	NSW DPIRD Agriculture and Biosecurity Surveillance Exercises: Mouse-ear hawkweed in Kosciuszko National Park \| Matthew McGrath
12:20 PM - 1:10 PM	Weeds Officer Association AGM \| Frogbit Room Day 1 - Lunch, trade displays and networking
	Day 1 - Concurrent Sessions MID
	Strategy and planning Location Parthenium Theatre
1:10 PM - 1:30 PM	WAP UNVEILED: Achievements and path forward \| Jodie Lawler
1:30 PM - 1:50 PM	Initial results from Local Control Authority biosecurity audits. Observations and recommendations for all weeds program partners \| Phil Blackmore
1:50 PM - 2:10 PM	Revving up Regional Inspection Plans \| Dr Marita Sydes
2:10 PM - 2:30 PM	Strategic approaches to support large-scale conservation weed management \| Julia Rayment
2:30 PM - 2:50 PM	Day 1 - Afternoon tea and trade displays
	Day 1 - Concurrent sessions PM
	Coastal Weeds Location: Parthenium Theatre
2:50 PM - 3:10 PM	Reduction of Bitou Bush in Northern NSW through stakeholder long term persistence and collaboration \| Rhonda James
3:10 PM - 3:30 PM	Weed management to support the migration of intertidal habitats with sea level rise \| Dr Kate Buckley
3:30 PM - 3:50 PM	Turning the tide: An outstanding example of coastal habitat restoration \| Sue Baker
3:50 PM - 4:10 PM	Managing weeds to protect biodiversity on Sydney’s northern beaches \| Sonja Elwood
Tues PM 4.10 4:10 PM - 4:30 PM	Rebuilding Penguin Paradise: Restoring Snapper Island for a Brighter Future \| Paul Martin
4:30 PM - 5:00 PM	Weed Society of NSW AGM \| Frogbit Room
6:30 PM - 10:00 PM	Social Networking Function \| Sponsored by Port Macquarie Hastings Council Join us for a conference tradition, our Social Networking Dinner. This year we are running a Bowls Tournament at the Westport Club. Get your Team ready for this casual and fun evening.


8:30 AM - 9:00 AM	Welcome to Country, Uncle Bill O’Brien, Birpai Elder Welcome and opening from dignitaries
9:00 AM - 9:40 AM	Keynote speaker Dr Pete Turner Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development \| Weed management in NSW is a collective. Understanding the Why, What and How
9:40 AM - 10:10 AM	Day 1 - Morning tea and trade displays
10:10 AM - 10:40 AM	Keynote speaker Dr Marion Healy Independent Biosecurity Commission of NSW \| How can we manage weeds more effectively and sustainably?
10:40 AM - 11:10 AM	Keynote speaker Ben Russell NSW Natural Resources Commission \| Reflections on NSW Invasive Species Management
	Day 1 - Concurrent sessions AM
	Western Weeds Location: Miconia Room
11:20 AM - 11:40 AM	What a few wet years has done for a Parkinsonia in NSW \| Andrea Fletcher-Dawson, Matt Savage and Skye Phelps
11:40 AM - 12:00 PM	Weeds west of the Bogan \| Damian Wray
12:00 PM - 12:20 PM	Taming the wild west: Surveillance, Control and Progress within the Unincorporated Area of Western NSW \| Andrea Fletcher-Dawson, Matt Savage and Brook Hooson
12:20 PM - 1:10 PM	Weeds Officer Association AGM \| Frogbit Room Day 1 - Lunch, trade displays and networking
	Day 1 - Concurrent Sessions MID
	Biological control Location Miconia Room
1:10 PM - 1:30 PM	From research to release: A pipeline approach to sustaining environmental weed biocontrol in NSW \| Dr Ben Gooden
1:30 PM - 1:50 PM	It takes a village: community-enabled release and monitoring of classical biocontrol agents for environmental weeds \| Caroline Delaisse
1:50 PM - 2:10 PM	Implementing Biocontrol of Cabomba caroliniana in NSW \| Fritz Heystek
2:10 PM - 2:30 PM	Salvinia and biocontrol responses to increasing salinity in light and shade \| Amy Stephens
2:30 PM - 2:50 PM	Day 1 - Afternoon tea and trade displays
	Day 1 - Concurrent sessions PM
	Weedy solanums Location: Miconia Room
2:50 PM - 3:10 PM	Tropical Soda Apple - 15 Years On \| Rod Ensbey
3:10 PM - 3:30 PM	Tropical soda apple best practice manual: Engaging stakeholders and empowering action \| Greg Egan
3:30 PM - 3:50 PM	Cut it, and it comes back stronger: the asexual regeneration mystery of Tropical Soda Apple \| Dr Asad Asaduzzaman
3:50 PM - 4:10 PM	Effective herbicide options for sticky nightshade management \| Dr Hanwen Wu
Tues PM 4.10 4:10 PM - 4:30 PM	Regenerative Potential and Emergence of Sticky Nightshade (Solanum sisymbriifolium Lam): Implications for Weed Management \| Md Shoriful Islam
4:30 PM - 5:00 PM	Weed Society of NSW AGM \| Frogbit Room
6:30 PM - 10:00 PM	Social Networking Function \| Sponsored by Port Macquarie Hastings Council Join us for a conference tradition, our Social Networking Dinner. This year we are running a Bowls Tournament at the Westport Club. Get your Team ready for this casual and fun evening.


8:30 AM - 9:00 AM	Welcome to Country, Uncle Bill O’Brien, Birpai Elder Welcome and opening from dignitaries
9:00 AM - 9:40 AM	Keynote speaker Dr Pete Turner Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development \| Weed management in NSW is a collective. Understanding the Why, What and How
9:40 AM - 10:10 AM	Day 1 - Morning tea and trade displays
10:10 AM - 10:40 AM	Keynote speaker Dr Marion Healy Independent Biosecurity Commission of NSW \| How can we manage weeds more effectively and sustainably?
10:40 AM - 11:10 AM	Keynote speaker Ben Russell NSW Natural Resources Commission \| Reflections on NSW Invasive Species Management
	Day 1 - Concurrent sessions AM
	Weeds in the Herbarium Location: Frogbit Room
11:20 AM - 11:40 AM	An annotated, curated checklist of the alien flora of New South Wales \| Dr Patricia Lu-Irving
11:40 AM - 12:00 PM	Unlocking an Historic Weed Herbarium Collection \| Dr Aniuzka Kazandjian Salazar
12:00 PM - 12:20 PM	Building a reference collection of priority weeds \| Marie-B Foyard
12:20 PM - 1:10 PM	Weeds Officer Association AGM \| Frogbit Room Day 1 - Lunch, trade displays and networking
	Day 1 - Concurrent Sessions MID
1:10 PM - 1:30 PM
1:30 PM - 1:50 PM
1:50 PM - 2:10 PM
2:10 PM - 2:30 PM
2:30 PM - 2:50 PM	Day 1 - Afternoon tea and trade displays
	Day 1 - Concurrent sessions PM
2:50 PM - 3:10 PM
3:10 PM - 3:30 PM
3:30 PM - 3:50 PM
3:50 PM - 4:10 PM
Tues PM 4.10 4:10 PM - 4:30 PM
4:30 PM - 5:00 PM	Weed Society of NSW AGM \| Frogbit Room
6:30 PM - 10:00 PM	Social Networking Function \| Sponsored by Port Macquarie Hastings Council Join us for a conference tradition, our Social Networking Dinner. This year we are running a Bowls Tournament at the Westport Club. Get your Team ready for this casual and fun evening.

Wednesday, August 6, 2025


	Keynote Speakers
8:30 AM - 9:00 AM	Keynote speaker Dr Simon Brooks Invasive Plant and Animal Science, Biosecurity Queensland Department of Primary Industries \| Progress of the National Tropical Weeds Eradication Program
9:00 AM - 9:30 AM	Keynote speaker Fiona Sutton Invasive Species Council & Arthur Rylah Institute for Environment Research \| Collaboration and Community are Key for Continent Wide Success
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM	Keynote speaker Dr Andy Baker Wildsite Ecological Services \| Fire Ecology and Restoration
10:00 AM - 10:20 AM	Day 2 - Morning tea and trade displays
	Lightning talks
	Successful weed management Location: Parthenium Theatre	Working with multiple stakeholders Location: Miconia Room	What's new? Location: Frogbit Room
Wed AM 10.20 10:20 AM - 10:30 AM	Introductions from the chairs
10:30 AM - 10:40 AM	A collaborative approach to weed and pest animal management at Windamere Dam \| Katrina Underwood	Lessons learned in collaborative control, a behavioural insight from the Good Neighbours program \| Elisa Plati	Remote sensing for the monitoring, detection, and mapping of Scotch Broom in the sub-alpine of NSW \| Rosie McVeigh
10:40 AM - 10:50 AM	Regulation through education and engagement - Tropical Soda Apple \| Stuart Mackay and Greg Egan	Working without tenure - a Good Neighbours Perspective \| Peter Rowlands	Update on the National Weed Biocontrol Pipeline Strategy \| Shauna Potter
10:50 AM - 11:00 AM	Education is an Officers Power \| Leann Gunton	Biosecurity blind spots \| Matt Bell	3D models for invasive grass identification \| Sue Baker
Wed AM 11.00 11:00 AM - 11:10 AM	Bribbaree Velvety Tree Biocontrol Program \| Benjamin Mott	Development of the Hunter Aquatic Weed Eradication Strategy \| Matt Kennedy	Completing the set: final five best practice management manuals for WoNS \| Matt Sheehan
Wed AM 11.10 11:10 AM - 11:20 AM	Development of an Environmental DNA Assay for early detection of Alligator Weed (Alternanthera philoxeroides) \| Dr Xiaocheng Zhu	Successful eradication and containment: The NSW New Weed incursion Plan \| Dr Stephen Johnson	AI Tools for Smarter Weed Management \| Baxter Massey
	Field Trips
11:30 AM - 4:30 PM	Field Trip 1 \| Douglas Vale Historic Homestead & Vineyard and Sea Acres Rainforest Centre
	Field Trip 2 \| River Cruise and Kooloonbung Walk
	Field Trip 3 \| Historical Museum
	Field Trip 4 \| Guulabaa Place of Koala and Wildnets Centre
	Field Trip 5 \| Ricardoes Tomatoes & Strawberries and Cassegrain Cellar Door
	Field Trip 6 \| Coastal Walk- Town Green Foreshore (East) to LHB Lighthouse
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM	Water Weed Workshop \| Paul Marynissen \| Miconia Room What is that water weed?
6:30 PM - 11:00 PM	Conference Dinner \| Sponsored by The Weed Society of NSW Join us for the Conference Dinner and Awards night at Panthers Port Macquarie.


	Keynote Speakers
8:30 AM - 9:00 AM	Keynote speaker Dr Simon Brooks Invasive Plant and Animal Science, Biosecurity Queensland Department of Primary Industries \| Progress of the National Tropical Weeds Eradication Program
9:00 AM - 9:30 AM	Keynote speaker Fiona Sutton Invasive Species Council & Arthur Rylah Institute for Environment Research \| Collaboration and Community are Key for Continent Wide Success
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM	Keynote speaker Dr Andy Baker Wildsite Ecological Services \| Fire Ecology and Restoration
10:00 AM - 10:20 AM	Day 2 - Morning tea and trade displays
	Lightning talks
	Successful weed management Location: Parthenium Theatre	Working with multiple stakeholders Location: Miconia Room
Wed AM 10.20 10:20 AM - 10:30 AM	Introductions from the chairs
10:30 AM - 10:40 AM	A collaborative approach to weed and pest animal management at Windamere Dam \| Katrina Underwood	Lessons learned in collaborative control, a behavioural insight from the Good Neighbours program \| Elisa Plati
10:40 AM - 10:50 AM	Regulation through education and engagement - Tropical Soda Apple \| Stuart Mackay and Greg Egan	Working without tenure - a Good Neighbours Perspective \| Peter Rowlands
10:50 AM - 11:00 AM	Education is an Officers Power \| Leann Gunton	Biosecurity blind spots \| Matt Bell
Wed AM 11.00 11:00 AM - 11:10 AM	Bribbaree Velvety Tree Biocontrol Program \| Benjamin Mott	Development of the Hunter Aquatic Weed Eradication Strategy \| Matt Kennedy
Wed AM 11.10 11:10 AM - 11:20 AM	Development of an Environmental DNA Assay for early detection of Alligator Weed (Alternanthera philoxeroides) \| Dr Xiaocheng Zhu	Successful eradication and containment: The NSW New Weed incursion Plan \| Dr Stephen Johnson
	Field Trips
11:30 AM - 4:30 PM	Field Trip 1 \| Douglas Vale Historic Homestead & Vineyard and Sea Acres Rainforest Centre
	Field Trip 2 \| River Cruise and Kooloonbung Walk
	Field Trip 3 \| Historical Museum
	Field Trip 4 \| Guulabaa Place of Koala and Wildnets Centre
	Field Trip 5 \| Ricardoes Tomatoes & Strawberries and Cassegrain Cellar Door
	Field Trip 6 \| Coastal Walk- Town Green Foreshore (East) to LHB Lighthouse
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM	Water Weed Workshop \| Paul Marynissen \| Miconia Room What is that water weed?
6:30 PM - 11:00 PM	Conference Dinner \| Sponsored by The Weed Society of NSW Join us for the Conference Dinner and Awards night at Panthers Port Macquarie.


	Keynote Speakers
8:30 AM - 9:00 AM	Keynote speaker Dr Simon Brooks Invasive Plant and Animal Science, Biosecurity Queensland Department of Primary Industries \| Progress of the National Tropical Weeds Eradication Program
9:00 AM - 9:30 AM	Keynote speaker Fiona Sutton Invasive Species Council & Arthur Rylah Institute for Environment Research \| Collaboration and Community are Key for Continent Wide Success
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM	Keynote speaker Dr Andy Baker Wildsite Ecological Services \| Fire Ecology and Restoration
10:00 AM - 10:20 AM	Day 2 - Morning tea and trade displays
	Lightning talks
	What's new? Location: Frogbit Room
Wed AM 10.20 10:20 AM - 10:30 AM	Introductions from the chairs
10:30 AM - 10:40 AM	Remote sensing for the monitoring, detection, and mapping of Scotch Broom in the sub-alpine of NSW \| Rosie McVeigh
10:40 AM - 10:50 AM	Update on the National Weed Biocontrol Pipeline Strategy \| Shauna Potter
10:50 AM - 11:00 AM	3D models for invasive grass identification \| Sue Baker
Wed AM 11.00 11:00 AM - 11:10 AM	Completing the set: final five best practice management manuals for WoNS \| Matt Sheehan
Wed AM 11.10 11:10 AM - 11:20 AM	AI Tools for Smarter Weed Management \| Baxter Massey
	Field Trips
11:30 AM - 4:30 PM	Field Trip 1 \| Douglas Vale Historic Homestead & Vineyard and Sea Acres Rainforest Centre
	Field Trip 2 \| River Cruise and Kooloonbung Walk
	Field Trip 3 \| Historical Museum
	Field Trip 4 \| Guulabaa Place of Koala and Wildnets Centre
	Field Trip 5 \| Ricardoes Tomatoes & Strawberries and Cassegrain Cellar Door
	Field Trip 6 \| Coastal Walk- Town Green Foreshore (East) to LHB Lighthouse
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM	Water Weed Workshop \| Paul Marynissen \| Miconia Room What is that water weed?
6:30 PM - 11:00 PM	Conference Dinner \| Sponsored by The Weed Society of NSW Join us for the Conference Dinner and Awards night at Panthers Port Macquarie.


	Keynote Speakers
8:30 AM - 9:00 AM	Keynote speaker Dr Simon Brooks Invasive Plant and Animal Science, Biosecurity Queensland Department of Primary Industries \| Progress of the National Tropical Weeds Eradication Program
9:00 AM - 9:30 AM	Keynote speaker Fiona Sutton Invasive Species Council & Arthur Rylah Institute for Environment Research \| Collaboration and Community are Key for Continent Wide Success
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM	Keynote speaker Dr Andy Baker Wildsite Ecological Services \| Fire Ecology and Restoration
10:00 AM - 10:20 AM	Day 2 - Morning tea and trade displays
	Lightning talks
	Successful weed management Location: Parthenium Theatre
Wed AM 10.20 10:20 AM - 10:30 AM	Introductions from the chairs
10:30 AM - 10:40 AM	A collaborative approach to weed and pest animal management at Windamere Dam \| Katrina Underwood
10:40 AM - 10:50 AM	Regulation through education and engagement - Tropical Soda Apple \| Stuart Mackay and Greg Egan
10:50 AM - 11:00 AM	Education is an Officers Power \| Leann Gunton
Wed AM 11.00 11:00 AM - 11:10 AM	Bribbaree Velvety Tree Biocontrol Program \| Benjamin Mott
Wed AM 11.10 11:10 AM - 11:20 AM	Development of an Environmental DNA Assay for early detection of Alligator Weed (Alternanthera philoxeroides) \| Dr Xiaocheng Zhu
	Field Trips
11:30 AM - 4:30 PM	Field Trip 1 \| Douglas Vale Historic Homestead & Vineyard and Sea Acres Rainforest Centre
	Field Trip 2 \| River Cruise and Kooloonbung Walk
	Field Trip 3 \| Historical Museum
	Field Trip 4 \| Guulabaa Place of Koala and Wildnets Centre
	Field Trip 5 \| Ricardoes Tomatoes & Strawberries and Cassegrain Cellar Door
	Field Trip 6 \| Coastal Walk- Town Green Foreshore (East) to LHB Lighthouse
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM	Water Weed Workshop \| Paul Marynissen \| Miconia Room What is that water weed?
6:30 PM - 11:00 PM	Conference Dinner \| Sponsored by The Weed Society of NSW Join us for the Conference Dinner and Awards night at Panthers Port Macquarie.


	Keynote Speakers
8:30 AM - 9:00 AM	Keynote speaker Dr Simon Brooks Invasive Plant and Animal Science, Biosecurity Queensland Department of Primary Industries \| Progress of the National Tropical Weeds Eradication Program
9:00 AM - 9:30 AM	Keynote speaker Fiona Sutton Invasive Species Council & Arthur Rylah Institute for Environment Research \| Collaboration and Community are Key for Continent Wide Success
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM	Keynote speaker Dr Andy Baker Wildsite Ecological Services \| Fire Ecology and Restoration
10:00 AM - 10:20 AM	Day 2 - Morning tea and trade displays
	Lightning talks
	Working with multiple stakeholders Location: Miconia Room
Wed AM 10.20 10:20 AM - 10:30 AM	Introductions from the chairs
10:30 AM - 10:40 AM	Lessons learned in collaborative control, a behavioural insight from the Good Neighbours program \| Elisa Plati
10:40 AM - 10:50 AM	Working without tenure - a Good Neighbours Perspective \| Peter Rowlands
10:50 AM - 11:00 AM	Biosecurity blind spots \| Matt Bell
Wed AM 11.00 11:00 AM - 11:10 AM	Development of the Hunter Aquatic Weed Eradication Strategy \| Matt Kennedy
Wed AM 11.10 11:10 AM - 11:20 AM	Successful eradication and containment: The NSW New Weed incursion Plan \| Dr Stephen Johnson
	Field Trips
11:30 AM - 4:30 PM	Field Trip 1 \| Douglas Vale Historic Homestead & Vineyard and Sea Acres Rainforest Centre
	Field Trip 2 \| River Cruise and Kooloonbung Walk
	Field Trip 3 \| Historical Museum
	Field Trip 4 \| Guulabaa Place of Koala and Wildnets Centre
	Field Trip 5 \| Ricardoes Tomatoes & Strawberries and Cassegrain Cellar Door
	Field Trip 6 \| Coastal Walk- Town Green Foreshore (East) to LHB Lighthouse
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM	Water Weed Workshop \| Paul Marynissen \| Miconia Room What is that water weed?
6:30 PM - 11:00 PM	Conference Dinner \| Sponsored by The Weed Society of NSW Join us for the Conference Dinner and Awards night at Panthers Port Macquarie.


	Keynote Speakers
8:30 AM - 9:00 AM	Keynote speaker Dr Simon Brooks Invasive Plant and Animal Science, Biosecurity Queensland Department of Primary Industries \| Progress of the National Tropical Weeds Eradication Program
9:00 AM - 9:30 AM	Keynote speaker Fiona Sutton Invasive Species Council & Arthur Rylah Institute for Environment Research \| Collaboration and Community are Key for Continent Wide Success
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM	Keynote speaker Dr Andy Baker Wildsite Ecological Services \| Fire Ecology and Restoration
10:00 AM - 10:20 AM	Day 2 - Morning tea and trade displays
	Lightning talks
	What's new? Location: Frogbit Room
Wed AM 10.20 10:20 AM - 10:30 AM	Introductions from the chairs
10:30 AM - 10:40 AM	Remote sensing for the monitoring, detection, and mapping of Scotch Broom in the sub-alpine of NSW \| Rosie McVeigh
10:40 AM - 10:50 AM	Update on the National Weed Biocontrol Pipeline Strategy \| Shauna Potter
10:50 AM - 11:00 AM	3D models for invasive grass identification \| Sue Baker
Wed AM 11.00 11:00 AM - 11:10 AM	Completing the set: final five best practice management manuals for WoNS \| Matt Sheehan
Wed AM 11.10 11:10 AM - 11:20 AM	AI Tools for Smarter Weed Management \| Baxter Massey
	Field Trips
11:30 AM - 4:30 PM	Field Trip 1 \| Douglas Vale Historic Homestead & Vineyard and Sea Acres Rainforest Centre
	Field Trip 2 \| River Cruise and Kooloonbung Walk
	Field Trip 3 \| Historical Museum
	Field Trip 4 \| Guulabaa Place of Koala and Wildnets Centre
	Field Trip 5 \| Ricardoes Tomatoes & Strawberries and Cassegrain Cellar Door
	Field Trip 6 \| Coastal Walk- Town Green Foreshore (East) to LHB Lighthouse
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM	Water Weed Workshop \| Paul Marynissen \| Miconia Room What is that water weed?
6:30 PM - 11:00 PM	Conference Dinner \| Sponsored by The Weed Society of NSW Join us for the Conference Dinner and Awards night at Panthers Port Macquarie.

Thursday, August 7, 2025


7:45 AM - 9:00 AM	Breakfast and Demonstration by TRACKZ Join us at Westport Park for coffee and a bacon and egg roll as we view a demonstration by the team at TRACKZ.
	Workshops
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM	Brainstorming solutions for management of problematic Solanums \| Dr Marita Sydes, Rod Ensbey and Sarah Pearson Location: Parthenium Theatre	Introduction to collecting plant specimens and understanding botanical name changes \| Dr Patricia Lu-Irving and Stephen Johnson with Kevin Jaeger and Marie-Benedicte Foyard Location: Miconia Room	Developing an environmental weed biocontrol monitoring and evaluation system for NSW \| Dr Jens Froese Location: Frogbit Room
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM	Day 3 - Morning tea and trade displays
	Cacti and banned for sale plants Location: Parthenium Theatre	Surveillance Location: Miconia Room
11:00 AM - 11:20 AM	Host-range testing of Catorhintha schaffneri as a potential biocontrol agent for Pereskia aculeata in Australia \| Dr Andrew McConnachie	Weed remote sensing: a case study in ‘finding a needle in a haystack’ \| Mark Hamilton
11:20 AM - 11:40 AM	The joys, amazement, and disbelief of dealing with cacti species. New findings and biocontrol \| Damien Wray	Innovating pest plant management with automated field data collection \| Harley Schinagl
11:40 AM - 12:00 PM	Tackling a wheelie big cactus problem - Wheel Cactus (Optunia robusta) in the Northern Tablelands \| Brent Klohk	Scent Detection Dogs - Done Dirt Cheap \| Bill Davidson
12:00 PM - 12:20 PM	Banned from sale weed list review \| Ashley Donges	Utilising random forestsin the modelling of Eragrostiscurvula presencein an Australian grassland system \| Dr Jed Brown
12:20 PM - 1:10 PM	Day 3 - Lunch and trade displays
	Day 3 - Concurrent Sessions MID
	Community engagement Location: Parthenium Theatre	Herbicides Location: Miconia Room	Training & what? Location: Frogbit Room
1:10 PM - 1:30 PM	From Weeds to Wins: Building Partnerships in Sticky Nightshade Management in the Central Tablelands \| Sarah Pearson	Trezac™ Arylex™ active Herbicide – new registration for boomspray control of fireweed in ryegrass pasture \| Greg Wells	Enhancing Officer Safety and Evidence Collection: The Role of Body-Worn Cameras in Weeds Compliance and Enforcement \| Craig McCormack
1:30 PM - 1:40 PM		Alternatives to diesel for basal bark herbicide treatment \| Jyri Kaapro
1:30 PM - 1:50 PM	Weed Management on Aboriginal owned Land in the Northern Tablelands \| Beth Brown		Invasive species training – meeting industry needs \| Jodie Bartlett-Taylor
1:40 PM - 1:50 PM		Galigan herbicide option where non-target vegetation safety is essential \| Matt Holmes
1:50 PM - 2:00 PM		What I’ve Seen and what You Should Know \| Steve Hampton
1:50 PM - 2:15 PM	Managing Online Trading of Weeds in NSW \| Charlie Mifsud		Moving people towards action - practical skills for the workplace \| Wendy Gibney
2:00 PM - 2:15 PM		ProForce Cortex Duo Industrial Herbicide – a novel knockdown residual combination specifically targeting non-glyphosate situations \| Peter Kirby
2:15 PM - 2:30 PM	Prohibited Matter Competition Draw Conference thank you and wrap up speech
2:30 PM - 3:00 PM	Day 3 - Afternoon tea
3:00 PM - 3:00 PM	End of Conference


7:45 AM - 9:00 AM	Breakfast and Demonstration by TRACKZ Join us at Westport Park for coffee and a bacon and egg roll as we view a demonstration by the team at TRACKZ.
	Workshops
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM	Brainstorming solutions for management of problematic Solanums \| Dr Marita Sydes, Rod Ensbey and Sarah Pearson Location: Parthenium Theatre	Introduction to collecting plant specimens and understanding botanical name changes \| Dr Patricia Lu-Irving and Stephen Johnson with Kevin Jaeger and Marie-Benedicte Foyard Location: Miconia Room
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM	Day 3 - Morning tea and trade displays
	Cacti and banned for sale plants Location: Parthenium Theatre	Surveillance Location: Miconia Room
11:00 AM - 11:20 AM	Host-range testing of Catorhintha schaffneri as a potential biocontrol agent for Pereskia aculeata in Australia \| Dr Andrew McConnachie	Weed remote sensing: a case study in ‘finding a needle in a haystack’ \| Mark Hamilton
11:20 AM - 11:40 AM	The joys, amazement, and disbelief of dealing with cacti species. New findings and biocontrol \| Damien Wray	Innovating pest plant management with automated field data collection \| Harley Schinagl
11:40 AM - 12:00 PM	Tackling a wheelie big cactus problem - Wheel Cactus (Optunia robusta) in the Northern Tablelands \| Brent Klohk	Scent Detection Dogs - Done Dirt Cheap \| Bill Davidson
12:00 PM - 12:20 PM	Banned from sale weed list review \| Ashley Donges	Utilising random forestsin the modelling of Eragrostiscurvula presencein an Australian grassland system \| Dr Jed Brown
12:20 PM - 1:10 PM	Day 3 - Lunch and trade displays
	Day 3 - Concurrent Sessions MID
	Community engagement Location: Parthenium Theatre	Herbicides Location: Miconia Room
1:10 PM - 1:30 PM	From Weeds to Wins: Building Partnerships in Sticky Nightshade Management in the Central Tablelands \| Sarah Pearson	Trezac™ Arylex™ active Herbicide – new registration for boomspray control of fireweed in ryegrass pasture \| Greg Wells
1:30 PM - 1:40 PM		Alternatives to diesel for basal bark herbicide treatment \| Jyri Kaapro
1:30 PM - 1:50 PM	Weed Management on Aboriginal owned Land in the Northern Tablelands \| Beth Brown
1:40 PM - 1:50 PM		Galigan herbicide option where non-target vegetation safety is essential \| Matt Holmes
1:50 PM - 2:00 PM		What I’ve Seen and what You Should Know \| Steve Hampton
1:50 PM - 2:15 PM	Managing Online Trading of Weeds in NSW \| Charlie Mifsud
2:00 PM - 2:15 PM		ProForce Cortex Duo Industrial Herbicide – a novel knockdown residual combination specifically targeting non-glyphosate situations \| Peter Kirby
2:15 PM - 2:30 PM	Prohibited Matter Competition Draw Conference thank you and wrap up speech
2:30 PM - 3:00 PM	Day 3 - Afternoon tea
3:00 PM - 3:00 PM	End of Conference


7:45 AM - 9:00 AM	Breakfast and Demonstration by TRACKZ Join us at Westport Park for coffee and a bacon and egg roll as we view a demonstration by the team at TRACKZ.
	Workshops
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM	Developing an environmental weed biocontrol monitoring and evaluation system for NSW \| Dr Jens Froese Location: Frogbit Room
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM	Day 3 - Morning tea and trade displays

11:00 AM - 11:20 AM
11:20 AM - 11:40 AM
11:40 AM - 12:00 PM
12:00 PM - 12:20 PM
12:20 PM - 1:10 PM	Day 3 - Lunch and trade displays
	Day 3 - Concurrent Sessions MID
	Training & what? Location: Frogbit Room
1:10 PM - 1:30 PM	Enhancing Officer Safety and Evidence Collection: The Role of Body-Worn Cameras in Weeds Compliance and Enforcement \| Craig McCormack
1:30 PM - 1:40 PM
1:30 PM - 1:50 PM	Invasive species training – meeting industry needs \| Jodie Bartlett-Taylor
1:40 PM - 1:50 PM
1:50 PM - 2:00 PM
1:50 PM - 2:15 PM	Moving people towards action - practical skills for the workplace \| Wendy Gibney
2:00 PM - 2:15 PM
2:15 PM - 2:30 PM	Prohibited Matter Competition Draw Conference thank you and wrap up speech
2:30 PM - 3:00 PM	Day 3 - Afternoon tea
3:00 PM - 3:00 PM	End of Conference


7:45 AM - 9:00 AM	Breakfast and Demonstration by TRACKZ Join us at Westport Park for coffee and a bacon and egg roll as we view a demonstration by the team at TRACKZ.
	Workshops
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM	Brainstorming solutions for management of problematic Solanums \| Dr Marita Sydes, Rod Ensbey and Sarah Pearson Location: Parthenium Theatre
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM	Day 3 - Morning tea and trade displays
	Cacti and banned for sale plants Location: Parthenium Theatre
11:00 AM - 11:20 AM	Host-range testing of Catorhintha schaffneri as a potential biocontrol agent for Pereskia aculeata in Australia \| Dr Andrew McConnachie
11:20 AM - 11:40 AM	The joys, amazement, and disbelief of dealing with cacti species. New findings and biocontrol \| Damien Wray
11:40 AM - 12:00 PM	Tackling a wheelie big cactus problem - Wheel Cactus (Optunia robusta) in the Northern Tablelands \| Brent Klohk
12:00 PM - 12:20 PM	Banned from sale weed list review \| Ashley Donges
12:20 PM - 1:10 PM	Day 3 - Lunch and trade displays
	Day 3 - Concurrent Sessions MID
	Community engagement Location: Parthenium Theatre
1:10 PM - 1:30 PM	From Weeds to Wins: Building Partnerships in Sticky Nightshade Management in the Central Tablelands \| Sarah Pearson
1:30 PM - 1:40 PM
1:30 PM - 1:50 PM	Weed Management on Aboriginal owned Land in the Northern Tablelands \| Beth Brown
1:40 PM - 1:50 PM
1:50 PM - 2:00 PM
1:50 PM - 2:15 PM	Managing Online Trading of Weeds in NSW \| Charlie Mifsud
2:00 PM - 2:15 PM
2:15 PM - 2:30 PM	Prohibited Matter Competition Draw Conference thank you and wrap up speech
2:30 PM - 3:00 PM	Day 3 - Afternoon tea
3:00 PM - 3:00 PM	End of Conference


7:45 AM - 9:00 AM	Breakfast and Demonstration by TRACKZ Join us at Westport Park for coffee and a bacon and egg roll as we view a demonstration by the team at TRACKZ.
	Workshops
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM	Introduction to collecting plant specimens and understanding botanical name changes \| Dr Patricia Lu-Irving and Stephen Johnson with Kevin Jaeger and Marie-Benedicte Foyard Location: Miconia Room
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM	Day 3 - Morning tea and trade displays
	Surveillance Location: Miconia Room
11:00 AM - 11:20 AM	Weed remote sensing: a case study in ‘finding a needle in a haystack’ \| Mark Hamilton
11:20 AM - 11:40 AM	Innovating pest plant management with automated field data collection \| Harley Schinagl
11:40 AM - 12:00 PM	Scent Detection Dogs - Done Dirt Cheap \| Bill Davidson
12:00 PM - 12:20 PM	Utilising random forestsin the modelling of Eragrostiscurvula presencein an Australian grassland system \| Dr Jed Brown
12:20 PM - 1:10 PM	Day 3 - Lunch and trade displays
	Day 3 - Concurrent Sessions MID
	Herbicides Location: Miconia Room
1:10 PM - 1:30 PM	Trezac™ Arylex™ active Herbicide – new registration for boomspray control of fireweed in ryegrass pasture \| Greg Wells
1:30 PM - 1:40 PM	Alternatives to diesel for basal bark herbicide treatment \| Jyri Kaapro
1:30 PM - 1:50 PM
1:40 PM - 1:50 PM	Galigan herbicide option where non-target vegetation safety is essential \| Matt Holmes
1:50 PM - 2:00 PM	What I’ve Seen and what You Should Know \| Steve Hampton
1:50 PM - 2:15 PM
2:00 PM - 2:15 PM	ProForce Cortex Duo Industrial Herbicide – a novel knockdown residual combination specifically targeting non-glyphosate situations \| Peter Kirby
2:15 PM - 2:30 PM	Prohibited Matter Competition Draw Conference thank you and wrap up speech
2:30 PM - 3:00 PM	Day 3 - Afternoon tea
3:00 PM - 3:00 PM	End of Conference


7:45 AM - 9:00 AM	Breakfast and Demonstration by TRACKZ Join us at Westport Park for coffee and a bacon and egg roll as we view a demonstration by the team at TRACKZ.
	Workshops
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM	Developing an environmental weed biocontrol monitoring and evaluation system for NSW \| Dr Jens Froese Location: Frogbit Room
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM	Day 3 - Morning tea and trade displays

11:00 AM - 11:20 AM
11:20 AM - 11:40 AM
11:40 AM - 12:00 PM
12:00 PM - 12:20 PM
12:20 PM - 1:10 PM	Day 3 - Lunch and trade displays
	Day 3 - Concurrent Sessions MID
	Training & what? Location: Frogbit Room
1:10 PM - 1:30 PM	Enhancing Officer Safety and Evidence Collection: The Role of Body-Worn Cameras in Weeds Compliance and Enforcement \| Craig McCormack
1:30 PM - 1:40 PM
1:30 PM - 1:50 PM	Invasive species training – meeting industry needs \| Jodie Bartlett-Taylor
1:40 PM - 1:50 PM
1:50 PM - 2:00 PM
1:50 PM - 2:15 PM	Moving people towards action - practical skills for the workplace \| Wendy Gibney
2:00 PM - 2:15 PM
2:15 PM - 2:30 PM	Prohibited Matter Competition Draw Conference thank you and wrap up speech
2:30 PM - 3:00 PM	Day 3 - Afternoon tea
3:00 PM - 3:00 PM	End of Conference


	Keynote Speakers
8:30 AM - 9:00 AM	Keynote speaker Dr Simon Brooks Invasive Plant and Animal Science, Biosecurity Queensland Department of Primary Industries \| Progress of the National Tropical Weeds Eradication Program
9:00 AM - 9:30 AM	Keynote speaker Fiona Sutton Invasive Species Council & Arthur Rylah Institute for Environment Research \| Collaboration and Community are Key for Continent Wide Success
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM	Keynote speaker Dr Andy Baker Wildsite Ecological Services \| Fire Ecology and Restoration
10:00 AM - 10:20 AM	Day 2 - Morning tea and trade displays
	Lightning talks
	Successful weed management Location: Parthenium Theatre	Working with multiple stakeholders Location: Miconia Room	What's new? Location: Frogbit Room
Wed AM 10.20 10:20 AM - 10:30 AM	Introductions from the chairs
10:30 AM - 10:40 AM	A collaborative approach to weed and pest animal management at Windamere Dam \| Katrina Underwood	Lessons learned in collaborative control, a behavioural insight from the Good Neighbours program \| Elisa Plati	Remote sensing for the monitoring, detection, and mapping of Scotch Broom in the sub-alpine of NSW \| Rosie McVeigh
10:40 AM - 10:50 AM	Regulation through education and engagement - Tropical Soda Apple \| Stuart Mackay and Greg Egan	Working without tenure - a Good Neighbours Perspective \| Peter Rowlands	Update on the National Weed Biocontrol Pipeline Strategy \| Shauna Potter
10:50 AM - 11:00 AM	Education is an Officers Power \| Leann Gunton	Biosecurity blind spots \| Matt Bell	3D models for invasive grass identification \| Sue Baker
Wed AM 11.00 11:00 AM - 11:10 AM	Bribbaree Velvety Tree Biocontrol Program \| Benjamin Mott	Development of the Hunter Aquatic Weed Eradication Strategy \| Matt Kennedy	Completing the set: final five best practice management manuals for WoNS \| Matt Sheehan
Wed AM 11.10 11:10 AM - 11:20 AM	Development of an Environmental DNA Assay for early detection of Alligator Weed (Alternanthera philoxeroides) \| Dr Xiaocheng Zhu	Successful eradication and containment: The NSW New Weed incursion Plan \| Dr Stephen Johnson	AI Tools for Smarter Weed Management \| Baxter Massey
	Field Trips
11:30 AM - 4:30 PM	Field Trip 1 \| Douglas Vale Historic Homestead & Vineyard and Sea Acres Rainforest Centre
	Field Trip 2 \| River Cruise and Kooloonbung Walk
	Field Trip 3 \| Historical Museum
	Field Trip 4 \| Guulabaa Place of Koala and Wildnets Centre
	Field Trip 5 \| Ricardoes Tomatoes & Strawberries and Cassegrain Cellar Door
	Field Trip 6 \| Coastal Walk- Town Green Foreshore (East) to LHB Lighthouse
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM	Water Weed Workshop \| Paul Marynissen \| Miconia Room What is that water weed?
6:30 PM - 11:00 PM	Conference Dinner \| Sponsored by The Weed Society of NSW Join us for the Conference Dinner and Awards night at Panthers Port Macquarie.


	Keynote Speakers
8:30 AM - 9:00 AM	Keynote speaker Dr Simon Brooks Invasive Plant and Animal Science, Biosecurity Queensland Department of Primary Industries \| Progress of the National Tropical Weeds Eradication Program
9:00 AM - 9:30 AM	Keynote speaker Fiona Sutton Invasive Species Council & Arthur Rylah Institute for Environment Research \| Collaboration and Community are Key for Continent Wide Success
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM	Keynote speaker Dr Andy Baker Wildsite Ecological Services \| Fire Ecology and Restoration
10:00 AM - 10:20 AM	Day 2 - Morning tea and trade displays
	Lightning talks
	Successful weed management Location: Parthenium Theatre	Working with multiple stakeholders Location: Miconia Room
Wed AM 10.20 10:20 AM - 10:30 AM	Introductions from the chairs
10:30 AM - 10:40 AM	A collaborative approach to weed and pest animal management at Windamere Dam \| Katrina Underwood	Lessons learned in collaborative control, a behavioural insight from the Good Neighbours program \| Elisa Plati
10:40 AM - 10:50 AM	Regulation through education and engagement - Tropical Soda Apple \| Stuart Mackay and Greg Egan	Working without tenure - a Good Neighbours Perspective \| Peter Rowlands
10:50 AM - 11:00 AM	Education is an Officers Power \| Leann Gunton	Biosecurity blind spots \| Matt Bell
Wed AM 11.00 11:00 AM - 11:10 AM	Bribbaree Velvety Tree Biocontrol Program \| Benjamin Mott	Development of the Hunter Aquatic Weed Eradication Strategy \| Matt Kennedy
Wed AM 11.10 11:10 AM - 11:20 AM	Development of an Environmental DNA Assay for early detection of Alligator Weed (Alternanthera philoxeroides) \| Dr Xiaocheng Zhu	Successful eradication and containment: The NSW New Weed incursion Plan \| Dr Stephen Johnson
	Field Trips
11:30 AM - 4:30 PM	Field Trip 1 \| Douglas Vale Historic Homestead & Vineyard and Sea Acres Rainforest Centre
	Field Trip 2 \| River Cruise and Kooloonbung Walk
	Field Trip 3 \| Historical Museum
	Field Trip 4 \| Guulabaa Place of Koala and Wildnets Centre
	Field Trip 5 \| Ricardoes Tomatoes & Strawberries and Cassegrain Cellar Door
	Field Trip 6 \| Coastal Walk- Town Green Foreshore (East) to LHB Lighthouse
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM	Water Weed Workshop \| Paul Marynissen \| Miconia Room What is that water weed?
6:30 PM - 11:00 PM	Conference Dinner \| Sponsored by The Weed Society of NSW Join us for the Conference Dinner and Awards night at Panthers Port Macquarie.