Proposed Program

The 5th Western Australian State Coastal Conference
7–9 October 2009 · Esplanade Hotel, Fremantle, Western Australia

Day 1 – Thursday 8 October

8.25am	Welcome
8.30am	Welcome to Country
8.40am	Minister Day
9.00am	Dr Stephen Leatherman Rating Beaches as 'Dr Beach'
9.45am	Dr Simon Thrush Informing Decision Making for the Sustainable Management of Coasts and Estuaries
10.30am	Morning Tea
11.00am	Dr Kingsley Dixon Plant Biodiversity and Community Groups
	Stream 1	Stream 2	Stream 3
	Coastal Vulnerability	Coastal Management and Effective Partnerships	Climate Change
11.45pm	Concurrent 1a	Concurrent 2a	Concurrent 3a
	Matt Eliot School of Environmental Systems Engineering, UWA Inter-annual Tidal Modulations Along the Western Australian Coast	Dr Beverley Clarke Australian Coastal Society Advancing The Australian Coastal Society	Shahab Hosseini GHD Analysis of Long-Term Cyclone Track Records for Estimation of Extreme Design Conditions
12.15pm	Lunch
	Stream 1 cont.	Stream 2 cont.	Stream 3 cont.
	Coastal Vulnerability	Planning Marine Environments for the Future	Climate Change
1.30pm	Concurrent 1b	Concurrent 2b	Concurrent 3b
	Dr Tim Pauly Myriax Software Pty Ltd Climate Change and Coastal Inundation: A Compelling View, of the Dollar Value of the Impact of Sea Level Rise and Storm Surge Events, Through Eonfusion a Powerful Interactive 4D Data Integration, Analysis and Visualization Tool	Dr Tom Rose Cockburn Sound Management Council Cockburn Sound Management Council: Evolution, Achievements and Challenges	Dr Laura Stocker and Prof. David Wood Curtin University of Technology New: Enabling Science Implementation in Australia's Coastal Zone
2.00pm	Concurrent 1c	Concurrent 2c	Concurrent 3c
	Chiara Danese Northern Agricultural Catchments Council (NACC) A Cooperative Approach Towards Sustainable Coastal Zone Management in the Geraldton-Greenough Area, Western Australia	Dr Jim Penn WA Fisheries and Marine Research Laboratories Management Strategies for Future Sustainability of Fisheries and Protection of Biodiversity in Western Australian Coastal Waters	Dr Tim Langlois UWA Regional Models Of Biodiversity For Monitoring the Impacts of Climate Change and Fishing Pressure
2.30pm	Concurrent 1d	Concurrent 2d	Concurrent 3d
	Dr Robert Kay Coastal Zone Management Pty Ltd Coastal Climate Change Risk Assessments in Australia: A View from the Beachface	Barb Green Department of Environment and Conservation Artificial Structures in Marine Parks and Reserves - Marine Parks and Reserves Authority Policy Position	Dr Janet Howieson Department of Fisheries Climate Change in Inland and Estuarine Fisheries: What Are the Impacts and Are We Ready for Them
3.00pm	Afternoon Tea
	Stream 4	Stream 5	Stream 6
	Coastal Management and Effective Partnerships	Planning Marine Environments for the Future	Coastal Development & Marine Impacts
3.30pm	Concurrent 4a	Concurrent 5a	Concurrent 6a
	Ian Eliot Department of Planning & Damara WA Pty Ltd Coastal Compartments and the Western Australian Coastal Planning Policy	Dr Arthur Dye Cardno Ecology Lab Pty Ltd Natural Resources Management: Monitoring and Indicators in the Marine Environment	Linda Metz City of Cockburn (LGA) The Role of the Coast in Perth's Future Growth & Cockburn Coast - Sink or Swim Andrew Trosic City of Cockburn The Role of the Coast in Perth's Future Growth
4.00pm	Concurrent 4b	Concurrent 5b	Concurrent 6b
	Brad Farmer National Surfing Reserves Australian National Surfing Reserves Rationale and Process for Recognising Iconic Surfing Locations	Dr Kim Friedman Department of Environment and Conservation Evidence Based Management: Monitoring strategies for Active Adaptive Conservation Management of Marine Biodiversity in Western Australia	Dr Marjorie Apthorpe Joondalup Community Coast Care Forum Inc. The Ocean Reef Marina Proposal: Whose Coast Is It?
4.30pm	Concurrent 4c	Concurrent 5c	Concurrent 6c
	Melanie Price Coffey Environments Effective partnerships: 'Southern Shores' South Coast Management Group and the Regional Group for NRM	Dr Alan Kendrick Department of Environment and Conservation Developing and Implementing Research in WA’s Marine Parks and Reserves	Cr Elizabeth Re City of Stirling Values of Multi Purpose Reefs to Address Beach Erosion from a Local Government Councillor Perspective
7.00pm	Pre Conference Dinner Drinks
7.30pm - 11.00pm	Conference Dinner and 'WA Coastal Awards for Excellence'

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Proposed Program

The 5th Western Australian State Coastal Conference 7–9 October 2009 · Esplanade Hotel, Fremantle, Western Australia

Day 1 – Thursday 8 October

Conference Secretariat

The 5th Western Australian State Coastal Conference
7–9 October 2009 · Esplanade Hotel, Fremantle, Western Australia