Conference Program 

Thursday 3 APRIL 2008

3.00–5.30pm

Registration Desk Open

6.00–7.00pm

Welcome Reception – Government House

DAY ONE Friday 4 APRIL 2008                     PRESENTATION OF CASE STUDIES

8.00am – 5.00pm

Registration Desk Open

9.00am

Welcome to the Conference

9.15am

Welcome to Country

9.30am

Conference Opening: Ian Keirnan OA – Clean Up Australia

10.00am

Morning Refreshments

10.30am

Plenary Presentation -  Ms Pornpen Payakkaporn
Co-founder of the Wild Animal Rescue Foundation of Thailand (WARF)
Stretching the Boundaries  – Innovative and Challenging Opportunities

Workshops

Merino Room

Theatrette

11.00am

Case Study 1.1
Peter Grant
Mere Words: Can Nature Writing Make a Difference?

Case Study 1.2
Bill Forsyth
Overland Track Hut Wardens - Volunteering in the Wilderness

Workshops

Merino Room

Theatrette

Drovers Room

11.30am

Case Study 1.3
Jody Steele
From Hidden Huts To Harbouring Lights - How Volunteers are Helping Preserve and Protect Tasmania’s Heritage

Case Study 1.4
Iona Mitchell
Tasmanian Land for Wildlife greatly supported by Volunteer Assessors

Case Study 1.5
Jon Marsden-Smedley
SPRATS: Sea Spurge and Marram Grass Eradication in Southwest Tasmania.

12.00pm

Lunch

1.00pm

Plenary Presentation -  Mr Andy Fryar
OZVPM Founder and Director (Essential Resources for the Volunteer Program Manager)
Getting Involved, Staying Involved – Fostering Volunteering

Workshops

Merino Room

Theatrette

Drovers Room

1.30pm

Case Study 2.1
 Ingrid Albion
Wildlife Attracts Volunteers like Ants to Sugar

Forum 2.2
Aidan Davison
Volunteering for Environmental Sustainability

Case Study 2.3
Thanaphat Payakkaporn
Short Term International Volunteer Tourists – I think they can change the world too

2.00pm

Case Study 2.4
Carmen Welss
Fundraising for Volunteering, Volunteering for Fundraising

Case Study 2.5
Mandi Hyland
How to Recruit & Retain Your Volunteers

Case Study 2.6
Greg Jackman
Shared pasts and futures: archaeological volunteering, skill sharing and networking - a view from the Port Arthur Historic Site

2.30pm

Afternoon Refreshments

3.30pm

Plenary Presentation - Dr Lynn Webber
Conservation Partnerships Parks and Wildlife Group Department of the Environment and Climate Change NSW
In this together – Building Partnerships for Wildlife, Wild Places and Cultural Heritage

Workshops

Merino Room

Theatrette

4.00pm

Case Study 3.1
Bob Tyson and Wayne Dick
The Deal Island Caretaker Program – Volunteer Co-management of a Tasmanian National Park

Case Study 3.2
Leah Page - Southern Coastcare Association of Tasmania
A Working Partnership in Tasmanian Coastcare

4.30pm

Case Study 3.3
Jodie Epper
Extra Hands – A Dating Agency for Sustainability

Case Study 3.4
Carol Jackson/Dee Webb
Many Hands Make the Light Work

5.00 – 5.15pm

Days Closing remarks

6.30pm – 9.00pm

WILDPARTY Dinner – Rose Garden, Old Woolstore
Food, drinks, music, friends, these will be very informal and relaxed celebrations (Optional)

DAY TWO Saturday 5 April 2008                                      WILD SPACE

8:45am

Welcome to Day Two:  Andrew Smith WILDCARE Inc.

9.00 – 9.45am

Plenary Presentation:  Senator Christine Milne
Australian Greens spokesperson on climate change
Communities Making a Difference

9.45 – 10.15am

Morning Refreshments

10.15am – 3.30pm

Wild Space Forum

Commences in the Merino Room

“What are the secrets to building productive, resilient volunteer organisations, networks, and programs to protect, conserve and manage Reserves and natural and cultural heritage?”

Be prepared to lead or participate in lively discussion groups. Each workshop will have a time slot of 45 minutes. All topics raised by delegates that explore answers to these questions will become a part of the workshop agenda and timetable on the day. You can attend as many or as few workshops as you wish.

12.30 – 1.30pm

Lunch – Theatrette

12.30 – 1.30pm

WILDCARE Inc. Annual General Meeting (lunch for members will be served at AGM)

1.30 - 3.30pm

Continuation of Wild Space Forum

Conference Dinner
7:30pm

Blue Skies Restaurant
Waterman’s Dock – Sullivans Cove

DAY THREE Sunday 6 April 2008                                    FIELD TRIPS

7.45am

8.00am – 6.00pm

Meet at the Tasmanian Visitor’s Centre, corner of Elizabeth and Davey Streets
Bruny Island Tour