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Environment Institute Seminar Series 2009
Semester 1

This inaugural seminar series is designed to introduce members of the Environment Institute to each other and to showcase the excellent science being undertaken across the new Institute. Postgraduate students will be encouraged to present their projects.

Visiting international collaborators and experts from other institutions will also be invited to present during their visit in order to generate new ideas and collaborations for the Institute. Seminars will be held weekly on Mondays 12.00-1.00pm in the Benham Lecture Theatre. All members of the Institute, their research groups and members of other University Faculties, Schools and Disciplines are invited welcome to attend. Seminars start at 12.10pm and last for 30 minutes, plus 10 minutes of question time. Participants are encouraged to join us at staff house to talk to presenters and enjoy a discount lunch.

Download the Environment Institute Seminar Series flyer. If you have any questions please email us at environment@adelaide.edu.au.

Date

Seminar Topic

Audio Visual Materials

1

23 March

Keeping ahead of our changing world - Step changes in response to resource changes
Speaker: Professor Mike Young

Slidecast

2

30 March

Energy today and tomorrow
Speaker: Professor Stephen Lincoln

Slidecast

3

6 April

What future for landscape futures? Climate, soil, water, biota, economics and people - Researching  complexity
Speaker: Professor Wayne Meyer

Slidecast

4

20 April

International breakthroughs in internet and database technology for taxonomic research
Speaker: Professor Norman Johnson

Slidecast

5

4 May

A tale of three rivers: The Nile, the Darling and the Son
Speaker: Emerutis Professor Martin Williams

Slidecast

6

11 May

Are river red gums being pushed to the edge
Speaker: Doctor Anne Jensen

Slidecast

7

18 May

Adapting to a drier Australia
Speaker: Associate Professor Justin Brookes

Slidecast

8

25 May

Shifting species distributions under climate change
Speaker: Professor Miguel Araújo

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9

1 June

Why old nuclear power is not new
Speaker: Professor Barry Brook

Slidecast

10

15 June

How can we help biodiversity adapt to the ravages of climate change?
Speaker: Professor Andrew Lowe

Slidecast

11

22 June

Predicting coral reef biodiversity patterns for conservation: A confederacy of ecological scales
Speaker: Doctor Camille Mellin

Slidecast

12

29 June

Policy responses to a drying climate may save Adelaide's kelp forests
Speaker: Associate Professor Sean Connell

Slidecast

All are welcome. The seminars are free of charge and registration is not required, but is appreciated. For information about the series please email us at environment@adelaide.edu.au.

Environment Institute
The University of Adelaide

SA 5005 AUSTRALIA

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