Environment Institute Seminar Series 2009
Semester 2

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.

Visiting international collaborators and experts from other institutions will be invited to present during their visit in order to generate new ideas and collaborations for the Institute. Postgraduate students will also be encouraged to present their projects.

Seminars in Semester 2 will be held weekly on Fridays from 1pm-2pm in the Benham Lecture Theatre. All members of the Institute, its research groups and members of other University Faculties, Schools and Disciplines are welcome to attend. Some visiting speakers may give presentations at other venues on different days and times, these will be marked (*). Details of these visitor seminars will be provided closer to the date of presentation.

Seminars start at 1:10pm and last for 30 minutes, plus a further 10 minutes of question time.

Date		Seminar Topic	Audio Visual Materials
1	31 July	Caught in the headlights - What holds us back from the big shift? Speaker: Doctor Sam Wells	Slidecast
2	14 August	What is the future for the Lower Lakes? Speaker: Doctor Kane Aldridge	Slidecast
3	21 August	Agrarian Landscapes, the Environment and World Heritage Sites: Why our region should apply? Speaker: Professor Randy Stringer	Slidecast
4	28 August	Is water a limiting factor for population growth in South Australia? Speaker: Professor Graeme Hugo	Podcast
5	11 Sep	50 years of invasion ecology: the legacy of Charles Elton Speaker: David Richardson	Slidecast
6	18 Sep	Environmental genomics Speaker: Professor Alan Cooper	Slidecast
7	16 Oct	Giant Australian cuttlefish: a globally unique species under threat? Speaker: Associate Professor Bronwyn Gillanders	Slidecast
8	23 Oct	Will simulation-based assessments and decisions save our built environment? Speaker: Associate Professor Veronica Soebarto	Slidecast
9	30 Oct	Building the atlas of living Australia Speaker: Mister Donald Hobern	CANCELLED
10	6 Nov	Sperm competition and sex selection Speaker: Professor Leigh Simmons	Slidecast
11	13 Nov	Predicting ecological turmoil: modelling the dynamics of global change on biodiversity Speaker: Doctor Damien Fordham	CANCELLED
12	20 Nov	Pines and paddocks: Socioecology and population genetics of marsupials in fragmented systems Speaker: Doctor Melanie Lancaster	Slidecast
13	27 Nov	Regional implications of climate change for the Australian wine industry Speaker: Professor Kym Anderson
14	4 Dec	Water and the Law Speaker: Professor John Williams and Matthew Lee
15	11 Dec	Nanotechnology and the Environment Speaker: Professor Mark Biggs

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 Seminar Series 2009Semester 2

Environment Institute Seminar Series 2009
Semester 2