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Provisional Program Outline

Sunday 10 February Registration and Welcome Mixer

1430

Registration Opens

1830

Welcome mixer

1930

Official opening with guest speaker Director General of NSW DPI Barry Buffier (unconfirmed)

Monday 11 February Day 1 of Conference

0800

Registration Opens

0900

Conference Welcome – Dr Leigh Pilkington

0910

Opening of Conference by IOBC Global Representative

0930

Keynote address – Prof. Mark Hoddle, University of California

1000

Keynote address - TBA

1030

Morning Tea

1100

Session 1 - Prof. Steve Wratten  – Biocontrol success stories

1300

Lunch

1330

Session 2 – Professor Geoff Gurr – Looking ahead at biocontrol in Australasia

1530

Afternoon Tea

1600

Session 3 – Dr John Charles – Biocontrol in fruit crops

1810

Close

1930

Informal Dinner

Tuesday 12 February Day 2 of Conference

0800

Keynote address – Dr Andy Shepherd, CSIRO Entomology

0830

Session 4 – Bill Palmer – Biocontrol agents in weeds

1030

Morning Tea

1100

Session 5 – Mr Len Tesoriero  – Biocontrol of diseases

1300

Lunch

1330

Session 6 – Dr Stephen Goodwin – Biocontrol in greenhouse crops

1530

Afternoon Tea

1600

Session 7 – Dr Pip Gerard – Introductions, biology and ecological biocontrol of insect pests

1810

Close

1930

Informal Dinner

Wednesday 13 February Day 3 of Conference

0800

Keynote address – Dr Glen Saunders  – NSW DPI

0830

Session 8 – Dr Glen Saunders  – vertebrate biocontrol

1030

Morning Tea

1100

Session 9 – Dr Gavin Ash  – Weed biocontrol

1300

Lunch

1330

Session 11 – Dr Barbara Barrett – Biocontrol safety

1530

Afternoon Tea

1600

Session 12 – Ms Margaret Gentz – Biocontrol and its compatible pesticides

1810

Conference close

 Thursday 14 February Day 4 of Conference

0900

Workshop Begins

Program to be advised

1700

Workshop close

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3rd International Symposium on Biological Control of Arthropods
 

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