New South Wales Centre for Animal and Plant Biosecurity
Second and Final Announcement
“Rust Diseases:
Threats to Global Food Security in the Context of Climate Change”
PROGRAM
Wednesday 21st February 2007
9:30am
10:30am
11:00am
Optional tour of facilities, EMAI
Registration, morning tea
Opening Session
Session III
Rust Pathogen Diagnostics
Chair – Dr David Hall, NSW DPI
4:00pm
Chair – Prof Les Copeland, Chairman NSW Center
for Animal and Plant Biosecurity
Prof John Lovett, Chairman
CRC for National Plant Biosecurity
Dr Les Szabo, USDA, St Paul, USA
4:30pm
Mr Terry Enright, Chairman
Grains Research and Development Corporation
Session I
Global Perspectives in Cereal Rust Biosecurity
Chair – Prof Robert Park, University of Sydney
11:30am
12:00pm
12:30pm
1:00pm
Wheat breeding in CWANA for rust
resistance and climate adaptation
Discussion
Lunch
Session IV
Rust Diseases in Forestry and Biological Control
Chair - Prof Les Copeland, University of Sydney
8:30am
Exotic rust threats for the forest industries
9:00am
Rust pathogens as weed biological control
agents and implications for biosecurity
9:30am
Climate change and its impact on plant disease:
assessing incursion potential among exotic
pathogen threats
Dr Morag Glen, Ensis/CSIRO, Hobart
The impact of foreign rust incursions on the
Australian cereals industry
Prof Robert Park and Dr Harbans Bariana,
University of Sydney
Dr Louise Morin, CSIRO Entomology, Canberra
Stripe rust in Australia: a co-operative
interagency approach to long term incursion
management
Dr Colin Wellings, NSW Department of Primary
Industries, Sydney
3:00pm
3:30pm
7:15pm
7:30pm
Discussion
Conclusion, Day I
Tour of historic Belgenny Farm
Including displays and demonstrations
Assemble at Belgenny Function Center
Conference Dinner
Thursday 22nd February 2007
Chair – Dr Helen Scott-Orr, NSW DPI
2:30pm
5:00pm
5:30pm
6:30pm
Dr Sanjaya Rajaram, ICARDA-CIMMYT, Syria
Session II
Australian Perspectives in Cereal Rust Biosecurity
2:00pm
Recent experiences with non-cereal attacking
rust diseases in Australia and the importance of
taxonomy in biosecurity management
Dr Michael Priest, NSW Department of Primary
Industries, Orange
The Global Rust Initiative
Dr Richard Ward, Facilitator, GRI, CIMMYT,
Mexico
Genome sequence information and
phylogenetics in understanding rust
variability and developing diagnostic tools
Discussion
Break
Dr Sukumar Chakraborty CSIRO Plant Industry,
Brisbane
10:00am
10:30am
11:00am
12:00pm
Discussion
Break
Panel Discussion : “Prioritising Australian R&D
to strategically address the threat of rusts to
global food security and biodiversity”
Conference Close
The Hon Ian MacDonald, NSW Minister for Primary
Industries
12:30pm
2:00pm
Lunch
Optional tour of facilities, PBI Cobbitty
Symposium Registration Form
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Register by completing and returning the form with payment by Friday, 9 February 2007
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Plant Breeding Institute, Private Bag 11, Camden NSW 2570
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VENUE
ACCOMMODATION
The Elizabeth Macarthur Agricultural Institute
NSW DPI, Menangle
Accommodation in the Camden area is available only a short
drive from the Elizabeth Macarthur Agricultural Institute.
The following contacts are provided to assist participants in
making their own accommodation arrangements:
CAMDEN VALLEY INN COUNTRY LODGE
Remembrance Drive (Old Hume Hwy), Camden South
Ph: 02 4655 8413
Standard single room $140, Deluxe single room $180
10% off for Corporate
Breakfast (Continental) can be ordered or there is a brasserie
CAMDEN COUNTRY CLUB MOTEL
Remembrance Drive (Old Hume Hwy), Camden South
Ph: 02 4655 8402
Single room Sun-Thurs $85 (Corp. rate)
Fri-Sat $89
THE CROWN HOTEL/MOTEL
187 Argyle St., Camden
Ph: 02 4655 2200
TRANSPORT OPTIONS
FROM SYDNEY AIRPORT BY TRAIN
Follow the signs to the airport train station. Take the
Airport-East Hills line to Campbelltown. Taxis are
available on the east side of the station.
Timetable: http://www.cityrail.info
FROM SYDNEY AIRPORT BY CAR
Exit car park and follow sign ‘West and South West
Sydney’. Take M5 motorway, entering to the right into a
tunnel. Continue to follow the M5, staying to the left for
the cash toll booths. The journey on the M5 will take
approx. 30 minutes. Ignore exits ‘Camden Valley Way’
and the first ‘Campbelltown’ exit. Take second
‘Campbelltown’ exit and turn onto Narellan Road (see
map above). At the 4th set of traffic lights, turn left onto
‘Camden ByPass’ with a sign in blue ‘EMAI”. Continue
along this road (‘Remembrance Drive’) and turn left into
‘Finns Road’ and then a left fork into ‘Woodbridge Road’.
Finally, turn left at EMAI gate and follow the road (2Km).
At bottom of hill follow signs indicating Conference
parking, venue and registration. Directions help if
required: EMAI Reception 4640 6333.
Single room Sun-Thurs $85 (Corp. rate)
Fri-Sat $100
Twin room $95
NARELLAN MOTOR INN
Cnr Camden Valley Way & The Northern Rd, Narellan
Ph: 02 4646 1044
Single room (bed & breakfast) $115 (Corp. rate)
Further rates on request
FURTHER ENQUIRIES
Ms Beate Wildner
University of Sydney
Plant Breeding Institute Cobbitty
02 9351 8811
pbi.information@camden.usyd.edu.au