Rainforest and Reef Conservation Stories
Preliminary program
Thursday 3 and Friday 4 July
Ninney Rise, Mission Beach
Registration information is available by contacting sam@wombatcreative.com.au.
Timing
0930 – 1030
1030 – 1045
1045 - 1100
Session description
Arrival and morning tea
Conference opening
Welcome to Country
1100 – 1130
Conference overview and setting the scene
Welcome to delegates
The history of Ninney Rise and an introduction to the Friends of Ninney Rise | Suzie Smith,
WPSQ Cassowary Coast and Hinchinbrook
Handing over Ninney Rise to the community | James Newman, Department of Environment and
Heritage Protection
1130 – 1200
Indigenous reef and rainforest culture
Speakers to be confirmed
1200 – 1300
CONVERSATIONS: Rainforest conservation history
Panellists include:
Aila Keto AO, Australian Rainforest Conservation Society
Mike Berwick, Chair Terrain NRM
Max Chappell, Wet Tropics Management Association (WTMA)
Maurice Franklin, president C4
1300 – 1415
1415 – 1430
Lunch
The Coral Battleground Book launch with Spinifex Press | Susan Hawthorne and Renate Klein
1430 – 1530
Reef conservation history
Iain McCalman, University of Sydney
With panellists in conversation:
Adam Smith, GBRMPA
Margaret Moorhouse, Alliance to Save Hinchinbrook
1530 - 1600
Cultural Heritage and Ninney Rise
Speaker to be confirmed
1600 – 1700
Open House at Ninney Rise
fresh fruit platters
tour art installations
continue conversations
1800 - 2230
Ninney Rise fundraising dinner, Castaways Resort
With entertainment by Peter Brennan. Dress code Tropical Rig.
DAY 2
0830
0900 – 1000
Arrival tea and coffee and fresh fruit
Reef and rainforest art
A panel-style conversation with:
Liz Gallie, Mission Beach artist
Mike Bluett, film producer with Northern Dogs Digital
Others to be announced
1000 – 1045
Hearts and minds: John Busst and others
Vision, activism, science, art and politics in a panel-style conversation:
Carol Muller, WPSQ
Maxine Newlands, JCU
Others to be announced
1045 – 1115
1115 – 1205
Morning tea
Reef and rainforest tourism
A panel discussion to explore destination building and the value of environment and tourism:
Angi Matveyeff, Mission Beach Tourism
Peter Salleras, Grower
Others to be announced
1205 – 1235
Discovering the underwater world – cultural impacts
In conversation with:
Professor Margaret Cohen, Stanford University USA
Professor Jonathan Lamb, Vanderbilt University USA
Iain McCalman, University of Sydney
1235 - 1345
1350 – 1530
Lunch
The future of Ninney Rise
A panel-style session exploring what the future may hold and capturing our vision, hopes and
fundraising opportunities.
1530 – 1600
1600 – 1640
Afternoon tea
Aboriginal cassowary dance
Girringun
Thankyous and close
Canapes and refreshments at C4 office
1645
1700
DAY 3
Field trips
1. Boat trip to Ellison Reef (max 14 people)
2. Family Islands artists trip (max 6 people)
3. Self-guided walk forests protected by Busst and Webb
4. Lot 66 (to be confirmed)
DAY 4
Community open day at Ninney Rise – Sunday 6 July, 0900 – 1300
Registration information is available by contacting sam@wombatcreative.com.au.