10.35am | Prof Michael Noad (Director, UQ Centre for Marine Science) | Welcome and Centre for Marine Science update |
10:55am | Ms Jolin Tan (President UQ Marine Society (MSUQ)) | MSUQ update |
11:00am | Dr Asia Haines (IUCN SSC SSG Important Shark and Ray Areas Project) | Important shark and ray areas: A process for delineating critical habitats for sharks, rays, and chimaeras around the globe |
11:20am | Dr Tina Skinner (UQ School of the Environment) | Disrupting outbreaks of crown-of-thorns starfish on the Great Barrier Reef |
11.40am | A/Prof Cheong Xin Chan (UQ School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences) | Genome evolution of coral algal symbionts and bloom-forming dinoflagellates |
12:00pm | Lunch Break | |
1:00pm | Dr Matthew Holden (UQ School of Mathematics and Physics) | What are the best models for marine conservation and fisheries management decisions? |
1:20pm | Prof Matthew Dunbabin (Queensland University of Technology) | Automated technologies for scaling reef restoration |
1.40pm | A/Prof Karen Cheney (UQ School of the Environment) | Understanding the threats to the endangered seahorse, Hippocampus whitei, in south-east Queensland |
2.00pm | Prof Kate O'Brien (UQ School of Chemical Engineering) | The case for building "informed trust" in models, and tools to put theory into practice |
2.20pm | Close | |