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Contents

Theme statement

2

   

Contents

3

   

Sponsors

6

   

Program

7

   

Post conference optional activities and suggestions

12

   

Abstracts of invited speeches

13

Bryan Green, opening speech by Minister

14

David Morris, keynote speaker

15

Ruth Lane, invited speaker

16

Ian Blue, invited speaker

17

Sue Kilpatrick, invited speaker

18

Jess Jennings, APEN award winner

19

Fiona Johnson, APEN award winner

20

Mark Paine, Best Practice speaker

21

Jeff Coutts, Best Practice speaker

22

Bob Macadam, Best Practice speaker

23

   

Descriptions of workshops

25

Community building

26

Environmental Management Systems

27

Evaluation

28

Group Facilitation

29

Media skills

30

Public Speaking

31

   

Abstracts of contributed papers. see separate listing on page 4

33

   
   

Abstracts of posters see separate listing on page 5

71

   
   

APEN information

89

   

Maps of Hobart

91

   

Floorplan of the Convention Centre

92

Contributed papers

   

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Anderson

Information and library services for extension officers in NSW Ag

34

Boyd

Extension Agents Too Focussed On Their 'Tools'.

35

Bramley et al.

Integrating extension science and delivery

36

Brown

Measuring rural community resiliency

37

Christiansen et al.

Ever improving: building skills and culture to evaluate cotton extension outcomes

38

Coltman et al.

Extension in line with an industry productivity target

39

den Exter & Specht

Assisting Stakeholder Decision Making using System Dynamics Group Model-building

40

Dunn et al.

Action research with NSW dairy farmers

41

Elix & Lambert

Reshaping rural extension: New players – new roles

42

Heisswolf et al.

New experiences in working with horticultural farmers to improve NRM practices in Queensland

43

Hollier et al.

Shrinking Extension to Fit a Growing Small Farm Sector

44

Holmes

Turning information into knowledge

45

Hood et al.

How do you know you're having an impact? Evaluation of the Grapecheque program.

46

Jevremov

Approaches to facilitating the national adoption of integrated pest management by Brassica growers a

47

Kaine et al.

Personality and Innovation in Agriculture

48

Kernot et al.

Theory into practice; working with mango supply chains to improve knowledge and practice

49

Kilpatrick et al.

Effective farmer groups for defining best practices for sustainable agriculture

50

Leach

Negotiation - The Hallmark of Extension

51

Leach & Wallwork

Enabling Effective Participation, Negotiation, Conflict Resolution and Advocacy in Participatory Res

52

Machin et al.

Marron Aquaculture Strategic Extension Campaign - an interim report

53

Maheshwari et al.

Farmers’ perceptions about irrigation scheduling in the Hawkesbury-Nepean catchment

54

Martin et al.

Rural Water Use, A Systems Approach to Three Years of Challenges with Triumphs, a Queensland Dairy Perspective

55

May et al.

Extension - Finding solutions or co-creating pathways for change

56

Murdoch et al.

One extension approach does not fit all: what can help decide which to use?

57

Nettle

Groups or one to one? Rethinking extension delivery: learnings from the dairy industry

58

Palmer

Discourses of sustainability: a Foucauldian approach

59

Parminter & Nelson

Dairy farmers' evaluation of environmental practices in SW Victoria

60

Parminter et al.

Appreciating the influence of our own and others' world views upon extension strategies

61

Petheram et al.

From engaging the public - to supporting citizens in collaborative partnerships. Insights for extension

62

Reid et al.

Linking Geographical Information Systems and Social Research: Investigating the Small Farm Sector

63

Reynolds & Ash

Success and Structure: Options for group design to match community needs

64

Schmidt et al.

Online opportunities: the case for re-configuring extension in a web environment

65

Tarbotton et al.

An approach to designing extension, a case study of bull management.

66

Teixeira et al.

Challenges after the research is "ready"

67

Wanjala et al.

Information sources and dispersal channels in the extension of pasture weed management technologies

68

Wilson

Involving communities in conservation

69

Poster Abstracts

   

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Blackshaw et al.

Grapecheque: Having an impact in Victorian grapegrowers

72

Borschmann

Tree growing in rural landscapes

73

Breen

Budworm watch program: more than monitoring

74

Connor et al.

Investigating innovative communication strategies to reach hobby farmers and lifestyle landholders

75

Day

Biodiversity extension: using community engagement

76

Hogan & Raphael

Developing rural grapegrower communities through CRCV extension

77

Kaine et al.

The uptake of integrated pest management by apple growers

78

Lewis

Green wedges: planning towards extension

79

Lucas et al.

New approaches to enhancing participation in natural resource management

80

Mesiti & Vanclay

Extending extension through styles of farming

81

Quarisa

FarmWise: education and extension in the MIA

82

Richards

Bi$Link: A project promoting farm business management training for horticulturalists from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds

83

Stewart

Border and boundaries

84

Stewart et al.

The low rainfall linking project

85

Tijs & McCaffery

Community engagement: changing the focus for WUE

86

Wadley & Hollier

Responding to the needs of a stressed community in times of drought

87

Wilson

Making quantitative information useful

88

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