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