Conference Program

The following information was published in the conference handbook and may have been updated prior to the conference
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Sunday 5 March 2006 (optional day)

1.00pm	Registration International Hotel Foyer
2.00pm	Wine & food tour of Beechworth region
5-6.00pm	Accompanying persons greeting Scholars Dining Room
6.00pm	Dinner in Beechworth (ask at registration desk for information on dining in Beechworth)
8.00pm	Screening of “What the Bleep do we Know?” Bijou Theatre

Monday 6 March 2006

9.30am	Registration International Hotel Foyer
10.30am	Welcome Kerford Room The Hon Susan Ley MP- Federal Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry Program context presentation
11.25am	Keynote speakers Kate Andrews – Negotiating knowledge for practice change Knowledge and Adoption Manager, Land and Water Australia Dr Ian Plowman – Seven diseases undermining sustainable communities – and their cures Psychologist, Facilitator and Social Researcher
12.30pm	Lunch
1.30pm	Practice Change Expo Pines Convention Centre A quick tour to a range of stations where presenters will showcase their ideas and work in a short, snappy and innovative fashion. Participants will progress through 5 stations of their choice at 10 minute intervals. Have a think about the stations you would like to visit and the path you would like to take during lunch.
	Station 1 They all learn the same……don’t they? An evaluation of the Learning Style preferences of the NZ Dairy Industry Mandi McLeod, Silvanus Consulting Ltd
	Station 2 Northern rivers Soil Health Card: A monitoring tool for farmers developed by farmers Abigail Jenkins, NSW Department of Primary Industries
	Station 3 Making soils sexy: soils extension on the NSW north coast Rebecca Lines-Kelly, NSW Department of Primary Industries
	Station 4 Exploring the spoked wagon wheel model approach to identify the key factors to success for agriculture extension programs Keith L Devenish, Department of Agriculture Western Australia
	Station 5 Deliberation forums: a pathway for public participation Zelma Bone, Charles Sturt University
	Station 6 Farmers, extension and science – working together Denise Bewsell, AgResearch Ltd
	Station 7 Towards a conceptual model for human responses to biosecurity issues Tracy Payne, AgResearch Ltd
	Station 8 The productivity, environmental and social benefits of increasing producer participation in extension Jason Trompf, La Trobe University
	Station 9 Coming to grips with Community Capacity: Using Goal Attainment Scaling as a measure for Local Area Plans. Rebecca Lukies, Department of Primary Industries, Victoria
	Station 10 Evaluation: LandLearn’s most significant change Lydia Fehring, Department of Primary Industries, Victoria
	Station 11 TRIED and TRUE or just plain TIRED? Rosie Hannah, Department of Primary Industries, Victoria
	Station 12 When a scientist, farmer and prison crew go fishing together: targeted extension on the Longwood Plains. Doug Robinson, Trust for Nature
	Station 13 Networking through the glass ceiling Claire Braund, National Management Committee for Women on Boards
3.00pm	Afternoon tea
3.30pm	Workshop A – Understanding the Conference Streams The purpose of each workshop is to establish the frame (scope, depth and breadth) of the particular stream to provide participants with “hooks” upon which to hang what they hear in subsequent concurrent presentations. This may include pointing to historical knowledge & theoretical base, current thinking, new developments, and divergent views on the stream. See page 23 for a description of the streams. Sign up for your session of choice near the registration desk. Approaches, methods & tools: George Briscoe Room Multiple scales of practice change: Kerford Room Partnerships/networking and institutions: Staghorn 1 Room Social Context: Pines East Evaluation/Reflection: Pines West Sustaining the Practice: Bijou Theatre
5.00pm	Wrap-up for the day
5.15pm	Time to relax
6.30pm	Poster session, snacks & drinks
7.30pm	BBQ Pines Convention Centre

Tuesday 7 March 2006

7.00am	Optional Tai Chi with instructor or stroll around local walking tracks
7.00am	Breakfast
8.30am	Welcome Kerford Room
8.40am	Keynote speaker John Connell - Dynamics of scaling-out with small-holder farmers in Southeast Asia International research and development specialist, Laos
9.10am	Concurrent session 1
	1. Approaches, methods & tools George Briscoe	2. Multiple scales of practice change Kerford Room		3. Partnerships, networking & institutions Staghorn 1		4. Social Context Pines East		5. Evaluation/ Reflection Pines West			6. Sustaining the Practice Bijou Theatre
	Tienne Vannasouk Laos Agricultural & Forestry Extension Servic Development of the Laos extension approach. Wendy Golder & Ann Johnston Department of Primary Industries & Resources SA Outback Connect: Bridging the Digital Divide. Sally Marsh University of WA Working with farmers for practical weed management in direct seeded rice in the Philippines.	Peta Christensen Cultivating Community Feeding the Cities: Case studies from Australia, Brazil, USA & Canada exploring the role of urban agriculture & rural family farms in community food security. Mike Keys Department of Primary Industries, NSW LANDSCAN: delivering extension on a landscape basis. Neels Botha AgResearch Ltd Exploring possibilities for extension to protect water quality.		Ross Carruthers Department of Water Land & Biodiversity Conservation Volumetric conversion in SE SA: Changing perceptions, mindsets & knowledge barriers before changing water licences. Dick Osborn ANU Sustaining communities by learning from integrated assessments of place. Gillian Stewart Grain & Graze program A national extension approach supporting regional paradigms: lessons from the Grain & Graze program.		Lisa Cowan Department of Primary Industries, Victoria Is there a role for extension in regulatory change? A channel automation case study. Ian Coldwell Charles Sturt University Traditional masculinities: Obstacles in the turn towards sustainable farming practices. Vanessa Hood Department of Primary Industries, Victoria Social research helps target audiences to increase adoption of precision viticulture.		Fashola Rotimi IITA Ibadan, Nigeria Dissemination of sawah rice technology to farmers cultivating inland valleys in Nigeria. David Jones Department of Primary Industries, Victoria Farmers quantifying the impact of drought on farm enterprises & across large areas. Ismail M. Moumouni Institute of Agricultural Economics & Social Sciences Services Development perspectives in new rural districts in Benin: Case study of agricultural extension in Banikoara			Theo Nabben Department of Agriculture WA Capacity building: lessons learnt from South African LandCare. Gordon Stone Gordon Stone & Associates Agribusiness role in extension, education & training. Yvonne Orlando Department of Primary Industries, Victoria Extension in a changing rural landscape - a review of agriculture development extension in Victoria.
10.40am	Morning tea break
11.10am	Concurrent session 2
	1. Approaches, methods & tools George Briscoe		2. Multiple scales of practice change Kerford Room		3. Partnerships /networking and institutions Staghorn 1		4. Social Context Pines East		5. Evaluation/ Reflection Pines West	6. Sustaining the Practice Bijou Theatre
	Nam Nguyen University of Queensland Risk management tools for dryland farmers in southwest Queensland: an action research approach. Greg Cock Department of Primary Industries & Resources, South Australia Measuring Community Capacity: an electronic audit template. Dale Chapple BSES Ltd Benchmarking sugar cane harvesting performance to improve profitability & efficiency.		Susan Brumby Western District Health Service The Sustainable Farm Families project: Changing farmer attitudes to health. Alison Spencer Dept of Primary Industries & Fisheries, Queensland Information & training needs of Australian chicken meat & egg producers., Stephen Routledge Conflict and contradiction - observations on a sense of well-being in a farming community.		Ruth Nettle The University of Melbourne Knowledge Partnerships 1: What can knowledge partnerships offer agricultural industries? Sean Kenny The University of Sydney Knowledge Partnerships 2: Extension juggling multi disciplinarity in the field. Ken Keith The University of Qld Pathways to sustainable community cooperation through strengthened organisational links.		William Adlong Charles Sturt University Framing participatory inquiry in terms of ‘reflexivity’. Pamela l’Anson Department of Agriculture, Western Australia Identifying change management triggers. Denise Bewsell AgResearch Ltd Adoption of environmental best practice amongst dairy farmers.		Maryanne Martin Department of Primary Industries, Victoria Improved outcomes for Victorian sheep farmers affected by the OJD management program. Robert Chataway Department of Primary Industries & Fisheries, Queensland The role of farmer participants in developing practices that better sustain the soil resource base on cropping based dairy farms in southern Queensland. Michael Wagg Land & Water Australia Land Water & Wool: An integrated extension program in NRM on wool properties.	Roy Murray-Prior Curtin University of Technology, WA Assessing the adoption of research & extension messages about high yield wheat packages by WA farmers. N Markham, M Paine A learning approach to developing farming systems advisory skills / Show me the tool & I will give you the advisor. Mercy Akeredolu The SAFE programme of the University of Mali Improving the competence of agricultural extension in Mali.
12.40pm	Lunch

1.40pm	Concurrent session 3
	1. Approaches, methods & tools George Briscoe	2. Multiple scales of practice change Kerford Room	3. Partnerships /networking & institutions Staghorn 1	4. Social Context Pines East	5. Evaluation/ Reflection Pines West	6. Sustaining the Practice Bijou Theatre
	Justin Hardy Department of Agriculture, Western Australia Farmer driven innovation: the backbone of the SGSL Producer Network. QJ Wang Dept Primary Industries, Victoria Scenario planning for irrigation futures of the Goulburn Broken region Anne Jones Dept of Agriculture, Western Australia Barriers & benefits to saltland pasture production: extension research in agriculture.	Laxman Perera Ministry of Urban Development & Water Supply, Sri Lanka Resettlement of people through consensus. Dr Ian Plowman Ian Plowman Pty Ltd The four determinants of behaviour. Frank Vanclay Tasmanian Institute of Agricultural Research Committing to place: Museum outreach as NRM extension.	Tracey Gianatti University of Western Australia Gaining with growers: lessons from a successful alliance of Western Australian farming system groups. Orewa Barrett-Ohia AgResearch Ltd Multiple owned Maori land business: Researching governance & communication. Jennifer Pagon Department of Primary Industries, Victoria Footprints for the future through Local Area Planning.	Terry Parminter AgResearch Ltd Examples of extension and policy strategies developed using theories of human behaviour and social marketing. Terry Reid Dept Primary Industries & Fisheries, Qld Change wizards cooking with sugar.	Giselle Wilkinson Sustainable Living Foundation Accelerating Sustainable Change. Viengxay Photakoun National Agriculture & Forestry Extension Service, Laos Pathways to improving livelihoods in the uplands of Laos: researching & improving extension practice Bob McCadam Rural Enabler Are we there yet? Capacity building in rural Australia –	Colin Hocking Victoria University What does professional development & learning for environmental sustainability facilitators look like? John James Department of Primary Industries & Fisheries, Queensland Adopting knowledge management into our extension practices. Tu Hoang University of Queensland Farmers' self-help groups: factors influencing their sustainability and the involvement of extension agencies -
3.10pm	Afternoon tea
3.40pm	Workshop B - Assimilation - integrating ideas TIME to challenge and clarify emergent theories, models and processes underpinning practice change/extension WITH others who are from similar sectors to you (eg. agriculture, health, community development etc). A workshop will be held in a different room for each sector, to allow people from similar sectors to integrate ideas, theories, methods etc they have heard from the conference.
5.00pm	Wrap-up for the day
5.15pm	Time to relax
6.30pm	Conference dinner including presentation of APEN awards, and entertainment by the Celtic Larrikins, meet at the Pines Convention Centre

Wednesday 8 March 2006

7.00am	Optional Tai Chi with instructor or stroll around local walking tracks
7.00am	Breakfast
8.30am	Welcome Kerford Room Local address: Cathy McGowan
8.45am	Keynote speaker Professor Stuart Hill - Appropriate next steps to progressive change: Building on the past and risking deep transformation towards sustainable communities Foundation Chair of Social Ecology & Head of Program, School of Education, University of Western Sydney
9.30am	Workshop C - Confluence - coming together TIME to explore potential new approaches, tools and concepts for practice change/extension in the future WITH people who are interested in further advancing the knowledge base for each conference stream.
11.00	Morning Tea (substantial due to later lunch)
11.30am	Possibilities session Kerford Room Closing space
1.20pm	Lunch (in take away packs)
1.30pm	Post Conference Field Trips (optional) Field trip A- Agribusiness and natural resource management Field trip B- Health and community