Seeds for Snapper – Volunteer information sessions

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8 October 2024
16 October 2024
6:00 pm
Indian Ocean Marine Research Centre at UWA
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Are you interested in the Seeds for Snapper seagrass restoration project?

Want to find out more about helping out?

Volunteer information sessions are being held in October for the upcoming Seeds for Snapper season. The project is run by OzFish and The University of Western Australia.

Learn about the science behind Seeds for Snapper and the many ways you can get involved.

The sessions are taking place at the Indian Ocean Marine Research Centre auditorium at UWA on:

Tuesday 8 October 6pm - 7pm

Wednesday 16 October 6pm - 7pm

For more information visit https://ozfish.org.au/projects/seeds-for-snapper/ or contact seedsforsnapper@ozfish.org.au or rachel.austin@uwa.edu.au

Australia and NZ Scientific Diving Assn Meeting and Workshop

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17 September 2024
18 September 2024
12:00 am - 12:00 am
Hobart, Tasmania
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The Australia and New Zealand Scientific Diving Association is holding its Annual General Meeting and Workshop in Hobart, Tasmania from 17 to 18 September 2024.

If you are a SCUBA diver, dive officer and have an interest in scientific diving, you are encouraged to come along to this in-person only, event in Hobart.

If you are a diver, does it feel like the bar keeps being raised to be able to jump in the water for your scientific work or study? If you are a dive officer or manager, does it feel like there is a lack of clarity in the legal and institutional frameworks for managing scientific dive operations?

This event has been designed by divers and dive officers in response to a growing discomfort about the way diving for scientific purposes is managed and regulated around Australia. It aims to help clear up the roles of the law (Acts and Legislation), the Australian Standards and your institution, and give you, the scientific diving community, a chance to raise the issues that most impact your work-dive life, and that you see as most inhibiting for broader participation in scientific diving.

More information in link or email: info@anzsda.org.au

WA Coastal and Marine Network Coastal Forum 2024

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18 October 2024
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Fremantle Surf Club, Leighton Beach, Western Australia
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A day of discussion, making connections, exploring collaborations, sharing stories & experiences from around the State. The WACMN team will be visiting a local erosion 'hotspot', enjoying some cultural story telling & wrapping the day up with a sundowner overlooking the Indian Ocean.

Preparing for bird flu impacts on Australian wildlife – Webinar

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26 August 2024
10:00 am - 11:00 am
Online
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Join the Biodiversity Council on the 26th of August and hear from an expert panel on how bird flu is impacting wildlife globally and what we need to do to safeguard Australian wildlife.

It is only a matter of time before the highly pathogenic H5N1 bird flu strain reaches Australian wildlife, and not only birds are at risk. Get insights into the global impacts of bird flu, implications for Australian wildlife, plus how community can help at this free 45 minute lunchtime webinar. (10am WA Time).

The panellists are Dr Michelle Wille (University of Melbourne), Dr Fiona Fraser (Threatened Species Commissioner) and Dr Simone Vitali (Wildlife Health Australia).

Go to the link to see how to register.

Seafood Directions – Futures of Seafood

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10 September 2024
12 September 2024
8:00 am
Hobart, Tasmania
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Seafood Directions is the premier ideas, innovation and networking event for the Australian seafood industry. The national forum provides an opportunity to promote the seafood industry, discuss industry issues, workshop solutions, teach best practices, share knowledge, and plan for the future of the seafood industry.

Seafood Directions was established in 1999 as a Fisheries Research and Development Corporation (FRDC) initiative to provide an industry forum for the exchange of ideas, and use the outcomes from the conference to face the challenges that come our way to future proof our industry.

Seafood Directions is being held in Hobart, Tasmania from 10-12 September.

Engineering Ocean Solutions Conference – Fremantle

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10 September 2024
11 September 2024
2:00 pm
Esplanade Hotel, Fremantle
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The University of Western Australia Oceans Institute Director Professor Christophe Gaudin will be speaking at the Engineering Ocean Solutions (EOS) conference at the Esplanade Hotel in Fremantle on 11 September.

Engineering Ocean Solutions convenes innovators, engineers, investors and customers to collaborate on solutions for marine, subsea, maritime, defence and coastal engineering applications.

Register to join the site tours, deep dives and invaluable connections.

2024 International Conference on Ocean Energy

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17 September 2024
19 September 2024
All-day event
Melbourne
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The 2024 International Conference on Ocean Energy is bringing together the latest developments happening around the world in ocean energy, driving forward our ocean energy agenda and strategy towards net zero and developing our ocean energy vision for the future.

 

Indigenous Leadership Summit 2024 – Sydney

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19 November 2024
22 November 2024
All-day event
Sydney
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Join us at the Indigenous Leadership Summit 2024, a platform for transformative dialogue, decisive action, and exceptional networking opportunities. This summit will bring together influential leaders, Indigenous Affairs experts, and trailblazing First Nations voices to carve out a path toward genuine progress.

Our discussions will delve into the heart of Indigenous careers, leadership opportunities, and integration across various sectors. We aim to translate recognition into real-world outcomes, impacting not only employment but also education, health, and social well-being.

Together, we can elevate First Nations leadership and create lasting change. Be part of this journey. Voice Your Vision, Lead with Purpose.

Dana Lightbody

Director

The Leadership Institute

The Ocean Project 2024: Ode (An Acknowledgement of Sea Country)

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17 July 2024
14 August 2024
All-day event
Harold Schenberg Study Centre, The University of Western Australia
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Kirsten Hudson’s exhibition Ode (An Acknowledgement of Sea Country) has been commissioned as part of The Ocean Project 2024, it features new artworks that explore and communicate complex ideas including scientific and cultural information and human emotions that relate to the ocean.

Kirsten Hudson has brought her own research together with consultation with CSIRO Environment research scientists, including mathematician Dr Fabio Boschetti, psychologist Dr Matt Andreotta, marine ecologist Dr Cindy Bessey and Engineer Nick Mortimer, exploring different knowledge systems including Western science, First Nations knowledge and the ineffable of human emotions in connection with the ocean, to produce an exquisite installation of artworks that have in material form embodied the ocean.

Kirsten Hudson is a transdisciplinary artist scholar living on Whadjuk Noongar boodjar, who creates film, performance, and object-based works that visually speculate upon, human, non-human, and more-than-human embodiment. Hudson also publishes on subjects such as: maternal loss; the ethics/aesthetics of performance; collaborative transdisciplinary pedagogy; bio-art and the materiality of “life”; as well as speculative fiction. She has a PhD in Fine Art and is a Screen Arts, Cultural Studies, & Photography lecturer at Curtin University, WA

In Hot Water – Book launch

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26 June 2024
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Indian Ocean Marine Research Centre at UWA

In the ongoing 'climate wars', the Great Barrier Reef has become a symbol of everything that we have to lose from global warming. For years, reports of the world-famous coral being irreversibly bleached have fuelled an ideological battle between those fighting to stop the damage and those who insist the danger is overblown.

Paul Hardisty found himself in the middle of this fight during his six years as CEO of the Australian Institute of Marine Science. In this fascinating, candid and urgent book, he dives into the history of the reef and cuts through the rhetoric to chart the circumstances and acceleration of its decline, as well as the determined efforts to save it.

Join Dr Paul E Hardisty, in conversation with Paul Gamblin, for this special event.

Date: Wednesday 26th June 2024

Time: 6:00pm- 8:00pm

Venue: Auditorium, Indian Ocean Marine Research Centre (IOMRC)

64 Fairway Crawley WA 6009