13-14 September 2005

 PROGRAM

TUESDAY 13 SEPTEMBER

Opening ceremony

Gordon Edmonds: Overview
Pennie Scott: Healing earth gently with carbon
Rick Maurice: Conservation farming and carbon sequestration
Simon Kelley: NSW Greenhouse Gas Abatement Scheme
Nick O'Brien: Carbon sequestration - Forests NSW
Aaron Soanes: CO2 Australia - a carbon sink forestry business
A/Prof Leigh Sullivan: The potential of soil to securely sequester carbon
Dr Jeff Parr: Carbon sequestration in plantstones
David Marsh: Regenerative grazing for restoration of groundcover and soils
Colin Seis: Pasture cropping - new era of carbon farming

GALA DINNER:

Pennie Scott, Christine Jones and Gordon Edmonds.
A fabulous feast of food, wine and extraordinary entertainment. Audience participation strongly encouraged. The world will never be the same!!


WEDNESDAY 14 September

Pennie Scott: Creating the language of love for our natural resources
Dr Brian Tunstall: Possibilities for increasing and measuring soil carbon
Prof. Andy Ball: Economic perspectives on the adoption of carbon farming
Gerry Gillespie: 'City to Soil' project - recycling urban greenwastes

FORUM: Gerry Gillespie - Discussion Leader

  The 'Forum at the Forum' represents an exciting opportunity for all participants to contribute to the soil carbon and climate change debate.

How can we best raise awareness of the benefits of improved carbon levels in agricultural soils?

What needs to be in place for us to move forward with the implementation of a 'carbon credits' trading scheme for soil carbon?

Come along and have your say!