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10/12/2007 “Principles of Fire Ecology Management on Public Land in Victoria”, TAFE Natural Resource Management Providers Network Annual Conference, Swinburne University of Technology, Lilydale. Invited Speaker. ~50 delegates.
22-23/11/2007 “PHOENIX – A dynamic fire characterization simulation tool for Bushfire Risk Management”. Keynote speaker, Fields Workshop on Disturbances: Modelling Spread in Forests, University of Western Ontario, London, Canada. ~40 delegates
2/11/2007 “Facing the Risk of Bushfires”, Guest Speaker, Greening Australia (Lorne) ~35 people.
13/10/2007 “Backburning – When, Where and How?” Invited speaker. Control Line 2007 – Strengthening Relations and Sharing Experiences. Annual Bayswater CFA Workshop, Siemens Ltd, Mountain Hwy, Bayswater. ~60 delegates.
18-19/9/2007 “PHOENIX – A dynamic fire characterization simulation tool for Bushfire Risk Management”. Fire Behaviour Workshop, in association with the joint AFAC – Bushfire CRC annual conference, Hobart, Tasmania. ~150 participants.
12/9/2007 “House Ignition Likelihood”, Guest Speaker, Greening Australia (Timboon) ~30 people.
28/8/2007 “Learning from Recent Victorian Fires”, Bushfire CRC Public Forum CRC Stawell, ~60 people.
20/8/2007 ENRC Parliamentary Committee (field-day) Wombat State Forest, Bushfire Inquiry
16/8/2007 Victorian Association of Forest Industries / Earthwatch, Twilight Discussion: “How to Reduce Wildfires in Victoria – Ideas Old and New” ~ 60 people
16/7/2007 ENRC Parliamentary Committee, Victorian Bushfire Inquiry, submission and public address, Parliament House, Melbourne.
11/7/2007 “Response of Plants to Fire”, Guest Speaker, Australian Plants Society, Ballarat District Inc. 40 people, 2030 – 2200 hrs.
6/6/2007 “Learning from Recent Victorian Fires”, Bushfire CRC Public Forum, Wangaratta, ~60 people.
31/5/2007 “Bushfires in a Heating World – Learning from the Ecological Evidence.” Keynote address presented to: Nature Conservation Council of NSW, 6th Bushfire Conference, “Bushfire in a Heating World”, Centenary Lecture Theatre, St Leonards, North Sydney, NSW. 31st May – 1 June 2007. ~150 delegates.
20/4/2007 “Boosting biodiversity”, workshop and field-day. Guest Speaker. Ballarat Region Treegrowers, Central Victorian Farm Plantations Inc., Corangamite CMA, Action – Salinity & Water Australia.
9/3/2007 “Bushfires – Are we listening?”. Guest speaker, Ballarat Legacy members. 80 people, 1230 to 1400 hrs.
7/3/2007 “Forests, Fires and Fury – the use and abuse of bushfire”. Guest speaker to The Bookcellar, luncheon meeting group. Post Deng Café, Little Bourke Street, Melbourne. 30 people.
6/3/2007 “Cobboboonee: Where to from here?” Guest Speaker, Public Meeting called by the Community Consultative Committee for Portland Forest Management Area. Heywood Community Centre. 150 people. 1930 to 2200 hrs.
17/12/2006 “Brisbane Ranges – Out of the Ashes”, Invited Guest Speaker and field guide, 4 hours, 1400 to 1800 hrs. Landcare and other community Groups. Public Field-day. 100 people, Anakie Gorge.
3/11/2007 “Bushfire, the environment and recovery”. Invited speaker, 1.5 hours, 1930 – 2100 hrs, Daylesford Fire Station, CFA Community Fireguard public forum, 40 people.
29/10/2006 “Fire behaviour, post fire analysis, recovery of flora and fauna, ecological aspects”, Guest speaker, 1000 – 1400 hrs, Snake Valley, Community Fireguard Field-day, public forum. 25 people.
14/10/2006 “The Science Behind Fire”. Invited speaker. 45 minute presentation plus discussion. Public forum, approximately 60 people. Grampians-Gariwerd Advisory Group. 1930-2100 hrs, Theatrette, Brambruk: The National Park and Cultural Centre, Halls Gap.
30/9/2006 “Facing the Risk of Bushfires”, Educational Seminars, 1330-1400hrs, Royal Melbourne Show.
24/5/2006 “Managing the Australian Alps – What have we learnt from 2003? – Fire Regimes”, Invited speaker, 1 hour plus workshops. Australian Alps Liaison Committee / IUCN Science Management Workshop, Thredbo, NSW, 23-24 May 2006.
12/5/2006 “Use of Risk Management Modelling in Bushfire Management – Environmental, Economic, Social and Political.” Invited speaker, Timken Lecture Theatre, University of Ballarat, Mt Helen. 1 hour, 1200 to 1330 hrs, approximately 80 people.
4/5/2006 “Developments in Ecological Use of Fire”, 1 hour, invited speaker, lunchtime seminar, School of Applied Sciences and Engineering, Monash University, Churchill.
21/4/2006 “Putting Fuel Reduction Burning in Perspective”, Fire Ecology and Management, Environmental Workshops and Events, Greening Australia/Golden Plains Shire. 5 hours, Smythesdale Community Hall, Smythesdale, Vic.
27/3/2006 “Grampians Fire Impact and Implications”, 1 hour, Creswick Landcare members, Creswick, Victoria.
1/12/2005 “Links between Fire and Native Flora”, 1 hour, Community meeting, Department of Sustainability and Environment, Victoria, Heyfield, Victoria
1/12/2005 “Applying Ecological Criteria to Prescribed Burning in Victoria”, Gippsland Environment Group, Fire Ecology Workshop, Lakes Entrance. 1 hour.
30/11/2005 “Links between Fire and Native Flora”, 1 hour, Community meeting, Department of Sustainability and Environment, Victoria, Rawson, Victoria.
20/11/2005 “The Science behind Fire Management”, 1 hour, Community meeting, Department of Sustainability and Environment, Victoria, Blackwood, Victoria.
22/10/2005 “Wombat Fire Effects Study 1984-1999”, 20 minutes, Fourth Wombat Community Forest Management, Forest Assembly, Daylesford.
14/10/2005 “The Science behind Fire”, 1 hour, Public Information Night, Parks Victoria, Halls Gap.
2/10/2005 “Sharing information between the Incident Management Team and Operations”, Professional Development Course, CFA, Bendigo. Sunday 2 October, 2005. 2 hours.
6/9/2005 “The Role of Fire in Ecosystem Processes and its Impacts on Flora and Fauna”, DSE and Parks Victoria Community Engagement Meeting, Schomberg Hotel, Peterborough, Victoria. 6 September 2005. 1 hour.
5/9/2005 “Fire in the Landscape”, Wildfire Discussion Night, Far East Gippsland Wildfire Taskforce, Mallacoota, Victoria. 5 September 2005. 1 hour.
25/8/2005 “Fire and Its Effects”, Fire Ecology and Management, Greening Australia, Anglesea Victoria. 25 August 2005. 1.5 hours.
1/6/2005 “Fire Ecology and Ecological Impact”, Enfield Forest Alliance Inc. AGM, 1 June, 2005, Ross Creek.
28/4/2005 “Fire Management and the Code of Practice”, invited presentation, 1 hour, Public Meeting, Wildfire Taskforce Inc, Gippsland, RSL Bairnsdale, 10am to 4.30pm. 100 people.
11/4/2005 “Fire in Australia, selected research and fire management challenges”, address to the US / Canada Forest Fire Study Tour, DSE Melbourne. 11 April, 2005.
12/3/2005 “Fire In Context”, South-East Australia Naturalists Association Camp, Alexandra, 12-13 March 2005.
6/3/2005 Brisbane Ranges Environmental Awareness Day – Fire Management, Sunday 6 March 2005.
2/3/2005 “An interactive bushfire risk management model”, address to GeoScience Australia, Technical Risk Assessment and Analysis Committee, Canberra. 2 March 2005.
23/11/2004 “Bushfire Risk Management Model”, presentation to the National Aerial Firefighting Coordinating Committee, Canberra. 23 November 2004.
12/10/2004 “Fire Impacts on Flora”, Fire Ecology and Management, Greening Australia, Training Program, 12 October 2004, Heidelberg. 1.25 hours.
12/10/2004 “Prescribed Burning Techniques”, Fire Ecology and Management, Greening Australia, Training Program, 12 October 2004, Heidelberg. 1.5 hours.
21/2/2004 “Setting and Achieving Fire Management Objectives”, DSE Prescribed Burning Workshop, Benalla. 21 February 2004.
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