New South Wales Centre for Animal and Plant Biosecurity
Second and Final Announcement
“Rust Diseases:
Threats to Global Food Security in the Context of Climate Change”
PROGRAM
Wednesday 21st February 2007
9:30am Optional tour of facilities, EMAI
10:30am Registration, morning tea
11:00am Opening Session
Chair – Prof Les Copeland, Chairman NSW Center for Animal and Plant Biosecurity
Prof John Lovett, Chairman
CRC for National Plant Biosecurity
Mr Terry Enright, Chairman
Grains Research and Development Corporation
Session I
Global Perspectives in Cereal Rust Biosecurity
Chair – Prof Robert Park, University of Sydney
11:30am The Global Rust Initiative
Dr Richard Ward, Facilitator, GRI, CIMMYT, Mexico
12:00pm Wheat breeding in CWANA for rust resistance and climate adaptation
Dr Sanjaya Rajaram, ICARDA-CIMMYT, Syria
12:30pm Discussion
1:00pm Lunch
Session II
Australian Perspectives in Cereal Rust Biosecurity
Chair – Dr Helen Scott-Orr, NSW DPI
2:00pm The impact of foreign rust incursions on the Australian cereals industry
Prof Robert Park and Dr Harbans Bariana, University of Sydney
2:30pm Stripe rust in Australia: a co-operative interagency approach to long term incursion management
Dr Colin Wellings, NSW Department of Primary Industries, Sydney
3:00pm Discussion
3:30pm Break
Session III
Rust Pathogen Diagnostics
Chair – Dr David Hall, NSW DPI
4:00pm Genome sequence information and phylogenetics in understanding rust variability and developing diagnostic tools
Dr Les Szabo, USDA, St Paul, USA
4:30pm Recent experiences with non-cereal attacking rust diseases in Australia and the importance of taxonomy in biosecurity management
Dr Michael Priest, NSW Department of Primary Industries, Orange
5:00pm Discussion
5:30pm Conclusion, Day I
6:30pm Tour of historic Belgenny Farm
Including displays and demonstrations
7:15pm Assemble at Belgenny Function Center
7:30pm Conference Dinner
Thursday 22nd February 2007
Session IV
Rust Diseases in Forestry and Biological Control
Chair - Prof Les Copeland, University of Sydney
8:30am Exotic rust threats for the forest industries
Dr Morag Glen, Ensis/CSIRO, Hobart
9:00am Rust pathogens as weed biological control agents and implications for biosecurity
Dr Louise Morin, CSIRO Entomology, Canberra
9:30am Climate change and its impact on plant disease: assessing incursion potential among exotic pathogen threats
Dr Sukumar Chakraborty CSIRO Plant Industry, Brisbane
10:00am Discussion
10:30am Break
11:00am Panel Discussion : “Prioritising Australian R&D to strategically address the threat of rusts to global food security and biodiversity”
12:00pm Conference Close
The Hon Ian MacDonald, NSW Minister for Primary Industries
12:30pm Lunch
2:00pm Optional tour of facilities, PBI Cobbitty
Symposium Registration Form
Tax Invoice
Register by completing and returning the form with payment by Friday, 9 February 2007
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Full Registration r $165 incl. GST
Full registration less Symposium Dinner r $125 incl. GST
Full Time Student Registration r $110 incl. GST
Full Time Student less Symposium Dinner r $ 90 incl. GST
Payment
Cheque Cheques should be made payable to: NSW Department Primary Industries
Completed form, with enclosed cheque can be posted to:
Ms Beate Wildner, Rust Biosecurity Symposium
Plant Breeding Institute, Private Bag 11, Camden NSW 2570
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Symposium Details
VENUE
The Elizabeth Macarthur Agricultural Institute
NSW DPI, Menangle
TRANSPORT OPTIONS
FROM SYDNEY AIRPORT BY TRAIN
Follow the signs to the airport train station. Take the Airport-East Hills line to Campbelltown. Taxis are available on the east side of the station.
Timetable: http://www.cityrail.info
FROM SYDNEY AIRPORT BY CAR
Exit car park and follow sign ‘West and South West Sydney’. Take M5 motorway, entering to the right into a tunnel. Continue to follow the M5, staying to the left for the cash toll booths. The journey on the M5 will take approx. 30 minutes. Ignore exits ‘Camden Valley Way’ and the first ‘Campbelltown’ exit. Take second ‘Campbelltown’ exit and turn onto Narellan Road (see map above). At the 4th set of traffic lights, turn left onto ‘Camden ByPass’ with a sign in blue ‘EMAI”. Continue along this road (‘Remembrance Drive’) and turn left into ‘Finns Road’ and then a left fork into ‘Woodbridge Road’. Finally, turn left at EMAI gate and follow the road (2Km). At bottom of hill follow signs indicating Conference parking, venue and registration. Directions help if required: EMAI Reception 4640 6333.
ACCOMMODATION
Accommodation in the Camden area is available only a short drive from the Elizabeth Macarthur Agricultural Institute.
The following contacts are provided to assist participants in making their own accommodation arrangements:
CAMDEN VALLEY INN COUNTRY LODGE
Remembrance Drive (Old Hume Hwy), Camden South
Ph: 02 4655 8413
Standard single room $140, Deluxe single room $180
10% off for Corporate
Breakfast (Continental) can be ordered or there is a brasserie
CAMDEN COUNTRY CLUB MOTEL
Remembrance Drive (Old Hume Hwy), Camden South
Ph: 02 4655 8402
Single room Sun-Thurs $85 (Corp. rate)
Fri-Sat $89
THE CROWN HOTEL/MOTEL
187 Argyle St., Camden
Ph: 02 4655 2200
Single room Sun-Thurs $85 (Corp. rate)
Fri-Sat $100
Twin room $95
NARELLAN MOTOR INN
Cnr Camden Valley Way & The Northern Rd, Narellan
Ph: 02 4646 1044
Single room (bed & breakfast) $115 (Corp. rate)
Further rates on request
FURTHER ENQUIRIES
Ms Beate Wildner
University of Sydney
Plant Breeding Institute Cobbitty
02 9351 8811