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2012 TERN Symposium

The 3rd annual TERN Symposium was held at the National Wine Centre in Adelaide, from 28 - 29 March 2012. The theme for the Symposium was 'Leading by example: research and management impact of shared ecosystem data'. You can read the media release for the event here.

Click the hyperlinks in the program below to view the relevant presentation. (Most of the presentations are PowerPoint slides only; the keynote and guest speaker presentations are video files.)

Program

The ACEAS Great Debate: Will European land use devastate Australia's unique biodiversity?

Chaired by Sara Philips, Editor, ABC Environment Online

Visit the RiAus website for more information.

Read the media release for the event here.

TIME: 5.30-7.30pm

VENUE: The Science Exchange
55 Exchange Place, Adelaide

Wednesday 28 March & Thursday 29 March:

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PART 1: INSPIRATION AND CURRENT STATUS

WEDNESDAY 28 MARCH 2012
0815	Registration Open
0845	Welcome to Country
0900	Symposium Opening Remarks
0910	Welcome and goals for the symposium – Professor Tim Clancy, TERN Director, and Professor Andrew Campbell, TERN Board Chair
0930	Keynote Address 1 – TERN as a game-changer: big opportunities and big responsibilties [video file] Speaker: Dr Steve Morton, CSIRO Fellow, CSIRO Ecosystem Sciences
1015	BREAK
1045	Current status of TERN – Professor Tim Clancy, TERN Director
1115	Introduction of TERN's Data Delivery Infrastructure: AusCover: Australian Satellite Data Collection and Validation Network OzFlux: The Australian Flux Network – Energy, Carbon and Water Fluxes Multi-Scale Plot Network (MSPN) Eco-informatics: The AEKOS System Australian Supersites Network (from the Multi-Scale Plot Network) Coasts: Australian Coastal Ecosystems Soils: Soil and Lanscape Grid of Australia e-MAST: Ecosystem Modelling and Scaling Infrastructure ACEAS: Australian Centre for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis The Australian Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network Data Discovery Portal
1300	LUNCH – TERN Data Delivery Infrastructure demonstrations
1400	TERN Data Delivery Infrastructure demonstrations continue
1500	BREAK – TERN Data Delivery Infrastructure demonstrations continue
1530	Keynote Address 2 – National infrastructure and programs for biodiversity data collection, synthesis and analysis in France [video file] Speaker: Dr Xavier le Roux, Senior Scientist (INRA); Team Leader (Microbial Ecology Laboratory, Lyon, France); Coordinator of the European network 'BiodivERsA' and the biodiversity observatories network 'EcoScope' (France)
1630	CLOSE
1900	TERN Dinner Speaker: Dr Paul Willis, Director, Royal Institution of Australia (RiAus) Getting the message out: how do we communicate science to the populace?

PART 2: LISTENING TO THE COMMUNITY AND PLANNING FOR THE FUTURE

THURSDAY 29 MARCH 2012
0815	Registration Open
0845	Examples of science and management supported by sharing and integration - Professor Andrew Lowe and Professor Stuart Phinn, TERN Associate Science Directors
1000	DataONE: supporting the data life cycle and transforming ecological research and conservation [video file] Guest Speaker: Professor Bill Michener, University Libraries and Principal Investigator of DataONE, University of New Mexico (USA)
1030	BREAK – TERN Data Delivery Infrastructure demonstrations continue
1100	Group discussion: TERN and YOU! Are we providing the infrastructure and processes to support Australia's ecosystem science and management for the next 20 years?
1200	Group report and discussion
1300	LUNCH
1340	TERN 2015 and beyond – Perspectives from the TERN Board, TERN Facility Directors and Ecosystem Science and Management Communities
1445	Summary of outcomes and announcement of next TERN symposium – Professor Tim Clancy, TERN Director
1500-1530	CLOSE and Afternoon Tea

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