Horticulture Symposium - Cairns 2016

AIH National Symposium: “Mechanics of Urban Greening“
AIH Awards Night will be that same night.

Wednesday 23rd November
Don Burke OAM RH – Opening Discussion
Patrick Regnault RH – Planning City Eco Systems
John Rayner – Research Informing Design – Contrasting Green Roof Performance
Simon Leake – Soil Design for Urban Greening
Tim Edmonson RH – Urban Oasis or Desert? Water Harvest with Aquifers
Kim Morris RH, FAIH – DevHeloping the Landscape Sustainability Maintenance Index (SMI)
Mark Paul RH – Simple Ecological Systems – Small steps to larger reclamation of the built environment
Nicholas Rivett RH – Green Walls & Roofs – Folly, Fantasy or Fact
Martina Matzner – Future Youth in Agriculture & horticulture

Thursday 24th November
Don Burke OAM RH – AIH Plenary session
Dr Jana Soderlund – Biophilic Architecture
Matt Mitchley RH – The Jurassica Project
Nicholas Rivett RH – Conserving Landscape Tree Species & Age Diversity
Andrew Price RH, FAIH – Profiting from Chaos – Optimising Photosynthesis
Kim Courtenay – First Indiginous Kakadu Plum Plantation
Neville Passmore RH – Winning friends in government for more green spaces
Glenice Bachelor RH – Nature v Nurture
Andrew Prowse RH/Kim Morris RH, FAIH – War Graves in Perpetuity

Find out more about each session and the speakers –http://aih.org.au/symposium2016speakers/

Australian Institute of Horticulture Symposium ‘The Mechanics of Urban Greening‘ will be held on 23rd and 24th November 2016.

Registration Process, go to http://aih.org.au/symposium2016/

Longer stay options available for those who wish to stay for the full week. The Awards Dinner will be held on Thursday 24th November with host Don Burke. For bookings, go to http://aih.org.au/symposium2016/

A post-symposium industry bus trip is organised for Friday 25th November. Details here.

Book now to secure your reservation!
NOTE:
The overall symposium is entitled “International Symposia on Tropical and Temperate Horticulture” will run from 20-25th November. There will be 12 different symposiums including the AIH option mentioned above. http://aih.org.au/istth2016