National Consultation,
Brisbane Monday 10 November 2008

The Brisbane Forum is to update members and other professions on the current status of the Climate Change Adaption Skills for Professionals Program, to engage the locals in a discussion and to provide guidance back to the project leaders on the future directions for the project and the AILA in its advocacy work.

The Project Manager is Catherine Neilson. Also in attendance on the day will be representatives from the CSIRO, Griffith University and the EIANZ.

Venue: Queensland Art Gallery: (the OLD gallery) - for map click here. (the forum is in the lecture theatre of the old gallery at the Queensland Art Gallery - see the attached map for the directions to the entrance near the library)

IMPORTANT: People attending will need to have downloaded and read the attached discussion paper

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Forum Program

9.00 am	Overview presented by Mandy Rounsefell (AILA National Vice President) and Paul Costigan (AILA Executive Director)
9.15 am	Catherine Neilson to speak on the previously circulated Draft Discussion Paper – AILA National Landscape Principles, and to outline proposed directions for the project. This will build on the presentation formerly given in Canberra in September – but not be the same presentation.
	Discussions
10.00 am	Michael Doherty CSIRO to outline current research work.
	Discussions
10.45	Morning Tea
11.00 am	Matthew Beaty CSIRO to outline current research work.
	Discussions
11.45 am	Tony Hall (Griffith University) to outline current research work.
	Discussions
12.25 pm	Alan Chenoweth EIANZ: to outline similar work being undertaken by EIANZ and to respond to issues raised earlier in the forum.
12.50 pm	Mandy Rounsefell to sum up.
1.00 pm	Lunch at nearby Hotel and more discussions. 2pm finish formally - (guests welcome to stay to chat and network)

About the speakers

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