Day 1 - Monday 23 February 2015 8.00 9.00 9.15 Conference registration Formalities and introductions Opening presentation: INSERT TITLE 10.00 10.15 Hydrodynamics and sedimentation in mangrove systems Feasibility of Plutonium (Pu) isotope concentration to constrain the timing of contemporary sedimentary development of a mangrove basin Hydrodynamic exposure mediates transitions between bare and vegetated states in temperate mangrove ecosystems Challenging the emerging paradigm of ecogeomorphic adjustment to sea-level rise Morning tea (30 minutes) Colin Woodroffe Jon Knight Climate change combined with direct human impacts on mangroves in Torres Strait: the need for strong partnerships to maximize the resilience and sustainability of tidal wetlands Predicting recruitment of mangroves under environmental change Can high-intensity storms reduce impacts of sea level rise to coastal wetlands? Predicting sea-level rise and infrastructure effects on estuarine wetlands using a numerical model. Mangroves past, present and future in Princess Charlotte Bay, Far North Queensland; the need for strong partnerships to maximise climate change resilience Lunch (45 minutes) Norm Duke Mangrove –saltmarsh interactions in broader context Saltmarsh and mangrove expansion in the Gippsland Lakes since European colonization Dynamics over a sixty year period of mangrove and associated communities in the marine tidal environment of Moreton Bay Queensland Australia. Environmental Assessment of Mangrove Communities In Tarut Bay, East of the Arabian Peninsula based on a Multidisciplinary Approach The Global Mangrove Watch Mangrove Response to Environmental Change in Northern Australia Utilizing Rapid Hyper-Portable Ground-Based LiDAR to Improve Temporal and Spatial Resolution of Observations in Saltmarshes and Mangroves Afternoon tea (30 minutes) Neil Saintilan Paul Boon A critical look at predicting global patterns of above ground biomass in mangroves Litterfall production, decomposition and nutrient dynamics in arid mangrove systems on the Red Sea coast of Saudi Arabia Carbon stock and fluxes in a semi arid mangrove (New Caledonia) Blue is the new green: demonstrating the potential for creating blue carbon offset programs Mangrove encroachment of saltmarshes: what does it mean for carbon sequestration potential? Isotopes help evaluate the ecological value of saltmarsh and mangrove in Southeast Australia A multidisciplinary approach to blue carbon futures in Vietnam Poster session and free time Conference dinner Colin Field Session 1: Hydrodynamics and sedimentation 10.30 10.45 11.00 Kerrylee Rogers Bruce Thom Thomas A. Hurst Kerrylee Rogers Session 2: Wetland evolution and climate change 11.30 11.30 11.45 12.00 12.15 12.30 12.45 Todd E. Minchinton Irving Mendelssohn José F. Rodriguez Jock MacKenzie Session 2: Distribution dynamics and remote sensing 1.30 1.45 2.00 2.15 2.30 2.45 3.00 3.15 Arnon Accad Ali Maden Al-Ali Richard Lucas Emma Ashbridge Ian Paytner Session 3: Carbon and nutrient cycling 3.45 4.00 4.15 4.30 4.45 5.00 5.15 5.30 7.00 Refaat Atalla A. Abohassan Cyril Marchand Carolyn Ewers Jeff Kelleway Debashish Mazumder Robin Warner Day 2 - Tuesday 24 February 2015 8.00 9.00 9.15 Conference registration Formalities and introductions Keynote presentation: INSERT TITLE 10.00 Review of existing global and Australian instruments for mangrove conservation and management Development offset policy and mangrove rehabilitation Mangrove and Saltmarsh restoration project – offsets in action Protecting and restoring Australia’s ‘Great Southern Seascapes’ Morning tea (30 minutes) Ian Cresswell Working Towards an Integrated Modelling Approach for Restoring Saltmarsh Ecosystems Port Botany the Biggest Saltmarsh Planting Project in the World – Outcomes from Six Years On Ground Zero: Assessing a Future Mangrove Mitigation Area in Guam Observations following spoil excavation and saltmarsh return to Pemberton street, Parramatta, 9 years on Lunch (45 minutes) Duncan Rayner Mangrove vulnerability to sea level rise in Southeast Asia and the wider Indo-Pacific Mangrove Restoration an Evidence Based Approach Sedimentary characteristics and vegetation structure at the southern limit of mangrove forests in Brazil Extension of salinity zones estimated from a predictive estuarine and mangrove foraminifera-based model Do you know where the tide is? The use of different water sources by mangrove trees: dependence on groundwater and atmospheric water sources Poster session and afternoon tea (45 minutes) Catherine E. Lovelock Constructed Saltmarshes. Years on are they working? Mangrove and saltmarsh management at Sydney Olympic Park is more challenging than ever Is there a future for costal saltmarshes in Tasmania? Hazard reduction strategies to reduce the risk of mosquito-borne disease risk associated with rehabilitated estuarine wetlands Stability and effectiveness of runelling in saltmarsh as a mosquito management tool Engaging Community in Appreciation and Care of Saltmarsh and Mangroves AMSN discussion and wrap-up Free time. A dinner venue can be co-ordinated if needed. Geoff Sainty Swapan Paul Session 4: Sustainable wetland policy, conservation and restoration 10.15 10.30 10.45 11.00 Kerrylee Rogers Karen McKee Patrick Dwyer Louise Johns Simon Branigan Session 5: Restoration at work 11.30 11.45 12.00 12.15 12.30 Andre Olson Jessica Gross Simon Rowe Session 5: Monitoring and assessment for sustainable outcomes 1.15 1.30 1.45 2.00 2.15 2.30 2.45 James Machin Jarbas Bonetti Carla Bonetti Robert J. Williams Catherine Lovelock Session 6: Sustainable wetland management 3.30 3.45 4.00 4.15 4.30 4.45 5.00 5.30 9.00 1.00 5.00 5.30 Day 3 - Wednesday 25 February 2015 (More details later) Sett-off from Innovation campus Visit Lake Illawarra, Minnamurra River Lunch at Shoalhaven Heads Visit Shoalhaven River entrance Return to Innovation conference Close of conference Vishnu Prahalad Cameron Webb Pat Dale Mia Dalby-Ball Norm Duke Poster Session 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Modelling changes of Coastal Wetlands Responding to disturbance regimes; Mangrove Rehabilitation – Crabs and Coir Surface and subsurface elevation in a wet-dry tropical macro-tidal harbor; determining the contemporary rates of carbon sequestration Preliminary analysis of the nutraceuticals and animal feed additives value of the Indian mangrove leaves Current regulation of marine plant disturbance in Queensland, Australia Ecology of the rare water mouse (Xeromys myoides) Composition and spatial variation of benthic foraminifera in mangrove and saltmarsh of Carama Inlet, Jervis Bay Soil seed banks dynamics of endangered estuarine plant communities in temperate Australia An object-based approach to understanding spatial variability in wetland vegetation WET (Wetland Education and Training) delivering cutting edge wetland training Mangrove forests and their importance for terrestrial vertebrate fauna Recognition of coastal features in wet tropics: a review in Brazilian Amazon Coast Examining 239+240Pu, 210Pb and historical events to determine carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus burial in mangrove sediments of Moreton Bay, Australia Ali Al-Nasrawi Mia Dalby-Ball Madeline Goddard G. Iyyapparajanarasimapallavan Louise Johns Janina Kaluza Kirti Lal Bess E.A. Murphy Chris Owers Swapan Paul Stefanie Rog Rafaula Salum Christian J. Sanders