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Wildlife Tourism Australia 2015 Conference
related: wta, wildlife, wildoz hashtag: [|#WildlifeTourism2015]

[] [|Conference Program] [|Information for Delegates] [|Keynote Speakers] [|Our Sponsors] [|Field Trips and Social] [|Who should attend] [|Exhibitors/trade displays] [] [|“Born Free*” (Not): Releasing wildlife tourism’s economic potential - Chris Warren] [|@ChrisWarrenRT]
 * September 29 - October 2** Wildlife Tourism: a Force for Biodiversity Conservation and Local Economies? Geelong, Victoria

[|@wildlife_aus] [|@RondaJGreen] [|@EchidnaW] [|@MareeTreadwellK]
 * Organised by**

http://environment.gov.au/biodiversity/threatened/commissioner - [|@TSCommissioner] http://www.chriswarrenonline.com.au/blog/guest-experiences/wildlife-tourism-contributing-social-change - [|@ChrisWarrenRT] http://janet-rice.greensmps.org.au - [|@janet_rice] [|@goanna1]
 * Speakers**

more [|@craigwick] [|@LeadbeatersPoss] [|@inspiringACT] [|@markus_mac] [|@MtRothwell]

[|@MercureGeelong] [|@BE_Geelong] [|@GeelongBella] [|@Comm4Geelong] [|@GeelongChamber] [|@Geelong_Mayor] [|@CadelRoadRace] [|@CentralGeelong] [|@GreaterGeelong] [|@GlongEnviroInc]
 * Geelong (Local Experts)**

Hangout
Our upcoming hangout recaps the recent #WildlifeTourism2015 conference hosted by Wildlife Tourism Australia Inc. Starting time: Tuesday, Oct 20: 930am Brisbane, 1030am Sydney and Monday, Oct 19: 430pm Las Vegas, 730pm NYC
 * October 20** [|Recapping Australia's #WildlifeTourism2015 Conference]

Related Hangouts March 2015: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZNco-iIxPg May 2015: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=thRV7MEXcsc

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Questions
[|Question: How has wildlife tourism in Australia changed in the past 20 years?]

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[|Question: What's on the wishlist of wildlife tourism operators in Australia?]

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 * Program ** (Please note there may be minor alterations)

===Wednesday 30 September: International Aspects === // 10.15 to 11.00 am – morning tea, networking and viewing of posters and displays // // 12.30 to 2.00 pm – lunch, // // networking and viewing of posters and displays // ** Contributed papers: **international aspects // 3.45 to 4.15pm afternoon tea, //networking and viewing of posters and displays 4.15 pm –** Round Table discussion: ** – ** “International wildlife travels: opportunities” **What are the main wildlife features attracting Australia to other countries and vice versa? What lesser known wildlife and regions could be better promoted? 4.45 pm – ** Round Table discussion: ** – ** “International wildlife travels: challenges” **What are some of the problems involved in opening up new regions to tourism? (e.g. access and facilities for tourists, increasing pressure on natural resources, changes to local lifestyle, illegal wildlife trade) and how can these be tackled by the tourism industry and governments? 5.30 pm** – Skype Presentation [|“Wildlife tours to save nature – What can Australia learn from Sweden?”] ** – ** Marcus Eldh, **Wild Sweden // 6.00pm Close // // – Those who have booked the optional [|Mt Rothwell guided spotlight walk and bbq dinner] will leave venue (optional field trip extra cost) //
 * 8.45 am – Conference Welcome and information for delegates – WTA Chair (** Ronda Green **) and Vice Chair (**Roger Smith **)
 * 9.00 am – ** Official opening ** of conference by the ** Hon John Eren MP **, Victorian Minister for Tourism and Major Events
 * 9.15 am ** – [|“Wildlife tourism’s untapped potential: How tourists’ emotions contribute to conservation and your bottom line”] – ** [|Dr Jeff Skibins] , Keynote speaker from USA (introduced and sponsored by Tourism Victoria)
 * <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Open Sans',Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline;">9.45 am –** [|“Wildlife tourism in Indonesia: A Review on Development and Progress”] ** <span style="font-family: 'Open Sans',Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline;"> – ** [|Dr Jatna Supriatna] **, Keynote speaker from Indonesia (introduced and sponsored by Tourism Victoria
 * <span style="font-family: 'Open Sans',Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline;">11.00 am <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Open Sans',Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline;">** – [|“Conservation, Education, Entertainment? Reflections from history and future directions for zoos”] ** – ** [|Dr Warwick Frost] **, Keynote speaker
 * <span style="font-family: 'Open Sans',Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline;">11.30 am – <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Open Sans',Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline;">** [|“Conservation Partnerships” at work – from wallaby to albatross! Reflections from New Zealand”] ** <span style="font-family: 'Open Sans',Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline;">. ** [|Dr Anna Thompson-Carr] **. Keynote speaker from New Zealand (introduced and sponsored by Parks Victoria)
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Open Sans',Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline;">12 noon** – “Threatened Species – ours to protect” ** – ** Gregory Andrews **, Australian Threatened Species Commissioner
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Open Sans',Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline;">2.00 pm –** [|“Playing games and telling stories: opportunities for Responsible Wildlife Tourism”] ** – ** [|Christopher Warren] **, Keynote Speaker
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Open Sans',Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline;">2.30 pm** – [| “Analyzing food-derived interactions between tourists and sika deer (//Cervus nippon//) at Miyajima Island in Hiroshima, Japan”] ** – ** Rie Usui, **Hiroshima University
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Open Sans',Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline;">2.45 pm –** “Wildlife tourism in Okinawa JAPAN: current concerns and future prospects” ** – ** Junko Oshima **, University of the Ryukyus, Okinawa Japan
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Open Sans',Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline;">3.00 pm – ** “Saving the Environment through Tourism: the importance of collaboration between Tourism and Conservation” **– ** Peter Miller **, Orangutan Odysseys
 * <span style="font-family: 'Open Sans',Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline;">3.15 pm – <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Open Sans',Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline;">** [|“Exploring Asia-Pacific Zoos’ Role in Delivering Conservation Messages to Visitors”] ** <span style="font-family: 'Open Sans',Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline;"> – ** Dr Warwick Frost **and ** Dr Jennifer Laing **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Open Sans',Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline;">3.30pm – <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Open Sans',Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline;">** [|“Marine Wildlife Tourism Interaction in the Philippines”] ** <span style="font-family: 'Open Sans',Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline;"> – ** Maria Rica C Bueno, **Office of Tourism Standards & Regulation, Philippine Department of Tourism

=== <span style="color: #bd7220; font-family: 'Open Sans',Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 18px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Thursday 1 October: Value of Wildlife Tourism to Biodiversity and Conservation === <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Open Sans',Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline;">** Contributed papers: How can wildlife tourism contribute to biodiversity conservation? ** <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Open Sans',Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline;">// 10.30 to 11.15 am – morning tea, networking and viewing of posters and displays // <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Open Sans',Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline;">// 12.45 to 2.15 pm lunch, networking and viewing of posters and displays // <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Open Sans',Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline;">2.30 pm –** Round Table Discussion: “Citizen Science by tourists” **How do we assure valid and useful data are collected? How do we assign different tourists to different tasks? How useful are bio-blitzes and how do we involved tourists in them? How can we improve WTA’s research network? <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Open Sans',Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline;">3.15 pm –** Round Table Discussion: “ Making a difference (wildlife tourism enhancing conservation)” **What more can wildlife tourism do to enhance biodiversity conservation? What can large operators and micro-businesses do? What can tourism organizations and government departments do? What are some of the obstacles to emulating success stories elsewhere, and how do we overcome them? <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Open Sans',Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline;">// 4.15 to 4.45 pm afternoon tea, networking and viewing of posters and displays // <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Open Sans',Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline;">4.45 pm – ** Round Table Discussion: **** “Up close and personal? Human-wildlife interactions?” **How close should we get, both in the wild and in captivity? What do already know and what do we need to know to assess what kinds of interaction are acceptable in terms of both animal welfare and conservation? What do we know and what do we need to know about interactions with animals leading to support for their conservation? <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Open Sans',Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline;">5.30 pm Close sessions <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Open Sans',Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline;">5.45pm – Some will drive or walk to Eastern Park to see the <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #d65602; font-family: 'Open Sans',Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline;">[|Grey Headed Flying Foxes] <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Open Sans',Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline;"> leave their roost
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Open Sans',Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline;">8.50am – Announcements, general information for delegates – ** Ronda Green ** and ** Roger Smith **
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Open Sans',Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline;">9.00am – ** “Nature-based tourism – the political perspective” **– ** [|Senator Janet Rice] **, Keynote speaker
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Open Sans',Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline;">9.30am – ** [|“Tourism assisting biodiversity: how can we make it work?”] **– ** Ronda Green **
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Open Sans',Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline;">9.45am – ** [|“The benefits of including a client conservation action on tours”] Janine Duffy, **Echidna Walkabout
 * <span style="font-family: 'Open Sans',Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline;">10.00am – <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Open Sans',Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline;">** [|“Using a zoo based behaviour change model to drive pro-environmental actions in visitors to wildlife destinations”] ** <span style="font-family: 'Open Sans',Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline;">–** Brooke Squires **, Zoos Victoria
 * <span style="font-family: 'Open Sans',Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline;">10.15 am – ** [|“Educational-Recreational Activities in Parks for Nature Connection and Post-visit Conservationist Outcomes: Possibilities and Challenges at an Operational Level in the Gold Coast region”] ** <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Open Sans',Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline;"> – <span style="font-family: 'Open Sans',Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline;">** Dr ** ** Ismar Borges de Lima ****, **Southern Cross University
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Open Sans',Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline;">11.15 am –** [| “A review of the conservation actions and outcomes of wildlife tourism enterprises”] ** – ** Cassandra Wardle, ** Griffith University School of Environment
 * <span style="font-family: 'Open Sans',Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline;">11.30 am – ** [|“Why the future of Wildlife Tourism in Victoria depends on sustainable private land management”] – **Dr Kaye Rodden, Victorian Landcare Council
 * <span style="font-family: 'Open Sans',Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline;">11.45 am – ** [|“Look, Listen, and Let Your Senses Guide You”] – **Penny Irons, William Angliss Institute
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Open Sans',Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline;">12.00 noon –** [|“Mt Rothwell’s conservation model: protecting threatened species, providing uniquely wild encounters”] **– ** Annette Rypalski, **Mt Rothwell
 * <span style="font-family: 'Open Sans',Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline;">12.15 pm – <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Open Sans',Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline;">** [|“Conservation on Spicers Hidden Vale – A Cooperative Venture”] ** <span style="font-family: 'Open Sans',Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline;"> – ** Andrew Tribe, **University Of Queensland Gatton
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Open Sans',Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline;">12.30 pm –** [|“Humans in the cage: Exploring the white shark Carcharodon carcharias) cage-diving experience”] ** –** Kirin Apps, **Southern Cross University
 * 2.15 pm – ** [|“The Role of Citizen Science in Sustainable Tourism”] ** – **Justin Foster,** Earthwatch Institute

=== <span style="color: #bd7220; font-family: 'Open Sans',Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 18px; vertical-align: baseline;">Friday 2 October: the value of wildlife tourism to local economies === <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Open Sans',Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline;">** 7.15am – 8.30am **Wildlife Tourism Australia ** Annual General Meeting **in Terrace Room at Mercure. AGM starting at 7.45am. You can bring your breakfast to the room and network from 7.15am. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Open Sans',Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline;">** Contributed papers: How can wildlife tourism contribute to local communities? ** <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Open Sans',Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline;">// 10.15 am to 11.oo am morning tea, // // networking and viewing of posters and displays // <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Open Sans',Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline;">12.45 – 1.45 pm // lunch, networking and viewing of posters and displays // 1.45 pm –** Round Table Discussion: ** **“Solving human:wildlife conflicts with wildlife tourism” **What are the real wildlife problems that people face (danger to crops, human safety, limited access to protected and private areas etc.)? What problems may be exaggerated? How do we get accurate information to all stakeholders (local residents, politicians, tourism operations, NGO’s)? How can wildlife tourism contribute to solving the problems? 2.30 pm – 3.00 pm – Skype presentation ** “How wildlife tourism can benefit the local communities living with wildlife in Kenya” ** ** Daniel Sambu ** and ** Paul Sadera ** from Kenya 3.00 pm –** Final Plenary Discussion “Where do we go from here?” General summary of conference and voting on priority actions. **Suggested actions to follow the conference: lobbying of governments, information to be sent to tourism organisations, travel agents, tourism operations (wildlife or other), new projects, research priorities etc. // 4.00pm – Close of conference and final Afternoon tea, networking and viewing of posters and displays //
 * <span style="font-family: 'Open Sans',Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline;">8.30 am <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Open Sans',Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline;"> – <span style="font-family: 'Open Sans',Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline;">** [|“Wildlife/people conflicts: how can tourism help to solve them”?] Ronda Green **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Open Sans',Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline;">9.00 am <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Open Sans',Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline;"> – <span style="font-family: 'Open Sans',Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline;">** [|“Phillip Island Nature Parks contribution to the local community and State of Victoria”] – **Matthew Jackson, ** Phillip Island Nature Parks ** – ** Sponsor **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Open Sans',Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline;">9.30 am <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Open Sans',Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline;"> – <span style="font-family: 'Open Sans',Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline;">** [|“Elevating the role of nature in the Australian Tourism industry – a case study from Kangaroo Island”] **** Craig Wickham **, Exceptional Kangaroo Island
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Open Sans',Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline;">9.45 am – ** [|“The spill-over effects of zooscape experience: new challenges for developing zoo identity, zoo attachment and conservation outcomes”] Aise Kim, **University of South Australia
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Open Sans',Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline;">10.00 am –** [|“American couples who travel internationally to watch birds: An exploratory study of a large and under-explored market”] **– ** Denise Goodfellow ** (in absentia)
 * <span style="font-family: 'Open Sans',Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline;">11.00 am – <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Open Sans',Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline;">** The benefits of expanding the wildlife tourism offering (title TBA) – **Greg Lewin AM, WAMAFoundation Ltd
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Open Sans',Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline;">11.15 am –** [|“Local Government opportunities and challenges in wildlife tourism and economic development”] ** – ** Nina Hewson, **Western Australia Local Government Association
 * <span style="font-family: 'Open Sans',Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline;">11.30 am – <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Open Sans',Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline;"> ** [|SA Wildlife tourism (title TBA)] – **** Chris Thomas, ** Dept of Environment Water and Natural Resources, South Australia
 * <span style="font-family: 'Open Sans',Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline;">11.45 am – <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Open Sans',Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline;"> ** [|“Bats and Tourism; A way to coexist and benefit financially from the other mammals with which we share the city”] – **Maree Treadwell-Kerr, Australasian Bat Society Inc. and Sera Steves, The Wildlife Habitat, Port Douglas
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Open Sans',Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline;">12.00 noon – ** [|“An opportunity for an Ecotourism destination on the doorstep of Geelong”] – John Newman, **Geelong Field Naturalists Club
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Open Sans',Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline;">12.15 pm –** [|“A collaboration between a wildlife tour operator, a zoo and science: Monitoring nose patterns throughout life in tagged and captive koalas”] **– ** Janine Duffy, ** Echidna Walkabout and ** Yvette Pauligk **, Werribee Zoo
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Open Sans',Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline;">12.30 pm – ** [|“The Making of Koala Clancy of the You Yangs “] **– ** Melinda King, ** Koala Clancy Foundation and Wathaurong Co-operative

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 * [|more information] and more to come **

<span style="color: #bd7220; font-family: 'Open Sans',Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 18px; vertical-align: baseline;">Saturday 3 October

 * **Koala Conservation Day ** in the You Yangs Regional Park

<span style="color: #bd7220; font-family: 'Open Sans',Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 18px; vertical-align: baseline;">Sunday 4 October
<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Open Sans',Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline;">** can be another time perhaps combined with a Phillip Island or Wilsons Promontory trip
 * Venus Bay Ecolodge **–** 2.30pm **afternoon guided walk and refreshments**
 * Lantern-lit evening tour – **Moonlit Sanctuary Wildlife Conservation Park, Pearcedale**
 * ** Wildlife Journey ** – 4 days in the wilderness coast of far East Gippsland – with Echidna Walkabout