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Monday 28 November |
Tuesday 29 November |
Wednesday 30 November |
Thursday 1 December |
Friday 2 December |
Arrive
Hobart
12.00 pm – 3.00
pm Conference Registration
2.00 pm – 2.45 pm Ecotourism
Australia’s Annual General Meeting
3.00 pm – 4.30 pm Conference opening and
first keynote session
6.00 pm – 7.00
pm Welcome Cocktail Reception at Government
House |
Regional Themed Streams |
9.00 am – 5.00 pm Keynote
and concurrent sessions
7.00 pm –
10.00 pm Cascade Brewery Networking Function |
9.00 am – 5.00 pm Keynote and
concurrent sessions
7.00 pm – 10.00
pm Official Conference Dinner at Moorilla Estate
Winery |
8.30 am Coach
transfers to conference regional stream
locations
10.00 am – 5.00
pm Themed Streams
Exciting Evening Regional
Networking Functions |
9.00 am – 3.00
pm Themed Streams
4.00
pm Coach transfers provided to Hobart
7.00 pm – 10.00 pm ‘Tastes of Tasmania’
at Henry Jones Art Hotel Networking
Function |
12.00 pm – 3.00 pm |
Registration at
Wrest Point Hotel, Hobart |
2.00 pm – 2.45 pm |
Ecotourism Australia
Annual General Meeting |
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Plenary Session |
3.00 pm |
Welcome Clare
McFarlane, Ecotourism Australia Chair and Conference
Convenor |
3.05 pm |
Welcome to
Country |
3.10 pm |
Conference Opening
with Paula Wriedt, MHA, Minister for Tourism, Tasmania |
3.25 pm |
Welcome by
Federal Tourism Minister Hon. Fran Bailey |
3.30 pm |
Keynote #2
Hon Tim Fischer, Chair, Tourism Australia "Effortless
and Effort-made Ecotourism: The Big Future of Terra
Australis" |
3.45 pm |
Keynote #3 Jonathan Tourtellot, Director, Center for
Sustainable Destinations, National Geographic Society Geotourism
Editor, National Geographic "Leading Sustainable
Destinations of the World: The Future Road Ahead for
Australia" |
4.00 pm |
Introduction of
‘Themed Streams’ Clare McFarlane |
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Delegates break into
‘Themed Streams’ groups for briefing |
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Facilitator: Clare McFarlane |
6.00 pm – 8.00 pm |
Welcome Cocktail
Party – Government House, Hobart |
Workshop
1 Freycinet Peninsula Theme: ICONsequences: The
Future of Australia’s World and National Heritage Sites |
Workshop
2 Peppermint Bay and Tahune Theme: People and
Places: Balancing Community and Development |
Workshop 3 Tasman
Peninsula Theme: The Experience: Thematic Interpretation
– Building Visitor Awareness for Conservation and Value-Adding Your
Product |
Workshop 4 Port
Huon and Tahune Theme: Tourism in Protected Areas:
Balancing Protection, Profits and People |
8.00am Depart
Hobart
11.00am Arrive
Freycinet, morning tea at Freycinet Visitor Information Centre
11.30am Field
Experience "Sustainable Visitor Growth on Freycinet
Peninsula" Guest speaker: Dave Adams, Parks and
Wildlife Service Tasmania
Conference session: 1.45pm Introduction of topic and speaker by
Facilitator
1.55pm Keynote
Address: Keynote presentation Jonathan Tourtellot, National
Geographic
2.15pm
Facilitated discussion Facilitator: Art Pedersen, UNESCO
World Heritage Centre
3.00pm Afternoon
Tea
Conference session: 3.30pm Panel 1 Presentation
4.00pm Facilitated discussion of panel
topic Facilitator: Art Pedersen
5.00pm Transfer to local
accommodation
7.00pm -
10.00pm Freycinet Networking Dinner |
8.45am Depart Hobart
10.00am Field Experience
Living History Museum. Guest Speaker: "Tasmania's
Aboriginal People of the South East Nation - Past, Present and
Future" Faye Tatnell, Living History Museum
11.00am Depart Living History
Museum
11.30am Arrive
Peppermint Bay Field Experience "A Community
Transformed by Tourism: The Peppermint Bay story." Guest
Speaker: Simon Currant, Peppermint Bay
12.15pm Lunch
Conference
Session: 1.30pm
Introduction of topic and speaker by Facilitator
1.40pm Keynote Address
2.00pm Facilitated
Discussion Facilitator: Oliver Hillel, Sustainable
Environmental Management Plan for Northern Palawan.
3.00pm Afternoon Tea
Conference
Session: 3.30pm Panel 1
presentation
4.00pm
Facilitated discussion of panel topic Facilitator: Oliver
Hillel
5.00pm Transfer to
local accommodation
7.00pm - 10.00pm
Kermandie Pub Networking Function |
8.30am Depart Hobart
10.30am Arrive Port Arthur Morning
Tea
11.00am Field
Experience"Exceptional Interpretation Fosters Sustainable
Management: The Port Arthur Experience"
Guided Tour &
Boat Cruise, Port Arthur Historic Site with Mary Steed and Julia
Clark
12.30pm
Lunch
Conference session: 1.30pm Introduction of topic and speaker by
Facilitator
1.40pm Keynote
Address: Keith Sproule, Supreme Commission for Tourism in the
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
2.00pm Facilitated
Discussion Facilitator: Professor Sam Ham, University of
Idaho
3.00pm Afternoon
Tea
Conference session: 3.30pm Panel 1 presentation
4.00pm Facilitated discussion on panel
topic Facilitator: Professor Sam Ham
5.00pm Transfer to local
accommodation
7.30 - 10.30
Port Arthur Dinner and Ghost Tour |
9.00am Depart
Hobart
9.30am Arrive
Antarctic Headquarters
9.30am Case study: "Managing Ecotourism in
the Antarctic" Guest speaker: Tom Maggs
10.00am Morning Tea
Conference
Session: 10.30am Introduction
of topic and speaker by Facilitator
10.40am Keynote Address
11.00am Facilitated
Discussion Facilitator: Daniel Gschwind, Queensland
Tourism Industry Council
12.00pm Transfer to Tahune
12.45pm Lunch at Tahune
Airwalk
2.00pm Field
Experience: "Tourism at Tahune Airwalk: Balancing Protection,
Profits & People" Guest Speaker: Evan Rolley, CEO,
Forestry Tasmania
3.00pm
Afternoon Tea
Conference session 3.30pm Panel presentations and Facilitated discussion of topic
Facilitator: Daniel Gschwind
5.00pm Transfer to local
accommodation
7.00pm -
10.00pm Kermandie Pub Networking
Function |
Workshop
1 Freycinet Peninsula Theme: ICONsequences: The
Future of Australia’s World and National Heritage Sites |
Workshop
2 Peppermint Bay and Tahune Theme: People and
Places: Balancing Community and Development |
Workshop 3 Tasman
Peninsula Theme: The Experience: Thematic Interpretation
– Building Visitor Awareness for Conservation and Value-Adding Your
Product |
Workshop 4 Port
Huon and Tahune Theme: Tourism in Protected Areas:
Balancing Protection, Profits and People |
Conference session: 9.00am
Keynote Presentation: Wendy Hills & Bruce Leaver, Tourism
Australia and Dept Environment & Heritage
9.30am Facilitated discussion of
topic Facilitator: Art Pedersen
10.30am Morning Tea
Conference
session: 11.00am Panel 2
presentation
11.30am
Summary, record of actions and formulation of overarching
statement Facilitator: Art Pedersen
12.30pm Lunch
1.30pm Transfer to Vineyard
1.50pm Arrive and Tour of
Vineyard
2.30pm Depart for
Hobart
5.00pm Arrive
Hobart
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8.30am Pick up from
accommodation and transfer to Tahune Airwalk
9.30am Field Experience: Tahune
Airwalk. . "Tahune: A Catalyst for Rebuilding the Local
Community and Economy." Guest Speaker Evan Rolley, CEO Forestry
Tasmania
10.30am Morning
Tea
Conference session: 11.00am Panel 2 presentation
11.30am Facilitated
discussion of topic Facilitator: Oliver
Hillel
12.15pm
Lunch
1.15pm Depart
for Geeveston Forestry Centre
Conference
session: 2.00pm Keynote
presentation: Hitesh Mehta, EDSA
2.30pm Facilitated
discussion
3.00pm Summary,
record of actions and formulation of overarching
statement Facilitator: Oliver Hillel
4.00pm Afternoon Tea
4.15pm Depart for Hobart
5.00pm Arrive Hobart |
Conference session: 9.00am Panel 2 presentation
9.30am Facilitated
discussion of topic Facilitator: Professor Sam
Ham
10.30am Morning
Tea
Conference session: 11.00am Keynote Address: Julia Clark, Port
Arthur Historic Site
11.20am Summary, record of actions and
formulation of overarching statement Facilitator:
Professor Sam Ham
12.30pm
Lunch
1.30pm Transfer to
Coal Mine
2.00pm
Field Experience"A Case Study of the Historical
Interpretation of the Coal Mine Historic Site"
Guest
Speaker: Jo Lyngcoln, Port Arthur Historic Site
3.00pm Depart for Hobart
4.30pm Arrive Hobart |
8.15am Pick up from accommodation and
transfer to Antarctic Division Headquarters
Conference
session: 9.00am Panel 2
presentation
9.30am
Facilitated discussion of topic Facilitator: Daniel
Gschwind
10.30am Morning
Tea
Conference session: 11.00am Facilitated
discussion
12.00pm Summary,
record of actions and formulation of overarching
statement Facilitator: Daniel Gschwind
12.30pm Lunch
1.30pm Transfer to Mt
Wellington
Field Experience: "The Mt Wellington
Experience: Managing Protection and People" with Margie Jenkin,
Wellington Park Trust
3.30pm Depart Mt Wellington
4.00pm Arrive Hobart |
7.00pm - 10.00pm
"Tastes of Tasmania" Henry Jones Art Hotel Networking
Function |
8.00 am – 8.45 am |
Conference
Registration |
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Plenary Session |
9.00 am |
Welcome Clare
McFarlane Ecotourism Australia Chair and Conference Convenor |
9.05 am |
Keynote #4 Don Henry, Australian Conservation
Foundation "The Partnership Between Tourism and
Conservation" |
9.20 am |
Keynote #5
Chandra de Silva, Founder Director/CEO, Ranweli Holiday
Village Ecotourism and the Road to Recovery: The Aftermath
of the Tsunami |
9.35 am |
Keynote #6
Rowan Sproule, Acting CEO, Tourism
Tasmania Unforgettable Island Experiences – the Tasmanian
Promise |
9.50 am |
Keynote #7
Dr Jane Gilmour, Executive Director, Earthwatch
Institute Partnerships, Research and Ecotourism
Opportunities |
10.05 am |
Keynote #8
Hitesh Mehta, EDSA X-treme Planning: Dancing to a
Different Tune |
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Facilitator: Clare McFarlane |
10.30 am – 11.00 am |
Morning
Tea |
11.00 am – 12.30 pm |
Concurrent Conference Sessions |
11.00 am |
Tourism Queensland Workshop Opportunities for
Tourism and Conservation Partnerships |
Professor Ross Dowling"Ecotourism in
Borneo" |
Aggie
Wegner Exploring the Connections between Industry and
Government in Protected Areas in WA |
Darlene
Mansell "Tasmania's Spirit Dreaming: Is it Lost or Simply
Ignored?" |
11.15 am |
Gabrielle Samson "Community Based Ecotourism
in East Timor - the Atauro Island Experience" |
Tom
Baxter "Tourism in Protected Areas: Current Tasmanian
Challenges" |
Clive
Cook "Aspirations for Traditional Owners - Building blocks
for Ecotourism" |
11.30 am |
Professor
Lan-Sheng Kuo Application of "Four Plus Model" to
Eliciting the Functions of the Nanan Visitor Center in Promoting
Ecotourism in Taiwan" |
Ann Bunnell &
Greg Bruce Townsville – Fostering Partnerships and
Opportunities in Ecotourism |
Fred
Cahir Corroborees: Entertaining the White Folk |
11.45 am |
Zaharul Zabidi "A Comparative Study of Visitors to
Small Island Destinations in Malaysia" |
Anne
Sellar & Claire Savage South Australia’s Conservation
& Tourism Partnership Producing Real Outcomes |
Colin
Ingram Local Community Attitudes and Perceptions
relating to the Socio-Economic Impacts of Protected Area
Management and Planning on Tourism in Communities of the
North-West Cape of Western Australia |
12.00 pm |
Georgina Gough "The Effect of Biodiversity
Interpretation on Visitor Satisfaction and Knowledge about Tropical
Rainforests:A Case Study from Daintree, Australia"
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Rowena
Bell Building Strong Partnerships with Communities and
Industries for Managing Public Land |
Carlos Teuffer "Green Globe 21's International
Ecotourism Standard: The Implications of Being the First in the
World and Lessons Learned for Successful Ecotourism
Partnerships" |
12.15 pm |
Questions and
Answers |
Questions and
Answers
Facilitator: Prof Ross Dowling |
Questions and
Answers
Facilitator: Anne Sellar |
Questions and
Answers
Facilitator: Col Ingram |
12.30 pm - 1.30 pm |
Lunch |
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Plenary Session |
1.30 pm |
Keynote #9 Graham
Morris, Managing Partner, Sanmor Consulting "If We Build
It, Will They Come?" |
1.45 pm |
Keynote #10 Denise
Landau, Executive Director, International Association of Antarctica
Tour Operators: Future Challenges of Tourism in the
Antarctic |
2.00 pm |
Keynote
#11 Mark Stone, Chief Executive, Parks Victoria Once in
a Lifetime Victorian Park Experiences - Why and How Parks Victoria
Plays a Lead Role in the Creation of Unforgettable Natural
Experiences |
2.15 pm |
Keynote #12 Dr
Graeme Pearman, Director, Graeme Pearman Consulting Global
Warming – Implications for Ecotourism Nationally and
Globally |
2.30 pm |
Keynote #13 Hon
Virginia Chadwick, Chair, Great Barrier Reef Marine Park
Authority Keeping the Great Barrier Reef Great! Ensuring a
Sustainable Tourism Industry on the Great Barrier Reef |
2.45 pm |
Keynote #14 Peter
Mooney, General Manager, Parks & Wildlife Service
Tasmania Speaking a Common Language...Good Tourism is Good
Conservation and Good Conservation is Good Tourism |
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Facilitator: Andrew Fairley |
3.00 pm - 3.30 pm |
Afternoon Tea |
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Plenary Session |
3.30 pm |
Keynote #15 Siimon Reynolds, Director, Love
Communication Moving Ecotourism from Niche to Mainstream –
A Marketing Perspective |
3.45 pm |
Keynote #16 Masaaki
Aihara, Leading Landscape Photographer Photography as a
Medium to Encouraging Conservation in Tourism |
4.00 pm |
Regional Themed Stream
Conclusion and Overview – Tony Charters, Principal, Tony Charters
& Associates |
4.10 pm |
Outcomes of Themed
Stream One: ICONsequences: The Future of Australia’s World and
National Heritage Sites. Presenter: Lisha Mulqueeny,
Director Tourism & Recreation Group, Great Barrier Reef Marine
Park Authority |
4.20 pm |
Outcomes of Themed
Stream Two: People and Places: Balancing Community and
Development. Presenter: Oliver Hillel, Team Leader,
Sustainable Environmental Management Plan for Northern Palawan |
4.30 pm |
Outcomes
of Themed Stream Three: The Experience: Thematic Interpretation –
Building Visitor Awareness for Conservation and Value -Adding Your
Product. Presenter: Professor Sam Ham, Director of the
Center for International Training and Outreach (CITO), University of
Idaho |
4.40 pm |
Outcomes
of Themed Stream Four: Tourism in Protected Areas: Balancing
Protection, Profits and People. Presenter: Daniel
Gschwind, Queensland Tourism Industry Council |
4.50 pm |
Workshop
Final Overview and Overarching Statement for Conference –
Tony Charters, Principal, Tony Charters and
Associates |
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Facilitator: Tony Charters |
7.00 pm - 10.00 pm |
Cascade
Brewery Networking Function |
8.00 am – 8.45 am |
Registration |
9.00 am – 10.30
am |
Concurrent Conference Sessions |
9.00 am |
Sandra
Whight Changing Management on the Overland Track. How
do Operational Considerations Translate into
Online e-commerce |
Jane
Foley "The Potential of Forest Tourism" |
Rod
Quartermain & Dino Magris Development of Sustainable
Safari Camp Accommodation in Purnululu National Park |
Dr
Michael Hughes & Prof Jack
Carlsen Developing a Rare Wildlife Tourism Experience in
Western Australia |
9.15 am |
Janet
Mackay The Larapinta Trail – A Future World Class Long
Distance Walking Track? |
Lisha
Mulqueeny, Hilary Skeat, Vicki Bonanno, "Increasing the
Value of Being High Standard" |
Brendan Miller Integrating and Accommodating
Tourism Niches (Nature-based/ Ecotourism) in Multiple Use Planning
for Coastal and Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) in South
Australia |
Justine Keuning Investigating Birdwatching
Tourism Opportunities in South Australia |
9.30 am |
Shannan
Perry Bringing Business, Consumers and the Environment
Together Along the Yurrebilla Trail |
Joy
Drescher "Hidden Oasis" |
Virginia
Cowie Wild with Style |
Dr Sonia
Kleindorfer The Fragile Web of Conservation
and Tourism: The Case of the Deadly Fly Introduced to the
Galapagos Islands |
9.45 am |
Ian
Johnstone "The Maria Island Walk Experience; Providing a
uniquely Tasmanian Experience" |
Gary
Myors "Rocks, Wrecks and Dragons" |
Masaru
Takayama Low and High Tech in Japanese Nature-based
Lodges |
Nick
Mooney "Buffering Problem: Devils Disease and Foxes in
Tasmania" |
10.00 am |
Dr
Richard Wood "Barriers to Wildlife Tourism on Private
Land" |
Dr Anne Hardy Recreational "Vehicles, Automobiles
and Ecotourism? An investigations into Self Drive Visitor
Interactions with the Environment" |
Yoshi
Abe "Recent Developments in Japanese Ecotourism
Opportunities in Australian" |
Glen
Chapman Regional Futures Building: Planning Sustainable
Ecotourism |
10.15 am |
Questions and
Answers
Facilitator: Janet Mackay |
Questions and
Answers
Facilitator: Lisha Mulqueeny |
Questions and
Answers
Facilitator: Rod Quartermain |
Questions and
Answers |
10.30 am - 11.00 am |
Morning Tea |
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Plenary Session |
11.00 am |
Rainforest Habitat
EcoGuide Australia Award – Stuart Lennox |
11.15 am |
Keynote #17
Oliver Hillel, Team Leader, Sustainable Environmental Management
Plan for Northern Palawan "Ecotourism at twentysomething -
challenges shared in an e-conference" |
11.30 am |
Keynote #18
Ratu Anthony Dovi, Director, Oarman’s Bay Lodge,
Fiji Development of Indigenous Employment Tourism
Initiatives in Fiji – Advantages and Disadvantages |
11.45 am |
Keynote #19
Karma Tshering, Head, Protected Area Planning and Integrated
Conservation & Development Programs, Royal Government of
Bhutan "Nature Conservation and Tourism development in
Bhutan" |
12.00 pm |
Keynote #20
Lizzie Corke, Cape Otway Centre for Conservation &
Ecology The Cape Otway Centre for Conservation and
Ecology: It's the Little things that count |
12.15 pm |
Keynote #21
Tony Williams, Vice-President - Resorts and Projects, Emirates
Group Emirates Ecotourism Operational Experience and
Vision for Ecotourism in Australia |
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Facilitator: Rod Hillman |
12.30 pm - 1.30 pm |
Lunch
ECO Certification Award Presentation
- Tony Charters |
1.30 pm - 3.00pm |
Concurrent Conference Sessions |
1.30 pm |
Carolyn Wild "Ecotourism Growth and
Implications for the Future" |
Georgina
Gough "Environmental Interpretation and Visitor Education:
Examples from Wetland-based Attractions in Australia and the
UK" |
Ashley
Reed "Phillip Island Nature Park -From Little Things, Big
Things Grow" |
Marion
Christian Norfolk Island: Unique
Eco Experience |
1.45 pm |
Guy
Chester "The International Ecotourism Standard - Progress
Report" |
Tony
Sharley "Partnerships in ecotourism expansion
at Banrock Station" |
Emily
Moskwa Tourists Opinions on the Ecotourism Brand in the
Flinders Ranges, SA |
Rachelle
Padgett The Development Assessment Process for the
Controversial Cockle Creek East ecotourism project in
Tasmania |
2.00 pm |
Mark
Frood "Accreditation - the Queenstown New Zealand approach
for the future" |
Rob
Black "Dealing with Development" |
Stuart
Lennox Oil and Water…Using Brand to Create the Right
Environment |
Jim
Curtis Gaining Visitor Acceptance of Alternative
Transportation Systems in Australian National Parks |
2.15 pm |
Duncan
MacKenzie Thinking Outside the Square |
Rod
Quartermain Steps to Sustainable Tourism |
Claire
Ellis "Sustainable Tourism as part of the Tasmanian
Tourism Brand" |
Barry
Davies "Chinese Whispers" |
2.30 pm |
Dr Karen
Higginbottom Strategic Research on Tourism in Protected
Areas |
Phil
Harman Noosa’s Sustainable Tourism Indicators |
Brian Hall
A Strategic Approach to Product Development |
Lorelle
Schluter "Cruise Shipping Development in the Great
Barrier Reef" |
2.45 pm |
Questions
and Answers |
Questions
and Answers |
Questions
and Answers |
Questions
and Answers |
3.00 pm – 3.30 pm |
Afternoon
Tea |
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Plenary Session |
3.30 pm |
Keynote # 22 Wendy Hills & Bruce Leaver, Tourism Australia
and Department of Environment and Heritage |
3.45 pm |
Keynote #23
Dr Kelly Bricker & Keith Sproule, Chair, The International
Ecotourism Society "Ecotourism: International Perspectives
and Australia's Role in the Future" |
4.00 pm |
Keynote #24
Grant Hunt, Chief Executive Officer, Voyages It Isn’t
Easy Being Green – A Hard Look at What it Takes to Succeed in
the Ecotourism Industry |
4.15 pm |
Keynote #25
Tony Charters, Principal, Tony Charters &
Associates Sustaining Unforgettable Natural
Experiences |
4.30 pm |
Keynote #26
Professor David Bellamy, Botanist "Ecotourism is
surrounded by insurmountable opportunities (Stitching the world back
into working order)." |
4.50 pm |
Introduction
of 2006 Conference Host State |
5.00 pm |
Close of
Conference |
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Facilitator: Clare McFarlane |
7.00 pm – 11.00 pm |
Official
Conference Dinner at Moorilla Estate
Winery | |
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