All workshops will be held on Friday 28 November at The University of Adelaide.
You must be a registered conference delegate to attend these workshops. Final
information will be shared with each registered attendee closer to the date.
Full workshop outlines are below.
Please note: We reserve the right to cancel the workshop in the event of unforeseen circumstances or if minimum booking numbers are not met. In such cases, delegates will receive a full refund.
To book your chosen workshop, please email [email protected]
| 0800-1530 | TERN Australia (Adelaide) Tour & Training: Unlocking Ecological Insights through Soil, Specimens, and Data |
| 0900-1230 | Translating Ecology into Policy: Practical Tools for Engagement |
| 0900-1300 | Nature in Crisis: Embedding the Environment in Disaster Management Frameworks |
| 0900-1640 | Movement ecology hackathon: a dingo case-study |
| 0930-1600 | Find your wildlife sound: From single call to ecological insights |
| 0930-1230 | Everything You Need To Know About Publishing |
| 0930-1400 | DWG Green Card Training: Leading environmental hygiene and biosecurity best-practice training |
| 1000-1200 | Listening to Nature: An Introduction to using Bioacoustics for Wildlife Monitoring |
| 1230-1600 | Fill in the Blanks: Hands-On Imputation for Ecological Data |
| 1300-1700 | Things you really need to know to optimize GNSS in the field |
| 1300-1700 | Nature-Based Solutions for Coastal Management: Turning Ecology into Action |
DWG Green Card Training: Leading environmental hygiene and biosecurity best-practice training
Presenter – Mia Hunt, Dieback Working Group
⏲ Half Day Workshop 0930-1400
🞋 Minimum 15 attendees, Maximum 50 attendees
💲$129 per person (discounted from $280+gst per person)
❎Morning Tea and Lunch included
👉BYO water bottle & snacks
Workshop Details:
DWG’s Green Card qualification is accepted nationally as the Gold Standard training
package for environmental hygiene and biosecurity best-practice. This course builds
capacity to implement practical environmental hygiene protocols, and is targeted at
practitioners with a fieldwork or planning component to their role. Phytophthora Dieback
is engaged with as an example of how to combat wide-spread biosecurity threats to
biodiversity, ecosystem health, numerous industries, cultural and environmental values.
Phytophthora Dieback Hygiene will be presented alongside new activities on Myrtle
Rust surveillance, citizen science approaches to biosecurity surveillance, and updated
information on Phytophthora impacts on broad aspects of ecosystem function such as
habitat value for native fauna and loss of biomass in the landscape.
This workshop will be presented by a registered trainer who is a specialist in Dieback
Management and highly experienced in Green Card training delivery, and will include a
theory session (in a classroom), a practical session where trainees learn a practical
approach to inspecting and cleaning a vehicle/field equipment. A written assessment
concludes the day. Trainees must pass the assessment to complete the training, then
they will be awarded their DWG Green Card and added to the Green Card database.
This qualification should be in every ecologist’s toolkit for responsible fieldwork, and is a
legislative requirement from DBCA when operating on CALM Act-managed lands.
Visit our website https://www.dwg.org.au/green-card-training/ or contact us for more
information, or to arrange a bespoke course for your workplace.
Outcomes:
● Gain the skills and knowledge you need to manage your risk of spreading
Phytophthora Dieback on-ground
● DWG Green Card certification card (physical card valid for 3 years)
● Understanding of the nature of the Phytophthora Cinnamomi disease, how it
spreads and how it is managed,
● Gain the skills to follow signage and clean and inspect a vehicle for soil, animal
and plant material
● An overview of relevant guiding documents
Format:
PPT presentation, small group activities, and practical demonstrations.
Intended Audience:
● Mining (extraction & processing)
● Environmental consultancy
● Power & utility management
● Forestry
● Road Construction / Transport & logistics
● Bushland reserve on-ground management (Local Govt., State Govt. departments
and agencies, private organisations & contractors)
● NRM & Landcare, Friends of Groups
● Education & research (University, TAFE)
Everything You Need To Know About Publishing
Presenter – Dr. Patrick Hannah, Journal Manager, CSIRO Publishing
⏲ Morning Workshop 0930-1230
🞋 Maximum 80 attendees
💲$0 per person
❎Food not included
👉BYO water bottle & snacks
Workshop Details:
Academic publishing can often feel like a black box, complex, and disconnected from
the day-to-day work of researchers. This workshop aims to open that box and provide
clarity for Early- and Mid-Career Researchers by unpacking how the publishing system
works, from Open Access models to Impact Factors, editorial decisions, and beyond.
Structured into three interactive sections; a presentation on the publishing landscape, a
panel discussion with publishing professionals and researchers, and a session on science communication, the workshop will combine practical advice with space for critical discussion. Participants will learn how to evaluate journals for ethical and scholarly quality, navigate Open Access choices, and better understand their rights and responsibilities as authors. The session also directly supports skills development in publishing literacy, helping participants make informed decisions that enhance the visibility and integrity of their work.
The session will be highly participatory, encouraging questions, debate, and discussion
throughout. Attendees will leave with a clearer understanding of how publishing decisions are made, what makes a strong manuscript, and why effective communication of their research, both within and beyond academia, matters more than ever. Importantly, the session will help researchers grasp the complexity of the publishing ecosystem, including the roles of funders, institutions, journals, and commercial and not-for-profit publishers, equipping them to navigate a rapidly evolving landscape with confidence and agency.
By equipping researchers with the tools to engage more confidently and critically with
the publishing process, this workshop addresses a persistent gap in researcher training.
While it aligns with broader institutional goals around research quality, impact, and open
science, the session ensures that the needs and interests of authors remain at the centre of the discussion, empowering them to make choices that serve both their careers and the integrity of their work.
Outcomes:
By the end of the workshop, participants will have a clearer understanding of how the academic publishing system works and the role they play within it. They will gain practical knowledge about key aspects of the publishing process, including how to identify reputable journals, navigate Open Access options, and understand metrics like Impact Factors in context.
Participants will also learn how to assess publishing models and policies for transparency, ethics, and alignment with their values and career goals. The session will provide insights into editorial decision-making, peer review, and how to avoid common pitfalls such as predatory journals.
Importantly, attendees will leave with greater confidence in communicating their research, both in academic contexts and to broader audiences. They will better understand the tools and platforms available for increasing the visibility and impact of their work.
Throughout the workshop, participants will be encouraged to ask questions, reflect on their experiences, and challenge assumptions about what publishing “success” looks like. Ultimately, they will be better equipped to make informed, strategic choices about where, how, and why they publish, ensuring that their voices are heard in an increasingly complex and competitive scholarly landscape.
Intended Audience:
Early-Career Researchers and Mid-Career Researchers
Fill in the Blanks: Hands-On Imputation for Ecological Data
Presenter – Ilya Shabanov
⏲ Half Day Workshop 1230-1600
🞋 Maximum 50 attendees
💲$25 per person
✅Afternoon tea included
👉BYO water bottle & snacks
Workshop Details:
Ecological research increasingly relies on large datasets to reveal patterns in biodiversity, traits, and species distributions. Yet these datasets are rarely complete and are biased towards well-studied taxa and regions. Simply discarding missing entries, therefore, further compounds bias and limits insight.
Imputation algorithms offer an alternative by replacing missing values with plausible estimates based on the observed data, which retain statistical relationships and spatial or phylogenetic patterns. However, to use imputation effectively, ecologists must consider the level of missingness, complexity of the imputation algorithm, its parameters, additional data (like spatial or phylogenetic information), and understand how to assess the quality of the output. These steps require some technical expertise, which this workshop aims to build.
The session will be structured into two main parts, delivered through a mix of short
presentations and guided hands-on exercises in Python. Part 1 introduces the fundamentals of imputation algorithms, outlining what types of ecological data can be imputed, the assumptions behind common approaches, and the practical steps to getting started. Participants will then complete a coding exercise to apply the algorithms and see how missing values are replaced with plausible estimates in practice. Part 2 focuses on evaluating imputation performance, beginning with a conceptual overview of diagnostic strategies, followed by a practical exercise of evaluating the results from Part one.
To participate in the practical exercises, attendees will need a laptop with a functioning Python installation. Example data sets will be provided, but the attendees are encouraged to bring their own data sets to work on.
By the end of the workshop, participants will have both a conceptual overview and practical skills for the imputation of ecological data. They will leave with reusable code templates, clear understanding of the strengths and limitations of different approaches, and strategies for integrating imputation into their research workflows.
Outcomes:
Have a coding template to use modern data imputation methods and assess their performance. If your own dataset allows you you will have it imputed by the end of this workshop.
Format:
Mix of short presentation and hands-on coding exercises. (Optional participation in exercises)
Intended Audience:
Active researchers of all stages, using ecological datasets
Find your wildlife sound: From single call to ecological insights
Presenters – Dr Sebastian Hoefer; Dr Slade Allen-Ankins; Dr Sheryn Brodie; Mr Ka Wah Leung, James Cook University
⏲ Full Day Workshop 0930-1600
🞋 Minimum 5 attendees, Maximum 35 attendees
💲$65 per person
✅Morning Tea, Lunch & afternoon tea provided
👉BYO Laptop, water bottle & snacks
Workshop Details:
Passive acoustic monitoring (PAM) is expanding rapidly, generating vast volumes of environmental audio data, but turning those recordings into clear ecological insights remains challenging.
This workshop provides a practical, end‐to‐end workflow to bridge that gap. Participants will learn how to organise and store audio datasets, pre‐process and analyse recordings, and build and validate recognisers that can find wildlife sounds starting from a single example call. By the end, attendees will be equipped with repeatable methods to move efficiently from raw audio to ecological insights.
We guide participants through:
● Data management: structuring projects and storage for large audio datasets
● Embeddings search: using single call examples to search audio recordings
● Recogniser building: creating species-specific recognisers from minimal training
data
● Validation and performance: showcasing simple validation interface and
evaluating recogniser performance
● Reporting: producing clear summary outputs for ecological interpretation and
management
Using real-world datasets, we show that single‐example workflows can:
● Rapidly develop species-specific call recognisers
● Achieve reliable performance with careful thresholding and validation
● Reveal biologically meaningful patterns
Participants will leave able to:
● Organise and process acoustic datasets
● Build and validate species recognisers from a single call
● Generate ecologically relevant insights
No prior machine‐learning experience is required. We focus on practical steps and best practices that make ecoacoustic analyses repeatable and actionable.
Outcomes:
Participants will be familiar with the process of finding sounds of interest in environmental recordings from a single example call. They will know how to store and process audio data, create species specific recognisers, validate the performance of recognisers, and create summary graphs.
Format:
Presentations, discussions, practical demonstrations, interactive software demonstrations.
Intended Audience:
Researchers, land-managers, conservation practitioners, consultants, and anyone that wants to find sounds in their environmental audio recordings.
Listening to Nature: An Introduction to using Bioacoustics for Wildlife Monitoring
Presenters – Rebecca Stock, Dr Lisa Cawthen; Bianca Stinson – Fauntech
⏲ Morning Workshop 1000-1200
🞋 Maximum 30 attendees
💲$0
❎Food not included
👉BYO water bottle & snacks
Workshop Details:
Surveying sound is increasingly becoming a valuable tool for biologists, environmental scientists and researchers to survey and monitor wildlife populations, offering a non-invasive, cost-effective, and unbiased tool. Ecologists all over the world have made the Song Meter platform the standard for bioacoustics recording with over 150,000 recorders deployed in 90 countries.
This 1.5-2 hour hands-on workshop will provide an engaging introduction to bioacoustics, equipment and sound analysis. Participants will first learn the fundamentals of bioacoustics, and how sound can be used to collect data on species presence, habitat health and animal behaviour. We’ll then showcase how the Song Meter Mini Bat recorder with acoustic stub can be used to survey bats, birds, frogs and terrestrial mammals all in one device. Through a live demonstration, participants will gain practical experience with equipment setup and how to get the most out of a recorder, empowering them to integrate sound recording into their next project. Lastly, we will touch on how to turn recordings into data in Kaleidoscope, wildlife sound analysis software.
This workshop is designed to be accessible to those of all skill sets, whether you’re brand new to bioacoustics or a seasoned professional looking for a refresh. Beyond ecological research, our devices support community education, connecting people with their local areas and inhabitants.
Outcomes:
● Share foundational understanding of bioacoustics in ecology projects
● Empower participants with field deployment skills to integrate into their own work
● Increase awareness of the uses and benefits of acoustic monitoring
Format:
● Interactive presentation to introduce bioacoustics and its ecological applications
● Live demonstration showing the Song Meter Mini Bat and Acoustic Stub
● Hands-on activities learning skills to configure, deploy and use equipment
● Q&A and informal networking
Intended Audience:
Conservation researchers, environmental scientists, educational institutes, citizen scientists, students, community groups, NFPs, local and state government entities, Ecological consultants.
Movement ecology hackathon: a dingo case-study
Presenter – Scott Forrest, PHD Student, Queensland University Of Technology, CSIRO
⏲ Full Day Workshop 0900 – 1630
🞋 Maximum 25 attendees
💲$35 per person
✅Morning tea & lunch included
👉BYO water bottle & snacks
Workshop Details:
Animal movement data can be challenging to analyse, and there are a number of different approaches that can be used on the same dataset to answer different behavioural and ecological questions. Our aim for this workshop is to allow attendees to work in groups on a movement ecology research question of their interest, using methods and tools that are appropriate for the question, with data and some coding resources provided, and assistance from experienced facilitators.
We have access to a high-quality dataset of dingoes (Canis lupus dingo) from the Tanami Desert in central Australia, where a subset of the tracked dingoes interact with mine sites, offering an interesting comparison of mine/non-mine behaviours. There have been two journal articles published from this research; one that explores home range sizes in relation to mine sites, addressing the resource dispersion hypothesis (Newsome, et al., 2013a), and another that models the dingoes’ resource selection across different spatial scales (Newsome, et al., 2013b). There are a number of other movement ecology questions that could be addressed, for example: how their fine-scale movement behaviour changes between mine/non-mine sites; how the landscape affects dingo movements with respect to their landscape connectivity; and whether dingoes near mines are at higher risk of disease transmission.
After an introduction to the data and several methodological approaches, groups of 2-5 members will work at their own pace, attempting to answer a research question.
Overall, we aim to cover a range of movement ecology approaches, aided by experienced facilitators, where group members can learn from one another, and do a short presentation of their findings at the end of the workshop. A possible outcome from this workshop is a collaborative journal article, ensuring learning continuation beyond the workshop.
Outcomes:
We expect participants to gain experience starting with a research question using a real
study system and dataset, and deciding on what movement ecology approaches are
appropriate. Groups will be exposed to different movement ecology tools and techniques, and through the presentations, providing insights into how other participants and groups approached similar research questions. We expect that participants will gain programming skills for analysing movement data, with resources and code that can be accessed later.
We do not expect that groups will have completed and polished analyses by the end of
the workshop, but will have gained valuable experience of different movement ecology
tools, and have learnt from one another. In saying that, if there is interest from participants, there is potential for the preliminary outcomes to continue to be developed after the workshop into a manuscript that could be submitted to a journal, where all participants could contribute.
The workshop will have a high degree of hands-on experience, collaboration, and problem solving, with the goal of everybody taking something away from the workshop. We will be encouraging an inclusive and collaborative team-work environment, where all members can contribute.
Format:
A hackathon-style workshop for movement ecology, which consists of self-directed group-based problem solving and data analysis. There will be an overview of the study system, data and several movement ecology methods. Participants will form groups of 2-5 people to address a research question. Groups will do short presentations.
Intended Audience:
This workshop is aimed at anyone that wants to get a better practical understanding of movement ecology and its techniques, and to use programming to run analyses.
Nature-Based Solutions for Coastal Management: Turning Ecology into Action
Presenter – Lucy Wood, Niki Robinson, Sjaan Bidwell, Jonathan Werry, Zoe Gell, GHD
⏲ Half Day Workshop 1300-1700
🞋 Minimum 25 attendees, Maximum 50 attendees
💲$25 per person
✅Afternoon Tea included
👉BYO water bottle & snacks
Workshop Details:
This workshop would showcase innovative approaches for building resilient coastlines using nature-based solutions (NbS). Participants would explore practical techniques for tackling challenges such as coastal erosion, sand drift, ecosystem collapse, and future climate and sea-level impacts. Through case studies, group mapping exercises, and scenario planning, we’ll demonstrate how to:
● Select and design NbS interventions
● Integrate ecological knowledge into on-ground solutions
● Evaluate and adapt approaches for long-term resilience
Outcomes:
The workshop would showcase innovative approaches for building resilient coastlines using nature-based solutions (NbS).
It is expected that the attendees will have an improved understanding of the NbS interventions that can be applied to tackle climate change.
Format:
The workshop will be part presentation and part activity based. It is expected that each table will work through a design example to be applied to a theoretical scenario, as well as discussion on the advantages and drawbacks of particular interventions based on experience.
Intended Audience:
Anyone interested in learning more about NbS and sharing ideas and thoughts about its application to overcome climate change impacts.
Nature in Crisis: Embedding the Environment in Disaster Management Frameworks
Presenters – Ms Sarah Hoyal, Ms Jacqui Diggins, Dr Rachel Morgain, Dr Bek Christensen, Ms Lis Ashby, NRM Regions Australia
⏲ Half Day Workshop 0900 – 1300
🞋 Minimum 20 attendees, Maximum 40 attendees
💲$25 per person
✅Morning tea included
👉BYO water bottle & snacks
Workshop Details:
Australia’s recent natural disasters reveal a persistent gap in disaster governance: environmental values are inconsistently integrated, and ecosystem disasters are often overlooked. The South Australian algal bloom, which caused extensive ecological and
economic impacts, highlights how ecosystem disasters are typically not legally recognised as disasters, leaving response, recovery, and funding mechanisms untriggered. The NDRR Framework defines a disaster as: ‘A serious disruption of the functioning of a community or a society at any scale due to hazardous events interacting with conditions of exposure, vulnerability and capacity, leading to human, material, economic or environmental losses and impacts’; leaving out the disruption to natural systems themselves.
The National Climate Risk Assessment identified the current climate risk to the Natural environment system as high to very high and that impacts are significant, widespread, and cascading across all systems. The National Adaptation Plan goes on to highlight that the Natural environment system supports and provides services to all other systems, and ecosystem transformation or collapse will also result in a loss of nature’s benefits to people (i.e. ecosystem services) whilst losing its ability to stabilise the global carbon cycle.
The Colvin Review (October 2024) recommended significant improvements to Australia’s disaster arrangements, including increased long-term investment in resilience and betterment. Restoring and extending natural systems at a landscape-scale using nature-based solutions presents an opportunity to strengthen the resilience of our communities, businesses, and landscapes, if they are also managed appropriately to ensure they do not degrade under increased pressures.
This interactive workshop will convene researchers, policymakers, practitioners, and community representatives to explore a central question: How can environmental considerations be systematically embedded in Australia’s disaster management frameworks, and aligned with national resilience and climate adaptation priorities, weaving together ‘nature for nature’ and ‘nature for people’ objectives.
Outcomes:
A shared vision and clearer definition of what constitutes an “environmental disaster.” Practical policy and governance recommendations for national and cross-jurisdictional
reform.
Applied frameworks, models, and case studies to guide implementation.
Real-world examples of ecological integration in disaster planning.
Resources to support advocacy, engagement, and decision-making.
Format:
Through case studies, presentations and facilitated discussion, the workshop will explore practical policy and governance approaches for embedding ecological values into disaster governance structures. The workshop aims to create a stronger foundation for advocacy, engagement, and evidence-informed decision-making to inform how we prepare, respond and recover.
Intended Audience:
Researchers, policymakers, conservation and NRM organisations, disaster management practitioners, and community representatives.
TERN Australia (Adelaide) Tour & Training: Unlocking Ecological Insights through Soil, Specimens, and Data
Presenter – Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network (TERN Australia)
⏲ Full Day Workshop 0800-1530
🞋 Maximum 50 attendees
💲$60 per person
✅Morning tea & lunch included
👉BYO water bottle & snacks
Workshop Details:
Join TERN ecologists and data and analytics specialists for an in-depth tour and workshop day at the TERN Australia Soil and Herbarium Collection at the beautiful Waite Campus. Learn what TERN has to offer ecologists, students, consultants, government scientists and land managers, and why TERN data, samples, products, tools and standardised methods are critical for Ecosystem Science in Australia. Select one of three afternoon workshops to learn about how you can access TERN data, samples and technical advice, and for opportunities to collaborate and to make your ecosystem monitoring data available via TERN.
Supporting Ecosystem Science: TERN Data, Samples, Tools, and Services.
Australia’s ecosystems are among the most diverse and dynamic in the world, and robust environmental data is essential for understanding, managing, and sustaining them. The TERN provides national-scale research infrastructure that empowers scientists, policymakers, industry, and community stakeholders with free and open access to ecological data, samples, tools, and services. This field trip and workshop day will showcase how TERN enables cutting-edge research, innovation, and decision-making through its integrated observatory, platforms and services. The field day will introduce participants to the breadth and depth of TERN’s data
holdings, including systematic survey data on vegetation, soil, related samples, water and carbon fluxes and remote sensing and ecological images collected across the TERN observatory. TERN staff will demonstrate tools and services for data discovery, access, and visualisation, including the TERN Data Discovery Portal, EcoPlots, EcoImages, remote sensing products, and carbon and water fluxes data products. Case studies on using TERN’s data and services to advance ecological research will be presented, and guidance will be provided for participants to explore and use TERN data relevant to their research needs.
| 0800 | Bus pick up from Adelaide Convention Centre |
| 0845 | Arrive at Waite Road, The Waite Campus, Urrbrae Coffee on arrival (TERN Shed, Cnr Paratoo and Mulyungerie Roads) |
| 0915 | Welcome |
| 0930 | Introduction to TERN – presentation in the TERN Shed |
| 1000 | Tour of the TERN Australia Soil and Herbarium Collection |
| 1200 | Lunch in the café/Waite Arboretum (lunch boxes provided) |
| 1245 | EcoPlots: Accessing systematic survey and sample collections (lecture room in Charles Hawker Building, Waite Road, The Waite) |
| 1315 | Workshop introduction and divide into 3 groups (Charles Hawker) |
| 1330 | Workshops commence in 3 rooms in Charles Hawker Building – please choose when registering ● Accessing TERN data tools and services for ecosystem research ● Integrating Multi-Source Data to Model Vegetation Biodiversity across Australia ● National Approach to Vegetation Classification |
| 1500 | Farewell and Bus departure returning to Convention Centre (Waite Road) |
| 1530 | Bus arrives at the Convention Centre |
Workshop details:
Accessing TERN data tools and services for ecosystem research
The workshop will provide an overview of tools and services offered by TERN to access data collected and collated by TERN Research Infrastructure. The workshop will demonstrate tools and services for data discovery, access, and visualisation, including the TERN Data Discovery Portal, EcoPlots, EcoImages, remote sensing products, and carbon and water fluxes data products. The workshop will showcase how to programmatically access and analyse data from TERN repositories. Participants will leave with a clear understanding of how to access and use TERN’s services and how these resources can enhance their work. The workshop will foster capacity building and demonstrate the value of open, standardised, and scalable ecosystem data infrastructure.
Integrating Multi-Source Data to Model Vegetation Biodiversity across Australia
Understanding the factors that drive the diversity of plants in an ecosystem is essential for biodiversity conservation, natural resources management, and predicting responses to environmental change. Vegetation species diversity is usually linked to soil characteristics and environmental parameters. Modelling vegetation species diversity at national scales requires integrating diverse environmental datasets. This workshop offers a hands-on exploration of how to bring together datasets from multiple sources — soil maps, climate records, and vegetation surveys — to model biodiversity drivers. Participants will learn strategies for harmonizing heterogeneous data, handling gaps and inconsistencies, and linking key drivers such as soil texture, nutrient content, pH, temperature, and precipitation. By the end of the session, participants will be equipped to leverage multi-source data for understanding and managing national-scale vegetation diversity, providing insights that support conservation planning and evidence-based ecosystem management. For this workshop participants need to bring their own laptop with the latest version of R and R-studio installed. Prior knowledge of R is beneficial, but not required.
National Approach to Vegetation Classification Workshop
To gain valuable context, we recommend attending the ESA Conference sessions:
Revolutionising Vegetation Data 2.1.6 and Revolutionising Vegetation Data 2.2.6.
These will be held on Tuesday, 26th November.
This interactive workshop is designed for students, consultants, and researchers
working in vegetation science and environmental data. It will explore the National
Vegetation Information System (NVIS) and highlight the collaborative efforts of the
Australian Government, TERN, and State and Territory Governments in developing a
national approach to vegetation classification. The workshop will include:
● In-depth case studies showcasing national vegetation classification in practice.
● Hands-on map-based activity to provide feedback on your vegetation data
collection locations.
● Networking opportunities with a broader community of scientists in the field.
● Insights into data sharing: Learn how your data can be used more broadly and
how to access large datasets for your research.
● Brainstorming and documenting: Access to environmental datasets, data curation
practices, analytical methods, expert elicitation processes and output generation
and sharing.
For further questions, please contact [email protected]
TERN Australia’s national scientific collection of soil and plants
https://youtu.be/GYVR0LvkXtM?si=7XlMTK0BqAWCaqBG
Things you really need to know to optimize GNSS in the field
Presenter – Mr Peter Terrett, 4D Global Pty Ltd
⏲ Half Day Workshop 1300-1700
🞋 Minimum 5 attendees, Maximum 50 attendees
💲$25 per person
✅Afternoon tea included
👉BYO water bottle & snacks
Workshop Details:
Subjects covered in the workshop include:
● How satellites calculate your location on earth.
● The importance of satellite geometry.
● How is GNSS different to GPS and what are the advantages of GNSS.
● Levels of DGNSS accuracy (sub metre, decimeter, centimeter).
● Precision Versus Accuracy.
● Ellipsoidal Height Vs Mean Seal Level Height.
● Datums (GDA94, GDA2020, WGS84, ITRF). Why are they different, what do they
mean and what you need to do?
● Space Based Correction services.
● CORSNet Correction services.
● How the correction source dictates the datum.
● New Technology (Hardware, Services, Government policy).
● Questions.
If time and weather permit, we can do a practical “hands on” demonstration outside.
The key outcomes will that the participants will be much more informed to:
Get the best performance and accuracy in challenging environments in the field by understanding what services they can use and being aware of what influences performance and accuracy in the field.
Ensure that not only is their indicated precision appropriate, but the location is situated in the right location, i.e. correct datum.
Recent innovations in GNSS that are available (some for free) that dramatically increase field productivity and accuracy.
The opportunity to ask any questions that have been concerning current users.
Outcomes:
At the completion of the workshop, participants will have gained significant insights into how to get the best results using a GNSS.
They will also be very aware of free services that dramatically increase accuracy in the field. Further the importance of Datum (where the coordinates put you), and why there are different datums depending on source information, differential GNSS source or user requirements.
Further and importantly, the user will understand that not all GNSS are the same as some are highly targeted for Surveying (Engineering and Construction), other for drones (GNSS with integrated IMU), whilst others are optimized for mapping and data capture.
It is expected that some participants will want to dig deeper on particular aspects and this will elicit questions from the floor.
Format:
Presentation via instruction and interactive questions and comments from the attendees supported by a data projector with pptx and video information of related insights/learnings.
Intended Audience:
Anyone who is required to use GNSS to map objects and collect data in the field.
Anyone who manages field staff or uses the data such as a GIS resource.
Translating Ecology into Policy: Practical Tools for Engagement
Presenter – Dr. Bek Christensen, Knowledge Broker – Nature-based Solutions, Nrm Regions Australia
⏲ Half Day Workshop 0900-1230
🞋 Maximum 50 attendees
💲$40 per person, $20 per student
❎Food not included
👉BYO water bottle & snacks
Workshop Details:
Building on the successful policy workshop at ESA2024, this year’s session will explore
how ecologists can better engage with policymakers, practitioners, and community
leaders to influence environmental decision-making.
The workshop will focus on practical strategies to improve communication, identify
opportunities for collaboration, and overcome barriers to applying ecological science in
policy contexts.
With ESA2025 taking place in Adelaide, the workshop will feature a South Australian
perspective, bringing together an exceptional and diverse panel including researchers,
practitioners, policymakers, and potentially politicians—building on last year’s amazing
panel, which included a video message from Senator David Pocock, Ellen Sandell MP,
and environmental law expert Dr Phillipa McCormack.
The session is designed for ‘first-timers’ and previous attendees alike – everyone will
benefit from panel insights, practical activities, and the rich, diverse discussion among
participants.
The session will be highly interactive, with participants encouraged to contribute their
perspectives and apply lessons from the panel to their own contexts. Emphasis will be
placed on developing tangible skills and strategies that ecologists can take back to their
workplaces, institutions, and communities.
This workshop aligns with ESA’s goal of positioning ecology as a trusted voice in public
debate and ensuring that ecological knowledge is effectively translated into policy and
practice. Participants will leave with increased confidence, new networks, and practical
resources for engaging in the policy process.
Outcomes:
Participants will leave with increased confidence, new networks, and practical resources
for engaging in the policy process.
Format:
Expert panel conversation, followed by small group discussions and practical activities
Intended Audience:
Anyone with an interest in translating ecology for policy
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