 | | | Professor Colin Woodroffe -- pictured in earlier research on a historic piece of coral which he described as a “natural archive” of climate change – will deliver the special Professorial Lecture during the SEGRA conference |
Special professorial lecture in line with climate change conference
14 Sep 2007 | Bernie Goldie
The next Professorial Lecture to be held at the University of Wollongong will be delivered specially as part of the 11th annual Sustainable Economic Growth for Regional Australia (SEGRA) conference, under the auspice of the Illawarra Regional Development Board, running from September 17-19 in Wollongong.
The SEGRA conference is entitled “Climate Change Response: the essentials”. The Novotel Northbeach will be the main base for the conference on September 17 and 18, however, conference delegates will relocate to the University of Wollongong for the final conference day on September 19.
On September 19 at 12.30pm the Professorial Lecture will be given by Professor Colin Woodroffe, one of Australia’s participants on the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and lead author of the associated report released this month. Professor Woodroffe is Co-ordinator of GeoQuest Research Centre in the School of Earth and Environmental Sciences at UOW.
The lecture, entitled “Climate Change and the Coast of Australia” will be presented at the UniCentre Function Rooms 1 and 2.
The SEGRA conference will see leading national and international climate change experts deliver 16 hours of expert commentary, interactive workshops, practical case studies and hands-on planning tools.
Conference convener, Tony Charters, recently attended the intensive training session with climate change champion, Al Gore.
“Regional communities often hang together with a very fine balance of funding, resources and industries, and they are particularly susceptible to the sort of body-blow a shift in climate could deal them.
“There is a very real urgency for some practical tools and techniques to help communities plan, and adapt to, the impacts of changing weather patterns,” Mr Charters said.
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