9 am

Registration desk opens

10–10:30am

Plenary session 1

Welcome to country
Maroochy Barambah, Song Woman of the Turrbal People

Official welcome
Mr Darryl Harvey, Chair, Market Based Instruments Working Group

Official opening

Queensland Minister for Natural Resources, Craig Wallace, MP

10:30–11 am

Morning tea

11am–12:45pm

Markets for water, Professor Mike Young, Adelaide University

Markets for biodiversity, Dr Charlie Zammit, Assistant Secretary, Biodiversity Conservation Branch, Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts (Australian Government)

International perspectives, Ms Anthea Coggan, CSIRO Sustainable Ecosystems (Qld)

The role of the non-government sector, Mr Mike Gooey, Trust for Nature (Vic)

Open discussion with panel of presenters. Facilitator Ms Mary Maher

12:45–1:45pm

Lunch

1:45–3:15pm

Concurrent session 1

Stream 1. The five most important things learned from the Market Based Instruments Pilot Program (MBIPP) projects: A platform for several Pilot Program projects

1. Targeting environmental flow sourcing for multiple benefits, Dr Jeff Connor, CSIRO (SA)

2. Water quality in the Burdekin, Dr Jill Windle, Central Queensland University

3. Designing auctions with outcome bonuses: An application to ground-nesting birds in the Murray Catchment, NSW, Dr Nick Abel, CSIRO Sustainable Ecosystems (ACT)

4. Improving water quality discharge from Lockyer Creek and issues of enforcement and regulation in the application of MBIs, Associate Professor John Tisdell, Griffith University (Qld)

5. Auction for landscape recovery under uncertainty, Dr Rohan Sadler, University of Western Australia

Facilitator Mr John Madden


Stream 2. What’s happening in my neck of the woods: a platform for regional NRM groups, NGOs and other implementers

1. Mr Greg Hales, Blackwood Basin Group (WA)

2. Mr Geoff Penton, Queensland Murray Darling Committee

3. Ms Margie Milgate, Growcom (Qld)

4. Mr Robert Moir, Wimmera CMA (Vic)

Facilitator Mr Paul Harris

Stream 3. Best-practice metrics: what are they and why do you need them?

Facilitated question-and-answer discussion with Dr Patrick O’Connor, O’Connor NRM (SA)

3:15–3:45pm

Afternoon tea

3:45–5:15pm

Concurrent session 2

Stream 1. Getting the right people involved in MBIs: communication and participation

1. Dr John Mackenzie, Griffith University (Qld)

2. Mr Ken Moore, Land and Water Australia 

Facilitator Dr John Mackenzie


Stream 2. Sharing the lessons: lessons from seed money projects funded by the MBI Capacity Building Program

1. Critical landholder and service provider constraints to biodiversity auction implementation, Miss Sarah Lance, SA Murray Darling Basin NRM Board

2. Land stewardship case study: Developing an investment pathway for environmental goods and services delivery in the Bass Coast, Ms Jodie Gager, West Gippsland CMA (Vic)

3. Developing a price-based market signal for increased dairy participation in NRM, Mr Don McPhee, Southern Rivers CMA (NSW)

Facilitator Mr Simon Goodhand


Stream 3. Issues, constraints and opportunities for MBIs in peri-urban Australia

1. Seekers, survivors, speculators and strugglers: MBI characteristics for peri-urban Australians, Dr Patrick O’Connor, O’Connor NRM (SA)

2. South Australia's Catchment Care project, Dr John Ward, CSIRO Policy and Economic Research Unit (SA)

3. MBIs for ecosystem services in the peri-urban: Between a house and a green space, Ms Anthea Coggan, CSIRO Sustainable Ecosystems (Qld) 

Facilitator Dr Patrick O’Connor

5:30–6:30pm

Drinks and canapés, Roof Top Level

6:30–9pm

Dinner and  the Great Debate: MBIs are just another policy fad

Debaters: Col Creighton, Professor Mike Young, Mike Gooey, Jim Binney, Dr Donna Hazell, Professor Hugh Possingham

MC: Richard Fidler

8:15 am

Registration desk opens

8:45–9:00am

Plenaey session 3

Opening comments: Review of day 1

Mr Jim Binney, MBI Capacity Building Program 

9–10:30am

Plenary session 4

The cutting edge. Program development opportunities: What are the latest thinking, research and policy ideas?

BioBanking and other developments in New South Wales, Ms Jennifer Stace, Department of Environment and Climate Change

Current developments in Victoria, Ms Nicola Lansdell, Market Based Instruments Working Group (Vic)

Markets for carbon Mr Brett Janissen, Executive Manager, Asia–Pacific Emissions Trading Forum (ACT)

Open discussion with panel of presenters
Facilitator Ms Mary Maher 

10:30–11am

Morning tea

11am–12:30pm

12:30–1:30pm

Lunch

1:30–3pm

Concurrent session 4

Stream 1. Challenges for using MBIs in the rangelands and in Indigenous communities and lands

1. Dr Patrick O’Connor, O’Connor NRM (SA)

2. Challenges and opportunities for market based instruments in Indigenous Lands, Honorlea Massarella, North Australian Indigenous Land and Sea Management Alliance (NT)

3. Market-based incentive to remove large feral herbivores from the landscape, Mel Feldmuller, Rural Solutions SA

Facilitator Dr Patrick O’Connor


Stream 2. Environmental economics tutorial

Dr Jeff Connor (SA) and Ms Anthea Coggan (Qld)
Note: there is a limit of 20 places to attend this session

Stream 3. Does Australia have the capacity to conduct successful MBIs? Lessons and issues from the MBI Capacity Building Program

Dr Vikki Uhlmann, Mr Jim Binney and Ms Mary Maher (Qld)

3–3:30pm

Plenary session 5. Key messages from concurrent sessions

Closing remarks

Mr Scott Spencer, Chair, Natural Resource Policies and Programs Committee; Member, Natural Resource Management Standing Committee; and Director-General, Department of Natural Resources and Water (Queensland)

3:30–4pm

Afternoon tea