Cutting Edge Symposium Resilience in the Anthropocene

Predicting and improving the capacity of our living systems to adapt and thrive in a changing world.

How will our biological systems cope with the climate-related changes that are anticipated in the next 30 years? How do we know where to intervene? What interventions will be most effective to support species / systems to thrive under new conditions?

Following recent trends, living systems will continue to face unprecedented pressures from climate change related stressors, compounded by effects of invasive species, urbanization, land use change, and pollution. The health, distribution, and ecosystem function of many of the organisms we interact with will change, across crops and pollinators, fishery and aquaculture species, biodiversity conservation, and those used in forestry and urban landscaping. Accurately predicting the resilience of these systems will help efforts to improve the resilience of these organisms and the well-being of humans in the Anthropocene.

The challenge posed to these biological systems is too large, and too urgent, to attack in a piece meal approach using traditional domains (e.g., health and biosecurity, agriculture, environment) or disciplines (breeding/husbandry, ecology, modern genetics, restoration). We need a multidisciplinary effort to solve the science challenge of adaptation to unprecedented environmental change in the Anthropocene. This symposium is a first step towards this goal. The symposium will bring researchers who work on different aspects of adaptation of living systems, including those who take a genetic, physiological, or ecological approach to address the challenges facing our conservation, fisheries, forestry, and agricultural sectors. This will allow us to learn from each other, share best practice and avoid duplication of effort, as meeting the challenge posed by our changing environment will require us to get to the “steep part of the learning curve” rapidly. The symposium will allow for the formation of a network of researchers who are working to ensure that we will still be able to interact with the species we depend on in the coming 50 years.

Pricing

• In person registration - early bird

  Expires 20 November 2023

  $250

• ECR registration - early bird

  Expires 20 November 2023

  $150

• In person registration

  From 21 November 2023

  $300

• ECR registration

  From 21 November 2023

  $200

• Online registration

  $100

Dates and Times

Showing 2 of 2 dates for this event.
Dates available from 27 Feb 2024 until 27 Feb 2024

Contact

Angel Popa-Baez

More information

These are the speakers who have accepted invitations to come and present their research:

• Michael-Shawn Fletcher, University of Melbourne
• Dist. Prof Belinda Medlyn, University of Western Sydney
• Dr Alistair Hobday, CSIRO
• Dr Melody Clark, British Antarctic Survey
• Prof Yunwei Dong, Ocean University of China
• Prof Ary Hoffman, University of Melbourne
• Assoc. Prof Lara Kueppers, University of California Berkley
• Dr Ken Jeffries, University of Manitoba
• Dr Line Bay, Australia Institute of Marine Science
• Assoc Prof Nathan Waltham, James Cook University

Agenda for the two days

Do you have research that is relevant to this area?

Please consider giving a presentation 15 min presentations (Submit your abstract here)

We look forward to seeing you in Hobart – either in person or virtually*!

*If you cannot participate live, recordings will be available for online registration

Find out more

• Resilience in the Anthropocene - Agenda (PDF, 96KB)