[Go to Home page] Australian Academy of Science | Conferences and lectures
Conference proceedings

Platinum sponsors:

DAFF

ANU

Session sponsors:

DEH

YBE

DIMIA

DHA

BRS

CSIRO

Monash University

Conference background

Forthcoming conferences and lectures

Conference proceedings

Transcripts of lectures and speeches


2004 FENNER CONFERENCE ON THE ENVIRONMENT
Understanding the population–environment debate: Bridging disciplinary divides
The Shine Dome, Canberra, 24-25 May 2004

Monday, 24 May 2004

Population and Environment in Australia
A brief critique by Dr Colin Butler highlighting some of the major issues raised in the Online Population and Environment Conference, the forerunner to this conference.

PDF files of all online contributions

Welcome
Professor Frank Fenner

Opening
The Hon. Dr David Kemp MP
Minister for the Environment and Heritage

Plenary speaker 1
Disciplinary origins and differences
Professor Julie Thompson Klein
Interdisciplinary Studies Program, Wayne State University, Detroit, USA

Plenary speaker 2
Enhancing our grasp of complex arguments
Dr Paul Monk
Austhink, Melbourne

Disciplinary Session 1: History/Philosophy
Session sponsored by Monash University

Dr Arran Gare
Philosophy, the environment and population policy
Department of Social and Policy Studies, Swinburne University of Technology

Professor Cliff Hooker
Why integrated policy is inherently hard
School of Liberal Arts, University of Newcastle

Questions/discussion

Disciplinary Session 2: Environmental science
Session sponsored by CSIRO

Professor Robert Wasson
Environmental science's increasing sophistication or polarised posturing in blissful ignorance
Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research), Charles Darwin University, Darwin

Dr Barney Foran
Population and Environment: Many hands on the tiller
CSIRO Sustainable Ecosystems

Questions/discussion

Disciplinary Session 3: Economics

Mr Richard Denniss
Economics and the population-environment debate
The Australia Institute, Australian National University

Professor Glenn Withers
Is the dismal science changing?
Asia Pacific School of Economics and Government, Australian National University

Questions/discussion

Disciplinary Session 4: Geography
Session sponsored by the Commonwealth Department of Environment and Heritage and the Year of the Built Environment

Professor Ruth Fincher
Geography and the population-environment debate
Dean of Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning, University of Melbourne

Professor Graeme Hugo
 The population and environment debate: Geography
Department of Geographical and Environmental Studies, and the National Centre for Social Applications of Geographic Information Systems, Unversity of Adelaide

Questions/discussion

Wrap-up session for Day one
Chair: Professor Ian Lowe
School of Science, Griffith University

Conference dinner speech
Mr Phillip Toyne
EcoFutures, NSW

Tuesday, 25 May 2004

Disciplinary Session 5: Demography
Session sponsored by the Commonwealth Department of Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs

Associate Professor Katharine Betts
Keeping quiet about growth: Why many demographers and sociologists don't analyse its environmental effects
Department of Social and Policy Studies, Swinburne University of Technology

Professor Peter McDonald
Demography and interdisciplinarity
Research School of Social Sciences, Australian National University

Questions/discussion

Disciplinary Session 6: Human biology and health
Session sponsored by the Commonwealth Department of Health and Ageing

Professor Tony McMichael
Population, environment and human health: the role of epidemiological research
National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, Australian National University

Dr Robert Attenborough
Population and resources: some hurdles for empirical research
School of Archaeology and Anthropology, Australian National University

Questions/discussion

Disciplinary Session 7: Political science and public attitudes

Dr Kate Crowley
School of Government, University of Tasmania
Paper

Mr Lynton Crosby
Crosby|Textor
Paper

Mr Bruce Hawker
Hawker Britton
Paper

Questions/discussion

Media Panel Session
Session sponsored by the Bureau of Rural Sciences
Chair: Mr George Megalogenis
The Australian

Ms Laura Tingle
Australian Financial Review
Paper

Mr Paul Kelly
The Australian
Paper

Mr Peter Garrett
Australian Conservation Foundation
Paper

Questions/discussion

Re-group
Chair: Professor Ian Lowe
Groups report back

Reports from ten working groups

Questions/discussion (question 1)

Integration panel and open forum
Chair: Dr Doug Cocks
CSIRO Sustainable Ecosystems

Integration Panel report to floor

Professor Julie Thompson Klein
Interdisciplinary Studies Program, Wayne State University, Detroit, USA

Professor Tony McMichael
National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, Australian National University

Professor Ian Lowe
School of Science, Griffith University

Dr Colin Butler
National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, Australian National University

Dr Richard Baker
School of Resources, Environment and Society, Australian National University

Questions/discussion

Open forum with integration panel
Discuss outcomes and follow-up ideas

Conference wrap-up
Professor Ian Lowe

Conference close
Professor Lawrence Cram
Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research), Australian National University

Media release, 26 May 2004
Population–Environment debate not just about the numbers!

top of page

[ Home | Contacts | Search ]
© Australian Academy of Science