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Why you should attend the Australian Wildife Tourism Conference, 29 Sept to 2 Oct 2015, at Mercure Geelong.

Australia's most important gathering of wildlife tourism professionals will ask "Can Wildlife Tourism be a force for biodiversity conservation and local economies?

The event will be opened by the Hon. John Eren, Victorian Minister for Tourism, and is being sponsored by Tourism Victoria.

Keynote speakers include Senator Janet Rice (Australian Greens), Dr Anna Thompson-Carr (NZ), Dr Warwick Frost (Australia), Dr Jatna Supriatna (Indonesia), Dr Jeff Skibins (USA) and Christopher Warren (Australia).

Exciting presentations from high profile wildlife operators Craig Wickham (Exceptional Kangaroo Island), Marcus Eldh (Wild Sweden), Janine Duffy (Echidna Walkabout) , Peter Miller (Orangutan Odysseys), Brooke Squires (Zoos Victoria) and Matthew Jackson, CEO of Phillip Island Nature Parks will set the scene for discussion groups each afternoon.

We look forward to hearing the latest research from Dr Ismar Borges de Lima & Dr Betty Weiller (Southern Cross University), Andrew Tribe (University Of Queensland Gatton), Penny Irons (William Angliss Institute), Cassandra Wardle (Griffith Institute for Tourism), Junko Oshima (University of the Ryukyus, Japan), Rie Usui (Hiroshima University), Dr Jennifer Laing, and Kirin Apps (Southern Cross University)

NGO's will also be widely represented, with Justin Foster from Earthwatch Institute, Annette Rypalski from Mt Rothwell, Dr Kaye Rodden from Landcare, John Newman from Geelong Field Naturalists, Marree Kerr from Australasian Bat Society, Catherine Franklin-Hensler from Australian Wildlife Arts Foundation, and others joining us.

There's still time to register: www.wildlifetourism.org.au
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