1.00pm - 5.00 pm

Ecomapping workshop
Toowoomba City Council Nursery
Ramsey Street, Toowoomba
Roger Carthew, Managing Director Carthew Corporation

4:00 - 6:00pm

Registration and set up for displays
McCafferty Room, Burke & Wills

6:00 - 8:00pm

Welcome Reception
McCafferty Room

8:00 - 8:45am

Registration

8:45 - 9:00am

Forum opening
Cunningham Room

9:00 – 9:30am

Proliferation of EMS’s in Wisconsin: Impediments, barriers, successes & the “triggering” effect of Green Tier
Timothy Anderson (USA)

9:30 – 10:00am

Mainstreaming EMS in the manufacturing sector.
Di Dibley, Australian Industry Group

10:00 – 10:30am

Mechanisms for EMS implementation in large organisations
Loretta McLaughlin, GHD

11:00am  – 12:45pm

Practical Approaches to EMS
Cunningham Room
Facilitator: Genevieve Carruthers, EMSA President & NSW DPI EMS specialist.

This session will run across two sessions and incorporate a workshop with the case studies. Each topic will have a 10 minute overview and discussion session after the case study presentations.

What are the EMS essentials?

• EMS in the construction sector: Ambika Zutshi
• The Baiada Poultry Experience: Elaine Dickson
• EMS as a foundation for forestry certification: Grant Pearce

How and why do people get involved and engaged in EMS?

• Lessons learned from implementing an EMS at a property & regional NRM level: Peter Dunne
• Drover’s Rest monitors success of BestFarms EMS: Kirsten Martin
• Sustainable Lamb Finishing using BestFarms EMS: Mick Quartermaine

12:45 – 1:45pm

Lunch
McCafferty Room

1:45 – 3:00pm

Lessons for policy makers and EMS implementers

• EMS as a means for integrating sustainable behaviour into business: Roger Carthew
• QDPI&F property management systems initiative: Lester Pahl
• Long distance EMS development and implementation: Jean Cannon

3:00 – 3:30pm

Afternoon Tea - McCafferty Room

3:30 – 5:00pm

Pick their brains
Cunningham Room
Facilitated discussion with panelists: Tim Anderson, Harold Thornhill, Di Dibley,Tony Gleeson, George Wilson and Loretta McClaughlin..

6:00pm – 9:00pm

Drinks and dinner
Guest Speaker: Di Thorley, Mayor of Toowoomba

8:00 – 8:45am

Registration

8:45 – 8:50am

Welcome to Day Two

8:50 – 9:20am

EMS: A developing country experience
Harold Thornhill, Kwa Zulu Natal Province, South Africa

9:20 – 9:50am

An Inventory of EMS and related activity in Australian Agriculture.
George Wilson, RIRDC

9:50 – 10:20am

Environmental practice in rural Australia in 2030
Tony Gleeson, Australian Landcare Management System

10:20 – 10:50am

Morning Tea

10:50 – 12:15pm

Concurrent Sessions
Papers presentations and discussion on what has worked and what needs to be done in the following areas:
I. Communication and Information
II. Policy and the Regulatory Environment
III. Auditing, Certification & Accreditation
IV. Social Impact of EMS

12:15 – 1:15pm

Lunch

1:15 – 2:55pm

Concurrent Sessions
Papers presentations and discussion on what has worked and what needs to be done in the following areas:
I. Communication and Information
II. Policy and the Regulatory Environment
III. Auditing, Certification & Accreditation
IV. Social Impact of EMS

2:55 – 3:15pm

Afternoon Tea

3:15 – 4:15pm

Building on current experiences - future directions for EMS
Cunningham Room
Forum MC: Claire Braund, EMSA Committee

Is going ISO worth the effort?
Geoff Cornford,  Manager Wainui Farm & Feedlot

Getting focussed: EMS moving forward.
Genevieve Carruthers,  EMSA President & NSW DPI Environmental Systems specialist

4:00 – 5:00pm

Sessions chairs to present key learnings from the papers presented in the four themes followed by a facilitated discussion about the role and future of EMS and the association.

5:00pm

Forum close

8:00am

Bus leaves Burke & Wills Motel

9:00 - 11:00am

Visit to the EMS Accredited Wainui Feedlot and Farm, owned by NAPCO.
Host: Manager, Geoff Cornford
Morning tea on site

11:30am - 1:00pm

Travel to Traprock Wool Growing Region south of Toowoomba

1:00pm - 3:00pm

The Traprock Experience
Lunch on site

3:00 - 4:00pm

Return to Toowoomba