New South Wales Centre for Animal and Plant Biosecurity

Second and Final Announcement

**"Rust Diseases:**

**Threats to Global Food Security in the Context of Climate Change"**

**PROGRAM**

**Wednesday 21^st^ February 2007**

9:30am Optional tour of facilities, EMAI

10:30am Registration, morning tea

11:00am Opening Session

> Chair -- Prof Les Copeland, Chairman NSW Center for Animal and Plant
> Biosecurity

*Prof John Lovett*, *Chairman*

> *CRC for National Plant Biosecurity*
>
> *Mr Terry Enright, Chairman*
>
> *Grains Research and Development Corporation*

**Session I\
Global Perspectives in Cereal Rust Biosecurity**

Chair -- Prof Robert Park, University of Sydney

11:30am The Global Rust Initiative

*Dr Richard Ward, Facilitator, GRI, CIMMYT, Mexico*

12:00pm Wheat breeding in CWANA for rust resistance and climate
adaptation

*Dr Sanjaya Rajaram, ICARDA-CIMMYT, Syria*

12:30pm Discussion

1:00pm Lunch

**Session II**

**Australian Perspectives in Cereal Rust Biosecurity**

Chair -- Dr Helen Scott-Orr, NSW DPI

2:00pm The impact of foreign rust incursions on the Australian cereals
industry

*Prof Robert Park and Dr Harbans Bariana, University of Sydney*

2:30pm Stripe rust in Australia: a co-operative interagency approach to
long term incursion management

*Dr Colin Wellings, NSW Department of Primary Industries, Sydney*

3:00pm Discussion

3:30pm Break

**Session III**

**Rust Pathogen Diagnostics**

Chair -- Dr David Hall, NSW DPI

4:00pm Genome sequence information and phylogenetics in understanding
rust variability and developing diagnostic tools

*Dr Les Szabo, USDA, St Paul, USA*

4:30pm Recent experiences with non-cereal attacking rust diseases in
Australia and the importance of taxonomy in biosecurity management

*Dr Michael Priest, NSW Department of Primary Industries, Orange*

5:00pm Discussion

5:30pm Conclusion, Day I

6:30pm Tour of historic Belgenny Farm

Including displays and demonstrations

7:15pm Assemble at Belgenny Function Center

7:30pm Conference Dinner

**Thursday 22nd February 2007**

**Session IV**

**Rust Diseases in Forestry and Biological Control**

Chair - Prof Les Copeland, University of Sydney

8:30am Exotic rust threats for the forest industries

*Dr Morag Glen, Ensis/CSIRO, Hobart*

9:00am Rust pathogens as weed biological control agents and implications
for biosecurity

*Dr Louise Morin, CSIRO Entomology, Canberra*

9:30am Climate change and its impact on plant disease: assessing
incursion potential among exotic pathogen threats

*Dr Sukumar Chakraborty CSIRO Plant Industry, Brisbane*

10:00am Discussion

10:30am Break

11:00am Panel Discussion : "Prioritising Australian R&D to strategically
address the threat of rusts to global food security and biodiversity"

12:00pm Conference Close

*The Hon Ian MacDonald, NSW Minister for Primary Industries*

12:30pm Lunch

2:00pm Optional tour of facilities, PBI Cobbitty

**Symposium Registration Form**

**Tax Invoice**

Register by completing and returning the form with payment **by Friday,
9 February 2007**

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**Registration Details** *please tick* Special Dietary Requirements

Full Registration  \$165 incl. GST

Full registration less Symposium Dinner  \$125 incl. GST

Full Time Student Registration  \$110 incl. GST

Full Time Student less Symposium Dinner  \$ 90 incl. GST

**Payment**

**Cheque** Cheques should be made payable to: *NSW Department Primary
Industries*

Completed form, with enclosed cheque can be posted to:

> Ms Beate Wildner, Rust Biosecurity Symposium
>
> Plant Breeding Institute, Private Bag 11, Camden NSW 2570

**Credit card** Fax or email completed form and credit card details to:

Ms Beate Wildner, Rust Biosecurity Symposium

Fax: +61 (0)2 9351 8875 Email: pbi.information@camden.usyd.edu.au

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**Symposium Details**

**VENUE**

The Elizabeth Macarthur Agricultural Institute

NSW DPI, Menangle

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**TRANSPORT OPTIONS**

**FROM SYDNEY AIRPORT BY TRAIN**

Follow the signs to the airport train station. Take the Airport-East
Hills line to Campbelltown. Taxis are available on the east side of the
station.

Timetable: [http://www.cityrail.info](http://www.cityrail.info/)

**FROM SYDNEY AIRPORT BY CAR**

Exit car park and follow sign 'West and South West Sydney'. Take M5
motorway, entering to the right into a tunnel. Continue to follow the
M5, staying to the left for the cash toll booths. The journey on the M5
will take approx. 30 minutes. Ignore exits 'Camden Valley Way' and the
first 'Campbelltown' exit. Take second 'Campbelltown' exit and turn onto
Narellan Road (see map above). At the 4^th^ set of traffic lights, turn
left onto 'Camden ByPass' with a sign in blue 'EMAI". Continue along
this road ('Remembrance Drive') and turn left into 'Finns Road' and then
a left fork into 'Woodbridge Road'. Finally, turn left at EMAI gate and
follow the road (2Km). At bottom of hill follow signs indicating
Conference parking, venue and registration. Directions help if required:
EMAI Reception 4640 6333.

**ACCOMMODATION**

Accommodation in the Camden area is available only a short drive from
the Elizabeth Macarthur Agricultural Institute.

The following contacts are provided to assist participants in making
their own accommodation arrangements:

**CAMDEN VALLEY INN COUNTRY LODGE**

Remembrance Drive (Old Hume Hwy), Camden South

Ph: 02 4655 8413

Standard single room \$140, Deluxe single room \$180

10% off for Corporate

Breakfast (Continental) can be ordered or there is a brasserie

**CAMDEN COUNTRY CLUB MOTEL**

Remembrance Drive (Old Hume Hwy), Camden South

Ph: 02 4655 8402

Single room Sun-Thurs \$85 (Corp. rate)

Fri-Sat \$89

**THE CROWN HOTEL/MOTEL**

187 Argyle St., Camden

Ph: 02 4655 2200

Single room Sun-Thurs \$85 (Corp. rate)

Fri-Sat \$100

Twin room \$95

**NARELLAN MOTOR INN**

Cnr Camden Valley Way & The Northern Rd, Narellan

Ph: 02 4646 1044

Single room (bed & breakfast) \$115 (Corp. rate)

Further rates on request

**FURTHER ENQUIRIES**

Ms Beate Wildner

University of Sydney

Plant Breeding Institute Cobbitty

02 9351 8811

pbi.information@camden.usyd.edu.au