17 - 21 September 2007
Hyatt Regency Perth, Western Australia
Invited Speakers
Invited Speakers
Prof John H.Brock
John H. Brock has 30 years of professional experience in applied ecosystem management. Degrees held include a BS in Agriculture and a MS in Botany from Fort Hays State University in Kansas, and a PhD in Rangeland Ecology from Texas A&M University. His primary teaching and research interests include ecological restoration of southwestern USA habitats and studies concerning the ecology and management of plant invasions.
Dr. Brock specializes his work in woody invasive plants and works with perennial invasive plants. He recently completed a research project and symposium on the impact of cool season annual grasses on the sustainability of plant communities in the Sonoran Desert as influenced by changes in the fire regime.
He has published numerous scientific papers and reports, has made many presentations at scientific meetings, and is the editor or co-editor of 5 international books on plant invasions.
Giuseppe A. D. Brundu
Holding a Degree in Agricultural Sciences achieved at the Faculty of Agriculture of the University of Sassari, Giuseppe completed his Master Thesis on "Collection and evaluation of germplasm of Medicago polymorpha L" and since then has undertaken; Specialization in soil science and plant nutrition, State examination for the appointment as free-lance Agronomist, Master course in Geomatics (Remote sensing and GIS) and a PhD on Forest Ecosystem monitoring in the Mediterranean region, with special concern on "Biodiversity of genus Populus L. (Salicaceae) in Sardinia.
He also has an enormous number of publications to his credit along with collaborations on a number of regional, national and international research projects for both the Sardinian Regional Government, the European Union and has worked tirelessly on the international committee for EMAPi.
Lois Child BSc (Hons.), PhD
Dr Lois Child is a leading expert in the ecology and control of Japanese Knotweed (Fallopia japonica (Houtt.) Ronse Decraene).
Over the last 15 years, she has been involved in a wide range of invasive plant research and consultancy projects. She is co-author of the Japanese Knotweed Manual and is regularly called upon to give advice to developers and landowners.
Lois is a founder member of EMAPi and organised the 1st and 6th EMAPi conferences at Loughborough University.
She has edited or co-edited five books on plant invasions arising from the EMAPi conference series and is a member of the EMAPi scientific committee. She currently co-ordinates the Centre for Environmental Studies at Loughborough University, UK.
Ass. Prof. Dr. Petr Pyšek
Deputy Director - Institute of Botany
Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic
Ass. Prof. Dr. Petr Pyšek's research interests include; Plant invasions, vegetation succession, population ecology, community ecology, urban flora and vegetation.
He has been an invited speaker at many of the world's highest profile forums on Alien Plant Invasions, with a plethora of cited papers over the past 14 years.
Petr has also taken fellowships with the prestigious Oxford University in England, organised many international conferences and undertaken an extraordinary number of Major Grant Projects throughout his illustrious career.
Prof David M. Richardson
Dave Richardson is Deputy Director at the Centre for Invasion Biology, Stellenbosch University, South Africa (www.sun.ac.za/cib). Alien plant invasions are his main research focus. He has a special interest in tree invasions and has published widely on the ecology and management of invasive conifers in the Southern Hemisphere. Dave is Editor-in-Chief of the journal Diversity and Distributions.
Dr Randy Westbrooks
Randy Westbrooks received his B.S. and M.S. degrees in biology from the University of South Carolina, and his Ph.D. in Botany and Weed Science from North Carolina State University. In 1978, Dr. Westbrooks began his career as a Public School Science Teacher in Manning, South Carolina. From 1979-1986, he served as a Plant Quarantine Officer with the USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service at the Port of Charleston, South Carolina. In 1986, he accepted a position as a Regulatory Weed Specialist with APHIS in Whiteville, North Carolina, and served as the APHIS National Weed Coordinator from 1996-1999. From 2000 to 2005, Dr. Westbrooks served as the USGS National Invasive Plant Coordinator. He is now an Invasive Species Prevention Specialist, and is associated with the USGS National Wetlands Research Center - still based in Whiteville, North Carolina.
Dr. Westbrooks is the author of numerous publications on invasive species, including the Weed Fact Book (Invasive Plants - Changing the Landscape of America), which was published by the U.S. Federal Interagency Committee for the Management of Noxious and Exotic Weeds (FICMNEW). As a leading advocate for Invasive species prevention, he is currently working to organize an International Invasive Species Early Detection and Rapid Response Working Group under the IUCN Invasive Species Specialist Group. Recently, on behalf of the Global Invasive Species Programme, he led an effort to develop and conduct an invasive species prevention course for border clearance officials from east Africa, in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
On the domestic front, Dr. Westbrooks is working with numerous interagency partnership groups to develop and field test a National Early Detection and Rapid Response System for Invasive Plants in the United States.
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