2009 Program Highlights

10.45am: Start - Riverside Theartre Courtyard

9.30am: Begin seating in Riverside Theatre

10.00am: Greetings and Welcome

10:09am: Special Guest Speaker:Professor Shelley Burgin

10.10am: Adam Spencer: Introduction to The Water Project

10.15am: University of NSW's Recycling Unit

10.20am: Our Changing Climate and Global Warming

10.30am: Science with a Splash, No Experiments without Water

11.25am: Jacinta Tobin

11.35am: Miles Merrill

11.45pm: Cook Island Dancers

12.05pm: Recycling Unit update from Adam Spencer

12.07pm: Professor Shelley Burgin

12.15pm: Dr Doug Rotheram

12.25pm: The Truth and How to Find it

12.50pm: The Great Environment Debate

1.10pm: Q & A Session with Adam and Karl

1.20pm: Youth Leadership and Oz Green

1.25pm: Wrap up from Adam and Karl

1.30pm: Finish

2009 program

Main Program: Theme - Information & Perception - Location: Riverside Theatre

9.30am: Begin seating in Riverside Theatre
Start seating: 9.30 am for 10.00 am start
Location: Main theatre/ Riverside Theatre
Theme: Information and Perception

10.00am: Greetings and Welcome
Indigenous Welcome

10.05am: Lord Mayor’s Welcome
Welcome: Councillor Paul Garrard, Lord Mayor of Parramatta

10:09am: Special Guest Speaker:Professor Shelley Burgin
Welcome and Introduction to Special Guest Speaker: Professor Shelley Burgin, University of Western Sydney

10.10am: Adam Spencer: Introduction to The Water Project

10.15am: University of NSW's Recycling Unit
Dr. Karl and Adam throw out the challenge: how many ways can you use recycled water? Would you wash your clothes in a mix of river water, urine, curdled milk and salt water?

10.20am: Our Changing Climate and Global Warming
The Sleek Geeks, Australia's most famous science communicators, give the word up on what some people are calling the greatest threat to our planning...global warming.

10.30am: Science with a Splash, No Experiments without Water
Young scientists from Cumberland High School show us elephant's toothpaste and giant bubbles.

10.40am: Finish

Mini Expo: Theme - Nature and Design + Technology - Location: Riverside Theatre Courtyard

10.45am: Start - Riverside Theartre Courtyard
Creature Feature Animal Display
Powerhouse Museum display
Eco toilet display
Sustainable House Model
Urban Nature Photography Exhibition
Parramatta City Council Waste Exhibition
The Storm Water Game
University of Western Sydney Information Stall

11.15am: Finish

Mini Expo: Theme - Water and Poetry - Location: Lennox Theatre

11.25am: Jacinta Tobin
Music and Story Telling

11.35am: Miles Merrill
Poetry Performance

11.45pm: Cook Island Dancers
Avaki Nui Polynesian Cultural Group

11.55am: Finish

Mini Expo: Theme - Information and Perception - Location: Riverside Theatre

12.05pm: Recycling Unit update from Adam Spencer

12.07pm: Professor Shelley Burgin
Dam Biodiversity Loss due to Urbanisation

12.15pm: Dr Doug Rotheram
Research Scientist from the Department of Primary Industries: What can a dissected fish tell us? How important is the eco system to the life of a fish? What is fish biology?

12.25pm: The Truth and How to Find it
Dr. Karl talks about the age of the internet, blogging and photoshop and some of the basic tricks in making sure you are not being conned.

12.35pm: Finish

Final Session: Theme - Information and Perception - Location: Riverside Theatre

12.45pm: Recycling Unit update
from Adam Spencer

12.50pm: The Great Environment Debate
“That Bottled Water is Brilliant”- University debating teams battle out this question on stage. Have a vote and tell Adam whom you think won the debate.

1.10pm: Q & A Session with Adam and Karl

1.20pm: Youth Leadership and Oz Green

1.25pm: Wrap up from Adam and Karl

1.30pm: Finish