Australian Horse Keeping Conference – Registrations/Call for Presentations & Posters NOW OPEN

Jan 1, 2012 by Horse SA

Living Legends Melbourne 12 /13 Nov  2012

Guest speakers Alayne Bickle (www.horsesforcleanwater.com) USA  & Jane Myers (www.equiculture.com.au)

 

Australia places a high cultural heritage value on the horse, from the Melbourne Cup to the opening of the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games.

Australia’s horse industry has a healthy diversity – racing, breeding, equestrian sports, stock horses, and pleasure owners to name just a few. There are many levels of engagement, interaction and involvement with a passion for horses and an interest the keeping of horses in common.

Australia is unique in that people are often geographically distant. The expanse of our country means that Australian horse owners face a variety of different environmental conditions affecting horse keeping practices, often at quite a local level.

A particular challenge is the shift is in the rapid growth which sees small property developments pushing into traditional broad acre agriculture and bush landscapes. These  “new” land holders are frequently not from traditional rural backgrounds, have little access to standard agricultural equipment or in fact, see themselves as farmers at all. Yet many now find themselves as small property managers, passionate about horses and wanting learn more.

Horse owners talk about weeds, dust, mud and emerging diseases. Scientists and natural resource managers talk about water quality, biodiversity and climate impacts. Yet we are all talking about the same thing.

The aim of this event is to bring a variety of people together to translate and exchange knowledge about sustainable horse keeping practices & knowledge  in both directions – from the researcher ”down” and grass roots “up”!

 

Additional speakers & presentations announced in full program out June 2012.

Fees start @ $150 per day/ catered. Early bird offers!

Group discount offer for horse clubs, riding schools, agistment centres, Registered Training Organisations or Universities. Purchase 10 or more positions for $150 ea prior to 16 July. Email  horsesa@horsesa.asn.au for more info.

Sustainable Horse Keeping Practices –- Horse Health – Climate Change Impacts

Target Audiences- Day 1: Professional development focus for horse property managers, NRM Officers & Local Government Planners. Educators, lecturers, coaches & LandCare leaders involved with typical peri-urban small horse keeping properties. A range of guest speakers & presentations. Program out in May.

Day 2: Horse property managers and horse owners (including owners with horses on agistment) Horse care, NRM, LandCare & Ag Science educators & coaches. On day 2 Alayne will deliver a HorsesforCleanWater sample program.

Sponsorship and promotional opportunities (brochures in conference bags) are available:  Enq. horsesa@horsesa.asn.au

Registrations: Early bird fees apply before 1 Sept. 2012. Discount for Horse SA members. Monday night Optional gourmet BBQ tea & 2.5 hr. drinks package avail. Guests of delegates welcome to BBQ.

REGISTER HERE:  http://www.trybooking.com/BCDX

Enq:  horsesa@horsesa.asn.au

Media Release 30.01.12  here:

Alayne Bickle Profile             Download General Information Flyer

 

Call for Paper and Poster Presentations: Opens 1 Feb – Closes 1 May 2012

 $100 Cash Prize for “People’s Choice” voted best poster

& $100 cash prize for “People’s Choice” voted best Oral Presentation

Delegates are invited to submit abstracts for:

1. Oral Presentations
2. Posters

Submissions are invited from researchers and “practical people in the field” who have a story to share. Recent reviews, original research or trials, practice, experiences, engagement, extension, education & success stories.

Oral presentations can be read out or given using PowerPoint.

Submissions must relate to the fields of equine, environmental, climate & sociology sciences. Each presentation should conclude with a consideration of implications/relevance for the Australian horse industry or horse owners in general. The organisers reserve the right to invite poster presentations from those originally intending to submit an oral presentation. The organisers encourage submissions including but not restricted to the following areas:

• Sustainable horse keeping practices
• Emerging equine diseases/ environment
• Climate change & horse property management
• Successful extension & engagement models involving horse property owners
• Australian horse keeping practices as it relates to welfare and wellbeing
• Peri-urban policy
• Not for Profit organisational achievements      (horse community)
• Successful government & not-for-profit partnerships
• Methodological considerations for research with horses, owners, riders etc

However, the organising committee welcomes all quality submissions that can provide relevant linkages and application to sustainable horse keeping practices. Please contact the conference organiser for advice if required.

International submissions are welcome. Multiple submissions are welcome. The official language of the conference is English.

 

Submission Information

 All submissions are to be to include:

1. Full name, address, contact details, organisation (if any)
2. Detailed title, all authors and affiliations
3. Background to the topic being presented
4. Overview of the specific research/project/initiative/topic
5. Goal/s of the presentation
6. Significance to the Australian horse industry
7. Six to eight key/search words

A short CV not exceeding 200 words and jpeg head shot photo of the presenter are to accompany the submission.

Oral Presentations

Abstracts for presentations are a maximum of 300 words. Abstracts may have been previously published.

Oral presentations should take no longer than 15 minutes to deliver including 2- 5 minutes for questions.

Describe any PowerPoint displays, videos, photographs, sound files, handouts, demonstrations or any other practical aspects that may be involved (not included in 300 word limit). An electronic format suitable for uploading onto a website needs to be provided prior to the conference.

 

Posters

A poster is a visual presentation on a topic of interest, created on a large piece of laminated AO paper. Paper orientation is to be portrait.

For the poster to have maximum effect it must have a font size be able to be read from a distance of at least 2 metres.  Charts, figures and illustrations should be simple and bold. Readability is the key. Focus on a simple clear message. Use pictures, tables and charts to tell the story. As a guide, plan to have 20% text, 40% graphics and 40% white space on your poster.  An images of the poster  in jpeg format will need to be provided prior to the conference.

You may also provide one page copies of your poster for people to collect during the conference. The number of copies will be confirmed closer to the event with successful applicants.

Posters accepted for display by people not able to attend the conference will be provided an address to send to. Posters not collected by the end of the conference will only be returned on request and at the postage expense of the submitting person or organisation. Horse SA reserves the right to use unclaimed posters for promotional purposes.

Through making a submission you agree to have the presentation, poster or abstract in relation to the Australian Horse Keeping Conference placed online. (To be uploaded after the conference)

 

Enquiries: Conference Organisation Team Members

Julie Fiedler- Conference Organiser

Horse SA

Email:   horsesa@horsesa.asn.au     Mob: + 618 8 0402488306

Skype:  horse.sa

 

Dr Kirrilly Thompson

Appleton Institute

Central Queensland University Adelaide Campus

Email:  Kirrilly.thompson@cqu.edu.au

 

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