4TH ANNUAL STEVE IRWIN MEMORIAL LECTURE
Come along to the 4th Annual Steve Irwin Memorial Lecture presented by UQ Science alumnus & ecologist & conservation biologist, Dr Conrad Hoskin.
Auditorium 1, State Library of Queensland, Cultural Centre, Brisbane
When: Monday, August 13 2012, 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM
Where: Auditorium 1, State Library of Queensland, Cultural Centre, Stanley Street, South Bank, Brisbane, QLD, 4101
What: Course / Workshop / Seminar, Talk / Lecture
Theme: Environment and Nature
Cost: $20 including GST $10 for Brisbane Institute subscribers, UQ students, alumni and staff
The quest for the ‘missing’ frog
We are delighted to invite you to join The Brisbane Institute and The University of Queensland as UQ Science alumnus and biologist, Dr Conrad Hoskin presents the 4th annual Steve Irwin Memorial Lecture.
In this presentation Dr Hoskin will reveal the spectacular diversity of reptiles and frogs in Queensland, the amazing discoveries still being made, and the efforts to conserve this diversity.
Credited with having discovered of co-discovered 13 new frog and reptile species, join Dr Hoskin as he reveals the stories behind these amazing discoveries and why we need to conserve their habitats.
How much frog and reptile diversity is out there? How does this diversity form? How do we discover and describe this diversity? How can we conserve Queensland’s diversity? Dr Conrad Hoskin takes you on an adventurous journey to discover and re-discover some of Queensland’s most fascinating frog and rept ile species.
An ecologist and conservation biologist, Dr Hoskin has discovered spectacular new species, rediscovered a frog species long thought to be extinct and defined how new species can form.
Event website: www.brisinst.org.au/registration-dr-conrad-hoskin-lecture
Contact details: Eleanor Fischer University of Queensland
Email: e.fischer@uq.edu.au
Phone: 07 3365 4547
Phone: 07 3365 4547
STEVE IRWIN MEMORIAL LECTURE
Presented by Dr Conrad Hoskin in association with UQ Faculty of Science, expert in the evolution of diversity in frogs and reptiles.
Brisbane Institute, Brisbane
When: Saturday, August 18 2012, 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM
Where: Brisbane Institute, Brisbane, QLD, 4101
What: Talk / Lecture
Theme: Environment and Nature
Cost: Tickets $20; UQ staff, alumni or students $10 (incl GST)
In conjunction with the University of Queensland Faculty of Science, the Brisbane Institute will again host its popular annual conservation lecture in honour of one of Queensland’s most effective and best-loved environmentalists.
This year we are very pleased to have Dr Conrad Hoskin deliver the 2012 lecture. Dr Hoskin’s (winner of the 2009 Eureka prize for early career species discovery) research focuses on the diversity, evolution and conservation of Australian frogs and reptiles.
Contact details: Jayne Keane
Inspiring Australia
Email: jayne.keane@qm.qld.gov.au
Phone: 07 3842 9220
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