6:30PM - WELCOME
MC: Sophie Thompson, ABC Gardening Australia Presenter
Welcome to Country: Uncle Mickey Kumatpi Marryuta O'Brien
6:45PM - OPENING ADDRESS
Sarah Andrews MP | Member for Gibson (Speech on behalf of the Honorable Deputy Premier Susan Close)
7:00PM - LIFETIME ACHIEVER AWARDS
Presented by:
Kirsty Bevan | CEO, Conservation SA
David Bacon | President, Conservation SA
2025 Honourees:
Peri Coleman7:10PM - WORKING TOGETHER AWARD
Presented by:
Ben Bruce | CE, Department of Environment and Water
Sarah Andrews MP | Member for Gibson
Finalists:
- Bronwyn Perryman 'Cockies Helping Cockies'
- OzFish Unlimited 'Seeds for Snapper SA'
- Holdfast Habitat Heroes
7:15PM - INNOVATION AWARD
Presented by:
Mike Williams | Executive Director National Parks and Wildlife Service
Kirsty Bevan | Conservation Council SA CEO
Finalists:
- Town of Gawler
- Woodcroft Green Hub Sustainability Programs
- Dr Jake M. Robinson & A/Prof Martin Breed
7:20PM - LEIF JUSTHAM YOUNG ACHIEVER AWARD
Presented by:
Kirsty Bevan | CEO, Conservation SA
Helen Taylor | Leif Justham's mother
Finalists:
- Jordan Ellis
- Teresa Pham
- Django Lewis Westmoreland
7:25PM - CONSERVATION SCIENCE PRIZE
Presented by:
Vicki-Jo Russell, AM | Chair of Nature Festival and the Parks and Wilderness Council, and Revegetation Services Manager at Trees for Life
Georgina Drew | Associate Professor at the Environment Institute
Finalists:
- Dr Alice Jones
- Dr Mary Retallack
7:30PM - GREEN ADELAIDE'S PELZER PRIZE
Presented by:
Craig Wilkins | Acting Chair, Green Adelaide, National Director of the Murray Darling Conservation Alliance
Brenton Grear | Director, Green Adelaide
Finalists:
- Bruce Baker
- Beatrice Jeavons
- Ben Simon
- Jacqui Hunter
- Dr Philip Roetman
7:40PM - JILL HUDSON AWARD FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
Presented by:
David Bacon | President, Conservation Council of SA
Professor Sarah Wheeler | Matthew Flinders Professor of Water Economics
Finalists:
- Ian Falkenberg
- Julia Peacock
- Mary Heath
AWARDS CONCLUDE
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Winner Interviews - In the Goodall Room:
8:10pm: Working Together Award winner
8:20pm: Innovation Award winner
8:30pm: Leif Justham Award winner
8:40pm: Conservation Science Prize winner
8:50pm: Pelzer Prize winner
9:00pm: Jill Hudson Award winner
Please join us for celebration and refreshments until 9pm