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 Coleman
Terry Reardon
Georgina Yambo Williams (awarded posthumously)

7:10PM - 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