6:30PM - WELCOME
MC: Kirsty Bevan, CEO - Conservation Council SA
Welcome to Country: Cliffy Wilson
6:45PM - OPENING ADDRESS
Emily Bourke MLC, Minister for Climate, Environment and Water and Minister for Tourism
7:00PM - LIFETIME ACHIEVER AWARDS
Presented by:
Kirsty Bevan | CEO, Conservation SA
David Bacon | President, Conservation SA
2026 Honourees:
Professor Emeritus Rod Wells AM7:10PM - WORKING TOGETHER AWARD
Presented by:
Ben Bruce | CE, Department of Environment and Water
David Bacon | President, Conservation SA
Finalists:
- SA Phytoplankton Group
- Greening Rosewater Loop
- Investigator College
7:15PM - INNOVATION AWARD
Presented by:
Professor Andrew Lowe | Adelaide University Environment Institute
David Bacon | President, Conservation SA
Finalists:
- Dr Cameron Shearer
- Associate Professor Mark Thyer & Professor Holger Maier
- Karen Jones Hauser - The Good Catch
7:20PM - LEIF JUSTHAM YOUNG ACHIEVER AWARD
Presented by:
Kirsty Bevan | CEO, Conservation SA
Helen Taylor | Leif Justham's mother
Finalists:
- Jakirah Telfer
- Alex Flynn Taylor
- Mabel Day
7:25PM - CONSERVATION SCIENCE PRIZE
Presented by:
Vicki-Jo Russell, AM | Chair of Nature Festival and the Parks and Wilderness Council, and Executive Manager, Community Habitat Programs at Trees for Life
Kirsty Bevan | CEO, Conservation SA
Finalists:
- Dr Nina Wootton
- Janine Baker
- Professor Phill Cassey
7:30PM - GREEN ADELAIDE'S PELZER PRIZE
Presented by:
Professor Christopher Daniels | President, Green Adelaide
Brenton Grear | Director, Green Adelaide
Finalists:
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Professor Wayne Meyer
- Mark Richards
- David Howlett
- Max McQuillan
- Dr Jake Robinson
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:
- Associate Professor Jochen Kaempf
- Dr Faith Coleman
- Triton Tunis-Mitchell
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