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Small Island Communities: Models for Global Survival

2-7 July 2017

ISISA is a voluntary, non-profit and independent organisation. Our objectives are to study islands on their own terms, and to encourage free scholarly discussion on small island related matters such as islandness, smallness, insularity, dependency, resource management and environment, and the nature of island life.

The objectives of ISISA are pursued by encouraging the networking of small island communities through international communication systems, such as newsletters and journals and the holding of periodic, multi-disciplinary conferences, employing appropriate technologies to achieve these ends.

ISISA was officially established in 1992 on the occasion of the “Islands of the World III” conference held in Nassau, Bahamas. The organisation

consists of volunteers from all parts of the world, and is managed by an Executive Committee elected every four years.

Membership is open to all and is US$20 per annum. These membership fees are used mainly to support the participation of deserving students at ISISA conferences. Membership benefits include a bi-annual Newsletter and early notification of island-related news.

We aim for this conference to be as sustainable and environmentally friendly as possible. We have provided a re-useable BPA-free conference cup, which we hope you find useful for travelling between venues during the conference. We ask that you provide your own water bottle for the week. All disposable items used during the conference have been sourced from environmentally friendly manufacturers.

We appreciate your assistance in re-using any printed materials you do not require by placing them in the recycling/re-using station, located in the Town Hall.

We are delighted to welcome you to Kangaroo Island for the 15th Islands of the World Conference hosted on behalf of the International Small Islands Studies Association. We hope that you find this week intellectually stimulating and emotionally engaging. We present to you a conference program focused on the conference themes located on the next page and thank you for contributing to the community of small island focused research.

Visit Chocol’Art Cafe and Coffee Shop and receive a $1 discount on your beverage if you use your Conference Cup!

Empowering Communities for Peace and Productivity

Small Island CommunitiesModels for Global Survival

Preparing People for the World of Tomorrow

Life-long Learning for All Seamless approaches to education delivery across the life-span (birth to death)

Preparing young learners to live locally yet act globally

Education for sustainable development

Vocational training for meaningful living

Nurturing the Human Spirit

Culture, Arts, History, Religion, Recreation

Creativity and the human spirit

Nurturing the deep values of local culture(s)

Spirituality and well-being

Intergenerational support

Protecting Nature and Feeding the World

Ecology, Farming, Fishing, Environment, Eco-Tourism

Sustainable lifestyles and business practices

Economic responsibility, Effective resource management

Renewable energy, Sharing sustainable solutions with visitors

Developing Solutions for Self-Suff iciency

Technology, Innovation, Science, Wellbeing

Surviving and thriving on fewer resources

Innovative approaches to sustainable living

Living long, healthy and productive lives

Alternative technology for self-sufficiency

A GENTLE HAND

While we stood blended intwo kangaroos came softto be with us, one foot behind,accepting of a gentle hand,gathering an ancient sadnessin calm eyes,without the need to smile.

ROBIN

The fIame-breasted robinlikes to sita-top a dead branchpointing heavenwards.And if you stayit looks at you.

MOWING

Ground orchids and tips of new trees,shy things and facesbelong to the world of the weeds.For them she pleads,and says: all that mowingwill stop things from growing.

OUTCLASSED

Laugh thenblue wren.And let the feral cat,perched oddly in the treehunched upwith vain, ambitious cruelty,remainoutclassed.

Governance, Politics, Business, Society Networking and interdependence

Participation and productivity

Pathways to effective leadership

Branding and identity

Sincere thanks to Kangaroo Island poet, John Sabel, for weaving our conference sub themes into the contextual fabric of our small island.

THEMES

CHAIRED BY:Professor James Randall &

Dr Margi Prideaux

CHAIRED BY:Anna Baldacchino &

Dr Bob Teasdale

CHAIRED BY:John Hamlyn &

Dr Christine McMurray

CHAIRED BY:Terra Sprague &

Dr Peggy Rismiller

CHAIRED BY:Emeritus Professor Stephen Royle &

Jeanette Gellard

THE GARDEN

More than ideas,it,s the dreams in her heartthat cause plantsto reach out and singin the winter sun.

Ask Me!Our team of volunteers are always available to provide assistance during the conference. If you need directions, have a question about the program or just want to have a chat...find someone wearing one of the beautifully knitted TEAL coloured scarves. The scarves designate the offical conference volunteer team members who can either help or point you in the direction of someone who can help!

We have scheduled a Book Launch on Monday night at 6 pm in the Town Hall. ISISA is launching a new book series titled “Rethinking the Island”. See below for more details. These books will be available for purchase via an order form.

We are also delighted to offer you a selection of Kangaroo Island authored publications for purchase from the Council Library Desk.

We will have a book display table located in the back of Town Hall where you can have a look at all the books on offer throughout the conference.

Rethinking the IslandSeries edited by:Elaine Stratford, Godfrey Baldacchino and Elizabeth McMahon

This series seeks to unsettle such assumptions by comprehensively investigating the range of topological and topographical characteristics that lie at the heart of the idea of ‘islandness’. The books in this series work from a twin understanding that the island is central to Western conceptions of self, place, and planet, and that their idealization is upheld by strong associations between islands’ materialities and their status as powerful imaginaries.

Theorising Literary Islands:The Island Trope in Contemporary Robinsonade NarrativesBy Ian Kinane

Island Genres, Genre Islands:Conceptualization and Representation in Popular FictionBy Ralph Crane and Lisa Fletcher

Postcolonial Nations, Islands, and Tourism:Reading Real and Imagined SpacesBy Helen Kapstein

Caribbean Island Movements:Culebra’s Trans-insularitiesBy Carlo A. Cubero

Book Stall

Many thanks to our local Kangaroo Island Cancer Support Committee members for knitting the beautiful scarves.

Our local community radio station, KIxFM, will be attending the conference and conducting live recordings of many presentations.

They are also interested in scheduling interviews with any conference participants who would be interested and willing to visit their lovely station located in downtown Kingscote. Please don’t be shy and introduce yourself to the KIxFM team if you enjoy live radio.

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If you need copying or printing done at short notice, Kangaroo Island Paperworks will be open 9:30 am - 5:00 pm on Tuesday-Friday of conference week. They’re also happy to print by appointment on Sunday or Monday. Alice is presenting a paper on Monday, so understands the pressures of presenting on the run! Special prices will be offered for conference participants.

Paperworks can be found at 56 Dauncey Street, opposite the Post Office and Natural Resources Centre.

Contact Alice and Stuart on 0410 476 427, or email files to [email protected]

Bev Maxwell, our friendly Volunteer Coordinator

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SUNDAY 4:00 - 8:00 pm

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8:45 am TOWN HALL. Welcome by Kangaroo Island Mayor Peter Clements and Indigenous Acknowledgement of Country

9:05 am Honourable Leon Bignall Minister of Agriculture, Food and Fisheries, Forests, Tourism, Recreation, Sport and Racing opens the Conference

9:20 am Welcome to Professor Godfrey Baldacchino, Announcement of Scholarship Awardees and Opening Address:There is so much more to sea: islands and mobility in a foetid 21st century

10:00 am Panel Response to Opening Address: Professor Grant McCall (ISISA), Professor Beate Ratter (Germany), Dr Bob Teasdale (KI)

10:30 am Announcements and Morning Tea at TOWN HALL

11:00 am Parallel Session #1 at OZONE HOTEL AND TOWN HALLSee next page for details of each parallel session.

12:30 pm Lunch at TOWN HALL

2:00 pm Parallel Session #2 at OZONE HOTEL AND TOWN HALLSee next page for details of each parallel session.

3:30 pm Afternoon Tea at OZONE HOTEL AND TOWN HALL


6:00 pm ISISA Series Book Launch at TOWN HALL Drinks available for purchase from the bar.

7:00 pm Casual Dinner at TOWN HALL with cultural performances by KI residents and visitors. Drinks available for purchase from the bar.

Godfrey Baldacchino PhD (Warwick), BA (Gen.) (Malta), PGCE (Malta), MA (The Hague) is Pro-Rector for International Development and Full Professor of Sociology, Department of Sociology at the University of Malta. He is also UNESCO co-Chair in Island Studies & Sustainability, a position shared between the University of Prince Edward Island (UPEI), Canada and the University of Malta. He is Editor Emeritus of Island Studies Journal (ISSN: 1715-2593), now indexed in Web of Science. He served as Visiting Professor of Island Tourism at the Universita’ di Corsica Pascal Paoli, France (2012-2015). In 2014, he was elected President of the International Small Islands Studies Association (ISISA). In June 2015, he was elected Chair of the Scientific Board of RETI, the global excellence network of island universities.

Registration Desk Opens at OZONE HOTEL with drinks and nibbles available

Introduction to Sub-Theme: Professor James Randall & Dr Margi Prideaux

Professor Sophia Rolle – BahamasSustainable development goals (SDG) implementation successes in small island states: the case for the Bahamas

Dr Margi Prideaux – Kangaroo IslandRooted cosmopolitanism and ‘islands of communities’: the potential for small island communities to influence governance

Professor Jennifer Corrin – AustraliaEmpowering traditional leaders to manage natural resources in small Pacific island states

Parallel Session #1 11:00 am-12:30 pm

Introduction to Sub-Theme: Dr Christine Murray & John Hamlyn

John Bancan (and dancers) – Kangaroo IslandNurturing the human spirit (dance performance)

Quentin Chester – Kangaroo IslandIsland Inspiration - photography as a binding force

Alice Teasdale – Kangaroo IslandOn inhabited islands: Shakespeare, Stevenson, magic, colonisation and the public imagination

Introduction to Sub-Theme: Dr Peggy Rismiller & Terra Sprague Terra Sprague – United KingdomListening to the mangrove: local conceptualisations of island resilience in the face of environmental change

Dr Richard Glatz – Kangaroo IslandThe Kangaroo Island insect collection: lessons from 20 years of entomology research

Fr Joseph Jobi & Dr PA Sebastian Pothalil – IndiaPathiramanal Island: a dwindling paradise for arachnologists in the Vembanad kol, a Ramsar site in India

Parallel Session #2 2:00 - 3:30 pm

Karleah Berris – Kangaroo IslandManaging an endangered species on an isolated island: advantages and challenges on Kangaroo Island

Pat Hodgens – Kangaroo IslandThe Kangaroo Island feral cat control trials 2016-2018: guiding an island eradication

Nick Markopoulos – Kangaroo IslandThe eradication of feral deer and goats on Kangaroo Island

Heiri Klein – Kangaroo IslandKangaroo Island threatened plants – a landscape challenge

Introduction to Sub-Theme: Emeritus Professor Stephen Royle & Jeanette Gellard

Dr Ilan Kelman – United KingdomLost for words? Island lessons on sustainable development terminology

Dr Murukesan Krishnapillai – Yap, Federated States of MicronesiaClimate–smart urban vegetable gardening for displaced urban populations in the small islands of Micronesia

Emeritus Professor Stephen Royle – United KingdomEffective resource management in small island Japan

Introduction to Sub-Theme: Anna Baldacchino & Dr Bob Teasdale

Professor Phillip Slee & Dr Grace Skrzypiec – AustraliaPromoting peaceful schools in small island communities

Dr Rhonda Di Biase – Australia ‘Smallness’ has some advantages: investigating educational reform in the Maldives

Anna Baldacchino – Malta‘A very British story’: early childhood education in small island states

Jeanette Gellard – Kangaroo IslandAre we there yet? How small islands can use indicators to measure progress towards sustainability

Dr Reed Perkins – USA; Dr Margie Falanruw & Francis Ruegorong – Yap, FSMMaintaining food security despite sea level rise on Yap, Federated States of Micronesia

Alvin Lal – Fiji & Dr Bithin Datta – AustraliaThe impact of ground water utilisation on coastal aquifers in Pacific island states

Professor Satoru Nishimura – JapanSocial and economic issues in the Federated States of Micronesia in an era of globalisation

Professor Takashi Torii – JapanEfforts for improving the distribution of fishery products in Toshima Village, Japan

Dr Christine McMurray – AustraliaSocial, political and economic implications of centralised development in Pacific island nations

Professor Yoko Fujita & Dr Kaoruko Miyakuni – Japan; Lincy Lee Marino – PalauA case study on the economic value of conservation of coral reefs in the Republic of Palau

Ben Wilson – Kangaroo IslandStrategies for Kangaroo Island businesses to operate domestically and internationally

TOWN HALL OZONE- Seal Bay Room OZONE- Nepean Bay Room


Empowering communities for peace and productivity

Nurturing the Human Spirit Protecting Nature and Feeding the World

Nurturing the Human Spirit Protecting Nature and Feeding the World

Developing Solutions for Self Sufficiency

Parallel Session #3 4:00 - 5:30 pm



Preparing people for the world of tomorrow


Owen Jennings – CanadaBeing a saint: from the RMS to HLE

Professor Elizabeth McMahon – AustraliaPerformance poetry and Marshallese survival; a link at the United Nations

Dr Robyn Molsher – Kangaroo IslandHuman health and ecosystem benefits of environmental volunteering on Kangaroo Island

July

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ay8:30 am Registration Desk opens at TOWN HALL

8:45 am Conference announcements at TOWN HALL and OZONE HOTEL

9:00 am Parallel Session #4 at OZONE HOTEL AND TOWN HALL See this page and next for details of each parallel session.

10:30 am Morning Tea at OZONE HOTEL AND TOWN HALL

11:00 am Parallel Session #5 at OZONE HOTEL AND TOWN HALLSee next page for details of each parallel session.



3:30 pm Afternoon Tea at OZONE HOTEL AND TOWN HALL

4:00 pm Parallel Session #7 at OZONE HOTELSee next page for details of each parallel session.

5:30 pm Parallel paper wrap-up sessions for presenters and co-chairs at OZONE HOTEL

6:30 pm Declaration Committee meeting at OZONE HOTEL

Professor Joël Arseneau – CanadaBuilding our islands’ future together

Dr Stefano Malatesta & Professor Marcella Schmidt di Friedberg – ItalyEmpowering communities? A re-reading of the impact of international actors in the Maldives

Phillipa Holden – Kangaroo IslandA systems approach to natural resources management on Kangaroo Island

Emeritus Professor Nenad Starc – CroatiaIsland ranking in Croatia: challenges and entanglements

Kylie Doon – Kangaroo IslandMothers as educators on small islands

Danny Male – Kangaroo IslandFostering community support for marine parks through engagement with schools

Professor Silke Hensel – GermanyMissionaries’ knowledge production on Oceania during German colonialism, 1890s to 1914

Professor Grant McCall – Australia The 3D world and nissology

Professor Sophia Rolle – BahamasThe experience economy of Junkanoo in the Bahamas: the shifting paradigm

Leah George – Kangaroo IslandShine a light: small island responses to the refugee crisis

Tony Bartram – Kangaroo IslandWhat is it about dolphins?


OZONE- Nepean Bay Room

Parallel Session #4 9:00 - 10:30 am


TOWN HALL OZONE- Seal Bay Room


Parallel Session #5 11:00 am - 12:30 pm




Dr Andrew Harwood & Dr Peter Hay – AustraliaThe political rationalities of island geography: preliminary thoughts on the ideological freight of island metaphor

David Morris & Joti Weijers-Coghlan – AustraliaAssisting an island community enterprise in Vanuatu

Jennifer Smith – AustraliaLearning how to grow: new farmers in Tasmania

Jo Kaspari – AustraliaLines in The Sand North Stradbroke Island Festivals 2011-2014: Chronicling a curatorial philosophy in response to an ecology of change

Jill Yuzwa – Canada Place not panacea: nurturing the importance of distinct place, culture-led and creative industry initiatives

Belinda Howden – AustraliaAsh Island and its transformations: the island as a curatorial site

Dr Max Quanchi – AustraliaUsing historical photography to explore the concepts of ‘islands’

Madame Marie-line Leblanc – CanadaIsland territory as a context for artistic inquiry: presentation of trajectory-based artworks

Professor Kei Kawai – JapanThe biology and ecology of shellfish inhabiting a tidal flat in Sumiyo, Amami Oshima Island, Japan

Paul Jennings – Kangaroo IslandMarine pests: frontline defence against aquatic invaders

Dr Robyn Molsher – Kangaroo IslandResponding adaptively to increasing koala numbers on Kangaroo Island

Anthony Wilson – Lord Howe IslandWinning the hearts and minds: proceeding to implementation of the Lord Howe Island Rodent Eradication Project

Parallel Session #6 2:00 - 3:30 pmOZONE- Seal Bay Room OZONE- Nepean Bay Room


Dr Mitul Baruah – IndiaThe political ecology of environmental disasters and rural livelihoods on Majuli River Island (Assam), India

Aaron Tham – AustraliaShip ahoy! Cruise tourism to world heritage Fraser Island

Joanne Davidson – AustraliaTourism Optimisation Management Model: a decade of implementation

Andrew Triggs – Kangaroo IslandBiosecurity: protecting the world – one island at a time

Dr Diego C. Garcia-Bellido – Spain/AustraliaThe challenges of preserving the Emu Bay Shale: a unique fossil resource on a small island

Marina Wagner – AustraliaJust a load of rubbish? The challenge of providing waste and recycling services on a small island

Mark Agnew – Kangaroo IslandWater resources management on Kangaroo Island

Dr Rick Southgate – Kangaroo IslandKangaroo Island: clean, green and pristine



Parallel Session #7 4:00 - 5:30 pmOZONE- Seal Bay Room OZONE- Nepean Bay Room


Lyn Dohle – Kangaroo IslandHow islands shape farming systems –the Kangaroo Island story

Amy Kerr Allen – AustraliaAn island out of water: challenges created by centralisation of population and services in Kiribati

Jo Kaspari (film) – AustraliaQuandamooka beach and foreshore clean up

Dr Michele Lane – AustraliaThe island effect

Jo Gilpin – Kangaroo Island & Alison Higgs – AustraliaBreastfeeding: one golden hour – the power to nurture, sustain and protect

Jennie Teasdale & Claire Mincham-Trowbridge – Kangaroo IslandKids on an island: children’s perceptions of place and islandness

Mary-Alice Swan & Debbie Clarke – Kangaroo IslandConnecting the Kangaroo Island community through dragon boating in Pelican Lagoon Marine Sanctuary



TOWN HALL

Professor Monica Robotin – Australia & Aishath Shaheen Ismail – MaldivesDoing it their way in a small island nation: implementing a country-specific Master of Public Health in the Maldives

Chetan Shah – FijiFaculty perceptions of sustainability in education: a case study in Fiji

Professor James Randall – CanadaPerceptions of Utopian islands by island university students

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8:45 am Declaration Committee Meeting at OZONE HOTEL

9:45 am Please be ready for departure. Buses for Field Trip leave from OZONE HOTEL

10:15 am Farming on Kangaroo Island at Bellevista. Talks from Agriculture KI representatives Rodney Bell, Carly Bussenschutt, Lyn Dohle Stop includes Morning Tea.

11:45 am KI Solar Initiatives at the Airport with Kangaroo Island Council CEO Andrew Boardman

12:45 pm KI Marine Environment in American River at the Oyster Shed with Dr Heidi Alleway (PIRSA/CSIRO), Phyll & Tony Bartram (Dolphin Watch), Ken & Amanda Rowe (Oyster Shed) Stop includes Lunch.

3:15 pm Seal Bay and Raptor Domain (Buses swap between locations).Speakers to include Professor Simon Goldsworthy, Leeza Irwin (Raptor Domain) and Richard Trethewey (NRM) Stop includes Afternoon Tea.

6:30 pm Dinner at Emu Ridge including talks from Larry & Bev Turner (Emu Ridge), Megan Harvie (KI Food and Wine), Kylie Bamfield (Tourism KI), Shauna Black and Tony Nolan (Authentic KI) and a KI Wool Product Showcase. Drinks available for purchase from the bar.

9:00 pm First Bus Departs

9:15 pm Second Bus Departs

The Visible Solar Array project by the Kangaroo Island Council and Regional Development Australia was funded by the State Government’s Renewables SA Program, with Kangaroo Island chosen to be the “visible demonstration of advanced solar power technology”. The initial sole requirement was for 50KW of tracking solar photovoltaic generation. This was enabled for 72% of the budget and options were provided to add value to this installation for the remaining 28% ($140K).

The state-of-the-art, dual-axis solar array system installed at the Kangaroo Island Airport tracks the sun, increasing the energy output by 30% compared to a fixed system, and generates 100,000kWh a year, enough to power 13 homes. Its output powers 80% of the needs of the Kangaroo Island Airport, saving the council at least $26,000 a year in power use. The savings generated during procurement of this enabled the addition of a 14kW fixed, roof mounted solar system at the Kingscote Town Hall to both offset power use here and to allow the installation of infrastructure to recharge electric cars. In addition the project also funded the three year lease of three Nissan Leaf electric vehicles, two of which can be hired by the public through a commercial partnership with KI Transfers (ph: 0427 887 575) who manage a hire car agency on the Island.

9:30 am Registration Desk Opens at OZONE HOTEL

Kangaroo Island / Victor Harbor Dolphin Watch is an award winning community volunteer project in partnership with Whale and Dolphin Conservation monitoring dolphin populations on

Kangaroo Island since 2005 and Victor Harbor since 2011. Developing understandings of custodianship of these fascinating creatures and habitats, dolphins are monitored unobtrusively, minimising impacts and behavioural change, collecting vital baseline data to globally inform practise.

The Emu Ridge Eucalyptus Oil distillery and retail shop has been a popular Kangaroo Island tourist attraction since 1991, and they are now the only Eucalyptus Oil distillery in South Australia. They manufacture 100% pure Australian Eucalyptus Oil, which we sell – along with a large range of associated products.

Dave and Leeza Irwin have combined their skills and experiences to create Raptor Domain, a Kagaroo Island attraction to provide a service to Schools, Corporate bodies and the General public,

with their beautiful, educational, interactive and spectacular presentations. Their aim is to give people a rare and unique opportunity to view and experience wildlife up close and personal, while creating an understanding and appreciation of the wildlife and its role in the environment.

Seal Bay has been home to an Australian sea lion population for thousands of years, and offers one of the most exceptional nature-based experiences in the world. Australian sea lions are unique to South Australia and

Western Australia. They are an endangered species – their total population is about 14,700. Seal Bay is the third largest colony of this magnificent, wild creature.

Three generations of the Bell family have grown wool at Bellevista, expanding the business by buying or leasing land, and diversifying into meat production and cropping. Rodney and his sons with their wives farm the original property near Kingscote, and lease other properties, farming about 4000 hectares.

Bellevista runs 12,000 sheep and produces up to 400 bales of wool a year and 2800 prime lambs for meat. It also produces 4000 tonnes of crops – wheat, canola and broad beans. Bellevista directors are at the forefront of farming innovation on Kangaroo Island and are active members of the KI Sheep Production Group, Kangaroo Island Wool and Kangaroo Island Pure Grain.

BellevistaAgriculture Kangaroo Island is committed to providing support and opportunities to Kangaroo Island farmers, providing research opportunities across the island and working cohesively with other agencies, organisations

and business across Kangaroo Island and Australia to ensure farmers can strive to be more profitable in a sustainable and ethical manner.

The Oyster Farm ShopThe Oyster Farm Shop at American River is the farm-direct processing and packaging facility for Kangaroo Island Shellfish, Kangaroo Island’s largest commercial oyster farm. Local oysters are shucked and sold fresh from the water along with KI Shellfish’s truly authentic sheok-smoked oysters.

Kangaroo Island Food and Wine Association (KIFWA) is the peak industry body chartered to supporting food and beverage producers on

Kangaroo Island. Core roles include providing assistance to industry to build both capability and capacity; curation, management and delivery of an Annual Regional Awards scheme recognising and celebrating service and product excellence; management of the regional food and wine website, ecommerce portal and social media platforms and the execution of Kangaroo Island produce distribution business for on-Island business. Other tasks include supporting producers in a collaborative manner to attend events such as Tasting Australia; supporting the development of mainland distribution channels, and other key strategic activities driving economic prosperity to our members.

The Kangaroo Island Industry and Brand Alliance’s vision is to build a single, collaborative brand under which all of Kangaroo Island’s products, experiences and businesses can work together to promote our region and grow regional prosperity.

Emu Ridge Eucalyptus Distillery

Tourism Kangaroo Island (TKI) is an incorporated, non-profit, membership based organisation with the primary objective of working with the South Australian Tourism Commission and other on island strategic partners, in developing and growing Kangaroo Island as a sustainable tourism destination. It advocates on behalf of industry, seeks to monitor and improve the visitor experience and is one of the key marketing bodies responsible for promoting Kangaroo Island to the world both through domestic and international marketing activities.

Natural Resources Kangaroo Island is responsible for delivering a range of programs and projects on behalf of the

Kangaroo Island Natural Resources Management Board and the Department of Environment Water and Natural Resources. Working together with our partners, volunteers and the broader Kangaroo Island community, our business includes public lands responsibilities, encouraging sustainable production practices, and conserving and managing the island’s environment.

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day 8:30 am Registration Desk opens at TOWN HALL

8:45 am TOWN HALL. Welcome by Kangaroo Island Mayor Peter Clements and Indigenous Acknowledgement of Country

9:00 am His Excellency The Honourable Hieu Van Le the Governor of South Australia opens the day.

9:30 am Welcome to The Honourable Christopher Loeak who will deliver the keynote address:Saving the planet: the contribution of small island nations to global survival

10:25 am Panel Response to Opening Address: Thom Woodroofe, Professor Godfrey Baldacchino and Dr Heidi Alleway

10:45 am Announcements and Morning Tea at TOWN HALL

11:15 am Climate Change Forum chaired by Thom Woodroofe at TOWN HALL


2:10 pm Parallel Plenaries at OZONE HOTEL. See next page for details.

3:15 pm Afternoon Tea at OZONE HOTEL

3:40 pm Bus transfers to Kangaroo Island Community Education campus

4:00 pm Welcome to KICE by Principle Maxine McSherryCommunity Conversation #1 Energy, Sustainability and Bio-Security on small islands: Do or Die

6:00 pm Dinner served by KICE Hospitality Students

7:00 pm Community Conversation #2 Good Governance on Small Islands

8:45 pm Bus transfers to OZONE HOTEL

9:00 pm Declaration Committee Meeting at OZONE HOTEL

The Honourable Christopher Loeak was President of the Republic of the Marshall Islands – one of only four low-lying coral atoll nations in the world – between 2012 and 2016 and is an Iroij (traditional chief) of the Ralik Island Chain.

He was first elected to the Nitijela (Parliament) in 1985. During a long parliamentary career he has served as Minister of Justice, Minister of Social Services, and Minister-in-Assistance (Vice President), and remains a Senator for Ailinglaplap Atoll.

As President, he established the Marshall Islands as a world leader in the fight against climate change. In 2013 he hosted the biggest Pacific Islands Leaders’ Meeting in history that resulted in the Majuro Declaration for Climate Leadership which was personally presented to the UN Secretary-General. Loeak also oversaw an enormous uptake in renewable energy across the Marshall Islands with more than ninety percent of the vast outer islands completely solarized.

Climate Change Forum Chair: Thom Woodroofe (UN Representative for Independent Diplomat and a Rhodes Scholar at the University of Oxford)

Dr Kirsten Davies - AustraliaThe warming war: climate change threatening the security of the planet and the sovereignty of nations

Dr Reed Perkins - USAAn interdisciplinary examination of climate change perceptions and responses in Yap State, Federated States of Micronesia

Professor Beate Ratter et al - GermanyPolitricks and umpteen allegations: climate change adaptation in a cross cultural comparison of the Bahamas, the Maldives and the Comoros

Dr Ilan Kelman - United KingdomTempophilia forever: sustainable island futures under climate change

Dr Peggy Rismiller – Kangaroo IslandTurning up the heat on small islands: thermal vulnerability and adaption in a warming climate

Parallel Plenaries

OZONE- Seal Bay Room Social Planning on Small Islands: What works?Chair: Bec Davis Aust Speaker: Angela Hazebroeck International Speaker: Professor Stephen Royle

OZONE- Nepean Bay RoomManaging Tourists on Small Islands: What Works?Chair: Kylie BamfieldAust Speaker: Dr Claire EllisInternational Speaker: Professor Sophia Rolle

Community ConversationsEnergy, Sustainability and Bio-Security on small islands: Do or DieChair: Jennie TeasdalePanel: Peter Clements (KI Mayor), Martine Kinloch (KI), Professor Beate, Ratter (Germany), Prof Joel Arseneau (USA) Good Governance on Small IslandsChair: Aaron Wilksch (KI Council)Panel. Commissioner Wendy Campana (KI), Dr Margi Prideaux (KI), Dr Ilan Kelman (England), Dr Andrew Harwood (Tasmania)

Kangaroo Island Community Education (KICE) is a multi-campus school which was formed in 2005 as a result of a community initiative to review the model of education delivery on Kangaroo Island.

Our three campuses, Kingscote, Parndana and Penneshaw, although over 60 kms apart, work together as one to ensure each child on the island receives a world class education. The rich history of each campus combines to create one school of which we can be proud. Our 650 students (Pre-school to Year 12) are located widely across the island and supported through a network of 15 school buses to attend their local campus. Our students have unique opportunities for learning due to their beautiful geographical location and we have established educational links with local industry, government, small businesses and volunteers to enhance our programmes. Our School Vision of ‘Developing and sustaining a community where everyone learns and grows’ reminds us that on an island we are all connected and the staff, students and their families are all working together for a common future. Our school has outstanding facilities including Recreation Halls, Performing Arts Centres and Trade Training Centres that support quality learning opportunities. As hosts for the Community Conversations on Thursday evening, we will be welcoming delegates to our Kingscote Campus. Our Food and Hospitality students in collaboration with our Food Processing and FLO (Flexible Learning Options) students will be catering and serving, using local produce, some of which is grown and raised in our Agriculture and Aquaculture Centre. Our music students will showcase their jazz band, and student learning will be on display. We extend a warm welcome to all the delegates and look forward to connecting at the Community Conversations.

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y 9:00 am Conference announcements at TOWN HALL

9:15 am Whole Conference Summative Session at TOWN HALL

10:45 am Morning Tea at TOWN HALL

11:15 am


2:00 pm ISISA Annual General Meeting at TOWN HALL

3:00 pm Conference Handover to The Netherlands at TOWN HALL Drawing themes for Terschelling 2018 - Drs Klaas Deen

3:15 pm Declaration Launch at TOWN HALL

3:30 pm Conference Closing by Mayor Peter Clements and Professor Godfrey Baldacchino at TOWN HALL

Plenary by Professor Godfrey Baldacchino and scholarship awardees at TOWN HALL:Looking back, summing up, moving forward

Many thanks to our sponsors:

Many thanks to our catering team:Lucy’s KI Kitchen is a catering business that operates on Kangaroo Island, having started in November 2015. Lucy Trowbridge is the business owner and is a qualified chef; she has worked in corporate catering on the Gold Coast, Sydney, Adelaide and Canberra.

Lucy’s KI Kitchen commenced business as a delivered lunch service in Kingscote, 3 days a week, which has quickly grown to providing catering for groups up to 200 guests. Functions that include, but are not limited to: weddings, funerals, birthdays, corporate lunches, dinners, sporting events and Christmas parties.In addition to the delivered lunch service, Lucy’s KI Kitchen also supplies some of

the local eateries with pre-packed meals to sell in their retail outlets.

Lucy believes in fresh, healthy and delicious food and she treats every job as a new challenge. She prides herself in her work and enjoys the flexibility that running a catering business allows her to spend time with her husband and 3 gorgeous children.

Located on pristine Kangaroo Island, this brewery is born from the blood and sweat of Mike and Nina. This brewery and its beer are 100% KI in every way.

Latitude 36 Culinary Adventure is a paddock to the plate feast for your senses. You will see, touch and smell delicious foods, wines and beverages whilst savoring the sheer natural beauty of the landscape, coastline with wildlife viewing opportunities in their natural habitat.

On Tony’s tours, guests are collected and head on an adventurous day of food, wine, wilderness and wildlife with a maximum of six guests, consuming foods sourced directly from the fertile ocean and farming grounds of Kangaroo Island.

Kevin Ewings has been a chef for over 20 years, winning two awards in the UK. He set up KI Catering in 2015, using a mixture of food van, pop-up and outside catering to service the needs on the island, whilst teaching cookery for children and adults. Available for outside catering and parties.

Turn of the Tide Oil & alkyd on primed canvas Image size: 91.4cm x 914cm Private collection, USA

©Scott Hartshorne 2017

Haliotis (rubra) conicopora, Abalone shell, with Phasianella australis, Pheasant Shell, Calliostoma armillatum,Pyramid Top Shell, Polinices conicus, Sand Snail Shell, Thalotia conica, Conical Top Shell, Notogibbulapreissiana, Twin Keeled Top Shell, Cantharidus pulcherrimus, Crimson Top Shell, Chlorodiloma adelaidae,Adelaide Periwinkle, Diloma concamerata, Speckled Periwinkle plus unidentified worn shell and numerous

opercula. Found mostly on Brown’s Beach, Eastern Cove, Kangaroo Island, South Australia.

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small island communities · and let the feral cat, perched oddly in the tree hunched up with vain,...

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