Registration is open here for our Early Bird prices (regular prices commence from July 26)

Abstracts due COB 19 July 2024. Download the APCC14 abstract submission form here (word doc).

Presenters will be allocated 15 minutes in the Conference Program for their presentation. 10 minutes will be allocated for questions to all presenters at the end of each session.

Special Guest Speaker

Costa Georgiadis

Dinner Speaker

Prof Hugh Possingham

Plenary Speakers

Navigating Natural Disasters

Dr Darren Crayn – Australian Tropical Herbarium

Fighting Feral Pathogens

Dr Geoff Pegg – QLD Department of Agriculture and Fisheries

Paul Dawson and Adrian Bauwens – Bunya People’s Aboriginal Corporation

Living on the Edge

Dr Carol Booth – Stanthorpe Rare Wildflower Consortium

Dr James Clugston – Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, University of Western Sydney

Northern Connections

Paul Donatiu – Queensland Threatened Plant Network

Gerry Turpin – Queensland Herbarium

Download our Partnership Prospectus here (pdf) if you are keen to support this premier event, as well as promote your organisation and plant conservation achievements.

Bursaries are available for 2 Students or Early Career Researchers (ECRs) to attend the conference, thanks to the Australian Flora Foundation. See here for more information.

The ANPC will hold the 14th Australasian Plant Conservation Conference (APCC14) in Toowoomba, Queensland, from 13-17 October 2024 at the Oaks Toowoomba Hotel 25 Annand St, Toowoomba QLD 4350

Travel and accommodation

Please read our phytosanitation guidelines here.

Please give them careful thought before and after you travel. The ANPC is a strong advocate for strong national and domestic plant biosecurity. We work to prevent the spread and exchange between locations of all plant diseases and pests. This 2024 conference will be held on the edge of the east Australian Myrtle Rust zone. You could easily pick up spores on your clothing or gear, even in Toowoomba. On field trips, we will also be visiting sites sensitive to species of Phytophthora root diseases, and places potentially containing these pathogens, and we must avoid spreading lineages of this and other soil-borne diseases. We seek your cooperation and commitment in ARRIVING CLEAN and LEAVING CLEAN.

Information on getting to Toowoomba and where to stay can be found here.

Toowoomba is just a 90 minute drive from Brisbane and only 2 hours 10 minutes from the Gold Coast.

Toowoomba Wellcamp Airport has direct services to Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne, Townsville and regional Queensland with Qantas and Regional Express. Frequent buses link from Brisbane Airport to Toowoomba.

To receive a 12% discount at the Oaks Toowoomba Hotel, book online and enter the promo code OUREVENT.

Oaks Toowoomba Flyer with discount code

Things to see and do in Toowoomba. There are many Parks and Gardens and bushwalks to explore!

The conference theme recognises how the many Little Things that we do – in science, land management, and community-based conservation – can grow into the Big Things that can save our biodiversity heritage.

APCC14 will bring together, from across Australasia, Traditional Owners, plant conservation scientists, researchers, practitioners and land managers, government agency staff, community groups, students and volunteers, to discuss recent advances and issues in plant conservation, and how best to manage the key threats. We will explore new insights into the recovery of native plants after extreme disturbances such as fire and cyclones, the conservation of threatened species and communities, and emerging new threats from plant diseases in the wild, including Myrtle Rust.

A key part of APCC14 will be building and strengthening plant conservation networks. In particular, it will raise the profile of plant conservation in Queensland, including through the Queensland Threatened Plant Network (QTPN) which is a new initiative coordinated through a partnership between the ANPC and the Queensland Department of Environment, Science and Innovation. The QTPN seeks to support and facilitate groups and new partnerships for the conservation of native flora and threatened plant recovery across the State.

Sub-themes:

Program overview:

Sunday 13 October: Early registration and Welcome Reception at the venue from 4-7pm.

Monday 14 – Wednesday 16 October: Conference sessions (presentations, posters and workshops)

Tuesday 15 October: Conference Dinner

Thursday 17 October: Field trips:

Field Trip 1 (full day) – Wildflowers of the Granite Belt with Stanthorpe Rare Wildflower Consortium (8am to 5.30pm)
Field Trip 2 (full day) – The plants of the Bunya Mountains and Darling Downs grasslands (8am to 5pm)
Field Trip 3 (half day) – Peacehaven Botanic Park and Gummingurru Aboriginal historical site (9am to 2pm).

Please stay tuned! Updates will be posted here, in the ANPC newsletter , and on our social media pages once more information is available.

Join the ANPC here!

A big thanks to our wonderful organising commitee!