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Overseas travel
Name & Position |
Countries / Cities visited |
Purpose of visit |
Duration |
Total Cost |
Cost to Trust |
Source of |
| Dr Maurizio Rossetto, Senior Research Scientist |
Berlin, Germany and Kew, United Kingdom | To participate and present at XX International Congress of Genetics To discuss potential conservation genomics projects on Australian flora (also availed of recreation leave from 19-25 July 2008) | 10-25 July 2008 |
$5,500 | Nil | Grant from HSF |
|
Dr Edward Liew, Plant Pathologist/ Mycologist |
Turin and Alghero, Italy |
To attend 9th International Congress of Plant Pathology and 10th International Fusarium Workshop | 23 August-3 September 2008 | $7,300 |
Nil | Friends of The Gardens, Horticulture Australia Limited and Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research |
| Surrey Jacobs, Principal Research Scientist |
Copenhagen (Denmark) Mainz, Remseck/ Neckar (Germany) |
Participate in 5th International Symposium on Grass Systematics & Evolution, presenting talks/ posters Give lecture; discuss joint projects with fellow researchers |
9-16 August 2008 17-21 August |
$9,700 | $3,500 | Friends of The Gardens and Remseck/Neckar & Mainz University |
| Karen Wilson, Acting Manager Plant Diversity; Special Botanist |
Copenhagen Lund (Sweden; day-trip from Copenhagen); Hamburg (Germany); Kew (UK) |
Participate in Monocots IV international conference, presenting talks/poster Examine specimens in three herbaria; discuss joint projects with fellow researchers |
10-16 August 20 7-8, 18-22 August 200808 |
$7,800 | $2,000 | Friends of The Gardens and personal contribution |
| John Benson, Senior Ecologist |
Spain; Barcelona | Participate and present at the IUCN 4th World Conservation Congress | 1-15 October 2008 |
$7,100 | $2,100 | Friends of The Gardens, external grant funds and personal contribution |
| Dr Kim Hamilton, Rainforest Seed Project Coordinator, Horticultural Research Section | UK, Sussex |
Presentation at the conference ‘Tree Seeds 2008 - Trees, Seeds and a Changing Climate’ Visit Millennium Seedbank for discussions with collaborators. |
19 September-4 October 2008 | $$6,000 | nil | Royal Botanic Gardens Foundation |
|
Dr Tim Entwisle, Executive Director |
New Zealand | To participate in awards ceremony | 5-8 November 2008 | $2,500 | nil | New Zealand Horticulture Industry Training Organisation |
|
Dr Alan Millar, Principal Research Scientist |
Wellington, New Zealand | To attend Asia–Pacific Phycological Forum | 9-19 November 2008 | $1,950 | nil | Allen Press, USA |
| Dr Elizabeth Brown, Systematic Bryologist | New Zealand | To attend workshop and fieldwork for Lepidoziaceae projects | 16 November-12 January 2009 |
$3,500 | nil | Personal contribution |
| Hannah McPherson, Technical Officer (Scientific) |
Hamburg, Germany and Grenoble, France
|
To research Australian collection in Hamburg Herbarium To work with colleagues at the University Joseph Fourier |
22 December 2008-3 April 2009 4-18 April 2009 |
$15,000 $3,000 |
nil nil |
Australia Germany Association, Goethe Institut, Lufthansa, and ARC Discovery grant |
| Pauline Markwell, Director, Royal Botanic Gardens Foundation |
USA | To participate in 3rd To visit botanic gardens, other cultural institutions and grant-making bodies to research leading fundraising and philanthropy. |
28 March -26 April 2009 |
$13,950 | nil | Friends of The Gardens and Royal Botanic Gardens Foundation |
| Dr Barry Conn, Principal Research Scientist |
Singapore Indonesia Indonesia |
To conduct research at Singapore Botanic Gardens To conduct research at Herbarium Bogoriense To attend conservation symposium |
14 June-7 July 2009 7-13 July 2009 13-19 July 2009 |
$9,590 | nil | Friends of The Gardens and Singapore Botanic Gardens |
| Dr Alan Millar, Principal Research Scientist |
Lawrence, Kansas, USA Honolulu, Hawaii, USA Tokyo, Japan |
To attend meeting at Allen Press To attend Phycological Society of America Conference To attend Phycological Congress |
21-28 June 2009 18-25 July 2009 31 July-9 August 2009 |
$1,920 $2,300 $3,534 |
nil | Allen Press, USA |