BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Waite Campus - ECPv6.15.11//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Waite Campus X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://www.thewaite.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Waite Campus REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Australia/Adelaide BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+1030 TZOFFSETTO:+0930 TZNAME:ACST DTSTART:20250405T163000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0930 TZOFFSETTO:+1030 TZNAME:ACDT DTSTART:20251004T163000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+1030 TZOFFSETTO:+0930 TZNAME:ACST DTSTART:20260404T163000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0930 TZOFFSETTO:+1030 TZNAME:ACDT DTSTART:20261003T163000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+1030 TZOFFSETTO:+0930 TZNAME:ACST DTSTART:20270403T163000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0930 TZOFFSETTO:+1030 TZNAME:ACDT DTSTART:20271002T163000 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Adelaide:20260204T150000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Adelaide:20260204T160000 DTSTAMP:20260416T170008 CREATED:20251215T071241Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260112T101046Z UID:29814-1770217200-1770220800@www.thewaite.org SUMMARY:TERN bi-monthly webinar: Lifelines in the Desert – the critical role of oases in biodiversity and heritage DESCRIPTION:Register HERE\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Across Australia’s vast drylands (and those of other continents)\, springs and oases emerge as remarkable lifelines\, tiny fragments of the landscape that have critical ecological and cultural significance. These natural discharge points of aquifers create biodiversity hotspots in otherwise inhospitable terrain\, serving as critical refuges for unique flora and fauna found nowhere else on Earth. Beyond their ecological importance\, desert springs have been essential to human survival\, health and cultural heritage for millennia. They provide windows into the hidden dynamics of aquifer systems that sustain life across the world’s arid regions. Yet these precious ecosystems rank amongst the most threatened on the planet\, facing pressures from aquifer drawdown\, spring extinctions\, invasive species\, and direct human modification.  URL:https://www.thewaite.org/event/tern-bi-monthly-webinar/ LOCATION:Zoom webinar CATEGORIES:TERN END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Adelaide:20260205T123000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Adelaide:20260205T140000 DTSTAMP:20260416T170008 CREATED:20260202T105913Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260202T105917Z UID:29937-1770294600-1770300000@www.thewaite.org SUMMARY:Blackbird Foundry Roadshow - Adelaide DESCRIPTION:Register HERE\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Blackbird is an ANZ venture capital fund who invest in every type of technology – from software to space. They back generational ambition\, invest from idea to IPO and their current portfolio is worth over $9B including some of the most successful Aussie and Kiwi startups like Canva\, Zoox\, SafetyCulture\, Culture Amp and Halter. \nFoundry is their deep tech program with a belief of scientists starting companies. It is a 3-month program to find and nurture the high-potential founders currently in our research institutions. \nThis session hosted at Stone & Chalk (at Lot Fourteen) is an introduction to the program and part of a national roadshow – learn more & register here. URL:https://www.thewaite.org/event/blackbird-foundry-roadshow-adelaide/ LOCATION:SA CATEGORIES:Public events,Training Opportunities END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Adelaide:20260211T093000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Adelaide:20260211T143000 DTSTAMP:20260416T170008 CREATED:20260202T111815Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260202T111821Z UID:29951-1770802200-1770820200@www.thewaite.org SUMMARY:Workshop: Carbon farming explained DESCRIPTION:Come along to free workshops hosted by the Northern and Yorke Landscape Board to unlock the potential of carbon farming. \n\n\n\n\nAre you curious about how carbon farming can benefit agricultural businesses? \n \nCome along to free workshops hosted by the Northern and Yorke Landscape Board to unlock the potential of carbon farming. These workshops are designed for landholders\, researchers\, industry\, students or anyone else who wants to understand: \n· What is carbon farming? Understand the concept and its applications. \n· Benefits for on-farm productivity: Explore how carbon farming can benefit farm efficiency and output. \n· Generating carbon credits: Can farmers earn credits\, and what to consider. \n· Carbon footprint: Learn what it is and why or why not to reduce it. \n· Calculating carbon footprint: Learn how to measure farm emission intensity. \n\n\n \n Reserve your spot HERE URL:https://www.thewaite.org/event/workshop-carbon-farming-explained/ LOCATION:Gatehouse Waite Campus CATEGORIES:Training Opportunities,What's what @ Waite ORGANIZER;CN="SA Drought Hub":MAILTO:sadroughthub@adelaide.edu.au END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Adelaide:20260211T123000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Adelaide:20260211T140000 DTSTAMP:20260416T170008 CREATED:20260202T113012Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260202T113236Z UID:29957-1770813000-1770818400@www.thewaite.org SUMMARY:ATSE Seminar: Emerging crops for future food\, fibre and fuel DESCRIPTION: URL:https://www.thewaite.org/event/atse-seminar-emerging-crops-for-future-food-fibre-and-fuel/ LOCATION:TechCentral Lecture Theatre\, Ground floor\, TechCentral\, Lot Fourteen Frome Rd. END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Adelaide:20260212T100000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Adelaide:20260212T110000 DTSTAMP:20260416T170008 CREATED:20251222T050526Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251222T051005Z UID:29823-1770890400-1770894000@www.thewaite.org SUMMARY:WRI Seminar Series: Dr Matthew Paul and Dr Cara Griffiths\, Rothamsted Research DESCRIPTION: Dr Matthew Paul and Dr Cara Griffiths –  Rothamsted Research\n \nDate: Thursday 12 Feb 2026\, 10 am\, SARDI Plant Research Centre Auditorium \nTitle:Translating discoveries in sugar signalling to crop yield improvement \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Abstract: There is an ongoing need to improve both yield potential and resilience in crops in a way that is sustainable. Fundamental science can provide information on mechanisms and processes that could be targeted genetically or by other methods. Our research has found that trehalose 6-phosphate (T6P) is a sugar signal which inhibits the central protein kinase SnRK1 and regulates crop resource allocation. Over 20 years with Ben Davis at Oxford University we have developed a chemical intervention method for T6P. Using light-activated T6P precursors wheat yields can be increased in field conditions >10%\, an order of magnitude greater than by current breeding. Significantly\, yield increases were achieved without requirement for additional fertiliser in both wet and dry years. Yield is increased because T6P activates >100 genes for starch and protein synthesis in grain during early grain filling. Enhanced grain sink strength increases the rate of photosynthesis. Hence the whole source to sink pathway is activated. Interestingly\, T6P overcomes recalcitrant trade-offs between grain size and grain number and between grain yield and grain protein content. The research demonstrates a step-change\, scalable technology with net benefit to the environment that could provide sustainable yield improvements of diverse staple cereal crops. \nBio for Dr Matthew Paul: Following a PhD at the University of Leicester and Royal Society post-doctoral fellowship in Germany\, MP has spent much of his career at Rothamsted Research where he is a Principal Research Scientist in the Delivering Sustainable Wheat Institute Strategic Programme. In 1999 he began working on trehalose 6-phosphate (T6P) sugar signalling. Through several productive collaborations and grants particularly from UKRI-BBSRC the team discovered that T6P inhibited SnRK1\, a member of the conserved AMPK/SNF1 protein kinase master regulators of metabolism\, sugar and energy homeostasis. Subsequent research has shown the central role of T6P in crop resource allocation. A chemical intervention method to perturb T6P in crops pioneered with Professor Ben Davis (Oxford University) increases wheat yields in field conditions. The research has led to the formation of spinout SugaROx co-founded by MP\, Ben Davis and Cara Griffiths which is developing T6P applications in a range of crops. \nBio for Dr Cara Griffiths: Cara is a molecular biologist – biochemist. Cara is interested in whole plant carbon allocation and carbon usage\, with an emphasis on how this is regulated by SnRK1 and sugar phosphates\, in particular trehalose-6-phosphate (T6P). In addition\, she also looks at how sugars are accumulated and used in both drought and desiccation tolerance processes. Cara has a research background in the molecular mechanisms of desiccation tolerance\, where she previously looked at hormone glycosylation and senescence avoidance in the resurrection grass\, Sporobolus stapfianus. In addition\, she continues to be involved in sugar and starch biochemistry in wheat where she looks at how a T6P precursor can be used to induce changes in this biochemistry\, improving resilience and increasing yield. Currently\, Cara mainly works on exploring genetic and sugar biochemistry variation in drought tolerant wheat populations\, in addition to using resurrection plant genes to improve crop yields and drought tolerance. URL:https://www.thewaite.org/event/wri-seminar-series-dr-matthew-paul-and-dr-cara-griffiths-rothamsted-research/ LOCATION:Plant Research Centre Auditorium\, South Australia\, Australia CATEGORIES:WRI END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Adelaide:20260216T113000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Adelaide:20260216T123000 DTSTAMP:20260416T170008 CREATED:20260209T112331Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260209T112333Z UID:29986-1771241400-1771245000@www.thewaite.org SUMMARY:P4S Special Seminar with NASA Astronaut Dr Shannon Walker DESCRIPTION:Plants for Space invite you to a P4S Special Seminar with NASA Astronaut Dr Shannon Walker. \nThe Seminar will be held 11.30 – 12.30pm –  Monday\, 16 February in the Plant Research Centre Auditorium. \nShannon Walker was selected by NASA to be an astronaut in 2004.  She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Physics\, as well as Master of Science and a Doctor of Philosophy degrees in Space Physics\, all from Rice University in Houston.  Dr. Walker’s first space flight was in 2010\, a long-duration mission on the International Space Station (ISS). \nDr Walker served as the pilot on the Soyuz spacecraft that took her and her crew to the ISS and served as a Flight Engineer on the Station for Expeditions 24 and 25.  That mission lasted 163 days\, with 161 of them on the ISS.  Her second mission was also a long-duration flight on the ISS.  This time she was a Mission Specialist on the Crew-1 SpaceX Crew Dragon vehicle named Resilience\, which launched in November of 2020.  She was a Flight Engineer on the ISS during Expedition 64 and was the ISS Commander for Expedition 65 until her crew returned to Earth in May of 2021.  This mission totaled 167 days. For each of her flights to the ISS\, Dr. Walker’s contributions covered many areas\, including scientific investigations\, technology demonstrations\, the maintenance of the Station\, growing crops\, and taking hundreds of pictures of the Earth. Dr. Walker has logged just over 330 days in space. After 38 years working at the Johnson Space Center\, Dr. Walker left NASA in July 2025. \nShannon is a member of the Plants for Space Advisory Committee. URL:https://www.thewaite.org/event/p4s-special-seminar-with-nasa-astronaut-dr-shannon-walker/ LOCATION:Plant Research Centre Auditorium\, South Australia\, Australia CATEGORIES:Plants for Space END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Adelaide:20260219T100000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Adelaide:20260219T110000 DTSTAMP:20260416T170008 CREATED:20260127T190916Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260127T191928Z UID:29909-1771495200-1771498800@www.thewaite.org SUMMARY:WRI Seminar Series: : Dr Stephen Lee\, Director of the SA Drought Hub DESCRIPTION:Dr Stephen Lee\n \nDate: Thursday 19 Feb 2026\, 10 am\, SARDI Plant Research Centre Auditorium \nTitle: SA Drought Hub – impacts to date and opportunities for collaboration \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Abstract: The South Australian Drought Resilience Adoption and Innovation Hub (SA Drought Hub) was established in June 2021 with a primary focus on building drought and climate resilience for farmers and regional communities. The Hub\, delivered in partnership Department of Primary Industries and Regions (PIRSA)\, is one of eight established across the nation through the Australian Government’s Future Drought Fund. The SA Drought Hub has a primary focus on broadacre and pastoral industries and is responsible for delivery of programs that integrate research\, development\, extension\, adoption and commercialisation aligned with drought and climate resilience priorities informed by extensive regional consultation. An overview of projects spanning near\, medium and longterm horizons will be presented. \nBio: Dr Stephen Lee brings extensive experience in agricultural research\, development and adoption to the role of Director of the SA Drought Hub. He undertook his PhD with the University of Adelaide and Cooperative Research Centre for Beef Genetic Technologies and has published research and led adoption programs spanning agricultural enterprise productivity and profitability\, genetic improvement\, greenhouse gas emissions reduction and improvement of product quality. Stephen was the first Manager of the South Australian Sheep and Beef Industry Blueprints where he worked extensively with a value chain wide working group on the development and successful implementation of the industry growth strategy. Stephen received the 2024 Southern Australia Livestock Research Council Scientist/researcher award recipient and in 2021 was awarded the Jim McColl Australian Institute of Agriculture Young Consultant Award. \n \n \n \n \n \n Check out the SA Drought Hub’s website HERE \n  \nJoin from PC\, Mac\, iPad\, or Android: \nhttps://adelaide.zoom.us/j/88324941961?pwd=iBEvCU8wU2bKbEa3JaDzLIDGOZtEkj.1 \nWebinar ID: 883 2494 1961 \nPasscode:429141 URL:https://www.thewaite.org/event/wri-seminar-series-dr-stephen-lee-director-of-the-sa-drought-hub/ LOCATION:Plant Research Centre Auditorium\, South Australia\, Australia CATEGORIES:Adelaide University,What's what @ Waite,WRI END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Adelaide:20260227T130000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Adelaide:20260227T140000 DTSTAMP:20260416T170008 CREATED:20260223T120642Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260223T120644Z UID:30066-1772197200-1772200800@www.thewaite.org SUMMARY:AWRI Webinar: Driving decarbonisation - smarter carbon reporting for the Australian wine industry DESCRIPTION:Register HERE\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n The Australian wine industry faces intensifying pressure to reduce its carbon emissions. As time goes on the reporting expectations of retailers\, investors and consumers are only likely to grow and will impact more and more businesses. In many cases\, meeting these expectations requires gathering information across the entire value chain. This webinar looks at innovative approaches and digital solutions to generate reliable product-level carbon information efficiently so that it is not a burden\, but instead a valuable tool to prioritise your decarbonisation efforts. What you will learn: – Why measure product carbon footprints: an opportunity for the Australian wine industry to be on the front foot – Data privacy: how to securely exchange data in a way that can be trusted by both the provider and the recipient – What is e Liability: Harvard Business School and University of Oxford have developed an innovative approach that applies 20th-century cost-accounting principles to the world of carbon. URL:https://www.thewaite.org/event/awri-webinar-driving-decarbonisation-smarter-carbon-reporting-for-the-australian-wine-industry/ LOCATION:Online via Zoom\, Australia CATEGORIES:AWRI END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR