1 st International Marine Protected Areas Congress (IMPAC 1) 25 weeks to go!

IMPAC 1 Co-Hosts: World Commission on Protected Areas Parks Victoria Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority Supported by: Australian Department of Environment and Heritage Australian Fisheries Management Authority IUCN

Welcome to Geelong IMPAC1 Geelong, Victoria (75 Km from Melbourne)

IMPAC 1 Themes 1.Developing Comprehensive and Representative MPA Networks; 2.Ensuring Sustainability/ Maximising Resilience; 3.Understanding Ecosystem Structure and Processes; 4.Ensuring Management Effectiveness of MPA’s; and 5.Partnerships and Benefits. plus Three Cross-Cut Issues: Indigenous; Social & Economic; and Fisheries.

Topics will include….. Papers of relevance at global, national and local levels Case examples of MPAs from developed and developing countries Practical and theoretical applications

IMPAC 1 Program Outline

Mark Your Diaries 24 – 28 October, 2005 * Geelong, Victoria, Australia Registration now open: –Full registration - Early bird by Friday 10 July 2005: $AUD900 –Full registration after 10 July 2005: $AUD1090 –Student registration ( Does not include social functions ): $AUD400 –Student registration one day ( Does not include social functions ): $AUD100 * Some field trips and satellite events lie outside these dates

Registration Registration includes: –Access to all sessions. –Conference satchel complete with program and abstract book. –Morning and afternoon tea and lunch every day. –A ticket to all social functions - the Welcome Function (Sunday evening 23 October), the Casual Get Together (Monday 24 October) and Conference dinner (Thursday 27th October). –Transfers from Airport and Melbourne to Geelong and return on the 23rd and 28th of October respectively. –Participation in half-day field trips during the Congress but not pre and post- Congress Study Tours. –All taxes (eg. GST).

Time to Get Moving! 650 Expressions of Interest 62 Countries 100 Registrations received 623 Abstracts submitted 150 presentations to be given Pre & Post-Congress study tours