Elisa Nichols, Executive DirectorPolandAttend the 41st session of the World Heritage Committee 2,928.18 Ken Horrigan, ManagerNew ZealandAttend the National State of the Environment Reporting Forum and Environment Institute of Australia and New Zealand Conference 1,112.94 Nigel Holmes, Principal AdvisorHungaryAttend and present at the LASTFIRE Foam Summit 694.22 3,720.00 Katharine RobertsonJapanAttend the 38th Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation 2,516.49 Michael Short, Chief AdvisorUnited States of AmericaAttend the Effects of Oil on Wildlife Conference 2018 3,180.08 3,135.00 Michael Short, Chief AdvisorSouth KoreaAttend the Hebei Sprit Oil Pollution International Conference 1,054.24 3,700.00 Matthew Boyd, IT Project ManagerNew ZealandAttend FishServe Innovations New Zealand (FINNZ) head office to fast track Waste Levy IT System project initiation and development 1,828.64 Lea Diffey, Executive DirectorUnited States of AmericaSupport the Premier and Minister for Innovation and Tourism Industry Development as the Queensland mission leaders to BIO 2018 including attendance at targeted pre-BIO/BIO business meetings and industry functions. Also support the wider Queensland life sciences delegation and profile the state’s capabilities on the Australia Pavilion (including use of new content and digital material). Some shared travel costs are reported under S. Macintyre (for same trip) where costs were unable to be readily disaggregated. 3,539.12 Stewart MacIntyre, DirectorUnited States of AmericaSupport the Premier and Minister for Innovation and Tourism Industry Development as the Queensland mission leaders to BIO 2018 including attendance at targeted pre-BIO/BIO business meetings and industry functions. Also support the wider Queensland life sciences delegation and profile the state’s capabilities on the Australia Pavilion (including use of new content and digital material). Note reported expenditure includes presentation costs such as promotional materials and catering as well as payment of travel costs on behalf of another departmental officer Ms L. Diffey. 23,796.06 Michael Schmidt, Senior ScientistBangkok, ThailandDr Schmidt held sessions at a 5 day United Nations (UN) workshop on crop mapping based on satellite imagery for official reporting. - 2,900.00 Robin Ellis, Principal ScientistUnited States of AmericaShowcase Queensland’s world class modelling approach, highlighting the innovative modelling platform initiated by the Queensland Government to improving water quality entering the Great Barrier Reef. The discussion will also promote potential international partnerships between DSITIthe Queensland Government Paddock to Reef Program and USDA agricultural Research Service on enhanced modelling techniques and knowledge exchange. 383.12 7,500.00 Roderick Fensham, Principal BotanistNetherlands, United KingdomTo engage with scientists on the issue of savannah dynamics and the survey and assessment of threatened plant species in order to improve the science underpinning important issues affecting vegetation management policy in Queensland including vegetation thickening, the influence of climate and management on vegetation structure and the consequences of clearing for ecological communities and species 3,950.00 Rebecca AtkinsonNew ZealandArts Queensland representation at the World Indigenous Tourism Summit 1,215.00