2026 Allan Sefton Memorial Lecture
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The Allan Sefton Memorial Lecture is held annually and is named in honour of the late Allan Sefton, who was well-known as a naturalist and conservator of the environment. The Lecture is a public occasion where a distinguished Australian scientist or environmental advocate speaks on a topic of wide environmental interest.This year's guest speaker is Emeritus Professor Colin Woodroffe, who will be delivering a presentation titled "Rising Sea Level and Resilient Coasts".
The sea is rising, but coasts are particularly dynamic, making it challenging to distinguish natural shoreline changes from those that can be attributed to sea-level rise. Large sea-level fluctuations during the ice ages provide evidence from which sediment processes, long-term shoreline evolution, and ecosystem resilience can be inferred.
Coastal environments have been a research focus at UOW, and Emeritus Professor Colin Woodroffe outlines some of the group’s findings, describing beaches, estuaries, wetlands and low-lying reef islands in Australia and the broader Indo-Pacific region, emphasising natural and anthropogenic processes that shape them, their vulnerability, and environmental factors challenging their future sustainability.
DATE: Tuesday 18 August 2026
TIME: 5:30pm - 6:30pm with light refreshments at the conclusion of the lecture
LOCATION: Lecture Theatre 1, Building 20 & Online via Webex, University of Wollongong
Date
Tuesday 18 August 2026 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM (UTC+10)Location
Lecture Theatre 1, Building 20
Northfields Avenue, Gwynneville NSW 2500
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2026 Allan Sefton Memorial Lecture
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