AFSS 2024 - On the Border Line

The Australian Freshwater Sciences Society (AFSS) held its annual conference from Monday 2nd December to Friday 6th December 2024.

This year’s meeting was held as a face-to-face conference at the Albury Entertainment Centre, Albury, NSW. The Australian Freshwater Sciences Society conference brought together experts from across Australia and around the world in all disciplines of freshwater science, presenting the most up to date research, management and policy initiatives. Our conference theme this year was ‘’On the Borderline”.  

Albury-Wodonga is situated in the heart of the Murray Darling Basin, on either side of the Murray River in NSW and Victoria. Within freshwater science there are many borderlines that we encounter, from ecotones to barriers to knowledge translation. In a changing world, innovative solutions to overcoming real or perceived barriers are needed. We invited papers presenting the most up to date research and initiatives on all aspects of freshwater science from foundational to applied. The congress was of interest to a wide range of scientists, managers, policy makers and communicators, which attracted more than 150 delegates. We enjoyed discussing all things freshwater at the conference.

Australian Freshwater Sciences Society Treasurer/Conference Chair: Dr Sally Maxwell
Centre for Freshwater Ecosystems | Department of Environment and Genetics | School of Agriculture, Biomedicine and Environment 
La Trobe University | Albury-Wodonga Campus

Australian Freshwater Sciences Society President: Associate Professor Bradley Moggridge
Centre for Applied Water Science | University of Canberra