The IPC 10 Conference is open to all, whereas the Convergence (see 'Convergence
Timetable' at left) is only open to people who've completed a Permaculture Design
Certificate (PDC) course.



The Conference will be opened the night before, on September 16, with a gala dinner
at Le Royal Grand Hotel, Amman.



Conference Timetable




Click here for details on speakers and their topics.

• 9:00am to 9:30am, opening 30 minutes
  
  Nadia Abu Yahia Lawton: "Welcome to Jordan"


• 9:30am to 10:15am, 1st speaker, 45 minutes
  
  Rosemary Morrow: "Small scale to large scale - the land and the people"


• 5 minutes break


• 10:20am to 11:05am, 2nd speaker, 45 minutes
  
  Mohsen Abdolhoseini and Ghasem Haghani Parei: "Indigenous water systems of
  Iran"


• 5 minutes break


• 11:10am to 11:55am, 3rd speaker, 45 minutes
  
  Brad Lancaster: "Urban water harvesting systems"
  


• 5 minute break


• 12:00pm to 12:45pm, 4th speaker, 45 minutes
  
  Tony Rinoudo: "Against the odds: Reversing desertification in arid and semi
  arid lands"


• 1 hour lunch break


• 1:45pm to 2:30pm, 5th speaker, 45 minutes
  
  Geoff Lawton: "The Importance of Establishing Self-Replicating Dryland Permaculture
  Demonstration Sites"


• 5 minute break


• 2:35pm to 3:20pm, 6th speaker, 45 minutes
  
  Rhamis Kent: "Permaculture in Somalia"
  


• 5 minute break


• 3:25pm to 4:10pm, 7th speaker, 45 minutes
  
  Warren Brush: "Permaculture and peacemaking in a thirsty world"


• 5 minute break


• 4:15pm to 5:00pm, 8th speaker, 45 minutes
  
  Bill Mollison: "Virtually unknown, rarely applied yet quite effective"



• Buses to Tawaheen Al Hawa oriental restaurant


• Buses back to hotels