7x7 SEED Talks

We are serious about the time allowed. It will be a race for those competing to get their story across in the most effective way in just seven minutes. You will have the opportunity to express your response to the speakers via the audience “clapathon” rating scale, with the “winner” gaining bragging rights, and everyone enjoying a fun and fast afternoon activity to kick off the Nature Festival fortnight. Join us at the rear of the Art Gallery of South Australia, just outside of the Radford Auditorium, from 12:30 pm for a complimentary drink on arrival, with the presentation commencing at 1:00 pm sharp. We have gathered a diverse speaker line-up and look forward to seeing how they interpret the brief! Mitchell Livingston – Seed Bank Manager, Trees for Life and one of Nature Festival's 2026 Seed Stewards Janine Mackintosh – Kangaroo Island-based assemblage artist, conservationist and Nature Foundation member Quahli Newchurch – A proud Kaurna, Narungga and Kokatha woman working as a Cultural Fire Practitioner and Ecological Monitoring Manager with Kaurna Kardla, Nature Festival 2026 Cultural Ambassador and Seed Steward Flavio Perez – Adelaide-based musician, horticulturalist, and Capoeira practitioner known for his "Musical Plants" Jason Tyndall – Nature Play SA CEO, conservation professional, author, poet, illustrator, bush carer, bird watcher and dreamer Professor Michelle Waycott – Chief Botanist, State Herbarium of South Australia and the H.B.S. Womersley Chair in Systematic Botany at the University of Adelaide Seed Conservation Centre Final speaker to be announced! The Nature Festival programs this event in partnership with Nature Foundation.