Research students from Charles Sturt University (CSU) involved in a wide-range of projects for the future of farming will gather in Wagga Wagga next week. The Future Farming Industries Cooperative Research Centre (CRC) will host the postgraduate conference at CSU in Wagga Wagga from Tuesday 17 August to Thursday 18 August.  The students will present their research to expert panels for their feedback and questions. On Wednesday 18 August from 10.45am to 12.30pm, Chief Executive Officer of the Invasive Animals Cooperative Research Centre, Mr Tony Peacock will explore the use of Web 2.0 technology and the reading of community perceptions in making the conduct of research more relevant while also providing greater impact. From 1.15pm to 3pm  Co-Director of the Climate Change Research Centre at the University of NSW, Professor Andy Pitman will report on the core science of Climate Change as reported by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.   Attending the postgraduate conference will be CSU students with the Future Farming Industries CRC: Mr John Broster from the School of Agricultural and Wine Sciences. His PhD is titled, Shelter belts and lamb survival rates’ Ms Felicity Cox’s PhD is Understanding sheep grazing of complex native pastures to better manage natural resources and production outcomes Ms Lauren Howard’s PhD is Relationships between agricultural extension service providers and sustainable agricultural systems Mr Matthew Gardner’s PhD is How does Chicory affect the nitrogen cycling of pasture systems? Ms Catherine Gulliver’s PhD is Improving reproductive efficiency in ewes: manipulating maternal nutrition to increase ovulation rate and alter the sex ratio of offspring Ms Felicity Gummer’s PhD is Relationship between earliness and vigour across a range of cereal species Mr Tim Hutchings’ PhD is Managing financial risk on Australian farms Gina Lennox’s PhD is Absentee ownership of rural land: trends, modes and implications Meredith Mitchell’s PhD is The ecology of Microlaena stipoides in grazing systems Ms Susan Orgill’s PhD is Investigations into the role of perennial pastures in building soil carbon (C) in phase farming systems Eloise Seymour’s PhD is Consideration of community values in regional natural resource decision making Mr David Waters’ PhD is Mechanisms of nutrient retention in biochar-amended soils of south-east NSW Ms Bree Wilson from the School of Agricultural and Wine Sciences is doing a post doctorate on biocontrol of aphids.