Veg Futures 06: the conference in the field, convened by Greening Australia and Land & Water Australia, took place in March 2006. The conference structured a four day program around five 'big' questions confronting the management of native vegetation in this country:

Q1. What is the role and value of native vegetation in the regional landscape?
Q2. Who pays for native vegetation management?
Q3. How do we balance conservation and production?
Q4. What are we doing about the threats to native vegetation?
Q5. How do we know if we are making a difference?

Delegates were confronted with these 'big' questions in each session of the program. On the final day delegates gathered to discuss how well they answered the big questions during the conference, to identify the gaps in our collective knowledge, and to debate future priorities for managing native vegetation at the regional level.