Outlook 2015 archive - Program and presentations

ABARES Outlook 2015 conference, 3-4 March in Canberra

Outlook 2015 – Speakers and chair profiles

Tuesday 3 March

Royal Theatre 9.00 – 10.30am
Welcome to Country Chair: Leigh Radford, ABC Rural Economic overview Karen Schneider, ABARES - The business of agriculture - Presentation PDF [1 MB] - Video and transcript Alan Oster, National Australia Bank - Outlook for the Australian economy over the short to medium term - Presentation PDF [316 KB] - Video and transcript Ayhan Kose, The World Bank - Global economic prospects: disappointments, divergences and expectations - Presentation PDF [141 KB] - Video and transcript Geoff Raby, Geoff Raby & Associates - China’s economic prospects and the implications for Australian agricultural exports - Presentation PDF [845 KB] - Video and transcript
Royal Theatre 10.30 – 11.00am
Opening address The Hon. Barnaby Joyce MP Minister for Agriculture - Video and transcript
11.00am – 11.30am Morning tea
Royal Theatre 11:30am – 1:00pm
Investing in agribusiness Chair: Jo Evans, Department of Agriculture Andrew Crane, CBH Group - Investing in agribusiness - creating value for the Australian economy and society - Video and transcript Andrew Forrest, Minderoo Foundation - Waterproofing Australia - Presentation PDF [213 KB] - Speech PDF [413 KB] - Video and transcript Tony Johnson, EY - Building a better working world for Australian agribusiness and farmers - Presentation PDF [1.68 MB] - Video and transcript
1.00pm – 2.00pm Lunch
Royal Theatre 2.00pm – 3.30pm	Bradman Theatre 2.00pm – 3.30pm	Menzies Theatre 2.00pm – 3.30pm	Nicholls Theatre 2.00pm – 3.30pm
Northern Australia - Q&A Video and transcript Chair: Michael Guerin, growNORTH, Northern Australia Collaborative Research and Development Bid Jammie Penm, ABARES - Market prospects for agriculture in northern Australia - Presentation PDF [710 KB] - Video and transcript Georgia Underwood, Japfa Santori Australia - Continuing cattle culture – Indonesian ownership - Presentation PDF [5.4 MB] Luke Bowen, Northern Australia Development Office - Northern development – Australia’s imperative - Presentation PDF [7.2 MB]	The Australian grains industry in 2020 - Q&A Video and transcript Chair: John Harvey, Grains Research and Development Corporation Neil Thompson, ABARES - Prospects for grains to 2019-20 - Presentation PDF [696 KB] - Video and transcript David Fienberg, Australian Export Grains Innovation Centre - Market opportunities for Australian grains in Asia - Presentation PDF [2.9 MB] - Video and transcript Luke Fraser, Juturna Infrastructure - The $20 per tonne solution: how Australia can get serious about its freight costs - Presentation PDF [715 KB] - Video and transcript	Communicating food quality - Q&A Video and transcript Chair: Leigh Radford, ABC Rural Wendy Umberger, University of Adelaide - Consumer demand for quality - Presentation PDF [1.7 MB] - Video and transcript Trent De Paoli , Austchilli / Nuffield Scholar - Firing up the business of horticulture - Presentation PDF [1.6 MB] - Video and transcript Dylan Skinns, Austral Fisheries - Building relationships with chefs and consumers to develop markets for innovative seafood products - Presentation PDF [3.6 MB] - Video and transcript Deborah Wray, Wray Organic - Certified organic retailers: in the business of farming - Presentation PDF [3.6 MB] - Video and transcript	Managing risk in primary industries - Q&A Video and transcript Chair: Jo Evans, Department of Agriculture Mark Burgman, University of Melbourne - What is risk and why does it matter to farmers? - Presentation PDF [850 KB] - Video and transcript Neil Plummer, Bureau of Meteorology - Managing climate risk when the past is no longer the best guide - Presentation PDF [2.6 MB] - Video and transcript Michael Carroll, Food and agribusiness company director - A perspective on risk and the farm enterprise - Presentation PDF [312 KB] - A perspective on risk and the farm enterprise PDF [157 KB] - Video and transcript Andrew Trotter, Latevo International - Mitigating catastrophic risk in Australian agriculture - Presentation PDF [1.1 MB] - Video and transcript
3.30pm – 4.00pm Afternoon tea
Royal Theatre 4.00 – 5.30pm	Bradman Theatre 4.00 – 5.30pm	Menzies Theatre 4.00 – 5.30pm	Nicholls Theatre 4.00 – 5.30pm
Farm performance - the dollars and the cents - Q&A Video and transcript Chair: Simon Talbot, National Farmers’ Federation Peter Gooday, ABARES - Farm performance and productivity - Presentation PDF [588 KB] - Video and transcript Graeme McConnell, Planfarm - Small changes to your farming business to double profit - Presentation PDF [3.3 MB] - Video and transcript Sasha Courville, National Australia Bank - Investing in natural capital for agribusiness profitability and resilience - Presentation PDF [1.1 MB] - Video and transcript David Brownhill, Merrilong Pastoral Company / Nuffield Scholar - Our farming future - Presentation PDF [3.2 MB] - Video and transcript	Profitable livestock production Chair: Richard Norton, Meat & Livestock Australia - Q&A Video and transcript Trish Gleeson, ABARES - Livestock – emerging markets, competitiveness and farmgate returns - Presentation PDF [954 KB] - Video and transcript Jason Strong, Australian Agricultural Company - Maximising margins while producing what consumers want - Presentation PDF [1.6 MB] - Video and transcript Michael Lyons, ‘Wambiana’, QLD / Nuffield Scholar - Working with nature for sustainable profits - Presentation PDF [4.8 MB] - Video and transcript Kate Brabin,Certified Angus Group - Brands benefiting farm gate returns - Presentation PDF [966 KB] - Video and transcript	Horticulture - profit-enhancing innovations - Q&A Video and transcript Chair: David Moore, Horticulture Innovation Australia Limited Brian Moir, ABARES - Outlook for horticulture production and trade - Presentation PDF [844 KB] - Video and transcript Harry Debney, Costa Group - Meeting the growth and profit challenge in horticulture - Presentation PDF [1.4 MB] - Video and transcript Andrew Harty, Citrus Australia - Citrus to China: opportunities and challenges - Presentation PDF [1 MB] - Video and transcript Jackie Healing, Coles - Innovation from paddock to plate: a retailer's perspective - Video and transcript	Dairy - Q&A Video and transcript Chair: Andrew Metcalfe, EY Peter Collins, ABARES - Outlook for dairy - Presentation PDF [723 KB] - Video and transcript Greg Dennis, Scenic Rim 4 Real Milk - When all that is old – becomes new again - Presentation PDF [5.8 MB] - Video and transcript Mark Bennett, ANZ - Australian dairy – milk of the future - Presentation PDF [1.1 MB] - Video and transcript
6.30pm for 7.00pm
Conference dinner with presentations to the 2015 recipients of the Science and Innovation Awards for Young People in Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry and the Australian Biosecurity Awards Dinner Master of Ceremonies Ms Bernie Hobbs

Wednesday 4 March

Royal Theatre 9.00 – 10.30am
Global growth - Q&A Video and transcript Chair: Leigh Radford, ABC Rural Alan Oxley, ITS Global - Importance of trade and market access issues to Australian agriculture - Presentation PDF [3.8 MB] - Video and transcript Greg Pompelli, Economic Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture - Outlook for global food demand and opportunities in Asia - Presentation PDF [2.7 MB] - Video and transcript Gilles Boumeester, Rabobank The Netherlands - Australian agriculture – taking its part of global food and fibre demand - Presentation PDF [1.5 MB] - Video and transcript
Royal Theatre 10.30 – 11.00am
Opening address The Hon. Warren Truss MP Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Infrastructure and Regional Development - Video and transcript Chair: Leigh Radford, ABC Rural
11.00am – 11.30am Morning tea
Royal Theatre 11.30am – 12.45pm	Bradman Theatre 11.30am – 12.45pm	Menzies Theatre 11.30am – 12.45pm	Nicholls Theatre 11.30am – 12.45pm
Cutting red tape in agriculture Chair Karen Schneider, ABARES The Hon. Christian Porter MP, Parliamentary Secretary to the Prime Minister - Presentation PDF [918 KB] - Video and transcript Lisa Elliston, ABARES - Deregulation achievements and priorities in the agriculture portfolio - Presentation PDF [837 KB] - Video and transcript Terry Nolan Nolan Meats -There’s always a better system Rob Forlong, Environmental Protection Authority New Zealand - Pesticides and pavlova: a New Zealand perspective on getting regulation right - Presentation PDF [1.9 MB] - Video and transcript	Future technologies for future profitability - Q&A Video and transcript Chair: Selwyn Snell, Council of Rural Research and Development Corporations Bronwyn Harch, Queensland University of Technology - Technology transfer: reaping the benefits of non-agricultural research - Presentation PDF [1.6 MB] - Video and transcript Tim Neale, PrecisionAgriculture.com.au - Profiting from proven technologies: the case of precision agriculture - Presentation PDF [2.0 MB] - Video Lyndall Bull, Lynea Advisory - Innovation in the forest sector: buzzword or essential and indispensable? - Presentation PDF [1.1 MB] - Video and transcript Salah Sukkarieh, University of Sydney - Field robotics, intelligent sensors and big data for future horticulture enterprises - Presentation PDF [3.0 MB] - Video and transcript	Sheep and wool – the horns of profitability Chair: Paul Swan, Australian Wool Innovation Caroline Gunning-Trant, ABARES - Outlook for sheep and wool - Presentation PDF [796 KB] - Video and transcript Jimmy Jackson, Australian Wool Innovation - Reducing the Australian wool industry’s reliance on China - Presentation PDF [867 KB] - Video and transcript John Ramsay, Ramsay Agriculture, TAS - Changing directions for a more positive future - Presentation PDF [716 KB] - Video and transcript David Counsell, ‘Dunblane’, QLD - Pastoral sheep - profitable but under threat - Presentation PDF [2.9 MB] - Video and transcript	Fisheries and aquaculture - new markets, new opportunities Chair: Senator the Hon. Richard Colbeck, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Agriculture Robert Curtotti, ABARES - Fisheries and aquaculture – seafood prospects and competitiveness - Presentation PDF [1.5 MB] - Video and transcript Arno Verboon, Fremantle Octopus - Octopus – delivering new export opportunities - Presentation Pt1 PDF [5.2 MB] - Presentation Pt2 PDF [2.1 MB] - Video and transcript Dallas Donovan, Seafarms Group - Prawn farming in the North — fulfilling the potential - Presentation PDF [1.8 MB] - Video and transcript Arthur Raptis, A. Raptis & Sons - The future of the seafood industry - Presentation PDF [5.1 MB] - Video and transcript
12.45pm – 2.00pm Lunch
Royal Theatre 2.00 – 3.30pm
Megatrends future agriculture - Video and transcript Opening comments: Senator the Hon. Richard Colbeck, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Agriculture Facilitator - Mick Keogh, Australian Farm Institute Panellists - Video and transcript Senator the Hon. Richard Colbeck, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Agriculture Stefan Hajkowicz, CSIRO Matt Linnegar, Australian Rural Leadership Foundation Richard Heath, University of Sydney David Pearce, The Centre for International Economics
Closing comments from Karen Schneider, Executive Director, ABARES
Conference end
3.45pm – 5.00pm Delegate drinks courtesy Nuffield Scholars and the Australian Rural Leadership Foundation