Program

OUTLOOK 2017 ~ Innovation in agriculture - capturing the opportunities TUESDAY 7 MARCH (9:00 –11:00am) The Outlook 2017 theme is Innovation in agriculture - capturing the opportunities, which recognises that while the Australian agriculture sector is highly innovative, the drivers of change are accelerating. Global markets are expanding, consumer preferences are diversifying and the internet's increasing connectivity is generating data about everything. Businesses will need to adapt and utilise new business models, markets, technologies and information to grow and prosper.
ROYAL THEATRE
9.00 – 9.30am Opening address The Hon. Barnaby Joyce MP Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Agriculture and Water Resources CHAIR: Leigh Radford, ABC Rural Welcome to Country
Economic overview 9.30 – 11.00am
CHAIR Leigh Radford, ABC Rural
Peter Gooday ABARES Innovation in agriculture Video and transcript Q&A video and transcript Presentation PDF [1.1 MB] Media release - Innovation underpins the global competitiveness of Australian agriculture Media release - Australian farm production forecast to top a record $63 billion
Chris Richardson Deloitte Access Economics The big picture Video and transcript Presentation PDF [268 KB]
Michael Every Rabobank The Great Games of Global Trade – exploring shifting patterns of regional trade as politics changes in the US Video and transcript Presentation PDF [2.2 MB]
11.00am – 11.30am Morning tea

TUESDAY 7 MARCH (11:30 – 1:00pm)
ROYAL THEATRE
Digital innovation in agriculture The emergence of pervasive data about agriculture is driving innovation and creating opportunities for individual farmers and for the sector. The expert panel will explore how data collected on farms and along supply chains can improve marketing, productivity, environmental sustainability and safety on farms. The panel will consider where there are gaps in skills, in knowledge and in tools that need to be addressed. Be part of the conversation about how consumer demand for increased information about the food we eat and the clothes we wear is driving innovation in agricultural production globally. Q&A video and transcript
CHAIR: Ticky Fullerton, Sky News Business
The Hon. Angus Taylor MP Assistant Minister for Cities and Digital Transformation
Dalene Wray OBE Organic
Richard Heath Australian Farm Institute
David Henry CSIRO Agriculture & Food
Jane Weatherley Meat & Livestock Australia
1:00 – 2.00pm Lunch

TUESDAY 7 MARCH (2.00pm – 3.30pm)
BRADMAN	MENZIES	NICHOLLS
Improving farm performance through innovation	Fisheries and aquaculture — new approaches for the 21st century	Novel pest management technologies: benefits at the farm gate
Q&A video and transcript CHAIR: Ticky Fullerton Sky News Business	CHAIR: Patrick Hone Fisheries Research and Development Corporation	CHAIR: Matt Koval Department of Agriculture and Water Resources
Tom Jackson ABARES Farm performance: making the most of a good year Video and transcript Presentation PDF [692 KB] Media release - Australian broadacre farm incomes at record high	Robert Curtotti ABARES Innovation — shaping the outlook for fisheries and aquaculture Video and transcript Presentation PDF [628 KB]	Andreas Glanznig Invasive Animals CRC New and emerging pest animal management technologies for farmers Video and transcript
Emma Robinson Caerphilly Station, QLD Can the co-operative business model future proof the family farm? Video and transcript Presentation PDF [3.6 MB]	Pia Winberg Venus Shell Systems Breaking food paradigms with seaweed Video and transcript Presentation PDF [4.8 MB]	Cameron Allan Meat & Livestock Australia Biocontrol and the end-user experience in livestock industries Video and transcript Presentation PDF [1.6 MB]
Darrin Lee Bligh Lee Farms, WA The digital agriculture space Video and transcript Presentation PDF [1.9 MB]	Brad Adams Ocean Grown Abalone Abalone ranching - an innovative aqua-tech business model Video and transcript Presentation PDF [334 KB]	Andy Sheppard CSIRO Future opportunities for using technology in pest and weed management Video and transcript Presentation PDF [1.8 MB]
	Roger Edwards Goolwa PipiCo Goolwa Pipis – a rake to plate revolution Video and transcript Presentation PDF 1.5 MB]
3.30 – 4.00pm Afternoon tea

TUESDAY 7 March (4.00 – 5.30pm)
BRADMAN	MENZIES	NICHOLLS
Grains – boosting competitiveness through innovation	Adapting to a future with less water	Doing business – accounting for our natural capital
CHAIR: Steve Jefferies Grains Research and Development Corporation	CHAIR: David Parker Department of Agriculture and Water Resources	CHAIR: Leigh Radford ABC Rural
Alistair Davidson ABARES Grains and oilseeds: outcomes, outlook and opportunities Video and transcript Presentation PDF [720 KB] Media release - Top of the crops: record production forecast	David Galeano ABARES Drivers of future water prices in the southern Murray-Darling Basin Video and transcript Presentation PDF [476 KB]	Peter Cosier Wentworth Group of Concerned Scientists Measuring the condition of our landscapes Video and transcript Presentation PDF [2.8 MB]
Mat Regan CBH Group Focus on innovation – enhances the value of growers' grain Video and transcript Presentation PDF [3.9 MB]	Peter Durand Irrigation Australia Innovations in on-farm irrigation Video and transcript Presentation PDF [1.1 MB]	James Bentley National Australia Bank Banking on natural capital – lowering the risks Video and transcript Presentation PDF [3.4 MB]
Ben Boughton Satamap / Gilroy Farms, NSW Is there profit in pixels? Video and transcript Presentation PDF [1.4 MB]	Simo Tervonen Waterfind Australia Maturing markets - the role that water markets have played in the effective utilisation of a scarce resource Video and transcript Presentation PDF [3.4 MB]	Jenny O'Sullivan Malabar, Gippsland, VIC How farmers are using natural capital management to market products Video and transcript Presentation PDF [5.0 MB]
6.30pm for 7.00pm Conference dinner with Science Awards presentation MC * Ticky Fullerton, Sky News Business

WEDNESDAY 8 MARCH (9:00 –11:00am)
ROYAL THEATRE
9.00 – 9.30am Ministerial address by Senator the Hon Anne Ruston, Assistant Minister for Agriculture and Water Resources CHAIR Leigh Radford, ABC Rural
Global perspectives on agriculture 9.30am – 11.00am
CHAIR Leigh Radford, ABC Rural
Warren Preston United States Department of Agriculture US short and long term outlook Video and transcript Presentation PDF [1.1 MB]
Ashok Gulati Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations Innovation in Indian agriculture Video and transcript Presentation PDF [3.8 MB]
Kym Anderson University of Adelaide and Australian National University Trade related policy trends and global food security Video and transcript Presentation PDF [2.1 MB]
11.00am – 11.30am Morning tea

WEDNESDAY 8 March (11.30am – 1.00pm)

BRADMAN

MENZIES

NICHOLLS

Climate change: recent effects on crop yield and productivity

Natural fibres: weaving a path for the future

Emerging industries: innovating for new markets

Q&A video and transcript

CHAIR:
Leigh Radford
ABC Rural

Q&A video and transcript

CHAIR:
Paul Swan
Australian Wool Innovation

CHAIR:
Dave Alden
Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation

Neil Plummer
Bureau of Meteorology
Climate variability and change: when the past is no longer the best guide to the future

Video and transcript

Presentation PDF icon PDF [2.1 MB]

Caroline Gunning-Trant
ABARES
Natural fibres: initiatives for a sustainable future

Video and transcript

Presentation PDF icon PDF [780 KB]

Media release - Fine figures for Australian wool

Julie Cameron
Meredith Dairy
Dairy goat and sheep: overcoming the transition challenges from local markets to exports

Video and transcript

Presentation PDF icon PDF [11.0 MB]

Zvi Hochman
CSIRO
Wheat yields have stalled since 1990 as technology and climate change battle it out

Video and transcript

Presentation PDF icon PDF [2.2 MB]

Angus Ireland
Australian Wool Innovation
Wool and wellbeing – new markets for Australian wool

Video and transcript

Presentation PDF icon PDF [1.1 MB]

Colin Valverde
AquaVerde Redclaw
Potential for productivity gains: innovative new technology for hatchery raised juvenile redclaw crayfish

Video and transcript

Presentation PDF icon PDF [3.0 MB]

Neal Hughes
ABARES
Climate adjusted productivity on cropping farms: the slowdown and the rebound

Video and transcript

Presentation PDF icon PDF [880 KB]

Rick Lambell
Kmart Australia
Australian grown cotton: how Kmart is aligning its sustainable development goals with a new market opportunity

Video and transcript

Presentation PDF icon PDF [15.4 MB]

Peter Stahle
Australian Truffle Growers Association
Australia's truffle industry: consolidating export markets and protecting our reputation for high quality

Video and transcript

Presentation PDF icon PDF 652 KB]

1.00pm – 2.30pm extended lunch and networking