Bunbury Regional Outlook conference

​​​​​​​17 August 2016

Hotel Lord Forrest
20 Symmons Street
Bunbury, WA

Program

8.30 am Registration

Investing in rural industries - growing our future

CHAIR Clare Negus, ABC Rural

9.00 am Welcome to Country
Opening address - Nola Marino MP, Federal Member for Forrest
9.30 am Peter Gooday, ABARES – National and international issues affecting Western Australia
9.50 am Jane Caforio, Austrade - Agriculture, trade, foreign investment and FTAs – the Australian situation
10.10 am Questions and discussion
10.30 am Morning tea

Innovation in broadacre agriculture in WA

CHAIR Tilwin Westrup, Department of Agriculture and Food, Western Australia

11.00 am Mike Bergin, Bureau of Meteorology – Future developments in climate forecasting
11.20 am Peter Collins, ABARES – Commodity outlook and issues
11.40 am Robert Egerton-Warburton, Everlastings/Nuffield Scholar - The importance of innovation in integrated cropping and livestock systems
12.00 pm Tress Walmsley, InterGrain/2015 RIRDC Rural Woman of the Year WA - The Oodles of Noodles project: expanding markets for WA noodle wheat
12.20 pm Questions and discussion
1.00 pm Lunch

Intensive agriculture in the south west

CHAIR Charles Jenkinson, Regional Development Australia South West

2.00 pm Victor Rodwell, Western Dairy - Western Dairy – maximising returns on the dairy research dollar
2.20 pm Sophia Cremasco, Avocado Export Company/Fresh Produce - Creating value out of wasted horticultural products
2.40 pm Pennie Patane, Patane Produce - Producing quality vegetables for national and international markets
3.00 pm Anne Mitchell, Manjimup Underground/Consultant scientist to DAFWA- Unlocking the mystery of successfully growing truffles
3.20 pm Questions and discussion
4.00 pm Close and afternoon tea

Registration includes:

• conference entry
• access to ABARES recent publications
• morning and afternoon tea and lunch
• delegate directory
• profile data – about my region
• networking opportunities.