Speakers |
|
The Hon Peter McGauran MP
Minister
for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
Opening
address |
|
– |
The Hon
Mark Vaile MP
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Trade
Ministerial address |
|
– |
Brian Fisher
ABARE
Outlook for commodities |
– |
– |
| papers uploaded when received |
| Program Day 1 - Tuesday 28 February |
| Economic Overview |
|
Yiping Huang
Asia
Citigroup
The
role of China in the medium term global outlook |
– |
powerpoint |
Alan Oster
National Australia Bank
Short and medium term outlook
for the Australian economy |
paper |
powerpoint |
| Farm Performance |
|
The Hon Sussan Ley MP
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Agriculture,
Fisheries and Forestry
opening address |
– |
– |
Rhonda Treadwell
ABARE
Australian farm performance |
paper |
powerpoint |
Hutton Oddy
Meat and Livestock Australia
Productivity - current potential and future possibilities |
paper |
powerpoint |
Ken Cameron
Broadacre farmer, Goondiwindi, Queensland
Identifying opportunities to increase productivity |
– |
powerpoint |
| Climate Variation |
|
Tom Wigley
US National Center for Atmospheric Research
User-friendly software for estimating future changes in climate and associated uncertainties
|
– |
powerpoint |
Geoff Love
Bureau of Meteorology
Explaining risk and uncertainty associated with climate forecasts and scenarios |
– |
powerpoint |
Cliff Samson
Bureau of Rural Sciences
Farming
profitably in a changing climate: a risk management approach |
paper |
powerpoint |
| Sugar |
|
Stuart Kinsella
ABARE
Outlook for sugar
|
paper |
powerpoint |
Ian White
Queensland Sugar Limited
Australia’s place in a changing global market |
– |
powerpoint |
Bryan Granshaw
Canegrower, Queensland
Same problems – new solutions |
paper |
powerpoint |
| Australian Food Industries |
|
Terry O'Brien
Simplot Australia Pty Limited
Trends in food processing investment |
– |
powerpoint |
Stephen Bate
Woolworths
Opportunities for adding value
in fruit and vegetable retailing |
– |
– |
Max Ould
National Food Industry Strategy Ltd
Challenges and opportunities facing the Australian food industry |
paper |
powerpoint |
| Climate change I |
|
David Ugalde
Australian Greenhouse Office (DEH)
What does climate change mean for agriculture and regional Australia?
|
|
powerpoint |
Richard Eckard
Cooperative
Research Centre for Greenhouse Accounting
Are there win-win strategies for minimising greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture? |
paper |
powerpoint |
Venky Narayanaswamy
Curtin University of Technology
Life cycle perspective on greenhouse gas emissions from broadacre farming |
– |
powerpoint |
| Wool and sheep meat |
|
Vince O’Donnell
ABARE
Outlook for wool and sheep meat
|
paper |
powerpoint |
Graham Peart
RMS
Accountants
Wool
in the crosshairs |
|
powerpoint |
Charles de Fegely
Sheep producer, Victoria
Managing with low wool prices |
– |
powerpoint |
Michael Lempriere
International Wool Textile Organisation
Opportunities and challenges for wool textiles |
paper |
– |
| Water and the environment |
|
The Hon Malcolm Turnbull MP
Parliamentary Secretary to the Prime Minister
Opening Address
|
– |
– |
Stephen Beare
ABARE
Minimising resource conflicts between environmental and consumptive use |
|
powerpoint |
Terry Hillman
La Trobe University
Environmental flow objectives in a working river |
paper |
powerpoint |
David Borthwick
Dept of the Environment and Heritage
Taking
environmental water policy forward under the NWI |
paper |
powerpoint |
| Horticulture |
|
Karen Schneider
ABARE
Vegetable industry farm performance |
– |
powerpoint |
Fiona Chambers
Fernleigh Farms
Marketing to secure viability |
– |
|
Richard Hamley
Yandilla Park Ltd
On-farm technology to lift productivity |
– |
|
| Climate change II |
|
Andrew Blakers
ANU Center for Sustainable Energy Systems
Sustainable energy
|
paper |
powerpoint |
Peter Cook
Cooperative Research Centre for Greenhouse Gas Technologies
Geosequestration: an important option for greenhouse gas mitigation |
paper |
powerpoint |
Brian Fisher
ABARE
Technology: the solution to climate change |
– |
powerpoint |
| Cotton |
|
Frank Drum
ABARE
Outlook for cotton
|
paper |
powerpoint |
Harvey Gaynor
Auscott Limited
Maintaining production with lower water availability |
– |
powerpoint |
Jeffrey Bidstrup
Cotton Seed Distributors
10 years of GM cotton, where to from here? |
paper |
powerpoint |
| Native Vegetation Management |
|
Lisa Elliston
ABARE
Balancing farm level impacts and environmental outcomes
|
– |
– |
Sandy Stump
Mixed cropping and livestock producer, New South Wales
Native vegetation regulations: a farmer's perspective |
paper |
powerpoint |
Jim Salzman
Duke University
Making the environment pay |
paper |
powerpoint |
| Program Day 2 - Wednesday 1 March |
| Multilateral trade reform |
|
Don Gunasekera
ABARE
Potential
trade impacts on the Doha Round |
paper |
powerpoint |
JB Penn
US Department of Agriculture
US perspectives on the WTO outcomes |
– |
powerpoint |
Ken Ash
OECD
Prospects for reform in domestic agricultural policies in key OECD countries |
paper |
powerpoint |
Mariann Fischer Boel
European Commission
EU perspectives on the WTO outcomes |
paper |
|
| Bilateral trade reforms |
|
Michael Mugliston
Dept
of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Developments in Australia’s bilateral and regional trading arrangements
|
paper |
powerpoint |
Bin Lu
Dept
of Primary Industries, Victoria
Developments in Chinese agriculture |
paper |
powerpoint |
John Wainio
US Department of Agriculture
The US perspective on bilateral
and regional trading arrangements |
– |
powerpoint |
| Beef |
|
Andrew Dickson
ABARE
Outlook for beef
|
paper |
powerpoint |
Peter Barnard
Meat and Livestock Australia
Future of Australia’s cattle industry: grass or grain? |
– |
powerpoint |
John Mactaggart
Beef producer, Queensland
A producer's view of the threats to
the beef industry from South America |
paper |
powerpoint |
| Fisheries |
|
The Hon Sen Eric Abetz
Minister for Fisheries, Forestry and Conservation
Opening address
|
– |
– |
Peter Gooday
ABARE
The
economic status of fisheries |
paper |
powerpoint |
Paula Shoulder
Australian
Fisheries Management Authority
Fisheries
management objectives in the short to medium term |
paper |
powerpoint |
Tony Smith
CSIRO
Harvest
strategies in the Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery |
paper |
powerpoint |
Bill Cordingley
Rabobank Australia
Australian
fisheries - competing in a global market |
paper |
powerpoint |
| Collaborative industry investment in natural resource management |
|
Anwen Lovett
Land and Water Australia
Delivering NRM benefits through collaborative industry investments
|
– |
powerpoint |
Rachel Charles
Grain & Graze Border Rivers
A new way of doing business -
industry and catchment partnerships for improved regional engagement |
paper |
powerpoint |
QJ Wang
Department of Primary Industries, Victoria
Scenario planning for irrigation in
the Goulburn Broken region |
paper |
powerpoint |
| Grains |
|
Terry Enright
GRDC
Introductory
comments
|
– |
powerpoint |
Leanne Lawrance
ABARE
Outlook for grains |
paper |
powerpoint |
Robin Schaefer
Schaefer Enterprises Pty Ltd
Productivity through technology |
paper |
powerpoint |
Michael Iwaniw
Australia Barley Board
Staying competitive |
paper |
powerpoint |
Graham Brookes
PG Economics, United Kingdom
The
impact of genetically modified crops on farm profitability - international
perspectives |
paper |
powerpoint |
| Dairy |
|
John Hogan
ABARE
Outlook for dairy
|
paper |
powerpoint |
Chris Phillips
Dairy Australia
Competition from South America |
paper |
powerpoint |
Barry Irvin
Dairy farmer, New South Wales
Profitable dairy farming in the 21st century |
– |
powerpoint |
John Williams
Warrnambool Cheese and Butter Factory Company Holdings Ltd
Competing effectively in export markets |
paper |
powerpoint |
| Wine |
|
Roger Rose
ABARE
Strategic directions in the global wine industry and the outlook for Australian wine grapes
|
paper |
powerpoint |
James Lovell
Fosters Wine Estates
From
a cottage industry to a global FMCG supply chain model in wine |
– |
|
Michael Andrewartha
East End Cellars
Strategies for wine retailing |
– |
– |
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