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Program Day 1 - Tuesday 28 February
Disclaimer: The information in this website is correct at 8 February 2006. The organisers reserve the right to change any aspect of the program
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Royal theatre |
Bradman theatre |
Menzies theatre |
Nicholls theatre |
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Opening
address:
The Hon Peter McGauran MP
Minister
for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry |
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9:45–11:00
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| EurekaReport.com.au |
| Brian Fisher |
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| ABARE |
| Outlook for commodities |
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| Asia
Citigroup |
| The
role of China in the medium term global outlook |
| Alan Oster |
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National Australia Bank |
| Short and medium term outlook
for the Australian economy |
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11:00–11:30
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Morning tea |
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11:30–12:45
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Farm performance
Managing risks |
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Sugar
Keeping pace with a changing market place
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| Opening
address: The Hon Sussan Ley MP |
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| Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Agriculture,
Fisheries and Forestry |
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| EurekaReport.com.au |
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| ABARE |
| Australian farm performance |
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| Meat and Livestock Australia |
| Productivity - current potential and future possibilities |
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| Broadacre farmer, Goondiwindi, Queensland |
| Identifying opportunities to increase productivity |
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| Dept of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry |
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| US National Center for Atmospheric Research |
| User-friendly software for estimating future changes in climate and associated uncertainties |
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| Bureau of Meteorology |
| Explaining risk and uncertainty associated with climate forecasts and scenarios |
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| Bureau of Rural Sciences |
| Farming
profitably in a changing climate: a risk management approach |
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| Sugar Research and Development Corporation |
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| Queensland Sugar Limited |
| Australia’s place in a changing global market |
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| Canegrower, Queensland |
| Same problems – new solutions |
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12:45–2:00
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Lunch |
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2:00–3:30
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Australian food industries
Food processing in a global market |
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Climate change I
Greenhouse emissions management and agricultural productivity |
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Wool and sheep meat
Responding to market challenges |
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Water and the environment
Meeting environmental objectives under the National Water Initiative |
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| Dept of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry |
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| Simplot Australia Pty Limited |
| Trends in food processing investment |
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| Woolworths |
| Opportunities for adding value
in fruit and vegetable retailing |
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| National Food Industry Strategy Ltd |
| Challenges and opportunities facing the Australian food industry |
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| Geoscience Australia |
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| Australian Greenhouse Office (DEH)
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| What does climate change mean for agriculture and regional Australia? |
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| Cooperative
Research Centre for Greenhouse Accounting |
| Are there win-win strategies for minimising greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture? |
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| Curtin University of Technology |
| Life cycle perspective on greenhouse gas emissions from broadacre farming |
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| Chair: Leigh Radford |
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| ABC Rural |
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| ABARE |
| Outlook for wool and sheep meat |
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| RMS
Accountants |
| Wool
in the crosshairs |
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| Sheep producer, Victoria |
| Managing with low wool prices |
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| International Wool Textile Organisation |
| Opportunities and challenges for wool textiles |
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| Opening address: The Hon Malcolm Turnbull MP |
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| Parliamentary Secretary to the Prime Minister |
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| National Water Commission |
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| ABARE |
| Minimising resource conflicts between environmental and consumptive use |
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| La Trobe University |
| Environmental flow objectives in a working river |
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| Dept of the Environment and Heritage
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| Taking
environmental water policy forward under the NWI |
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3.30–4.00
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Afternoon tea |
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Horticulture
Farm level innovation |
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Climate Change II
Energy futures and climate change mitigation |
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Cotton
Maintaining productivity |
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Native Vegetation Management
Clearer objectives and balanced outcomes |
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| ABARE |
| Vegetable industry farm performance |
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| Fernleigh Farms |
| Marketing to secure viability |
| Richard Hamley |
| Yandilla Park Ltd |
| On-farm technology to lift productivity |
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| Ambassador for the Environment to Australia |
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| ANU Center for Sustainable Energy Systems |
| Sustainable energy |
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| Cooperative Research Centre for Greenhouse Gas Technologies |
| Geosequestration: an important option for greenhouse gas mitigation |
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| ABARE |
| Technology: the solution to climate change |
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| Chair: Leigh Radford |
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| ABC Rural |
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| Auscott Limited |
| Maintaining production with lower water availability |
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| Cotton Seed Distributors |
| 10 years of GM cotton, where to from here? |
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| Chair: Tony Slatyer |
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| Dept of the Environment and Heritage |
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| ABARE |
| Balancing farm level impacts and environmental outcomes |
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| Mixed cropping and livestock producer, New South Wales |
Native vegetation regulations:
a farmer's perspective |
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| Duke University |
| Making the environment pay |
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6.30 for 7.30
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Conference dinner — National Museum of Australia |
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Program Day 2 - Wednesday 1 March |
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Royal theatre |
Bradman theatre |
Menzies theatre |
Nicholls theatre |
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9.00–9:30
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| Ministerial address: The Hon
Mark Vaile MP |
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Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Trade
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9:45–11:00
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Multilateral trade reform
Outcomes from the WTO Ministerial meeting and the forward agenda |
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| Dept of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry |
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| ABARE |
| Potential
trade impacts on the Doha Round |
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| US Department of Agriculture |
| US perspectives on the WTO outcomes |
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| OECD |
| Prospects for reform in domestic agricultural policies in key OECD countries |
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| European Commission |
| EU perspectives on the WTO outcomes |
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11:00–11:30
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Morning tea |
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11:30–12:45
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Bilateral trade reforms
Evaluation of existing agreements and assessment of proposed agreements |
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Beef
Future prospects for Australia’s cattle industry |
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Fisheries
Challenges and prospects for the seafood industry |
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| Collaborative industry investment in natural resource management |
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| Dept of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry |
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| Dept
of Foreign Affairs and Trade |
| Developments in Australia’s bilateral and regional trading arrangements |
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| Dept
of Primary Industries, Victoria |
| Developments in Chinese agriculture |
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| US Department of Agriculture |
| The US perspective on bilateral
and regional trading arrangements |
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| Dept of Agriculture, Fisheries and
Forestry |
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| Meat and Livestock Australia |
| Future of Australia’s cattle industry: grass or grain? |
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| Beef producer, Queensland |
| A producer's view of the threats to
the beef industry from South America |
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| Opening address: Sen The Hon Eric Abetz |
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| Minister for Fisheries, Forestry and Conservation |
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| Dept of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry |
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| ABARE
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| The
economic status of fisheries |
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| Australian
Fisheries Management Authority |
| Fisheries
management objectives in the short to medium term |
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CSIRO |
| Harvest
strategies in the Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery
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Rabobank Australia |
| Australian
fisheries - competing in a global market |
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| Land and Water Australia |
| Delivering NRM benefits through collaborative industry investments |
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| Grain & Graze Border Rivers |
| A new way of doing business -
industry and catchment partnerships for improved regional engagement |
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| Department of Primary Industries, Victoria |
| Scenario planning for irrigation in
the Goulburn Broken region |
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12:45–2:00
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Lunch |
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2:00–3:30
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Grains
Maintaining the edge |
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Dairy
Challenges of an evolving export market |
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Wine
Strategic directions |
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| GRDC |
| Introductory
comments |
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| Schaefer Enterprises Pty Ltd |
| Productivity through technology |
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| Australia Barley Board |
| Staying competitive |
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| PG Economics, United Kingdom |
| The
impact of genetically modified crops on farm profitability - international
perspectives |
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| Chair: Leigh Radford |
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| ABC Rural |
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| Dairy Australia |
| Competition from South America |
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| Dairy farmer, New South Wales |
| Profitable dairy farming in the 21st century |
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| Warrnambool Cheese and Butter Factory Company Holdings Ltd |
| Competing effectively in export markets |
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| Grape and Wine Research and Development Corporation |
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| ABARE |
| Strategic directions in the global wine industry and the outlook for Australian wine grapes |
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| Fosters Wine Estates |
| From
a cottage industry to a global FMCG supply chain model in wine |
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| East End Cellars |
| Strategies for wine retailing |
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3.30
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Conference end |
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