| For speakers and chairs |
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All speakers and chairs are automatically registered for the two-day conference.
Your complimentary conference registration entitles you to:
 entry to all sessions
the conference dinner on Tuesday night
all lunches, morning and afternoon teas |
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| Special needs |
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| If you have any special needs (for example mobility, medical, dietary) please let your liaison officer know so we can assist where possible. |
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| Exclusion of liability and insurance |
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| The Commonwealth does not accept any liability for any misadventure (whether by way of travel accident, loss of property, injury, illness or any like occurrence) you may experience while attending the conference or while in Australia. For overseas speakers and chairs, you should make your own arrangements to ensure you have adequate travel insurance for the full duration of your stay in Australia. You should also ensure you have suitable health insurance cover. If this is not available through your travel insurance provider, you may obtain such insurance from Australian registered health organisations, insurance brokers and general insurers. Further information is available from the Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing website www.health.gov.au. |
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| Information for speakers |
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| Your speech and presentation |
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| What we need from you |
Profile and photo
Registration form
Deed of release
Conference paper or presentation |
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| Profile and photo |
Your speaker profile and photo should be sent to your Outlook 2009 liaison officer (click for list here).
The profile should be around 150 - 200 words and include the following information:
name, position, organisation, location
how your work relates to the session topic
relevant work history and qualifications
Please send a colour digital photo (head and shoulders) in jpeg format with your speaker profile. |
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| Registration form |
| Please complete the form and return it to your liaison officer by mail, fax or email. |
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| Click here to download the registration form |
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| Deed of release – speakers |
Please complete and sign the form and return it to your liaison officer by mail, fax or email.
The deed grants permission for ABARE to reproduce your paper/presentation, including publication on ABARE’s Outlook 2009 website. ABARE may also use photographs and audio visual footage of you at the conference for promotional purposes. |
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| Click here to download the deed of release |
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Speech
Your speech should be no more than 15 minutes (a 15 minute speech is approximately 1800 words). Feedback from previous Outlook conference delegates indicates the audience generally does not appreciate a presentation beyond the time limit, or which involves merely reading the formal paper.
At the conclusion of all presentations in your session, the chair will invite the audience to ask questions. To maximise opportunities for discussion in the time available, it is imperative that answers are succinct.
Presentation
You will need to prepare your own presentation. Please minimise the number of words and figures on each slide as well as the number of slides used in your presentation. The ABARE speakers are advised to have no more than 15 slides and to use graphics, charts and pictures in preference to text on the slides. Contact your liaison officer if you need any assistance with the production of your presentation.
Please email your presentation to your liaison officer by 30 January 2009 to ensure it will be preloaded onto a network computer at the conference venue. Email files should not exceed 5Mb. For larger files, please copy your presentation onto a CD and post it to your liaison officer. We recommend you bring a backup version on CD or USB drive with you on the day.
A laptop and data projector is available in each theatre.
Your paper/presentation will be made available on ABARE’s website on completion of your session, unless you advise otherwise.
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| Information for chairs |
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| Session format |
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| What we need from you |
Profile and photo
Registration form
Deed of release |
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| Profile and photo |
Your chair profile and photo should be forwarded by email to your Outlook 2009 liaison officer (see liaison officer contact information page). The profile should be around 150 - 200 words and include the following information:
name, position, organisation, location
relevant work history and qualifications
Please send a colour digital photo (head and shoulders shot) in jpeg format with your profile. |
| Registration form |
| Please complete the form and return it to your liaison officer by mail, fax or email. |
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| Click here to download the registration form |
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| Deed of release – chairs |
Please complete and sign the form and return it to your liaison officer by mail, fax or email.
The deed grants permission for ABARE to use photographs and audio visual footage of you at the conference for promotional purposes. |
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| Click here to download the deed of release |
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The session requires each speaker to make a formal 15 minute presentation. Once all speakers have presented, the audience will have an opportunity to ask questions.
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| Your role as chair |
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Be in the allocated theatre 15 minutes before the session begins to meet the session speakers and familiarise yourself with the theatre.
Open the session by acknowledging the session sponsor, if there is one, briefly introduce the speakers and provide a short introduction to the session.
Request members of the audience turn off their mobile phones while in the session.
Announce questions will be taken from the audience at the end of the session. If delegates prefer, they can write their questions and have an usher hand them to you to ask for them.
Introduce each speaker as they prepare to speak. Provide the audience with some information about the speaker. Please do not simply read out the speakers profile note in full. Your liaison officer will send you profiles and presentations for all of the speakers in your session.
Ensure speakers do not exceed their allocated 15 minutes. |
Oversee the question time at the completion of all speeches.
- Request any person asking a question to give their name and organisation and identify the panel member the question is directed to before posing the question.
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- Ensure questions and answers are succinct and discussion flows. Repeat any questions if you think the audience may not have heard what was asked. Suggest one of the panel of speakers respond if the question is not directed to specific speaker.
- Pose questions to the speakers if no questions are forthcoming from the audience.
Ensure the session closes on time
Announce the titles of the next session. For example,”We will now break for lunch and will resume with the Grains, Horticulture and Dairy sessions at 2pm.” |
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| Liaison officer contact information |
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| Tuesday 3 March – Day 1 |
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Economic overview
Kelly Driscoll
+61 2 6272 2227
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Farm performance
Emma Barratt
+61 2 6272 2372
Email |
Wine
Patchalin Williams
+61 2 6272 2105
Email |
Delivering R&D effectively
Mirjana Barrie
+61 2 6272 2221
Email |
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Grains
Marysue Eggleston
+61 2 6272 2259
Email |
Horticulture
Mirjana Barrie
+61 2 6272 2221
Email |
Dairy
Kelly Driscoll
+61 2 6272 2227
Email |
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Water
Marysue Eggleston
+61 2 6272 2259
Email |
Agriculture & ETS
Marysue Eggleston
+61 2 6272 2259
Email |
Biosecurity
Patchalin Williams
+61 2 6272 2105
Email |
New and emerging
industries
Kelly Driscoll
+61 2 6272 2227
Email |
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| Wednesday 4 March – Day 2 |
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Global trade
relationships
Mirjana Barrie
+61 2 6272 2221
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Competition for
labour resources
Kelly Driscoll
+61 2 6272 2227
Email |
Forestry
Patchalin Williams
+61 2 6272 2105
Email |
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Food security
and trade
Mirjana Barrie
+61 2 6272 2221
Email |
Meat
Emma Barratt
+61 2 6272 2372
Email |
Wool
Emma Barratt
+61 2 6272 2372
Email |
Farming in the dry
Patchalin Williams
+61 2 6272 2105
Email |
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Productivity growth
Marysue Eggleston
+61 2 6272 2259
Email |
Improving returns on
NRM investment
Patchalin Williams
+61 2 6272 2105
Email |
Irrigated agriculture
Mirjana Barrie
+61 2 6272 2221
Email |
Or fax or mail to the following details |
| FAX |
+61 2 6272 2001 |
| ADDRESS |
GPO Box 1563, Canberra ACT 2601 |
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