Wharf42 News
The evokeAG 2023 Program is now live!
I'm delighted to share the link to the evokeAG 2023 Program which actually went live 5 minutes ago. Keen to ensure that kiwis get some of the first dabs at the content! As a member of the evokeAG steering committee, I can only applaud the team for...
The 2035 Oceania Summit. What’s Next?
The 2035 Oceania Summit finally concluded yesterday after two days of highly stimulating presentations and great delegate engagement. It's been an awesome experience to put on what we hope will become a staple event, not just in New Zealand, but...
Honoured to join the tribute to the late Hank Giclas
I was honoured recently to be invited by Western Growers to join the online tribute to the late Hank Giclas, former Director of Innovation at WG. I first met Hank back in 2015 when I first began to focus on the emerging new investment asset class,...
Harnessing Oceania solutions for global climate impact with Peter Wren-Hilton – evokeAG
In June, I was delighted to spend time with Professor Andy Lowe during the pre-2035 Oceania Summit workshop in Adelaide. In the Food Futurists x evokeAG. collab podcast below, Andy spoke to me about the importance of collaboration and agritech...
The case for ‘Agritech Diplomacy’
Over the past few months, I've been thinking more deeply about the role that agritech can play in supporting New Zealand's primary sector scale globally. Taken at its simplest, agritech has the ability to address a number of 'on-farm' or 'beyond...
Are you an agritech business or research entity looking to engage the US market?
Last week, Wharf42 was delighted to be able to share the news that the Secretary of the California Department of Food and Agriculture, Karen Ross, will be a keynote speaker at the 2035 Oceania Summit. The Secretary’s visit supports a key purpose of...
Welcoming UK’s Tesco To The 2035 Oceania Summit
Understanding 'The Voice of the Customer' is a critical function of business. I am therefore delighted that Natalie Smith, Tesco Head of Agriculture and Alice Ritchie, Tesco Agricultural Sustainability Lead, will be attending and speaking...
ANZLF 2022 – A significant trans-Tasman relationship reset
I have been privileged to attend the 2022 Australia New Zealand Leadership Forum (ANZLF) in Sydney. It has been an epic 2 days. At the 2019 ANZLF meeting in Auckland, Wharf42 co-founded the Australia New Zealand Agritech Council with nascent...
The 2035 Oceania Summit is a Toitū Certified Carbon Zero Event
Supporting farmers and growers reduce their greenhouse gas emissions would look far less convincing if the Summit supporting this action was itself a GHG emitter. We are therefore delighted to confirm that the 2035 Oceania Summit is a Toitū...