I’m delighted to share the news that Platform10 will be co-hosting the Brisbane Biological Symposium on Monday 17 February 2025 with CSIRO & Wharf42. The Symposium is a major element of CSIRO’s Agriculture & Biosecurity Innovation Series, timed to coincide with evokeAG 2025, Australasia’s premier AgriFoodTech event.

This is an important development and exciting outreach opportunity. Following the launch of the Platform10 Global Partner Network at the 2024 Salinas Biological Summit in June, the Brisbane Biological Symposium is the first formal Platform10 sponsored event taking place outside the US.

This inaugural regional Symposium is being curated to provide researchers, producers, ag biological entrepreneurs, investors and policy-makers with a better understanding of Platform10’s cross-border field trials program to support farmers and growers meet the rapidly growing global regulatory and consumer demand for ‘less chemicals, more biologicals’.

The Symposium Steering Committee brings together sector experts to support its purpose. They include;

Jon Spaits – CSIRO Program Development & Innovation | Catalysing Australia’s Biosecurity
Dr Louise Thatcher – CSIRO Team Leader of Microbial Technologies
Dennis Donohue – Director, Western Growers Center for Innovation & Technology
Dr. Jeana Cadby – Director, Environment & Climate, Western Growers
Miriam Hall – Business Manager, Plant & Food Research (NZ)
Peter Wren-Hilton – Founder, Wharf42

The Symposium will take place at CSIRO’s Eco Sciences Precinct in Brisbane. We’ll provide more details about the Symposium agenda over the coming weeks.