As part of our 2035 Oceania Summit planning, we are delighted to announce the programme for the first pre-Summit workshop. It will take place in Canberra, ACT on Wednesday 27 April 2022. The event will be hosted at the China in the World Building, Australian National University.

This workshop has been made possible through the assistance and support of our two ACT partners, the Centre for Entrepreneurial Agri-Technology & the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research . 

The purpose of the pre-Summit workshop is to enable participants to share how research they do, or support, is helping reduce the carbon footprint of the agrifood production sector. Our hope is that this workshop will help identify topics that could be further explored at the 2035 Oceania Summit in October 2022, and to help forge new links among industry, research and government stakeholders in the ACT.

You can register here for a complimentary ticket to the event.

The Canberra Workshop Programme

 8.00am – 8.30am                          Registration & Coffee on arrival

8.30am – 8.35am                          Welcome by MC (Professor Owen Atkin, Director of the Centre for Entrepreneurial Agri-Technology)

8.35am – 8.50am                          Introduction to the 2035 Oceania Summit + Q&A (Peter Wren-Hilton, Convenor, 2035 Oceania Summit)

8.50am – 9.10am                            Existing Emission – reduction options – technical  + Q & A (Dr. Andy Reisinger, Vice-chair for Working Group III (mitigation) of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, NZ Climate Change Commissioner)

9.10am – 9.30am:                         Existing Emissions – reduction options – whole-of-system + Q&A (Dr. Steven Crimp, Climate Scientist at the Institute for Climate, Energy & Disaster Solutions at the Australian National University)

9.30am – 10.00am: Panel Discussion: Industry Perspectives:

Margo Andrae – CEO, Pork Australia

Petr Adamek – CEO, Canberra Innovation Network

Olympia Yarger – CEO, Goterra

10.00am – 10.30am: Panel Discussion: Research Perspectives:

Dr. Anna Okella – Lead, Livestock Systems Program, ACIAR

John Harvey – Managing Director, AgriFutures Australia,

Katie Ricketts – Senior Research Scientist, Sustainability Assessment & Metrics – CSIRO Research

10.30am – 11.00am: Coffee Break

11.00am – 11.30am: Panel Discussion: Policy Options:

Christine Mulhearn – Assistant Secretary of the Agriculture Policy Division, Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment

Dr Cate Rogers – Assistant Secretary of the Climate Financing and Programming Branch, Department of Foreign Affairs & Trade

11.30am -11.55pm:                      Future Options – Emerging and Over the Horizon + Q&A (Professor Mark Howden – Director of the Institute for Climate, Energy & Disaster Solutions at the Australian National University, Vice Chair, The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change)

11.55am – 12.00pm: Workshop Summary & Close

12.00pm – 1.00pm: Networking with light refreshments