The Sydney pre-2035 Oceania Summit is designed to bring together New South Wales scientific & research community, its industry leaders, agribusiness & agritech companies, farmers & growers, regulators and policy makers to meet and discuss how agrifood tech innovation and on-farm application can help address the existential threat posed by climate change.
The 2035 Oceania Summit would like to acknowledge the significant support provided by Agrifutures Australia, Food Agility and Investible in assisting develop the Workshop Programme.
You can register your free seat here.
The Sydney Workshop Programme
8.00am – 9.00am; Registration & Coffee on arrival
9.00am – 9.10am; Welcome and introduction to the day’s themes from the MC (to be confirmed)
9.10am – 9.25am; Introduction to the 2035 Oceania Summit / What is happening in NZ + Q&A (Peter Wren-Hilton – Convener, The 2035 Oceania Summit)
9.25am – 9.45am; Keynote Speaker (to be confirmed)
9.45am – 10.05am: Rob Waterworth, CEO Mullion Group/FLINTPro. Measuring carbon in Australian cattle farming
10.05am – 10.45am: Panel Discussion – Targeting a Net-Zero food future
Introduction: Dr. Victoria Hatten; Director of Sustainability, PwC NZ
Nick Hazel, Founder, V2, Australia’s #1 plant based meat company
Professor Michelle Colgrave, Future Protein Lead, CSIRO
10.45am – 11.15am: Coffee Break
11.15am – 11.45am; Panel Discussion – Understanding the Importance of Supply Chains
Anna Spear, Greenstock, Woolworths
Stuart Austin, Farmer, Wilmot Cattle Company
Justin Webb, CEO, Agriwebb
11.45am – 11.55am: Sam Brown, CEO Agricultural Innovation Australia. Introducing AIA and its programme around addressing sustainability and climate change
11.55am – 12.05pm: Tracey Martin, CEO Australian Agritech Association. How Australian agritech companies are addressing sustainability and climate-related challenges
12.05pm – 12.35pm; Panel Discussion – Securing Investment into the AgriFoodTech sector
Moderated by Phil Morle, (Partner, Main Sequence Ventures)
Sarah Nolet – Partner, Tenacious Ventures
Patrick Sieb – Partner, Investible
Mick Liubinskas – Founder, Climate Salad
12.35pm – 12.45pm; Wrap up (MC & Peter Wren-Hilton)
12.45pm – 1.45pm; Networking with light refreshments