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Page 1: PROGRAM · Her group at the University of Illinois was the first to develop a system for soybean regeneration. As a result of her work at Purdue University, the first transgenic sorghum

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*Pro

gram

may

be

subj

ect t

o ch

ange

. Cur

rent

at t

ime

of p

rint

ing.

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01

D

r U

sha

Zehr

, Dir

ecto

r an

d Ch

ief T

echn

olog

y O

ffice

r, M

ahar

asht

ra H

ybri

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eds

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ping

the

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nce

of T

omor

row

U

sha Z

eh

r, D

irec

tor

and

Chie

f Tec

hnol

ogy

Offi

cer

Mah

aras

htra

Hyb

rid

Seed

s Co

mpa

ny P

riva

te L

imite

d (M

ahyc

o)

Dr.

Ush

a B

arw

ale

Zehr

is th

e D

irec

tor

and

Chie

f Tec

hnol

ogy

Offi

cer

at M

ahar

asht

ra H

ybri

d Se

eds

Com

pany

Pri

vate

Lim

ited

(MA

HYC

O) i

n In

dia.

She

rec

eive

d he

r P

hD fr

om th

e U

nive

rsity

of

Illin

ois

at U

rban

a-Ch

ampa

ign.

For

the

past

20

year

s, s

he h

as b

een

utili

sing

new

tech

nolo

gies

and

tool

s in

clud

ing

biot

echn

olog

y fo

r im

prov

ing

the

qual

ity a

nd p

rodu

ctiv

ity o

f see

ds a

nd a

gric

ultu

re. I

n ad

ditio

n,

Dr.

Zeh

r se

rves

as

Dir

ecto

r of

the

Bar

wal

e Fo

unda

tion,

a n

on-p

rofit

res

earc

h fo

unda

tion.

Sh

e al

so s

erve

s on

the

Boa

rd o

f the

Don

ald

Dan

fort

h P

lant

Sci

ence

Cen

ter

and

Alli

ance

for

Gre

en R

evol

utio

n in

Afr

ica.

Mah

yco

focu

ses

on r

esea

rch

and

deve

lopm

ent,

prod

uctio

n, p

roce

ssin

g, a

nd m

arke

ting

of s

eeds

for

Indi

an fa

rmer

s.

Foun

ded

in 1

964,

Mah

yco

is th

e pi

onee

r of

hig

h-qu

ality

hyb

rid

and

open

pol

linat

ed s

eeds

, thr

ough

the

use

of c

uttin

g-ed

ge te

chno

logy

and

inte

nsiv

e re

sear

ch a

ctiv

ities

.

Dr.

Zeh

r se

rved

as

a ge

netic

ist a

t Pur

due

Uni

vers

ity, s

tudy

ing

sorg

hum

and

mill

et a

nd fo

cusi

ng o

n th

e ap

plic

atio

n of

pla

nt b

iote

chno

logy

for

impr

ovin

g ag

ricu

ltur

al p

rodu

ctio

n. D

urin

g he

r gr

adua

te a

nd p

ost-

grad

uate

stu

dies

, she

w

orke

d in

the

area

of t

issu

e cu

ltur

e an

d tr

ansf

orm

atio

n. H

er g

roup

at t

he U

nive

rsity

of I

llino

is w

as th

e fir

st to

dev

elop

a

syst

em fo

r so

ybea

n re

gene

ratio

n. A

s a

resu

lt o

f her

wor

k at

Pur

due

Uni

vers

ity, t

he fi

rst t

rans

geni

c so

rghu

m p

lant

w

as p

rodu

ced.

Her

wor

k in

pla

nt b

iote

chno

logy

is a

imed

tow

ard

impl

emen

ting

emer

ging

tech

nolo

gies

in th

e de

velo

ping

w

orld

.

Sm

all

ho

lde

r fa

rme

rs a

nd

scie

nce

of

tom

orr

ow

Smal

l Hol

der

farm

ers

in In

dia

have

ben

efite

d fr

om th

e sc

ient

ific

adva

nces

be

it th

e hi

gh y

ield

ing

vari

etie

s of

Gre

en

revo

lutio

n or

the

mos

t rec

ent r

evol

utio

n w

ith th

e us

e of

Bt c

otto

n le

adin

g to

live

lihoo

d im

prov

emen

t. Th

e sm

all h

olde

r fa

rmer

s in

Indi

a w

ill c

ontin

ue to

feed

the

natio

n an

d m

ore

unde

r se

vera

l env

iron

men

tal c

onst

rain

ts w

hich

req

uire

re

dedi

cate

d ef

fort

in a

gric

ultu

ral s

cien

ces.

App

licat

ion

of n

ew s

cien

ce to

agr

icul

ture

is c

ritic

al b

e it

New

Bre

edin

g Te

chno

logi

es, g

reat

er fo

cus

on s

oil h

ealt

h, w

ater

use

effi

cien

cy a

nd m

ore.

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mer

s ar

e al

so c

onst

rain

ed b

y w

hat t

hey

have

acc

ess

to, w

here

thei

r in

puts

com

e fr

om a

nd w

here

they

will

go

to m

arke

t the

ir h

arve

st. I

ndia

n fa

rmer

s ar

e us

ing

mob

ile p

hone

s in

larg

e nu

mbe

rs, f

rom

bas

ic to

sm

art p

hone

s an

d w

ith r

elat

ivel

y ch

eap

acce

ss to

dat

a, a

re u

sing

thes

e de

vice

s to

sha

re in

form

atio

n. D

igita

l pla

tfor

ms

whi

ch p

rovi

de in

form

atio

n on

wea

ther

, soi

l hea

lth,

car

bon

stat

us, p

redi

ct

yiel

d, fi

nanc

ial t

rans

actio

ns o

r m

arke

t opp

ortu

nitie

s in

add

ition

to th

e ge

netic

impr

ovem

ents

are

bei

ng d

eliv

ered

to

farm

ers

in lo

cal l

angu

ages

and

impa

ctin

g th

eir

deci

sion

mak

ing

and

impr

ovin

g liv

es. P

olic

ies

arou

nd n

ew in

nova

tion

mus

t be

clea

r to

del

iver

the

bene

fits

of th

ese

adva

nces

to th

e fa

rmer

s. T

hese

inno

vatio

ns a

re s

hapi

ng th

e fu

ture

of

scie

nce

for

smal

l hol

der

farm

ers

and

may

eve

n en

tice

the

yout

h to

con

tinue

to fa

rm.

L

aw

ren

ce

Had

dad

, Exe

cutiv

e D

irec

tor

Glo

bal A

llian

ce fo

r Im

prov

ed N

utri

tion

(GAI

N)

Dr

Law

renc

e H

adda

d is

a S

outh

Afr

ican

-bor

n B

ritis

h ec

onom

ist.

He

was

app

oint

ed th

e Ex

ecut

ive

Dir

ecto

r of

the

Glo

bal A

llian

ce fo

r Im

prov

ed N

utri

tion

(GA

IN) i

n O

ctob

er 2

016.

W

orki

ng w

ith p

artn

ers

arou

nd th

e w

orld

, GA

IN a

ims

to m

ake

heal

thie

r fo

od c

hoic

es m

ore

affo

rdab

le, m

ore

avai

labl

e, a

nd m

ore

desi

rabl

e. G

AIN

’s p

urpo

se is

to im

prov

e nu

triti

on

outc

omes

by

incr

easi

ng th

e co

nsum

ptio

n of

nut

ritio

us a

nd s

afe

food

for

all p

eopl

e,

espe

cial

ly th

e m

ost v

ulne

rabl

e.

Pri

or to

this

, Dr

Had

dad

was

the

foun

ding

co-

chai

r an

d le

ad a

utho

r of

the

Glo

bal

Nut

ritio

n R

epor

t and

was

the

Dir

ecto

r of

the

Inst

itute

of D

evel

opm

ent S

tudi

es (I

DS)

, the

wor

ld’s

lead

ing

deve

lopm

ent

stud

ies

inst

itute

. Bef

ore

join

ing

IDS

in 2

004,

he

was

Dir

ecto

r of

the

Food

Con

sum

ptio

n an

d N

utri

tion

Div

isio

n at

the

Inte

rnat

iona

l Foo

d P

olic

y R

esea

rch

Inst

itute

and

was

a U

K r

epre

sent

ativ

e on

the

Stee

ring

Com

mitt

ee o

f the

Hig

h Le

vel

Pan

el o

f Exp

erts

of t

he U

N’s

Com

mitt

ee o

n W

orld

Foo

d Se

curi

ty.

In 2

018,

the

Wor

ld F

ood

Pri

ze F

ound

atio

n aw

arde

d th

e W

orld

Foo

d P

rize

to D

r H

adda

d an

d D

r D

avid

Nab

arro

, for

mer

sp

ecia

l adv

iser

to th

e U

N S

ecre

tary

Gen

eral

. The

y re

ceiv

ed th

e aw

ard

for

thei

r in

divi

dual

and

com

plem

enta

ry g

loba

l le

ader

ship

in e

leva

ting

mat

erna

l and

chi

ld u

nder

nutr

ition

to a

cen

tral

issu

e w

ithin

the

food

sec

urity

and

dev

elop

men

t di

alog

ue a

t nat

iona

l and

inte

rnat

iona

l lev

els.

Wh

y a

nim

al-

sou

rce

fo

od

s n

ee

d t

o b

e p

art

of

the

glo

bal

foo

d s

ecu

rity

an

d n

utr

itio

n a

ge

nd

a

A n

umbe

r of

rec

ent r

epor

ts o

n di

ets

and

food

sys

tem

s ha

ve g

ener

ated

a g

reat

dea

l of d

ivis

ive

deba

te a

bout

the

role

of

ani

mal

sou

rce

food

s in

the

hum

an d

iet.

The

med

ia h

ave

latc

hed

on to

thes

e de

bate

s an

d ha

ve, i

n so

me

case

s,

acce

ntua

ted

the

divi

des.

Thi

s pr

esen

tatio

n w

ill e

mph

asis

e no

t div

isio

n, b

ut in

equa

lity.

It is

the

ineq

ualit

y in

wha

t pe

ople

eat

that

nee

ds to

be

addr

esse

d. M

any

peop

le e

at fa

r to

o m

uch

anim

al s

ourc

ed fo

od: t

oo m

uch

for

thei

r he

alth

an

d to

o m

uch

for

the

plan

et’s

env

iron

men

tal h

ealt

h. B

ut m

any

also

eat

too

littl

e an

imal

sou

rced

food

—th

ese

food

s ar

e ri

ch s

ourc

es o

f mic

ronu

trie

nts

that

are

ess

entia

l for

you

ng in

fant

and

chi

ld g

row

th a

nd a

re n

ot a

vaila

ble

in o

ther

af

ford

able

food

s fo

r th

ese

popu

latio

ns w

ho te

nd to

be

low

inco

me.

So

a nu

ance

d ap

proa

ch to

ani

mal

sou

rced

food

s is

ne

eded

. Tho

se w

ho e

at to

o m

uch

for

thei

r go

od h

ealt

h an

d w

ho p

ut u

nnec

essa

ry s

tres

s on

the

plan

et’s

env

iron

men

tal

reso

urce

s sh

ould

eat

less

and

thos

e w

ho a

re u

nder

nour

ishe

d w

ith v

ery

mon

oton

ous

diet

s w

ould

ben

efit f

rom

eat

ing

mor

e. T

his

pres

enta

tion

expl

ores

this

con

test

ed te

rrai

n an

d ai

ms

to im

prov

e cl

arity

in th

e po

licy

spac

e su

rrou

ndin

g an

imal

sou

rce

food

s.

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pro

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nive

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and

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ustr

alia

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ult

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r p

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pro

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or

all

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mo

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liv

est

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nce

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air

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rof L

inds

ay F

alve

y, In

tern

atio

nal

Live

stoc

k R

esea

rch

Inst

itute

(ILR

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enya

; The

U

nive

rsity

of M

elbo

urne

, Aus

tral

ia

1.4

M

ark

et-

led

bre

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fo

r valu

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r in

no

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air

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r Vi

vien

ne A

ntho

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nta

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datio

n fo

r Su

stai

nabl

e A

gric

ultu

re,

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erla

nd

1.5

S

trate

gic

iss

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s fa

cin

g a

gri

cu

ltu

ral

deve

lop

me

nt

in n

ort

he

rn A

ust

rali

a

Ch

air

M

s Sh

erid

en M

orri

s, C

RC

for

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elop

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ther

n A

ustr

alia

, Aus

tral

ia

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ricu

ltu

ral

syst

em

s re

searc

h: A

tr

an

sfo

rmati

ve

ap

pro

ach

to

su

stain

ab

le

inte

nsi

ficati

on

- 1

04

Pro

f Dan

iel R

odri

guez

, The

Uni

vers

ity

of Q

ueen

slan

d, Q

ueen

slan

d A

llian

ce fo

r A

gric

ultu

re a

nd F

ood

Inno

vatio

n (Q

AA

FI),

Aus

tral

ia

In v

itro

ap

pro

ach

es

for

pap

aya c

rop

im

pro

ve

me

nt

- 1

08

Dr

Put

hiya

para

mbi

l Jos

ekut

ty, S

kybu

ry C

offe

e P

ty L

td, A

ustr

alia

Le

t th

em

eat

me

at?

A s

olu

tio

n o

r a

pro

ble

m f

or

a s

ust

ain

ab

le h

ealt

hy

fu

ture

? -

114

Dr

Law

renc

e H

adda

d, G

loba

l Alli

ance

for

Impr

oved

Nut

ritio

n (G

AIN

), Sw

itzer

land

Au

stra

lia-A

fric

a U

niv

ers

itie

s N

etw

ork

: P

rov

idin

g s

ust

ain

ab

le s

olu

tio

ns

to

ch

all

en

ge

s jo

intl

y f

acin

g A

ust

rali

a a

nd

A

fric

a -

12

0

Pro

f Kad

ambo

t Sid

diqu

e, U

nive

rsity

of W

este

rn

Aus

tral

ia, A

ustr

alia

Su

cce

ssfu

lly

facil

itati

ng

ag

ricu

ltu

ral

inve

stm

en

t in

no

rth

ern

Au

stra

lian

la

nd

scap

es

- 12

6

Dr

Alla

n D

ale,

CR

C fo

r D

evel

opin

g N

orth

ern

Aus

tral

ia; J

ames

Coo

k U

nive

rsity

, Aus

tral

ia

Fo

od

syst

em

s fa

ilu

re: C

an

we

ave

rt f

utu

re

cri

ses?

- 1

06

Dr

Kia

h Sm

ith, T

he U

nive

rsity

of Q

ueen

slan

d,

Aus

tral

ia

Th

e u

se o

f cry

ob

iote

ch

no

log

y t

o c

on

serv

e

pla

nt

ge

ne

tic r

eso

urc

es:

Op

po

rtu

nit

ies

an

d c

hall

en

ge

s -

109

Dr

Raq

uel F

olga

do, T

he H

untin

gton

Bot

anic

al

Gar

dens

, USA

Th

e q

ue

st f

or

po

licy

an

d p

ub

lic

exp

en

dit

ure

op

po

rtu

nit

ies

to s

up

po

rt

imp

lem

en

tati

on

of

sust

ain

ab

le

small

ho

lde

r li

ve

sto

ck a

nd

aq

uacu

ltu

re

inte

rve

nti

on

s -

115

Dr

Rob

yn A

lder

s, C

entr

e fo

r G

loba

l Hea

lth

Secu

rity

, Aus

tral

ia

De

live

rin

g m

ark

et

req

uir

em

en

ts: P

rod

uct

pro

fili

ng

wit

h m

ark

et

fore

sig

ht

for

be

an

valu

e c

hain

s in

East

Afr

ica -

12

1

Dr

Jean

Cla

ude

Rub

yogo

, Int

erna

tiona

l Cen

tre

for

Trop

ical

Agr

icul

ture

(CIA

T); P

an A

fric

a B

ean

Res

earc

h A

llian

ce (P

AB

RA

), Ta

nzan

ia

A s

itu

ati

on

al

an

aly

sis

for

deve

lop

ing

a

rice

in

du

stry

in

no

rth

ern

Au

stra

lia -

12

7

Pro

f Rob

ert H

enry

, The

Uni

vers

ity o

f Q

ueen

slan

d, Q

ueen

slan

d A

llian

ce fo

r A

gric

ultu

re a

nd F

ood

Inno

vatio

n (Q

AA

FI),

Aus

tral

ia

Farm

ing

syst

em

s an

aly

sis

for

pro

ble

m-

solv

ing

in

th

e R

4D

co

nte

xt

- 10

7

Dr

Sari

na M

acfa

dyen

, Aus

tral

ian

Cent

re fo

r In

tern

atio

nal A

gric

ultu

ral R

esea

rch,

Aus

tral

ia

Tis

sue

cu

ltu

re f

or

the

co

lle

cti

on

, co

nse

rvati

on

an

d m

ult

ipli

cati

on

of

eli

te

co

co

nu

t g

erm

pla

sm -

110

Pro

f Ste

ve A

dkin

s, T

he U

nive

rsity

of

Que

ensl

and,

Que

ensl

and

Alli

ance

for

Agr

icul

ture

and

Foo

d In

nova

tion

(QA

AFI

), A

ustr

alia

Facts

an

d m

yth

s: L

ive

sto

ck a

nd

th

e

en

vir

on

me

nt

- 11

6

Dr

Mar

io H

erre

ro, C

omm

onw

ealt

h Sc

ient

ific

and

Indu

stri

al R

esea

rch

Org

anis

atio

n (C

SIR

O);

The

Uni

vers

ity o

f Que

ensl

and,

Aus

tral

ia

Pu

bli

c-p

rivate

bre

ed

ing

tra

nsi

tio

n i

n

sorg

hu

m i

n A

ust

rali

a a

nd

le

sso

ns

for

su

b-S

ah

ara

Afr

ica -

12

2

Pro

f Dav

id J

orda

n, T

he U

nive

rsity

of

Que

ensl

and,

Que

ensl

and

Alli

ance

for

Agr

icul

ture

and

Foo

d In

nova

tion

(QA

AFI

), A

ustr

alia

No

rth

ern

be

ef

ind

ust

ry e

me

rgin

g m

ark

et,

su

pp

ly c

hain

gap

an

aly

sis

& s

ecto

r cap

acit

y b

ase

lin

e s

tud

y -

12

8

Dr

Chri

s Ch

ilcot

t, Co

mm

onw

ealt

h Sc

ient

ific

and

Indu

stri

al R

esea

rch

Org

anis

atio

n (C

SIR

O),

Aus

tral

ia

Tra

nsf

orm

ati

on

al

ad

ap

tati

on

in

ag

ricu

ltu

re u

nd

er

cli

mate

ch

an

ge

- 1

02

Pro

f Mar

k H

owde

n, A

ustr

alia

n N

atio

nal

Uni

vers

ity, A

ustr

alia

Deve

lop

me

nts

in

ban

an

a t

issu

e c

ult

ure

in

A

ust

rali

a -

111

Ms

Shar

on H

amill

, Dep

artm

ent o

f Agr

icul

ture

an

d Fi

sher

ies,

Que

ensl

and

Gov

ernm

ent,

Aus

tral

ia

Su

cce

ss e

xam

ple

: T

he

po

ten

tial

for

live

sto

ck m

eth

an

e m

itig

ati

on

- 1

17

Pro

f Ric

hard

Eck

ard,

The

Uni

vers

ity o

f M

elbo

urne

, Aus

tral

ia

Intr

od

ucin

g m

ark

et-

led

ap

pro

ach

es

into

p

ost

gra

du

ate

pla

nt-

bre

ed

ing

ed

ucati

on

p

rog

ram

s in

Afr

ica -

12

3

Pro

f Shi

mel

is H

usse

in, A

fric

a Ce

ntre

for

Crop

Im

prov

emen

t (A

CCI),

Sou

th A

fric

a

Pre

pari

ng

th

e w

ay

fo

r g

row

th i

n

aq

uacu

ltu

re i

n n

ort

he

rn A

ust

rali

a:

Ind

ust

ry p

rio

riti

es

an

d v

isio

n 2

02

8 -

12

9

Pro

f Dea

n Je

rry,

Cen

tre

for

Sust

aina

ble

Trop

ical

Fis

heri

es a

nd A

quac

ultu

re; A

RC

Res

earc

h H

ub fo

r A

dvan

ced

Pra

wn

Bre

edin

g,

Jam

es C

ook

Uni

vers

ity, A

ustr

alia

Tra

nsf

orm

ing

ag

ricu

ltu

ral b

iose

curi

ty -

10

3

Ass

oc P

rof G

rant

Ham

ilton

, Que

ensl

and

Uni

vers

ity o

f Tec

hnol

ogy,

Aus

tral

ia

Mic

rop

rop

ag

ati

on

of

recalc

itra

nt

Pe

rse

a

Am

eri

can

a r

oo

tsto

ck c

ult

ivars

- 1

12

Dr

Jaye

ni H

iti-B

anda

rala

ge, T

he U

nive

rsity

of

Que

ensl

and,

Que

ensl

and

Alli

ance

for

Agr

icul

ture

and

Foo

d In

nova

tion

(QA

AFI

), A

ustr

alia

Pro

du

cti

vit

y –

in

ten

sifi

cati

on

– a

nim

al

we

lfare

: S

yn

erg

ies

or

trad

e-o

ffs?

- 1

18

Dr

Reb

ecca

Doy

le, T

he U

nive

rsity

of

Mel

bour

ne, A

ustr

alia

Afr

ica’s

pla

nt

bre

ed

ers

an

d t

he

ir v

ari

ety

p

ort

foli

o f

or

farm

ers

an

d m

ark

ets

: O

pp

ort

un

itie

s an

d c

hall

en

ge

s -

124

Dr

Nas

ser

Yao,

Inte

rnat

iona

l Liv

esto

ck

Res

earc

h In

stitu

te (I

LRI),

Ken

ya

No

rth

ern

Au

stra

lia f

ore

stry

sit

uati

on

al

an

aly

sis

pro

ject

- 13

0

Mr

Mic

k St

ephe

ns, T

imbe

r Q

ueen

slan

d,

Aus

tral

ia

Tra

nsf

orm

ing

lan

dsc

ap

es

thro

ug

h

irri

gati

on

- 1

05

Dr

Mat

thew

Har

riso

n, T

asm

ania

n In

stitu

te o

f A

gric

ultu

re (T

IA),

Aus

tral

ia

En

han

cin

g p

rod

uct

deve

lop

me

nt

by

use

o

f d

ou

ble

hap

loid

- 1

13

Dr

Ush

a Ze

hr, M

ahar

asht

ra H

ybri

d Se

eds

Com

pany

Pri

vate

Lim

ited

(MA

HYC

O),

Indi

a

Info

rmin

g t

om

orr

ow

’s l

ive

sto

ck s

cie

nce

: O

pp

ort

un

itie

s to

tra

nsf

orm

fo

od

syst

em

s in

tro

pic

al

deve

lop

ing

re

gio

ns

- 11

9

Dr

Ann

a O

kello

, Aus

tral

ian

Cent

re fo

r In

tern

atio

nal A

gric

ultu

ral R

esea

rch

(ACI

AR

), A

ustr

alia

De

man

d l

ed

bre

ed

ing

- 1

25

Pro

f Gab

riel

le P

ersl

ey, T

he U

nive

rsity

of

Que

ensl

and,

Aus

tral

ia

Pan

el

dis

cu

ssio

n

Bu

sin

ess

on

co

un

try

: L

an

d u

se

div

ers

ificati

on

on

th

e I

nd

ige

no

us

e

state

- 1

31

Mr

Ric

ky A

rche

r, N

orth

Aus

tral

ian

Indi

geno

us

Land

and

Sea

Man

agem

ent A

llian

ce L

td,

Aus

tral

ia

15Tro

pA

g2

019

Sha

ping

the

Scie

nce

of T

omor

row

Mo

nd

ay

11

No

ve

mb

er

20

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ter

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ncu

rre

nt

sym

po

sia s

ess

ion

2

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za A

udit

oriu

m

2.1

C

lim

ate

-sm

art

wh

eat

Ch

air

D

r K

arin

e Ch

enu,

The

Uni

vers

ity

of Q

ueen

slan

d, Q

ueen

slan

d A

llian

ce fo

r A

gric

ultu

re a

nd F

ood

Inno

vatio

n (Q

AA

FI),

Aus

tral

ia

2.2

B

eyo

nd

pre

tty p

ictu

res:

Ho

rtic

ult

ure

tr

ee

cro

p m

ap

pin

g, fr

om

in

div

idu

al

fru

it

to a

nati

on

al

data

base

Ch

air

D

r A

ntho

ny K

ache

nko,

Hor

t Inn

ovat

ion,

A

ustr

alia

2.3

N

utr

itio

n s

trate

gie

s to

mit

igate

hig

h

en

vir

on

me

nta

l te

mp

era

ture

s in

catt

le,

pig

s, a

nd

ch

icke

ns

Ch

air

s A

ssoc

Pro

f Eug

eni R

oura

and

A

ssoc

Pro

f Joh

n G

augh

an, T

he U

nive

rsity

of

Que

ensl

and,

Aus

tral

ia

2.4

C

reati

ng

an

Au

stra

lian

cu

isin

e

thro

ug

h t

rad

itio

nal

Au

stra

lian

fo

od

s

Ch

air

A

ssoc

Pro

f Yas

min

a Su

ltan

baw

a, A

RC

Trai

ning

Cen

tre

for

Uni

quel

y A

ustr

alia

n Fo

ods,

A

ustr

alia

2.5

V

alu

e-a

dd

ing

op

po

rtu

nit

ies

for

ag

ricu

ltu

re t

hro

ug

h B

iofu

ture

s

Ch

air

P

rof I

an O

’Har

a, Q

ueen

slan

d U

nive

rsity

of

Tec

hnol

ogy,

Aus

tral

ia

Tra

nsf

orm

ati

on

al

wh

eat

ag

ron

om

y:

Su

cce

ss f

rom

syst

em

syn

erg

y -

13

2

Dr

John

Kir

kega

ard,

Com

mon

wea

lth

Scie

ntifi

c an

d In

dust

rial

Res

earc

h O

rgan

isat

ion

(CSI

RO

), A

ustr

alia

Matc

hin

g t

ech

no

log

y w

ith

ne

ed

- 1

38

Mr

Chad

Sim

pson

, E.E

. Mui

r &

Son

s P

ty L

td,

Aus

tral

ia

Man

ag

em

en

t o

f catt

le e

xp

ose

d t

o h

igh

e

nv

iro

nm

en

tal

tem

pe

ratu

res

- 14

4

Pro

f Ter

ry M

ader

, Uni

vers

ity o

f Neb

rask

a, U

SA

Can

we

cre

ate

a s

ust

ain

ab

le f

un

cti

on

al

foo

d m

ark

et

usi

ng

Au

stra

lian

nati

ve

pla

nt

foo

ds?

- 1

50

Dr

Mri

dusm

ita C

halih

a, A

RC

Trai

ning

Cen

tre

for

Uni

quel

y A

ustr

alia

n Fo

ods,

The

Uni

vers

ity

of Q

ueen

slan

d, Q

ueen

slan

d A

llian

ce fo

r A

gric

ultu

re a

nd F

ood

Inno

vatio

n (Q

AA

FI),

Aus

tral

ia

Wast

es

to p

rofi

ts –

de

live

rin

g a

dvan

ce

d

bio

pro

du

ct

tech

no

log

ies

for

ag

ricu

ltu

re

- 15

6

Mr

Dou

g M

cNic

holl,

Mea

t and

Liv

esto

ck

Aus

tral

ia, A

ustr

alia

De

live

rin

g t

rait

s fo

r im

pro

ve

d a

dap

tati

on

to

fu

ture

cli

mate

s -

133

Dr

Gre

g R

ebet

zke,

Com

mon

wea

lth

Scie

ntifi

c an

d In

dust

rial

Res

earc

h O

rgan

isat

ion

(CSI

RO

), A

ustr

alia

Fo

rward

est

imati

on

of

man

go

cro

p

load

an

d h

arv

est

tim

ing

base

d o

n

in-fi

eld

mach

ine

vis

ion

an

d h

an

dh

eld

sp

ectr

osc

op

y -

13

9

Pro

f Ker

ry W

alsh

, Cen

tral

Que

ensl

and

Uni

vers

ity, A

ustr

alia

Nu

trit

ion

al

stra

teg

ies

to m

itig

ate

eff

ects

o

f h

igh

en

vir

on

me

nta

l te

mp

era

ture

- 1

45

Ass

oc P

rof J

ohn

Gau

ghan

, The

Uni

vers

ity o

f Q

ueen

slan

d, A

ustr

alia

Inte

gra

tio

n o

f A

bo

rig

inal

cu

ltu

re

an

d h

isto

ry t

hro

ug

h b

ush

fo

od

e

nte

rpri

ses

- 15

1

Ms

Mad

onna

Tho

mso

n, J

ager

a D

aran

, Nya

nda

Abo

rigi

nal C

ultu

ral T

ours

and

Bus

h Fo

od

Expe

rien

ce, A

ustr

alia

En

erg

y a

nd

fe

ed

pro

du

cts

fro

m w

ast

e:

Ap

ply

ing

th

e c

ircu

lar

eco

no

my

to

ag

ricu

ltu

ral

ind

ust

rie

s -

157

Dr

Pau

l Jen

sen,

Adv

ance

d W

ater

Man

agem

ent

Cent

re, T

he U

nive

rsity

of Q

ueen

slan

d, A

ustr

alia

Co

mb

inin

g t

rait

ph

ysi

olo

gy,

cro

p

mo

de

llin

g a

nd

mo

lecu

lar

ge

ne

tics

to

imp

rove

wh

eat

ad

ap

tati

on

to

te

rmin

al

wate

r-st

ress

by t

arg

eti

ng

sta

y-g

ree

n a

nd

ro

ot

trait

s -

134

Dr

Jack

Chr

isto

pher

, The

Uni

vers

ity

of Q

ueen

slan

d, Q

ueen

slan

d A

llian

ce fo

r A

gric

ultu

re a

nd F

ood

Inno

vatio

n (Q

AA

FI),

Aus

tral

ia

Effi

cie

nt

an

d d

eta

ile

d o

rch

ard

map

s:

Flo

we

rs, fr

uit

, ri

pe

ne

ss, can

op

y l

igh

t in

terc

ep

tio

n a

nd

yie

ld -

14

0

Dr

Jam

es U

nder

woo

d, T

he U

nive

rsity

of

Sydn

ey, A

ustr

alia

Me

tab

oli

sm a

nd

en

do

cri

no

log

y o

f catt

le

in h

igh

en

vir

on

me

nta

l te

mp

era

ture

s -

146

Dr

Gen

e W

ijffe

ls, C

omm

onw

ealt

h Sc

ient

ific

and

Indu

stri

al R

esea

rch

Org

anis

atio

n (C

SIR

O),

Aus

tral

ia

Au

stra

lian

cu

isin

e a

nd

tra

dit

ion

al

foo

d

flavo

urs

- 1

52

Dr

Hea

ther

Sm

yth,

The

Uni

vers

ity o

f Q

ueen

slan

d, Q

ueen

slan

d A

llian

ce fo

r A

gric

ultu

re a

nd F

ood

Inno

vatio

n (Q

AA

FI),

Cent

re

for

Nut

ritio

n an

d Fo

od S

cien

ces

(CN

AFS

), A

ustr

alia

Lo

w c

ost

an

d fl

exib

le p

rod

ucti

on

of

bio

fue

ls a

nd

bio

ch

em

icals

- 1

58

Dr

Dar

ryn

Rac

kem

ann,

Que

ensl

and

Uni

vers

ity

of T

echn

olog

y, A

ustr

alia

Incre

asi

ng

he

at

tole

ran

ce

in

wh

eat

to

co

un

tera

ct

rece

nt

an

d p

roje

cte

d in

cre

ase

s in

he

at

stre

ss -

13

5

Dr

Naj

eeb

Ulla

h, T

he U

nive

rsity

of Q

ueen

slan

d,

Que

ensl

and

Alli

ance

for

Agr

icul

ture

and

Foo

d In

nova

tion

(QA

AFI

), A

ustr

alia

Th

e a

pp

rop

riate

use

of

UA

Vs

an

d L

idar

for

map

pin

g t

ree

cro

p c

an

op

y s

tru

ctu

re a

nd

h

ealt

h -

14

1

Ms

Dan

Wu,

The

Uni

vers

ity o

f Que

ensl

and,

A

ustr

alia

Ph

ysi

olo

gic

al

ad

ap

tati

on

s o

f p

igs

un

de

r h

igh

en

vir

on

me

nta

l te

mp

era

ture

s -

147

Dr

Jere

my

Cott

rell,

The

Uni

vers

ity o

f M

elbo

urne

, Aus

tral

ia

Nu

trit

ion

al

valu

e o

f A

ust

rali

an

tra

dit

ion

al

foo

ds

an

d d

iet

div

ers

ificati

on

fro

m a

g

lob

al

pe

rsp

ecti

ve

- 1

53

Pro

f Mic

hael

Ryc

hlik

and

Dr

Mic

hael

Net

zel,

Tech

nica

l Uni

vers

ity o

f Mun

ich,

Ger

man

y

Ho

w s

yn

the

tic b

iolo

gy

wil

l tr

an

sfo

rm t

he

A

ust

rali

an

bio

tech

no

log

y i

nd

ust

ry -

15

9

Ass

oc P

rof C

laud

ia V

icke

rs, C

omm

onw

ealt

h Sc

ient

ific

and

Indu

stri

al R

esea

rch

Org

anis

atio

n (C

SIR

O),

Aus

tral

ia

Tra

ckin

g a

majo

r g

en

e i

ncre

asi

ng

w

he

at

bio

mass

an

d y

ield

in

ho

t e

nv

iro

nm

en

ts -

13

6

Dr

Pen

ny T

rick

er, T

he U

nive

rsity

of A

dela

ide,

A

ustr

alia

Exp

lori

ng

th

e p

ote

nti

al

of

hig

h r

eso

luti

on

sa

tell

ite

im

ag

ery

fo

r y

ield

pre

dic

tio

n o

f A

vo

cad

o a

nd

Man

go

cro

ps

- 14

2

Dr

Mos

hiur

Rah

man

, App

lied

Agr

icul

ture

R

esea

rch

Cent

re (A

AR

SC),

Uni

vers

ity o

f New

En

glan

d, A

ustr

alia

Nu

trit

ion

al

stra

teg

ies

to m

itig

ate

he

at

stre

ss i

n p

igs

- 14

8

Pro

f Fra

nk D

unsh

ea, T

he U

nive

rsity

of

Mel

bour

ne, A

ustr

alia

Infl

ue

nce

of

trad

itio

nal

So

uth

Afr

ican

fo

od

pre

para

tio

n m

eth

od

s o

n f

un

cti

on

al

co

mp

ou

nd

s -

154

Pro

f Dha

rini

Siv

akum

ar, T

shw

ane

Uni

vers

ity o

f Te

chno

logy

, Sou

th A

fric

a

Map

pin

g b

iom

ass

re

sou

rce

s in

Q

ue

en

slan

d -

16

0

Ms

Kel

ly B

ryan

t, D

epar

tmen

t of E

nvir

onm

ent

and

Scie

nce,

Que

ensl

and

Gov

ernm

ent,

Aus

tral

ia

New

ad

van

ce

s in

ph

en

oty

pin

g

tech

no

log

ies

- 13

7

Dr

Xavi

er S

irau

lt, A

ustr

alia

n P

lant

Phe

nom

ics

Faci

lity;

Com

mon

wea

lth

Scie

ntifi

c an

d In

dust

rial

R

esea

rch

Org

anis

atio

n (C

SIR

O),

Aus

tral

ia

Nati

on

al

scale

map

pin

g o

f h

ort

icu

ltu

re

tre

e c

rop

s in

Au

stra

lia -

14

3

Mr

Crai

g Sh

epha

rd, T

he U

nive

rsity

of N

ew

Engl

and,

Aus

tral

ia

Nu

trit

ion

al

stra

teg

ies

to m

itig

ate

he

at

stre

ss i

n c

hic

ke

ns

- 14

9

Ass

oc P

rof E

ugen

i Rou

ra a

nd A

ssoc

Pro

f Ch

iara

Pal

mie

ri, T

he U

nive

rsity

of Q

ueen

slan

d,

Aus

tral

ia

De

sig

nin

g m

eal

pla

ns

for

the

fo

od

se

rvic

e s

ecto

r u

sin

g t

rad

itio

nal

Au

stra

lian

fo

od

s -

155

Dr

Oliv

ia W

righ

t, Th

e U

nive

rsity

of Q

ueen

slan

d,

Aus

tral

ia

Lig

no

ce

llu

losi

c b

iom

ass

as

a b

ioe

co

no

my

p

latf

orm

– i

nd

ust

ry p

ers

pe

cti

ve

s -

161

Mr

Ale

x B

aker

, Lea

f R

esou

rces

Ltd

, Aus

tral

ia

Mo

nd

ay

11

No

ve

mb

er

20

19

Tro

pA

g2

019

Sha

ping

the

Scie

nce

of T

omor

row

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ess

ion

3

FIE

LD

CR

OP

S

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m

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ULT

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m

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oom

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ION

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OO

D

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m

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FU

TU

RE

S

Roo

m

Pla

za A

udit

oriu

m

3.1

F

arm

ing

syst

em

in

ten

sifi

cati

on

fo

r sm

all

-ho

lde

rs

Ch

air

S

arin

a M

acfa

yden

, Aus

tral

ian

Cent

re

for

Inte

rnat

iona

l Agr

icul

tura

l Res

earc

h (A

CIA

R),

Aus

tral

ia

3.2

F

utu

re o

rch

ard

s: A

dvan

ce

s in

h

ort

icu

ltu

ral

tre

e r

ese

arc

h

Ch

air

s D

r B

ruce

Top

p, T

he U

nive

rsity

of

Que

ensl

and,

Que

ensl

and

Alli

ance

for

Agr

icul

ture

and

Foo

d In

nova

tion

(QA

AFI

), A

ustr

alia

D

r Jo

se C

hapa

rro,

Uni

vers

ity o

f Flo

rida

, USA

3.3

A

dvan

cin

g a

nim

al

pro

du

cti

vit

y a

nd

w

elf

are

wit

h g

en

om

ics

Ch

air

D

r M

arin

a Fo

rtes

, The

Uni

vers

ity o

f Q

ueen

slan

d, A

ustr

alia

3.4

B

iofo

rtifi

cati

on

of

cro

ps

for

hu

man

h

ealt

h

Ch

air

P

rof R

oger

P H

elle

ns, Q

ueen

slan

d U

nive

rsity

of T

echn

olog

y, A

ustr

alia

3.5

I

nn

ovati

on

in

fo

od

safe

ty a

nd

tr

ace

ab

ilit

y

Ch

air

M

r Ji

m D

odds

, Saf

efoo

d Q

ueen

slan

d,

Aus

tral

ia

Tre

es

for

foo

d s

ecu

rity

: H

ow

is

it s

tackin

g

up

in

East

Afr

ica?

- 16

2

Pro

f Cat

heri

ne M

uthu

ri, W

orld

Agr

ofor

estr

y Ce

ntre

(ICR

AF)

, Ken

ya

Un

de

rsta

nd

ing

earl

y o

rch

ard

pro

du

cti

vit

y

in m

acad

am

ia -

16

8

Dr

John

Wilk

ie, D

epar

tmen

t of A

gric

ultu

re a

nd

Fish

erie

s, Q

ueen

slan

d G

over

nmen

t, A

ustr

alia

Ge

no

me

ed

itin

g i

n p

ou

ltry

: O

pp

ort

un

itie

s an

d i

mp

acts

- 1

74

Dr

Kri

stie

Jen

kins

, Com

mon

wea

lth

Scie

ntifi

c an

d In

dust

rial

Res

earc

h O

rgan

isat

ion

(CSI

RO

), A

ustr

alia

Th

e i

nsi

de

an

d o

ut

of

fola

te i

n

stra

wb

err

ies

an

d a

vo

cad

os

- 18

0

Dr

Mic

hael

Net

zel,

The

Uni

vers

ity o

f Q

ueen

slan

d, Q

ueen

slan

d A

llian

ce fo

r A

gric

ultu

re a

nd F

ood

Inno

vatio

n (Q

AA

FI),

Aus

tral

ia

Fo

od

tam

pe

rin

g –

wh

at

we

can

le

arn

fro

m

stra

wb

err

ies

- 18

6

Ms

Clar

e H

amilt

on-B

ate,

Fre

shca

re L

td,

Aus

tral

ia

Fo

ste

rin

g s

ust

ain

ab

le a

gri

cu

ltu

ral

inte

nsi

ficati

on

in

East

ern

an

d S

ou

the

rn

Afr

ica: A

gro

no

mic

, in

stit

uti

on

al

an

d

po

licy

en

ab

lers

- 1

63

Dr

Pas

wel

Mar

enya

, Int

erna

tiona

l Mai

ze a

nd

Whe

at Im

prov

emen

t Cen

ter

(CIM

MYT

), A

fric

a

Ge

no

mic

s an

d t

he

macad

am

ia o

rch

ard

of

the

fu

ture

- 1

69

Dr

Cath

y N

ock,

Sou

ther

n Cr

oss

Uni

vers

ity,

Aus

tral

ia

Se

lecti

ng

fo

r b

eh

av

iou

ral

trait

s in

an

imals

– w

hat

co

uld

we

ch

an

ge

an

d

sho

uld

we?

- 17

5

Dr

Jill

Fern

ande

s, T

he U

nive

rsity

of

Que

ensl

and,

Que

ensl

and

Alli

ance

for

Agr

icul

ture

and

Foo

d In

nova

tion

(QA

AFI

), A

ustr

alia

Ze

axan

thin

-bio

fort

ifie

d p

op

co

rn f

or

eye

h

ealt

h -

18

1

Dr

Tim

O’H

are,

The

Uni

vers

ity o

f Que

ensl

and,

Q

ueen

slan

d A

llian

ce fo

r A

gric

ultu

re a

nd F

ood

Inno

vatio

n (Q

AA

FI),

Aus

tral

ia

Su

pp

ly c

hain

in

teg

rity

– m

an

ag

ing

fo

od

sa

fety

an

d f

oo

d f

rau

d r

isks

- 18

7

Ms

Mar

gare

t Bal

four

, Int

egri

ty C

ompl

ianc

e So

lutio

ns, A

ustr

alia

Su

stain

ab

le i

nte

nsi

ficati

on

in

th

e E

ast

ern

G

an

ge

tic P

lain

s: K

ey t

o f

oo

d s

ecu

rity

an

d

live

lih

oo

d i

mp

rove

me

nt

of

small

ho

lde

rs

- 16

4

T.P

. Tiw

ari,

Inte

rnat

iona

l Mai

ze a

nd W

heat

Im

prov

emen

t Cen

ter

(CIM

MYT

), B

angl

ades

h

Be

nch

mark

ing

an

d f

arm

eco

no

mic

s o

f A

ust

rali

an

macad

am

ia p

rod

ucti

on

:

Wh

at

make

s a m

od

ern

orc

hard

p

rod

ucti

ve?

- 17

0

Mr

Shan

e M

ulo,

Dep

artm

ent o

f Agr

icul

ture

and

Fi

sher

ies,

Que

ensl

and

Gov

ernm

ent,

Aus

tral

ia

Cast

rati

on

fre

e s

win

e t

hro

ug

h g

en

e

ed

itin

g o

f p

orc

ine

KIS

S1

- 17

6

Dr

Tad

Sons

tega

rd, A

ccel

igen

a R

ecom

bine

tics

Com

pany

, USA

Fo

late

in

du

rian

an

d o

the

r tr

op

ical

exo

tics

- 18

2

Pro

f Mic

hael

Ryc

hlik

, Tec

hnic

al U

nive

rsity

of

Mun

ich,

Ger

man

y

Inn

ovati

ve

te

ch

no

log

ies

to m

itig

ate

m

icro

bia

l fo

od

safe

ty r

isks

in f

resh

p

rod

uce

- 1

88

Dr

Sukh

vind

er P

al S

ingh

, NSW

Dep

artm

ent o

f P

rim

ary

Indu

stri

es, A

ustr

alia

Su

stain

ab

le i

nte

nsi

ficati

on

in

ric

e

pro

du

cti

on

an

d p

roce

ssin

g c

hain

s (L

ao

s an

d C

am

bo

dia

) -

165

Ms

Jaqu

ie M

itche

ll, T

he U

nive

rsity

of

Que

ensl

and,

Aus

tral

ia

Exte

nd

ing

a b

ree

din

g i

nfo

rmati

on

m

an

ag

em

en

t sy

ste

m t

o c

om

bin

e

inte

rnati

on

al

data

fo

r g

lob

al

pe

rfo

rman

ce

p

red

icti

on

s -

171

Dr

Crai

g H

ardn

er, T

he U

nive

rsity

of

Que

ensl

and,

Que

ensl

and

Alli

ance

for

Agr

icul

ture

and

Foo

d In

nova

tion

(QA

AFI

), A

ustr

alia

Natu

rall

y P

oll

ed

TM

– i

mp

rov

ing

th

e

we

lfare

of

dair

y c

att

le -

17

7

Dr

Carl

Ram

age,

Rau

taki

Sol

utio

ns P

ty L

td,

Aus

tral

ia

Su

pe

r-sw

ee

t p

urp

le s

we

etc

orn

: B

reakin

g

the

ge

ne

tic l

ink -

18

3

Mr

Apu

rba

Lal R

ay, T

he U

nive

rsity

of

Que

ensl

and,

Que

ensl

and

Alli

ance

for

Agr

icul

ture

and

Foo

d In

nova

tion

(QA

AFI

), A

ustr

alia

A b

ioco

ntr

ol

op

tio

n t

o c

on

tro

l a f

oo

d-

bo

rne

path

og

en

, u

sin

g b

acte

rio

ph

ag

es

to

co

ntr

ol

Cam

py

lob

acte

r in

po

ult

ry -

18

9

Dr

Nal

ini C

hini

vasa

gam

, Dep

artm

ent o

f A

gric

ultu

re a

nd F

ishe

ries

, Que

ensl

and

Gov

ernm

ent,

Aus

tral

ia

Ass

ess

me

nts

of

low

lan

d r

ice

-base

d

farm

ing

syst

em

s an

d p

rosp

ects

fo

r fu

ture

re

searc

h a

nd

deve

lop

me

nt

pri

ori

tie

s -

166

Van

Tou

ch, T

he U

nive

rsity

of S

ydne

y, A

ustr

alia

Imp

rove

me

nt

of

cit

rus

cu

ltiv

ars

th

rou

gh

in

tro

gre

ssio

n o

f w

ild

ge

rmp

lasm

- 1

72

Dr

Jose

Cha

parr

o, U

nive

rsity

of F

lori

da, U

SA

Dif

fere

nce

s in

th

erm

ore

gu

lato

ry r

esp

on

ses

betw

een

Do

rper

an

d s

eco

nd

cro

ss lam

bs

to

heat

stre

ss c

hallen

ges

- 17

8

Ms

Ale

ena

Joy,

The

Uni

vers

ity o

f Mel

bour

ne,

Aus

tral

ia

Fil

lin

g t

he

vo

id –

bo

ost

ing

th

e n

utr

itio

nal

valu

e o

f b

lue

be

rry

- 1

84

Dr

Ric

hard

Esp

ley,

The

New

Zea

land

Inst

itute

fo

r P

lant

and

Foo

d R

esea

rch

Lim

ited

(PFR

), N

ew Z

eala

nd

Tech

no

log

ies

that

imp

rove

fo

od

safe

ty

an

d c

om

pli

an

ce

- 1

90

Mr

Kei

th G

emm

ell,

Safe

Foo

d P

rodu

ctio

n Q

LD,

Aus

tral

ia

Ou

tco

me

s o

f ag

rofo

rest

ry a

nd

m

on

ocro

pp

ing

- C

om

pari

son

an

d

ass

ess

me

nt

- 16

7

Dr

La N

guye

n, W

orld

Agr

ofor

estr

y Ce

ntre

(IC

RA

F), V

ietn

am

Bre

ed

ing

macad

am

ia c

ult

ivars

fo

r o

rch

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ashw

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lam

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Ms

Kat

ie O

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nor,

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e U

nive

rsity

of Q

ueen

slan

d, Q

ueen

slan

d A

llian

ce fo

r A

gric

ultu

re a

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ood

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vatio

n (Q

AA

FI),

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tral

ia

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tud

y o

n D

NA

me

thy

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m b

ov

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ta

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air

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9

Dr

Loan

Ngu

yen,

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vers

ity o

f Q

ueen

slan

d, Q

ueen

slan

d A

llian

ce fo

r A

gric

ultu

re a

nd F

ood

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vatio

n (Q

AA

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tral

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il a

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fo

liar

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fe

rtil

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r ap

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cati

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ing

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nive

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Que

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f Pam

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ffice

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rodu

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ill &

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inda

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es F

ound

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red

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ries

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ks a

t the

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& M

elin

da G

ates

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ndat

ion

as S

enio

r P

rogr

am O

ffice

r fo

r A

nim

al P

rodu

ctio

n. H

e le

ads

the

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datio

n’s

effo

rts

in R

&D

for

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mal

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duct

ion

(gen

etic

s, r

epro

duct

ion,

feed

) aim

ed a

t inc

reas

ing

lives

tock

pro

duct

ivity

in S

ub-S

ahar

an

Afr

ica

and

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h-A

sia.

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red

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exte

nsiv

e ex

peri

ence

in a

nim

al b

reed

ing

acro

ss m

any

geog

raph

ies

from

his

tim

e at

inte

rnat

iona

l bre

edin

g co

mpa

nies

(CR

V, T

opig

s N

orsv

in a

nd

PIC

) . H

e ha

d m

anag

emen

t pos

ition

s in

R&

D, t

echn

ical

ser

vice

and

ope

ratio

ns. H

e ob

tain

ed

his

MSc

and

PhD

deg

rees

in A

nim

al S

cien

ces

from

Wag

enin

gen

Uni

vers

ity a

nd h

olds

a

Glo

bal C

ertifi

cate

in M

anag

emen

t fro

m IN

SEA

D.

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pic

al

live

sto

ck f

or

we

alt

h i

n d

eve

lop

ing

co

un

trie

s

The

Agr

icul

ture

Dev

elop

men

t pro

gram

at t

he G

ates

Fou

ndat

ion

stri

ves

to e

mpo

wer

sm

allh

olde

r fa

rmer

s w

ith th

e to

ols

and

tech

nolo

gies

they

nee

d to

boo

st p

rodu

ctiv

ity, f

arm

inco

me

and

food

qua

lity.

We

part

ner

with

gov

ernm

ents

, loc

al

NG

Os

and

busi

ness

es to

giv

e fa

rmer

s be

tter

acc

ess

to th

e m

arke

ts, d

istr

ibut

ion

netw

orks

, and

the

inpu

ts th

ey n

eed.

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inve

stm

ents

in li

vest

ock

star

ted

in 2

012.

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rea

sons

for

incl

udin

g liv

esto

ck in

the

prog

ram

wer

e:

• 60

% o

f peo

ple

in e

xtre

me

pove

rty

own

lives

tock

• liv

esto

ck is

oft

en th

eir

mos

t im

port

ant a

sset

• 30

-40%

of A

gric

ultu

ral G

DP

• im

port

ant s

ourc

e fo

r hi

gh q

ualit

y nu

triti

on•

oppo

rtun

ity to

em

pow

er w

omen

• en

orm

ous

pote

ntia

l for

yie

ld im

prov

emen

t

Mos

t ani

mal

s in

dev

elop

ing

coun

trie

s ha

ve h

ealt

h ch

alle

nges

and

ver

y lo

w y

ield

s (~

10 ti

mes

low

er c

ompa

red

to o

ther

co

untr

ies)

, res

ultin

g in

low

farm

er in

com

e, p

oor

reso

urce

effi

cien

cy, h

igh

GH

G e

mis

sion

inte

nsity

and

hig

h co

nsum

er

pric

es.

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maj

or c

onst

rain

ts fo

r hi

gher

pro

duct

ivity

are

in a

nim

al h

ealt

h, g

enet

ics

and

feed

qua

lity.

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addr

ess

thes

e co

nstr

aint

s, w

e ha

ve m

ade

inve

stm

ents

in n

ew te

chno

logi

es, p

rodu

cts

and

deliv

ery

syst

ems.

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mpl

es in

gen

etic

s ar

e ge

nom

ic s

elec

tion,

sex

sor

ted

sem

en a

nd a

rtifi

cial

inse

min

atio

n fo

r da

iry

cow

s an

d bu

ffal

oes.

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rtan

t inv

estm

ents

in

pou

ltry

gen

etic

s ar

e in

the

deliv

ery

of lo

cally

ada

pted

chi

cken

with

5-1

0 tim

es m

ore

egg

prod

uctio

n. O

ther

pro

mis

ing

inve

stm

ents

are

in d

igita

l pla

tfor

ms

that

link

farm

ers

to th

e fo

rmal

mar

ket a

s w

ell a

s to

fina

ncia

l ser

vice

s.

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e te

chno

logi

es h

elp

to o

verc

ome

barr

iers

for

succ

essf

ul fa

rmin

g in

trop

ical

cou

ntri

es, b

ut m

uch

mor

e in

nova

tion

and

inve

stm

ents

are

nee

ded

to g

ive

ever

y fa

rmer

the

chan

ce o

f hea

lthy

and

pro

duct

ive

lives

tock

.

P

am

ela

Ro

nald

, Fou

ndin

g D

irec

tor

of th

e In

stitu

te fo

r Fo

od a

nd A

gric

ultu

ral L

itera

cy

Uni

vers

ity o

f Cal

iforn

ia, D

avis

Pam

ela

Ron

ald,

is a

Dis

tingu

ishe

d P

rofe

ssor

, in

the

Dep

t. of

Pla

nt P

atho

logy

and

the

Gen

ome

Cent

er, a

nd F

ound

ing

Dir

ecto

r of

the

Inst

itute

for

Food

and

Agr

icul

tura

l Lite

racy

at

the

Uni

vers

ity o

f Cal

iforn

ia, D

avis

. She

als

o se

rves

as

a K

ey S

cien

tist a

t the

Joi

nt B

ioen

ergy

In

stitu

te in

Em

eryv

ille,

CA

.

Pam

ela

stud

ies

rice

gen

es th

at c

ontr

ol r

esis

tanc

e to

dis

ease

and

tole

ranc

e to

env

iron

men

tal

stre

ss. P

amel

a an

d co

lleag

ues

rece

ived

the

2008

USD

A N

atio

nal R

esea

rch

Initi

ativ

e D

isco

very

Aw

ard

and

the

2012

Tec

h A

war

d fo

r in

nova

tive

use

of te

chno

logy

to b

enefi

t hu

man

ity. I

n 20

11, s

he w

as s

elec

ted

as o

ne o

f the

100

mos

t cre

ativ

e pe

ople

in b

usin

ess

by F

ast C

ompa

ny M

agaz

ine.

Sh

e is

the

reci

pien

t of t

he 2

012

Loui

s M

alas

sis

Inte

rnat

iona

l Sci

entifi

c P

rize

for

Agr

icul

ture

and

Foo

d, a

Gug

genh

eim

Fe

llow

ship

, the

Nat

iona

l Ass

ocia

tion

of S

cien

ce W

rite

rs S

cien

ce in

Soc

iety

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rnal

ism

Aw

ard,

and

the

Fulb

righ

t-To

cque

ville

Dis

tingu

ishe

d Ch

air

Aw

ard.

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014

she

was

nam

ed o

ne o

f the

wor

ld’s

mos

t infl

uent

ial s

cien

tific

min

ds b

y Th

omso

n R

eute

rs, i

n 20

15 w

as s

elec

ted

by S

cien

tific

Am

eric

an a

s on

e of

the

wor

ld’s

100

mos

t infl

uent

ial p

eopl

e in

bio

tech

nolo

gy a

nd in

201

6 w

as n

amed

one

of

the

50 in

nova

tors

and

vis

iona

ries

who

will

lead

us

tow

ard

a m

ore

sust

aina

ble

futu

re b

y G

rist

mag

azin

e. S

he is

co-

auth

or, w

ith h

er h

usba

nd, R

aoul

Ada

mch

ak, a

n or

gani

c fa

rmer

, of T

omor

row

’s T

able

: Org

anic

Far

min

g, G

enet

ics,

and

th

e Fu

ture

of F

ood.

Bill

Gat

es c

alls

the

book

“a

fant

astic

pie

ce o

f wor

k” a

nd “

impo

rtan

t for

any

one

that

wan

ts to

lear

n ab

out t

he s

cien

ce o

f see

ds a

nd c

halle

nges

face

d by

farm

ers.

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012,

Tom

orro

w’s

Tab

le w

as s

elec

ted

by T

he N

ew E

arth

A

rchi

ve a

s on

e of

the

25 m

ost p

ower

ful a

nd in

fluen

tial b

ooks

with

the

pow

er to

insp

ire

colle

ge r

eade

rs to

cha

nge

the

wor

ld. H

er 2

015

TED

talk

has

bee

n vi

ewed

by

mor

e th

an 1

.7 m

illio

n pe

ople

and

tran

slat

ed in

to 2

6 la

ngua

ges.

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gin

ee

rin

g c

rop

s fo

r re

sist

an

ce

to

dis

ease

an

d t

ole

ran

ce

to

en

vir

on

me

nta

l st

ress

A m

ajor

goa

l for

food

and

agr

icul

tura

l res

earc

h is

to in

crea

se th

e re

silie

ncy

of a

gric

ultu

ral s

yste

ms

to a

dapt

to r

apid

ch

ange

s an

d ex

trem

e co

nditi

ons.

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f. R

onal

d w

ill d

escr

ibe

how

gen

etic

app

roac

hes

are

bein

g us

ed to

gen

erat

e th

e ne

xt g

ener

atio

n of

cro

ps th

at w

ill h

elp

farm

ers

thri

ve in

thes

e ch

alle

ngin

g co

nditi

ons.

Her

labo

rato

ry a

t UC

Dav

is s

tudi

es g

enes

that

con

trol

res

ista

nce

to d

isea

se a

nd to

lera

nce

of e

nvir

onm

enta

l str

ess.

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geth

er w

ith h

er c

olla

bora

tors

, she

has

eng

inee

red

rice

for

resi

stan

ce to

dis

ease

and

tole

ranc

e to

floo

ding

. Ron

ald

will

des

crib

e is

olat

ion

of a

ric

e im

mun

e re

cept

or, i

ts s

imila

rity

to a

nim

al im

mun

e re

cept

ors

and

the

mic

robi

al m

olec

ule

that

bin

ds to

and

act

ivat

es th

e ri

ce im

mun

e re

cept

or. S

he w

ill d

escr

ibe

isol

atio

n of

the

Sub1

A g

ene

and

the

deve

lopm

ent

of a

floo

d to

lera

nt r

ice

vari

ety

(kno

wn

as ‘S

ub1’

ric

e) p

rodu

ced

by th

e In

tern

atio

nal R

ice

Res

earc

h In

stitu

te th

at w

as

cult

ivat

ed b

y ov

er s

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illio

n fa

rmer

s in

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a an

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angl

ades

h in

201

7. U

nder

sub

mer

ged

cond

ition

s, th

ese

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vari

etie

s ha

ve e

nhan

ced

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ensl

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ensl

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ance

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gric

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av

iou

r -

20

2

Pro

f Bel

inda

Med

lyn,

Wes

tern

Syd

ney

Uni

vers

ity, A

ustr

alia

Mo

dellin

g o

rch

ard

lig

ht

envir

on

men

t -

20

8

Dr

Nei

l Whi

te, D

epar

tmen

t of A

gric

ultu

re a

nd

Fish

erie

s, Q

ueen

slan

d G

over

nmen

t, A

ustr

alia

Bre

ed

ing

lo

w-e

mit

tin

g r

um

inan

ts:

Pre

dic

tin

g m

eth

an

e f

rom

mic

rob

es

- 2

14

Dr

Suza

nne

Row

e, A

gRes

earc

h, N

ew Z

eala

nd

Div

ers

ity

bre

ed

ing

pro

gra

m o

n c

om

mo

n

be

an

(P

hase

olu

s vu

lgari

s L

.) t

arg

eti

ng

ra

pid

co

okin

g a

nd

iro

n a

nd

zin

c

bio

fort

ificati

on

- 2

20

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Clar

e M

ukan

kusi

, Int

erna

tiona

l Cen

ter

for

Trop

ical

Agr

icul

ture

(CIA

T), U

gand

a

Bla

ck s

old

ier

flie

s fo

r w

ast

e r

ecycli

ng

an

d

pro

tein

: L

ive

sto

ck f

or

live

sto

ck -

22

6

Dr

Pet

er J

ames

, The

Uni

vers

ity o

f Que

ensl

and,

Q

ueen

slan

d A

llian

ce fo

r A

gric

ultu

re a

nd F

ood

Inno

vatio

n (Q

AA

FI),

Aus

tral

ia

Le

af

3D

im

ag

ing

an

d m

od

ell

ing

to

in

cre

ase

cro

p p

ho

tosy

nth

esi

s an

d

wate

r-u

se e

fficie

ncy -

20

3

Pro

f Mar

gare

t Bar

bour

, The

Uni

vers

ity o

f Sy

dney

, Aus

tral

ia

Usi

ng

vir

tual

pla

nts

to

un

de

rsta

nd

ho

w

fru

it t

ree

s g

row

- 2

09

Dr

Inig

o A

uzm

endi

, The

Uni

vers

ity o

f Q

ueen

slan

d, Q

ueen

slan

d A

llian

ce fo

r A

gric

ultu

re a

nd F

ood

Inno

vatio

n (Q

AA

FI),

Aus

tral

ia

Ide

nti

fyin

g p

lan

ts t

hat

red

uce

me

than

e

pro

du

cti

on

usi

ng

an

in

vit

ro s

yst

em

-

he

lpin

g t

he

ch

all

en

ge

to

be

co

me

C

ne

utr

al

- 2

15

Pro

f Phi

l Ver

coe,

Uni

vers

ity o

f Wes

tern

A

ustr

alia

, Aus

tral

ia

Me

ta-a

naly

sis

of

ge

no

me

-wid

e

ass

ocia

tio

n s

tud

ies

for

pre

-bre

ed

ing

in

ag

ricu

ltu

ral

cro

ps

- 2

21

Dr

Han

s D

aetw

yler

, Agr

icul

ture

Vic

tori

a,

Aus

tral

ia

Inse

ct

farm

ing

is

he

re, b

ut

are

we

re

ad

y

for

it?

- 2

27

Ms

Oly

mpi

a Ya

rger

, GoT

erra

, Aus

tral

ia

Imp

rov

ing

lig

ht

use

effi

cie

ncy i

n C

4

pla

nts

by

in

cre

asi

ng

ele

ctr

on

tra

nsp

ort

ra

te -

20

4

Dr

Mar

ia E

rmak

ova,

Aus

tral

ian

Nat

iona

l U

nive

rsity

, Aus

tral

ia

Ro

bo

tic s

en

sin

g a

nd

acti

ng

in

pro

tecte

d

cro

pp

ing

syst

em

s -

210

Dr

Chri

s Le

hner

t, Q

ueen

slan

d U

nive

rsity

of

Tech

nolo

gy, A

ustr

alia

A n

ove

l m

eth

od

to

pre

dic

t h

igh

-valu

e

trait

s, i

nclu

din

g m

eth

an

e e

mis

sio

ns

an

d

fee

d e

fficie

ncy,

fro

m r

um

en

mic

rob

iom

e

pro

file

s -

216

Dr

Eliz

abet

h R

oss,

The

Uni

vers

ity o

f Q

ueen

slan

d, Q

ueen

slan

d A

llian

ce fo

r A

gric

ultu

re a

nd F

ood

Inno

vatio

n (Q

AA

FI),

Aus

tral

ia

Th

e d

ive

rse

fu

ncti

on

s o

f p

russ

ic a

cid

in

A

ust

rali

a’s

nati

ve

so

rgh

um

s: L

ess

on

s fo

r d

om

est

icati

on

- 2

22

Pro

f Ros

Gle

adow

, Mon

ash

Uni

vers

ity,

Aus

tral

ia

Inse

ct

nu

trit

ion

, fe

ed

ing

an

d a

rtifi

cia

l d

iets

- 2

28

Dr

Elsj

e P

iete

rse,

Ste

llenb

osch

Uni

vers

ity,

Sout

h A

fric

a

Hig

h-t

hro

ug

hp

ut

ph

en

oty

pin

g t

oo

ls t

o t

est

w

heth

er

leaf-

leve

l p

ho

tosy

nth

esi

s tr

ait

s are

m

easu

rab

le a

t th

e c

rop

leve

l -

20

5

Dr

Bar

bara

Geo

rge-

Jaeg

gli,

AR

C Ce

ntre

of

Exce

llenc

e fo

r Tr

ansl

atio

nal P

hoto

synt

hesi

s;

Que

ensl

and

Alli

ance

for

Agr

icul

ture

and

Fo

od In

nova

tion

(QA

AFI

), Th

e U

nive

rsity

of

Que

ensl

and,

Aus

tral

ia

Sim

ula

tin

g b

ee

po

llin

ati

on

fo

r h

ort

icu

ltu

ral

ap

pli

cati

on

s -

211

Ass

oc P

rof A

lan

Dor

in, M

onas

h U

nive

rsity

, A

ustr

alia

Mo

vin

g f

rom

clo

ud

s to

th

e m

icro

bio

me

an

an

imal

he

alt

h p

ers

pe

cti

ve

- 2

17

Ass

oc P

rof P

at B

lack

all a

nd D

r Li

da O

mal

eki,

The

Uni

vers

ity o

f Que

ensl

and,

Que

ensl

and

Alli

ance

for

Agr

icul

ture

and

Foo

d In

nova

tion

(QA

AFI

), A

ustr

alia

Po

ten

tial

use

of

Au

stra

lian

cro

p w

ild

re

lati

ve

s in

ag

ricu

ltu

re a

nd

fo

od

p

rod

ucti

on

- 2

23

Pro

f Rob

ert H

enry

, The

Uni

vers

ity o

f Q

ueen

slan

d, Q

ueen

slan

d A

llian

ce fo

r A

gric

ultu

re a

nd F

ood

Inno

vatio

n (Q

AA

FI),

Aus

tral

ia

Nu

trit

ion

al

valu

e o

f b

lack s

old

ier

fly

fro

m

ab

att

oir

wast

e -

22

9

Dr

Luis

Pra

da e

Silv

a, T

he U

nive

rsity

of

Que

ensl

and,

Que

ensl

and

Alli

ance

for

Agr

icul

ture

and

Foo

d In

nova

tion

(QA

AFI

), A

ustr

alia

New

to

ols

can

easi

ly d

ete

ct

ph

oto

syn

the

tic d

ive

rsit

y i

n w

he

at

- 2

06

Dr

Gon

zalo

Est

avill

o, C

omm

onw

ealt

h Sc

ient

ific

and

Indu

stri

al R

esea

rch

Org

anis

atio

n (C

SIR

O),

Aus

tral

ia

Fro

m r

eal-

tim

e p

recis

ion

map

pin

g

to r

ob

oti

c a

ctu

ati

on

- e

xam

ple

s fr

om

ve

ge

tab

le a

nd

tre

e c

rop

s -

212

Pro

f Sal

ah S

ukka

rieh

, Uni

vers

ity o

f Syd

ney,

A

ustr

alia

Th

e g

en

eti

cs

of

rum

en

ph

ag

e

po

pu

lati

on

s -

218

Dr

Ros

alin

d G

ilber

t, D

epar

tmen

t of A

gric

ultu

re

and

Fish

erie

s, Q

ueen

slan

d G

over

nmen

t, A

ustr

alia

Evo

lvin

g g

en

e b

an

ks

– a c

on

tin

uo

usl

y-

imp

rov

ing

ge

ne

tic r

eso

urc

e f

or

cro

p

bre

ed

ers

- 2

24

Pro

f Wal

lace

Cow

ling,

The

Uni

vers

ity o

f W

este

rn A

ustr

alia

, Aus

tral

ia

Imp

act

of

inse

ct

larv

ae

on

me

at

q

uali

ty -

23

0

Dr

Louw

rens

Hof

fman

, The

Uni

vers

ity

of Q

ueen

slan

d, Q

ueen

slan

d A

llian

ce fo

r A

gric

ultu

re a

nd F

ood

Inno

vatio

n (Q

AA

FI),

Aus

tral

ia

Inte

gra

tive

le

af

ph

oto

syn

the

sis-

to-c

rop

y

ield

mo

de

llin

g t

o h

elp

acce

lera

te y

ield

im

pro

ve

me

nt

- 2

07

Dr

Ale

x W

u, A

RC

Cent

re o

f Exc

elle

nce

for

Tran

slat

iona

l Pho

tosy

nthe

sis;

Que

ensl

and

Alli

ance

for

Agr

icul

ture

and

Foo

d In

nova

tion

(QA

AFI

), Th

e U

nive

rsity

of Q

ueen

slan

d, A

ustr

alia

Th

e r

ele

van

ce

of

do

min

an

ce

to

ge

no

mic

se

lecti

on

in

bre

ed

ing

clo

nall

y p

rop

ag

ate

d

pla

nt

spe

cie

s -

213

Dr

Chri

stia

n W

erne

r, T

he U

nive

rsity

of

Edin

burg

h, U

K

Inn

ate

vari

ab

ilit

y i

n a

nim

al

pe

rfo

rman

ce

an

d r

um

en

mic

rob

iota

acro

ss s

easo

nal

ch

an

ge

s in

a n

ort

he

rn A

ust

rali

an

gra

zin

g

syst

em

- 2

19

Dr

Stua

rt D

enm

an, C

omm

onw

ealt

h Sc

ient

ific

and

Indu

stri

al R

esea

rch

Org

anis

atio

n (C

SIR

O),

Aus

tral

ia

Ch

all

en

ge

s o

f co

lle

cti

ng

an

d p

rese

rvin

g

cro

p w

ild

re

lati

ve

s -

22

5

Dr

Sally

Nor

ton,

Aus

tral

ian

Gra

ins

Gen

eban

k,

Agr

icul

ture

Vic

tori

a, A

ustr

alia

En

zy

mati

c f

racti

on

ati

on

of

pro

tein

, fa

t an

d c

hit

in f

rom

He

rme

tia illu

cen

s (L

.)

(Dip

tera

: S

trati

om

yid

ae)

- 2

31

Mr

Mic

hael

J W

oods

, Ste

llenb

osch

Uni

vers

ity,

Sout

h A

fric

a

21

Tu

esd

ay

12

No

ve

mb

er

20

19

Tro

pA

g2

019

Sha

ping

the

Scie

nce

of T

omor

row

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on

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ster

them

e: F

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ncu

rre

nt

sym

po

sia s

ess

ion

5

FIE

LD

CR

OP

S

Roo

m

P7-

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ULT

UR

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m

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oom

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AN

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OO

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m

P11

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FU

TU

RE

S

Roo

m

Pla

za A

udit

oriu

m

5.1

S

cie

nce

, te

ch

no

log

y a

nd

pro

ce

ss

inn

ovati

on

in

id

en

tifi

cati

on

an

d

man

ag

em

en

t o

f e

me

rgin

g p

est

an

d

dis

ease

th

reats

Ch

air

D

r H

arje

et K

hann

a, S

ugar

Res

earc

h A

ustr

alia

, Aus

tral

ia

5.2

U

sin

g p

recis

ion

in

form

ati

on

sy

ste

ms

for

ad

van

ce

d d

ecis

ion

makin

g i

n

ve

ge

tab

les

Ch

air

D

r Ju

lie O

’Hal

lora

n, D

epar

tmen

t of

Agr

icul

ture

and

Fis

heri

es, Q

ueen

slan

d G

over

nmen

t, A

ustr

alia

5.3

O

pp

ort

un

itie

s to

im

pro

ve

effi

cie

ncy

o

f p

ho

sph

oru

s in

an

imal

ag

ricu

ltu

re

Ch

air

s A

ssoc

Pro

f Mar

y Fl

etch

er a

nd

Ass

oc P

rof S

teph

en A

nder

son,

The

Uni

vers

ity

of Q

ueen

slan

d, Q

ueen

slan

d A

llian

ce fo

r A

gric

ultu

re a

nd F

ood

Inno

vatio

n (Q

AA

FI),

Aus

tral

ia

5.4

P

rove

nan

ce

of

me

at

Ch

air

P

rof L

ouw

rens

Hof

fman

, The

Uni

vers

ity

of Q

ueen

slan

d, Q

ueen

slan

d A

llian

ce fo

r A

gric

ultu

re a

nd F

ood

Inno

vatio

n (Q

AA

FI),

Aus

tral

ia

5.5

I

nn

ovati

ve

cli

mate

pro

du

cts

fo

r im

pro

vin

g r

isk m

an

ag

em

en

t fo

r th

e

red

me

at

ind

ust

ry i

n t

he

tro

pic

s an

d

sub

tro

pic

s

Ch

air

P

rof R

oger

Sto

ne, U

nive

rsity

of

Sout

hern

Que

ensl

and,

Aus

tral

ia

Th

e c

on

flu

en

ce

of

dri

ve

rs o

f ch

an

ge

o

n t

he

em

erg

en

ce

, re

-em

erg

en

ce

an

d

ge

og

rap

hic

re

dis

trib

uti

on

of

path

og

en

s an

d p

est

s -

23

2

Dr

Jam

es P

Sta

ck, K

ansa

s St

ate

Uni

vers

ity,

USA

Yie

ld f

ore

cast

ing

usi

ng

re

mo

te s

en

sin

g i

n

ve

ge

tab

les

- 2

38

Dr

Ang

elic

a Su

arez

Cad

avid

, Uni

vers

ity o

f New

En

glan

d, A

ustr

alia

Th

e o

utl

oo

k f

or

glo

bal

scarc

ity

of

ph

osp

ho

rus

rese

rve

s fo

r ag

ricu

ltu

re -

24

4

Ass

oc P

rof B

rent

Jac

obs,

Uni

vers

ity o

f Te

chno

logy

Syd

ney,

Aus

tral

ia

Pro

ve

nan

ce

: T

he

Au

stra

lian

flavo

ur

sto

ry

for

me

at

- 2

50

Dr

Hea

ther

Sm

yth,

The

Uni

vers

ity o

f Q

ueen

slan

d, Q

ueen

slan

d A

llian

ce fo

r A

gric

ultu

re a

nd F

ood

Inno

vatio

n (Q

AA

FI),

Aus

tral

ia

Qu

ee

nsl

an

d’s

in

ve

stm

en

t in

man

ag

ing

d

rou

gh

t, c

lim

ate

vari

ab

ilit

y a

nd

ad

ap

tin

g

to c

lim

ate

ch

an

ge

- 2

56

Mr

Vern

Rud

wic

k, D

epar

tmen

t of A

gric

ultu

re

and

Fish

erie

s, Q

ueen

slan

d G

over

nmen

t, A

ustr

alia

Ye

llo

w C

an

op

y S

yn

dro

me

: A

ph

ysi

olo

gic

al

dis

ord

er,

no

t a d

ise

ase

- 2

33

Dr

Frik

kie

Bot

ha, S

ugar

Res

earc

h A

ustr

alia

, A

ustr

alia

Usi

ng

pre

cis

ion

in

form

ati

on

te

ch

no

log

ies

to u

nd

ers

tan

d c

rop

vari

ab

ilit

y -

23

9

Ms

Celia

van

Spr

ang,

Dep

artm

ent o

f A

gric

ultu

re a

nd F

ishe

ries

, Que

ensl

and

Gov

ernm

ent,

Aus

tral

ia

Ph

osp

ho

rus

in n

ort

he

rn A

ust

rali

an

so

ils

sup

po

rtin

g p

ast

ure

s o

r g

rain

cro

pp

ing

- 2

45

Pro

f Mic

hael

Bel

l, Th

e U

nive

rsity

of

Que

ensl

and,

Que

ensl

and

Alli

ance

for

Agr

icul

ture

and

Foo

d In

nova

tion

(QA

AFI

), A

ustr

alia

Pro

ve

nan

ce

of

me

at

in E

uro

pe

- 2

51

Dr

Sara

Era

smus

, Wag

enin

gen

Uni

vers

ity,

Net

herl

ands

Tu

rnin

g o

n f

arm

data

in

to v

alu

ab

le in

sig

hts

. H

ow

th

e o

pp

ort

un

ity is

bein

g a

dd

ress

ed

to

day

, an

d w

here

it

is h

ead

ing

- 2

57

M

r Ja

mie

Azz

opar

di, T

he W

eath

er C

ompa

ny,

Aus

tral

ia

Cu

rren

t u

nd

ers

tan

din

g o

f g

rain

leg

um

e

dis

ord

ers

in

east

ern

Au

stra

lia, a

nd

ass

oci

ati

on

to

phyto

pla

sma in

fect

ion

- 2

34

Dr

Mur

ray

Shar

man

, Dep

artm

ent o

f A

gric

ultu

re a

nd F

ishe

ries

, Que

ensl

and

Gov

ernm

ent,

Aus

tral

ia

Ap

pli

cati

on

of

pre

cis

ion

ag

ricu

ltu

re

tech

niq

ue

s an

d v

ari

ab

le r

ate

te

ch

no

log

y

in h

ort

icu

ltu

ral

pro

du

cti

on

in

no

rth

Q

ue

en

slan

d -

24

0

Mr

Chri

s M

onso

ur, P

rosp

ect A

gric

ultu

re,

Aus

tral

ia

Ph

osp

ho

rus

in t

he n

utr

itio

n o

f p

ou

ltry

an

d

pig

s in

in

ten

sive

pro

du

ctio

n s

yst

em

s -

24

6

Dr

Dav

id C

adog

an, M

onog

astr

ic T

echn

ical

Se

rvic

es, F

eedw

orks

, Aus

tral

ia

Pro

ve

nan

ce

in

sh

ee

p: T

he

Karo

o l

am

b

sto

ry -

25

2

Pro

f Lou

wre

ns H

offm

an, T

he U

nive

rsity

of

Que

ensl

and,

Que

ensl

and

Alli

ance

for

Agr

icul

ture

and

Foo

d In

nova

tion

(QA

AFI

), A

ustr

alia

Pre

dic

tio

n o

f n

ort

he

rn A

ust

rali

an

rain

fall

o

nse

t u

sin

g t

he

AC

CE

SS

-se

aso

nal

mo

de

l -

25

8

Dr

Tim

Cow

an, U

nive

rsity

of S

outh

ern

Que

ensl

and;

Bur

eau

of M

eteo

rolo

gy, A

ustr

alia

Un

de

rsta

nd

ing

of

die

back i

n g

rass

-p

ast

ure

s acro

ss Q

ue

en

slan

d -

23

5

Mr

Stua

rt B

uck,

Dep

artm

ent o

f Agr

icul

ture

an

d Fi

sher

ies,

Que

ensl

and

Gov

ernm

ent,

Aus

tral

ia

Ad

op

tio

n o

f p

recis

ion

in

form

ati

on

te

ch

no

log

ies:

Th

e g

row

er’

s jo

urn

ey

- 2

41

Spea

ker

to b

e co

nfirm

ed

New

-ge

ne

rati

on

ph

yta

ses

for

imp

rove

d

uti

lisa

tio

n o

f d

iet

ph

osp

ho

rus

- 2

47

Ass

oc P

rof R

ober

t Spe

ight

, Que

ensl

and

Uni

vers

ity o

f Tec

hnol

ogy,

Aus

tral

ia

Th

e e

ffe

ct

of

die

t o

n m

eat

pro

ve

nan

ce

-

25

3

Dr

J Je

anni

ne M

arai

s, U

nive

rsity

of

Stel

lenb

osch

, Sou

th A

fric

a

Me

ch

an

ism

s o

f m

ult

i-ye

ar

we

t/d

ry

co

nd

itio

ns

ove

r n

ort

he

rn A

ust

rali

a -

25

9

Dr

Shar

mila

Sur

, Uni

vers

ity o

f Sou

ther

n Q

ueen

slan

d; B

urea

u of

Met

eoro

logy

, Aus

tral

ia

Sm

art

su

rve

illa

nce

to

su

pp

ort

pla

nt

bio

secu

rity

- 2

36

Dr

Bre

ndan

Rod

oni,

Agr

icul

ture

Vic

tori

a,

Aus

tral

ia

Dro

ne

s fo

r m

ore

ve

ge

tab

les

- p

ath

ways

to

a c

om

me

rcia

l re

ali

ty -

24

2

Mr

Nat

hani

al P

arke

r, A

irbo

rn In

sigh

t, A

ustr

alia

Ph

osp

ho

rus

nu

trit

ion

in

ru

min

an

ts g

razin

g

tro

pic

al

ran

ge

lan

ds

- 2

48

Dr

Rob

Dix

on, T

he U

nive

rsity

of Q

ueen

slan

d,

Que

ensl

and

Alli

ance

for

Agr

icul

ture

and

Foo

d In

nova

tion

(QA

AFI

), A

ustr

alia

Wh

at

pro

ve

nan

ce

me

an

s to

th

e c

on

sum

er

- 2

54

Ms

Lisa

Sha

rp, M

eat a

nd L

ives

tock

Aus

tral

ia,

Aus

tral

ia

Th

e v

alu

e o

f th

e A

ust

rali

an

Dro

ug

ht

Mo

nit

or

to t

he

catt

le i

nd

ust

ry -

26

0

Dr

Chri

sta

Pud

men

zky,

Uni

vers

ity o

f Sou

ther

n Q

ueen

slan

d, A

ustr

alia

Fro

m c

olo

ny c

oll

ap

se t

o c

om

ple

x

syn

dro

me

s: P

oll

inato

r h

ealt

h a

nd

dis

ease

tr

an

smis

sio

n m

an

ag

em

en

t in

ag

ricu

ltu

ral

lan

dsc

ap

es

- 2

37

Dr

Vinc

ent D

oubl

et, U

nive

rsity

of U

lm In

stitu

te

of E

volu

tiona

ry E

colo

gy a

nd C

onse

rvat

ion

Gen

omic

s, G

erm

any

Ch

all

en

ge

s an

d o

pp

ort

un

itie

s fo

r PA

ad

op

tio

n i

n v

eg

eta

ble

s -

24

3

Dr

Julie

O’H

allo

ran,

Dep

artm

ent o

f Agr

icul

ture

an

d Fi

sher

ies,

Que

ensl

and

Gov

ernm

ent,

Aus

tral

ia

Usi

ng

dig

ital

soil

map

pin

g t

o e

stim

ate

avail

ab

le s

oil

ph

osp

ho

rus

acro

ss

Au

stra

lian

ran

ge

lan

ds

- 2

49

Mr

Pet

er Z

und,

Dep

artm

ent o

f Env

iron

men

t an

d Sc

ienc

e, Q

ueen

slan

d G

over

nmen

t, A

ustr

alia

Th

e r

ole

of

Pro

ve

nan

ce

of

be

ef

in a

nic

he

m

ark

et:

Th

e O

BE

be

ef

sto

ry -

25

5

And

rew

Blin

co, O

BE

Org

anic

Bee

f, A

ustr

alia

Cli

mate

mate

s: B

rid

gin

g t

he

gap

be

twe

en

sc

ien

tist

s an

d p

rod

uce

rs -

26

1

Dr

Chel

sea

Jarv

is, U

nive

rsity

of S

outh

ern

Que

ensl

and,

Aus

tral

ia

Tu

esd

ay

12

No

ve

mb

er

20

19

Tro

pA

g2

019

Sha

ping

the

Scie

nce

of T

omor

row

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rre

nt

sym

po

sia s

ess

ion

6

FIE

LD

CR

OP

S

Roo

m

P7-

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OR

TIC

ULT

UR

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Roo

m

P9

LIV

ES

TO

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oom

P

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UT

RIT

ION

AN

D F

OO

D

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m

P11

AG

FU

TU

RE

S

Roo

m

Pla

za A

udit

oriu

m

6.1

S

tre

ss p

hysi

olo

gy: D

esi

gn

ing

cro

ps

for

a h

ott

er

an

d d

rie

r w

orl

d -

26

2

Ch

air

P

rof A

ndre

w B

orre

ll, T

he U

nive

rsity

of

Que

ensl

and,

Que

ensl

and

Alli

ance

for

Agr

icul

ture

and

Foo

d In

nova

tion

(QA

AFI

), A

ustr

alia

6.2

H

ort

icu

ltu

ral

tre

e g

en

om

ics

Ch

air

D

r Cr

aig

Har

dner

, The

Uni

vers

ity

of Q

ueen

slan

d, Q

ueen

slan

d A

llian

ce fo

r A

gric

ultu

re a

nd F

ood

Inno

vatio

n (Q

AA

FI),

Aus

tral

ia

6.3

G

row

ing

hu

man

cap

ital

for

tro

pic

al

an

imal

ind

ust

rie

s

Ch

air

D

r D

iann

e M

aybe

rry,

Com

mon

wea

lth

Scie

ntifi

c an

d In

dust

rial

Res

earc

h O

rgan

isat

ion

(CSI

RO

), A

ustr

alia

6.4

V

ert

icall

y i

nte

gra

ted

R&

D p

latf

orm

s fo

r u

nd

eru

tili

sed

an

d n

ich

e c

rop

s

Ch

air

A

ssoc

Pro

f Sea

n M

ayes

, Uni

vers

ity o

f N

ottin

gham

, UK

; Cro

ps fo

r th

e Fu

ture

, Mal

aysi

a

6.5

I

nn

ovati

on

s in

bio

secu

rity

Ch

air

M

r M

alco

lm L

etts

, Dep

artm

ent

of A

gric

ultu

re a

nd F

ishe

ries

, Que

ensl

and

Gov

ernm

ent,

Aus

tral

ia

Ge

no

typ

e a

nd

man

ag

em

en

t ad

ap

tati

on

of

wh

eat

to h

eat

an

d d

rou

gh

t in

cu

rre

nt

an

d

futu

re c

lim

ate

s -2

62

Dr

Kar

ine

Chen

u, T

he U

nive

rsity

of

Que

ensl

and,

Que

ensl

and

Alli

ance

for

Agr

icul

ture

and

Foo

d In

nova

tion

(QA

AFI

), A

ustr

alia

Ad

van

ce

s in

macad

am

ia g

en

om

ics

- 2

68

Dr

Agn

elo

Furt

ado,

The

Uni

vers

ity o

f Q

ueen

slan

d, Q

ueen

slan

d A

llian

ce fo

r A

gric

ultu

re a

nd F

ood

Inno

vatio

n (Q

AA

FI),

Aus

tral

ia

Ch

all

en

ge

s o

f b

reakin

g i

nto

in

du

stry

fro

m

earl

y c

are

er

pe

rsp

ecti

ve

- 2

74

Ms

Reb

ecca

Cla

pper

ton,

Sal

isbu

ry P

lain

s G

razi

ng, A

ustr

alia

Ad

van

ce

d t

ech

no

log

ies

to i

ncre

ase

p

rofi

tab

ilit

y o

f th

e A

ust

rali

an

te

a t

ree

in

du

stry

- 2

80

Ass

oc P

rof T

obia

s K

retz

chm

ar, S

outh

ern

Cros

s U

nive

rsity

, Aus

tral

ia

Th

e R

D&

E r

esp

on

se t

o Q

ue

en

slan

d’s

P

an

am

a d

ise

ase

TR

4 i

ncu

rsio

n -

28

6

Mr

Stew

art L

inds

ay, D

epar

tmen

t of A

gric

ultu

re

and

Fish

erie

s, Q

ueen

slan

d G

over

nmen

t, A

ustr

alia

Mo

de

llin

g h

eat

an

d d

rou

gh

t ad

ap

tati

on

in

cro

ps

- 2

63

Dr

Erik

van

Oos

tero

m, T

he U

nive

rsity

of

Que

ensl

and,

Que

ensl

and

Alli

ance

for

Agr

icul

ture

and

Foo

d In

nova

tion

(QA

AFI

), A

ustr

alia

Bre

akin

g a

nd

flo

we

rin

g: T

he

bu

dd

ing

st

ory

of

macad

am

ia -

26

9

Dr

Fran

cois

Bar

bier

, The

Uni

vers

ity o

f Q

ueen

slan

d, A

ustr

alia

Op

po

rtu

nit

y a

nd

in

ve

stm

en

t in

th

e n

ext

ge

ne

rati

on

of

live

sto

ck s

cie

nti

sts

- 2

75

Dr

Shan

non

Land

mar

k, T

he U

nive

rsity

of

Que

ensl

and,

Que

ensl

and

Alli

ance

for

Agr

icul

ture

and

Foo

d In

nova

tion

(QA

AFI

), A

ustr

alia

Au

stra

lian

nati

ve

pla

nt

foo

ds

an

d t

he

ir

co

ntr

ibu

tio

n t

o d

iet

div

ers

ity

- 2

81

Ass

oc P

rof Y

asm

ina

Sult

anba

wa,

The

U

nive

rsity

of Q

ueen

slan

d, Q

ueen

slan

d A

llian

ce

for

Agr

icul

ture

and

Foo

d In

nova

tion

(QA

AFI

), A

RC

Trai

ning

Cen

tre

for

Uni

quel

y A

ustr

alia

n Fo

ods,

Aus

tral

ia

Alt

ern

ati

ve

dia

gn

ost

ic t

oo

ls f

or

Wh

ite

S

po

t D

ise

ase

- 2

87

Dr

Bet

h Fo

wle

r, D

epar

tmen

t of A

gric

ultu

re

and

Fish

erie

s, Q

ueen

slan

d G

over

nmen

t, A

ustr

alia

Ho

w d

o c

rop

s b

ala

nce

wate

r su

pp

ly a

nd

d

em

an

d w

he

n w

ate

r is

lim

itin

g?

- 2

64

Pro

f And

rew

Bor

rell,

The

Uni

vers

ity

of Q

ueen

slan

d, Q

ueen

slan

d A

llian

ce fo

r A

gric

ultu

re a

nd F

ood

Inno

vatio

n (Q

AA

FI),

Aus

tral

ia

Th

e a

vo

cad

o g

en

om

e: A

n u

pd

ate

- 2

70

Dr

Alic

e H

ayw

ard,

The

Uni

vers

ity o

f Q

ueen

slan

d, Q

ueen

slan

d A

llian

ce fo

r A

gric

ultu

re a

nd F

ood

Inno

vatio

n (Q

AA

FI),

Aus

tral

ia

Care

er

mo

bil

ity

to

gro

w h

um

an

cap

ital

in

the

tro

pic

al

an

imal

ind

ust

rie

s -

276

Mr

Pet

er J

ohns

ton,

Dep

artm

ent o

f Agr

icul

ture

an

d Fi

sher

ies,

Que

ensl

and

Gov

ernm

ent,

Aus

tral

ia

Ge

ne

tic i

mp

rove

me

nt

an

d a

pp

licati

on

of

ge

no

mic

to

ols

fo

r B

am

bara

gro

un

dn

ut

imp

rove

me

nt

in W

est

Afr

ica -

28

2

Dr

Step

hen

Am

oah,

Cro

ps R

esea

rch

Inst

itute

, G

hana

Sta

rt c

lean

, st

ay

cle

an

- 2

88

Mr

Mar

k W

hatt

ham

, Dep

artm

ent o

f A

gric

ultu

re a

nd W

ater

Res

ourc

es, A

ustr

alia

n G

over

nmen

t, A

ustr

alia

Th

e r

ole

of

hyd

rau

lics

in c

rop

wate

r u

se

un

de

r d

rou

gh

t -

26

5

Dr

Vinc

ent V

adez

, Ins

titut

e fo

r D

evel

opm

ent

(IRD

), Fr

ance

CR

ISP

R k

iwif

ruit

– n

ew

op

po

rtu

nit

ies

for

cu

ltiv

ati

on

, b

ree

din

g a

nd

re

searc

h -

27

1

Dr

Erik

a Va

rkon

yi-G

asic

, The

New

Zea

land

In

stitu

te fo

r P

lant

and

Foo

d R

esea

rch

Lim

ited

(PFR

), N

ew Z

eala

nd

Inte

rnati

on

al

pe

rsp

ecti

ve

of

futu

re c

are

er

op

po

rtu

nit

ies

in a

nim

al

scie

nce

- 2

77

Dr

Ann

a O

kello

, Aus

tral

ian

Cent

re fo

r In

tern

atio

nal A

gric

ultu

ral R

esea

rch

(ACI

AR

), A

ustr

alia

Kn

ow

led

ge

re

pre

sen

tati

on

an

d d

ata

m

an

ag

em

en

t ad

din

g v

alu

e t

o g

lob

al n

ich

e

cro

ps

- 2

83

Pro

f Gra

ham

Kin

g, S

outh

ern

Cros

s U

nive

rsity

, A

ustr

alia

Fu

ture

syst

em

s fo

r tr

ace

ab

ilit

y i

n t

he

re

d

me

at

sup

ply

ch

ain

- 2

89

Ms

Jo Q

uigl

ey, I

nteg

rity

Sys

tem

s Co

mpa

ny,

Mea

t & L

ives

tock

Aus

tral

ia, A

ustr

alia

Ph

en

oty

pin

g t

he

hid

de

n h

alf

: M

easu

rin

g

roo

ts f

rom

lo

ng

hair

s to

de

ep

co

res

- 2

66

Dr

Ant

on W

asso

n, C

omm

onw

ealt

h Sc

ient

ific

and

Indu

stri

al R

esea

rch

Org

anis

atio

n (C

SIR

O),

Aus

tral

ia

Man

go

ge

no

mic

s: D

raft

ing

Ke

nsi

ng

ton

P

rid

e -

27

2

Dr

Dav

id In

nes,

Dep

artm

ent o

f Agr

icul

ture

and

Fi

sher

ies,

Que

ensl

and

Gov

ernm

ent,

Aus

tral

ia

Me

nto

rin

g a

nd

su

cce

ssio

n p

lan

nin

g -

ta

lkin

g f

rom

exp

eri

en

ce

- 2

78

Em

eritu

s P

rof A

lan

Bel

l, (r

etir

ed) C

orne

ll U

nive

rsity

, Aus

tral

ia

A s

yst

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lin A

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imi,

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hern

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ss

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vers

ity, A

ustr

alia

New

te

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Dr

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vers

ity o

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ne

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n

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stra

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27

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Mr

And

rew

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ustr

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ap

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29

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ustr

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eyn

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Der

rick

Tho

mps

on, S

enio

r M

anag

er –

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ount

s &

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evel

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tral

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ate

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ge In

stitu

te

Aust

ralia

n N

atio

nal U

nive

rsity

Pro

fess

or M

ark

How

den

is a

Dir

ecto

r of

the

Clim

ate

Chan

ge In

stitu

te a

t the

Aus

tral

ian

Nat

iona

l Uni

vers

ity. H

e ha

s be

en a

maj

or c

ontr

ibut

or to

the

Inte

rgov

ernm

enta

l Pan

el o

n Cl

imat

e Ch

ange

(IP

CC) s

ince

1991

, with

rol

es in

the

Seco

nd, T

hird

, Fou

rth,

Fift

h an

d no

w S

ixth

As

sess

men

t Rep

orts

, sha

ring

the

2007

Nob

el P

eace

Pri

ze w

ith o

ther

IPCC

par

ticip

ants

and

Al

Gor

e.

He

is a

lso

an H

onor

ary

Pro

fess

or a

t Mel

bour

ne U

nive

rsity

, a V

ice

Chai

r of

the

IPCC

and

a

mem

ber

of th

e Au

stra

lian

Nat

iona

l Clim

ate

Scie

nce

Advi

sory

Com

mitt

ee. H

e is

a fo

rmer

Chi

ef

Res

earc

h Sc

ient

ist a

t CSI

RO

Agr

icul

ture

.

Pro

fess

or H

owde

n w

as o

n th

e U

S Fe

dera

l Adv

isor

y Co

mm

ittee

for

the

3rd

Nat

iona

l Clim

ate

Asse

ssm

ent a

nd c

ontr

ibut

es

to s

ever

al m

ajor

nat

iona

l and

inte

rnat

iona

l sci

ence

and

pol

icy

advi

sory

bod

ies.

Pro

fess

or H

owde

n is

an

expe

rt o

n ho

w c

limat

e va

riab

ility

and

clim

ate

chan

ge w

ill im

pact

on

food

pro

duct

ion

and

food

se

curi

ty a

nd h

ow to

ada

pt to

thos

e im

pact

s. H

e ha

s al

so d

evel

oped

the

natio

nal a

nd in

tern

atio

nal g

reen

hous

e ga

s in

vent

orie

s fo

r th

e ag

ricu

ltur

al s

ecto

r an

d as

sess

ed s

usta

inab

le m

etho

ds o

f red

ucin

g ne

t gre

enho

use

gas

emis

sion

s fr

om a

gric

ultu

re.

Pro

fess

or H

owde

n ha

s w

orke

d on

clim

ate

vari

abili

ty, c

limat

e ch

ange

, inn

ovat

ion

and

adop

tion

issu

es fo

r m

ore

than

30

year

s in

par

tner

ship

with

man

y in

dust

ry, c

omm

unity

and

pol

icy

grou

ps v

ia b

oth

rese

arch

and

sci

ence

-pol

icy

role

s. Is

sues

he

has

add

ress

ed in

clud

e ag

ricu

ltur

e an

d fo

od s

ecur

ity, t

he n

atur

al r

esou

rce

base

, eco

syst

ems

and

biod

iver

sity

, ene

rgy,

w

ater

and

urb

an s

yste

ms.

Pro

fess

or H

owde

n ha

s au

thor

ed m

ore

than

420

pub

licat

ions

. The

nat

iona

l and

inte

rnat

iona

l gre

enho

use

gas

inve

ntor

ies

he h

elpe

d de

velo

p ar

e a

fund

amen

tal p

art o

f the

Par

is A

gree

men

t, he

lpin

g in

form

sus

tain

able

way

s to

red

uce

emis

sion

s.

Cli

mate

ch

an

ge

im

pacts

, ad

ap

tati

on

an

d m

itig

ati

on

fo

r tr

op

ical

ag

ricu

ltu

reA

s cl

imat

e ch

ange

gai

ns p

ace

glob

ally

, man

y of

the

first

and

mos

t sev

ere

impa

cts

are

falli

ng o

n tr

opic

al r

egio

ns. I

n pa

rtic

ular

thes

e im

pact

s ar

e oc

curr

ing

in tr

opic

al a

gric

ultu

re a

nd fo

od s

yste

ms

with

ass

essm

ents

of f

allin

g cr

op

yiel

ds, d

ecre

ases

in th

e pr

oduc

tivity

of l

ives

tock

and

fish

erie

s an

d in

crea

sed

clim

atic

dis

rupt

ions

. Thi

s is

like

ly to

hav

e al

read

y in

crea

sed

stre

sses

in r

elat

ion

to fo

od s

ecur

ity a

nd n

atur

al r

esou

rce

man

agem

ent,

both

on

land

and

in th

e ad

jace

nt o

cean

s. U

nfor

tuna

tely

, inc

reas

ingl

y ne

gativ

e ch

ange

s ap

pear

to b

e lik

ely,

with

pro

ject

ions

of w

ides

prea

d an

d su

bsta

ntia

l neg

ativ

e fu

ture

impa

cts

of c

limat

e ch

ange

on

trop

ical

agr

icul

ture

. The

re a

re m

any

pote

ntia

l ada

ptat

ions

to

clim

ate

chan

ge, c

over

ing

optio

ns r

angi

ng fr

om in

crem

enta

l to

tran

sfor

mat

iona

l cha

nge

each

with

diff

eren

t ris

k vs

ret

urn

profi

les.

Lim

its to

ada

ptat

ion

and

barr

iers

to a

ctio

n ar

e in

crea

sing

ly b

eing

see

n as

cri

tical

issu

es th

at w

ill

need

a fo

cus

over

the

next

dec

ade.

Sim

ilarl

y, in

tegr

atio

n of

pra

ctic

es th

at r

educ

e gr

eenh

ouse

gas

em

issi

ons,

ena

ble

effe

ctiv

e ad

apta

tion

to a

var

iabl

e an

d ch

angi

ng c

limat

e an

d en

hanc

e su

stai

nabl

e an

d st

able

agr

icul

tura

l pro

duct

ion

will

like

ly b

ecom

e m

ore

impo

rtan

t as

clim

ate

chan

ge p

rogr

esse

s. F

urth

erm

ore,

ther

e w

ill b

e a

need

to r

e-fr

ame

the

scie

nce

we

do a

nd th

e w

ay w

e ge

nera

te a

nd d

eliv

er it

. For

exa

mpl

e, s

cien

ce th

at is

1) d

eman

d-dr

iven

rat

her

than

su

pply

dri

ven,

2) t

hat a

ligns

with

the

valu

es, n

eeds

or

capa

bilit

y of

use

rs, 3

) tha

t is

not p

rese

nted

as

suita

ble

for

oper

atio

nal u

se w

hen

it is

not

. We

can

also

bet

ter

conn

ect k

now

ledg

e an

d ac

tion

via

co-l

earn

ing

that

link

s cl

osel

y th

e us

ers

and

prod

ucer

s of

clim

ate

info

rmat

ion

so a

s to

add

ress

the

corr

ect t

ime

and

spat

ial s

cale

s an

d cl

imat

e va

riab

les

and

embe

d th

is in

form

atio

n in

to th

e so

cial

and

inst

itutio

nal p

roce

sses

thro

ugh

whi

ch d

ecis

ions

are

mad

e.

D

ere

k T

ho

mp

son

, Sen

ior

Man

ager

– K

ey A

ccou

nts

& B

usin

ess

Dev

elop

men

t H

itach

i Aus

tral

ia P

ty L

td

Der

rick

Tho

mps

on is

an

inte

rnat

iona

lly e

xper

ienc

ed m

anag

er w

ith m

ore

than

25

year

s of

glo

bal b

usin

ess

succ

ess.

His

wor

k at

Hita

chi A

ustr

alia

has

see

n th

e de

velo

pmen

t and

im

plem

enta

tion

of g

ame-

chan

ging

str

ateg

ies

and

prog

ram

s ac

ross

the

wor

ld.

Mos

t rec

entl

y th

ose

prog

ram

s ha

ve in

volv

ed in

trod

ucin

g m

ultip

le H

itach

i sol

utio

ns a

nd

serv

ices

into

the

Aus

tral

ian

agri

busi

ness

sec

tor.

The

sol

utio

ns c

over

Inte

rnet

of T

hing

s (Io

T)

depl

oym

ent,

inno

vativ

e un

man

ned

aeri

al v

ehic

le (U

AV)

sol

utio

ns fo

r da

ta c

aptu

re, d

ecis

ion

supp

ort s

yste

ms

and

supp

ly c

hain

opt

imis

atio

n.

Der

rick

col

labo

rate

s w

ith o

rgan

isat

ions

to d

evel

op s

trat

egie

s th

at s

ucce

ed a

nd p

ositi

on th

em fo

r th

e ne

xt le

vel o

f pe

rfor

man

ce im

prov

emen

t.

Next

Era

Liv

est

ock P

rod

ucti

on

Dat

a. D

ata.

Dat

a. D

ata

is e

very

whe

re b

ut p

rodu

cers

are

oft

en o

verw

helm

ed b

y th

e sh

eer

volu

me

of r

aw d

ata.

Wha

t is

need

ed is

eas

ily u

sabl

e an

d va

luab

le d

ecis

ion-

mak

ing

info

rmat

ion.

The

eve

r-in

crea

sing

ran

ge o

f dig

ital t

ools

to a

ssis

t pr

oduc

ers

in th

e de

cisi

on-m

akin

g pr

oces

s w

ith im

prov

ed d

ata

base

d de

cisi

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akin

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owle

dge

requ

ires

the

use

of

num

erou

s pl

atfo

rms

that

are

not

inte

grat

ed, n

or a

ble

to c

omm

unic

ate

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eac

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nor

able

to in

terp

ret a

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naly

se

info

rmat

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at a

hig

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vel.

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mak

es th

e us

e of

suc

h to

ols

com

plic

ated

, ted

ious

and

can

at t

imes

be

som

ewha

t m

isle

adin

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ith th

e re

sult

of d

isco

urag

ing

wid

espr

ead

adop

tion

of d

ata

sour

ced

tech

nolo

gy. B

y in

tegr

atin

g th

ese

tool

s, s

o th

at th

ey a

re a

cces

sibl

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roug

h on

e Co

ntro

l Cen

tre,

suc

h da

ta d

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l tra

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rmat

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grea

tly

impr

oves

th

e ef

ficie

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of u

sing

the

avai

labl

e to

ols,

res

ults

in in

crea

sed

adop

tion

of d

ata

usag

e –

all l

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incr

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s in

pr

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and

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farm

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acr

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ase

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dem

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rate

the

valu

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a in

dai

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atio

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7.4

R

ese

arc

h f

or

inn

ovati

ve

ric

e-b

ase

d

foo

d s

yst

em

s an

d n

utr

itio

n a

mid

cli

mate

ch

an

ge

Ch

air

A

nton

io C

osta

de

Oliv

eira

, Fed

eral

U

nive

rsity

of P

elot

as, B

razi

l

7.5

F

utu

re h

ort

icu

ltu

re p

rod

ucti

on

sy

ste

ms

Ch

air

s D

r Ly

nne

McI

ntyr

e an

d D

r P

eym

an

Mog

hada

m, C

omm

onw

ealt

h Sc

ient

ific

and

Indu

stri

al R

esea

rch

Org

anis

atio

n (C

SIR

O),

Aus

tral

ia

Cro

pp

ing

syst

em

s m

od

ell

ing

: P

ast

, p

rese

nt

an

d f

utu

re -

30

2

Dr

Pet

er T

orbu

rn, C

omm

onw

ealt

h Sc

ient

ific

and

Indu

stri

al R

esea

rch

Org

anis

atio

n (C

SIR

O),

Aus

tral

ia

Nan

op

latf

orm

s fo

r la

rge

an

d s

mall

m

ole

cu

le d

eli

ve

ry t

o p

lan

t ce

lls

- 3

08

Pro

f Dav

id C

ahill

, Dea

kin

Uni

vers

ity, A

ustr

alia

Pre

gn

an

cy

nu

trit

ion

aff

ects

calf

su

rviv

al

in

the

tro

pic

s -

314

Dr

Geo

ffry

For

dyce

, The

Uni

vers

ity o

f Q

ueen

slan

d, Q

ueen

slan

d A

llian

ce fo

r A

gric

ultu

re a

nd F

ood

Inno

vatio

n (Q

AA

FI),

Aus

tral

ia

Ge

ne

tics

an

d m

eta

bo

lom

ics

of

aro

ma

in r

ice

- 3

20

Pro

f Mel

issa

Fitz

gera

ld, T

he U

nive

rsity

of

Que

ensl

and,

Aus

tral

ia

Wh

y A

gTe

ch

has

dis

ap

po

inte

d u

s so

far,

w

hy

we

ne

ed

it,

an

d h

ow

we

can

im

pro

ve

ad

op

tio

n r

ate

s -

32

6

Mr

Mat

thew

Fea

ly, B

lue

Sky

Pro

duce

, A

ustr

alia

Inte

gra

tin

g c

rop

mo

de

llin

g, p

hysi

olo

gy,

g

en

eti

cs

an

d b

ree

din

g t

o a

id c

rop

im

pro

ve

me

nt

for

ch

an

gin

g e

nvir

on

me

nts

-

30

3

Dr

Kar

ine

Chen

u, T

he U

nive

rsity

of

Que

ensl

and,

Que

ensl

and

Alli

ance

for

Agr

icul

ture

and

Foo

d In

nova

tion

(QA

AFI

), A

ustr

alia

Nan

om

ate

rials

en

ab

le d

eli

ve

ry o

f g

en

eti

c

mate

rial

wit

ho

ut

tran

sge

ne

in

teg

rati

on

in

m

atu

re p

lan

ts -

30

9

Ass

t Pro

f Mar

kita

Lan

dry,

Uni

vers

ity o

f Ca

lifor

nia-

Ber

kele

y, U

SA

Maxim

isin

g r

ep

rod

ucti

on

un

de

r exte

nsi

ve

g

razin

g c

on

dit

ion

s, r

eg

ard

less

of

rain

fall

-

315

Dr

Kyl

ie S

choo

ley,

The

Uni

vers

ity o

f Q

ueen

slan

d, A

ustr

alia

SN

Ps

lin

ke

d t

o k

ey

tra

its

in h

yb

rid

s b

etw

ee

n A

fric

an

an

d A

sian

ric

e -

32

1

Ms

Hay

ba B

adro

, The

Uni

vers

ity o

f Q

ueen

slan

d, Q

ueen

slan

d A

llian

ce fo

r A

gric

ultu

re a

nd F

ood

Inno

vatio

n (Q

AA

FI),

Aus

tral

ia

Th

e S

mall

Tre

es

Hig

h P

rod

ucti

vit

y

Init

iati

ve

: P

rin

cip

les

an

d p

racti

ce

in

h

igh

-de

nsi

ty o

rch

ard

de

sig

n -

32

7

Ms

Hel

en H

ofm

an, D

epar

tmen

t of A

gric

ultu

re

and

Fish

erie

s, Q

ueen

slan

d G

over

nmen

t, A

ustr

alia

Dri

vers

of

ph

osp

ho

rus

effi

cien

cy in

tro

pic

al

an

d s

ub

tro

pic

al cr

op

pin

g s

yst

em

s -

30

4

Ms

Bia

nca

Das

, Com

mon

wea

lth

Scie

ntifi

c an

d In

dust

rial

Res

earc

h O

rgan

isat

ion

(CSI

RO

); Th

e U

nive

rsity

of Q

ueen

slan

d, T

he S

choo

l of

Agr

icul

ture

and

Foo

d Sc

ienc

es, A

ustr

alia

No

ve

l n

an

op

art

icle

pla

tfo

rms

for

ch

loro

pla

st-t

arg

ete

d t

ran

sge

ne

de

live

ry

an

d e

xp

ress

ion

acro

ss v

ari

ed

pla

nt

syst

em

s -

310

Ass

oc P

rof S

eony

eong

Kw

ak, S

eoul

Nat

iona

l U

nive

rsity

, Sou

th K

orea

Nu

trit

ion

al

pro

gra

mm

ing

of

be

ef

he

ife

rs

- 3

16

Dr

Tryo

n W

icke

rsha

m, T

exas

A&

M, U

SA

Intr

og

ress

ion

of

larg

e g

rain

siz

e f

rom

A

ust

rali

an

wil

d r

ice

an

d i

ts a

gro

no

mic

al

imp

ort

an

ce

-

32

2

Mr

Ryu

ji Is

hika

wa,

Hir

osak

i Uni

vers

ity, J

apan

Inte

llig

en

t sy

ste

ms

for

co

mm

erc

ial

ap

pli

cati

on

in

pe

ren

nia

l h

ort

icu

ltu

re -

32

8

Dr

Ever

ard

Edw

ards

and

Dr

Pey

man

M

ogha

dam

, Com

mon

wea

lth

Scie

ntifi

c an

d In

dust

rial

Res

earc

h O

rgan

isat

ion

(CSI

RO

), A

ustr

alia

Imp

rov

ing

cro

p a

dap

tati

on

th

rou

gh

im

pro

ve

d p

he

no

log

y p

red

icti

on

: A

case

st

ud

y w

ith

ch

ickp

ea -

30

5

Dr

Yash

Cha

uhan

, Dep

artm

ent o

f Agr

icul

ture

an

d Fi

sher

ies,

Que

ensl

and

Gov

ernm

ent,

Aus

tral

ia

En

cap

sid

ati

on

of

he

tero

log

ou

s n

ucle

ic

acid

s in

vir

us-

like

part

icle

s: T

he

po

ten

tial

for

pla

nt

pro

tecti

on

- 3

11

Dr

Fran

k Sa

insb

ury,

Gri

ffith

Uni

vers

ity,

Aus

tral

ia

Pre

part

um

su

pp

lem

en

tati

on

to

im

pro

ve

tr

an

sfe

r o

f p

ass

ive

im

mu

nit

y a

nd

gro

wth

-

317

Dr

Luis

Pra

da e

Silv

a, T

he U

nive

rsity

of

Que

ensl

and,

Que

ensl

and

Alli

ance

for

Agr

icul

ture

and

Foo

d In

nova

tion

(QA

AFI

), A

ustr

alia

Iro

n r

esp

on

sive

ge

ne

s in

ric

e: T

he

m

ult

iple

ro

les

of

WR

KY

facto

rs -

32

3

Pro

f Ant

onio

Cos

ta d

e O

livei

ra, F

eder

al

Uni

vers

ity o

f Pel

otas

, Bra

zil

Incr

easi

ng

th

e d

ivers

ity o

f cr

op

s th

at

can

b

e g

row

n in

urb

an

an

d v

ert

ical fa

rms

- 3

29

Dr

Cath

ryn

O’S

ulliv

an, C

omm

onw

ealt

h Sc

ient

ific

and

Indu

stri

al R

esea

rch

Org

anis

atio

n (C

SIR

O),

Aus

tral

ia

Le

arn

ing

th

rou

gh

mo

de

llin

g t

o h

elp

on

fa

rm d

ecis

ion

s in

No

rth

Qu

ee

nsl

an

d -

30

6

Dr

Kei

th P

embl

eton

, Uni

vers

ity o

f Sou

ther

n Q

ueen

slan

d, A

ustr

alia

Cla

y n

an

op

art

icle

s fa

cil

itate

de

live

ry o

f an

tivir

al

RN

A f

or

cro

p p

rote

cti

on

- 3

12

Pro

f Zhi

ping

(Gor

don)

Xu,

The

Uni

vers

ity

of Q

ueen

slan

d, A

ustr

alia

n In

stitu

te fo

r B

ioen

gine

erin

g an

d N

anot

echn

olog

y (A

IBN

), A

ustr

alia

Ris

k f

acto

rs f

or

dyst

ocia

in

catt

le -

318

Ass

oc P

rof S

cott

Nor

man

, Cha

rles

Stu

rt

Uni

vers

ity, A

ustr

alia

Ric

e b

iofo

rtifi

cati

on

– p

rog

ress

an

d

ch

all

en

ge

s in

im

pro

vin

g t

he

nu

trit

ion

al

valu

e o

f ri

ce

- 3

24

Dr

Rus

sell

Rei

nke,

Inte

rnat

iona

l Liv

esto

ck

Res

earc

h In

stitu

te (I

LRI),

Phi

lippi

nes

Ro

bo

ts a

nd

au

ton

om

ou

s te

ch

no

log

y i

n

orc

hard

s –

the

fu

ture

is

he

re, so

wh

at

do

es

it r

eall

y l

oo

k l

ike?

- 3

30

Mr

And

rew

Bat

e, S

war

mFa

rm R

obot

ics,

A

ustr

alia

Fro

m fi

eld

s to

farm

s: I

nfo

rmin

g t

he

tr

ad

e-o

ffs

acro

ss t

he

mu

ltip

le f

un

cti

on

s o

f ag

ricu

ltu

re -

30

7

Pro

f Dan

iel R

odri

guez

, The

Uni

vers

ity

of Q

ueen

slan

d, Q

ueen

slan

d A

llian

ce fo

r A

gric

ultu

re a

nd F

ood

Inno

vatio

n (Q

AA

FI),

Aus

tral

ia

A p

ers

pe

cti

ve

on

ris

ks

ass

ocia

ted

wit

h

RN

Ai-

base

d b

iop

est

icid

es

- 3

13

Mr

Step

hen

Flet

cher

, The

Uni

vers

ity

of Q

ueen

slan

d, Q

ueen

slan

d A

llian

ce fo

r A

gric

ultu

re a

nd F

ood

Inno

vatio

n (Q

AA

FI),

Aus

tral

ia

Str

ate

gic

su

pp

lem

en

tati

on

en

han

ce

s ru

me

n m

icro

bio

me

effi

cie

ncy

in

pre

gn

an

t tr

op

ical

be

ef

co

ws

- 3

19

Dr

Chri

stop

her

S M

cSw

eene

y, C

omm

onw

ealt

h Sc

ient

ific

and

Indu

stri

al R

esea

rch

Org

anis

atio

n (C

SIR

O),

Aus

tral

ia

Me

eti

ng

th

e c

on

sum

er

pre

fere

nce

of

hig

h q

uali

ty r

ice

gro

wn

in

a t

rop

ical

en

vir

on

me

nt

- 3

25

Mr

Rus

sell

Ford

, Sun

Ric

e, A

ustr

alia

Fu

ture

of

ho

rtic

ult

ure

pro

du

cti

on

syst

em

s fr

om

an

RD

C p

ers

pe

cti

ve

- 3

31

Mr

Byr

on d

e K

ock,

Hor

t Inn

ovat

ion,

Aus

tral

ia

Tro

pA

g2

019

Sha

ping

the

Scie

nce

of T

omor

row

We

dn

esd

ay

13

No

ve

mb

er

20

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sen

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ticul

ture

and

Nut

ritio

n an

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po

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CR

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laza

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A

gTe

ch

- f

ee

din

g t

he

fu

ture

Ch

air

P

rof S

agad

evan

Mun

dree

, Q

ueen

slan

d U

nive

rsity

of T

echn

olog

y,

Aus

tral

ia

8.2

S

tre

ng

the

nin

g v

alu

e c

hain

s in

tr

op

ical A

ust

rali

a w

ith

pro

tecte

d c

rop

pin

g

syst

em

s

Ch

air

D

r El

io J

ovic

ich,

Dep

artm

ent o

f A

gric

ultu

re a

nd F

ishe

ries

, Que

ensl

and

Gov

ernm

ent,

Aus

tral

ia

8.3

O

ve

rco

min

g b

arr

iers

to

gro

wth

in

h

ort

icu

ltu

re

Ch

air

s A

ssoc

Pro

f And

rew

Gee

ring

and

A

ssoc

Pro

f Fem

i Aki

nsan

mi,

The

Uni

vers

ity

of Q

ueen

slan

d, Q

ueen

slan

d A

llian

ce fo

r A

gric

ultu

re a

nd F

ood

Inno

vatio

n (Q

AA

FI),

Aus

tral

ia

8.4

W

om

en

in

Ag

rib

usi

ne

ss

Ch

air

T

aman

na M

onem

, Wom

en in

Bus

ines

s Q

ueen

slan

d Ch

apte

r, A

ustr

alia

Indi

a B

usin

ess

Coun

cil,

Aus

tral

ia

8.5

I

nn

ovati

on

s in

wast

e m

an

ag

em

en

t an

d r

ecycli

ng

in

Qu

ee

nsl

an

d a

gri

cu

ltu

re

Exp

ed

ite

d c

rop

im

pro

ve

me

nt

thro

ug

h

de

ep

le

arn

ing

an

d e

dit

ing

- 3

32

Dr

Teng

fang

Hua

ng, E

lo L

ife S

yste

ms,

U

SA

Be

ne

fits

an

d c

hall

en

ge

s fo

r exp

an

din

g

pro

tecte

d c

rop

pin

g i

n t

he

Au

stra

lian

tr

op

ics

- 3

38

Dr

Elio

Jov

icic

h, D

epar

tmen

t of A

gric

ultu

re

and

Fish

erie

s, Q

ueen

slan

d G

over

nmen

t, A

ustr

alia

Ove

rco

min

g b

arr

iers

to

gro

wth

in

h

ort

icu

ltu

re -

34

4

Ms

Mar

ie P

icco

ne, M

anbu

lloo

Ltd,

Aus

tral

ia

Wh

at

are

key

att

rib

ute

s to

be

su

cce

ssfu

l ag

rib

usi

ne

ss s

up

ply

ch

ain

in

a h

igh

ly

co

mp

eti

tive

mark

et

such

as

Ind

ia?

Dr

Ush

a Ze

hr, M

ahar

asht

ra H

ybri

d Se

eds

Com

pany

Pri

vate

Lim

ited

(MA

HYC

O),

Indi

a

Ho

w r

ese

arc

h a

nd

co

llab

ora

tio

n h

elp

co

mp

an

ies

in A

ust

rali

a t

o b

e c

om

pe

titi

ve

in

acce

ssin

g U

SA

su

pp

ly c

hain

Pro

f Pam

ela

Ron

ald,

Fou

ndin

g D

irec

tor

of th

e In

stitu

te fo

r Fo

od a

nd A

gric

ultu

ral L

itera

cy,

Uni

vers

ity o

f Cal

iforn

ia, D

avis

, USA

Ind

ust

ry a

nd

Acad

em

ia e

ng

ag

em

en

t to

de

live

r a c

om

pe

titi

ve

wo

rld

cla

ss

ag

rib

usi

ne

ss i

nd

ust

ry

Pro

f Bro

nwyn

Har

ch, D

eput

y Vi

ce C

hanc

ello

r -

Res

earc

h, T

he U

nive

rsity

of Q

ueen

slan

d,

Aus

tral

ia

Skil

ls d

eve

lop

me

nt

in a

gri

bu

sin

ess

Pro

f Nee

na M

itter

, The

Uni

vers

ity o

f Q

ueen

slan

d, Q

ueen

slan

d A

llian

ce fo

r A

gric

ultu

re a

nd F

ood

Inno

vatio

n (Q

AA

FI),

Aus

tral

ia

Pan

el

dis

cu

ssio

n

Th

e r

ole

of

scie

nce

in

un

de

rsta

nd

ing

th

e

mu

ltid

ime

nsi

on

al

ch

all

en

ge

s o

f ag

rifo

od

w

ast

e -

35

0

Pro

f Pau

l Ber

tsch

, Com

mon

wea

lth

Scie

ntifi

c an

d In

dust

rial

Res

earc

h O

rgan

isat

ion

(CSI

RO

), A

ustr

alia

Harn

ess

ing

ase

xu

al

see

d f

orm

ati

on

to

p

rese

rve

hyb

rid

vig

ou

r an

d c

om

ple

x y

ield

tr

ait

s -

33

5

Pro

f Ann

a K

oltu

now

, The

Uni

vers

ity o

f Q

ueen

slan

d, Q

ueen

slan

d A

llian

ce fo

r A

gric

ultu

re a

nd F

ood

Inno

vatio

n (Q

AA

FI),

Aus

tral

ia

Au

tom

ate

d r

etr

acta

ble

gre

en

ho

use

s an

d

co

oli

ng

-ho

use

s in

mil

d t

o h

ot

cli

mate

s

- 3

39

Mr

Bed

e M

iller

, Cra

vo A

ustr

alia

, Aus

tral

ia

Th

e f

utu

re o

f avo

cad

o -

34

5

Dr

Ant

ony

Alle

n, T

he A

volu

tion,

Aus

tral

ia

Fig

hti

ng

fo

od

an

d p

ack

ag

ing

wast

e

thro

ug

h t

he a

gri

cult

ura

l su

pp

ly c

hain

- 3

51

Mr

Ben

Bal

dwin

, Dep

artm

ent o

f Agr

icul

ture

an

d Fi

sher

ies,

Que

ensl

and

Gov

ernm

ent,

Aus

tral

ia

Inte

gra

tin

g g

en

e e

dit

ing

te

ch

niq

ue

s in

to

mo

de

rn c

ere

al

bre

ed

ing

- 3

36

Pro

f Ian

God

win

, The

Uni

vers

ity o

f Que

ensl

and,

Q

ueen

slan

d A

llian

ce fo

r A

gric

ultu

re a

nd F

ood

Inno

vatio

n (Q

AA

FI),

Aus

tral

ia

Ou

r exp

eri

en

ce

s te

stin

g p

rote

cte

d

cro

pp

ing

wh

ere

no

bo

dy

use

s it

- 3

40

Jos

h, C

hris

and

Ros

s P

irro

ne, P

irro

ne

Bro

ther

s P

rodu

ce, A

ustr

alia

De

plo

yin

g n

ew

te

ch

no

log

ies

to s

ecu

re t

he

b

an

an

a i

nd

ust

ry -

34

6

Dr

Ros

ie G

odw

in, A

ustr

alia

n B

anan

a G

row

ers’

Co

unci

l, A

ustr

alia

Cre

ati

ng

op

po

rtu

nit

ies

for

reso

urc

e

reco

ve

ry i

n t

he

Qu

ee

nsl

an

d a

gri

cu

ltu

re

secto

r -

35

2

Mr

Pra

vin

Men

on, D

epar

tmen

t of E

nvir

onm

ent

and

Scie

nce,

Que

ensl

and

Gov

ernm

ent,

Aus

tral

ia

In-p

lan

t in

sect-

pro

ofi

ng

by t

ran

s-kin

gd

om

R

NA

i -

33

7

Dr

Julia

Bal

ly, Q

ueen

slan

d U

nive

rsity

of

Tech

nolo

gy, A

ustr

alia

Ho

w c

an

pro

tecte

d c

rop

pin

g e

nsu

re a

n

exp

ort

su

pp

ly o

f h

igh

qu

ali

ty m

elo

ns

in

the

tro

pic

s? -

34

1

Ms

Hei

di W

ittl,

Dep

artm

ent o

f Agr

icul

ture

and

Fi

sher

ies,

Que

ensl

and

Gov

ernm

ent,

Aus

tral

ia

Incre

asi

ng

macad

am

ia p

rod

ucti

on

th

rou

gh

th

ick a

nd

th

in -

34

7

Mr

Rob

bie

Com

men

s, 2

Ton

nes

Ente

rpri

se,

Aus

tral

ia

Tra

nsf

orm

ing

fo

od

wast

e i

nto

hig

he

r valu

e p

rod

ucts

- 3

53

Dr

Pau

l Luc

kman

, Fig

ht F

ood

Was

te

Coop

erat

ive

Res

earc

h Ce

ntre

, Aus

tral

ia

Spe

aker

to b

e co

nfirm

ed6

mark

eti

ng

ste

ps

to e

nsu

re p

rofi

t -

34

2

Mr

Mik

e Ev

ans,

Fre

sh P

artn

ers

Mar

ketin

g,

Aus

tral

ia

Inn

ovati

on

in

pla

nt

pro

tecti

on

in

th

e

cit

rus

ind

ust

ry -

34

8

Dr

And

rew

Mile

s, 2

PH

Far

ms,

Aus

tral

ia

Wh

at

is n

ee

de

d t

o m

ake

th

e C

ircu

lar

Eco

no

my

fo

r O

rgan

ics

a r

eali

ty?

- 3

54

Mr

Joha

nnes

Bia

la, T

he U

nive

rsity

of

Que

ensl

and,

Cen

tre

for

Rec

yclin

g of

Org

anic

W

aste

and

Nut

rien

ts, A

ustr

alia

Spe

aker

to b

e co

nfirm

edIn

no

vati

ve

co

ntr

ol

syst

em

s fo

r p

rote

cte

d

cro

pp

ing

syst

em

s in

th

e t

rop

ics

- 3

43

Mr

Odi

n Fr

anss

en, P

ower

plan

ts A

ustr

alia

, A

ustr

alia

Cro

ss s

ecto

ral

bio

secu

rity

RD

&E

to

p

rote

ct

the

Au

stra

lian

ho

rtic

ult

ure

in

du

stry

- 3

49

Dr

Jo L

uck,

Hor

t Inn

ovat

ion,

Aus

tral

ia

AA

TL

IS P

recin

ct:

He

lpin

g n

av

igate

p

ath

ways

to s

ust

ain

ab

le s

olu

tio

ns

thro

ug

h

dig

ital

tech

no

log

y a

do

pti

on

- 3

55

Mr

Thom

as H

all,

FKG

Gro

up, A

ustr

alia

15:3

0A

fte

rno

on

te

a

Tro

pA

g2

019

Sha

ping

the

Scie

nce

of T

omor

row

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ssio

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om

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za A

udito

rium

Ch

air

P

rof G

len

Fox,

UC

Dav

is

We

invi

te y

ou to

sha

re a

bee

r w

hils

t hea

ring

abo

ut th

e sc

ienc

e be

hind

a g

ood

brew

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eyn

ote

sp

eake

rA

dvan

cin

g b

rew

ing

scie

nce

- 3

56

Ms

Bir

gitt

e Sk

adha

uge,

Vic

e P

resi

dent

, Car

lsbe

rg R

esea

rch

Labo

rato

ry, C

arls

berg

Gro

up, D

enm

ark

16:2

5P

an

el

dis

cu

ssio

n

T

ow

ard

s 2

05

0: S

hap

ing

th

e s

cie

nce

of

tom

orr

ow

F

acil

itato

r

Mr

Pet

er L

ewis

, Way

with

Wor

ds

Pan

eli

sts

Pro

f Rob

ert H

enry

, Dr

Bet

h W

oods

, Pro

f Mik

e G

idle

y, P

rof I

an G

odw

in, P

rof N

eena

Mitt

er

17:0

0C

on

fere

nce

clo

se

Pro

f Rob

ert H

enry

, The

Uni

vers

ity o

f Que

ensl

and,

Que

ensl

and

Alli

ance

for

Agr

icul

ture

and

Foo

d In

nova

tion

(QA

AFI

), A

ustr

alia

We

dn

esd

ay

13

No

ve

mb

er

20

19

Tro

pA

g2

019

Sha

ping

the

Scie

nce

of T

omor

row

B

irg

itte

Skad

hau

ge

, Vic

e P

resi

dent

, Adj

. Pro

f. Ca

rlsb

erg

Res

earc

h La

bora

tory

Bir

gitt

e Sk

adha

uge

com

plet

ed h

er s

tudi

es (M

. Sc

degr

ee) a

t the

Roy

al a

nd V

eter

inar

y A

gric

ultu

ral U

nive

rsity

, Cop

enha

gen

in 1

992.

Thi

s w

as fo

llow

ed b

y a

Ph.

D. d

egre

e in

bi

oche

mis

try

and

gene

tics

at th

e Ca

rlsb

erg

Labo

rato

ry in

Cop

enha

gen

(199

3-19

96).

Sinc

e 20

03 s

he h

as b

een

resp

onsi

ble

for

Carl

sber

g R

aw M

ater

ial R

esea

rch,

and

sin

ce 2

011

Dir

ecto

r fo

r A

pplie

d R

esea

rch

activ

ities

in C

arls

berg

, inc

ludi

ng R

aw m

ater

ials

, Yea

st,

Ingr

edie

nts

and

Bre

win

g Te

chno

logy

and

sus

tain

abili

ty in

201

2 sh

e w

as a

ppoi

nted

Hon

orar

y A

djun

ct P

rofe

ssor

at Å

rhus

Uni

vers

ity. S

ince

201

4 sh

e he

ld th

e po

sitio

n as

Vic

e P

resi

dent

for

Carl

sber

g R

esea

rch

Labo

rato

ry a

nd B

altik

a R

esea

rch

and

she

is th

e Fo

unde

r of

Tra

itom

ics.

She

is a

mem

ber

of s

ever

al s

cien

tific

advi

sory

boa

rds

and

com

mitt

ees,

app

oint

ed m

embe

r of

e.g

. ‘D

anis

h Sc

ienc

e an

d In

nova

tion

Pol

itica

l Cou

nsel

’ (M

inis

try

for

Scie

nce

and

Inno

vatio

n); D

anis

h In

dust

ry, C

omm

ittee

for

Res

earc

h, In

nova

tion

and

Educ

atio

n; B

oard

Mem

ber

for

Dan

ish

Mal

ting

Gro

up A

/S; D

MG

(200

8-20

16),

Den

mar

k an

d D

MG

Pol

and

(200

8-20

16),

B

oard

mem

ber

in S

ejet

Pla

nt B

reed

ing

I/S,

Boa

rd m

embe

r in

“A

ssoc

iatio

n fo

r D

anis

h Va

riet

y O

wne

rs”,

Boa

rd m

embe

r in

Sca

ndin

avia

n B

rew

ing

Scho

ol, B

oard

mem

ber

in C

arls

berg

’s B

eque

st fo

r B

rew

er J

.C. J

acob

sen,

adv

isor

y bo

ard

mem

ber

at D

TU, B

ioen

gine

erin

g, B

oard

mem

ber

in S

ecob

ra R

eche

rche

(Fra

nce)

.

Ad

van

cin

g b

rew

ing

scie

nce

Cere

als

wer

e so

me

of th

e fir

st c

rops

to b

e do

mes

ticat

ed b

y hu

man

s. T

oday

, cer

eals

rep

rese

nt th

e bi

gges

t sta

rch

sour

ce in

the

wor

ld a

nd a

re th

e pr

imar

y ra

w m

ater

ial f

or fo

od a

nd fe

ed. M

oder

n br

eedi

ng te

chni

ques

pro

duce

d hi

gh y

ield

ing

vari

etie

s, b

ut w

ere

base

d on

a li

mite

d ge

netic

bac

kgro

und,

whi

ch r

esul

ted

in s

igni

fican

t los

s of

gen

etic

di

vers

ity. T

his

coul

d po

tent

ially

res

ult i

n m

ajor

cha

lleng

es d

ue to

rec

ent c

limat

e ch

ange

s an

d al

tere

d gr

owin

g co

nditi

ons.

It is

est

imat

ed th

at a

n in

crea

sed

glob

al te

mpe

ratu

re w

ill le

ad to

dra

mat

ic lo

ss in

pla

nt p

rodu

ctiv

ity in

man

y pa

rts

of th

e w

orld

.

The

barl

ey b

reed

ing

effo

rt o

f the

Car

lsbe

rg R

esea

rch

Labo

rato

ry c

ombi

nes

deca

des

of e

xper

tise

to p

rovi

de n

ew

vari

etie

s w

ith u

niqu

e qu

ality

and

sus

tain

abili

ty tr

aits

suc

h as

e.g

. dro

ught

tole

ranc

e. C

ombi

ning

trad

ition

al b

reed

ing,

ge

nom

e da

ta a

nd a

new

met

hod

for

scre

enin

g ge

netic

s va

rian

ts, w

e ha

ve r

adic

ally

sho

rten

ed th

e de

velo

pmen

t tim

e of

var

ietie

s w

ith n

ew tr

aits

. Thi

s ha

s al

read

y re

sult

ed in

the

iden

tifica

tion

of s

ever

al h

undr

ed g

enet

ic v

aria

nts

rela

ted

to c

limat

e, s

usta

inab

ility

, pro

duct

ivity

and

bre

win

g qu

ality

. Thi

s ac

cele

rate

d ap

proa

ch c

an e

asily

be

appl

ied

for

the

deve

lopm

ent o

f oth

er c

rops

in b

oth

deve

lopi

ng a

nd m

atur

ed m

arke

ts a

roun

d th

e gl

obe,

and

hel

p se

curi

ng a

sus

tain

able

su

pply

of f

ood

and

othe

r ag

ricu

ltur

al p

rodu

cts.

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