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Conference Welcome and Introduction |
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Plenary Session 1 - Economic Outlook |
| Robert Henderson, Chief Economist, Markets, National Australia Bank: Outlook for the Economy, Financial Markets and Agricultural Commodities | |
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Plenary Session 2 - Grains and oilseed Outlook |
| Mike Krueger President The Money Farm Trends in Agriculture – No Room For Error | |
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Concurrent Session 1A: Creating Value through Quality |
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Dr Ken Quail, General Manager – Technical Services Grain Growers Limited: What the World Wants from Australian Wheat Dr Dai Suter Chief Scientist George Weston Foods: End user requirements in for domestic milling industry and how well is Australian wheat delivering Kate Lang Australian Future Grain Leaders: Mechanisms to capture value from new varieties Kate Lang Australian Future Grain Leader: Mechanisms to capture value from new varieties |
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Concurrent Session 1B: Trends in Barley Breeding, Malting and Brewing |
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David Moody Barley Breeder InterGrain: Barley breeding - the challenges Rob Dickie Barley Marketing Manager CBH Grain / Robert Wicks General Manager Commercial Viterra Malt /John Stuart Quality Services Manager Marketing GrainCorp Operations: Trevor Perryman Managing Director Malteurop Australia and New Zealand: An overview of carbon trading on agriculture Jeff Stewart Raw Materials Manager Lion: Brewing - the changing direction of beer |
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Concurrent Session 1C: Increasing Australia's grain foods and legumes consumption |
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Associate Professor Peter Williams University of Wollongong: Grains, grain-based foods and legumes - staples in the diet Robyn Murray CEO Go Grains Health & Nutrition Limited: Do Australians eat enough grain based foods and legumes? Christina Routsios Marketing Manager Cereal Partners Worldwide: Wholegrain Foods - Uncle Toby's breakfast cereals case study (no presentation available) |
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Plenary Session 3A – Australian grain performance in Asian markets |
| Franciscus Welirang, Director PT Indofood Sukses Makmur Tbk. Bogasari Division: Overview of the Indonesian market, what’s changing and how well Australian wheat is positioned | |
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Plenary Session 3B: Industry Consolidation |
| Andy Crane CEO CBH Group: Consolidation in the Australian Grains Industry – Can a Co‐Op Cut It? | |
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Plenary Session 4 – Conversation with a CEO |
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Rob Gordon President South East Asia, Viterra |
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Plenary Session 5 – Changing trade patterns and markets |
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Stuart Richardson McDonald Pelz: Changing trade flows Christian Joerg Vice President & Managing Director, Europe, Middle East & Africa Viterra: Growing importance of the Black Sea – how sustainable? Dr Teresa Babuscio Secretary General Coceral: EU sustainability and GM legislation and implications for global trade Lou Flohr Australian Future Grain Leaders: Application of international sustainability certification systems to Australia |
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Plenary Session 6 – Feed grains |
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Plenary Session 7 –Food security: implications for grains |
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Mike Dwyer Director Global Policy Analysis Division Office of Global Analysis/FAS/USDA: The 8 Factors That Will Drive Global Agricultural Markets to 2020 |
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Concurrent Session 2A: Financial sector participation in commodity markets |
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Adrian Redlich CIO Merricks Capital: Hedge fund participation in commodity markets Panel: |
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Concurrent Session 2B: Trends in the input supply sector |
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Andrew Duperouzel GM Procurement Landmark: The Australian agri inputs market - trends and challenges Paul Luxton Territory Head Australasia Syngenta: Driving productivity and performance through integrated crop technologies C S Liew Pacific Agriscience: Supplying chemical inputs - a Factory to Farm (F2F) model |
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Concurrent Session 2C: Feed Grains Partnership Forum |
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John Spragg Executive Officer Stock Feed Manufacturers Council of Australia: 2010/11 Feed Grain Demand Crispin Howitt Food Futures Flagship CSIRO: Can we make sorghum the super feed grain? John Pluske Animal Research Institute Murdoch University: Cereal grains for the pig feed market: understanding factors in the supply chain San Jolly Consultant – Livestock nutrition, health & management Productive Nutrition: Helping growers understand the advantage of Knowing the nutritive value of their grain |
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Concurrent Session 2D: Grains Industry National R, D & E Strategy |
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Dr Mark Sweetingham Co-Chair Grains Industry National RD&E Strategy Implementation Committee: The national strategy framework and implementation Steve Thomas Executive Manager Practices GRDC: Engaging growers in priority setting Grains Industry National RD&E Strategy - A Snapshot |
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Plenary Session 8: Exporting grain . challenges in managing logistics |
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John Warda General Manager . Operations and Supply Chain Emerald Group Australia: The Australian logistics scene ] future opportunities and changes in the landscape Gerard Morrison, Director ] Sales Australia & Pacific Islands Maersk Line: Equipment availability for containerised grain exports Stephen Thompson Partner Holman Fenwick Willan: Exporting grain from Australia . a snapshot of some of the legal issues that can arise |