VICTORIAN AGRIBUSINESS SUMMIT, Cowes, August 5-6, 2009:
REGISTRATION FORM AND FULL PROGRAM
Come to Cowes on August 5-6 and hear the newly appointed chair of the Murray-Darling Basin Authority, Michael Taylor AO.
Discover social perspectives of regional change and share insights into future food security.
Learn what’s ahead for dairy, wine, equine, horticulture, organics, biomass and agritourism. Two great days at the Continental Hotel.
Cricket legend, Test giant and farmer Glenn McGrath will be the special evening speaker at a glittering dinner on the beachfront Continental hotel at Cowes.
Relax and visit the world-famous penguin parade, or golf with special deals for conference guests. Try laps of the international GP circuit, open sea or indoor fishing, helicopter rides, surf lessons or wineries…
Program AUGUST 5
8.45-9.30: Registrations/coffee/networking
9.30-9.45: Introduction – Chair AGINc, Alex Arbuthnot AM
9.45-10.00: Welcome – Ministerial address
10.00 -10.40: Keynote speaker – ABARE. Australian agribusiness – what are the trends?
10.40 – 11.15 MORNING TEA
11.15 -12.00: Keynote speaker – Senior public servant Michael Taylor AO, discusses global upheaval and agribusiness outlooks for regional Victoria. Newly appointed chair of the Murray-Darling Basin Authority, Mike was previously secretary of DoTARS and the former secretary DAFF. He was Chief Executive with the Australian Dairy Industry Council, and prior to that, held various positions within the Department of Agriculture, Victoria.
12-12.45: Neil Clarke, Corporate farming. Good? Bad? Inevitable? Rural market analyst Neil heads a Bendigo-based agribusiness consultancy and is a founding member/chair of Australia’s largest private extension group.
12.45-1.45 LUNCH
1.45 – 2.05 plus 5 minute questions: INDUSTRY UPDATES Future of dairy: Mike Ginnivan, Managing Director, Dairy Australia. Mike was appointed in 2003 after an extensive career in senior management roles with international and Australian companies, after an early career as a research scientist with the DPI.
2.10 – 2.30 plus 5 minute questions: INDUSTRY UPDATES Future of wine: Joanne Butterworth-Gray, Chief Executive, Victorian Wine Industry Association. Appointed in 2006, Joanne spent 15 years owning a horticulture-based food/wine tourism business. A recipient of the RIRDC Award for two consecutive years, she is a former Agribusiness Gippsland director.
Small sector spotlight: Four takeaway points on the future of your sector
2.35-2.40: Fisheries – Peter Clarke, Chair, Lakes Entrance Fishermen’s Cooperative
2.40-2.50: Equine – Peter McGauran, Chief Executive, Thoroughbred Breeders’ Australia and Aushorse
2.50 – 2.55: Horticulture – Richard Mulcahy, CEO AUSVEG
2.55-3.00: Meat – John Wyld, Farmer and MLA director
3.00-3.15: Panel discussion
3.15-3.30: Mike Taylor review
3.40 CLOSE/ AFTERNOON TEA: Alex Arbuthnot AM
4pm: Networking, Golf, Penguin bus, Vietnam Museum
6.30-7.30: Pre dinner drinks
8.00: Dinner
9.00: Speaker post main-course Glenn McGrath, farmer and Test legend
DAY TWO
8.45-9.15: Registrations/coffee/networking
9.15-9.20: Introduction – Chair AGINc, Alex Arbuthnot AM
9.20-9.50: Pat McNamara: Farming after fires. Former Victorian deputy premier, having led the National Party for 11 years.
9.50 – 10.20: David Bryant: Which has performed better? Commodities or the ASX? Farmer and fund manager David presents the surprising answer. Later this year he is addressing the Financial Planning Association of Australia’s national conference on his research into agricultural investment. David established Rural Funds Management in February 1997, accumulating $180m of assets across agricultural sectors. He is heading a management buyout of Great Southern Funds Management.
10.25 – 10.45: Elders Agribusiness MD Paul Hutchinson – Agribusiness banking – today’s risks. Appointed in 2006 and previously Chief Operating Officer, Customer Solutions with New Zealand Post Ltd. A member of the Elders Rural Bank board, he is a graduate of Harvard Business School Executive Management programme.
10.45-11.15 MORNING TEA
11.20 – 11.50: Kate Carnell, AO: Chief Executive, Australia Food and Grocery Council. Direction for the Food Sector. Former ACT Chief Minister.
11.50 – 12.25: Case studies
Organics – Organic Federation of Australia
Agritourism – TBC
Biofuels/alternative fuels – Tony St Clair, agribusiness manager MBD Energy, the company that this year signed a deal with Loy Yang Power for a CO2 bio-sequestration plant. Former Chief Executive of NZ Federated Farmers, Queensland-born Tony has also served as executive director with the VFF.
Moderator: Jenny O’Sullivan – farmer/McKay Future Farming winner.
12.30-1.30 LUNCH
1.30 – 1.45: Richard McEwan, DPI soil scientist and Central Victorian winegrower: Launching new land use map for Victoria
1.45-2.05: Allan Curtis: BA Dip Ed Melbourne, PhD. Issues for communities of rural Victoria. Professor of Integrated Environmental Management at Charles Sturt University, Allan established Australia’s first Landcare schools education program and served five years on the Murray Darling Basin Ministerial Council’s community advisory council.
2.05- 2.25: Trevor Budge – Adjunct Professor at RMIT University. The outlook for food supplies in the future. Bendigo-based Trevor is the founding Director of Research Planning Design Group, a private consulting firm focusing on rural and regional Victoria since 1988. He has been President of the Victorian division of the Planning Institute of Australia.
2.25-2.45: David Crombie, National Farmers’ Federation National agro-political outlook: Politics and markets.
2.45- 3.00: CONCLUSION and THANKS Alex Arbuthnot AM
Program subject to change
STAYING OVER? The Continental http://www.thecontinentalhotel.com.au or visit http://www.visitbasscoast.com/accommodation.asp
Registration costs include all sessions, morning and afternoon teas and two lunches, session notes and a few goodies! – $130 plus GST one day OR $210 plus GST two days
PLUS! Glenn McGrath addressing the gala summit dinner – a gourmet event featuring some of the finest local foods and wines at the elegant beachfront restaurant of The Continental on the Esplanade at Cowes. Dinner (including initial drinks) $60 plus GST for conference attendees or $75 plus GST. Numbers strictly limited! BOOK EARLY!
REGISTRATION FORM/TAX INVOICE
We suggest you cut and paste the following onto a separate Word document. This will allow you to fill it in onscreen and the file can then be emailed to resthaven@waterfront.net.au or printed for faxing/posting.
Please retain a copy for your records. Receipts will not be issued. Complete one form per delegate.
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- Day 1 OR 2 only (August 5 or 6) $143 incl $13 GST $143.00
- Day 1 AND 2 (August 5-6) $231 incl $21 GST $231.00
- Gala Dinner Tickets
- $66 (inc $6 GST) conference participant $66.00
- $82.50 (incl $7.50 GST) non-participant $82.50
Agribusiness Gippsland membership for 10% registration discount.
- Annual membership (incl GST) $55.00
TOTAL inc GST
(less 10% AGInc membership discount if applies) $………………..
Please lodge your registration form and cheque payable to Agribusiness Gippsland Inc
- by post: PO Box 1312, Warragul, 3820
OR by credit card via fax: 9459 9699 or cut-and-paste then email to resthaven@waterfront.net.au
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This form will be a tax invoice for GST when fully completed and payment is made. ABN 20 185 883 721 Delegates unable to attend may send a substitute. An administration fee of 20% will be retained by AGInc if notified less than two weeks before summit. If AGInc is not advised prior to event only 50% of registration fees will be returned.