2016 Program

Conference Program

Our specially styled networking dinner enables participants to meet colleagues and make new connections with a wide variety of peers from across industries and regions in an enjoyable and more relaxed format than a formally seated dinner of previous years.

0900        OPENING
Welcome and Opening Chair
The Hon John Kerin AM, Chair of the Crawford Fund

0910        SESSION 1: MORNING KEYNOTE
Morning Chair
Mr Andrew Campbell, CEO, Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research

Waste Not, Warm Not: Poverty, Hunger and Climate Change in a Circular Food System
Dr Karen Brooks, Director, CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions and Markets,
International Food Policy Research Institute

0930 Q&A: MORNING KEYNOTE

0940        SESSION 2: ON-FARM LOSSES
Overview: The Complex Picture of On-Farm Loss
Mr Brian Lipinski, Associate in the Food Program, World Resources Institute

Case Study 1: Bridging the Gap to On-Farm Storage: Prize Mechanisms, the Private Sector, and New Public Funding Mechanisms
Mr Rodrigo Ortiz, Secretariat Lead, AgResults

Case Study 2: Crop Health Capacity Building in Least Developed Countries—A Unique Approach
Ms Madaline Healey, Researcher, University of the Sunshine Coast

Case Study 3: Plantwise—An Innovative Approach to Reduce Crop Losses by Sharing Plant Health Knowledge
Dr Washington Otieno, Plantwise Programme Executive, CABI

1020        Q&A: ON-FARM LOSSES

1100        MORNING TEA

1145         SESSION 3: FROM FARM GATE TO FORK: PACKAGING, TRANSPORT AND PROCESSING
Session Chair
Dr Helen Garnett, Member, GRDC, SRA and Crawford Fund Boards

Overview: Innovating to Save on Wastages in Agri-Value Chains
Professor Ashok Gulati, Infosys Chair Professor for Agriculture, Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations

Case Study 1: Towards Eradicating a Major Cause of Food Unavailability: On-Farm Losses
Mr Simon Costa, Project Manager, World Food Programme

Case Study 2: Postharvest Physical Risk Factors Along the Tomato Supply Chain: A Case Study of Fiji
Mr Salesh Kumar, Research Associate, School of Agriculture and Food Technology, University of the South Pacific

Case Study 3: Scavenging for Protein and Micronutrients—Village Poultry in Timor-Leste
Dr Joanita Jong, Director of Veterinary Services in the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries and Coordinator of the Timor-Leste Village Poultry Health and Biosecurity Project

1225        Q&A: FROM FARM GATE TO FORK
Q&A including four speakers, structured on questions from the floor

1255        LUNCH
Delegates who have registered for the special discussion session should go to the South Courtyard area. All other delegates should proceed to Ballroom 3.

1400        SESSION 4: A SPECIAL CASE—WHAT CAN SUPERMARKETS DO?
Afternoon Chair
Mr Daryl Quinlivan, Secretary, Department of Agriculture and Water Resources

Food Loss in Indonesian Supermarkets: What can Supermarkets do to Reduce Food Loss?
Dr Arief Daryanto, Director of the Graduate Program of Management and Business and Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Economics and Management, Bogor Agricultural University

1415        SESSION 5: MANAGEMENT AND REUSE OF WASTE
Overview: The Mega Cities, Mega Waste Last Mile Challenge
Professor Alice Woodhead, Aust-ASEAN Council

Case Study 1: Every Nutrient is Sacred—Developing a Nutrient Retention Paradigm to Aid Global Food Security
Dr Steve Lapidge, Director, Science Partnerships, South Australian Research and Development Institute, Primary Industries and Regions SA, Government of South Australia

Case Study 2: From Plant Wastes to Sustainable Aquafeeds—The Novacq^TM Case History
Dr Cedric J. Simon, Senior Research Scientist in Aquaculture Nutrition, Integrated Sustainable Aquaculture Production, Agriculture and Food Business Unit, CSIRO

Case Study 3: Waste-to-Energy Innovations Powering a Circular Economy
Dr Bernadette McCabe, Vice Chancellor’s Senior Research Fellow, National Centre for Engineering in Agriculture, University of Southern Queensland

Case Study 4: Towards Global Phosphorus Security Through Nutrient Reuse
Dr Dana Cordell, Research Director, Institute for Sustainable Futures (University of Technology Sydney) and Co-founder, Global Phosphorus Research Initiative

1505        Q&A: SUPERMARKETS, AND MANAGEMENT AND REUSE OF WASTE
Q&A including six speakers, structured on questions from the floor

1535        AFTERNOON TEA

1600        SESSION 6: AFTERNOON KEYNOTE
Closing Chair
Dr Daniel Walker, Research Director, Agriculture and Global Change, CSIRO Agriculture and Food

Nestlé’s War on Waste: A Journey Through the Supply Chain
Mr Daniel Lagger, Executive Director, Technical and Production, Nestlé Oceania

1620        MODERATED DISCUSSION SESSION
The morning and afternoon keynote speakers join the Sir John Crawford Address presenter for Q&A

1700        CLOSE