Speakers, Chairs & Moderators
Our 2023 conference speakers and chairs are listed below with biographical details. Their address abstracts will be added as they become available.
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OPENING The Hon John Anderson AC Chair Crawford Fund |
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SIR JOHN CRAWFORD MEMORIAL ADDRESS and SESSION 5 Dr Éliane Ubalijoro CEO of the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) and World Agroforestry (ICRAF) |
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VOTE OF THANKS Dr Wendy Craik Crawford Fund Board Member |
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MINISTERIAL OPENING MESSAGE Senator The Hon Penny Wong Minister for Foreign Affairs, Leader of the Government in the Senate |
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SESSION 1: Chair Dr Beth Woods Member of Australia’s Commission for International Agricultural Research |
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SESSION 1: KEYNOTE and SESSION 5 Dr Cary Fowler U.S. Special Envoy for Global Food Security, Office of Global Food Security |
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SESSION 2: Chair Nicola Hinder Deputy Secretary of the Agricultural Trade Group, Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry |
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SESSION 2 and SESSION 5 Professor Wendy Umberger Chief Executive Officer, ACIAR |
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SESSION 3: Chair Dr Cate Rogers Assistant Secretary, Climate Financing and Programming Branch, Climate Change and Sustainability Division at the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade |
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SESSION 3 and SESSION 5 Emeritus Professor Kym Anderson AC Crawford Fund Medalist |
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SESSION 4: Chair Dr Terence Farrell Head of Economics, Grains Research and Development Corporation |
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SESSION 4: Part 1 Prof Jamie Pittock Fenner School of Environment & Society, ANU |
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SESSION 4: Part 1 Prof Kadambot Siddique The University of Western Australia Hackett Professor of Agriculture, Chair and Director of UWA Institute of Agriculture |
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SESSION 4: Part 1 Dr Roya Khalil Director of Research and Development, Incitec Pivot Fertilisers |
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SESSION 4: Part 2: Chair Larelle McMillan Research Director – Sustainability, CSIRO Agriculture & Food |
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SESSION 4: Part 2 Ben Fargher Environmental Markets Lead, Cargill Asia Pacific |
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SESSION 4: Part 2 Dr Warren T K Lee Senior Nutrition & Food Systems Officer Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific, Bangkok, Thailand Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) |
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SESSION 4: Part 2 Dr Fathiya Mbarak Khamis Senior Scientist, the International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (icipe) |
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SUMMING UP AND THE WAY FORWARD Dr Colin Chartres CEO Crawford Fund |