Conference Program
SIR JOHN CRAWFORD MEMORIAL ADDRESS AND NETWORKING DINNER
Monday 15 August 2022
The Great Hall, Parliament House
Dr Audrey Aumua, CEO Fred Hollows Foundation NZ
and Member, ACIAR Policy Advisory Council
Food and Nutrition Security in the Pacific and the Road Ahead for Small Islands and Developing States
The Vote of Thanks will be presented by Dr Beth Woods, Member of Australia’s Commission for International Agricultural Research
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PARLIAMENTARY CONFERENCE PROGRAM
Tuesday 16 August 2022
The Great Hall, Parliament House
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09.00 OPENING
The Hon John Anderson AC, Chair, The Crawford Fund
09.10 SESSION 1
KEYNOTE ADDRESS
SCIENCE FOR NOURISHING THE WORLD, SUSTAINABLY
Chair: Jamie Isbister, Ambassador for the Environment, First Assistant Secretary, Economic Growth and Sustainability Division, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Professor Andrew Campbell, Chief Executive Officer, Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR)
09.35 MODERATED Q&A
09.55 SESSION 2
AGRI-FOOD R&D: RE-EXAMINING THE REWARDS AND THE RISKS
Moderator: Dr Sandro Demaio, CEO, VicHealth and former CEO of the EAT Foundation
Dr Philip Pardey, Director of Global Research Strategy, College of Food, Agriculture and Natural Resource Sciences and the Minnesota Agricultural Experiment Station
10.20 PANEL AND Q&A
Overview Speaker joins:
Dr Ravi Khetarpal, Executive Secretary, Asia Pacific Association of Agricultural Research Institutions (APAARI)
Dr Madaline Healey, Crawford Fund Laos Volunteer; ACIAR Project Leader; Research Fellow, University of the Sunshine Coast
Regina Bi Nukundj, Senior Food Security Policy Officer, Department of Agriculture and Livestock, Papua New Guinea
10.40 MORNING TEA
11.30 MINISTERIAL ADDRESS
Chair: The Hon John Anderson AC, Chair, The Crawford Fund
Senator The Hon Murray Watt, Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (Ministerial Address)
11.40 SESSION 3
NEXUS GAINS TO THE ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABILITY
Moderator: Dr Sandro Demaio, CEO, VicHealth and former CEO of the EAT Foundation
Dr Jean Balié, CGIAR Regional Director for Southeast Asia and the Pacific
12.05 PANEL AND Q&A
Overview Speaker joins:
Ms Logotonu Meleisea Waqainabete, Programme Leader – Genetic Resources, Land Resources Division, SPC, Centre for Pacific Crops and Trees (CePaCT)
Dr Anika Molesworth, CF NSW Committee, author, Young Farmer of the Year, NSW Young Achiever Award for Environment and Sustainability
12.25 SESSION 4
A DIVERSITY OF BENEFITS
Chair: Ken Young, Senior Manager Biosecurity and Regulation, GRDC
Gender/Nutrition:
Ms Jessica Raneri, Senior Nutrition Sensitive Agriculture Advisor to ACIAR and Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Soft Power/Diplomacy:
HE Robyn Mudie, First Assistant Secretary, DFAT/ Former Ambassador to Vietnam
Social/Other benefits:
Dr Jenny Gordon, Member of the Australian International Agricultural Research Centre’s Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Advisory Panel, and the Asian Development Bank Institute’s Advisory Committee
13.00 Q&A
13.15 LUNCH
14.15 SESSION 5
BUILDING AGRICULTURE AND FOOD INNOVATION FOR THE FUTURE
Chair: Dr Gabrielle Vivian-Smith, Australian Chief Plant Protection Officer, Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
Dr Alison Bentley, Australian Director of CIMMYT Wheat Program (presentation)
Prof Neena Mitter, Director of QAAFI Centre for Horticultural Science and the Australian Research Council Industrial Transformational Research HUB for Sustainable Crop Protection at The University of Queensland (presentation)
Dr David McGill, Senior Research Fellow, Faculty of Veterinary and Agricultural Sciences, The University of Melbourne (presentation)
14.50 PANEL AND Q&A
15.05 AFTERNOON TEA
15.45 SESSION 6
A CONVERSATION: FROM OUTSIDE AGRICULTURE – LOOKING TO THE FUTURE
The Hon John Anderson AC, Chair, The Crawford Fund
Allan Gyngell AO FAIIA, National President of the Australian Institute of International Affairs
Dr Robert Glasser, Australian Strategic Policy Institute, Climate and Security Policy Centre, ANU
Kylie Walker, Chief Executive Officer, Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering (ATSE)
16.20 Q&A
16.35 SESSION 7
SUMMING UP AND THE WAY FORWARD
Dr Colin Chartres, Chief Executive Officer, The Crawford Fund
16.55 CLOSE