Sir John Crawford Memorial Address
and Networking Dinner
MONDAY 4 SEPTEMBER 2023
QT Hotel Ballroom
6.00-9.00pm
Sir John Crawford contributed at the highest levels to the development of Australia and other countries, and passionately supported international agricultural research for development. The Crawford Fund was established in his name, and since 1985, in his honour, we host the annual Sir John Crawford Memorial Address.
The Sir John Crawford Memorial Address is held at our specially styled networking dinner, which attracts attendees from a broad range of sectors – it will be a tremendous networking opportunity.
This year, the Sir John Crawford Memorial Address will be presented by Dr Éliane Ubalijoro, Chief Executive Officer of the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) and Director General of World Agroforestry (ICRAF).
The 2023 Sir John Crawford Memorial Address is titled “Food and Nutrition Security: the Climate, Food Systems, Agroforestry and Forestry Nexus.”
This will be our first Sir John Crawford Memorial Address by someone in the forestry/agroforestry space.
We are pleased to have the Vote of Thanks being presented by Dr Wendy Craik, Crawford Fund Board Member.
Éliane Ubalijoro, PhD is Chief Executive Officer of the Center for International Forestry Research and World Agroforestry (CIFOR-ICRAF) and Director General of ICRAF. An accomplished leader with a background in agriculture and molecular genetics, she serves on several boards and has been recognized for outstanding contributions in the areas of innovation, gender equity, and sustainable prosperity creation.
Dr Ubalijoro has been a professor of practice for public-private sector partnerships at McGill University since 2008, with research interests focusing on innovation, gender and sustainable development for prosperity creation. From 2021 to March 2023, she was the Executive Director of Sustainability in the Digital Age and the Canada Hub Director for Future Earth. She is a member of Rwanda’s National Science and Technology Council and Presidential Advisory Council, the Impact Advisory Board of the Global Alliance for a Sustainable Planet, the Science for Africa Foundation, and the Capitals Coalition Supervisory Board, among others. She is a fellow of the International Science Council.
Recognized for her work in leadership and gender equity, Dr Ubalijoro is a recipient of the International Leadership Association‘s 2022 awards in women and leadership for outstanding practice with broad impact, and is part of a cohort of appointed International Science Council fellows in recognition for outstanding contributions to promoting science as a global public good. She has facilitated the UNAIDS Leadership Programme for Women at the United Nation System Staff College. Dr Ubalijoro was a member of FemStep, a research network highlighting rural girls’ and women’s perspectives for engendering poverty reduction strategies in Rwanda, South Africa, Tanzania, DR Congo and Ethiopia using arts-based methodologies. Her career path was featured in Forbes in celebration of International Women’s Day 2019.