2024 Conference Program
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SIR JOHN CRAWFORD MEMORIAL ADDRESS AND NETWORKING DINNER
Monday 12 August 2024, 6:00pm-9:00pm, QT Hotel Ballroom
Dr Line Gordon, Director, Stockholm Resilience Centre and Professor in sustainable food systems at Stockholm University.
“Building Resilience in an Interdependent Patchwork Earth.”
We are pleased to have the Vote of Thanks presented by Rosemary Deininger, Member of the Crawford Fund Board.
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CONFERENCE
Tuesday 13 August 2024, The Great Hall, Parliament House
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08.45 OPENING SESSION
The Hon John Anderson AC, FTSE Chair, The Crawford Fund
MINISTERAL OPENING AND CRAWFORD FUND MEDAL PRESENTATION
The Hon. Pat Conroy MP, Minister for International Development and the Pacific, and Minister for Defence Industry and Capability Delivery
With presentation of the Crawford Fund Medal to Dr Tony Fischer, AM
09.30 SESSION 1: KEYNOTE – TRANSFORMATIVE INTERNATIONAL
AGRICULTURAL R&D: THE ROAD TO FUTURE SUCCESS
Chair: Professor Wendy Umberger, Chief Executive Officer, ACIAR
Keynote: Dr Ismahane Elouafi, Executive Managing Director, CGIAR
09.55 MODERATED Q&A
10.10 SESSION 2
CONSTRUCTING EFFECTIVE, HIGH-QUALITY RESEARCH PARTNERSHIPS
Chair: Nicolas Gouletquer, Partnerships & Business Development Manager, Sustainability Program, CSIRO Agriculture and Food
Overview: Professor Hampus Eriksson, Senior Scientist, WorldFish and Professor at the Australian National Centre for Ocean Resources and Security (ANCORS) at the University of Wollongong
10.30 Three case studies:
Partnership through the Treaty Village Fruit Fly Trapping Program: Papua New Guinea and Australia
Ms Annastasia Kawi, Senior Technical Officer at PNG National Agriculture and Quarantine Inspection Authority, and Patrick Nai, DAFF Torres Strait Biosecurity Officer
Creating Strong Channels of Communication for Agriculture Policy Research in Indonesia
Dr Wahida Maghraby, Agriculture Policy Analyst, Indonesian Center for Agriculture Socio Economics and Policy Studies, Ministry of Agriculture and former Agricultural Attaché to the European Union
How do we partner for impact? Communication, Co-design & Outscaling
Dr Uday Nidumolu, Research Team Leader, Resilience and Adaptation, Sustainability Programme, Agriculture & Food, CSIRO
11.00 MODERATED Q&A
11.20 MORNING TEA
11.55 SESSION 3: TAILORING R&D TO DELIVER LOCAL ON-GROUND
OUTCOMES
Chair: Mathew Fox, First Assistant Secretary, DFAT Climate Diplomacy and Development Finance Division
Short presentations and interactive panel discussion with:
An Overview of the Pacific Regional Research Collaborative Framework
Mr Mark Vurobaravu, Deputy Director, Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, Vanuatu
Transformative Partnerships for Transforming Rice Value Chain for Climate Resilient and Sustainable Development of the Mekong Delta of Viet Nam
Dr Tran Thu Ha, Team Leader – Low Emission & Inclusive Agriculture, SNV
Learnings from Australian Indigenous Projects
Madonna Thomson, Aboriginal Biocultural Knowledge Holder and Practitioner
Challenging dominant narratives on development approaches in the drylands
Hussein Tadicha Wario, Director, Centre for Research & Development in Drylands, Kenya
12.40 MODERATED Q&A
13.00 LUNCH
14.00 SESSION 4
RE-THINKING PARTNERSHIPS AND CAPACITY BUILDING TO SUPPORT TRANSFORMATIONAL IMPACTS OF R&D
Chair: Jo Grainger, Acting First Assistant Secretary, Trade and International Division, Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
Overview: Shaun Coffey, Acting CEO and Director, Capacity Building, Crawford Fund
14.20 Three case studies:
Genuine Partnerships for Transformational Agricultural Research and Development
Adjunct Associate Professor Seeseei Molimau Samasoni, Researcher, the Scientific Research Organisation of Samoa
Capacity Building for Transformative Change in the Water Sector
Dr Muhammad Azeem Ali Shah, International Researcher – Water Governance Institutions, International Water Management Institute
Early Career Researchers Working Effectively Together
Jessica Fearnley, Facilitator, RAID Network, Crawford Fund, Australia Volunteer Program and Vietnam National University of Agriculture Project
14.50 MODERATED Q&A
15.05 AFTERNOON TEA
15.45 SESSION 5: ACHIEVING TRANSFORMATIONAL OUTCOMES
Moderator: The Hon John Anderson AC, Chair, The Crawford Fund
Dr Ismahane Elouafi, Executive Managing Director, CGIAR
Dr Line Gordon, Sir John Crawford Address Presenter
Karen Mapusua, Director, Land Resources Division, The Pacific Community
Professor Wendy Umberger, Chief Executive Officer, ACIAR
16.15 MODERATED Q&A
16.30 SUMMING UP AND THE WAY FORWARD
Dr Wendy Craik, Board Member, Crawford Fund
16.40 CLOSE