Speakers, Chairs & Moderators
Our 2024 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, FTSE Chair, Crawford Fund |
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SIR JOHN CRAWFORD MEMORIAL ADDRESS Dr Line Gordon Director, Stockholm Resilience Centre and Professor in sustainable food systems at Stockholm University |
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SESSION 1 Professor Wendy Umberger Chief Executive Officer, ACIAR |
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SESSION 1 Dr Ismahane Elouafi Executive Managing Director, CGIAR and former FAO Chief Scientist |
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SESSION 2 Professor Hampus Eriksson Senior Scientist, WorldFish and Professor at University of Wollongong’s Australian National Centre for Ocean Resources and Security |
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SESSION 2 Ms Annastasia Kawi Senior Technical Officer at PNG National Agriculture and Quarantine Inspection Authority |
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SESSION 2 Mr Patrick Nai DAFF Torres Strait Biosecurity Officer |
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SESSION 2 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 |
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SESSION 2 Dr Uday Bhaskar Nidumolu Research Team Leader, Resilience and Adaptation, Sustainability Programme, Agriculture & Food, CSIRO |
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SESSION 3 Mr Mark Vurobaravu Deputy Director, Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, Vanuatu |
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SESSION 3 Dr Tran Thu Ha Team Leader, Low Emission & Inclusive Agriculture, SNV |
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SESSION 3 Ms Madonna Thomson Aboriginal Biocultural Knowledge Holder and Practitioner |
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SESSION 3 Mr Hussein Tadicha Wario Director, Centre for Research & Development in Drylands, Kenya |
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SESSION 4 Mr Shaun Coffey Director, Capacity Building, Crawford Fund |
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SESSION 4 Adjunct Associate Professor Seeseei Molimau Samasoni Researcher, the Scientific Research Organisation of Samoa |
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SESSION 4 Dr Azeem Shah Researcher, Water Governance Institutions, International Water Management Institute |
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SESSION 4 Ms Jessica Fearnley Facilitator of the RAID Network, Crawford Fund, Australia Volunteer Program and Vietnam National University of Agriculture Project |
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SESSION 5 Ms Karen Mapusua Director, Land Resources Division, The Pacific Community |
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SESSION 5 Ms Melissa Conley-Tyler Honorary Fellow, Asia Institute of The University of Melbourne |
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SUMMING UP AND THE WAY FORWARD Professor Stephen Bartos CEO, Crawford Fund |