2015 Conference Program
THE BUSINESS OF FOOD SECURITY:
Profitability, sustainability and risk
10-12 August 2015
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SIR JOHN CRAWFORD MEMORIAL ADDRESS AND NETWORKING DINNER Ballroom, Realm Hotel, Barton 6-9pm The Sir John Crawford Memorial Address has been held annually since 1985 in honour of the remarkable Australian in whose name the Crawford Fund was established. He contributed at the highest levels to the development of Australia and other countries, and passionately supported international agricultural research for development. The address will be presented in 2015 by Dr Cary Fowler, biodiversity conservationist and former executive director of the Global Crop Diversity Trust. Dr Fowler will be introduced by The Hon Tim Fischer AC, former Deputy PM and chair of the Crawford Fund and current vice chair of the executive board of the Global Crop Diversity Trust. PARLIAMENTARY CONFERENCE Theatrette and Mural Hall, Parliament House 9am – 5pm 0800 REGISTRATION 0900 OPENING MORNING KEYNOTE SESSION International Overview: Profitability, Sustainability and Risk 1035 MORNING TEA IN THE MURAL HALL 1115 PRIVATE SECTOR WORK UNDERWAY – LESSONS LEARNED 1200 Q&A SESSION 1245 LUNCH IN THE MURAL HALL 1400 INCREASING PRIVATE SECTOR ENGAGEMENT – FOUR DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES 1510 AFTERNOON TEA IN THE THEATRETTE FOYER 1545 AFTERNOON KEYNOTE 1605 MODERATED SESSION WITH AFTERNOON SPEAKERS 1655 CRAWFORD FUND PLANS AND CLOSING PARLIAMENTARY BREAKFAST Mural Hall, Parliament House 7:30am – 9:00am Ms Gerda Verburg, Chair of the World Economic Forum’s Global Agenda Council on Food and Nutrition Security, and of the Committee on World Food Security and Professor Martin Kropff, Director General, CIMMYT CRAWFORD SCHOLARS’ DAY Questacon Centre, Canberra 9.30am – 6pm A program of activities and engagement for young agricultural scientists and students including those attending the conference with Crawford Fund support, and involving some keynote speakers, representatives from the Crawford Fund, ACIAR, Scope Global, Researchers in Agricultural Development, Questacon and other stakeholders. Please support our Young Scholars |