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IN THIS SECTION:
2011 Australian Agriculture Roundtable Conference
REGISTRATIONS CLOSED
Wednesday 9 and Thursday 10 November
The Hotel Windsor, 111 Spring St, Melbourne. Map and schedule here.
The Australian Agriculture Roundtable Conference brings together Australian agribusiness, policy and
farm sector leaders, providing a unique opportunity to learn about and discuss the strategic issues shaping
the sector.
Conference sessions include:
- Food security and Australian agricultural policy
- Concentration in the meat processing sector
- Can agriculture survive the mining boom?
- Will Chinese demand boost Australian agriculture?
- Will sustainability determine future diets?
- 'Great Debate', the statement for debate is: 'that agriculture has been let off lightly in Australian climate policy.' The debate moderator this year is Libby Price, from ABC Country Hour Victoria.
- Mike Taylor AO - Former Chairman of the Murray-Darling Basin Authority
- Roger Beale - Climate Commissioner
- Malcolm Jackman - Chief Executive and Managing Director, Elders Group
- Jock Laurie - President, National Farmers' Federation (NFF)
- Philip Lowe - Assistant Governor (Economic), Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA)
- Andrew Broad - President, Victorian Farmers Federation (VFF)
- Professor Peter Drysdale - Crawford School of Economics and Government, Australian National University (ANU); Australia’s foremost expert on China policy
- Associate Professor Sharon Friel - College of Medicine, Biology and Environment; Australian National University (ANU)
- Mitchell H Hooke - Chief Executive Officer, Minerals Council of Australia (MCA)
- Tom Maguire - General Manager Corporate Affairs, Teys Bros.
- Dr Manny Noakes - Senior Research Dietician, CSIRO
- Mark Wootton - Chairman, The Climate Institute
Download the full program here