The Canberra pre-2035 Oceania Summit is designed to bring together ACT's scientific & research community, its industry leaders, agribusiness & agritech companies, farmers & growers, regulators and policy makers to meet and discuss how agrifood tech innovation and on-farm application can help address the existential threat posed by climate change.

The 2035 Oceania Summit would like to acknowledge the significant support provided by both Professor Owen Atkin of CEAT and Dr Anna Okello of ACIAR in assisting develop the Workshop Programme.

The Canberra Workshop Programme

8.00am – 8.30am: Registration & Coffee on arrival

8.30am – 8.35am: Welcome by MC (Professor Owen Atkin, Director of the Centre for Entrepreneurial Agri-Technology)

8.35am – 8.50am: Introduction to the 2035 Oceania Summit + Q&A (Peter Wren-Hilton, Convener, 2035 Oceania Summit)

8.50am – 9.10am: Existing Emissions – reduction options – technical + Q & A (Dr. Andy Reisinger, New Zealand Climate Change Commissioner, Vice-Chair for Working Group III (mitigation) of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change)

9.10am – 9.30am: Existing Emissions – reduction options – whole-of-system + Q&A (Dr. Steven Crimp, Climate Scientist at the Institute for Climate, Energy & Disaster Solutions at the Australian National University)

9.30am – 10.00am: Panel Discussion: Industry Perspectives:

Margo Andrae – CEO, Pork Australia

Petr Adamek - CEO, Canberra Innovation Network

Olympia Yarger - CEO, Goterra

10.00am – 10.30am: Panel Discussion: Research Perspectives:

Dr. Anna Okello – Research Programme Manager, Livestock Systems Program, ACIAR

John Harvey - Managing Director, AgriFutures Australia,

Katie Ricketts - Senior Research Scientist, Sustainability Assessment & Metrics - CSIRO Research

10.30am – 11.00am: Coffee Break

11.00am – 11.30am: Panel Discussion: Policy Options:

Christine Mulhearn - Assistant Secretary of the Agriculture Policy Division, Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment

Dr Cate Rogers - Assistant Secretary of the Climate Financing and Programming Branch, Department of Foreign Affairs & Trade

11.30am -11.55pm: Future Options – Emerging and Over the Horizon + Q&A (Professor Mark Howden – Director of the Institute for Climate, Energy & Disaster Solutions at the Australian National University, Vice Chair, The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change)

11.55am - 12.00pm: Workshop Summary & Close

12.00pm – 1.00pm: Networking with light refreshments

To learn more about the 2035 Oceania Summit, visit www.2035.ag

The Canberra workshop programme is subject to change. The workshop will be following the venue guidelines around health & safety / COVID rules that apply at the time.