Thankyou to our 2024 Conference and Expert Stage Speakers Loading Olympia Yarger Chief Executive Officer, ACT Australian of the Year 2023, GOTERRA Emma Germano President & Chair of the Board, Victorian Farmers Federation Katie McRobert General Manager, Australian Farm Institute David Lamb Chief Scientist, Food Agility Cooperative Research Centre, Australia Sarah Corcoran CEO, Plant Health Australia Natalie Collard CEO, Farmers for Climate Action Caitlin McConnel Grazier and Senior Associate, Clayton Utz Brandon Stannett Managing Director for Australia and NZ, CNH Industrial David Jochinke President, National Farmers' Federation Dr Ian Goodwin Research Leader Crop Physiology | Plant Production Sciences | Agriculture Victoria Research Honorary Principal Fellow, University of Melbourne, Department of Energy Environment and Climate Action (DEECA) Kieran Murphy Senior Officer Agriculture Resources Sciences, Agriculture Victoria Research, Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action (DEECA) Tim Neale MD, DataFarming | President, AusAgritech Stu Adam Founder & CEO, Agronomeye Andrew Henderson Principal, Agsecure Craig Shephard Senior Researcher (BSc) Applied Agricultural Remote Sensing Centre (AARSC), University of New England Dr Kate Burke Managing Director, Think Agri Dr Simon Nordestgaard Principal Engineer, Australian Wine Research Institute Dr Rose Roche Principal Research Scientist, Lead Ag2050 Program, CSIRO Agriculture and Food Angela Williamson Director of Blue Policy & Planning, Blue Economy CRC Fiona Turner Co-founder & CEO, Bitwise Agronomy Bonnie Skinner Chief Executive Officer, Sheep Producers Australia Dr Angeline Achariya CEO, Innovation GameChangers Pip Grant Chief Executive Officer, Riverine Plains Mark Fletcher Agribusiness Researcher Frank Zeichner Founding CEO of IoT Alliance Australia, IotAA, IoT Alliance Australia Brooke Donnelly GM Sustainability, Coles Group Maria Crawford Innovation and Sustainability Manager, Coles Livestock Andrew & Jane Mercer Owners, Springwood Cattle Farm Dan Winson Zetifi Gabi Ceregra Data Policy Manager, National Farmers' Federation and Food Agility CRC Jason Bloxsidge Content Development Officer: On-Farm Connectivity and Small Business, Regional Tech Hub Dr Abhik Banerjee Associate Director | Digital Innovation Lab - Senior Research Fellow, Swinburne University of Technology Georgia Stormont Founder & Head Coach, Curious Georgia Coaching, Curious Georgia Coaching Brad Fischer Dairy Farmer, Meningie West Luke Chaplain Grazier and Founder, SkyKelpie Grace Hosking Project Manager, The Victoria Drought Resilience Adoption and Innovation Hub Kayla Evans Project Manager, AgCAREERSTART National Farmers' Federation Meg Lovegrove General Manager, AusAgritech Josie Clarke Founder, Abiity Agriculture Joshua Gilbert Indigenous Consultant, Agriculturist & Innovator Stephen Todd Project Developer, Volt Farmer Andrew Whitelaw Founder & Director, Episode 3 Tyson Hackwood Partners Products & ESG, Pairtree Intelligence Dr Katherine Clift Executive Director, Biosecurity Victoria | Agriculture Victoria James Wagstaff Editor, The Weekly Times Shakira Johnson Biosecurity Coordinator for Farm Biosecurity, AUSVEG Stuart Tighe CEO & Founder, Pure Grain Network Prof. Robin Doss Director, Centre for Cyber Resilience and Trust Darren Keating Executive General Manager Agriculture, Melbourne Royal Chris Komorek Communications and Marketing Manager, AgTech Finder Scott Gunther General Partner, IAG Firemark Ventures Jonathan Medway Charles Sturt University, (Digital Farm) Glen Clarke Director, Ability Agriculture Foundation Nicole Saunders Gippsland Dairy Farmer | 2022 The Weekly Times Coles Farmer of The Year Simon Foley General Manager for Australia, New Zealand, Agworld Angus Blair CEO, Lawson Grains Olivia Lawson Stud Beef Producer | 2020 Coles The Weekly Times Beef Farmer of the Year Charles Thomas Deputy CEO, National Farmers' Federation Dr Tasmyn Murray CEO, Josh's Rainbow Eggs Fiona Best Regional Director | Vic Hub Drought and Innovation, CEO | Birchip Cropping Group Dr Ha Nguyen Research Scientist Spatio-temporal Decisions Team, CSIRO Dr Ben Trevaskis Research Director Systems Program, CSIRO Brett Hosking Board Director, Farmers for Climate Action Tony May Head of Sales, Bayer Crop Science - ANZ Stuart Shepherd Managing Director, Redhanded Jamie Pepper Farmer, Pepper Partnership Michael Macolino Independent Advisor, AgriFood Tech Innovation and Investment Dr Everard Edwards Team Leader Agrisensing Analytics Team, CSIRO Ian Krimmer FutureAg Expert Stage MC Tim Gilbert FutureAg Conference MC Nick Seymour Founder of Farmo, Inventor of the Water Rat Evannah Jayne Director, Terran Industries A/Prof. Chao Chen Agricultural Robotics Researcher, Monash University C.V. Prakash Chief Visionary and Founder, CV Hydro Australia Matt Dalgleish Founder & Director, Episode 3 Rhiannan McPhee Project Manager, Riverine Plains Aaron Lewtas Manager - Victoria & Tasmania, Off-Grid Energy Australia Lud Uitdewilligen Product Manager, Beeleap Alice Mabin Founder, AgriShots Cedric Geffen Country Manager – Australia / New Zealand, WiseConn Medi Zaboli Regional Manager ANZ & ME, Sentek Technologies James Turtle Business Development Manager – South West Region, MagrowTec Emmett Williams Head of Commercial Solutions, Flow Power Ben Pankhurst Chief Technology Officer | Co-Founder, Agtech By Design Catherine Velisha Founder, Veg Education Peter Johnston Managing Director, Hone Corporation Dr Phillip Zada Founder, Stoktake Lisa Millar Co-Host, ABC News Breakfast Russ Fowler and Molly Farmer and Muster Dog Ben Fessey General Manager Trading, Olam Orchards Eitan Dan Managing Director, CropX Australia David Pattison Machine Learning Engineer, Agent Oriented Software Nick Watts Research Director, Innovate Ag Michael Cook Business Development Manager, Growth Ag Marc Smith New Holland Product Segment Manager - Broadacre, CNH Industrial Lawrence Polga Product Manager, CASE IH Jeremy Duniam Head of Precision Technology ANZ, CNH Hayden Hollis Director, Agricore Frederic Dupont Chief Operating Officer, MagrowTec Andrew Kennedy Owner, Kennedy Spraying Services A/Prof Amy Cosby Deputy Director of the CQU Institute for Future Farming Systems and the Head of the Agricultural Education and Extension Cluster Mark Pullin GM Education & Training, Veg Education Andrew Kissel Product Manager – Seeding and Tillage, CNH Daniel Franklin Senior Account Manager, ANZ Myriota Dan Howard Head of Commercial Sales, Juice Energy Group Ciaram Granger Founder and Managing Director, MyEnergy Engineering Kevin Stiles Senior Sales Development Manager, Grundfos Jeremy Matuszewski Founder and President, Thunderstruck Ag Equipment Benedikt Nickel Next2Sun Technology
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