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Global Forum for Innovations in Agriculture – Brisbane
27-November to 28-November from 09:30 to 16:00
Details
| Start: | Tuesday 27 November 2018 @ 9:30am | ||
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| End: | Wednesday 28 November 2018 @ 4:00pm | ||
| Cost: | Free | Event category: | Past event, People and business |
| Website: | www.gfiaaustralia.com | ||
| Venue |
Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre
Brisbane
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Improve the productivity of your farm or agribusiness.
Designed to support the Australian Government’s ambition to make agriculture a $100 billion industry by 2030 the Global Forum for Innovations in Agriculture will showcase hundreds of innovations to help Australian farmers improve the sustainability and sophistication of their food production business.
Conference programme:
Controlled Environments – view the programme
Session topics include:
- Can controlled environments and protected cropping feed the world?
- International market penetration for Australian smallholder farmers
- Expert talk: Automation and robotics
- Expert talk: Substrates
- In conversation with: Global growers
- Investment: Deals worth discussing
- Innovation sessions
Including speakers from: KPMG | Modular Farms Australia | Sundrop Farms | Hort Innovation | Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation | OneCrop | Farmer Meets Foodie | Hop the Wall | Quiedan Australia | Rocket Seeder Ltd
Precision Agriculture Theatre – view the programme
Session topics include:
- Digitization of agriculture: Challenges and opportunities for Australia’s food and water security
- Expert talk: Smart irrigation
- Innovation session: PA technologies for broad acre crops
- Panel: Farmers’ perspective
- Expert talk: Big data on the farm
- Innovation session: PA technologies for dairy and livestock
- Innovations Theatre – programme coming soon
- Panel: The future is robotic
- Expert talk: Sensors and irrigation for fruit and vegetable production
- Innovation session: PA technologies for fruit and vegetable crops
Including speakers from: National Farmers’ Federation | Integrity Systems Company | Jain Agriculture Services Australia | Mort & Co | Herbert Cane Productivity Services Ltd | Branson Farms | Lawson Grains Pty Ltd | The Yield | CSIRO | University of New England
Innovations Theatre – programme coming soon
A series of 10 minute talks from companies leading the way with pioneering solutions for sustainable agriculture.
2,000 FREE TICKETS ARE AVAILABLE
For more information, or to register please visit: www.gfiaaustralia.com