Registrations are now open for Australia’s key food security event – the Crawford Fund for Food Security’s Annual Conference, which will be held on 10-11 August in the Great Hall at Parliament House in Canberra.
This year’s conference’s theme, Emerging Voices Shaping Regional Integration for a Food Secure World, will focus on how regional integration in agricultural research and innovation can strengthen food and nutrition security in a rapidly evolving geopolitical and climate environment. A series of case studies from across the Indo-Pacific will highlight agriculture as a driver of climate adaptation, economic stability, and regional peace, showcasing research that delivers practical solutions for nutrition, sustainability, and community resilience.
We will also consider how the changing climate is increasingly impacting communities across our region, with a pre-COP panel that considers what implementation of agri-climate solutions actually looks like.
The program offers much of interest to your colleagues across research, agriculture, climate change, food security and many other areas. Concessions for students and groups are also available.
The conference will open on 10 August with our conference dinner Keynote Address by The Hon Julie Collins MP, Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry. The event also features the Fund’s Chair, Ms Su McCluskey FCPA FTSE, and other eminent international and Australian speakers including:
- Keynote address: Dr Sandra Milach, Chief Scientist, CGIAR
- Keynote address: Dr Stefan Schmitz, Executive Director, Crop Trust
- Dr Himanshu Pathak, Director General, ICRISAT
- Ms Victoria Anderson, Secretary, Department of Agriculture Fisheries and Forestry
- Dr Tekini Nakidakida, Pacific policy action representative and Deputy Secretary Agriculture Department, Fiji, lead UNFCCC COP agriculture negotiator
- Ms Imelda ‘Dada’ Bacudo, FAO Convenor for Regional Momentum on Agri-climate Action & Contribution to NDCs
- Ms Sally Higgins, Youth Climate Champion for COP31
- Dr Sally Box, Head, International Climate Negotiations Division, Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water
- Mr Paul Serra, Chief Executive, SunRice Group
- Prof Jaquie Mitchell, Discipline Lead – Crop Science of School of Agriculture and Food Sustainability & Director of Research of School of Agriculture and Food Sustainability, University of Queensland
- Adjunct Professor Soane Patolo Jr, Chief Executive, MORDI Tonga Trust and Researcher, Australian Centre for Pacific Islands Research
- Dr Mohammed Mainuddin, Senior Principal Research Scientist, CSIRO Environment
- Dr Dennis Beesigamukama, Postdoctoral Fellow, ICIPE
- Dr Tony Pattison, Senior-Principal Researcher, Queensland Department of Primary Industries
Please see our conference website for further details.