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Tuesday 27th March, 2018

Westin Hotel, Sydney

8.15am Registration Opens 9.00am Conference Opening & WelcomePaul Whittaker, Editor in Chief, The Australian 9.05am Keynote Address Anthony Pratt, Executive Chairman, Visy 9.15am Keynote Address Sunny Verghese Co-founder and Group Chief Executive Officer, Olam InternationalRe-imagining global agriculture: How Sunny turned Olam into a $A20 billion world trader, farmer and processor, the third biggest agribusiness in the world 9.45am In Conversation Rod Sims Chair, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, discusses the big retailers, unconscionable conduct, the dairy industry, Murray Goulburn’s demise, free-range eggs and the regulatory year ahead with The Australian’s John Durie

10.15am MORNING TEA 10.40am Panel Discussion The “dining boom” is underway and farmers – and their bank accounts - are prospering; how long can the good times last?Khan Horne General Manager, NAB Agribusiness, Sheriden Morris Chair, Developing Northern Australia CRC and Ticky Fullerton, Sky News

11am Panel Discussion Water, technology, climate change and the big unknowns for Australian agriculture.Mick Keogh Chief Executive Officer, Australian Farm Institute, Phillip Glyde Chief Executive Officer, Murray Darling Basin Authority, and Sue Neales The Australian’s Specialist Agriculture Writer 11.20am Panel Discussion Why agricultural companies are rushing to float on the ASX and which agricultural, food and agtech stocks are running hot. Doug Rathbone, Chair, Rathbone Wine Group, Hugh Robertson Bell Potter stockbroker and agribusiness investment specialist, Damon Kitney, Victorian Business Editor, The Australian

11.40am In Conversation Darren Thomas Chief Executive Officer, Thomas Foods International, discusses crisis management and how the company coped with a devastating fire at its biggest export abattoir with Sue Neales, The Australian’s Specialist Agriculture Writer 11.55am Panel DiscussionWill food processing and manufacturing in Australia go the same way as the car industry?Rene Dedoncker Chief Executive Officer, Fonterra Australia, Tanya Barden CEO, Australian Food and Grocery Council, Terry O’Brien Chairman of Clean Seas Ltd and Bundaberg Brewed Drinks Pty Ltd and Director Bega Cheese Ltd and Eric Johnston Business Editor, The Australian 12.20pm LUNCH Tailor the conference to your needs. After a highly successful innovation last year, Global Food Forum attendees can once again choose to take part in one of the roundtable discussions over lunch, with each table chaired by a prominent industry leader and focusing on a specific agribusiness sector or issue. An alternate lunch will be offered in the Global Food Forum networking hub. 1.30pm Panel Discussion How digital disruption and e-commerce is changing the face of farming and food retailing.Levi Aron Chief Executive Officer, Deliveroo, Anna Speer Chief Executive Officer, AuctionsPlus and Eli Greenblat Retail Writer, The Australian 1.50pm Panel Discussion Why foreign companies and Australian super funds are racing to invest in Australian agriculture.Martin Foreman Chief Executive Officer, Paine Schwartz (Australia), Sam Sicilia Chief Investment Officer, Hostplus Superannuation Fund and Damon Kitney, Victorian Business Editor, The Australian 2.10pm In Conversation: Fiona Simson President, National Farmers’ Federation, talks to Sky News’ Ticky Fullerton about foreign investment, water and the right to farm 2.20pm Panel Discussion Cracking the China market: exporting, e-marketing and the Chinese diagou phenomenon.Jessica Rudd Chief Executive Officer, Jessica’s Suitcase, AACo Director, Livia Wang Chief Executive Officer, Access China and Glenda Korporaal Associate Editor-Business, The Australian 2.40pm Panel DiscussionFarming with and without chemicals, global farming trends, GMOs and the organic boom.Dalene Wray, Chief Executive Officer, OBE Organic, Richard Dickmann, New technology development and outreach, Bayer Australia and Sue Neales, Specialist Agriculture Writer, The Australian

3pm AFTERNOON TEA

3.25pm In ConversationIs the food future all about “fake” meat, synthesised foods and 3D-printed meals?Mark Post Chief Executive Officer, Mosa Meat, with Damon Kitney, Victorian Business Editor, The Australian

3.40pm Panel Discussion Eating for health, drinks with a purpose, meat-free Mondays and plant-based proteins; how do food businesses react when consumers demand socially, ethically and environmentally responsible food? Rory Macleod Chief Executive Officer, Freedom Foods, Frances Bender Executive Director, Huon Aquaculture and Sue Neales, Specialist Agriculture Writer, The Australian 4pm Panel Discussion Edible flowers, warrigal greens, insect ice cream and local foods; the new food fads.Maggie Beer Founder, Maggie Beer Products, Jan Vydra Chief Executive Officer, Australian Fresh Leaf Herbs and Eli Greenblat, Retail Writer and foodie, The Australian 4.15pm Conference Review and Wrap Barry Irvin, Chief Executive Officer, Bega Cheese chews the fat with Damon Kitney and Sue Neales, The Australian 4.30pm Close. Drinks

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