Meet our 2018 speakers
Anastasia Volkova
CEO and Founder, FluroSat
Andrew Chamberlin
Project Manager (Energy), Queensland Farmers’ Federation
Andrew Logan
Andrew Logan, CEO and Managing Director, OneCrop
Andrew Robson
Associate Professor - School of Science and Technology; Precision Agriculture Research Group, University of New England
Andrew Skinner
Manager - Solution Design and Information Architecture, Integrity Systems Company
Barbara George-Jaeggli
Research Fellow, Crop Physiology, Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation, The University of Queensland
Ben van Delden
Partner, Head of AgriFood Tech & Markets, KPMG Australia
Brian Ellis
Manager, Brian Ellis Consulting
Brooke Sauer
Digital Ag Manager, McGregor Gourlay
Caile Ditterich
CEO, AgriChain
Cameron Leeson
Founder, thingc Robotics
Cy Kovacich
Owner/Manager, Mighty Green Pty Ltd
Dave Swain
Professor of Agriculture, CQUniversity
David Smith
CEO and Co-Founder, Ceres Tag
Doug Fitch
Chief Executive Officer and Co-founder, Agworld
Dr Eric Dinglasan
Post-doctoral Researcher, Queensland Alliance for Agriculture & Food Innovation (QAAFI), The University of Queensland
Dr Greg Leach
Senior Policy Advisor, AgForce Queensland
Dr Heather Smyth
Senior Research Fellow, Queensland Alliance for Agriculture & Food Innovation (QAAFI), The University of Queensland
Dr Jamie Barwick
Associate Lecturer - Precision Agriculture, School of Environmental and Rural Science, University of New England (UNE)
Dr Kirsty Bayliss
Dr Kirsty Bayliss, Senior Lecturer/Academic Chair, Biosecurity and Food Security, Murdoch University
Dr Peyman Moghadam
AgTech Cluster Leader for Robotics and Autonomous Systems, CSIRO Data61
Dr Sebastien Wong
CTO, Consilium Technology
Dr Vino Rajandran
R&D Manager – Plant Breeding and Biotechnology, Hort Innovation
Erica Hughes
Erica Hughes, Founder, Farmer Meets Foodie
Fabian Gallo
Founder/Managing Director/ Sales Manager, Farm in ONE
Felicity Turner
Chief Customer Officer, The Yield
Geert Hendrix
CEO, Farmwall (partners with Eponic and Sonaray)
Geoff Carroll
Networks Engineer, Powertec
Geoff Harvey
National Marketing & Training Manager, Irrigation Australia
Henrietta Child
Co-founder and CEO, AgPick Technology
Jacki Steel
Director Engagement, the Queensland Government Department of Innovation, Tourism Industry Development and the Commonwealth Games
James Burnett
Substrates Manager, Quiedan Australia
James Pateras
Director, Modular Farms Australia
John Fargher
Co-founder, AgriWebb
John Leslie
Executive Director and Chief Design Engineer, Vertical Farm Systems
Karen Caston
Senior Investment Specialist, Agribusiness and Food, Austrade
Lawrence Di Bella
Herbert Cane Productivity Services Limited (HCPSL)
Louise Gall
Project Officer, Gwydir Valley Irrigators Association (GVIA)
Mark Branson
General Manager, Branson Farms. Founding Member & Former President, SPAA
Mark Orr
Co-Founder, Zero Harm Farm
Mark Tobin
General Manager, DataMuster
Matt Truman
Lead Systems Engineer, The Australian Centre for Field Robotics
Matthew Pryor
CEO, Observant/Jain & NED, Rocket Seeder
Meg Kummerow
Owner, Fly the Farm
Mike Krause
CEO, P2PAgri
Morag Meikle
Founder & CEO, MFC
Nicolas Tsurukawa
Japan Country Manager, Urban Crop Solutions
Oli Madgett
Co-Founder, Platfarm
Oliver Smith
Mechanical Engineer, AJS Machinery
Oscar Ellison
Director, Levno Limited
Patrick Shortt
Dynamics Technical Architect, Microsoft
Paul Gapes
General Manager, Pacific Data Systems
Paul Storer
Soil Microbiologist and Agricultural Consultant, Troforte Innovations Pty Ltd
Pete Lewis
Agricultural communication specialist (Former ABC Landline producer)
Philip Duggan
LinkFresh Product Specialist, Dialog Information Technology
Pieter van Jaarsveld
Chief Executive Officer, IDS Australasia Pty Limited
Prof. David Lamb
Chief Scientist, Food Agility Cooperative Research Centre (CRC)
Professor Craig Baillie
Director, National Centre for Engineering in Agriculture, University of Southern Queensland
Professor Graeme Hammer
Centre Director, Centre for Crop Science
Professor Ian Godwin
Professor, School of Agriculture and Food Sciences
Professor Neena Mitter
Director, Centre for Horticultural Science, Queensland Alliance for Agriculture & Food Innovation (QAAFI), The University of Queensland
Professor Robert Henry
Institute Director, Queensland Alliance for Agriculture & Food Innovation (QAAFI), The University of Queensland
Richard Heath
Executive Director, the Australian Farm Institute
Richard Ward
Chief Operating Officer, Apunga
Robyn Bryant
Director, AgForce
Rohan Bicknell
Director, Produce Art Pty Ltd
Russell Cavill
CEO, Lawson Grains
Sarah Nolet
CEO, AgThentic
Scott Braund
National Feedlot Manager, Mort & Co
Scott Rusby
Engineering Manager, Bluelab
Sharon O’Keeffe
National Farm Machinery and Agricultural Technology Writer, Fairfax Agricultural Media
Susan McDonald
Managing Director, Super Butcher
Terence Ryan
LinkFresh Australian NZ product manager, Dialog Information Technology
The Honourable Mark Furner MP
Minister for Agricultural Industry Development and Fisheries
Tim Burrow
CEO, Agribusiness Australia
Tim Gentle
Founder, Digital Crusader and Educator, Think Digital
Timothy Allan
CEO, UBCO Ltd
Tony Amorico
Director, Ecas4 Australia
Tracy Constable
the Queensland Stakeholder Engagement Manager, AusIndustry within the Federal Government’s Department of Industry, Innovation and Science
Vivienne McCollum
Principle Consultant, AGKServices