2010 Presentations

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Conference Welcome     

Tom Keene, Chairman Grain Trade Australia Conference Welcome  


 

Plenary Session 1 - Economic and market implications for the Australian grains industry

Alan Oster
Chief Economist, NAB
Economic outlook and implications for the commodity sector.
297KB
Dan Basse
President, AgResource
Global grains outlook and implications for importers and exporters.
3.5MB

 

Plenary Session 2 – Australian grains industry in a changing environment: is the trend to consolidation an opportunity or hindrance

 

Alan Winney
Chairman, Emerald Group Australia

A changing grains industry: where will globalisation and consolidation take us?
314KB
Alick Osborne
Managing Director, Louis Dreyfus Commodities
An evolving grains industry: are changing levels of market maturity and market structures creating new opportunities?
348KB
Stuart Jackson
Food, Beverages, Gaming & Agriculture Research, Australian Equities, J.P. Morgan
An analyst’s view of how to build attractiveness and confidence as an investment opportunity.
241KB

 

 


Plenary Session 3 – Adapting to social change
 

Mark McCrindle
McCrindle Research
Social change in Australia: Implications for consumers and the food industry.
919KB


 

Plenary Session 4 – Meeting Grains Demand in Asia: How is Australia positioned?

Grant Knuckey
Head of Institutional China, ANZ
Doing business in Asia: lessons for Australian grain exporters.
331KB
Masayuki Kikawa
Assistant Manager of Noodle & Pasta Team, Nippon Flour Mills
Overview of the flour market in Japan, what’s changing and how well Australian wheat is positioned.
550KB
Guy Allan
Operations Manager, Louis Dreyfus Commodities Australia
Trends in the Asian grain market: focus on China and how Australian grain is positioned.
4.6MB


 

Plenary Session 5 – Meeting demands for food, feed and fuel

 

Kirk Miller
Senior Advisor for New Technology and Trade, The North American Export Grain Association
Global trade flows: impact of FTA, new technologies and new demand on changing import/export patterns.
502KB
Dan Basse
President, AgResource
 
Biofuels demand and implications for sustainability.
3.5MB

Dr Klaus Schumacher
 Chairman Market & Agricultural Policy Section, Coceral

Implications of growth in GM ingredients for the EU food and feed industries.
246KB

 

 

 

 

Concurrent Session 1A: Developments in the Barley Market
 

 

Chris Brooks
Managing Director, Glencore Grain
Current and future trends in malt and feed barley markets.
2MB
Joe Fung
Director and Chief Raw Material Officer, Supertime Development Limited
A view of the China malting barley market: current and future trends.
8MB
Dr Mark Goldsmith
Process Development Chemist, Fosters Australia
The malt and barley supply/demand situation in Australia - a brewers perspective.
996KB

 


 

Concurrent Session 1B: 50 million tonnes: How do we get there?

Peter Carberry
Deputy Director, CSIRO Sustainable Agriculture Flagship
Meeting the productivity & sustainability challenges to Australian Agriculture till 2030
2.6MB
Mick Keogh
Executive Director, Australian Farm Institute
Agriculture: adapting to changes in climate
3.4MB
Alexandra Gartmann
CEO, Birchip Cropping Group
Production in a drier climate
1.3MB


 

Concurrent Session 1C: Feed grain industry: Where to for Australian grains’ major consumer

 

John Spragg
Executive Officer, Stockfeed Manufacturers Council of Australia
Profile of the feed grains industry: trends in demand

2MB
David Lock
Chief Executive, Craig Mostyn Group
The changing commercial environment in the feed grains supply chain
1MB
Professor Frank Dunshea
The University of Melbourne
Feed grains research: what’s been done, the gaps and where to from here?
3.6MB

 


 


Concurrent Session 2A
 

 

Part I: Role of Futures
Pete Anderson
CEO, FCStone Group Inc
US futures: Are they still relevant in the US and more importantly are they still relevant to the Australian grain industry?
891KB
Part II: Role of grower advisers in a changing market environment
Peter McInerney Principal Consultant, 3D-Ag How traditional consulting services are changing?
4.1MB
Rob Imray
Managing Director, Farmarco
A focus on marketing and risk management services
395KB
Brett Stevenson
Managing Director, Marketcheck

A new approach to marketing consulting
(No Presentation)

 
Tim Dean
Australian Grain Future Leader
Fuel Hedging: Investigate the development of a fuel hedging policy
296KB

 


 

Concurrent Session 2B: Reforming AQIS: How will the grains industry benefit?

 

Greg Read
Executive Manager Food Division, Biosecurity Australia
AQIS reform
167KB
Roger Fletcher
Managing Director, Fletcher International
AQIS reform: A meat industry perspective
(No Presentation)
 
Phillip Clamp
Quality Assurance Manager, GrainCorp
AQIS reform: A bulk grain perspective
(No Presentation)
 

 


  

Concurrent Session 3A: Meeting changing quality demands
 

Steve Jefferies
Chair, Wheat Breeding Reference Group
Wheat Quality Improvement in Australia - breeding wheat for competitive and changing markets
581KB
Robert Sewell
Chair, Wheat Classification Council
Wheat quality classification: current and future role, function and structure of the wheat quality classification in Australia
151KB
Dr Rod Mailer
Chair, Canola Quality Objectives Group
Helping the canola industry meet canola quality demands
4.2MB
Dave Jefferies
Australian Future Grain Leader
Australian Quality Grain develop a nationally consistent definition of Australian quality assured grain
4.4MB


 

Concurrent Session 3B: Export Logistics

Colin Tutt
General Manager, Operations CBH Group
Shipping logistics in Western Australia
2.3MB
Dennis Stephens
Secretary, Canada Grains Council
Shipping logistics in Canada
1.6MB
Robert Green
President, Australian Grain Exporters Association
Developing effective export logistics in the Australian grains industry: a exporters perspective
331KB
Kirk Miller
Senior Advisor for New Technology and Trade, North American Export Grain Association
Export logistics in the North American grains industry: lessons for Australia
271KB


 

Concurrent Session 3C: Industry Association Collaborative Partnerships- a new approach to extension delivery from two peak organisations

Richard Prusa
Australian Future Grain Leader
Pulse Marketing: Increasing pulse production in southern and Western Australia
720KB


 
 

Previous AGIC Presentations

Australian Grains Industry Conference 2009

Australian Grains Industry Conference 2008