Day One Tuesday 29 July
Session One - A new era for wheat marketing
Ahmed Fahour, Executive Director & Chief Executive Officer Australia, National Australia Bank Global economic outlook and implications for the agriculture sector
Peter Jones, General Manager Marketing ABB Grain Global outlook for the grains industry and implications for Australia
Teh Wee Chye, Managing Director, Malayan Flour Mills Some thoughts from an Australian Wheat customer - what is important to us?
Session Two - Opportunities for the Australian grains industry
Mike Guerin, Managing Director, Elders Positioning the Australian grains industry for growth: financing and risk management
Peter Reading, Managing Director GRDC Positioning the Australian grains industry for growth: innovation
Session Three - Opportunities for Australian grains in export markets
Tony Day, Cargill Australia An Australian’s perspective on the growth and future demand in the Chinese grain and oilseeds sector
Robert Wicks, Business Unit Manager Barley and Malt, ABB Grain Changes in the malt market
Murad Al-Katib President of Saskan Pulse Trading Coy Globalisation of trade and implications for the pulse industry
Session Four - Panel Session Analysing the Soft Commodities Boom and implications for the Grains Industry
Bryce Banfield, CBH
Robert Green, Australian Grain Exporters Association
Anthony Abraham, Macquarie Bank <No paper>
Leo Delahunty, Templemore Partners
Brett Stevenson, Market Check
Day Two Wednesday 30 July
Session Five - Climate Change – challenges and solutions for the grains industry
John Williams, Commissioner Natural Resources NSW and Member, Wentworth Group of Concerned Scientists The grains industry and climate change policy
Andrew Hall, Director of Corporate and Public Affairs Woolworths Limited The retailer’s perspective: Is this latest supermarket trend to go green just another marketing tool
Dave Miller, Director of Research and Commodity Services for the Iowa Farm Bureau Federation Experience with a farmer emissions trading scheme
Session Six - Industry profitability – managing risk
James Fazzino CFO Incitec Pivot The Incitec Pivot story and outlook for fertilizer prices
Bernard Belk , Director, Globals & Large Risks, Swiss Reinsurance Company Risk transfer solutions for corporate agribusiness clients
Rebecca Willson, Marketing Manager Hedging Products Australia, Cargill, South Africa Market volatility and risk management– causes and implications for the Australian grains industry
Dr Simon McKirdy CEO CRC Plant Biosecurity Phosphine and protectant resistance in stored grain insects: status and implications for Australia
Session Seven - The genetic revolution
David Stark, Vice President of Consumer Traits Monsanto, St Louis The Monsanto pipeline for GM crops
Daren Coppock, CEO, National Association of Wheat Growers GM crops: experience from the US and future directions
Damian Honey, Partner, Holman Fenwick & Willan, London The legal implications and risk management tools from trading GM grains
Keith Alcock, Molecular Plant Breeding CRC Global developments in coexistence
Full paper
Professor German Spangenberg, Chairman, Organising Committee Launch of the GM Coexistence Conference 2009