Monday 15 May

Tuesday 16 May

Plenary Sessions

Keynote speech and official opening

Anne Ruston

Where to begin

Barry Irvin

The future of work: Putting people into the heart of the food pyramid

Jaquie Scammell

Culture - Do you have an emerging risk?

Lone Jespersen

The changing consumer decision journey: Seven key themes impacting behaviour

Sean Sands

Attitudes are contagious, fostering great ones is fundamental to a great organisational culture

Tom O’Toole

Fresh Marketing Insights

Left brain - right brain: Unpacking what makes a great fresh produce brand

Lisa Cork & Gianni Russo

Need innovation? Get inside the box!

Rachel Audigé

Irrigation Australia

Improved bean and carrot irrigation using automated site-specific control

Alison McCarthy

Water meters as a compliance and farm tool

Bruce Weir

Certification in the irrigation industry

Gennaro Vellotti

Review of current vegetable irrigation technologies

Luke Jewell

Assessing pumping energy efficiency in the 21st century

Robert Welke

Onions Australia

Views of vegetable production after 45 years in field and in the plant

Bill Dean

The power of the Dutch onion industry

Jacob Wiskerke

Wednesday 17 May

Plenary Sessions

The Hon Jeffery Kennett AC, Mal Coutts, Stuart Jennings and Linda Bertram

Mental Health Panel Q&A

Less talk, more action: Investing and building technology to grow Australian agriculture

Sam Trethewey

AUSVEG CEO James Whiteside and PMA A-NZ CEO Darren Keating

State Of The Industry

Fresh Marketing Insights

Introducing the brand temple: Connect with consumers in a whole new way

Lisa Cork & Gianni Russo

Beyond the supermarket shelf: Connecting fresh with the online Australian consumer

Megan Treston

Marketer of the Year Awards 2017 finalists

Produce Plus & PMA A-NZ

Fresh Business Perspectives

Blockchain: What is it, and what can it do for fresh produce?

Emma Weston

Plant biosecurity: Exotic plant pest responses

Nick Secomb

The real impacts of product recall

Peter McGee

Value-adding to agricultural biomass waste

Vincent Bulone

Australian Organic

Release of Australian organic market report 2016 [and] Certification Process, Certification Standards

Andrew Monk & Elizabeth Bradley

How certification fits into Peninsula Fresh Organics' business

Wayne Shields

Workplace Relations Workshop

Fair Farms Initiative Launch and update on the Modern Award review

Anne Ruston, Rachel Mackenzie & Clare Hamilton-Bate

Helping growers to understand their obligations under the Fair Work legislation to manage their business risks

Donna Mogg