Pre-2035 Oceania Summit 1/2 day workshop - Sydney

The Sydney pre-2035 Oceania Summit is designed to bring together New South Wales scientific & research community, its industry leaders, agribusiness & agritech companies, farmers & growers, regulators and policy makers to meet and discuss how agrifood tech innovation and on-farm application can help address the existential threat posed by climate change.

The 2035 Oceania Summit would like to acknowledge the significant support provided by Agrifutures Australia, Food Agility and Investible in assisting develop the Workshop Programme.

The Draft Sydney Workshop Programme

8.00am – 9.00am; Registration & Coffee on arrival

9.00am – 9.10am; Welcome and introduction to the day's themes from the MC

9.10am – 9.25am; Introduction to the 2035 Oceania Summit / What is happening in NZ + Q&A (Peter Wren-Hilton - Convener, The 2035 Oceania Summit)

9.25am – 9.45am; Keynote Speaker (to be confirmed)

9.45am – 10.05am: Rob Waterworth, CEO Mullion Group/FLINTPro. Measuring carbon in Australian cattle farming

10.05am – 10.45am: Panel Discussion - Targeting a Net-Zero food future

Introduction: Dr. Victoria Hatten; Director of Sustainability, PwC NZ

Nick Hazel – Founder, V2, Australia’s #1 plant based meat company

Professor Michelle Colgrave, Future Protein Lead, CSIRO

10.45am – 11.15am: Coffee Break

11.15am – 11.45am; Panel Discussion – Understanding the Importance of Supply Chains

Anna Spear, Greenstock, Woolworths

Stuart Austin, Farmer, Wilmot Cattle Company

3rd panellist to be confirmed

11.45am – 11.55am: Sam Brown, CEO Agricultural Innovation Australia. Introducing AIA and its programme around addressing sustainability and climate change

11.55am – 12.05pm: Tracey Martin, CEO Australian Agritech Association. How Australian agritech companies are addressing sustainability and climate-related challenges

12.05pm – 12.35pm; Panel Discussion – Securing Investment into the AgriFoodTech sector

Moderated by Phil Morle, (Partner, Main Sequence Ventures)

Sarah Nolet – Partner, Tenacious Ventures

Patrick Sieb – Partner, Investible

Mick Liubinskas – Founder, Climate Salad

12.35pm – 12.45pm; Wrap up (MC & Peter Wren-Hilton)

12.45pm – 1.45pm; Networking with light refreshments

To learn more about the 2035 Oceania Summit, visit

The Sydney workshop programme is subject to change. The workshop will be following the venue guidelines around health & safety / COVID rules that apply at the time.

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