SPEAKERS PRESENTATIONS TO
the Crawford Fund's Annual Development Conference

AGRICULTURE IN A CHANGING CLIMATE:
The New International Research Frontier

3 September 2008
The Theatrette, Parliament House, Canberra

SESSION 1: OPENING AND FIRST KEYNOTE ADDRESS
Opening Address
The Hon Tony Burke, Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry

Opening Keynote Address:
Climate Change, Sustainable Agriculture, and the Research Road Ahead
Ms Katherine Sierra, Vice President for Sustainable Development, World Bank; Chair, the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research

SESSION 2: CLIMATE CHANGE AND GLOBAL ISSUES
Innovative Solutions to New Invaders: Agricultural Pests, Diseases and Weeds
Dr Trevor Nicholls, Chief Executive, CAB International

Conserving Crop Diversity: Navigating Politics and Climate Change to Create a Global System
Dr Cary Fowler, Executive Director, Global Crop Diversity Trust

Helping Smallholder Farmers Deal with Climate Change
Dr Sergenet Kelemu, Research Director, Biosciences Eastern and Central Africa

SESSION 3: CLIMATE CHANGE AND INDUSTRY IMPACTS
Forests and Climate Change: Cause, Casualty, and the Opportunity to Capture Co-Benefits
Ms Frances Seymour, Director General, Centre for International Forestry Research

Impacts on Staple Crop Distribution and Yields
Dr Mark Howden, Theme Leader, CSIRO Climate Adaptation Flagship

A Systems Approach to Climate Change Impacts on Livestock Production
Dr Shaun Coffey, CEO, Industrial Research Limited, NZ

Impacts on Capture Fisheries and Aquaculture
Dr Rob Lewis, Executive Director, South Australian Research and Development Institute

SESSION 4: SECOND KEYNOTE ADDRESS
Climate Change and the Agricultural Mutation
Professor Ross Garnaut, Distinguished Professor at ANU, Vice Chancellor's Fellow at University of Melbourne, author of Garnaut Climate Change Review and Chair of the International Food Policy Research Institute PRESENTATION AVAILABLE SOON

SESSION 5: RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES AND THE WAY AHEAD
International and National Agricultural Research Frontiers
Mr Peter Core, Chief Executive Officer, Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research

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