Speakers and Chairs

Our 2018 conference speakers and chairs are listed below with biographical details. Their address abstracts and presentations have been added where available.

 

 

The Hon Julie Bishop MP
Minister for Foreign Affairs

 

 

The Hon John Anderson AO
Chair of the Crawford Fund

 

 

Ms Frances Adamson
Secretary, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Australian Government

 

 

Dr Alessandro Demaio
Chief Executive Officer, Eat Foundation and co-host of the ABC television show Ask the Doctor

 

 

Dr Jessica Fanzo
Co-chair of the Global Nutrition Report; Senior Nutrition and Food Systems Officer, UN FAO; and Bloomberg Distinguished Professor, Johns Hopkins University

 

 

Prof Andrew Campbell
Chief Executive Officer, Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR)

 

 

Dr Anna Okello
Associate Research Programme Manager, Livestock Systems, ACIAR

 

 

Joanna Kane-Potaka
Assistant Director General, External Relations, International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), and Executive Director, Smart Food

 

 

Dr Marco Wopereis
Director General, World Vegetable Center

 

 

Professor Glenn Denning
Professor of Professional Practice, School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University and Earth Institute

 

 

Tania Paul
Horticulture Team Leader and Research Fellow, Charles Darwin University and Crawford Fund Northern Territory Committee Coordinator

 

 

Philmah Seta Waken
Agronomist, Papua New Guinea National Agricultural Research Institute and Masters Candidate in Agricultural Science with an ACIAR John Dillon Fellowship at the University of Queensland

 

 

Annie Major
Senior Manager, Adam Smith International, Asia Pacific

 

 

Dr Jessica Bogard
Nutrition Systems Scientist, CSIRO

 

 

Dr Shamia Chowdhury
Nutrition Specialist, WorldFish

 

 

Associate Professor Alex Johnson
School of BioSciences, Faculty of Science, University of Melbourne

 

 

Rebecca Boustead
Head of Corporate Communications, Government Relations and Public Affairs, Kellogg Asia Pacific

 

 

Professor Robyn Alders AO
Professor of Food and Nutrition, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Sydney

 

 

Dr Mario Herrero
Chief Research Scientist at CSIRO Agriculture and Food

 

 

Professor Maggie Gill
Chair of the Independent Science & Partnership Council, CGIAR

 

 

Dr Sarah Pearson
Chief Innovation Officer, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade

 

 

Malcolm Thompson
Deputy Secretary, Department of Agriculture and Water Resources