WEATHERING THE ‘PERFECT STORM’
Addressing the Agriculture, Energy, Water, Climate Change Nexus
12-13 August 2019, Canberra
Speakers and Chairs
Our 2019 conference speakers and chairs are listed below with biographical details. Their address abstracts and presentations have been added where available.
Chair of the
Crawford Fund
Chief Executive Officer, Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR)
Professor of Economics at the University of Melbourne, Former Chairman of the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR) and of the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
Professor Sir Charles Godfray FRS
Director, Oxford Martin School,
Oxford University
Program Director, CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change,
Agriculture & Food Security
Professor Alice Joan G. Ferrer
Professor, Division of Social Sciences,
University of the Philippines Visayas
Senior Research Scientist,
CSIRO and member of RAID Network
Director General, The Energy and Resources Institute and Member of the Indian Prime Minister’s Council on Climate Change
Food Systems Advisor, Sustainable Development Investment Portfolio of DFAT’s South Asia Regional Program
Vice President,
National University of Laos
Principal Researcher,
International Water Management Institute
General Director for Academics and Research, Dept of Agriculture, Instituto Superior Politécnico de Manica, Mozambique (by video link)
Chief Executive Officer,
Biofilta Pty Ltd
Special Counsel Climate Risk Governance,
Minter Ellison
Professor Timothy G. Reeves FTSE
The Crawford Fund Board, Professor in Residence, Dookie Campus, FVAS, University of Melbourne and Former Director General of CIMMYT, Mexico
Chief Executive Officer
The Crawford Fund