Speakers, Chairs & Moderators
Our 2022 conference speakers and chairs are listed below with biographical details. Their address abstracts will be added as they become available.
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OPENING The Hon John Anderson AC Chair Crawford Fund |
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SIR JOHN CRAWFORD MEMORIAL ADDRESS Dr Audrey Aumua Chief Executive Officer, Fred Hollows Foundation NZ and Member, ACIAR Policy Advisory Council |
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VOTE OF THANKS Dr Beth Woods Member of Australia’s Commission for International Agricultural Research |
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SESSION 1 Jamie Isbister Ambassador for the Environment, First Assistant Climate Change and Sustainability Division, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade |
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SESSION 1 Professor Andrew Campbell Chief Executive Officer Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR) |
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SESSION 2 & 3 Dr Sandro Demaio CEO, VicHealth and former CEO of the EAT Foundation |
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SESSION 2 Dr Philip Pardey Professor Philip Pardey, Director, GEMS Informatics Center, College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences, University of Minnesota |
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SESSION 2 Dr Ravi Khetarpal Executive Secretary, APAARI and Chair, GFAR |
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SESSION 2 Dr Madaline Healey Crawford Fund Laos Volunteer; ACIAR Project Leader; Research Fellow, University of the Sunshine Coast |
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SESSION 2 Regina Bi Nukundj Senior Food Security Policy Officer, Department of Agriculture and Livestock, Papua New Guinea |
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MINISTERIAL ADDRESS Senator The Hon Murray Watt Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry |
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SESSION 3 Dr Jean Balié Regional Director, Southeast Asia and the Pacific, CGIAR Director General, IRRI |
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SESSION 3 Ms Logotonu Meleisea Waqainabete Programme Leader – Genetic Resources, Land Resources Division, SPC, Centre for Pacific Crops and Trees (CePaCT) |
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SESSION 3 Dr Anika Molesworth Crawford Fund NSW Committee, author, Young Farmer of the Year, NSW Young Achiever Award for Environment and Sustainability |
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SESSION 4 Ken Young Senior Manager Biosecurity and Regulation, GRDC |
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SESSION 4 Ms Jessica Raneri Senior Nutrition Sensitive Agriculture Advisor to ACIAR and Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade |
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SESSION 4 HE Robyn Mudie First Assistant Secretary, DFAT/ Former Ambassador to Vietnam |
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SESSION 4 Dr Jenny Gordon Member of the Australian International Agricultural Research Centre’s Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Advisory Panel, and the Asian Development Bank Institute’s Advisory Committee |
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SESSION 5 Dr Gabrielle Vivian-Smith Australian Chief Plant Protection Officer Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry |
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SESSION 5 Dr Alison Bentley Australian Director of CIMMYT Wheat Program |
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SESSION 5 Prof Neena Mitter Director of QAAFI Centre for Horticultural Science and the Australian Research Council Industrial Transformational Research HUB for Sustainable Crop Protection at The University of Queensland |
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SESSION 5 Dr David McGill Senior Research Fellow, Faculty of Veterinary and Agricultural Sciences , The University of Melbourne |
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SESSION 6 Allan Gyngell AO FAIIA National President of the Australian Institute of International Affairs |
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SESSION 6 Dr Robert Glasser Australian Strategic Policy Institute, Climate and Security Policy Centre, ANU |
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SESSION 6 Kylie Walker Chief Executive Officer, Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering (ATSE) |
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SESSION 7 Dr Colin Chartres CEO Crawford Fund |