Speakers, Chairs & Moderators
Our 2025 conference speakers and chairs are listed below with biographical details. Their address abstracts will be added as they become available.
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The Hon John Anderson AC, FTSE Chair, Crawford Fund |
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SIR JOHN CRAWFORD MEMORIAL ADDRESS The Hon Joel Fitzgibbon GradCertBA, GAICD Former Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry |
| VOTE OF THANKS |
| MINISTERIAL OPENING |
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SESSION 1 Dr Rachel Chicwamba (PhD, MBA) ACIAR Policy Advisory Council and CGIAR Integrated Partnership Board and Group Executive: Chemicals, Agriculture, Food and Health Division, The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), South Africa |
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SESSION 2 – Topic 1 Prof Richard Eckard Professor of Carbon Farming at the University of Melbourne and National program leader in the Carbon Research Centre for Net Zero Agriculture |
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SESSION 2 Dr Ando Radanielson Senior Scientist, International Rice Research Institute, Low carbon rice |
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SESSION 2 Ms Caitlin McConnel Australian Farmer & Lawyer on legal issues |
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SESSION 2 Dr Leanne Webb Science Lead, Asia-Pacific Climate Intelligence, CSIRO |
| SESSION 2 Dr Tyron Venn Senior Research Fellow, School of Agriculture and Food Sustainability UQ (MLA/QDPI/ACIAR projects) |
| SESSION 2 Dr Natalie Doran-Browne Principle Scientist, Ag Research Advisors, in-country partner in ACIAR project on measurement of GHG in Pacific |
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SESSION 3 – Topic 2 Dr Aditi Mukherji Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation Impact Action Platform of the CGIAR |
| SESSION 3 – Topic 2 Dr Viliamu Iese Senior Research Fellow and Acting Director, Drought Resilience & Climate, School of Agriculture, Food and Ecosystem Sciences |
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SESSION 3 Mr Shaun Coffey CEO, Crawford Fund |
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SESSION 4 Dr Purnima Menon Senior Director for Food and Nutrition Policy and Acting Senior Director, Transformation Strategies, IFPRI |
| SESSION 4 TBA |
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SESSION 4 Dr Sonia Aktar Associate Professor, Crawford School of Public Policy Resources, Environment and Development, ANU |
| SESSION 4 Acacio Sarmento da Silva Senior Research Analyst, WorldFish |
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SESSION 4 Ms Vyta Hanifah Researcher, National Research and Innovation Agency of Indonesia (BRIN Indonesia) |
| CONVERSATION Prof Wendy Umberger CEO, ACIAR |
| SUMMING UP AND THE WAY FORWARD |