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Sunday 30 October 202216:00–17:30Registration desk open17:00–18:30The Origins of Agriculture with Prof Bruce Pascoe and Assoc Prof Alison Crowther*This pre-conference event requires a ticket for entry and spaces are limited. Conference delegates can purchase tickets when completing their registration.Monday 31 October 20227:00–20:00Registration desk open08:00–10:00Conference official openingPlenary speaker 1: Agricultural sustainability and trade – opportunities and challengesMs Su McCluskey, Special Representative for Australian Agriculture, Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, AustraliaPlenary speaker 2: Dr Haven Baker, Co-Founder and Chief Business Officer, Pairwise, USA10:00–10:25ThemeMorning Tea, sponsored byAgribusiness, value chains,and the bioeconomyPredictive agricultureSustainable agrifood systemsHealthy agricultureand food for healthy communitiesAgFuturesHarlanConcurrent symposium session 110:30–12:301.1 The AgriFood and Internet of FarmsTraction Program: Insights from theNetherlands and Denmark – to andbeyond 100 billion1.2 Application of digital technologies in 1.3 Tropical beef systems: Reproductive 1.4 Emerging foods for healthagriculture: Plant-Canopy-Field-Region efficiency and carbon neutralitygold sponsor1.6 Investigating traditional foodproduction systems in Mithaka countrysymposium sponsorChairpersons: Ben van Delden and PiersHogarth-Scott, KPMGChairpersons: Prof Pablo Zarco-Tejada, The Chairperson: Mr David Phelps, TropicalUniversity of Melbourne, School ofNorth Queensland Drought ResilienceAgriculture and Food, Faculty of VeterinaryAdoption and Innovation Hub, Australiaand Agricultural Sciences (FVAS) andDepartment of Infrastructure Engineering,Faculty of Engineering and InformationTechnology (FEIT) and Prof AndriesPotgieter, The University of Queensland,Queensland Alliance for Agriculture andFood Innovation (QAAFI), AustraliaChairpersons: Dr Michael Netzel and MsGethmini Kodagoda, The University ofQueensland, Queensland Alliance forAgriculture and Food Innovation (QAAFI),AustraliaChairperson: Dr Tim Smith, Department ofAgriculture and Fisheries, AustraliaChairpersons: Dr Michael Westaway, TheUniversity of Queensland and Mr JoshuaGorringe, Mithaka Aboriginal Corporation,AustraliaPanel session covering the insightsgathered by the Traction Tour delegates tothe Netherlands and how this relates towhat is happening in Australia, theCircularity and Data Exchanges amongstother things.Trait dissection to study abiotic stresstolerance in cereals – from controlledenvironment to the fieldDr Bettina Berger, The University ofAdelaide, School of Agriculture, Food andWine, Faculty of Sciences, Engineering andTechnology, AustraliaPractical interventions to reduce calfwastage and herd mortality in northernsystemsProf Luis Prada e Silva, The University ofQueensland, Queensland Alliance forAgriculture and Food Innovation (QAAFI),AustraliaCommunity-based food system fortraditional African vegetables in LimpopoSouth AfricaProf Dharini Sivakumar, Tshwane Universityof Technology, South AfricaCarbon as a catalyst to creating resilientfood crops and profitMr Shane Quinn, Mulgowie FarmingCompany, AustraliaA multidisciplinary investigation of anAboriginal ‘centre’ of food productionDr Michael Westaway, The University ofQueensland, AustraliaUnderstanding the nexus betweenproductivity, profitability andsustainability of northern beef systems ina variable climateDr Diane Mayberry, CommonwealthScientific and Industrial ResearchOrganisation (CSIRO), AustraliaPromoting indigenous leadership andownership of the native food value chainfor sustainable outcomesMs Sophie Ader, ARC IndustrialTransformation Training Centre for UniquelyAustralian Foods, The University ofQueensland, AustraliaCarbon and animal production systemsMr Sam Churchill, JBS, AustraliaThe mines of the Mithaka: Aboriginalsandstone mining in Channel CountryMr Doug Williams, Griffith University,AustraliaDeriving radiation use efficiency fromhyperspectral sensing for enhancedsorghum production in AustraliaDr Barbara George-Jaeggli, The University ofQueensland, Queensland Alliance forAgriculture and Food Innovation (QAAFI),AustraliaSolutions for a nature positive beefindustryMs Naomi Wilson, Environment andSustainability, AACo, AustraliaPotential aquaculture species asemerging foodDr Glenn Anderson, Department ofAgriculture and Fisheries, AustraliaCarbon in forestry systemsMr Simon Dorries, Responsible Wood,AustraliaReconstructing ethnobotany on MithakacountryDr Jennifer Silcock, The University ofQueensland; Queensland Herbarium,AustraliaSpatiotemporal patterns of phenology forgrain crops revealed with S2 satelliteimageryDr Yan Zhao, The University of Queensland,AustraliaCan feed additives contribute to methanemitigation in Northern herds?Dr Sarah Meale, The University ofQueensland, School of Agriculture and FoodSciences (SAFS), AustraliaGoat meat a promising source of proteinfor diet diversityProf Louwrens Hoffman, The University ofQueensland, Queensland Alliance forAgriculture and Food Innovation (QAAFI),AustraliaThe centrality of organic carbon inbalancing the multifunctional nature ofsoilsProf Peter Kopittke, Soil Science and PlantNutrition, The University of Queensland,School of Agriculture and Food Sciences(SAFS), AustraliaArchaeobotanical evidence for wood andseed exploitation from an AboriginalGunyah SiteProf Andrew Fairbairn, The University ofQueensland and Dr Nathan Wright,University of New England, AustraliaAssessing plant functioning with planttraits using hyperspectral imagery,radiative transfer models and machinelearning approachesDr Carlos Camino, JRC – EuropeanCommissionNitrogen use efficiency and nitrogen lossin cattle systemsDr Karen Eyre, The University ofQueensland, Queensland Alliance forAgriculture and Food Innovation (QAAFI),AustraliaEnsuring the future of taro - a food staple Carbon opportunity decision supportDr Bradley Cambell, The University ofMs Katie McRobert, Australian FarmQueensland, Queensland Alliance forInstitute, AustraliaAgriculture and Food Innovation (QAAFI),AustraliaMithaka Aboriginal corporationThe future of Mithaka farmingMr Josh Gorringe and Ms ShawneeGorringe, Mithaka Aboriginal Corporation,AustraliaFluorescence and plant pigmentsquantified from hyperspectral sensors forbiotic and abiotic stress detectionProf Pablo Zarco-Tejada, The University ofMelbourne, School of Agriculture and Food,Faculty of Veterinary and AgriculturalSciences (FVAS), AustraliaEnvironmental stress and reproductiveefficiency in northern AustraliaDr John Gaughan, The University ofQueensland, School of Agriculture and FoodSciences (SAFS), AustraliaEstablishing a value proposition for theBunya NutMs Jaqueline Moura Nadolny, The Universityof Queensland, School of ChemicalEngineering, AustraliaAgricultural origins in Mithaka country?Prof Bruce Pascoe, The University ofMelbourne, Australia2.1 Creating value from food waste2.2 Artificial Intelligence and machinelearning applications in agriculture2.3 Improved soil fertility for healthierenvironments and reduced agriculturalproduction risks2.4 Partnerships for Food SystemTransformation – diverse knowledgesystems, capacity and approachesdriving equitable, healthy, sustainablefuturesChairperson: Ms Francesca GoodmanSmith, Fight Food Waste CRC, AustraliaChairperson: Prof Ben Hayes, The Universityof Queensland, Queensland Alliance forAgriculture and Food Innovation (QAAFI),AustraliaChairperson: Dr Nicole Robinson, TheUniversity of Queensland, School ofAgriculture and Food Sciences (SAFS),AustraliaChairpersons: Ms Larelle McMillan,Chairperson: Dr Penny Measham,Commonwealth Scientific and IndustrialDepartment of Agriculture and Fisheries,Research Organisation (CSIRO) and DrAustraliaSaleha Akter, The University of Queensland,Queensland Alliance for Agriculture andFood Innovation (QAAFI), AustraliaChairperson: Dr Sally Norton, AustralianGrains Genebank Agriculture Victoria,AustraliaFrontiers research into food waste inAustraliaMr Tom McCue, Hort Innovation, AustraliaThe future of AI and machine learningProf Helen Huang, The University ofQueensland, School of InformationTechnology and Electrical Engineering(ITEE), AustraliaMatching crop to environment advancing nitrogen efficiency insugarcaneDr Nicole Robinson, The University ofQueensland, School of Agriculture and FoodSciences (SAFS), AustraliaDefining and designing food systemsProf Damian Hine, The University ofQueensland, Queensland Alliance forAgriculture and Food Innovation (QAAFI),AustraliaA history of phytosanitary market accessresearch enabling export of AustralianmangoesMr Peter Leach, Department of Agricultureand Fisheries, AustraliaProgress in understanding sugarcanegenome architecture and originDr Angelique D’Hont, CIRAD FrenchAgricultural Research Centre for InternationalDevelopment, FranceThe horticulture sector action planbringing a supply chain together toreduce food loss and wasteMs Melissa Smith, Stop Food WasteAustralia, AustraliaEvolutionary computing for sustainablecrop breeding programsMs Kira Villers, The University ofQueensland, Queensland Alliance forAgriculture and Food Innovation (QAAFI),AustraliaDeep banding of P improves pod yield inChickpea genotypesDr Vijaya Singh, The University ofQueensland, Queensland Alliance forAgriculture and Food Innovation (QAAFI)Whole of system improvementDr Ammar Abdul Aziz, The University ofQueensland, School of Agriculture and FoodSciences (SAFS), AustraliaEnsuring product quality through exportsupply chains: A case study in citrusDr Andrew Macnish, Department ofAgriculture and Fisheries, AustraliaRecent insights into the domestication ofriceProf Robert Henry, The University ofQueensland, Queensland Alliance forAgriculture and Food Innovation (QAAFI),AustraliaDefining new markets and opportunities,the role of BSF in creating value fromfood wasteMs Olympia Yarger, GoTerra, AustraliaAI for accurate prediction of high valuephenotypesDr Maciej Trzaskowski, Max Kelsen,AustraliaSimulating long-term nutrient dynamicsto better assess soil fertility in subtropicalcroppingMs Bianca Das, University of Tasmania,AustraliaRegional distinctions in nutritional needsand practicesDr Sinead Boylan, Commonwealth Scientificand Industrial Research Organisation(CSIRO), AustraliaCurrent market intelligence:Opportunities and barriers forQueensland producers in Asian marketsMs Sarah Goswami, Department ofAgriculture and Fisheries, AustraliaFatal attraction: Why are so many cropplants toxic?Prof Ros Gleadow, Monash University,AustraliaOpportunities for full crop utilisation inAustraliaDr Pablo Juliano, Food Processing andSupply Chains, Commonwealth Scientificand Industrial Research Organisation(CSIRO), AustraliaArtificial Intelligence and Towards handsfree robotic crop management inprotected cropping systemsDr Chris Lehnert, Queensland University ofTechnology, AustraliaMaintaining soil organic matter to slowfertility decline and the reliance onfertilisersDr David Lawrence, Department ofAgriculture and Fisheries, AustraliaDiet and nutrition across the food system Growing horticultural exportsDr Olivia Wright, The University ofSpeaker fourQueensland, Queensland Alliance forAgriculture and Food Innovation (QAAFI),AustraliaDiversity and distribution of TaroDr Millicent Smith, The University ofQueensland, Queensland Alliance forAgriculture and Food Innovation (QAAFI),AustraliaFood waste valorisation technologyassessment using real optionsDr Jason West, The University ofQueensland, Queensland Alliance forAgriculture and Food Innovation (QAAFI),AustraliaAI and Machine Learning for genomicprediction in sugarcane, a highlypolyploid cropMr Chensong Chen, The University ofQueensland, AustraliaEnabling the circular nutrient economyProf Susanne Schmidt, The University ofQueensland, School of Agriculture and FoodSciences (SAFS), AustraliaTransformation: Constraints and barriers Growing horticultural exportsto changeSpeaker fiveDr Andy Hall, Commonwealth Scientific andIndustrial Research Organisation (CSIRO),AustraliaThe domestication of macadamiaDr Craig Hardner, The University ofQueensland, Queensland Alliance forAgriculture and Food Innovation (QAAFI),AustraliaUnderstanding supply chains to improvefood security in remote QueenslandcommunitiesMs Renae Earle, Health and Wellbeing Qldand Mr Adrian Doyle, Arup, AustraliaQuantifying heat sensitivity acrosstemperature gradients acceleratesselecting heat-adapted genetic resourcesDr Ya-Ping Lin, World Vegetable Center,TaiwanFeasibility of biochar application forvegetable production in paddy field areasof Timor-LesteMr Acacio Guterres, Charles DarwinUniversity, AustraliaCo-designing a market garden to deliverbetter health on Mornington Island,AustraliaMs Renae Earle, Health and WellbeingQueensland and Dr Sunny Oliver-Bennetts,Arup, AustraliaCnSHELL gene provides insights onphylogeny and origin of coconut cultivarsMr Charles Cadorna, University of thePhilippines, PhilippinesPanellists:Dr Michele Allan, Food and AgribusinessGrowth Centre (FIAL), TrustedAutonomous Systems Defence CRC,AgrifoodConnect and Wine Australia;Charles Sturt University; Food Agility CRC,Smart Sat CRC and Dairy Food SafetyVictoria, AustraliaThe use of multi-spectral sensingtechnologies from a UAV to enhancemungbean productivityMs Shanice Van Haeften, The University ofQueensland, School of Agriculture and FoodSciences (SAFS) and Ms Caitlin Dudley, TheUniversity of Queensland, QueenslandMr Jason Strong, CEO, Meat and Livestock Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation(QAAFI), AustraliaAustraliaProf Neena Mitter, The University ofQueensland, Centre for HorticulturalScience, Queensland Alliance forAgriculture and Food Innovation (QAAFI),AustraliaMs Margo Andrae, CEO, Australian PorkLtd, Australia12:30–13:251.5 Carbon and bio-sequestration inagricultural production systemsLunch and poster session, sponsored byConcurrent symposium session 213:30–15:3015:30–15:552.5 Growing horticultural exportsGrowing horticultural exportsSpeaker six2.6 Tropical crop domesticationAfternoon TeaPage 1TropAg Preliminary Symposia Program *Program is subject to change.Correct as of 12 August 2022
Concurrent symposium session 316:00–18:003.1 Market-led innovation – drivingagricultural entrepreneurship inAfrica and Australia3.2 ARC Centre of Excellence for PlantSuccess in Nature and Agriculture:Enabling a step change for predictiveagriculture3.3 Effective regional biosecurity for achanging world3.4 Pacific food environments –transformations for better nutrition andsustainable food systems3.5 Managing agricultural runoff –beyond practise changeChairperson: Prof Christine Beveridge,ARC Centre of Excellence for PlantSuccess in Nature and Agriculture, TheUniversity of Queensland, AustraliaChairperson: Dr Anna Okello, AustralianCentre for International AgriculturalResearch (ACIAR), AustraliaChairperson: Mrs Jessica Raneri,Chairperson: Mr Timothy Moravek,Australian Centre for InternationalDepartment of Agriculture and Fisheries,Agricultural Research (ACIAR); Department Australiaof Foreign Affairs and Trade, AustraliaChairpersons: Prof Ben Hayes and ProfAndrew Fairbairn, The University ofQueensland, Queensland Alliance forAgriculture and Food Innovation (QAAFI),AustraliaInnovation systems in legumes in Africa Extending the breeder’s equation toMr Jean-Claude Rubyogo, Pan Africa Bean explore prediction opportunitiesResearch Alliance (PABRA), KenyaProf Mark Cooper, The University ofQueensland, Queensland Alliance forAgriculture and Food, Innovation (QAAFI),AustraliaManaging plant biosecurity in PacificIsland CountriesProf John Thomas, The University ofQueensland, Queensland Alliance forAgriculture and Food, Innovation (QAAFI),AustraliaInformal markets in the Solomon Islands– food price, availability andopportunities for improving nutritionMs Jillia Tutuo Wate, World Fish, SolomonIslandsThe origins and spread of domesticanimals in Southwest Asia and EuropeProf Keith Dobney, The University ofSydney, AustraliaSyngenta – committed to advancinginnovation for a more sustainableagricultureMr Eric Brown, Syngenta ANZ, AustraliaFrom model organisms to crops:Transferring prediction modelsDr Owen Powell, The University ofQueensland, Queensland Alliance forAgriculture and Food, Innovation (QAAFI),AustraliaWhat honey bees can teach us aboutworking as a team towards effectivehoney bee biosecurity in the IndoPacific regionDr Cooper Schouten, Southern CrossUniversity, AustraliaStrengthening collaboration betweenStomping out sedimentthe agricultural and health sectors in Fiji Mr Paul Jones, Department of Agricultureto improve nutritional outcomes forand Fisheries, Australiafarming familiesDr Cathy O’Mullan, CQ University, AustraliaHow long have dogs been in Melanesia?New evidence from Caution Bay, southcoast of Papua New GuineaAssoc Prof Tiina Manne, The University ofQueensland, AustraliaAfrican women in agribusiness – usersand creators of new varieties andinnovationDr Eileen Nchanji, International Center forTropical Agriculture (CIAT), KenyaPlant success within natural systemsAssoc Prof Daniel Ortiz-Barrientos, TheUniversity of Queensland, AustraliaForest biosecurity: How can we mitigaterisk?Dr Madaline Healey, The University ofSunshine Coast, AustraliaPiloting school gardens in Papua NewGuineaMs Trudie Sikas-Iha, Morobe SchoolGardens, Papua New GuineaTracking practice change spatially andtemporally – the Paddock2Reef ProgramMr Kevin McCosker, Department ofAgriculture and Fisheries, AustraliaThe mosaic genome of African cattle: Aunique adaptive genetic resourceProf Olivier Hannote, InternationalLivestock Research Institute (ILRI),EthiopiaMarket-Led approaches to cocoa, palmoil and cassava variety breeding at theNational Research Centre in Côted’IvoireProf Sangare Abdourahamane, NationalCentre for Agricultural Research (CNRA),Republic of Cote d’IvoireAccelerating plant success: Fromphylogenomics to agricultureProf Barbara Holland, University ofTasmania, AustraliaUnderstanding the burden of animaldisease in Indonesia: Implications forregional biosecurityDr Diane Mayberry, CommonwealthScientific and Industrial ResearchOrganisation (CSIRO), AustraliaTuvalu food futures: From Foodcubes tobetter dietsMs Teuleal Manuella, Live and LearnEnvironment Education, TuvaluUsing wetland processes to enhancenitrogen removal in farming landscapesMs Carla Wegscheidl, Department ofAgriculture and Fisheries, Australia300,000 years of evolution of generegulation: What does comparing theBos indicus and Bos taurus genomesreveal?Dr Mehrnush Forutan, The University ofQueensland, AustraliaACIAR’s approach to supportingagricultural innovation systems inemerging economiesDr Eric Huttner, Australian Centre forInternational Agriculture Research(ACIAR), AustraliaCentre of Excellence partnerships andpathways to impact for circularbiosystemsProf Charlie Messina, The University ofFlorida, USAUnderstanding the value of regionalbiosecurityProf Tom Kompas, The University ofMelbourne, AustraliaPacific Island Food Revolution:Innovating a Local Solution to combat ahealth epidemicMs Votausi Reur-McKenzie, Pacific IslandFood Revolution, VanuatuApplying Social Science insights toenhance practice change outcomesMs Meg Bickle, Department of Environmentand Science; Office of the Great BarrierReef, AustraliaFunctional palaeogenomics reveals howfarming drove the evolution of virulencein a-chicken-virusProf Dr Laurent Frantz, Ludwig MaximilianUniversity of Munich, GermanyAdvances in demand-led breeding of drygrain and vegetable runner beansProf Paul Kimani, University of Nairobi,KenyaCropGen: A novel tool for optimisingsorghum crop designMiss Genevieve Durrington, The Universityof Queensland, AustraliaUnderstanding roles and experiences ofwomen managing FAW in maize in SEAMiss Leandra Fernandes, ASEAN FAWAction Plan, SingaporeParticipatory approaches to improvefood environments and consumption offishMs Agustinha Duarte, World Fish, TimorLesteCan insurance help farmers mitigatenitrogen impacts on the Great BarrierReef?Dr Peter Thorburn, CommonwealthScientific and Industrial ResearchOrganisation (CSIRO), AustraliaGenomic architecture for complex traitsin hybrid populationsMrs Christie Warburton, The University ofQueensland, Australia3.6 Genomic signatures ofanimal domestication and implicationsfor modern agriculturesymposium sponsorChairperson: Dr Vivienne Anthony,Syngenta Foundation for SustainableAgriculture, Switzerland18:00–20:00Moving beyond practice change for WQimprovements – the whyMr Ian Layden, Department of Agricultureand Fisheries, AustraliaWelcome reception and poster viewingPage 2TropAg Preliminary Symposia Program *Program is subject to change.Correct as of 12 August 2022
Tuesday 1 November 202207:30–17:00Registration desk open08:00–09:30Plenary speaker 3: Farming in the 21st Century: Protected Cropping as a solution to mitigate the impact of climate change and supply chain disruptionProf Paul Gauthier, Professor of Protected Cropping, The University of Queensland, Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation (QAAFI), Australia - USAPlenary speaker 4: Future of First Nations Food Systems and Emerging TrendsHon Prof Henrietta Marrie AM - Australian Research Council - Training Centre for Uniquely Australian Foods, The University of Queensland, Australia09:30–09:55ThemeMorning Tea, sponsored byAgribusiness, value chains,and the bioeconomyPredictive agricultureSustainable agrifood systemsHealthy agricultureand food for healthy communitiesAgFuturesHarlanConcurrent symposium session 410:00–12:004.1 Protected cropping in the tropics:How it stacks up for sustainability andsupply chains?4.2 New and emerging methods andtechnologies to improve phenotypicpredictions in livestock agriculture4.3 On-farm biodiversity to increaseclimate resilience and sustainability4.4 One health from a livestock viewChairperson: Prof Paul Gauthier, TheUniversity of Queensland, QueenslandAlliance for Agriculture and FoodInnovation (QAAFI), AustraliaChairperson: Dr Elizabeth Ross, TheUniversity of Queensland, QueenslandAlliance for Agriculture and FoodInnovation (QAAFI), AustraliaChairperson: Dr Nora Devoe, AustralianCentre for International AgriculturalResearch (ACIAR), AustraliaChairpersons: Dr Conny Turni andMuhhamad Noman Naseen, The Universityof Queensland, Queensland Alliance forAgriculture and Food Innovation (QAAFI),AustraliaChairperson: Dr Daniel Cozzolino, TheUniversity of Queensland, QueenslandAlliance for Agriculture and FoodInnovation (QAAFI), AustraliaChairperson: Prof Tim Denham, AustralianNational University, AustraliaOpportunities for protected croppingdevelopment in Australia—outcomesfrom the national RD&E StrategyDr Elio Jovicich, Department of Agricultureand Fisheries, AustraliaRecent advances in genomic predictionin dairy using multi-omics resourcesDr Amanda Chamberlain, AgricultureVictoria Research, AustraliaDiversity in agricultural landscapes forpollinator dietsProf Helen Wallace, Griffith University,AustraliaLivestock-derived foods and one healthDr Jimmy Smith, International LivestockResearch Institute (ILRI), KenyaProvenance and traceability of seafoodDr Donna Cawthorn, Department ofAgriculture and Fisheries, AustraliaTracing tropical plant domesticationusing microfossilsDr Alison Crowther, The University ofQueensland, School of Social Science,AustraliaTopic to be confirmedProf Gail Taylor, UC Davis, USAMicrobiome predictions for methane insheepDr Melanie Hess, University of Nebraska,USAOn-farm diversity increases productivityand carbon sequestration opportunitiesin smallholder farming systemsDr Joel Buyinza, World Agroforestry Centre(ICRAF), KenyaGlobal challenges and solutions forimplementation of antimicrobialstewardship in veterinary medicine –turning back the tide of antimicrobialresistanceProf Glenn Browning, The University ofMelbourne, Faculty of Veterinary andAgricultural Sciences, AustraliaProvenance of food proteinsProf Louw Hoffman, The University ofQueensland, Queensland Alliance forAgriculture and Food Innovation (QAAFI),AustraliaEstablishing a virtual, on-line databaseof archaeological parenchyma for IndoPacific root cropsMs Aleese Barron, Australian NationalUniversity, School of Archaeology andAnthropology, AustraliaNew opportunities in protected cropping Recent innovations in the use ofMs Emily Rigby, Protected CroppingNanopore sequence data in predictiveAustralia, Australialivestock agricultureDr Loan Nguyen, The University ofQueensland, Queensland Alliance forAgriculture and Food Innovation (QAAFI),AustraliaData and digital solutions for managingcarbon and other forms of naturalcapital on farmDr Madeline Mitchell, Food Agility CRC,AustraliaCollaboration – Queensland’s OneHealth Response to JapaneseEncephalitisDr Jo Mollinger, Biosecurity Queensland,Department of Agriculture and Fisheries,AustraliaHoney authenticity and provenanceDr Natasha Hungerford, The University ofQueensland, Queensland Alliance forAgriculture and Food Innovation (QAAFI),AustraliaThe identification of tropicalarboriculture in Oceania using woodcharcoalMs Alex Ribeny, Australian NationalUniversity, School of Archaeology andAnthropology, AustraliaBeyond Geography: How the bestvertical farms can operate anywhere andgrow quality crops for local dietsMr David Farquhar, Intelligent GrowthSolutions, AustraliaLessons from human quantitativegenomics that can improve livestockproductionDr Kathryn Kemper, IMB, AustraliaAgroforestry reduces erosion andincreases income over maizemonoculture in Northwest VietnamDr Nguyen La, Soils and FertilizerResearch Institute, VietnamSystems dynamics modellingAssoc Prof Simon Reid, The University ofQueensland, School of Public Health,AustraliaCybersecurity and provenanceProf Ryan Ko, The University ofQueensland, School of InformationTechnology and Electrical Engineering(ITEE), AustraliaTracking the domestication anddispersal of banana cultivars (Musacvs): New insights on phytolithsDr Luc Vrydaghs, Maritime CulturesResearch Institute (MARI) – VUB,Department of Art Studies andArchaeology, BelgiumNational Vegetable Protected CroppingCentre (NVPCC) – glasshouse films toreduce energy use and increaseresource use efficiencyProf David Tissue, Western SydneyUniversity, AustraliaPrediction in action: Now and into thefutureMs Ash Horne, Nindooinbah, AustraliaAgCarE – helping landowners measureand capitalise on improving naturalcapital conditionDr Greg Leach, AgForce Queensland,AustraliaPig apocalypse, chicken nirvana anddangerous Australians - Aspects of OneHealth Research in QAAFIDr Lida Omaleki, The University ofQueensland, Queensland Alliance forAgriculture and Food Innovation (QAAFI),AustraliaWhat is the next level in sensingprovenance?Dr Daniel Cozzolino, The University ofQueensland, Queensland Alliance forAgriculture and Food Innovation (QAAFI),AustraliaHistorical dynamics of enset diversity inthe Ethiopian Highlands: Integratingarchaeobotany, ethnobotany andgenomicsDr Philippa Ryan, Royal Botanic GardensKew, UKAssessing contributions to land-basedclimate action and peacebuilding fromsustainable agriculture interventionsMrs Lisset Perez-Marulanda, AllianceBioversity-CIAT, ColombiaKnowledge on antibiotic use andresistance among poultry farmers in FijiMiss Shivani Singh, Fiji National University,FijiInitiatives, advancements, andconstraints in sustainable meat labelingin Latin AmericaMr Manuel Diaz, Alliance of BioversityInternational and CIAT, GermanyArchaeobotany of vegetative cropdomestication in the tropicsProf Tim Denham, Australian NationalUniversity, Australia5.3 Building inclusive innovation ininternational development5.4 Disease sentinels: Farm animals and 5.5 Improving food safety andwildlife as sentinels to better predict and traceability in the horticulture sectorprevent human disease pandemicssilver sponsor4.6 The archaeobotany of domesticationof vegetatively-propagated field and treecropssilver sponsorTopic to be confirmedMr Marcus van Heijst, Priva, Australia12:00–12:554.5 Provenance: Challenges andopportunities in adding value to foodLunch and poster session, sponsored byConcurrent symposium session 513:00–15:005.1 Manufacturing plants – key tosustainable supply chain5.2 Breeding tools for predicting fruitquality5.6 Tree translocation, cultivation anddomestication in Australia and the AsiaPacificsymposium sponsorsymposium sponsorChairpersons: Dr Jayeni Hiti Bandaralage,Prof Neena Mitter and Dr Alice Hayward,The University of Queensland, QueenslandAlliance for Agriculture and FoodInnovation (QAAFI), AustraliaChairperson: Assoc Prof Heather Smyth,Chairperson: Dr Holger Meinke, UniversityThe University of Queensland, Queensland of Tasmania; CGIAR Independent ScienceAlliance for Agriculture and Foodfor Development Council, AustraliaInnovation (QAAFI), AustraliaChairperson: Prof Gabrielle Persley, TheUniversity of Queensland, School ofAgriculture and Food Sciences (SAFS),AustraliaChairperson: Mr Jim Dodds, Safe FoodProduction Queensland, AustraliaChairperson: Prof Andrew Fairbairn, TheUniversity of Queensland, School of SocialScience, AustraliaBanana gene editing technologyDr Leena Tripathi, International Institute ofTropical Agriculture, TanzaniaPrediction of citrus quality traits in thedevelopment of superior commercialvarietiesProf Juan Xu, Huazhong AgriculturalUniversity, ChinaView from the field: Co-innovation withsmall-scale farmersDr Bruno Condori Ali, US Department ofAgriculture (USDA); Agricultural ResearchService (ARS), BoliviaSurveillance of emerging infectiousdiseases in animals and wildlife in lowand middle income countries of Africa,Asia, and the Americas – the role ofUSAIDDr Robert Bertram, United States Agencyfor International Development (USAID),USAInvestigations on foodborne illnessoutbreaks linked to fresh produceDr Craig Shadbolt, NSW Food Authority,AustraliaTree translocation in AboriginalAustraliaDr Jennifer Silcock, The University ofQueensland, AustraliaPotentials in commercialisation incoconut cloningProf Steve Adkins, The University ofQueensland, School of
Page 3 TropAg Preliminary Symposia Program *Program is subject to change. Correct as of 12 August 2022 Tuesday 1 November 2022 07:30-17:00 Registration desk open 08:00-09:30 Plenary speaker 3: Farming in the 21st Century: Protected Cropping as a solution to mitigate the impact of climate change and supply chain disruption Prof Paul Gauthier, Professor of Protected Cropping, The University .
