2022 Program | Premiere Horticulture Conference & Trade Show | Hort Connections

Day 1 - 06 June Day 2 - 07 JUNE Day 3 - 08 JUNE

TIME		SESSIONS	LOCATION	DETAILS
06:00 - 16:00		Farm and Retail Tours	Off-Site	BUS TOURS Northern Farm Tour: Bus Tour Western Farm Tour: Bus Tour Retail Tour: Bus Tour	Farm Tours, and Retail Tour are not included within the All-Access Pass and is to be booked separately. Book the Farm Tour now or Book the Retail Tour now	Farm Tours are sponsored by Queensland Department of Agriculture and Fisheries
12:00 - 16:00		Annual Vegetable Industry Seminar 2022	Meeting Room M4	REGISTRATION CLOSED	The Annual Vegetable Industry Seminar is a Hort Innovation Vegetable Levy Funded R&D Seminar held each year to showcase emerging products and innovations in horticulture, as well as focussing on key areas for business and personal development of vegetable industry members.
16:30 - 18:30	TRADE SHOW	Welcome Reception	Exhibition Halls 1 & 2

TIME		SESSIONS	LOCATION	DETAILS
08:00 - 09:00		Perfection Fresh Breakfast	Great Hall	Keynote speaker: Justin Dry - Vinomofo	Sponsored by Perfection Fresh Australia
09:00 - 09:30	TRADE SHOW	Trade Show Open	Exhibition Halls 1 & 2		TRADE SHOW Sponsored by Australia’s Fresh Produce Markets
09:30 - 13:40		Trade Show Speaker Sessions	Exhibition Halls 1 & 2	SHOW SESSIONS 09:30 - 09:50: Just how valuable is your farm data and how do you leverage that with customers? Speaker: Greg Calvert - FreshChain Systems 10:00 - 10:20: Environmental credits, offsets and units: what are the taxation consequences? Speaker: Andrew Jones - BDO Australia 10:30 - 10:50: An innovation island in a sea of rising costs Speaker: Gilad Sadan - N.A.V.I. Co Global 11:00 - 11:30: UPL Tech and Innovation Finalist Showcase 11:40 - 12:00: Shifting the dial on vegetable consumption - a multi-billion $ priority to fuel Australia’s COVID-19 recovery Speaker: Justine Coates - Fruit and Vegetable Consortium 12:10 - 12:30: A focus on biosecurity and assisting growth of Australia's agricultural industry Speaker: Peter Creaser - Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment 12:40 - 12:55: Fair Farms - it's about rewarding and celebrating Australian farmers Speaker: Sachin Ayachit - Growcom (Fair Farms) 12:55 - 13:10: Future Fields: The new 10-year strategic plan for the Queensland fresh produce sector Speaker: Hon. Mark Furner MP - Minister for Agricultural Industry Development and Fisheries 13:20 - 13:40: How to reduce waste, water and CO2 from your supply chain Speaker: Dean Parsons - CHEP 14:00 - 15:00: Seeka MOYA Marketer of the Year Award Finalist Showcase 15:10 - 15:30: Turning waste into profit Speaker: Robert Watkins - Evolution Industries 15:30 - 15:50: Showcasing Careers and Education Programs of Primary Industries Education Foundation Australia Speaker: Luciano Mesiti - PIEFA	TRADE SHOW
13:00 - 15:00		Diversity & Inclusion / Women in Horticulture Speaker Sessions	Meeting Room M4	SHOW SESSIONS 13:00 - 13:40: Diversity & Inclusion Speakers: - Joe Clarke - Centrefarm - Vincent Lange - Centrefarm 13:40 - 14:10: Lunch 14:10 - 15:00: Women in Horticulture Speakers: - Catherine Velisha - Velisha Farms - Shanna Whan - Sober in the Country	Women in Horticulture event sponsored by Boomaroo Nurseries
12:30 - 14:00		Lunch	Exhibition Halls 1 & 2
17:00 - 18:10		Trade Show Happy Hour	Exhibition Halls 1 & 2		TRADE SHOW Sponsored by Nufarm

TIME		SESSIONS	LOCATION	DETAILS
08:00 - 09:00	TRADE SHOW	Trade Show Open	Exhibition Halls 1 & 2		TRADE SHOW Sponsored by Australia’s Fresh Produce Markets
09:00 - 11:00		Plenary Sessions	Great Hall	SHOW SESSIONS 09:00 - 09:10: Opening Session Speaker: Hon. Murray Watt MP - Federal Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry 09:10 - 10:00: State of the Industry Panellists: - Craig Taylor - Coles - Darren Keating - International Fresh Produce Association - Ruth Ahchow - Ernst & Young - Chanel Day - Quantium - Marie Piccone - Manbulloo 10:00 - 10:30: Why farmers will be the central bankers of the 21st century Speaker: Shane Quinn - Mulgowie Farming Company 10:30 - 11:00: Plenary 3 Speaker: Bernard Salt - The Demographics Group Sponsored by	SPEAKER SESSION Sponsored by Hort Innovation
10:20 - 11:20		Morning Tea	Exhibition Halls 1 & 2		TRADE SHOW
11:20 - 15:10		Supply Chain and Consumers Stream	Meeting Room M3	SHOW SESSIONS 11:30 - 12:10: The Changing Retail Landscape Speaker: Tristan Kitchener - Kitchener Partners 12:10 - 12:50: Embrace and accelerate ‘change’ in food safety practices in the fresh produce industry Speaker: Dr SP Singh - NSW Department of Primary Industries 12:50 - 13:30: Lunch 13:30 - 14:00: Digital Decision Making in Marketing Speaker: Matthew Crouch - Soto Group 14:00 - 14:40: Improving Supply Chain Performance: Collaborate and Innovate Presenters: - Dr Andrew Macnish - Department of Agriculture and Fisheries (DAF) - Noel Ainsworth - DAF Panellists: - Ryan Marr - Marbiz Pty Ltd - Shara Jones - Costa - Frank Sciacca - Pacific Coast Eco Bananas - Ryan Densley - Moffatt Fresh Produce Facilitator: Jodie Campbell - DAF 14:40 - 15:10: Lifting farm gate prices for horticulture; lessons from the meat industry Speaker: David McKinna - McKinna et al	SPEAKER SESSION Sponsored by Nielsen
11:20 - 15:10		Growing and Farming Stream	Meeting Room M1 & M2	SHOW SESSIONS 11:30 - 12:10: Horticulture advocacy at a national level Speakers: - Bill Bulmer - AUSVEG & Bulmer Farms - Michael Rogers - Australian Fresh Produce Alliance - Tony Mahar - National Farmers' Federation Facilitator: Katherine Sullivan - ABC 12:10 - 12:40: Crop Protection Stewardship and Resistance Management Speaker: Jonathan Holloway - Syngenta Australia and New Zealand 12:40 - 13:20: Lunch 13:20 - 14:00: Taking advantages of the weather to maximise farming opportunities Speaker: Jane Bunn - Jane's Weather 14:00 - 14:40: Growing Australian Horticulture through innovation and sustainability Facilitator: Joseph Ebbage - Almond Board of Australia Speakers: - Adam Briggs - Hort Innovation - Brei Montgomery - Hort Innovation - Tony Hunter - Future Cubed - Sophie Krantz - Kathryn Young - Hort Innovation 14:40 - 15:10: How Australia’s horticulture industry will benefit by helping Australia reduce its food waste Speaker: Mark Barthel - Stop Food Waste Australia	SPEAKER SESSION
11:40 - 14:50		Trade Show Speaker Sessions	Exhibition Halls 1 & 2	SHOW SESSIONS 11:40 - 12:40: Learn globally, inspire locally with a Hort Innovation sponsored Churchill Fellowship Speakers: - Anita Long - Hort Inovation-sponsored Churchill Fellow, 2020 - Belinda Hazell - Hort Innovation-sponsored Churchill Fellow, 2018 13:00 - 13:20: John Deere: Powering Horticulture Speaker: Stephanie Gersekowski - John Deere 13:30 - 13:50: FPSC’s revised exclusion periods for use of raw manures or animal grazing: what growers need to know Speaker: Sharon Jones - One Harvest 14:00 - 14:20: Identifying winning cultivars Speaker: Carlo Magni - FORWARD Insight and Strategy	TRADE SHOW
12:30 - 13:40		Lunch	Exhibition Halls 1 & 2		TRADE SHOW
14:30		Trade Show Close	Exhibition Halls 1 & 2		TRADE SHOW Sponsored by Australia’s Fresh Produce Markets
18:30 - 18:50		Gala Pre Dinner Drinks	Great Hall Foyer		Sponsored by Committee for Greater Shepparton
19:00 - 23:00		Hort Connections Gala Dinner	Great Hall		Sponsored by Costa Group
23:00 - Late		Gala Dinner After Party	The Plough Inn