Speaker presentations 2015

LIVEXchange 2015: People, Perspective & Relationships.

The full LIVEXchange 2015 Program can be viewed here. Video recordings of all the presentations, can be viewed below.

MLA and LiveCorp Producer Forum

• Welcome address from forum sponsors
  • Michael Finucan, General Manager, International Markets, MLA PRESENTATION
• How does ASEL and ESCAS work? Why are ASEL and ESCAS needed? Market access and what it means for producers.
  • Wayne Collier, LEP Industry Capability Manager, LiveCorp
  • Patrick Underwood, Manager, NACC,
• How are research and development priorities determined? How will this make a difference to you?
  • Sharon Dundon,  Livestock Export Research and Development Manager, MLA PRESENTATION
• Comparison of the growth of F1 Senepol x Brahman and Brahman steers in an Indonesian feedlot
  • Tim Schatz, Principal Pastoral Production Research Officer, NT Department of Primary Industry and Fisheries, , PRESENTATION
• Traceability project
  • Steve Meerwald, Director, Agricultural Connections Australia,  PRESENTATION
• Future of Palm Plantations and small holder breeding operations in Asia
  • Ross Ainsworth, LEP Consultant, PRESENTATION
    
• Panel, In-market experiences
  • Michael Finucan, Session facilitator
  • Michael Patching, LEP In Market Manager, Vietnam
  • Valeska Valeska,  Regional Manager, Indonesia, MLA
  • Bernie Brosnan, General Manager, Rural Exports,
• Closing Remarks
  • Sam Brown,  CEO, LiveCorp

Conference Welcome & Opening

• Political address: Hon. Barnaby Joyce MP, Agriculture Minister
• Keynote Address, View from another country. (We operate in competitive global markets. What are their expectations for the future?)
  • Iain Mars, Chief Operating Officer, Minerva Foods, PRESENTATION

Our Global Industry

• Agriculture is the pathway out of poverty (Global food security and poverty – challenges of poverty including access and distribution of food)
  • Catherine Marriott, ACIAR Commissioner

INDONESIA 50 years of trade – 50 years of opportunity

• Indonesian Feedlotting (Reflecting on 50 years of feedlotting in Indonesia – future opportunities for further development / improvement. How do we build stronger relations with better market signals?)
  • Indonesian Feedlotting Panel
• Panel, What are we doing to meet the demands and capture the opportunities?
  • John Ackerman,  (Facilitator)
  • Dicky Adiwoso
  • Dick Slaney
  • Indonesian Govt/Industry Representative
  • Indonesian feedlotter

Welfare in live export – animal welfare matters to us

• NT Government Welcome:  Hon Willem Westra van Holthe, Deputy Chief Minister, Northern Territory,
• Keynote Address, Livestock exports and animal welfare – exporting animal welfare globally
  • Dr Bernard Vallat, Director General, OIE, PRESENTATION
• Competitiveness of the Australian Livestock Export Industry
  • Dr Peter Barnard, Director, Oliver Doam,  PRESENTATION
• Animal indicators across the supply chain
  • Dr Nigel Perkins, Murdoch University in conjunction with AusVet, PRESENTATION
• Animal welfare and the continuous process to improvement: understanding the Livestock Global Assurance Program (LGAP) including in market feedback
  • Peter Schuster, Schuster Consulting, PRESENTATION
• Keynote Address, Insights into animal welfare and livestock exports, In-conversation with Professor Temple Grandin – animal behaviourist shares her experiences and views of the industry following a recent tour
  • Don Heatley, Session facilitator
  • Professor Temple Grandin, Professor of Animal Science, Colorado State University

Our world has changed…how do we communicate?

• From pig shooter to activist –  Dayne Pratzky
  • Dayne Pratzky, The “Frackman”, The Frackman Story
• Achieving social license: are our people the key?
  • Ross Hampton, CEO, Australian Forest Products Association PRESENTATION
• Panel, Engaging Australia and the world:  Ag communications – where to next? What current channels of communication are having the most cut through – are people even listening? What messages and which voices are most effective, particularly engaging urban audiences? What are the new emerging channels and opportunities to get into the hearts and minds of the public, policy makers and customers? How can our messaging and presentation improve and be more effective, here and abroad?
  • Peter Lewis, Session facilitator
  • Kylie Stretton, CoFounder, ‘Ask an Aussie Farmer’
  • Alison Penfold, CEO, ALEC
  • Samantha Townsend, The Daily Telegraph

Conference close

• Closing remarks: Simon Crean, Chairman, ALEC