Speaker presentations 2025

The full program from LIVEXchange 2025, held in Perth 26-27 November, can be viewed here. Video recordings of the presentations, and slides where available, can be viewed below.

Charting the course

  • Kicking off the conversation – Troy Setter, Chair, LiveCorp (video)
  • Ministerial address – Hon Jackie Jarvis MLC, WA Minister for Agriculture and Food (video)
  • KEYNOTE Politics and partnerships: livestock exports in a global economy – Hon Andrew Robb AO, Chair, the Robb Group (video)
  • Steering the industry: 50 years of progress (video, slides)
    • Dr Peter Barnard, Managing Director, Oliver & Doam
    • Steve Meerwald, Former Chair, WALEA
    • John Edwards, Former Chair, WALEA
    • John Cunnington, Chair, WALEA

Sheep insights and global impact

  • Markets in motion: supply, demand and competition – Andrew Cox, General Manager International Markets, Meat & Livestock Australia (video, slides)
  • Ewes and views (video)
    • Erin Gorter, Rural Industry Consultant
    • Steven Bolt, Principal, Wogerlin Merino stud
    • Darren Spencer, President, WA Shearing Industry Association
    • Jan Cooper, Chief Executive Officer, Livestock and Rural Transport Association of WA
  • Farm gate to foreign plate (video, slides)
    • Sam Burke, Corporate Chef, Meat & Livestock Australia
    • Rafael Ramirez, The Meat Specialist
    • Naglaa Elkott, Executive Chef, Al Mawashi

The power of sentiment

  • Charting confidence through community sentiment – Dr Kieren Moffat, Chief Executive Officer and co-founder, Voconiq (video, slides)
  • Mining the message: community driven change – David Parker, Executive Director – Western Australia, Minerals Council of Australia (video, slides)
  • Earning trust: a collective response – Dr Holly Ludeman, Managing Director, The Livestock Collective (video, slides)

Red tape and talking straight

  • Address from the Shadow Minister – Lachlan Hunter MP, Shadow Minister for Agriculture and Food, Parliament of Western Australia (video)
  • Flock me, what a year! – Mark Harvey-Sutton, Chief Executive Officer, Australian Livestock Exporters’ Council (video, slides)
  • A fireside chat with the Spud King (video)
    • Tony Galati, Chief Executive Officer and joint owner, Galati Group
    • Harold Sealy, Alinta Energy

Leadership in a global economy

  • Continuing the conversation – David Galvin, Outgoing Chair, Australian Livestock Exporters’ Council (video)
  • Ministerial address – Hon Julie Collins MP, Federal Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (video)
  • When disease goes global: impacts and interventions – Dr Mark Schipp, Former Australian Chief Veterinary Officer and Former President, World Organisation for Animal Health (video, slides)

Markets on the moooove

  • Integrity, commitment and Australian beef (video, slides)
    • Raymond Hernandez, President and Chief Executive Officer, RSRH Livestock Corporation
    • Spencer Whitaker, Trade and Market Access Manager – Indonesia and Asia Pacific, Meat & Livestock Australia
  • You herd it here (video)
    • Kristy O’Brien, Journalist, Australian Broadcasting Corporation
    • Paul Holmes à Court, Owner and Chief Executive Officer, Heytesbury Pastoral
    • Travis Robinson, Chair – WA Chapter, Australia Indonesia Business Council
    • Tony Gooden, Sales Director, Frontier International
  • High tides, high tech – Chris Ciriello, Executive Manager Corporate and Commercial Development, Kimberley Marine Support Base (video, slides)

Ship shape: innovative livestock logistics

  • Live and loaded: shipping smarter – Lennart Ephraim, Managing Director Chartering and Operations Vroon, Livestock Express B.V. (video, slides)
  • Handled with care: livestock in transit (video, slides)
    • Dr Renee Willis, Australian Government Accredited Veterinarian
    • Patrick Coole, LiveCorp Accredited Stockperson
    • Tiffany Davey, LiveCorp Accredited Stockperson
  • Address from the WA Opposition – Basil Zempilas MLA, Leader of the Opposition/ Leader of the WA Liberal Party (video)

Future ready: the final word

  • Challenges, changes and champions (video)
    • Dean Ryan, Principal/Managing Director, Central Stockcare Pty Ltd
    • Jack Webb, General Manager – PT. Indonesian Livestock Operations, AAM Investment Group
    • Cindy Heryanti, Project Supervisor, Forum AWO Indonesia
    • Billi Marshall, Owner and Director, Imperial Bovine Breeding Services
  • Protein with purpose: nourishing global communities – Dr Anneline Padayachee, The Food Scientist (video, slides)