Event Features
The Tom Reid Oration delivered by Australian of the Year – Simon McKeon
The tenth Anniversary celebrations mean that this year’s ADC welcome function will take on an extra dimension and include an opening lecture named to honour one of Australian Dairy Conference’s founders, the late Tom Reid.
The welcome function, to be held at the Warragul Arts Centre at 6pm on Tuesday February 21, will include the Tom Reid Oration. The Tom Reid Oration will be followed by a welcome to Gippsland region and wine and cheese showcase in the grounds of the Arts Centre.
International keynote speakers Prof David Hughes, Prof John Ikerd and Charlie Arnot
Three simply outstanding international guests whose presentations will challenge and inspire.
John Ikerd, Professor Emeritus of Agricultural Economics, University of Missouri, Columbia.
John was raised on a small dairy farm in south-west Missouri and received his BS, MS, and Ph.D. degrees in agricultural economics from the University of Missouri. He worked in private industry for a time and spent thirty years in various professorial positions at North Carolina State University, Oklahoma State University, University of Georgia, and the University of Missouri before retiring in early 2000. Since retiring, he spends most of his time writing and speaking on issues related to sustainability with an emphasis on economics and agriculture. Ikerd is author of Sustainable Capitalism, A Return to Common Sense, Small Farms are Real Farms, Crisis and Opportunity: Sustainability in American Agriculture and A Revolution of the Middle.
David Hughes, Professor Emeritus of Food Marketing, Imperial College, London
David Hughes is a talker! For the last 30 years, he has lived and worked in many countries in both hemispheres of the world and has always been involved in food and drink. In short, he has a constantly evolving informed view on global food industry developments – from consumer, grocery retail and food service towards one end of the value chain to life science companies at the other, and everything inbetween. Talking to and with senior directors and managers of food and beverage companies, R&D organisations, farmer-owned businesses, government and others, he helps them work out what are the commercial implications of change in their industry and how they might respond to combat threats and embrace opportunities.
Charlie Arnot, CEO of the Center for Food Integrity
The Centre for Food Integrity is a non-profit organization dedicated to building consumer trust and confidence in today’s food system. Charlie works with companies and associations across the food system in issues management, public relations, strategic facilitation and marketing communications. Charlie is recognized as a thought leader on food and agriculture issues and is a thought-provoking writer and speaker. Charlie spent ten years as vice president of communications and public affairs for Premium Standard Farms; he worked for a public relations agency, was an award-winning radio journalist and worked in video and film. Charlie grew up in south-east Nebraska and graduated from the University of Nebraska with a Bachelor of Journalism degree.
The DAFF Young Scientists’ Communication Award
The highly coveted DAFF Young Dairy Scientists’ Communication Award, sponsored by DAFF, will be a highlight of the conference. The Award is designed to encourage those studying dairy science to present their findings and nurture and reward the students’ ability to communicate to dairy farmers. The initiative involves comprehensive mentoring and public speaking training. The top six entrants will be asked to prepare a powerpoint, poster and article for inclusion in the conference proceedings, with their efforts judged by a panel of conference attendees.
The Mooin’ Transfer
This is an off shoot of Dairy Australia’s acclaimed Cows Create Careers program – designed to promote careers in dairy. This year at ADC we feature a chosen school from each dairying state to prepare their ‘pitch’ for how they would convince consumers that milk is worth more than they currently pay!
Visit to the spectacular Ellinbank Research Centre
An intimate look at Australia’s leading dairy science activities.
