PCA2023

Program

Tuesday18July2023

Plenary Session Great Hall 2

Session Sponsored by

Welcome to Country and Opening Address

8:30 AM

Minister Furner

8:45 AM

Dr Kirstin Ferguson

9:00 AM

PCA Awards

10:00 AM

10:30 AM Morning Tea & Exhibition

Concurrent Sessions

SUSTAINABILITY & WASTE Great Hall 2

GROWER WORKSHOP M1&2

VERTICAL FARMING M3

Carl Larsen National Product Stewardship for Agricultural Plastics – Insights and Lessons

PC101 Part 1: PC Growing Systems, Structures & Climate

Daniel Tzvetkoff Sowing the Future: Challenges and Triumphs in Building a Vertical Farm Pavlos Kalaitzoglou Automation of plant growth monitoring and recipe adjustment through a data driven biofeedback system Chris Horne Pairing tradition with technology: growing Australia’s future with CEA Matt Keltie 26 Season’s pathway to commercially growing strawberries in a vertical garden

11:10 AM

Graeme Smith, Tony Bundock, Henry Bosman, Odin Franssen

Jason Durham Plastic Smart Program - Supporting Industry and Securing Supply

11:25 AM

Dominique Doyle The Success of Industry Led Product Stewardship

11:40 AM

Matthew Arnold Executive Chef, BCEC - kitchen sustainability and food waste distribution

11:55 AM

Panel Great Hall 2 FARMING FOR OUR FUTURE - PEOPLE PLANET PROFITS Sam Turner, Emily Rigby, Paul Gauthier and Niall Blair

12:10 PM

12:45 PM Lunch & Exhibition

Lunch Sponsored by

Concurrent Sessions

PEOPLE, SKILLS & NUFFIELD PANEL Great Hall 2 Grant Owen I’ve never been in this position before: benefits of a returning seasonal workforce Henrietta Child Reflections on Hort Award changes one year on and what’s next? Clinton McGrath South East Queensland Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Vegetable Farmers: An expanding demographic of new farmers in the 21st century Panel Discussion Jodie Redcliffe, Nicky Mann, Emily Rigby, Ross Pirrone & Jan Vydra

GROWER WORKSHOP M1&2 PC101 Part 2: Irrigation, Nutrition & Hygiene Marcus Van Heijst, Ben Nikaj, Melanie Power

IPDM & BIOSECURITY M3

Dan Papacek Innovations in greenhouse IPM technologies

1:45 PM

Jasper Verhoeven Practical approach to hygiene to prevent introduction and spread of bacteria fungi and viruses

2:00 PM

Jake Byrne

2:15 PM

Anne Sawyer RNA-based disease control in protected cropping environments

2:30 PM

Panel Discussion including Cherie Gambley

2:45 PM

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