PCA2023

Concurrent Sessions INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT - CHALLENGES & OPPORTUNITIES Great Hall 2

GROWER WORKSHOP M1&2

MEDICINAL CANNABIS M3

Adrian Hunt Investing in the Future of Protected Propping

Transitioning from Soil to Soilless Media Tony Bundock, Zak Iqbal, Josh Pirrone, Cheyne Clarke

Lucy Haslam Dan’s story, and why it hasn’t ended

1:45 PM

Craig Shephard Mapping Protected Cropping Systems in Australia Bart Stengs Trends in industry development and land use planning in the Netherlands

Andrew Olley Efficient Medicinal Cannabis Cultivation

2:00 PM

Tyson Peterswald NSW DPI: Medicinal Cannabis agronomy, pathology and entomology research, is for the other Cannabis presentation Lennard Gracia-de Heer The importance of sex expression in Cannabis sativa

2:15 PM

Gabrielle Wallace The ABCB role in classifying buildings under the National Construction Code

2:30 PM

Q&A Panel Craig Shephard, Nicky Mann & Graham Moss

Emily Rigby The future of cannabis - medical, adult use, food & more!

2:45 PM

Cannabis Growers Panel

3:00 PM

3:15 PM Afternoon Tea & Exhibition

Concurrent Sessions NEW CROPS & PRODUCTION SYSTEMS Great Hall 2 Elio Jovicich RD&E supporting adoption in the tropics/subtropics Bede Miller Strategies to improve the profitability of tree fruit production in temperate and tropical climates with protected cropping systems Heidi Wiggenhauser Specialty crops for the tropics Josefine Pettersson Organic Production with Protected Cropping Systems Giao Nguyen Effects of planting dates on the growth and fruit yield of capsicum varieties in a retractable roof production system under semi-arid climatic conditions

GROWER WORKSHOP M1&2

ROOT ZONE & SUBSTRATE INNOVATION M3

IPDM Jake Byrne, Dan Papacek, Cherie Gambley, Ivan Casteels

Jake Gaudion Hydroponic Berry Production – Coir Reuse, Recycling and Alternative Substrates Joyce Zhu Understanding Rootzone Environment

3:55 PM

4:10 PM

Rohan Davies

4:25 PM

Steve Kim Advanced High-Tech Smart Farm System for Higher Yield Renga Ramasamy Composting end-of-life Rockwool slabs

4:40 PM

4:55 PM

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7:00 PM Conference Dinner

Conference Dinner Sponsored by

(Felons Barrel Hall, Howard Smith Wharves) A complimentary bus service departs Glenelg Street, Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre at 6:10pm and 6:50pm. Please arrive 5 minutes before the scheduled departure time to secure your seat on the bus. At the conclusion of the dinner there will be buses departing at 10:20pm and 11:00pm