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evokeAG. 2023 was held at the Adelaide Convention Centre, South Australia on 21-22 February 2023. Over two days we explored how farming, tech, science and people collectively have the power to bring innovative ideas to life.
In addition to the two-day full scale global event, our Host City Partner The Government of South Australia, Platinum Partner Elders and Gold Partner The University of Adelaide are hosted a number of sideline events on Monday, 20 February 2023 and Thursday, 24 February 2023.
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Once you have checked in at the registration kiosks, you will be able to begin exploring The Hive.
The Exchange
Our world-famous networking exhibition and Startup Alley will run across the two-day event. Immerse yourself at any time among some of the world’s best operators and inventors in agriculture.
Exhibition: Wander through our many partner exhibition stands to discover what’s new in agrifood innovation.
Startup Alley: evokeAG. Startup Alley features up to 40 local and global startups.
Afternoon Breakout
Elders Plenary
Elders Plenary
Since the inception of evokeAG. in 2019, Elders has supported our mission to help drive innovation and growth in Australia’s agricultural industry.
Elders has once again renewed its commitment to Australian agrifood innovation, returning as the official Platinum Partner for 2023. Hear from Mark Allison, Managing Director and CEO of Elders, as he discusses Elders’ commitment to the next generation of innovations that will continue to spur Australian agriculture into the future.
Managing Director and CEO, Elders
Managing Director and CEO, Elders
Elders Plenary
We all want to innovate, but is that enough? What if the pace of innovation isn’t fast enough to save us from climate change or worse?
Find out how a maverick approach supercharges innovation to another level. Life, food, shelter, and longevity: if you can make it work in the harsh environment of space, there’s a good chance that we can make it work on Earth. Surviving on Earth will require a maverick way.
Managing Partner, Astor Perkins
Managing Partner, Astor Perkins
Elders Plenary
Space tech is transforming our world and with it, entire industries.
From visualising crop health and informing the management of future automated farms, to understanding human behaviour and planning for critical food shortages. Combining high-resolution satellite imagery data with Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning has endless applications, especially for agriculture. This fireside chat dares you to look at how space can improve our lives here on Earth.
Managing Partner, Astor Perkins
Managing Partner, Astor Perkins
Director, the Waite Research Institute, the University of Adelaide
Director, the Waite Research Institute, the University of Adelaide
Founder and Principal, YoBou
Founder and Principal, YoBou
The Exchange
Elders Plenary
What happens when big money gets behind big ideas? Find out how entrepreneurs, investors and social change agents are using science and technology to answer the big questions and achieve radical change to feed a growing human population safely.
Founder and Chairman at FoodShot Global
Founder and Chairman at FoodShot Global
Elders Plenary
Geopolitical tensions. The relationship between inflation and commodities. Emerging markets and industry diversity.
We bring together venture capitalists from leading firms across Europe, the US, Asia Pacific and Australia to share their insights on the factors impacting global agrifood tech investment and where the unexpected opportunities for the future may lie.
Co-Founder and Managing Partner, Anterra Capital
Co-Founder and Managing Partner, Anterra Capital
Founder and Chairman at FoodShot Global
Founder and Chairman at FoodShot Global
Managing Director & Head of Agri-Food, Temasek
Managing Director & Head of Agri-Food, Temasek
Co-Founder & Managing Partner, Tenacious Ventures
Co-Founder & Managing Partner, Tenacious Ventures
Founder and CEO, Impact Innovation Israel
Founder and CEO, Impact Innovation Israel
Elders Plenary
Finding world-leading research, technologies and commercialisation opportunities in one easy-to-use location, has always been a challenge – until growAG.com.
The homegrown solution designed by AgriFutures Australia, is helping connect users from around the world with Australian agrifood innovation, increase deal flow and drive value on-farm through the adoption of game-changing technologies.
Here we unpack the need for AgriFutures growAG., some of the success stories and why a more collaborative approach is helping accelerate innovation and commercialisation.
Head of School & Dean Agriculture & Environmental Science, University of Southern Queensland
Head of School & Dean Agriculture & Environmental Science, University of Southern Queensland
Co-Founder and Ceo, Leaf Protein Co
Co-Founder and Ceo, Leaf Protein Co
Managing Director, AgriFutures Australia
Managing Director, AgriFutures Australia
The Exchange
Elders Plenary
How can making milk without cows benefit Australian dairy farmers?
Join the CEOs of Eden Brew and Norco Co-operative to find out how they’re working together to create animal-free, precision-fermented milk products to build more resilient supply chains and complement the profit models of farmers in Australia’s largest dairy co-operative.
Co-Founder and CEO of Eden Brew
Co-Founder and CEO of Eden Brew
CEO, Norco Co-operative
CEO, Norco Co-operative
Founder and Principal, YoBou
Founder and Principal, YoBou
Breakout Room 1
This session will begin with a presentation by Jay Holata, CEO of Athena IR Tech as part of the Startup Showcase.
Australia and New Zealand’s land-based agricultural industries have set ambitious sustainability targets for the future.
We ask industry leaders to share the realities of their progress beyond frameworks and targets, what keeps them up at night, and how producers can be part of the solution through tangible actions today.
Head of Sustainability, GrainCorp
Head of Sustainability, GrainCorp
Chief Sustainability Officer, CropX
Chief Sustainability Officer, CropX
Managing Director, Greenstock
Managing Director, Greenstock
Rural Reporter, The Australian
Rural Reporter, The Australian
CEO, Athena IR-Tech
CEO, Athena IR-Tech
Breakout Room 2
This session will begin with a presentation by David Carter, Co-Founder and CEO of Deep Planet as a part of the Startup Showcase.
Uber and Airbnb turned two conventional industries on their heads. How did they do it?
Using software that allows two applications to talk to each other. Now it’s agriculture’s turn. Andrew Skinner and Andrew Cooke will show you the possibilities and benefits of connecting data to create new business models and operating efficiencies for producers and companies alike, in what they’ve coined the ‘Internet of Agrifood’.
Co-Founder and Managing Director, Rezare Systems
Co-Founder and Managing Director, Rezare Systems
Director, More Than Machines
Director, More Than Machines
Co-Founder and CEO, Deep Planet
Co-Founder and CEO, Deep Planet
Science, technology, coupled with an investment in skills and capability, need to be harnessed to empower farmers to shape the future of natural capital management and environmental reporting.
This session will consider the innovation needed to enable natural capital to be treated as a factor of production in agriculture and explore the potential benefits and opportunities that can flow from investment in this.
Farming for the Future is a public interest research and change program that aims to understand how differences in natural capital are associated with differences in benefits to farmers. Dr Sue Ogilvy and Dr Daniel Gregg will provide an overview of the science and systems change behind Farming for the Future. The session will include an exploration of the implications of increased demand for environmental reporting by Primary Producers and the opportunities observed by Farming for the Future for technological innovation to support the farmers to respond to these.
National Climate and Nature Coordinator, Pew Charitable Trust
National Climate and Nature Coordinator, Pew Charitable Trust
Founder and Principal Economist, Heuris Pty Ltd
Founder and Principal Economist, Heuris Pty Ltd
Program Director at the Macdoch Foundation (Farming for the Future Project)
Program Director at the Macdoch Foundation (Farming for the Future Project)
Director, ProAdvice
Director, ProAdvice
Elders Plenary
This session will begin with a presentation from evokeAG. Future Young Leader Matthew Anderson.
Data can provide insights on everything from optimal irrigation and equipment maintenance to soil fertility, but with a plethora of apps and software solutions, how do producers move from digital distraction to meaningful decision-making?
This highly practical session features case studies from producers who’ve done exactly that to leverage big results on-farm.
Founder, SkyKelpie
Founder, SkyKelpie
2022 Young Farmer of the Year and Award for Excellence in Innovation
2022 Young Farmer of the Year and Award for Excellence in Innovation
Nuffield Scholar and Vineyard Manager at Penley Estate
Nuffield Scholar and Vineyard Manager at Penley Estate
Co-Founder and CEO, Bitwise Agronomy, and Producer, Jinglers Creek Vineyard
Co-Founder and CEO, Bitwise Agronomy, and Producer, Jinglers Creek Vineyard
CEO, Riverine Plains
CEO, Riverine Plains
evokeAG 2023 Future Young Leader
evokeAG 2023 Future Young Leader
Brought to you by
The Council of RDCs
Breakout Room 1
With an expected two billion extra people to feed by 2050, coupled with changing tastes and dietary preferences, there is a growing global demand for more protein, produced more sustainably and from a wider variety of sources.
In this session, we bring together diverse voices from across the supply chain to look at how we leverage both traditional and alternative protein sources to deliver on the growing global appetite for protein. Where are the opportunities? What are the constraints? And what are the ‘watch outs’ for consumers?
Deputy Director (Food), Agriculture and Food, CSIRO
Deputy Director (Food), Agriculture and Food, CSIRO
AV Jochinke and Co. & Vice President, National Farmers’ Federation
AV Jochinke and Co. & Vice President, National Farmers’ Federation
CEO, Fight Food Waste
CEO, Fight Food Waste
CEO, Thomas Foods International
CEO, Thomas Foods International
Collaborative Innovation Lead, Bühler Group
Collaborative Innovation Lead, Bühler Group
Breakout Room 2
Prior to 2019 there wasn’t a single local (Australian) venture capital firm focused on agritech. Today, there are multiple players.
Today, there are multiple players. In this session we explore
two very different experiences – from an Australian company who has
leveraged government incentives and local funding, to an international
company seeking local backing to enter the Australian and New Zealand
marketplace. Experts from two leading venture capital firms weigh in on what’s
changed in our investment ecosystem and the realities of securing funding in today’s environment.
Partner, Main Sequence Ventures
Partner, Main Sequence Ventures
Co-Founder & CEO, Harvest B
Co-Founder & CEO, Harvest B
Co-Founder & CEO, Beewise
Co-Founder & CEO, Beewise
Director, Artesian (Alternative Investments)
Director, Artesian (Alternative Investments)
Co-Founder and Executive Chairman, AgriWebb
Co-Founder and Executive Chairman, AgriWebb
CommBank will join a panel of industry experts and producers to discuss the theme of measurement under the thematic of sustainability in agriculture. Solutions to get to carbon neutral, the important role of measurement and how CommBank supports farmers in these endeavours.
Delegates will leave the session with a greater understanding of what it all means, where it might be heading and the opportunities to get started.
Director of Science, Agricultural Emissions, FLINTpro
Director of Science, Agricultural Emissions, FLINTpro
Managing Director, Macka's Australian Black Angus Beef
Managing Director, Macka's Australian Black Angus Beef
Co-Founder & CPO, Loam
Co-Founder & CPO, Loam
National Director Agribusiness, Commonwealth Bank
National Director Agribusiness, Commonwealth Bank
General Manager, Agribusiness, Commonwealth Bank Australia
General Manager, Agribusiness, Commonwealth Bank Australia
Brought to you by
Commonwealth Bank
Elders Plenary
Indigenous peoples are the original stewards of the land and with that, the very first agriculturalists.
In this session we explore how the modern application of traditional practices is creating market demand for Indigenous products, especially in the food and beverage sector. We also consider the barriers to scale and, if overcome, the potential to transform agrifood value chains and Indigenous communities alike.
Researcher and Academic, Southern Cross University
Researcher and Academic, Southern Cross University
Co-Founder and CEO, Food Futures Company
Co-Founder and CEO, Food Futures Company
Director, Tuia Group, and Managing Partner, Māui Toa VC
Director, Tuia Group, and Managing Partner, Māui Toa VC
MD, Yambangku Aboriginal Cultural Heritage and Tourism Development Aboriginal Corporation
MD, Yambangku Aboriginal Cultural Heritage and Tourism Development Aboriginal Corporation
Yindyamarra Research Fellow, Charles Sturt University
Yindyamarra Research Fellow, Charles Sturt University
Breakout Room 1
This session will begin with a presentation from evokeAG. Future Young Leader Keeley Lester.
Governments, industries and companies the world over are stepping up their climate commitments, but can carbon credit markets help us meet net-zero targets or do they simply allow emitters to continue to release greenhouse gases?
In this not-to-be-missed session, we uncover every angle to ensure you leave informed on the great carbon debate.
General Manager, Wilmot Cattle Co.
General Manager, Wilmot Cattle Co.
Director of Sustainability, AgriWebb
Director of Sustainability, AgriWebb
Managing Director, Clean Carbon Pty Ltd and Research & Development Manager, SANTFA
Managing Director, Clean Carbon Pty Ltd and Research & Development Manager, SANTFA
Co-Founder & CEO, FLINTpro
Co-Founder & CEO, FLINTpro
Co-Owner, The Madgetts Block, MD, Perennial Australia & Co-Organiser Agritech Meetup SA
Co-Owner, The Madgetts Block, MD, Perennial Australia & Co-Organiser Agritech Meetup SA
Future Young Leader
Future Young Leader
Breakout Room 2
This session will begin with a presentation by Hunter Jay, Co-Founder and CEO of Ripe Robotics as part of the Startup Showcase.
Self-driving tractors, seed planting robots and agricultural drones are all putting new technology and better outcomes in the hands of our producers.
We bring together the companies making it happen and the producers using the tech to share what’s in the market right now, what’s to come, and at what point does autonomous agriculture start to pay for itself on-farm?
Head of School & Dean Agriculture & Environmental Science, University of Southern Queensland
Head of School & Dean Agriculture & Environmental Science, University of Southern Queensland
CEO and Co-Founder, SwarmFarm Robotics
CEO and Co-Founder, SwarmFarm Robotics
Production Systems Manager – Production and Precision Ag, John Deere
Production Systems Manager – Production and Precision Ag, John Deere
Executive Manager - Health and Agriculture at nbn™ Australia
Executive Manager - Health and Agriculture at nbn™ Australia
Co-Founder & CEO, Ripe Robotics
Co-Founder & CEO, Ripe Robotics
CEO and Managing Director, Three60 Consulting
CEO and Managing Director, Three60 Consulting
With Syngenta as a provider of plant health solutions and Pairtree Intelligence as a data integrator, together their aligned partnership is adding value to farmers.
Here we uncover the key ingredients needed to transform agricultural technology, from startup to fully fledged commercial player.
Head of Business Development, Syngenta Australia, and New Zealand
Head of Business Development, Syngenta Australia, and New Zealand
CEO & Co-Founder, Pairtree Intelligence
CEO & Co-Founder, Pairtree Intelligence
Brought to you by
Syngenta
The Exchange
Elders Plenary
This session will begin with presentations from evokeAG Future Young Leader Isaac Mayer, evokeAG Future Young Leader Josie Clarke and AgriFutures Researcher of the Year Adrian Spencer.
Environmental scientist, author, adventurer and public speaker Tim Jarvis AM shares lessons on leadership, resilience, teamwork and goal-setting learned from his polar expeditions.
In this thought-provoking session Tim shares how these skills can be applied to delivering sustainable outcomes in the face of climate change and biodiversity loss.
Drawing on his personal observations of environmental change in the polar regions and his current focus on rewilding and regeneration, Tim explores humanity’s impact on the planet and how individuals and organisations can step up to be part of the solution.
Tim Jarvis Consulting, environmental scientist, author and adventurer
Tim Jarvis Consulting, environmental scientist, author and adventurer
Future Young Leader
Future Young Leader
Future Young Leader
Future Young Leader
Founder, Sampano, and AgriFutures Australia, Researcher of the Year
Founder, Sampano, and AgriFutures Australia, Researcher of the Year
Elders Plenary
The Festival of Food is a casual networking function for delegates to see out Day 1. Enjoy a delicious array of canapes and drinks featuring locally sourced produce.
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The Exchange
Our world famous exhibition and Startup Alley will run across the two-day event. Immerse yourself at anytime among some of the world’s best operators and inventors in agriculture.
Exhibition: Wander through our many partner exhibition stands to discover what’s new in agrifood innovation.
Startup Alley: evokeAG. Startup Alley features up to 40 local and global startups.
Elders Plenary
MC welcomes delegates to Day 2.
This will be followed by a presentation from evokeAG Future Young Leader Malkah Lara-Muckenschnabl.
A welcome to South Australia from the Hon Clare Scriven MLC, Minister for Primary Industries and Regional Development and Minister for Forest Industries.
Founder and Principal, YoBou
Founder and Principal, YoBou
Future Young Leader
Future Young Leader
Minister for Primary Industries and Regional Development and Minister for Forest Industries
Minister for Primary Industries and Regional Development and Minister for Forest Industries
Elders Plenary
World trade continues to be impacted by the Four Cs: climate, covid, conflict and cost. But which changes are temporary, and which are permanent?
In this important wide-ranging discussion, our panellists challenge themselves – and the audience – to consider whether these factors will drive collaboration, creativity or catastrophe in the future, and ask which conversations we need to be having as a sector in light of this.
Yindyamarra Research Fellow, Charles Sturt University
Yindyamarra Research Fellow, Charles Sturt University
Executive Chairman, Macdoch Group
Executive Chairman, Macdoch Group
Founder, Shelman Group
Founder, Shelman Group
Co-Founder and Managing Director of Tasmanian Agricultural Company
Co-Founder and Managing Director of Tasmanian Agricultural Company
Principal, Tim Hunt Consulting
Principal, Tim Hunt Consulting
Elders Plenary
An address by Senator the Hon Murray Watt, Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, and Minister for Emergency Management.
Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry and Minister for Emergency Management
Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry and Minister for Emergency Management
The Exchange
Elders Plenary
Socially conscious consumers are increasingly demanding sustainable fashion, driving companies to innovate greener forms of fibre production.
Learn how Sea Forest and M.J.Bale are partnering to create net zero clothing – including the world’s first carbon neutral three-piece suit; how iconic Australian brand R.M. Williams is integrating sustainability into its supply chain through its ‘Regenerative Bootprint’; via responsible sourcing of fibres & materials, as well as growing their circular system for boots, including ongoing product takeback, refurbishment and recycling programs.
Co-Founder and CEO, Sea Forest
Co-Founder and CEO, Sea Forest
Head of Brand, M.J. Bale
Head of Brand, M.J. Bale
Chief Sustainability Officer, R.M. Williams
Chief Sustainability Officer, R.M. Williams
Agrifood tech journalist
Agrifood tech journalist
Globally, research and investment into biological solutions to improve soil and plant health is accelerating exponentially.
As regulators around the world seek to reduce the application of chemical pesticides, farmers and growers are looking at biological alternatives to protect plants from diseases, pests, and weeds, or to improve the health of their plants. This workshop is designed to look at the global landscape for biologicals development and application and explore the opportunities it offers to researchers, entrepreneurs and investors.
The workshop will be moderated by Peter Wren-Hilton, co-convenor of the 2023 Salinas Biological Summit.
Managing Director, New Edge Microbials
Managing Director, New Edge Microbials
Margot Forde Forage Germplasm Centre, AgResearch
Margot Forde Forage Germplasm Centre, AgResearch
Founder and CEO, Wharf42, and Director, Platform 10
Founder and CEO, Wharf42, and Director, Platform 10
Founder and CEO, Impact Innovation Israel
Founder and CEO, Impact Innovation Israel
Brought to you by
Wharf42
Breakout Room 1
From designing crops for fuel production, to creating programmable cells to fight disease, synthetic biology or SynBio is big business.
There’s also big interest and big backing from pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies. We speak with four SynBio players about advances in the field, the applications and what it might mean on farm in the near future.
Senior Director Business Development, Ginkgo Bioworks
Senior Director Business Development, Ginkgo Bioworks
CEO and Co-Founder, Vow
CEO and Co-Founder, Vow
Head of Science & Technology, v2food
Head of Science & Technology, v2food
General Manager, Agritechnology, and CEO, Cauldron Molecules
General Manager, Agritechnology, and CEO, Cauldron Molecules
Collaborative Innovation Lead, Bühler Group
Collaborative Innovation Lead, Bühler Group
Breakout Room 2
Clean and green is to New Zealand, what the Emerald Isle is to Ireland and what innovation is to Israel.
These countries have built brand identities and entire markets on leveraging their unique strengths and stories. This session looks at what Australia can learn from these international powerhouses about how to position our producers and innovators on the world stage to deliver direct benefits across the entire supply chain.
CEO, New Zealand Story
CEO, New Zealand Story
Project Manager, Israel Australian Chamber of Commerce
Project Manager, Israel Australian Chamber of Commerce
Founder, Shelman Group
Founder, Shelman Group
Elders Plenary
As an agricultural industry, we’re targeting $100 billion per annum in farm gate output by 2030.
But in the past 12 months, the offshore outbreak of Foot and Mouth Disease in Indonesia and the presence of the Varroa mite on our home soil threatens to derail the sector. We bring together producers, innovators, regulators, and biodiversity experts to look at how we stack up globally on biosecurity threats and if we’re doing enough to safeguard our 2030 industry target and the producers who depend upon it?
GM, Emergency Preparedness, Animal Health & Biosecurity, Animal Health Australia
GM, Emergency Preparedness, Animal Health & Biosecurity, Animal Health Australia
CEO, Plant Health Australia
CEO, Plant Health Australia
Co-Founder and CEO, Onside
Co-Founder and CEO, Onside
CEO, Australian Honey Bee Industry Council
CEO, Australian Honey Bee Industry Council
Principal, Agsecure
Principal, Agsecure
Breakout Room 1
This session will begin with a presentation by Eitan Dan, MD,CropX as part of the Startup Showcase.
In recent years the global appetite for sustainably sourced seafood, fishery and aquaculture products has increased.
So too has the focus on finding solutions to overcome some of the challenges associated with aquaculture seafood operations. In this session we ask industry leaders how they’re faring in turning a blue industry green and which innovations are driving a circular approach to deliver on environmental, social and economic bottom lines.
Director, Ocean Decade Australia
Director, Ocean Decade Australia
CEO, Austral Fisheries
CEO, Austral Fisheries
General Manager, CH4 Australia
General Manager, CH4 Australia
Rural Reporter, The Australian
Rural Reporter, The Australian
Managing Director, CropX New Zealand
Managing Director, CropX New Zealand