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As Asia Pacific’s premier agrifood tech and innovation event, evoke^AG. 2024 brought together the entire ecosystem – farmers, researchers, founders, corporates, government and investors – to talk innovation, tech and the opportunities to advance the sector.

The search is on for the next generation of agrifood innovators with applications now open for the evoke^AG. Groundbreakers 2025 cohort.
Formally known as the Future Young Leaders program, the 2025 evoke^AG. Groundbreakers Program will give five young agrifood innovators the opportunity to present their ideas, innovations, or research to an international audience at evoke^AG. in Brisbane on 18 and 19 February 2025.

Applications for the evoke^AG. Groundbreakers program open on Friday, 2 August 2024. We catch up with Emily Jones, outgoing program manager, to share how it’s evolved since 2019, the reason behind the name change in 2025, and what’s ahead for the successful five applicants.

Agile, energetic, clever, and unflappable – the Australian Kelpie is beloved by graziers for its exceptional herding abilities. Now, a fourth-generation Queensland cattle producer has taken the wonder dog’s legendary mustering traits to new heights with SkyKelpie, a drone mustering company that’s levelling up traditional approaches to moving stock.

AgriFutures evoke^AG. is the premier event on the Australian agrifood tech and innovation calendar – a natural match for Australia’s biggest bank, CommBank, which came on board as a silver partner for its 2023 and 2024 events.
The bank has been delighted with the results of their involvement, which has been the catalyst for at least two major partnerships with Australian agritech startups. As agriculture moves towards emissions targets, these collaborations will help customers meet the challenge of accessing and interpreting their on-farm data to measure progress and demonstrate sustainability credentials.

Eighty-eight per cent of agrifood tech and innovation startups inhouse their grant writing. That may work when you’re first starting out, but you’ll likely quickly outgrow the late nights pulling an application together only to find you weren’t competitive. Done poorly, they’re a huge time drain. Camilla Roberts, CEO, SCALE IMPACT, shares how to tackle grant applications efficiently with greater chances of securing money fast.