evokeAG., Asia-Pacific’s annual convergence of agrifood innovation, science and technology has today launched its 2025 program, packed with daring discussions, immersive sessions and game-changing innovations.
Innovators in the agrifood sector have the opportunity to showcase their cutting-edge solutions at evokeAG. 2025. This annual convergence of innovation, science, technology, and ideas shaping the future of agrifood has recently been awarded Startup Event of the Year at Startup Daily’s 2024 Best in Tech Awards.
Visitors wanting to attend AgriFutures Australia’s evokeAG. 2025 in Brisbane, Queensland on 18-19 February have until the end of August to secure discounted early bird tickets.
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University of Queensland scientists Professor Ala Tabor and Dr Hannah Siddle of the Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation share how they’re set to test their vaccine on 40 cattle in a proof-of-concept trial for commercial adoption.
The search is on for the next generation of agrifood innovators with applications now open for the evokeAG. Groundbreakers 2025 cohort.
Formally known as the Future Young Leaders program, the 2025 evokeAG. Groundbreakers Program will give five young agrifood innovators the opportunity to present their ideas, innovations, or research to an international audience at evokeAG. in Brisbane on 18 and 19 February 2025.
Australia’s agrifood industry is being invited to help shape the program for evokeAG.’s first online Global Demo Day, with a call to nominate everyday problems not already addressed by local tech providers.
Silicon Valley engineer Naeem Zafar is single-handedly disrupting the post-harvest ag industry using machine learning and IoT to predict the quality of crops in storage and transit – and it’s all thanks to a sliding doors moment involving a group of Australian executives searching for storage solutions for the grain industry.
South Australian agritech startup GoMicro uses a combination of simple and sophisticated technologies, including microscopic attachments and blockchain, to rethink quality assessment standards and access to agronomist advice. Now the startup is raising pre-seed funding.
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