8.50am

Welcome: Professor Grant Edwards

Vice Chancellor, Lincoln University

9.00am

Keynote Address: Dr John Caradus, Chief Technology Officer, Grasslanz

Have we fallen behind everyone else in the OECD in not allowing genetic modification, and at what cost?

9.30am

Darrell O’Brien & Dr Sai Arojju, General Manager and Research & Innovation Manager, Radiata Pine Breeding Company

A faster path to climate resilience in forestry, through technology adoption

10.00am

Hamish Marr, Farmer, Mid-Canterbury

How can growers compete with subsidised imports?

10.30am

 Morning Tea

11.00am

Dr Scott Champion, Chief Executive, Foundation for Arable Research

How can cross-sector collaboration be the ticket to success?

11.30am

Dr Kirsty Chidgey, Animal Welfare Science Advisor for NZ Pork and Senior Research Officer at Massey University

Beyond cheap imports: Supporting a strong domestic pork industry?

12 noon

Colin Hurst, National President, Federated Farmers

Is the New Zealand family farmer a dying breed, and what would the cost of that be?

12.30pm

Lunch

1.00pm

Steve Koekemoer, Chief Executive, Season’s Best Limited

We have talked about ‘value add’ for many decades now, but what have we added in value in our vegetable industries?

1.30pm

Dr Jacqueline Rowarth, Adjunct Professor, Lincoln University

How we actively choose to under invest in science

2.00pm

Political Forum

Each of the political parties will discuss their policy on agricultural and horticultural science

Representatives from:
National Party: Hon Nicola Grigg
Labour Party: Hon Dr Deborah Russell
Green Party: Steve Abel
NZ First Party: Hon Mark Patterson
ACT Party: Dr Parmjeet Parma
Opportunity Party: Daniel Eb

Chair:  Prof Jon Hickford

4.pm

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