2024 Australia-China Food & Agribusiness Forum

Event Details:
Date: Thursday 13 June 2024
Time: 12.00pm – 4.00pm AEST
Format: In-person
Venue: Hall & Wilcox Melbourne
Tickets: ACBC Members – $65 + GST; Non-members – $95 + GST

The Australia China Business Council invites you to the Australia-China Agribusiness Forum 2024 – Unlocking Australia’s Agrifood for Sustainable Trade and Bilateral Growth

In recent years, the landscape of agribusiness has been transformed by the development of advanced AI algorithms. This technology has the potential to revolutionise agribusiness by enhancing efficiency, productivity and sustainability in the field, and opens an avenue for business growth and innovation.

China is renowned for its exceptional strides in AI technology. The convergence of Australia’s rich agribusiness sector with China’s cutting-edge AI advancements presents opportunities for collaboration, trade, and has the potential to strengthen longstanding relationships between the Australian agribusiness entities and Chinese tech enterprises.

This forum will highlight opportunities for trade in the Agribusiness sector and discuss the use of AI and AgTech, emphasising how this newly introduced technology could shape the future of the agrifood business through insightful panel discussions and Q&A sessions.

A half-day forum and buffet lunch are included in the ticket price.

Speakers & Panelists

• Angeline Achariya – CEO, Innovative GameChangers
• Justin Ahmed – Director, Beanstalk AgTech
• Edward Barraclough – Founder, Drone Hands
• Eugene Chen – Partner & Head of China Practice, Hall & Wilcox
• Anthony Fellows – CEO, Harmony Agriculture and Food Company Pty Ltd
• Philippa Jones – Founding Partner & Managing Editor, China Policy
• Suzie Leask – Partner, Hall & Wilcox
• Ben Lyons – Director (Rural Economies Centre of Excellence), The University of Southern Queensland
• Stewart McConachy – Managing Director, iTRAK Group of Companies
• Jeffrey McCormack – Global Director Public Affairs, Treasury Wine Estates
• Tom Mullarkey – Partner, SW Accountants and Advisors
• Michael Rosier – Executive Director of Agriculture Sector Development and Services, Agriculture Victoria
• Pier Smulders – General Manager, Alibaba Australia & New Zealand
• Marc Werner – CEO, Costa Group

More speakers TBC.

Please see below for more information on the speakers.