| Devonport – 30 September 2009 | ||||
Quality Hotel Gateway, 16 Fenton St, Devonport |
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| 8.30 am | Registration Welcome to Country |
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| The big picture: an economic overview | Climate change: critical factors | |||
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| Chair | Eliza Wood ABC Rural |
Chair | Caroline Brown Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment, Tasmania |
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| 9.00 am | Terry Sheales ABARE Economic issues affecting the region |
1.30 pm | Edwina Heyhoe ABARE Agriculture: moving toward emissions trading |
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| 9.20 am | Darren Bricknell Westpac A banker’s perspective on rural finances |
1.45 pm | Ian Barnes-Keoghan Bureau of Meteorology Weather and climate across Tasmania: variability and variations |
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| 9.40 am | Panel discussion | 2.00 pm | James McKee NRM North Growing demand for variable water |
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| 10.00 am | Sid Sidebottom MP Member for Braddon Opening address |
2.15pm | John Gray Bureau of Rural Sciences Soil carbon for productivity or trading? |
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| 2.30 pm | Panel discussion | |||
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| 10.30 am | Morning tea | 3.00 pm | Afternoon tea | |
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| Building sustainable agriculture | Taking the risk: succeeding in the region | |||
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| Chair | Mayor Lynn Laycock Devonport City Council |
Chair | Robert Wallace Northern Tasmania Development |
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| 11.00 am | Daniel Mackinnon ABARE Commodity outlook and farm performance |
3.30 pm | Rob Henderson Henderson Hydroponics Developing and marketing a premium capsicum product |
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| 11.20 am | Jane Bennett Ashgrove Cheese Dairying to be different |
3.50 pm | Craig Morris Turners Beach Berry Patch Turning rocky ground into a berry patch |
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| 11.40 am | James Walker Meander Rise Managing risk and taking advantage of opportunities in business |
4.10 pm | Jeremy Dineen Josef Chromy Wines Building a multi-faceted wine business |
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| 12.00 pm | Panel discussion | 4.30 pm | Panel discussion | |
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| 12.30 pm | Lunch | 5.00 pm | Conference close | |
