FOOD FUTURES : Nourishing a Nation

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0:00 Acknowledgment of Country and Welcome

6:04 Welcome Address: Professor Kerrie Wilson, Queensland Chief Scientist

17:17 Opening Keynote Address, Appetites for Change: Rebalancing the Australian Food System – Professor David Raubenheimer, Professor of Nutritional Ecology, Charles Perkins Centre and School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Sydney

1:03:08 Session 1 – Food production systems: the science underpinning supply, safety and sustainability

1:03:20 Presentation – Dr John Kirkegaard FAA, Chief Research Scientist – Farming Systems, CSIRO Agriculture and Food

1:29:45 Panel discussion

2:30:52 Session 2 – Climate change resilience in agriculture: impacts of science, technology and policy

2:31:41 Address – Adam Fennessy PSM, Secretary, Australian Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry

2:53:49 Presentation – Professor Richard Eckard FTSE, Director, Primary Industries Climate Challenges Centre, University of Melbourne

3:07:30 Presentation – Dr Rohan Nelson, Director, Food System Horizons, University of Queensland and CSIRO

3:26:17 Panel discussion

4:31:38 Session 3 – Nutrition, science and technology: food facts you need to know

4:32:35 Presentation – Associate Professor Severine Navarro, Group Head, Centre for Childhood Nutrition Research, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute

4:48:44 Presentation – Professor Yasmina Sultanbawa, Centre Director, Centre for Nutrition and Food Sciences, Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation (QAAFI)

5:05:01 Panel discussion

5:58:54 Wrap up and closing remarks by symposium convenor, Professor Christine Beveridge FAA

6:18:24 Symposium close

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