THEO MURPHY (AUSTRALIA) HIGH FLYERS THINK TANK
Agricultural Productivity and Climate Change
Oaks on Collins, Melbourne, Thursday and Friday 22-23 October 2009
| DAY 1 Thursday 22 October |
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| 9.00am | Registration Coffee and tea served |
| Session 1: Introductory session | |
| Chair: Dr Sue Meek FAICD FTSE Chief Executive, Australian Academy of Science |
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| 9.30am | Welcome Professor Kurt Lambeck AO PresAA FRS President, Australian Academy of Science |
| 9.40am | Opening address The Hon Joe Helper MP Victorian Agricultural Minister |
| 10.00am | Keynote address 50th Anniversary Selby Fellow, Professor Peter Gregory Director and Chief Executive, Scottish Crop Research Institute |
| 10.30am | Morning tea |
| 11.00am | Productivity growth Promoting productivity in the agriculture and food sector value chain: Issues for R&D investment Dr Kate Grenot, Chair, Rural R&D Council |
| 11.30am | Resilience Resilience and agriculture: The human dimensions Professor Lesley Head, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Wollongong |
| 12.00noon | Sustainability Managing our agricultural landscapes sustainably Dr Michael Robinson Executive Director, Land and Water Australia |
| 12.30pm | Global climate The six-sided problem of climate, carbon, nitrogen, water, food and people Dr Michael Raupach FAA FTSE CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research, Global Carbon Project |
| 1.00pm | Lunch |
| Session 2: Focus breakout groups | |
| 2.00pm | Group A: Policy Chair:Dr Kate Grenot Rapporteur: Dr Robyn Bartel Group B: Knowledge management Chair: Professor Lesley Head Rapporteur: Dr Georgina Kelley Group C: Technologies Chair: Dr Michael Robinson Rapporteur: Dr Sandra Eady Group D: Planning Chair: Dr Michael Raupach Rapporteur: Dr Caroline Ummenhofer |
| 3.30pm | Afternoon tea |
| 4.00pm | Return to focus breakout groups [Finalise ideas and develop conclusions] |
| 5.30pm | Close of session |
| 6.30pm | Drinks |
| 7.00pm | Dinner for all participants and Victorian Fellows of the Australian Academy of Science |
| DAY 2 Friday 23 October |
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| 9.00am | Coffee and tea |
| Session 3: Reporting back and final discussion | |
| Chair:Professor Kurt Lambeck Reports from groups Each rapporteur has 15 minutes plus 5 Fminutes discussion |
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| 9.10am | Group A – Policy Rapporteur: Dr Robyn Bartel |
| 9.30am | Group B – Knowledge management Rapporteur: Dr Georgina Kelley |
| 9.50am | Group C – Technologies Rapporteur: Dr Sandra Eady |
| 10.10am | Group D – Planning Rapporteur: Dr Caroline Ummenhofer |
| 10.30am | Morning tea |
| 10.50am | General discussion Chair: Professor Kurt Lambeck |
| 11.20am | Summing up |
| Chair: Professor Kurt Lambeck Speakers: Dr Michael Raupach Prof Peter Gregory |
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| 11.45am | Lunch |
| 12.30pm | Open lecture by Selby Fellow, Prof Peter Gregory Introduction by Professor Kurt Lambeck |
| 1.45pm | Close of session |
| 2.00pm | Closed session: Outcomes and recommendations Think Tank chairs, speakers, rapporteurs and Academy secretariat |
| 4.00pm | End of Think Tank program |
