Day 2 – Thursday 18 March
Dealing with climate change chaired by Charlie Prell, Farmers for Climate Action
Prof Mark Howden, Institute for Climate, Energy and Disaster Solutions, ANU
Ian Dunlop, member Club of Rome
Prof Justin Borevitz – Precision Landscape Regeneration
Dr Adam Carroll, Research School of Biology, ANU
Enabling meaningful change chaired by Genevieve Jacobs
Em Prof Stuart Hill – Ecological and Psycho-social Foundations for Agricultural Sustainability
Sustainable Farms – Michelle Young – Restoring the ecology above ground
Encroachment on agricultural land by mining and urbanisation chaired by Genevieve Jacobs
Dr Gavin Mudd – The essentials of mining and sustainability
Sally Hunter, Lock the Gate – What life is like when mining comes to your district
Feed me for a year – Rod Taylor, David Jenkins Ghetto Media
If you want to know more, contact Rod Taylor, tayloram2000[at]zoho.com
Transforming global food systems chaired by Hon Sandra Kanck
Tony Hill, Land to Market Australia – Buy into a Healthier Australia
Hon Professor Robyn Alders AO – ANU/Kyeema Foundation
Julian Cribb, author Food or War – The Age of Renewable Food
Can we feed all the people and not destroy the Earth? chaired by Ian Lowe
Dr Nicole Chalmer, author of Ecoagriculture for a Sustainable Food Future Ecoagriculture: a cultural paradigm for enduring resilience and sustainability
Prof Will Steffen – Planetary boundaries
Dr Jane O’Sullivan – The critical role of population size and growth
Concluding remarks Prof Ian Lowe