AgriFutures Australia 2024 | AgriFutures evokeAG | 19 February 2024 | Perth Convention and Exhibition Centre, 21 Mounts Bay Rd, Perth WA 6000, Australia

This unique, cross-sector, international event brings together thought leaders and change makers in agriculture, food manufacturing, research, innovation, investment, and policy to build connections for a more resilient, productive, and profitable agricultural sector and value chain.

Connects the agrifood innovation community across the Asia Pacific and around the world. We do this by providing a digital platform and a premier agrifood tech event where farmers share their experiences, startups pitch their potential, scientists showcase their discoveries, global business leaders share their insights and industry experts share their thoughts.

It will once again host the Asia Pacific’s premier agrifood innovation event.
This unique, cross-sector, international event brings together thought leaders and change makers in agriculture, food manufacturing, research, innovation, investment, and policy to build connections for a more resilient, productive, and profitable agricultural sector and value chain.

2024 Speakers

Huia Adkins
Sustainability Business Group Leader and Technical Director - Circular Economy, GHD

Dr Lewis Akenji
Managing Director, Hot or Cool Institute

Jay Albany
CEO, Wide Open Agriculture

Mark Allison
Managing Director and CEO, Elders

Adam Anders
Co-Founder and Managing Partner, Anterra Capital

Dr Gaus Azam
Principal Soil Scientist, DPIRD

Catherine Bell
Partner, Climate Change and Sustainability, RSM

Natalie Bell
evokeAG. Future Young Leader and Founder, Hylo Ag

Anna Bennett
Executive General Manager of Strategy, Sustainability and Innovation, Elders

Edwina Beveridge
Co-Owner, Blantyre Farms

Dr Ben Biddulph
Chief Primary Industries Scientist, Department of Primary Industries & Regional Development

Jacqui Biddulph
Director, Kerridge Farm, and Steering Committee, Australian Dairy Sustainability Framework

Cressida Cains
Co-founder, Pecora Dairy

Luke Chaplain
Founder, SkyKelpie

Guy Coleman
EvokeAG. Future Young Leader and Creator, OpenWeedLocator (OWL)

Annabelle Coppin
Founder and Owner, Outback Beef, and Farmer, Yarrie Station

Gaethan Cutri
Director, Cutri Fruit

Michael Dean
Founding Partner, AgFunder

Richard Eckard
Professor, University of Melbourne

Ben Fargher
Environmental Markets Lead, APAC, Cargill

Stephen Forshaw
Chief Representative for ANZ and APAC, Airbus

John Foss
Founder and CEO, Fancy Plants, and CEO, The Chia Company

Ty Fulwood
Owner, Mt Noddy Farming

Alexandra Gartmann
Director, Australian Farm Institute, and Non-Executive Director, Nufarm

John Gibbs
Founding Partner and Head Brewer, Spinifex Brewing Co

Natasha Greenwood
General Manager, Agribusiness, Commonwealth Bank Australia

John Harvey
Managing Director, AgriFutures Australia

Amanda Healy
CEO, Kirrikin

Jackson Hewett
Head of Content, AuctionsPlus

Julie Hirsch
Co-Founder, Eloments Natural Vitamin Tea, and Co-Founder, Mullin

Professor Philip Howard
Professor, Community Sustainability, Michigan State University

Tim Hunt
Food and Agribusiness Consultant

Bill Hyem
AgriFutures Horizon Scholar Alumni (2020) & Soil Carbon Operations Officer, AgriProve

Bryce Ives
Founder and Principal, YoBou

The Hon Jackie Jarvis MLC
Minister for Agriculture and Food, Forestry, and Small Business

Dr Terri Janke
Solicitor Director, of Terri Janke and Company

Brad Jones
Director, Bungulla Farming

Sam Lambert
EvokeAG. Future Young Leader and Co-Founder, zenGate Global

Ethy Levy
Managing Partner, Kinneret Impact Ventures

Devon Long
General Manager, Asia Pacific, Regrow Ag

Richard Lovell
Director of Global Procurement and Networking, CP Foods

Darryl Lyons
Co-Founder, Rainstick

Lauren Mackenzie
Lead Sustainability Manager for Forests, Land and Agriculture, Coles

Dr Roberta Marcoli
EvokeAG. Future Young Leader and Postdoctoral Aquaculture Researcher, James Cook University

Catherine Marriott OAM
2024 Nuffield Scholar

Dr Pam Marrone
Co-founder and Executive Chair, Invasive Species Corporation

Nicolás Martelli
APAC Business Development Manager, ZoomAgri

Dr Cheryl McCarthy
Senior Research Fellow (Mechatronic Engineering), University of Southern Queensland

Cathy McGowan AO
Chair, AgriFutures Australia

Oral McGuire
Founding Director, Noongar Landholder Enterprises, and Chair, Yaraguia Enterprises

Harriet Mellish
General Manager of Global Innovation Networks, AgriFutures Australia

David Messina
CEO and Co-Founder, Rumin8

Dr Kieren Moffat
CEO and Co-Founder, Voconiq

Navid Moheimani
Professor, Murdoch University

Tim Neale
President, Australian Agritech Association and Co-Founder and Managing Director, DataFarming

Bob Nixon
Director, GRDC, and Farmer, Bunketch Ag

Sarah Nolet
Co-Founder and Managing Partner, Tenacious Ventures

Robyn O'Brien
Founder, Sirona Ventures, and Author, Seeding Innovation

Dr Michael Patching
Managing Director, Alta Food and Agriculture

Brianna Peake
Chief Stakeholder Relations, Sustainability and Strategy Officer, CBH

Ryan Rakestraw
Director, Temasek

Abi Ramanan
Food Systems Entrepreneur

Bjorn Reijnen
APAC Sustainability Program Manager, Cargill

Craig Reucassel
Climate change series host on ABC TV, Writer, Comedian

Rebecca Robinson
President and CEO, Kansas State University Innovation Partners

Rebecca Russell
Managing Director and Partner, Boston Consulting Group

Natalie Sarich-Dayton
CEO and Managing Director, Brownes Dairy

Nina Schick
Founder, Tamang Ventures

Paul Serra
CEO, SunRice Group

Nick Stamatiou
CEO and Co-founder, Whole

Katherine Stodulka
Partner, Systemiq, and Chair - Blended Finance Taskforce, Systemiq

Suresh Sundararajan
CEO and Co-founder, Nupo Ventures (Incubation and Venture Building arm of Olam Group)

Heechung Sung
Head of Natural Capital Investments, Clean Energy Financial Corporation

Dr Katia Taylor
EvokeAG. Future Young Leader and Postdoctoral Researcher, CSIRO

Rebecca Tomkinson
CEO, The Chamber of Minerals and Energy of Western Australia

Ponsi Trivisvavet
CEO, Inari

Nitin Vaish
Business Development - Agriculture, Ginkgo Bioworks

Dr Thijs van Leeuwen
Senior Director of Product, Planet

Matt Vince
Head of Sales and Marketing, Tassal Group

Stefan Vogel
General Manager, RaboResearch Australia and New Zealand, Rabobank

Justin Webb
Co-Founder and Executive Chairman, AgriWebb

Charlotte Weston
Director, EY; Chief Governance & Reporting Officer, The Sustainable Markets Initiative

Mick Wettenhall
Director, Weemabah Pastoral Co., and Co-founder and Head of Grower Success, Loam Bio

Sally-Ann Williams
CEO, Cicada Innovations

Dr Joanne Wisdom
Innovation Manager, Grower Group Alliance

Peter Wren-Hilton
Founder and CEO, Wharf42, and Director, Platform 10

Olympia Yarger
CEO, Goterra

Nicole Yazbek-Martin
Head of Taxonomy and Natural Capital, ASFI

Antony Yousefian
Vice President of Climate and Circularity, Wiliot

2024 Partners

Platinum Partner:
• Elders

Host City Partner:
• Government of Western Australia

Strategic Partner:
• Western Australian Business Events Perth

Gold Partners:
• Carbon Sync Regenerative Agriculture
• CBH Group

Silver Partners:
• Commonwealth Bank
• Craig Mostyn Group

Event Partners:
• AgriFutures Emerging Industries
• CRDC
• CSBP
• Food and Beverage Accelerator
• Grains Research & Development Corporation
• Loam
• Lucas Group
• Rimfire Resources
• RSM
• Syngenta

Strategic Partners:
• Australian National University
• Auctions Plus
• CEFC
• Coles
• Kirrikin
• Regrow
• Australian Government Department of Agriculture Fisheries and Forestry
• Wide Open Agriculture