CVAF

When: 6pm Thu 27th July 2017

Where: Capital Theater, 50 View Street Bendigo

Why: 

Understand opportunities with intensifying agribusiness from production to ag-tech, from genomics to economic implications.

Hear invaluable insights from industry's best producers in the business and from local agribusiness leaders. 

Presenters: 

Trevor Budge OAM- City of Greater Bendigo 

Hear Trevor's insights and findings into the recently commissioned and released Loddon Campaspe Agribusiness Economic Contributions Study and why agribusiness plays a significant role in sustaining our local economy. 

David Blackmore- Blackmore Wagyu

Blackmore Wagyu is Australia's most internationally recognised beef brand with his product featuring on the many of the Top 50 Restaurants in the world. David will be discussing the commercial reality surrounding sustainable farming and its relationship to financial viability. He discusses that if farmers are not profitable then they are not sustainable. 

John Hazeldene- Hazeldene's Chicken

Receive insights and updates regarding the success and growth of Hazeldene's; their innovation, investment and engagement strategies including insights into domestic and international markets. 

Glenn Pomeroy- CVAF Ag-Tech Meetup Initiative

Glenn has been working closely with local, state and federal governments on SmartCity and SmartFarming initiatives. He is on the board of Australia Smart Communities Association. Glenn will offer insights into the new CVAF Ag-Tech Meetup Initiative, what it means for the region, how we can collaborate to accelerate and leverage local opportunities and how Central Victoria can be recognised as the Ag-Tech Farming capital of Australia. 

Taf is a global diversified industry research associate specialising in Agriculture, Resources, Infrastructure and Manufacturing. His experience covers off macro-economic research, corporate finance analysis, consultancy and advocacy. A key area of focus is analysing, measuring and contextualising the impact of consumer behaviour as a leading indicator of macro-economic signals which in turn support investment decisions by corporates and public/private investors. 

Currently these skills overlap in the delivery of value adding "insights" content to global institutional banking customers, their supply chain networks across ANZ's regional footprint… and also into Industry & regional bodies across Australia.

Taf is also well renowned for channeling his African heritage to create a narrative that intertwines traditional stories with contemporary market trends and global research insights. It truly will be a great way to start your agribusiness day. 

David Chamberlin grew up on a sheep and beef cattle farm in Ararimu, approximately 60km south of Auckland. With the good fortune of an international career, the Chamberlin family have lived and worked in New Zealand, Australia, Vietnam, Germany, Singapore and Indonesia; with business visits to more than 40 countries and a strong focus in Asia over the years.

David has mainly worked in the area of business management, but has also held responsibility in Asia Pacific for Bayer CropScience, for project management, business intelligence/market research, and developed the sales excellence programs and handbook for Bayer globally. As CEO of the Birchip Cropping Group, also involved with research trials, commercial trials, sponsorship, extension, communication, bio-diversity (environmental), climate and community research. He has stayed in agribusiness throughout his career, with time in retail, food processing, packing and export, and the majority of time in Crop Protection products.

He has been the General Manager at Sinon Australia Pty Limited since March 2014 and relocated the Sinon head office from Sydney to Bendigo in July this year. Sinon Corporation was established in Taichung, central Taiwan, 60 years ago and now includes: crop protection manufacturing, biological manufacturing (pharmaceutical and agricultural), agricultural retail, food processing, supermarkets, orchid production and export, orchards, vineyard and winery, cement, construction and a golf course.

David lives in Bendigo with his wife Stephanie, son Joshua (La Trobe, Business), son Matthew (Monash, Engineering Mechatronics) and daughter Chloe (year 11, Girton Grammar). He is a ‘cricket tragic’ and has been improving his cooking skills since Stephanie went back to work fulltime.