An extensive program of plenary sessions, oral presentations, poster sessions and a post-conference technical tour is planned. The program will ensure that you will be completely up-to-date with every aspect of wheat science.
The conference will also have a number of social events designed to take full advantage of the wonderful city of Sydney. They will be carefully organised so that you will be able to maintain contact and collaboration with your existing international colleagues whilst making new friends in the global wheat research community.
Don’t miss the opportunity to be part of the ‘wheat meeting’ of 2015.
Register prior to 19 June 2015 for early-bird savings.

High profile speakers have been invited to present keynote lectures, and contributed oral and poster presentations will be invited in these areas when registration opens in February 2015. Regular updates of the program will be posted on the conference website.
The Conference will start after lunch on Wednesday 16 September and will conclude mid-afternoon on Friday 18 September.
There will be a Welcome Reception on Wednesday evening 16 September and a Gala Dinner on Thursday evening 17 September.
Early-bird registration closes 10 July 2015. Pricing options for day registration; conference dinner; and welcome registration.

The Australasian Plant Pathology Society’s biennial conference will be held in the Esplanade Hotel Fremantle, Western Australia from the 14th to the 16th September 2015.
For the conference we are putting together an exciting program of talks by national and international speakers on a wide variety of topics of relevance to plant pathology. These will be augmented by local speakers and poster presentations. A series of workshops and field trips will be held before and after the conference.
A number of other plant pathology groups are holding meetings in Fremantle either before or after the APPS Conference. These include the International Union of Forest research Organisations (IUFRO), The Australasian Plant Virology group, and the Australian National Pulse Pathology Group.
Students and early career researchers can apply for bursaries to cover some of the costs of attending the conference.

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The Conference
Professionals Preparing for 2040 Agriculture A conference with a focus on the agricultural professionals who will be meeting the 2040 food and fibre challenges – productivity, profitability, people, and policy.

Ever considered what it will be like working as an agricultural professional in 25 years time?

We have heard a lot in recent times about the agricultural challenges relating to future production and supply demands. But what does this mean for the people leading, innovating and enabling these advancements?

This conference will address pertinent questions and topics that are essential for preparing professionals not only from an agronomy perspective, but also technology, policy, industry, business, professional development, leadership, and international considerations.

Key Themes
What will Australian agriculture look like in the future? What does this mean for professionals working in agriculture?
What are the opportunities and challenges for agricultural professionals in positioning for the future?
Policy challenges, settings and responsibilities.
Showcase rising professionals from across Australia.
Technology application.
Celebrating, acknowledging, networking and showcasing the best of Australian agricultural professionals – present and future.
What’s on offer?
topical presentations
robust discussions
professional development
networking
participation
relevance
What will be achieved?
The conference program explores what skills, experience and support professionals may need leading into future opportunities and challenges facing Australian agriculture. Discussion opportunities will inform the role which Ag Institute Australia can take to shape the future of Australian agricultural science.

Who’s coming?
The conference will connect over 100 professionals from a broad representation of Australia’s agricultural industry.

Ag Institute Australia members
consultants
scientists and researchers
agribusiness and natural resource management professionals
product and service providers
government and industry representatives
educators and students
Special Highlights
River views and balcony breakout area
Evening of fabulous food, networking, guest speakers and awards
Ag Institute Australia Down to Business Breakfast
Showcase of event and industry supporters

Since 1991, Seymour Alternative Farming Expo has grown into the most successful alternative farming expo in the Southern Hemisphere and one of the best in the world.

Each year, over three days in February, more than 450 exhibitors present the world’s best agricultural technology for a general audience of 45,000 visitors including farming professionals and members of the general public.

Seymour Alternative Farming Expo is a massive outdoor supermarket for leading edge farm machinery, products and services from Australia and around the world and showcases Australia’s unique engineered and technical solutions to the challenges of farming on one of the world’s driest continents.

The technology at Seymour Alternative Farming Expo each year focuses on advances in alternative livestock, cropping enterprises, small to medium farm machinery, implements and building systems (home and farm). The Expo has a strong lifestyle focus including food growing and preparation, animals such as cattle, sheep, goats and backyard chooks. Regular event features include the Snake Show, Chainsaw Carving, Working Sheep Dogs, Country Cook Off and the Butchers Shop, Gourmet Food Marquee, The Owner Builder Lectures, Agricultural Society Lectures and the NMIT Ag Zone Lectures.

The Alternative Farming Expo is located on a superbly laid out site at Kings park in Tallarook St, Seymour.

The site is situated only 1hr from Melbourne in Victoria, and is easy accessible from the Hume highway.

8-Day Holistic Management Training Course
Nannup 2015
Based on the teachings of Allan Savory
presented by Brian Wehlburd of Inside Outside Management

Location: The Goose Shed Function Centre, Barrabup Road Nannup
Dates: 21/22 January, 25/26 February, 25/26 March and 22/23 April

The the journey, each 2-day session builds your skills, knowledge and confidence.

Session 4 (22/23 April 2015):Introduction to Holistic financial planning, small business financial plan example, communication exercises, review non-growing grazing plan, biological monitoring theory, paddock walk – set up a bio-monitoring site, introduction to Holistic land planning and key line, review, evaluation.

8-Day Holistic Management Training Course
Nannup 2015
Based on the teachings of Allan Savory
presented by Brian Wehlburd of Inside Outside Management

Location: The Goose Shed Function Centre, Barrabup Road Nannup
Dates: 21/22 January, 25/26 February, 25/26 March and 22/23 April

The the journey, each 2-day session builds your skills, knowledge and confidence.

Session 3 (25/26 March 2015):Review and photos, mastering the basics for Holistic grazing planning, feed budgets and plant monitoring, paddock walk and practical feed budgeting, complete case study for growing and non-growing season grazing plans, complete personal grazing plan, electronic spreadsheets for grazing planning.

8-Day Holistic Management Training Course
Nannup 2015
Based on the teachings of Allan Savory
presented by Brian Wehlburd of Inside Outside Management

Location: The Goose Shed Function Centre, Barrabup Road Nannup
Dates: 21/22 January, 25/26 February, 25/26 March and 22/23 April

The the journey, each 2-day session builds your skills, knowledge and confidence.

Session 2 (25/26 February 2015):Review ecosystem function and the tools, Holistic Diagnosis of environmental problems, The change process – how people change, personal profiling – what moves you, conventional decision making, Holistic Context formation and goal setting, discovering the testing matrix, testing decisions using a testing matrix, testing decisions – personal examples, time management.