TROPAG CONFERENCE 31 October – 2 November 2022 Brisbane, Australia
TROPAG 2022
COMMITTEES
The TropAg conference is hosted by The University of Queensland – a world leader in agriculture and food research, with support from the Queensland Government via the Department of Agriculture and Fisheries, a Scientific Program Committee, an International Advisory Committee and vital partners and sponsors.
TropAg Executive Organising Committee
Chair: Prof Matthew Morell, Institute Director of Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation (QAAFI) at The University of Queensland (UQ)
Deputy Chair: Mr Stephen Williams, Deputy Director QAAFI at UQ
Committee members:
Professor Neena Mitter, Centre Director Horticultural Science, UQ QAAFI
Professor Ian Godwin, Centre Director Crop Science, UQ QAAFI
Professor Ben Hayes, Centre Director Animal Science, UQ QAAFI
Professor Yasmina Sultanbawa, Nutrition and Food Science, UQ QAAFI
Professor Robert Henry, Chair of HarlanIV and Professor of Innovation in Agriculture, UQ QAAFI
Ms Lynne Turner, Chair of AgFutures and A/General Manager Horticulture and Forestry Sciences at the Department of Agriculture and Fisheries (Queensland)
Dr Penny Measham, Department of Agriculture and Fisheries (Queensland)
Ms Carolyn Martin, Marketing and Communications Manager, UQ QAAFI
Mr Oliver Frith, Business Development Manager, UQ QAAFI
Ms Leanne Mulheran, Conference secretariat: Expert Events
TropAg Scientific Program Committee
Chair: Prof Matthew Morell, Institute Director of Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation (QAAFI) at The University of Queensland (UQ)
Deputy Chair: Mr Stephen Williams, Deputy Director QAAFI at UQ
Committee members:
Prof Neena Mitter, Centre Director Horticulture Science, UQ QAAFI
Prof Damian Hine, Agribusiness, Value Chains and the Bioeconomy – Theme Leader, UQ QAAFI
Prof Sagadevan Mundree Queensland University of Technology
Mr Duncan Ferguson Sugar Research Australia
Prof Ian Godwin Centre Director Crop Science, UQ QAAFI
A/Prof Lee Hickey Predictive Agriculture – Theme Leader, UQ QAAFI
Prof Mark Cooper ARC Centre for Excellence -Plant Success
Prof Ben Hayes Centre Director Animal Science, UQ QAAFI
Dr Barbara George-Jaeggli Sustainable Agrifood Systems – Theme Leader, UQ QAAFI
Dr Graham Bonnett, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)
Dr Daniel Walker, Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR)
Prof Mike Gidley Centre Director Nutrition and Food Sciences, UQ QAAFI
Prof Yasmina Sultanbawa, Healthy Agriculture and Food for Healthy Communities – Theme Leader, UQ QAAFI
Prof Gavin Ash, University of Southern Queensland
Prof Rebecca Ford, Griffith University
Ms Lynne Turner, AgFutures Theme Leader, Dept of Agriculture and Fisheries (Queensland).
Dr Penny Measham, Department of Agriculture and Fisheries (Queensland)
Ms Kimberley Wockner, Dept of Agriculture and Fisheries (Queensland)
Dr Alison Anderson, Hort Innovation
Dr Tony Parker, Meat and Livestock Australia
Prof Robert Henry, HarlanIV Theme Leader, UQ QAAFI
Dr Marina Fortes, School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, UQ
Dr Cristina Martinez, School of Agriculture and Food Sciences, UQ Faculty of Science
Prof Nigel Perkins, School of Veterinary Science, UQ Faculty of Science
A/Prof Heather Smyth, QAAFI Deputy Director Research, UQ
Dr Ian Biggs, CRC for Northern Australia
Dr Diogo Costa, Central Queensland University
Prof Allan Dale, James Cook University
Dr Penny Wrum, Charles Darwin University
Carolyn Martin, QAAFI UQ
Leanne Mulheran, Conference secretariat
TropAg International Advisory Committee
Prof Appolinaire Djikeng, University of Edinburgh
Alison Bentley, International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)
Caixia Gao, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Prof Hailing Jin, University of California Riverside
Prof Hai-Chun Jing, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Prof Gert Kema, Wageningen University & Research
Martin Kropff, CGIAR, International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center
Prof Hanu Pappu, Washington State University
Dr Srinivasan Ramasamy, World Vegetable Center
Prof Pamela Ronald, University of California
Prof Guy Smagghe, University of Ghent
Prof Rod Snowdon, Justus Liebig University Giessen
Dr Leena Tripathi, CGIAR, International Institute of Tropical Agriculture
TROPAG CONFERENCE
31 October – 2 November
2022 Brisbane Australia
Contact: TropAgHarlan@expertevents.com.au
TropAg event organisers and affiliates acknowledge the Traditional Owners and their custodianship of the lands on which we meet. We pay our respects to their Ancestors and their descendants, who continue cultural and spiritual connections to Country. We recognise their valuable contributions to Australian and global society.
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