Do you want to help grow the value add potential of Australia's food and agribusiness sector?
Are you unsure how helping to unlock this potential aligns with larger Australian and global sustainable initiatives?
FIAL invites you as a member of the food and agribusiness sector to participate in a virtual webinar to discover how unlocking the sector's $200 billion potential aligns to the United Nation's (UN) Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Key industry professionals will discuss the $200 billion potential, its alignment to the SDGs and how we are tracking to achieve the ambition for the sector by 2030.
About the Event
In 2020, Food Innovation Australia Limited (FIAL) published Capturing the Prize: the $200 billion value-added opportunity for the Australian food and agribusiness sector by 2030. The report identified 19 growth opportunities and detailed roadmaps outlining what needs to happen to realise this untapped potential.
Join us to see how these 19 growth opportunities link closely to the 17 SDGs and their corresponding 169 targets - developed by the UN as part of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Learn how the 19 growth opportunities can contribute towards achieving the SDGs and in turn support the sector’s ability to grow, produce and manufacture food beyond 2030.
Further, hear how Australia's Food and Agribusiness sector is progressing against two other FIAL roadmaps – Food Loss and Waste, and Sustainable Fisheries.
The webinar will end with a short Q&A.
Presenters
Mr Swee Cheng Wei
Senior Manager at Access Partnership .
Cheng Wei is a Senior Manager from the Economics Strategy Practice in Access Partnership, a global public policy consultancy focused on technology with headquarters in the United Kingdom. He has experience working with stakeholders, such as government agencies, investors, and companies on sustainability, technology and inclusive growth projects including digital transformation, sustainable packaging and food waste. Cheng Wei has also been part of the teams working on projects related to sustainable business practices and policies including sizing the business opportunities linked to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) for the APAC and MENA regions.
Dr Matt Barwick
Research Portfolio Manager at Fisheries Research and Development Corporation
Matt is General Manager for the Fisheries Research and Development Corporation’s Strategy and Innovation business unit. Matt has developed a unique perspective on Australia’s fishing and aquaculture community, enabled through his diverse background. During his career Matt has studied migration and habitat requirements of freshwater and estuarine species in Eastern NSW, contributed to management of the Southern Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery with the Australian Fisheries Management Authority, managed the Murray-Darling Basin Authority’s Native Fish Strategy research program, and worked to reduce bycatch and interactions with threatened species within the commercial wild-harvest sector with the Northern Prawn Fishing Industry.
Dr Mirjana Prica
Managing Director at Food Innovation Australia Limited
Mirjana is an enthusiastic visionary who focuses on entrepreneurship and innovation to deliver commercial value. Mirjana sits on boards and advisory groups for cooperative research centres, universities, research and industry organisations, where she leverages her 25 years of research and commercial experience in materials, minerals, food and agribusiness. Currently, Mirjana is leading FIAL, a national and industry-led organisation, established by the Commonwealth to drive innovation and market initiatives for Australia.
Francesca Goodman-Smith
TRANSFORM Program Leader, Fight Food Waste Ltd
Francesca is TRANSFORM Program Leader at the Fight Food Waste Cooperative Research Centre (CRC) in Australia. She leads a research portfolio designed to transform unavoidable food waste into valuable new products. Prior to joining the CRC she worked as Waste Minimisation Manager for Foodstuffs NZ, New Zealand’s largest grocery retailer. In this role she solidified research and industry partnerships to understand the emerging sector of upcycled foods, where surplus and by-products are transformed into new food products. Francesca works globally across the sector as the International Representative for the University of Otago Food Waste Research Theme in New Zealand, has co-chaired the Standards Committee for the Upcycled Food Association in the USA, is an Australian representative on the ISO Standard development for food loss and waste and was recently awarded a Churchill Fellowship to travel globally to investigate upcycled food opportunities.
Terms and Conditions
- FIAL reserves the right to cancel/change the event itself and/or speakers, guests, agendas, presenters without prior notice.
- Ticket cancellation must be communicated to FIAL in writing no less than 24 hours prior to the event. Cancellations made within the 24-hour period prior to the event will not be eligible for a full refund.
Disclaimer
- Food Innovation Australia Ltd (ABN 50 164 124 609) (‘FIAL’) makes no representation, warranty or guarantee, that participating will result in any specific outcomes;
- Items outlined in promotional material or descriptions may without notice change or be cancelled; and
- FIAL is not liable in any way arising from your participation. You must rely on your own independent expert advice.
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