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For Global
Climate Impact

10 – 11 October 2022
Auckland
New Zealand

The Summit Venue: The Aotea Centre, 50 Mayoral Drive, Auckland

Local Solutions
For Global
Climate Impact

10 – 11 October 2022
Auckland
New Zealand

Empowering our farmers to adopt news ways of sustainable agricultural production

Local Solutions
For Global
Climate Impact

10 – 11 October 2022
Auckland
New Zealand

Working with Pacific Island communities to address food security and climate change

Local Solutions
For Global
Climate Impact

10 – 11 October 2022
Auckland
New Zealand

Identifying opportunities to develop a net-zero food production system

Local Solutions
For Global
Climate Impact

10 – 11 October 2022
Auckland
New Zealand

Encouraging investment into our region's growing agrifood tech sector

Local Solutions
For Global
Climate Impact

10 – 11 October 2022
Auckland
New Zealand

Taking decisive action to protect and conserve our oceans

Local Solutions
For Global
Climate Impact

10 – 11 October 2022
Auckland
New Zealand

Leveraging the scientific advances being developed by our research community

The Inaugural 2035 Oceania Summit Delivered!

As New Zealand emerges from lockdowns, closed borders and re-connects with the world, the 2035 Oceania Summit provided a unique opportunity for New Zealand's agrifood and agritech sectors to meet and engage in-person and meet peer delegations from around the world. The Summit delivered!

The Summit was more than just a two-day conference. It was a key part of a long-term platform designed to focus on actionable outcomes that will create positive global impact. That started with significant face-to-face interaction at the Aotea Centre in Auckland.

With major international delegations arriving from Australia, the Pacific Islands, the USA and Europe, there was no better opportunity for New Zealanders wanting to make a difference on the global stage. Whether you were in government, research, industry or investment, the Summit provided the networking platform necessary to accelerate your ambition. 

The Summit outcomes included:

  • Identifying opportunities to develop a net-zero food production system
  • Leveraging the scientific advances being developed by our research community
  • Taking decisive action to protect and conserve our oceans
  • Supporting the Pacific Islands address food security issues and climate change
  • Encouraging investment into our region’s growing agrifood tech sector
  • Empowering our farmers to adopt news ways of sustainable agricultural production
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A hugely Successful Summit!

It took 18 months to get there, but last week we finally got the 2035 Oceania Summit across the line. It was an amazing 48 hours of great presentations, great networking and great outcomes.

Changing what and how we eat

By Peter Gordon, world-renowned Kiwi chef, author and the curator of the Summit’s Festival of Food.

Introducing Peter Gordon's signature 'Festival of Food' 2035 Oceania Summit menu

Supported by the Summit's key Festival of Food sponsors, ecogas and Fonterra, Peter has delivered. Seriously. Below, you can view some of the signature dishes that will be served over the two days of the Summit.

NZ Minister Damien O'Connor to join California Agriculture Secretary, Karen Ross, at the Summit

Climate and sustainability are issues shared by farmers and growers on both sides of the Pacific.

Purpose of the Summit

The inaugural 2035 Oceania Summit was designed to enable the region’s scientific & research community, its industry leaders, agribusiness & agritech companies, farmers & growers, regulators and policy makers to meet and discuss how agrifood tech innovation and on-farm application can help address the existential threat posed by climate change.

Just where do we want our agrifood sector to be in 2035? And how are we going to get there?

Agriculture and the agrifood supply chain provide a significant contribution to the region’s greenhouse gas emissions. The 2035 Oceania Summit focused on the role that agrifood tech will play in supporting farmers and growers reduce emissions to net zero, as well as build more resilient growing systems to address the ongoing impact of a rapidly changing climate.  

In Australia, the Climate Targets Panel says that Australia should be aiming to reach net zero emissions as early as 2035. In New Zealand, the Climate Change Commission has submitted to government its recommendations for reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Across wider Oceania, climate change has had, and will continue to have, profound ramifications for the people living in the region.

The Summit featured regional and international keynote speakers, breakout panels with domain experts, an exhibition showcasing current research being undertaken across the Oceania region, as well as extensive networking opportunities.

With major delegations from Australia, the Pacific Islands, the USA & Europe, it was a Summit that delivered!

Showcasing research excellence

New Zealand and Australian universities & research institutes, including CRIs and RDCs, are leveraging great science and knowledge to develop innovative solutions that will tackle some of the major climate-related challenges facing the region’s agriculture and agrifood sectors. The 2035 Oceania Summit showcased this work to provide insights into the exciting emerging agrifood technology being developed to both reduce the region’s agricultural and agrifood emissions to net zero, as well as mitigate the threats to farmers and growers posed by climate change.

Start-ups creating value

Agritech start-ups showcased some of their ground-breaking technologies during the Summit to support farmers and growers address the impact of climate change.  Additionally, the Summit hosted a number of Pacific Island agritech companies looking to address the existential threat that a changing climate poses to our wider region. This was a critical mission for the Summit which will be followed up over the coming months.

Delivering global impact

The 2035 Oceania Summit was designed to deliver global impact. By bringing together thought leaders and experts from across the region and further afield, the aim of the Summit was to highlight how science, research and entrepreneurial endeavour can help farmers and growers worldwide meet the significant challenges posed by our changing climate. 

Who attended the Inaugural 2035 Oceania Summit?

The 2035 Oceania Summit provided the platform for a wide cross-section of professionals to meet, network and collaborate on the emerging agrifood technologies that can help farmers and growers reduce their greenhouse gas footprint and deliver global impact.

These included;

  • R&D Specialists
  • Universities, CRIs & RDCs
  • Agribusiness Leaders
  • Farmers and Growers
  • Start-up Entrepreneurs
  • Software developers & systems integrators
  • Investors
  • Government Representatives
  • Policy Makers
  • Environmental Experts
  • Compliance Officers

 

Speakers

Maria Jose Alvarez

Maria Jose (MJ) is an Investment Manager at WNT Ventures, New Zealand’s longest-standing deep-tech incubator

Temarama Anguna-Kamana

Mrs Temarama Anguna-Kamana, Secretary of Agriculture, Cook Islands Ministry of Agriculture.

Geoff Bates

Geoff Bates is founder and Managing Director, Pastoral Robotics.

Clare Bradley

Clare is a Director and Head of R&D for AgriSea NZ Seaweed Ltd. A Māori owned, and family operated business that has been making products from seaweed for 25 years.

Nigel Bradley

Nigel is the CEO, Envirostrat

Prof. Andrew Campbell

Andrew Campbell is the Chief Executive of the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR), appointed by the Minister for Foreign Affairs in 2016.

Aimée Christensen

Hillary Laureate, Aimée Christensen, is CEO of Christensen Global Strategies and the founding Executive Director of the Sun Valley Institute for Resilience.

Professor Michelle Colgrave

Professor Michelle Colgrave is the Future Protein Lead at CSIRO Agriculture and Food, in Australia

Kaitlin Dawson

Kaitlin Dawson, Executive Director for NZ Food Waste Champions 12.3.

Dennis Donohue

Dennis is the Director of the Western Growers Center for Innovation & Technology

Elizabeth Fastiggi

Elizabeth Fastiggi is the Head of Worldwide Business Development for the Agriculture vertical at AWS.

Andrew Fisher

Andrew is a Director, Ecogas & Eco Stock

Dr Victoria Hatton

Victoria is Director of the Sustainability & Climate Change practice, PwC NZ

Bridgit Hawkins

Bridgit is Chief Sustainability Officer, CropX

Nick Hazell

Nick is CEO & Founder of Australian startup v2food

Richard Heath

Richard Heath is Executive Director of the Australian Farm Institute, an independent agricultural policy research organisation.

Murray Hemi

Murray Hemi, General Manager, Tahitanga Consulting

Nancy Irwin

Nancy is the co-founder and Managing Director of Kamapim Ltd, a Papua New Guinean sustainable agriculture company.

Jo Kelly

Jo Kelly is the CEO of the Australian Seaweed Institute

Dr Tanira Kingi

Tanira is an Emeritus Scientist (Scion) and a Climate Change Commissioner

Ethy Levy

Ethy Levy is the Founder of Impact Innovation Israel

Steve Meller

A Silicon Valley-based entrepreneur, Steve is the CEO and founder of CH4 Global

Dana Muir

Dana is Head of Natural Capital, BNZ

Jaime Nack

A presenter for Vice President Al Gore’s Climate Reality Project & President, Three Squares Inc

Dr Richard Newcomb

Chief Scientist, Plant & Food Research

Minoru Nishi

Socially responsible, Minoru seeks to contribute to the strengthening of Tonga and the livelihoods of its people.

Sarah Nolet

Sarah is the CEO of Agthentic and co-Founder and Partner at Tenacious Ventures

Brendan O'Connell

Brendan is Chief Executive of AgriTech New Zealand

Hon Damien O'Connor MP

Hon Damien O'Connor is New Zealand Minister for Trade and Export Growth, Minister of Agriculture, Minister for Biosecurity, Minister for Land Information, and Minister for Rural Communities.

Dr Anna Okello

Dr Anna Okello manages the Livestock Systems Program at the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research

Robert Oliver MNZM

Robert Oliver is a New Zealand chef who was raised in Fiji

Matthew Pryor

Matthew Pryor is co-founder of AgThentic / Tenacious Ventures, and a founding board member of the Australian AgriTech Association.

Professor Steven Ratuva

Steven is the Director of the Macmillan Brown Centre for Pacific Studies

Dr Gavin Ross

Dr Gavin Ross is Group General Manager, Marketing & Innovation at Plant & Food Research

Secretary Karen Ross

Karen Ross was appointed Secretary of the California Department of Food and Agriculture on January 9, 2019 by Governor Gavin Newsom

Guy Royal

Guy Royal is Director, Tuia Group and advisor to the Māori primary sector

Unasa Nomeneta Saili (Nome)

Co-Founder, Director and Chief Technology Officer, Skyeye Samoa Ltd

James Shaw MP

James Shaw MP is New Zealand’s Climate Change Minister.

Bren Smith

Bren co-founded GreenWave to promote the co-existent aquaculture of kelp and shellfish by local communities.

Bruce Smith

Bruce is the co- founder of Eko360 and recently established Tnue Ltd

Robert Waterworth

Rob is currently leading the development of new international monitoring tools for forestry and agriculture, including FLINTpro, the world's first SaaS-based integration and reporting system.

Dr. Stephan Weise

Dr. Stephan Weise is the Managing Director of Asia at the Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT).


Summit Partners & Sponsors

“Hosting this event not only positions New Zealand as a global leader in agritech and agrifood expertise; it opens opportunities for further research and investment that will benefit our local farmers, local economy, and local environment in the longer term.”
Bjoern Spreitzer — Tourism New Zealand


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Join the 2035 Oceania Summit's inaugural 'Festival of Food'


"Kia ora. It is a true pleasure to curate The 2035 Agri Food Tech Oceania Summit Festival of Food in October 2022. I’ll be sharing a menu of delicious produce from Aotearoa New Zealand and the Pacific that has either a Zero or Minimal carbon footprint. We'll showcase some of the many farmers, fishers, gatherers and producers who realise the importance of sustainability in the global market. Although we are far away from many of our markets, it’s good to know that Food Miles by themselves don’t always matter. What does is our carbon footprint - from growing, harvesting and production through to delivery to market."

Peter Gordon
Chef, Restauranteur, Writer, and Fusion Pioneer

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