2035 Agri-Food-Tech Oceania Summit

Local Solutions
For Global
Climate Impact

26-27 April 2022
Auckland
New Zealand

About the summit

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 will feature regional and international keynote speakers, breakout panels with domain experts, an exhibition showcasing current research being undertaken across the region, a startup hub with a pitch event to global investors, as well as extensive networking opportunities.

Showcasing research excellence

New Zealand and Australian universities and 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 will showcase 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 and cleantech start-ups from across Oceania are developing new and ground-breaking solutions designed to address the challenge posed by our changing climate. The 2035 Oceania Summit will provide a platform for these startups to showcase their work to potential collaborators, partners and investors in the Summit’s Start-up Hub. Additionally, an invitation-only investor event will enable selected startups pitch for growth capital to an audience of global venture firms.

Delivering global impact

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

Who should attend

The 2035 Oceania Summit provides 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 include;

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

Introducing the Summit Steering Committee

Prof. Owen Atkin

Professor Owen Atkin is the Director of the Centre for Entrepreneurial Agri-Technology (CEAT). Launched in August 2018, as a collaboration between the Australia National University, CSIRO and the ACT Government, CEAT’s goal is to build an agri-tech innovation ecosystem where world-class research and technology are applied to address complex agricultural challenges. Owen is also a faculty member in the ANU Research School of Biology where his research focuses on the impacts of climate change on plant metabolism.

Rahul Chopra

Rahul is a Sustainability and Climate Change Consultant to the public and private sectors including agriculture, dairy, electricity, ports and local councils. Rahul has worked with the NZ Parliamentary Services and International Organization for Standardization (ISO) and is an active member contributing to Society 5.0. He holds a Masters in Climate Policy, is a certified Project Manager and Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) certified professional.

Pip Grant

Pip is a community engagement specialist with a focus on innovation systems and global collaboration. Managing Australia’s evokeAG. program, Pip works largely with start-ups, scale-ups and corporate innovators to drive investment in agrifood innovation and research.

With a background in not-for-profit, social impact, and research extension, Pip uses community mobilisation and marketing strategies to increase awareness of innovation, opportunities to collaborate, and invest in technology and research.

Dr. Victoria Hatton

Victoria is Director of the Sustainability & Climate Change practice at PwC and brings over a decade of experience in climate change adaptation and mitigation, both in NZ and globally. Victoria is a systems thinker who has demonstrated success in driving ambitious climate change action working with governments and business leading initiatives on sustainable finance, nature-based solutions, and clean technology. Victoria was instrumental at negotiating the Koronivia outcome in the UN climate change negotiations.

Ethy Levy

Ethy is the Founder of Impact Innovation Israel, a strategic consultancy firm focusing on tech and innovation in sectors where there is a substantial impact on society and the environment. Ethy is also a co-Founder and Israel CEO of the Bridge Hub, a global Agrifood tech innovation hub based in Australia & Israel. Ethy works across multiple technology sectors and provides tech and innovation adoption advisory to multi-national corporations as well as to academia and government.

Sarah Nolet

Sarah is an internationally recognized agriculture innovation expert and a co-founder of the Agthentic Group, including Agthentic Advisory and Tenacious Ventures, Australia’s only specialist agrifood tech VC firm. Sarah is also the host of the AgTech...So What? podcast, and co-founder of Farmers2Founders, a national innovation program that supports Australian primary producers to commercialize inventions and new businesses, as well as gain early access to emerging technologies.

Dr. Anna Okello

Dr Anna Okello manages the Livestock Systems Program at the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research, part of the Australian government’s foreign aid portfolio. Anna has almost 20 years’ experience in livestock development and public health programs for a range of international and academic organisations. Since completing a PhD in political science at the University of Edinburgh in 2012, Anna maintains a keen interest in understanding the interface between agricultural research, technology development and global policy.

Guy Royal

After a long legal career advising on investment in Hong Kong, Vietnam and the UK, Guy now specialises in the Māori commercial sector in NZ. He currently sits on boards in venture capital, climate tech, fishing, Iwi investment and retail. His passion is working with Māori primary sector to produce a better standard of living for Aotearoa particularly through innovation and climate-change technologies applied to Māori primary sector assets.

Aulani Wilhelm

Aulani is the senior vice president for Oceans at Conservation International. Her work bridges culture, community and science to drive innovations in ocean conservation. Aulani has played a pivotal role in shaping the emerging field of large-scale ocean conservation, leading the design and establishment of the Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument in Hawaiʻi, and as founder of Big Ocean, a network of the world’s largest marine managed areas.

Peter Wren-Hilton

Peter was the founding Executive Director of Agritech New Zealand and co-founder of the Australia New Zealand Agritech Council.

Peter’s consultancy, Wharf42, is hosting the 2035 Oceania Summit. By bringing together key stakeholders from across the region, Peter is developing a culture of cross border collaboration to ensure AgriFoodTech can address some of the world’s most significant long-term challenges.

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