Symposium on “Towards Affordable and Sustainable Food Supply – Recent Advances and Future Prospects”

Sydney, Australia
2017-08-31
Holiday Inn Sydney

HOW WILL WE SUSTAINABLY MEET FUTURE FOOD NEEDS?

ILSI SEA Region Australasia Country Committee and AACC International bring you an event which will answer your questions about what your food partners are doing.

Meet your food chain partners and get answers to:

  • How are we going to meet increasing demand for food?
  • Where will food companies get their future ingredients?
  • How will future food crops be different?
  • How will the food industry plan for food production technologies?
  • Will future food products be safe?

OBJECTIVES

1. To provide updates on new research directions towards sustainable food production systems,

2. To provide an overview of current plant breeding and other technologies to meet challenges of increasing yields, improving tolerance to plant diseases and enhancing quality of harvested products,

3. To discuss the current status on managing new molecular traits, regulation, and authentication in the supply chain.

ORGANIZER

ILSI SEA Region Australasia Country Committee and AACC International

PROGRAM

Program is available HERE

SUMMARY REPORT

The Summary Report is available HERE.

PRESENTATION

Introduction to the Issues: Sustainability, Genetic and New (Agricultural) Technologies 
Prof Les Copeland, University of Sydney, Australia 
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The Yield Gap - The Impacts of Plant Diseases on Food Insecurity 
Prof David Guest, University of Sydney, Australia 
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Meeting the Challenges: Role of Food Processing to Improve Food Security
Dr Mary Ann Augustin, CSIRO Agriculture & Food, Australia
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The Solutions: Current Technologies
Dr Anne Bridges, AACC International, USA
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The Solutions: Research Frontiers For Sustainable Food Production Systems
Prof Les Copeland, University of Sydney, Australia
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The Solutions: The Role of New Plant Breeding Innovation
Dr Steve Jobling, CSIRO, Australia
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Safety Across All Plant Breeding Technologies
Dr Paul Brent, University of Laval, Canada
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Meeting the Challenges: Managing Food Ingredients from Multiple Sources – Grain
Handler’s Perspective

Mr Pat Wilson, GrainCorp Ltd, Australia
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Meeting the Challenges: Managing Food Ingredients from Multiple Sources – Food
Manufacturer’s Perspective

Dr Geoffrey Annison, Australian Food & Grocery Council, Australia
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Latest Perspectives on Regulation of Technologies for Food Crop Improvement
Technologies

Dr Lisa Kelly, Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ), New Zealand
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