Australias livestock

export CONFERENCE

5
1

taking innovation, change & animal welfare improvements to the world

People,
Perspectives &
Relationships
25-26 November

Darwin Convention Centre

Stokes Hill Rd, Darwin

Day 1 - Wednesday 25th November

8.30
9.20

Welcome address from forum sponsors

Michael Finucan

How your levies are used in the Live Export Program?

MLA, General Manager, International Markets

How does ASEL and ESCAS work?

Why are ASEL and ESCAS needed?
Market access and what it means for producers.

Wayne Collier
LiveCorp, LEP Industry Capability Manager

Patrick Underwood

MLA and LiveCorp Producer Forum

NACC, Manager

9.50

Morning Tea

AuctionsPlus

10.10

How are research and development

priorities determined?
How will this make a difference to you?

Sharon Dundon

10.20

10.40

Comparison of the growth of F1 Senepol x Brahman

and Brahman steers in an Indonesian feedlot
Traceability project

MLA, Livestock Export Research and

Development Manager

Tim Schatz
NT Department of Primary Industry and Fisheries,
Principal PastoralProduction Research Officer

Steve Meerwald
Agricultural Connections Australia, Director

11.00
11.20

Future of Palm Plantations and

small holder breeding operations in Asia

LEP Consultant

Ross Ainsworth

Panel Session / Q&A

Michael Finucan

In-market experiences

Session facilitator

Michael Patching
LEP, In Market Manager, Vietnam

Valeska Valeska
MLA, Regional Manager, Indonesia

Bernie Brosnan
Wellard Rural Exports, General Manager

11.50

Closing Remarks

Sam Brown
LiveCorp, CEO

Conference Welcome & Opening

12.00
1.00

Lunch
Conference Introduction

Ruralco
Don Heatley
Event MC

1.05

Welcome Address

David Galvin
LiveCorp, Chairman

1.15

Keynote Welcome Address

Hon. Barnaby Joyce MP

Agriculture Minister

1.30

Keynote Address
Agriculture is the pathway out of poverty
Global food security and poverty challenges of poverty
including access and distribution of food

Our Global Industry

2.15

Sponsor Presentation

2.20

View from another country

Iain Mars

We operate in competitive global markets.

What are their expectations for the future?

Minerva Foods
Chief Operating Officer - Brasil Beef

Afternoon Tea

Elders

3.10

Indonesia 50 years of trade - 50 years of opportunity

3.45

Sponsor Presentation

QANTAS Freight

Patrick Hutchinson
Livestock Exchange,
General Manager ITS Global Operations

3.50

Indonesian Feedlotting

Indonesian Feedlotting Panel

Reflecting on 50 years of feedlotting in Indonesia future

opportunities for further development / improvement.
How do we build stronger relations with better market signals?

4.20

Panel Session / Q&A

John Ackerman

What are we doing to meet the demands

and capture the opportunities?

Session facilitator

Dicky Adiwoso
Dick Slaney
Indonesian Govt/IndustryRepresentative
Indonesian feedlotter

5.00

Closing Remarks

Don Heatley
Event MC

6.00

The Coopers Sundower Welcome BBQ & Drinks

Coopers Animal Health

NT Parliment House

Welfare in live exports animal welfare matters to us

Day 2 - Thursday 26th November

8.30

Conference Introduction

Don Heatley
Event MC

8.35

NT Government Welcome

Hon Willem Westra van Holthe

Northern Territory - Deputy Chief Minister

8.50

9.30
10.05

Keynote Address

Dr Bernard Vallat

Livestock exports and animal welfare

exporting animal welfare globally

Director General of the OIE

Competitiveness of the Australian

Livestock Export Industry
Benchmarking livestock export standards

Dr Leisha Hewitt
Livestock Welfare

10.35

Morning Tea

Roebuck Export Depot

Welfare in live exports cont.

11.05
11.35

12.15

Animal indicators across the supply chain

- launch of the Indicator Program project

Dr Nigel Perkins
Murdoch University in conjunction with AusVet

Peter Schuster

Animal welfare and the continuous process to

improvement: understanding the Livestock Global
AssuranceProgram (LGAP) including in market feedback

Schuster Consulting

Keynote Address

Professor Temple Grandin

Insights into animal welfare and livestock exports

Professor of Animal Science at

Colorado State University

In-conversation with Professor Temple Grandin animal

behaviourist shares her experiences and views of the industry
following a recent tour

Don Heatley
Session facilitator

1.00

Lunch

Wellard Rural Exports

2.00

Sponsor Presentation

AUSTREX

2.05

From pig shooter to activist

Dayne Pratzky

Our world has changed how do we communicate?

The Frackman

Peter Lewis
Session facilitator

2.35

Achieving social license: are our people the key?

Ross Hampton
Australian Forest Products Association, CEO

3.05

Afternoon Tea

ACE Laboratory Services

3.30

Panel Session / Q&A

Kylie Stretton

Engaging Australia and the world:

Ag communications - where to next?

CoFounder of Ask an Aussie Farmer

What current channels of communication are having

the most cut through are people even listening?

CEO, National Farmers Federation

What messages and which voices are most effective,

particularly engaging urban audiences?

The Daily Telegraph

What are the new emerging channels and opportunities

to get into the hearts and minds of the public, policy
makers and customers?

Simon Talbot
Samantha Townsend
Peter Lewis
Session facilitator

How can our messaging and presentation improve

and be more effective, here and abroad?

4.15

Closing Remarks

Simon Crean
ALEC Chairman

Conference Conclusion

6.00

Pre-Dinner Drinks

IDEXX Laboratories

Exhibition Hall 4

7.00

11.00

Gala Dinner

Don Heatley

Young Achiever of the Year Award presentation

Chair

Lifetime Achievement Award presentation

Shane Jacobson

Charity Auction

Guest Speaker

Evening Concludes

Registration & Accommodation

Special Deal Hotels
There are a variety of accommodation options for conference delegates, with a number of hotels and serviced apartments
located in the Darwin CBD. Most are located within 15 minutes walk from the conference venue, the Darwin Convention Centre.
Hilton Hotel Darwin, Vibe Waterfront, Adina Service Apartments, Darwin Central Hotel, Mantra Esplanade, Novotel Darwin
and Palms City Resort are offering registered conference delegates a special conference rate. Contact information and room
price ranges are listed below. Accommodation at these special rates can be booked at the same time as registering your
attendance at the 2015 LIVEXchange Conference.
Hilton, Darwin

Doubletree by Hilton

Adina Apartment Hotel

Vibe Hotel

32 Mitchell Street, Darwin

116 The Esplanade, Darwin

7 Kitchener Drive , Darwin

7 Kitchener Drive , Darwin

T+61 8 8982 0000

Ehiltondarwin.info@
hilton.com

T+61 8 8980 0800

Edoubletreedarwin reservations@
hilton.com

T+61 8 8982 9999

Edarwin@
adinahotels.com.au

T+61 8 8982 9998

Edarwin@
vibehotels.com.au

$179/$199/$209/$229

$179/$159

$175/$199/$229

$160/$190

Darwin Central Hotel

Mantra on the Esplanade

Novotel, Darwin Atrium

Palms City Resort, Darwin

21 Knuckey Street, Darwin

88 The Esplanade, Darwin

100 The Esplanade, Darwin

7 Kitchener Drive , Darwin

T+61 8 8944 9000

Ereservations@
darwincentral.com.au

T+61 8 8943 4333

Eesplanadedar.res@
mantra.com.au

T+61 8 8941 0755

Ereservations@
novoteldarwinatrium.com.au

T+61 8 8982 9200

Ereservations@
palmscityresort.com

$163

$149/$159

$142

$121

Conference Ticket Pricing

Full Conference package . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $600
(incl. 1.5 day Conference, LEP Producer Forum, Coopers Sundowner Welcome BBQ and Drinks, Gala Dinner)

Additional Gala Dinner Ticket . . . . . . . . . . . . . $250

LIVEXchange15 is proudly sponsored by:

LivestockExchange
surefootmat

For more information and to register online:

www.livexchangeconference.com.au