Smart Science for Innovation in Horticultural Enterprises

Preliminary gathering for early arrivals – Sunday 20 July 2008

 Program Day 1 – Monday 21 July 2008

8.00 – 9.00 am	Registration
9.00 – 9.05 am	Welcome. John Chapman, President AuSHS
9.05 – 9.15 am	Official opening. Dr Nigel Steele Scott, Chair HAL
9.15 – 10.00 am	Keynote Speaker. Dr Mark Howden, Theme Leader, CSIRO Adaptive Primary Industries and Enterprises – Horticulture in an even more sunburnt country.
10.00 – 10.45 am	Keynote Speaker. Dr David Hughes, Emeritus Professor of Food Marketing at Imperial College, London, and Visiting Professor at the University of Kent Business School and at the Royal Agricultural College – Concerns about Climate Change and the 'Greening' of the Retailer: Implications for Food Industry Participants.
10.45 – 11.15 am	MORNING TEA
11.15 – 12.45 pm	Climate and environment – How is horticultural science responding? Dr Bruce Tomkins, Dept Primary Industries and Fisheries, Victoria – Reviewing climate change impacts on horticulture Dr Jo Luck, Dept Primary Industries and Fisheries, Victoria – Understanding and adapting to the impact of climate change on pests and diseases of horticulture S.E. Park et al. – Assessment of climate change related increases in temperature on horticultural crops in Australia Dr Rod Drew – Announcing Australia to hold the ISHS World Congress in 2014
12.45 – 2.00 pm	LUNCH Includes lunchtime event for post-graduate students to meet key scientists. Poster viewing and discussion
2.00 – 3.30 pm	Training and development, workshops and discussions (concurrent sessions) Horticultural plant breeding – biotechnology tools & industry needs Understanding and managing water in horticultural cropping Innovative supply chains Modelling horticulture – from individual plant structure to orchard scale Sustainable soil management
3.30 – 4.00 pm	AFTERNOON TEA
4.00 – 6.00 pm	Training and development, workshops and discussions (concurrent sessions) Same sessions continue as before afternoon tea
7.00 pm	CONFERENCE DINNER After dinner speaker: Dr David Hughes – International Food Trends.