Innovative ideas and world-leading technology will take centre stage for a major industry forum in May, as Queensland cements itself as an Agtech powerhouse.
Toowoomba will host the agrifood innovation conference, which brings together the region’s brightest innovators to help drive the adoption of Agtech.
TSBE’s 400M Forum will highlight how to turn innovative ideas into reality and showcase the best new technology available to solve industry challenges.
‘400M’ describes the 400 million hectares of farming land in Australia that needs to play its role in feeding the 400 million emerging middle-income earners in Asia.
TSBE Food Leaders Australia (FLA) general manager Bruce McConnel said 400M, now in its sixth year, was one of Australia’s leading forums of its kind.
“It’s designed to highlight the future of agriculture and food supply chain innovation here in Australia,” he said.
“We’re also excited to showcase how industry adopts innovation and how they work with new entrepreneurs to get the solutions that they want to solve their biggest problems.”
Mr McConnel said it was “vitally important” that the agribusiness sector comes together to collaborate.
The event is in partnership with the Agtech and Logistics Hub and will bring together some world-class leaders around the future of digitising our agriculture supply chains.
Agtech and Logistics Hub community manager Stephen Dummett said this year’s topics would be delivered by global thought leaders in innovation.
“Delegates will hear about Queensland’s Agtech opportunity, the growth of artificial intelligence and success stories from agrifood supply chain innovation,” he said.
“These will spark some topical conversations, because we know farmers are becoming extremely tech savvy and looking to use data to get every ounce of productivity they can out of their business.
“It’s exciting to showcase how the sector adopts innovation, giving attendees a real sense of how to turn some of these fantastic concepts into reality.”
This year’s 400M forum from 23-25 May also includes a field day and site tour as part of the three-day program.
For more information on the forum check out the TSBE website – www.tsbe.com.au.
