Conference Speakers 2018

Assistant Minister for Agriculture and Water Resources. Senator the Hon Anne Ruston will open the Forests for healthy farms policy & practitioner panel on Wednesday 5th September 2018 at 9am.

Fiona Simson is the president of the National Farmers' Federation

Senior Australian Citizen of the Year 2018

Prof. Kate Auty is the ACT Commissioner for Sustainability and the Environment and a Professorial Fellow with the University of Melbourne.

Kenneth is the Chief Executive Officer of National Parks Board (NParks). NParks is the lead agency overseeing the greenery of our City in a Garden and biodiversity conservation in land-scarce Singapore.

Kathryn Williams is Associate Professor in environmental psychology at the University of Melbourne.

Jacki Schirmer is an Associate Professor at the University of Canberra.

Greg McCormack was the founding Director of Midway in 1980, which today has its primary business in the purchasing, processing, marketing and exporting of woodfibre.

Gary is the Executive Director of The Forests Dialogue (TFD), an organization based at Yale University in New Haven, CT, USA.

Catherine has worked in both private consulting businesses and Government and currently leads the ACT Government’s adaptation Climate Change Policy team.

Howard is an experienced marketing researcher specialising in branding, innovations and communications development.

Qualified as a Chartered Accountant and holding a Master of Enterprise Innovation, Jeff has over 35 years of involvement in finance and investment, trading markets, and technology commercialisation.

Rob de Fégely is a Director of Margules Groome Consulting P/L a forest and forest industry consulting company based in Australia and New Zealand.

Gordon has held senior roles across a diverse range of sectors and has expertise in government relations, policy and communications.

Professor Rod Keenan has over 30 years’ experience in forest research leadership, education, management and policy in a number of Australian states and with the Federal Government.

Adrian Gray is the Manager of Urban Design at Brimbank City Council and the current Victorian State President for the Australian Institute of Landscape Architects.

Dr Nerida Anderson is a social researcher with interests in the social and psychological aspects of human-environment interactions, in particular the human dimensions of natural resource management and forest management. Her research work has application for understanding social and psychological responses to rural landscape change.

Dr Lyndall Bull has extensive global experience in the forest sector, including in strategic management, innovation and product development, market analysis and research management.

Tony Price holds a Bachelor of Science (Forestry) and a Post Graduate Diploma in Business Management, has attended the International Executive Programme at INSEAD in France and is a graduate member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

Braden Jenkin brings over 30 years experience in domestic and international forestry: from the smallest scale producers through to large-scale global corporate operations.