DAY 3 CONFERENCE PROGRAM – THURSDAY 15 / 10
8:30 – 9:00am Trade exhibition open floor( 30mins)
SESSION 8( 45 mins)
THEME: Orchard Production MC: Daniela Ritorto
9:00 – 9:15am
Learnings from the Almond Industry Study Tour – California 2026: Josh Moss and Gemma Jealous( 15mins)
9:15 – 9:30am Quality score card( Qcify data) and optimising returns: ABA( 15mins)
9:30 – 9:45am Plantings research – Shaping the future of efficient almond orchards: Tim Pitt, PIRSA( 15mins)
MORNING TEA( 9:45 – 10:15am) 30mins
SESSION 9( 1 hour 45 mins)
THEME: Global Shifts MC: Daniela Ritorto
10:15 – 11:00am A Californian perspective: Clarice Turner, CEO Almond Board of California( 45mins)
11:00 – 11:25am
Mapping the Almond Industry- Results and Applications from Australian and California: Joel Kimmelshue, LandIQ( 25mins)
11:25 – 11:50pm Almond economics: Abran Padilla, California State University( 25mins)
11:50 – 12:00pm Q & A( 10mins)
LUNCH( 12:00 – 1:00pm) 1 hour
Poster Showcase( 12:15pm – 12:45pm) 30mins
SESSION 10( 1 hour 30 mins) THEME: Redevelopment MC: Daniela Ritorto, Facilitated by Josh Fielke
1:00 – 1:40pm
1:40 – 2:20pm
Growing for tomorrow – tree densities and new on-farm technology: Ben Brown, SHV, Louw Lourens, ofi, Matt Strmiska, Andrew MacDonell, Bonsai( 40mins) Panel: Rootstocks and Varieties for the future: Nav Kaur Sarao( Agromillora), Jonathan Moss( Mossmont), Tim Millen( L & T), Lachie Mackenzie( Growtek), Cassandra Collins( Adelaide Uni), Graham Fleming( Graham’ s Factree)( 40mins)
2:20 – 2:30pm Conference closing remarks: Alan Hoppe( 10mins)
CLOSE – HAPPY HOUR + DRINKS( 2:30- 3:30pm) 1 hour
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