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Overseas Travel — May 2019 PIRSA Chief Executive No of Destination Reasons for Travel Outcomes of Travel Travel Total Cost Travel travellers Itinerary.' of Travel2 Receipts3 1 Israel The mission had a Enhancing the commercialisation of See $26.464.58 See strong focus on AgTech innovation and adoption of attached attached (24 May 2019 to AgTech, agricultural new technologies by South 3 June 2019) research Australian primary producers is a key development and priority for the Primary Industries corn mercialisation. portfolio, and will assist to achieve the Government's ambition to increase agricultural production and support the Government's 3% economic growth target. Approved for publication Example disclaimer - Note: These details are correct as at the date approved for publication. Figures may be rounded and have not been audited. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (BY) 3.0 Australia Licence htto://creativecomrnons.oroilicensesiby/3.01aut To attribute this material, cite Government of South Australia I Scanned copies of itineraries to be attached. 2 Excludes salary costs. 3 Scanned copies of all receipts/invoices to be attached. minumx-tnnw, -Irma 1130 M3N7P1X1 13`771 P3 Australia-Israel Israel-Australia, New Zealand & Oceania Chamber of Commerce Chamber Of Commerce AICC (SA) Trade Mission to Israel PARTICIPATION BY: HON. TIM WHETSTONE MP MINISTER FOR PRIMARY INDUSTRIES AND REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT (SA) MARK ALLISON CEO - ELDERS Saturday 25th May Saturday 1st June, 2019 11 Page AICC SA TRADE DELEGATE LIST: Delegates • Company 1. Hon. Tim Whetstone MP —Minister Minister for Primary Industries & Regional Development (SA) Mr. Scott Ashby Chief Executive Primary Industries and Regions . — (SA) Mr. Andrew Dunbar COO Office of Chief Entrepreneur (SA) . — 4. Mr. Bradley Perry— Ministerial Advisor Agriculture, Food & Food Technology (SA) Mr. Greg Johansen Managing Director AusHealth . -- Mr. Andrew Gwinnett — President AICC SA Australia Israel Chamber of Commerce South Australia 7. Ms. Rilka Warbanoff — Executive Director AICC SA Australia Israel Chamber of Commerce South Australia Mr. Roger Sexton AM Chairman Beston Global Food Company . - 9. Mr. Mark Allison — Managing Director & CEO Elders 10. Ms. Robyn Clubb — Non-Executive Director Elders 11. Mr. James Cornish --State Manager- Tasmania Elders _L 12. Ms. Karen Reynolds - Deputy Dean of Computer Science, Engineering Flinders University and Mathematics 13. Ms. Callista Thillou —Executive Director, Office of Communication & Flinders University Engagement 14. Mr. John Maher— Group CEO Indigenous Land and Sea Corporation 15. Mr. Bill Davidson — Managing Director John Shearer 16, Mr. Paul Flynn --CEO The Hospital Research Foundation 17. Mr. Stephen Rodda — Executive Director, Innovation & Commercial University of Adelaide 18, Prof. Emily Hilder — Director of South Australia's University Future University of South Australia Industries Institute 19. Dr. Kerstin Holata Ph.D, MBA, GAICD —Commercial Manager University of South Australia Ventures 20. Prof. Peter Stevens — Executive Director MBA & Executive Education University of South Australia Wage SATURDAY 25TH MAY 19:30 Dinner London Restaurant 111 Herbert Samuel Boulevard, Tel Aviv (03-523-5055) SUNDAY 26TH MAY 07:55 Arrival to Israel Flight # CX675 & Transfer to Hilton Hotel • Tim Whetstone — Minister SA, Minister for Primary Industries and Regional Development • Bradley Perry — Ministerial Adviser for Agriculture, Food and Agriculture Technology • Mark Allison — CEO, Elders • Robyn Oubb — Non-Executive Director, Elders 08:30 Depart Hotel for Petah Tikvah CONT'D SUNDAY 26TH MAY 09:00 — 11:00 Rabin Medical Center & Felsenstein Medical Research Centre Prof. Avi Weizmann, Director www.hospitals.clalit.co.il/rabin/en/Paqes/default.aspx The Felsenstein Medical Research Center (FMRC) is a distinguished and sophisticated institute for biomedical research in Israel. The FMRC, part of the Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, is situated in the large clinical complex of the Rabin Medical Center encompassing Beilinson General Hospital, Schneider Children's Medical Center and the Geha Psychiatric Hospital. This location offers unique opportunities for conducting basic research with direct clinical applications, reflected in the research areas being investigated by the scientists. Facilities include modern and efficient laboratories, experimental surgery units, an animal facility and state of the art scientific equipment. In addition, there is a library, seminar rooms and a 380- seat auditorium equipped with audio-visual systems for the live broadcasting of operations. The main research fields include molecular and cellular immunology, hemato-oncology, neuroscience and biological psychiatry, endocrinology, cardiology, genetics and virology. 39 Ze'ev Jabotinksy St., Petah Tikvah 10:00 — 10:45 1:1 Roger Sexton AO & Unispectral Eyal Cohen, VP of Business Development www.unispectral.corn Unispectral is developing megapixel hyperspectral imaging. Using Unispectral's platform, users can capture high-resolution images that include spectral data for every object in the picture. The combination of computer vision and spectral analysis tools allows cameras to automatically identify objects and determine their chemical components from a distance. 31 Page Hotel Lobby ,i-k)L17-1:-1:)i): ir Lit 1 • Tim Whetstone — Minister SA, Minister for Primaly Industries and Regional Development • Bradley Perry — Ministerial Adviser for Agriculture, Food and Agriculture Technology • Mark Allison — CEO, Elders • Robyn Clubb — Non-Executive Director, Elders • Roger Sexton AO, Beston Global Food Co. 11:00 Depart Petah Tikvah for Hod Hasharon 11:30 — 12:30 Opening Brief (Each Delegate introduces themselves and their mission objectives) TIPA Offices, 3 Hanaciar St., Hod Hasharon CONT'D SUNDAY 26TH MAY 12:30 — 13:30 Start Up Nation Briefing (includes lunch) GreenSoil Investments Gideon Soesman, Founder www.greensoilinvestments.com GreenSoil Investments is an investment company, founded by Alan Greenberg and Gideon Soesman, with a portfolio of funds focused on investing in companies that create value by enabling smart and efficient resource utilization (energy, electricity, water, land) in the agriculture, food and real estate sectors. GreenSoirs first two funds leverage the highly successful Israeli venture capital ecosystem and know-how in the Agro & Food technologies sector and are — to date — the only Israeli funds focused entirely on this space. The Company has offices in Raanana (Israel), Toronto and Amsterdam. TIPA Offices, 3 Hanaoar St., Hod Hasharon 13:30 — 14:00 TIPA Corp. Daphna Nissenbaum, CEO www.tipa-corp.com Tipa provides biodegradable packaging for the industry, with products ranging from simple films to complex, multilayer products. The company's packaging is bio based and 100% compostable, with mechanical and shelf-life properties similar to those of ordinary plastic. @ As above 14:00 — 14:30 CropX 41 Page Tomer Tzach, CEO www,cropx.com CropX is an agriculture analytics company that has developed an adaptive irrigation service, which automatically optimizes irrigation, thereby delivering an increase in crop yield as well as water and energy savings for farms. The company generates irrigation maps and automatically applies the right amount of water to different pails of the same field. As above 14:30 Depart Hoc! Hasharon for Belt Halevi CONT'D SUNDAY 26TH MAY 15:00-16:30 Roots Sharon Devir, Founder www.rootssat.corn Roots — Sustainable Agricultural Technologies Ltd addresses plant climate- management and irrigation issues. The company's two core technologies are root-zone temperature optimization, which significantly increases yield, improves quality, saves energy, and mitigates extreme heat and cold stress; and irrigation by condensation, which provides water for irrigation from the moisture in the air and soil. Roots leverages the principle of ground-source heat exchange by installing a closed-loop system of pipes and a circulation pump. The lower heat- charging component is placed at depth, and the upper heat-discharging device is located in the target crop's root zone. @ 202 Moshav Belt Halevi 16:30 Depart Belt Halevi for Tel Aviv 17:30 — 19:00 Arrive to Hotel & Free Time 19:00 Depart Hotel for Dinner Beit Panorama Bldg., Feincook, 84 Ben Zvi Road, Floor 6, Suite 633, Tel Aviv 19:30 Dinner with Industry Guests Nuvocares Noah Klien, Director of Business Development www.nuvocares.com Wage Nuvo is developing nvu, a remote maternal—fetal monitoring solution that connects parents with a network of care wherever the mother may be. Invu is built on a robust, patented platform that uses Al to provide real-time data analytics. A medical grade sensor band connects to Nuvo's cloud-based platform, offering comprehensive maternal and fetal data, including heartbeat and uterine contractions. (Noah 054-620-4270) A Beit Panorama Bldg„Feincook 84 Ben Zvi Road, Floor 6, Suite 633, Tel Aviv • Rootility Limor,Stoller, CEO www.rootilitv.com Rootility develops and implements root-focused plant-breeding methods designed to increase crop yields and overall agronomic performance while preserving crop quality. Rootility's selection system improves plants' root traits, improving their access to water and nutrients and resulting in crop tolerance to abiotic stresses such as cold, heat, drought, and soil salinity. (a.) Beit Panorama Bldg., Feincook, 84 Ben Zvi Road, Floor 6, Suite 633 Tel Aviv Overnioht Hilton Hotel, Tel Aviv MONDAY 27111 MAY 07:55