12TH BIENNIAL AUSTRALIAN CELEBRATE MANGOES COLLABORATE CONFERENCE CREATE 14-17 MAY 2019 DARWIN 2019 CONFERENCE PROGRAM The Mango Fund has a new website Hort Innovation’s new website allows the mango NEW – completed investments: industry to find more information and more resources • View a user-friendly summary quickly and easily. of what the investment achieved • Download the final research Six pages of industry-specific content provide you with: report with in-depth information • Up-to-date details on levy fund management • Access fact sheets, publications • All ongoing investments with updates, advice and and other tools and resources actions you can take now that were developed as part • Completed investments with user-friendly summaries, of the investment. final research reports and more • More resources, information and tools than ever before • Ways to connect with industry and people you can contact now. 2 | Australian Mangoes 12th Biennial Conferencehorticulture.com.au/mango THE PEE WEE’S LOCATION AT THE POINT Our host for the The 12th Australian Mangoes Conference will be returning to Darwin in 2019. conference Situated on the edge of a harbour bigger than Sydney’s, Darwin is the capital of Australia’s Northern Territory and a former frontier outpost. You’ll find strong Aboriginal cultures here, as evidenced by the array of languages spoken in the streets, and the vibrant Aboriginal art that fills the city’s galleries and museums. The city’s proximity to Asia means you’ll also find strong EXPLORE Asian influences, especially in the energetic food scene and night markets. DARWIN With its balmy nights, colourful characters and the famous and outdoor adventures, Darwin is also a national parks and sophisticated, modern city in its own right, steeped in history. wildlife on its doorstep Nature is well and truly part of Darwin’s backyard: the famous national parks of Kakadu and Litchfield are only a few hours’ drive, and the unique Tiwi Islands are a boat ride away. Bali is closer than Bondi and for locals the perfect weekend is going fishing for barra in a tinny with an esky full of beer. The 12th Australian Mangoes Conference will be hosted by Darwin’s iconic fine dining restaurant Pee Wee’s. This will be the first ever conference hosted by Pee Wee’s since completing their conference fit out last year and marks an especially exciting event for both Pee Wee’s and Australian Mangoes. We look forward to sharing it with you. 2019 Program and Timetable | 3 SOCIAL EVENTS WELCOME RECEPTION TUESDAY 14 MAY 2019 Darwin is renowned for stunning sunsets and we will be opening the conference with one of the best places to capture one in Darwin—Dripstone Cliffs. Come prepared to watch the sun sink into the ocean in a place of natural beauty, as we dine and drink to the start of another amazing conference. DRIPSTONE Time: 6pm to 9pm Dress code: smart casual with a ‘pop of mango colour’ CLIFFS The site of our GALA DINNER THURSDAY 16 MAY 2019 Welcome Reception Once again you can expect to be surprised by our secret gala dinner location. Without giving too much away, we guarantee it will be one of the most unique venues you have ever dined in. Time: 6:30pm to 11pm Dress code: smart dress in black and white theme FAREWELL CEREMONY FRIDAY 17 MAY 2019 We will be gathering at one of Darwin’s newest drinking holes Trader Bar to farewell three amazing days. Join us at this boutique wine bar for one last toast to another successful conference. Time: 7pm to 10pm Dress code: smart casual 4 | Australian Mangoes 12th Biennial Conference Growing a greenerAs part of our commitment futureto a greener future, we’re working with conventional and organic fruit and vegetable growers to help them start or increase organic production. Through the Woolworths Organic Growth Fund, and in partnership with Heritage Bank, we’re offering up to $30 million over the next 5 years in interest-free loans and grants. Find out more at woolworths.com.au/organicgrowthfund In partnership with IT’S SEASON SEIZE THEM HARRISFARM.COM.AU 30375_MangoConferenceAd90x267.indd 1 2019 Program and Timetable9/4/19 11:25| 5 am THE PROGRAM TUESDAY 14 MAY 2019 Time Activity Presenters/Details 6:00pm-9:00pm Welcome Reception See Page 4 for details WEDNESDAY 15 MAY 2019 Time Activity Presenters/Details 7.30am-8.30am Registration (includes tea and coffee) 8.30am-8.35am Welcome to Country The Larrakia Nation 8.35am-8.45am Welcome / conference opening (overview of Ben Martin three days) (Australian Mangoes) Robert Gray (Australian Mangoes) 8.45am-9.30am The changing consumer and retail landscape— Tristan Kitchener challenges and opportunities for growers and (Kitchener Partners) marketers 9.30am-10.10am Mango marketing and growing demand Tate Connolly (Hort Innovation) Treena Welch (Australian Mangoes) 10.10am-10.50am Morning Tea 10.50am-11.10am Retailer presentation Woolworths 11.10am-11.30am Retailer presentation Harris Farm Markets 11.30am-12.00pm Domestic Panel Panel 12.00pm-1.00pm Lunch 1.00pm-1.20pm Export case study—Manbulloo Marie Piccone (Manbulloo) 1.20pm-1.40pm Export case study—Calypso Michael Simonetta (Perfection) 1.40pm-2.00pm Technical market access for horticulture David Ironside (DAWR) products: what’s involved? * Program subject to change. 6 | Australian Mangoes 12th Biennial Conference THE PROGRAM WEDNESDAY 15 MAY 2019 Time Activity Presenters/Details 2.00pm-2.10pm Horticulture market access prioritisation (TAP) Jenny Van de Meeberg and Hort Innovation’s across-horticulture (Hort Innovation) approach to trade (ITAP) 2.10pm-2.50pm Export research and development Peter Leach (QDAF) Insights from monitoring the cold chain Dr Peter Hofman (QDAF) 2.50pm-3.10pm Afternoon Tea 3.10pm-3.40pm Treatment Facility Ben Reilly (Steritech) Irradiation VHT 3.40pm-4.15pm Export Panel Panel THURSDAY 16 MAY 2019 Time Activity Presenters/Details 8.00am-8.30am Arrival (includes tea and coffee) 8.30am-8.50am Remote sensing applications for agriculture Professor Andrew Robson including recent results for mango (UNE) 8.50am-9.10am Harvest timing, load estimation and auto-harvest Professor Kerry Walsh (CQU) 9.10am-9.30am Compac grading technologies Grant Konias (Compac) 9.30am-10.00am Delivering quality product—managing supply Dr Peter Hofman (QDAF) chain temperatures 10.00am-10.20am Morning Tea 10.20am-10.40am Advances in technology to improve harvest and Scott Trimble (Felix) ripening practices 10.40am-11.00am Supply chain tracking technology Nicola Sanderson (Escavox) 11.00am-11.20am Identifying and understanding factors that cause Dr Lucy Tran-Nguyen Resin Canal Discolouration in mango (NTDPIR) 11.20am-11.40am Advances in mango production in the NT Dr Cameron McConchie (NTDPIR) * Program subject to change. 2019 Program and Timetable | 7 THE PROGRAM THURSDAY 16 MAY 2019 Time Activity Presenters/Details 11.40am-12.00pm Update on field day process and groupings Australian Mangoes 12.00pm-12.30pm Transfer to Australian Dried Produce 12.30pm-1.30pm Australian Dried Produce facility tour / Lunch ADP 1.30pm-2.00pm Processing case study—Bumbaks Jo Buzzard (Bumbak & Sons) 2.00pm-2.30pm ACIAR Mango Agribusiness Program Overview Professor Robin Roberts ACIAR Tropical Fruit Processing Project (Griffith University) 2.30pm-3.00pm Afternoon Tea 3.00pm-3.20pm ACIAR Mango Quality Project Yiru Chen (QDAF) 3.20pm-3.40pm ACIAR Mango Biosecurity Project Samantha Frolov (Australian Mangoes) ACIAR ECR Mango QR Code Study Geoff Dickinson (QDAF) 3.40pm-4.00pm ACIAR fruit fly project Stef De Faveri (QDAF) 4.00pm-4.30pm Transfer to hotel 6.30pm-11.00pm Gala Event See Page 4 for details FIELD EVENTS FRIDAY 17 MAY 2019 Time Activity Presenters/Details 9.00am-11.45am Field Events at Orchards A and B (includes See Page 9 for details Morning Tea) 11.45am-12.15pm Transfer to Orchard A from Orchard B / Free Time at Orchard A 12.15pm-1.00pm Lunch at Orchard A (NT Golden) 1.00pm-1.30pm Transfer to Orchard B from Orchard A / Free Time at Orchard A 1.30pm-4.15pm Field Events at Orchards A and B (includes See Page 9 for details Afternoon Tea) 4.15pm-5.15pm Transfer to hotels 7.00pm-10.00pm Farewell Ceremony See Page 4 for details * Program subject to change. 8 | Australian Mangoes 12th Biennial Conference FIELD EVENTS FIELD EVENTS AT ORCHARD A (NT GOLDEN) - FRIDAY 17 MAY Activity Presenters/Details What features would you need on an autoharvester? Professor Kerry Walsh (CQU) Grower trials and adoption of high-density mango systems Dr Geoff Dickinson (QDAF) Ebony Faichney (QDAF) Tree size, vigour control and rootstocks and scion cultivars Dr Ian Bally (QDAF) Break Tree architecture and productivity of high-density production Paula Ibell (QDAF) Light in mango canopies Mahmud Kare (QDAF) Quality management in supply chains—disinfestation updates Maddison Clonan (NTDPIR) Optimising nutrition—understanding nitrogen in mango Dallas Anson (NTDPIR) Mango varieties for future climates Dr Cameron McConchie (NTDPIR) FIELD EVENTS AT ORCHARD B (JENKOS) - FRIDAY 17 MAY Activity Presenters/Details Registration process for new chemicals; opportunities for the mango Shaun Hood (Syngenta) industry Crop protection products for mango growers Nick Weckert (Corteva) Biosecurity incursions in the Top End—what the hort industry has Greg Owens (NT Farmers) learnt from recent incursions Break Biosecurity threats and collaborative industry surveillance plan James Walker (PHA) Surveillance activity demonstration Australian Mangoes Field management of fruit flies Stef De Faveri (QDAF) Stingless bees, flies and mango pollination: which farms have them Dr James Makinson and and how effective are they? Ms Sunayana Sajith (WSU) * Program subject to change. 2019 Program and Timetable | 9 THE SPEAKERS ANNA DANIELS—MC Anna Daniels is one of Australia’s best storytellers.