Dear Margie,

Registrations are now open for the Australian Farm Institute’s second Agriculture, Greenhouse and Emissions Trading Conference, being held in Maroochydore, Queensland on Wednesday 6th and Thursday 7th May, 2009.

The Conference will provide a comprehensive, industry-wide analysis of the implications of an Australian emissions trading scheme, providing delegates with an opportunity to discuss this issue with leaders of Australian agriculture and international speakers from the USA and New Zealand.

Last year’s conference was attended by a wide cross-section of farm and agribusiness leaders, as well as State and Commonwealth policy-makers, and agriculture-sector researchers and consultants. 

Confirmed speakers include: 

• Anthea Harris, Assistant Secretary, Department of Climate Change: The Australian Government’s CPRS proposals and future engagement by agriculture
• David Miller, Iowa Farm Bureau Federation: The voluntary soil carbon market in the USA
• Andrew Robb, Shadow Minister Assisting the Leader on Emissions Trading Design
• Suzi Kerr, Motu Economic and Public Policy Research: Some issues associated with the inclusion of agriculture in an emissions trading scheme
• David Pearce, The Centre for International Economics: Implications of the CPRS for Australian agriculture

For more information on the Conference, please view the preliminary program HERE.

To book your place online, please proceed HERE.

The Agriculture, Greenhouse and Emissions Trading Conference 2009 is sponsored by The National Climate Change Research Strategy for Primary Industries (CCRSPI). CCRSPI is a joint initiative of all the rural research and development corporations, state and territory governments; the Australian Government Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry; and the CSIRO. CCRSPI is managed by Land & Water Australia.

CCRSPI is founded on primary industries collaborating, coordinating and communicating with each other so that information can be shared, knowledge generated and responses developed to deal with climate change. Australia’s climate and ecological realities give a real imperative to the CCRSPI initiative as it will help primary industries to identify and realise innovations that prepare for, and enable farmers and the communities that depend on them to adapt to climate change. For more information about CCRSPI  - www.lwa.gov.au/ccrspi