Day 2: The Workforce

Conference Outcomes

This conference concluded successfully on the 21st April 2010.

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Keynote Speakers

Presentations and Audios:

19th April Day 1: The Research
20th April Day 2: The Workforce
21st April Day 3: The Capacity

Audio only:

Sustaining Rural Communities Podcasts and Audio

Blogger link sustainingruralcommunities.blogspot.com/

Conference interviews (ABC Rural)

Conference MP3 CD Order

Contact: Kate Schwager 02 67992477

kate.schwager@cottoncrc.org.au

Sponsorship and Sponsors

Day 2 - The Workforce

Session 5: Current and future workforce challenges.

Session Sponsor: Agrifood Skills Australia

Session Chair: Leith Boully, Deputy Chair Cotton Research and Development Corporation

Time	Speaker	Topic
8.30 am	Dennis Hoiberg Consultant Human Resources Rimfire Resources	Agriculture: trends in the workforce and needs. Audio 20 min 6mb
8.50 am	The Hon John Anderson Chairman, Eastern Star Gas	Work force challenges Audio 36 min 8.8mb
9.10 am	Professor John Buchanan Director, Workplace Research Centre, The University of Sydney.	Understanding workforce participation. Audio 29 min 7.1mb
9.50	Joanne Grainger Chair Cotton Australia, Vice Chair Queensland Farmers Federation Audio 13 min 3.1mb John Bird, General Manager of Rural Labour and Skilling Unit DEEDI Audio 9min 2.2mb	Supply Chain: Retaining people in the regions for the regions.
10.30 – 11.00	‘Downland College’ morning tea

Session 6 Addressing Workforce Issues
Session Chair: Robyn Faber, Mayor of Narrabri Shire

Session Sponsor - Santos

Time	Speaker	Topic
11.00	Arthur Blewitt CEO Agrifood Skills Australia.	Taking a regional approach to rural workforces Audio 21 min 5 mb
11.30	Cr Ray Brown Mayor, Western Downs Regional Council, Qld	How to deal with major industry changes on the ground. A case study from Western Downs Regional Council, Qld. Audio 36 min 9.1mb
12.00	Danny Lester CEO, Aboriginal Employment Strategy.	Future opportunities for indigenous workforces Audio 23 min 5.6mb
12.30 – 1.30	University of New England Lunch

Session 7: Workshops (Concurrent)
Session Sponsor -

1.30pm – 3.30pm

	Session 1- Ruth Nettle	Session 2 - Rohan Boehm	Session 3 - Paula Jones
Topic	Making connections to improve the farm workforce development and capacity	Development of flexible workforce initiatives in agriculture	Developing career pathway in science, agriculture, engineering and technology
Discussion leaders	Dr Ruth Nettle Leader, Rural Innovation Group, The University of Melbourne, Dairy Australia Fellowship	Mr Arthur Blewitt Chief Executive Officer, Agrifoods Australia. Mr Mark Hickman Professional Development Manager (Cotton), Principal Development Extension Officer AgriScience Queensland, DEEDI Mr Gordon Stone Director, Corporate Development Institute Mr Rob Dugdale, General Manager, Cotton Grower Services, Board of Cotton CRC	Mr John Bird General Manager of Rural Labour and Skilling Unit , DEEDI Ms Bronwyn Nielson, Senior Agricultural Science Teacher Calrossy Anglican School Kay Lembo Science Education Officer /Academic Liaison Officer Faculty of Sciences, Primary Industry Centre for Science Education (PICSE),University of Southern Queensland Ben Stockwyn Primary Industry Education Foundation
Issues covered	• Matching farmer needs with skill availability • Workforce planning & action • Participatory session, all audience to contribute.	• Regional approaches to skilling • Blended learning • Life long learning for regional areas • Mining and agricultural industry co existence. • Indigenous workforces	• Encouraging school children into science and agriculture • Careers pathway • Gateway schools
3.30	Afternoon Tea

Session 8 – Plenary Session

Session Chair: Session Chair: Dr Paula Jones, Program Director, Cotton Catchment Communities CRC, Rohan Boehm, Manager Communication and Human Capacity Investment, Cotton Research and Development Corporation, and Dr Guy Roth , Roth Rural and Regional Pty Ltd.

4.00 – 5.00 Bringing it all together. New outcomes, new networks and new decisions for the future.
Discussion of the afternoon workshops

7.00 pm

Conference Dinner
National Australia Bank

7.00pm
The Crossing Theatre, Narrabri
Cost Prepaid on Registration

Live Entertainment : Kisshead – Hot Melbourne band soaring harmonies with a mix of soul and wrap.
Entertaining! Sure to be engaging and great to listen too.

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