Join QFF on National Ag Day, Friday, 17 November as we explore how technology can enable agriculture to meet the challenge of producing food, fibre and foliage in a world of efficiency, sustainability and traceability.

Attendees, including QFF members, corporate partners and industry leaders, will take a deep dive into the exciting world of AgTech.

We look forward to welcoming our guest speaker, Phil Morle, Partner at CSIRO's venture capital fund - Main Sequence Ventures. Guests will also hear from a panel of industry leaders on AgTech adoption, investment, barriers, opportunities and much more.

Event details:

Date: Friday, 17 November 2023

Time: 7:00am to 9:00am

Venue: Custom's House Brisbane, 399 Queens St, Brisbane

Ticket price: $118 per person

Our guest speaker: Phil Morle

Phil is a Partner at Main Sequence a venture capital firm founded by Australia's national science agency - CSIRO. There he invests in deep tech founders who are building unimaginable new companies with a strong connection to research. There he has invested in Cauldron, Eden Brew, Samsara Eco, Uluu, v2food, Nourish Ingredients, EVERY Company, RapidAIM, Coviu and Q-CTRL.

Before this he was the founder of Australia’s first incubator and venture studio, Pollenizer, where Phil played an instrumental role in developing the startup ecosystem across Asia Pacific and advised some of the world’s biggest organisations on practical ways to deliver new growth and the cultural change that is required to get there.

Our industry panel

Michael Murray, General Manager, Cotton Australia

Owen Menkens, Chair, CANEGROWERS

Rachel Chambers, CEO, Queensland Fruit & Vegetable Growers

Grant Statton, CEO, Innovation and Growth, FKG Group

Read their bios here