Australia
July 27, 2015
With just under six weeks to go before the Global Youth Ag-Summit takes place in Canberra, Australia Bayer CropScience in partnership with Future Farmers Network (FFN) Australia are excited to announce the program for the 2015 Summit from the 24-28 August. Over the course of the four days, the global platform will bring together future leaders and key opinion-builders to discuss, develop and deliver solutions on the challenging question: How do we feed a hungry planet?
The Youth Ag-Summit aims to build awareness and understanding of the challenges facing modern agriculture and food security, empowering young leaders to advocate on behalf of agriculture and to inspire them to build networks and take action.
Topics tabled across the four days will be based around three key themes – Innovation, Sustainability and Leadership. The sessions will address global challenges in agriculture, including food wastage, equitable food distribution, sustainable food consumption and alternative food sources.The program will include inspiring key notes from Julie Borlaug, from the Norman E. Borlaug Institute for International Agriculture and Bernd Naaf, Member of the Board of Management at Bayer CropScience, as well as field trips and hands-on breakout sessions.
To inspire young minds and encourage leadership and action, the program will be highly dynamic and collaborative, highlighted Richard Dickmann, Head of New Business Development at Bayer CropScience.
“Bayer and FFN worked closely with both sponsors and partners of the Youth Ag-Summit, including GRDC, ACIAR, Rabobank, LEGENDAIRY/Dairy Australia, Coles, WWF and CSIRO, to create an engaging, meaningful program for the delegates,” said Mr Dickmann.
“In addition to igniting thoughts and ideas that will ultimately generate solutions to the question around feeding a hungry planet, we also aim to educate the delegates on the bigger picture and the role that we and each of the Summit partners play.”
For a detailed preview of the Youth Ag-Summit program and to meet the delegates, visit www.youthagsummit.com
About the Youth Ag-Summit
The Youth Ag-Summit is a global youth conference to inspire and connect the next generation of young leaders in agriculture and related disciplines. At the Summit, 100 young leaders aged 18 to 25 from all around the world will meet to share perspectives and create an open dialogue on one of the world’s most challenging questions: how to feed a hungry planet? The Youth Ag-Summit forms part of the Agricultural Education Program and aims at raising awareness for food and farming all over the globe. Find more information about the summit on the website www.youthagsummit.com.
About Future Farmers Network
Future Farmers Network (FFN) is Australia’s only national youth agricultural network that connects and supports young Australians involved in rural industries. Operating since 2002, FFN connects youth involved in all facets of agriculture and provides members with access to the latest news, events, scholarships, awards and information from across all aspects of the Australian agricultural sector. To learn more about FFN visit: www.futurefarmers.com.au
About Bayer CropScience
Bayer is a global enterprise with core competencies in the fields of health care, agriculture and high-tech materials. Bayer CropScience, the subgroup of Bayer AG responsible for the agricultural business, has annual sales of EUR 9.494 million (2014) and is one of the world’s leading innovative crop science companies in the areas of seeds, crop protection and non-agricultural pest control. The company offers an outstanding range of products including high value seeds, innovative crop protection solutions based on chemical and biological modes of action as well as an extensive service backup for modern, sustainable agriculture. In the area of non-agricultural applications, Bayer CropScience has a broad portfolio of products and services to control pests from home and garden to forestry applications. The company has a global workforce of 23,100 and is represented in more than 120 countries.
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