Some 200 leading industry and government representatives are expected to attend and speakers will focus on contemporary and future issues affecting agrifood, the economy, employment, training and workplace capacity as well as current and future skill, workforce and training needs - AgriFood National Conference.

Australia's Regions: Australia's Future focuses on AgriFood's successful employer and community driven initiatives that seek to attract, develop and retain workers in regional communities.

Australia's Regions: Australia's Future

An interesting and informative interactive program is built around the critical importance of regional Australia.

Australia's Regions: Australia's Future focuses on AgriFood's successful employer and community driven initiatives that seek to attract, develop and retain workers in regional communities. We will also explore industry challenges and discuss findings from the Environmental Scan 2010: A perfect storm of shortages... are we ready?

The conference program will feature prominent speakers and interactive industry panels, with a particular focus on skill and workforce issues from each industry sector:

food processing (including beverages, wine and pharmaceuticals), rural and related industries, the meat industry, the seafood industry and racing industry.

Program details will be announced prior to the conference.

Networking

The conference presents as an excellent annual forum for networking opportunities as well as to experience first-hand the latest thinking on skills and workforce capability building for the entire agrifood industry.

AgriFood Skills International Fellowships

Awards of three International Fellowships will be anounced at the conference dinner. Fellowships valued at $10,000 are now available from our website - www.agrifoodskills.net.au 

The conference will be held on Thursday 23 September at The Langham at Southbank in Melbourne.

For more information go to the AgriFood National Conference webpage - http://www.agrifoodskills.net.au/agrifood-national-conference-2010/