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DEADLINE: Agristart Farm Business Resilience (FBR) Program

Supporting Western Australian Broadacre (Grains) Farm Businesses

Introducing the Farm Business Resilience (FBR) Program, a great opportunity to connect WA farmers!
This program offers the tools, training, and resources to improve your farm’s success.

You will :
  • Hear successful strategies from other farmers and access local solutions.
  • Leave the program with a personalised roadmap based on your farm data and a plan to adopt realistic technology for your farm

DEADLINE: Agristart Farm Business Resilience (FBR) Program

2025 HARVEST Agtech Innovation Showcase & Pitch Night

This Agtech Innovation Showcase & Pitch Night is an expo style networking event featuring the latest businesses looking to innovate in the Agtech industry. These start-ups and SME’s will have their innovations on display and pitch for investment opportunities. 

The businesses have all been participants in the HARVEST Agtech Accelerator program. HARVEST is WA’s leading business development program for businesses looking to innovate in the Agtech industry.

2025 HARVEST Agtech Innovation Showcase & Pitch Night

Regenerative Food Systems Conference

The Regenerative Food Systems Conference will showcase how change within the food and agricultural systems can help address pressing environmental and societal issues by adopting a regenerative approach. Brought to you by Western Australia’s leading advocate of regenerative agriculture, RegenWA Ltd. To address the pressing challenges facing our agriculture and food systems today, while identifying the key changes needed to transform our food systems for a sustainable and healthier future.  

Participants will gain insights from real-world, evidence-based strategies to build food systems that are profitable, environmentally sustainable, and deliver quality food. From scientific advances to grassroots solutions, delegates will explore ways to tackle the interconnected challenges of food production, environmental health, and social equity.

The conference will equip participants with actionable knowledge, tools, and valuable connections to drive change to restore land, strengthen communities, and transform the systems that support and depend on farming.

Join us for this dynamic, interdisciplinary event where we will work together to develop actionable solutions that regenerate our food systems, improve human well-being, and build a more sustainable, healthy food future for all.

Regenerative Food Systems Conference

Innovation Generation

Innovation Generation is a conference for ages 18 – 35 that brings together the brightest and best speakers with real-world experience.

Filled with future-focused activities to empower future ag leaders to tackle national industry opportunities and challenges, Innovation Generation is a market-leading professional development experience that is home to new, innovative ideas and tech.

Learn more here: Innovation Generation

ScaleUP WA + WAFBA Presents Scaling Up Food and Beverage

Join ScaleUP WA for an exciting masterclass, kindly hosted by Commonwealth Bank and delivered in partnership with the WA Food and Beverage Alliance (WAFBA), a co-operative established between the Shire of Murray, Food Innovation Precinct WA (FIPWA) and the City of Canning. This special event also marks the launch of the ScaleUP WA 2025 Food and Beverage Stream.

Bringing together innovative agri-food businesses with leading practitioners and industry stakeholders, this event features keynote speakers and panelists, including business owners and experienced advisers who will share the key factors behind their growth and success. They will discuss the greatest opportunities for the sector moving forward and outline what is needed to capitalise on these opportunities.

Learn more and register: ScaleUP WA + WAFBA Presents Scaling Up Food and Beverage

CSIRO Conversations: Fork in the road – time to design the food system we want

In this new report CSIRO has explored our currently limited view of the food system and what we can do differently to meet our food system goals.
The report uses science to explain the challenges and opportunities and how we can better connect the different elements. It’s a call to action to create the food system we want for the future. The panel, moderated by Larelle McMillan, will explore the findings of the report and the next steps.

Learn more here: CSIRO Conversations: Fork in the road – time to design the food system we want

AARP Monthly Sundowner x Cyber West Summit Welcome Reception

Speakers

Welcome Address – Emma O’Neil, Director, Cyber West Hub

Panel Discussion – “International Spotlight on Cyber”
Chair – Dr Glenn Murray
Scott Flower PhD, Founder, CI-ISAC International
Representatives from Philippines & India DelegationsAgenda

4.00pm: Arrival, Registration & Networking

4.10pm: Introduction and Welcome – CORE & Cyber West Summit

4.20pm: Cyber West Summit Welcome Reception

5.00pm: Networking and Refreshments
AARP Facility Tour
Tech Demo from AARP User

6.00pm: Event concludes

Learn more and register: AARP Monthly Sundowner x Cyber West Summit Welcome Reception 

DEADLINE: Job Opportunity – Associate – Beanstalk AgTech

Beanstalk is a leading ventures and advisory firm dedicated to driving profitable and sustainable agrifood systems.

They are on the lookout for a high-performing, entrepreneurial, and impact-driven individual to join their team.

As an associate, you will be working within a team to deliver agrifood innovation projects across Australia and Indo-Pacific region. You will be working with stakeholders from startups to multinational corporations.

Applications for this role will close Friday 23 May, 2025.

Learn more and apply: DEADLINE: Job Opportunity – Associate – Beanstalk AgTech

From event to movement: Co-creating the future of evokeAG

Join the evokeAG team in a co-design workshop to:

  • Co-create the next chapter of Australia’s premier agrifood innovation platform.

  • Put the right questions on the table and spotlight the voices that matter.

  • Help evolve evokeAG into a platform that increases impact and relevance across the years.

  • Shape how evokeAG can better serve the full agrifood innovation ecology.

During the ideation sessions, explore:

  • Who evokeAG is for (e.g. producers, investors, founders, researchers)

  • The change evokeAG seeks to drive in the agrifood system

  • Long-term positioning from 2026 through to 2030

  • A shared outcome for all participants: “By participating in evokeAG, they…”

Who should attend?

  • Industry leaders
  • RDCs (Rural Development Corporations)
  • DAFF representatives
  • Producers
  • Investors
  • Founders
  • Researchers
  • Young and emerging leaders

3 OTHER DATES AVAILABLE TO REGISTER

Global Food and Beverage Industry Trends

Join the Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development for an insightful workshop with the United Kingdom’s “Dr Food”, Professor David Hughes

With his extensive knowledge of global food and beverage issues, Professor Hughes will delve into trends and industry developments, while highlighting opportunities for Western Australian manufacturers.

Professor Hughes will provide insights into food packaging, production, consumer behaviour, and marketing opportunities in the context of a dynamic global food and beverage landscape. He will also look at the global political environment we are operating in, and how changing political policies have impacted expectations and confidence.

Learn more: Global Food and Beverage Industry Trends