AOA AGM – WEDNESDAY 16 OCT 2019, Albury Entertainment Centre, Albury |
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| 3:00PM | AGM Registration Desk Open, Foyer | |
| AGM Chair: Michael Thomsett | ||
| 3.30PM | AGM | Plenary Room |
| 5:00PM | Welcome Function In Exhibition Room | Exhibition Room |
| 6:00PM | Official Opening Of Exhibition | Exhibition Room |
| 7:30PM | Function Concludes | |
CONFERENCE DAY 1 – THURSDAY 17 OCT 2019, Plenary Room, Albury Entertainment Centre |
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| 7:30AM | Registration Desk Open – Plenary Foyer Area | |
| Session Chair: Michael Thomsett | ||
| 8:15AM | Welcome & Housekeeping | |
| 8:25AM | Best You, Better Business – Strategies to Increase Effectiveness | Rob Edwards |
| 9.40AM | Session Round Up & Questions | |
| 9:45AM |
MORNING TEA Sponsored by Braud Australia
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| 10.30AM | Improve Your Business With Ethics | John Neil |
| 11:00AM | What’s Really Happening With Climate Change? | TBA |
| 11.30AM | Healthy Soils Equals Healthy Businesses | TBA |
| 12:25PM | Session Round Up & Questions | |
| 12:30PM |
LUNCH Sponsored by Modern Olives
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| Session Chair: Andrew Burgess | ||
| 1:20PM | IPDM Project – The Next Phase | Dr Robert Spooner-Hart |
| 1:40PM | Remote Sensing – The Sky Is The Limit | Alex Schultz |
| 2:00PM | Olive Wellness Institute – What’s On Offer? | Abby Dolphin |
| 2:20PM | Real World Outcomes From The Food Service Project | David O’Dea |
| 2:40PM | OliveCare – Upping The Ante On Quality | Peter McFarlane |
| 3:00PM | Session Round-Up And Questions | |
| 3:05PM |
AFTERNOON TEA Sponsored by Australian Frost Fans
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| 3:40PM | The Benefits Of Benchmarking – The Macadamia Experience | Jeremy Bright |
| 4:10PM | Don’t Get Burned – How To Manage Frost | TBC |
| 4:40PM | Impact Of Frost On EVOO Quality Parameters | Claudia Guillaume |
| 5:10PM | Session Round Up & Questions | |
| 5:15PM | DAY 1 PLENARY CLOSE – | |
| CONFERENCE DINNER, 6.30 pm – 11.00 pm at the ALBURY CLUB, ALBURY | ||
DAY 2 – FRIDAY 18 OCT 2019, Plenary Room, Albury Entertainment Centre & NSW TAFE |
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| 8.00AM | Registration Desk Open. | |
| Session Chair: Paul Miller | ||
| 8:30AM | Olive Market By Numbers | Andrew Burgess |
| 9:00AM | Opening The Door To Grove Retail Sales | Rob Whyte |
| 9:30AM | Alternative Business Models For Small Operators | Stephen Parker |
| 9.55AM | Session Round Up & Questions | |
| 10:00AM | MORNING TEA | |
| 10:30AM | Xylella Project – Action On The Ground | Craig Elliot |
| 11:00AM | Cybersecurity – Keeping You And Your Business Safe | Glenn Makowski |
| 11:30AM | Digital Marketing For Small Business | Lauren Hamilton |
| 11:55PM | Session Round Up & Questions | |
| 12:00PM |
LUNCH Sponsored By Grochem Australia
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| 1.00PM |
FIELD VISIT – TAFE NSW National Environment Centre. A Case Study In Sustainable Grove Management
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| Buses Depart Albury Entainment Centre at 1.00PM | ||
| 5:00PM | Day 2 Close | |
| AIOA GALA PRESENTATION DINNER, 6.30PM – 11.00PM at the Albury Entertainment Centre, Albury | ||
DAY 3 – SATURDAY 19 OCT 2019, Super Saturday Workshops & More. |
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| 8:00AM – 11.30AM |
TasteBook™ Live – EVOO & Olive Sensory Workshop. At the live version of the AOA’s highly popular TasteBook™ sensory development program, delegates will get to taste and workshop a range of EVOOs and Table Olives with sensory science researcher, Dr Soumi Paul Mukhopadhyay. |
Dr Soumi Paul Mukhopadhyay |
| 8:00AM – 11.30AM |
Facebook, Instagram And SEO Workshop. A hands-on digital marketing workshop, outlining gold star content, best practice engagement and Search Engine Optimisation. As participation is encouraged during the workshop, attendees are encouraged to bring along their laptops, phones or tablets. |
Laura Hamilton |
| 8:00AM – 11.30AM |
The Economics of Table Olives Production From Set-Up To Sales: setting it up, requirements of the raw material, processing issues, storage, monitoring, packaging, labeling and pasteurisation. The workshop ends with a tasting session. |
Linda Costa |
| 8.00AM – 11.00PM | Full Day Field Tour – includes a visit to Gooramadda Olives for a session on nutrition; Morris Winery for a session on matching olives and wine; Jones Winery for lunch; an abandoned grove for sessions on grove management; then to the prestigious Tuileries Restaurant in Rutherglen for dinner. | |
| Bus departs Albury Entertainment Centre at 10.45am | ||
| 1.00PM – 11.00pm | Half Day Field Tour – join up with the Full Day Field Tour after lunch – visit an abandoned grove for sessions on grove management. This is followed by dinner at the prestigious Tuileries Restaurant in Rutherglen. | |
| Buses depart back to Albury Entertainment Centre from 10.00PM. | ||
NOTE: The National Olive Industry Conference and Trade Exhibition Program is subject to change without notice.
2019 Conference Proudly supported by:
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