Issue No 9, January 1998.

NOTICE: Hard copies of the Australian New Crops Newsletter are available from the publisher, Dr Rob Fletcher. Details of availability are included in the Advice on Publications Available.

23. New Rural Industries 1998: New Industries Development

First National Conference

Belvoir Homestead, Swan Valley, Perth, Western Australia
October 18-21, 1998

Innovative new industries are vital to the future of the Australian agricultural sector. Agriculture must keep pace with shifting consumer trends, fluctuating commodity prices, emerging new markets, environmental change and scientific and technological advances.

Strategies to support the earlier establishment of sustainable and profitable new industries are essential to ensure that Australia maintains its edge in world markets.

This conference will bring together leaders in new industry development in a forum to challenge conventional thinking and stimulate innovation. It will provide an opportunity to examine the processes of new industry development and to share approaches to accelerate industry growth.

The issues being raised here are of great significance to the continued competitiveness of Australia's agricultural sector.

This conference will be an important milestone in the emergence of the major and inevitable cultural shift which is occurring, not only in the activities of farming but in the values and actions of all involved with the agricultural sector.

A range of issues will be addressed, related to the development processes of new industries:

The role of interventionists, government, consultants and other stakeholders in new industry development;
How rural communities can take charge of new industry development;
Scoping and highlighting new opportunities;
Approaches and frameworks for new industry planning;
Tools that assist or are essential for new industry development;
Building alliances to combine skills and resources to deliver on new industry opportunities;
Placing new industries in the wider picture - social and environmental issues.

The conference will balance formal presentations with more informal activities, such as interactive workshops, panel discussion, debates and forums. Case studies, which highlight opportunities and demonstrate learning from success and failures will be presented.

For further information contact:
Promaco Conventions Pty Ltd
PO Box 890, Canning Bridge
Western Australia 6153 Australia
Telephone: 08 9364 8311
Facsimile: 08 9316 1453
International fax: 61 8 9316 1453
Email: promaco@promaco.com.au

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Contact: Dr Rob Fletcher, School of Land and Food, The University of Queensland Gatton College, 4345; Telephone: 07 5460 1311 or 07 5460 1301; Facsimile: 07 5460 1112; International facsimile: 61 7 5460 1112; Email: r.fletcher@mailbox.uq.edu.au

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