PROVISIONAL PROGRAM

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SITE VISITS
The opportunity of informal local site visits is offered to delegates during the symposium week. Please contact the following people by 29 June 2007 to register your interest.

Agronomy - Blakely Paynter (bpaynter@agric.wa.gov.au)

Breeding - Reg Lance (rlance@agric.wa.gov.au)

Molecular Genetics - Chengdao Li (cli@agric.wa.gov.au)

Quality - Stefan Harasymow (sharasymow@agric.wa.gov.au) Tour of Barley Quality Testing Lab at DAFWA, including micromalting, NIR, chemical and physical grain testing.

Germoplasm - Christy Grime (barley@plants.uwa.edu.au)

Value Adding - Roslyn Jettner (roslyn.jettner@cbh.com.au) Tour the Metro Grain Centre (MGC) to view the most innovative grain receival, storage, distribution and value adding complex in Australia. Co-located is the Australian Grains Centre, the CBH Group’s focal point for research and intelligence in grain quality. The largest and newest malting plant in the Southern Hemisphere, JWM is situated adjacent to the MGC complex.

 

PANEL SESSION
Barley breeding - David and Goliath threat
Facilitated by Babs McHugh, ABC

The barley industry in Australia is changing. There is deregulation of the exporting of barley and a change in the type and size of the businesses involved in growing, buying, feeding, malting and brewing.

Changes are also occuring at the research end of the supply chain. State government and university breeding programs have created a large joint venture - Barley Breeding Australia (Goliath). In addition, there has been an increase in the field evaluation of non-Australian bred germplasm and a change in the funding support and output of the smaller breeding programs (Davids).

The panel session aims to discuss the advantages of different breeding structures in the deregulating environment. Discover the focus of the ‘Davids’; review the impact of the ‘Goliath’ as a competitive force and discuss opportunities for international breeding companies (bigger ‘Goliaths’), to enter the Australian market as major, rather than minor players. The panel will also discuss if the strong linkages between the ‘Goliath’ and the major end users (maltsters, brewers and marketers), limit the ability of the ‘Davids’ to develop premium grade malting barley and where the Australian barley breeding industry will be in five to ten years, as end point royalties become the major source of income.