The AMGA Conference 2022 is set to facilitate the exchange of ideas among the global mushroom growing community –Growing the future, together.
The Conference will be held on Thursday 27 and Friday 28 October 2022 at the Crowne Plaza Adelaide, with a pre-conference farm tour scheduled for Wednesday 26 October.
The exhibition on Thursday and Friday is an essential part of the conference and provides a platform for our sponsors and exhibitors to speak face-to-face with decision makers and connect with other companies in the market.
With two exceptional networking functions, the AMGA Conference offers a great opportunity for delegates to re-connect, as it has been four years since our previous industry conference.
AMGA CONFERENCE 2022 PROGRAM
Farm Tours
Time | Activity |
9.00 - 10.30am Assemble in foyer at 8.30. Bus leaves at 9am sharp. | Travel by bus from Crowne Plaza to Pure Compost |
10.30 - 11.30am | Tour of state-of-the-art compost facility, Pure Compost |
11.30 - 12.30pm | Travel by bus from Pure Compost to SA Mushrooms |
12.30 - 1.30pm | Lunch at SA Mushrooms and presentation from our tour sponsor, Commonwealth Bank |
1.30 - 2.30pm | Tour of SA Mushroom Farm |
2.30 - 3.00pm | Travel by bus from SA Mushrooms to Crowne Plaza |
3pm | Arrive Crowne Plaza |
FUNCTION: 6.00pm - 10.00pm | Costa Networking Dinner 2KW Restaurant + Bar |
International Guest Speakers
Time | Speaker | Presentation | Country |
8.30 - 8.35 am | Nick Femia - SA Mushrooms | Welcome from our chairman | Australia |
8.35 - 8.45 am | OFFICIAL OPENING | ||
8.45 - 9.15 am | Roland van Doremaele - Christiaens | Robotics | Netherlands |
9.15 - 9.45 am | Jack Lemmen - GTL | Robotics | Netherlands |
9.45 - 10.25 am | Ger Hendrix - Sylvan | Compost | |
10.25 - 10.55 am | MORNING TEA | ||
10.55 - 11.35 am | Folkert Moll - BVB | Casing Sustainability | Netherlands |
11.35 - 12.15 pm | Dr. Ralph Nobel - Microbiotech | Casing Alternatives | United Kingdom |
12.15 - 1.15 pm | LUNCH | ||
1.15 - 1.55 pm | Bridgett Hendrix - Mushroom Harvesting Consultancy | Harvesting | Netherlands |
1.55 - 2.35 pm | Anne-Marie Artsm The AgriChain Centre | Climate Change, Pathogens and Food Safety | New Zealand |
2.35 - 3.05 pm | AFTERNOON TEA | ||
3.05 - 3.45 pm | Jorge Calvo - Sylvan | Exotic Mushrooms | Spain |
3.45 - 4.25 pm | Maksym Yenchenko | The Ukraine Mushroom Industry | Ukraine |
4.25 pm | CLOSE | ||
FUNCTION: 6.30 - 10.30 pm | Sylvan Gallery Garden Gala Adelaide Art Gallery | ||
Hort Innovation Mushroom Fund – Levy Investment Updates
Time | Speaker | Presentation |
8.30 - 8.40 am | Brett Fifield, CEO, Hort Innovation | Hort Innovation update |
8.40 - 9.00 am | Mark Spees, Industry Strategic Partner | Hort Innovation investment update |
9.00 - 10.00 am | Jane Smith & Kylie Hudson, General Managers of Marketing, Hort Innovation | Australian Mushrooms Marketing Update |
10.00 - 10.30 am | Morning Tea | |
10.30 - 10.55 am | Leah Bramich, Relationship and General Manager, AMGA | AMGA Update |
10.55 - 11.20 am | TBC | Economic Update |
11.20 - 11.45 am | Dr. Flavia Fayet-Moore, Nutrition Research Australia | Educating the Food Industry about the Nutritional Benefit of Australian Mushrooms |
11.45 - 12.10 am | Dr. Welma Stonehouse, CSIRO | Mushrooms and their Potential Health Benefits in Lowering Blood Cholesterol |
12.10 - 1.10 pm | LUNCH | |
1.10 - 1.35 pm | Dr. Jenny Ekman, Applied Horticultural Research | Food Safety, Quality and Risk Management |
1.35 - 2.00 pm | Dr. Michael Kertesz - The University of Sydney | Developing a database of bio-markers for compost quality control to maximise mushroom production yield and, Optimising nitrogen transformations in mushroom production |
2.00 - 2.25 pm | Dr. Warwick Gill, University of Tasmania, and Judy Allan | Pest and Disease Management Approach for the Australian Mushroom Industry |
2.25 - 2.50 pm | TBC | |
2.50 - 3 pm | Nick Femia - Conference Chairman, Closing remarks | |
* Please note that the speakers program is subject to change without notice.
FARM WALK PROGRAM
WEDNESDAY 26 OCTOBER – 9.00am – 4.30pm
Pick up at the Crowne Plaza Hotel foyer, at 8.30am sharp.
Travel to Pure Compost for a tour of the compost facility
Travel to SA Mushrooms for a tour of their mushroom farm.
TRANSFERS AND LUNCH INCLUDED, THANKS TO THE COMMONWEALTH BANK
SOCIAL FUNCTIONS
THURSDAY 27 OCTOBER – 6pm – 10pm
Costa Networking Function
2KW Restaurant + Bar, 2 King William Street, Adelaide.
FRIDAY 28 OCTOBER – 6.30pm – 10.30pm
Sylvan Gallery Garden Gala
Adelaide Art Gallery, North Terrace, Adelaide.