evokeᴬᴳ⋅ 2025: Workforce and Skills Gap Episode 5

Australia’s national science agency CSIRO is increasing farm productivity with new ways of thinking and technology and opening doors for innovators around the world. We’ll hear from Dr Rose Roche about some programs available. We also hear from New South Wales farmer and entrepreneur Nick Seymour about his innovation The Water Rat and breaking into the Indian market. 

They also give a very candid insight into the accelerator experience and how can entrepreneurs be better supported to scale. 

This is the final episode in our evokeᴬᴳ⋅ Workforce and Skills Gap mini- series. We’ve discussed everything from venture capital opportunities and challenges as well as championing female innovators with Kylie Frazer and Julia Spicer, we’ve solved workforce challenges in the beef and seafood industries as well as discussed some exciting innovations with Julie Petty and Stephen O’Brien. We’ve cemented the pathway to Queensland boosting primary production to $30 billion in the next five years with Grant Statton, Kylie Porter and Garnet Radford and pointed out the tremendous potential and sometimes devastating challenges for Australian entrepreneurs with Mark Gutowski and Nancy Schellhorn. 

AgriFutures evokeᴬᴳ⋅ is Asia Pacific’s premier agrifood innovation event, with the 2025 event bringing together almost 2,000 delegates from across the globe. 

This unique, cross-sector, international event brings together thought leaders and change makers in agriculture, food manufacturing, research, innovation, investment, and policy, to build connections for a more resilient, productive, and profitable agricultural sector and value chain.