Day 1 - Wednesday 10 September 2025
12.30pm - 3.00pm - Optional tour or workshop
Option 1 - Official Launch of the AMPC Knowledge Hub: A One-Stop Shop for Industry insights
This interactive workshop will demonstrate how the Knowledge Hub can benefit all users and provide practical advice on how to get the most of out of the Hub.
Option 2 - Tour to the CSIRO pilot meat processing plant at Coopers Plains
CSIRO, Australia’s National Science Agency, welcomes you to an exclusive industry-focused tour of the cutting-edge food innovation facilities at Coopers Plains, QLD. This is a unique opportunity to engage directly with leading scientists driving research and development for the red meat sector.
3.00pm - 5.00pm - Showcase journey and demonstrations on the exhibition floor - Sponsored by Cognex
This is a programmed look at the Innovation Showcase. Here we meet AMPC research providers and industry exhibitors in a rapid-fire series of interviews that will make your journey around the showcase so much more meaningful.
5.00pm - 7.00pm - The Impetus Animal Welfare Welcome Function
Day 2 - Thursday 11 September 2025
6.00am - Morning tour of Earlee Products
8.00am - Showcase opens
9.00am - Welcome to the Innovation Showcase with MC, Adam Spencer
9.15am - Opening Keynote
From Building Blocks to Cutting Edge: Transforming industries through innovation, CEO of Danish Crown, Niels Duedahl
10.00am - Speaker session
Illuminating the Future: AI-driven innovation in food supply chains, Founder and CEO of Lumachain, Jamila Gordon
10.30am - Thought Leaders Panel
AMPC’s CEO joins our two opening keynote speakers to explore the future of red meat processing and discuss how we can overcome key barriers to innovation.
10.45am - Break
11.30am - Session 2 – Sponsored by Tessele
AMPC’s vision is that Australia’s red meat processing industry is globally recognised for its sustainability, innovation, and competitiveness, delivering safe and high-quality products that nourish people while driving long-term industry and community prosperity. In this segment, we highlight each of AMPC’s key investment areas, showcasing leading projects that are driving innovation across the red meat processing industry.
12.45pm - Break
1.45pm - Session 3 – Sponsored by Veritide
You ask, we answered.
In this rapid-fire segment, we spotlight seven AMPC-funded projects from our key investment areas, each selected to give you a snapshot of the cutting-edge work underway. We believe these projects have the potential to transform the red meat processing industry through innovation, efficiency, and collaboration.
3.30pm - Break
4.00pm - Session 4 More to Meat – than meets the eye
The More to Meat campaign has demonstrated the positive contribution made by red meat processors to regional communities and the national economy. Introduced by Emily Kate-Byrne, Campaign Manager, CT Group, and Jack Piggot, Head of Campaigns – Australia, CT Group – the team behind the campaign – we firstly hear about the impact of the campaign and then meet the talent that championed our great industry.
4.15pm - Meet some of the stars of AMPC’s More to Meat campaign in Q&A with Adam Spencer
4.30pm - Storytelling for Leaders
Like driving a car or using a keyboard, storytelling is a skill you can learn. Once you have it, you can use it anywhere—at home, at work, or wherever connection matters. And when it’s used well, storytelling becomes a leadership advantage. It builds trust, makes ideas stick, and connects in ways numbers can’t. Rob Redenbach has shared stories with audiences in tents in Kenya, resorts in Dubai, and on stage at the Sydney Opera House. He’s also performed storytelling at the Edinburgh Fringe—where The Edinburgh Evening News listed his show among their Top 10—and has delivered more than 1,000 keynote presentations in 23 countries.
6.00pm - Pre-dinner drinks
6.30pm - 10.00pm - The Multivac Industry Dinner
