Sugar Cubed 2025

Come along and register, grab your name tag and Sugar Cubed goodies, while enjoying welcome drinks and networking at Bar Gusto - corner of Gregory Terrace and King Street, in the podium of Rydges Fortitude Valley.

Buses will departure Rydges Fortitude Valley at 07:30 sharp and will return by 16:30. 

• Visit to Sugar Research Australia IRIS laboratories
• Visit to University of Queensland field trial site for research and agtech
• Visit to Brimblecombe farm at Forest Hill to discuss cotton and other horticultural farming practices
• Lunch is at UQ fields with a morning and afternoon tea snack pack provided for the bus

Field trip WHS requirements

• Closed-in footwear must be worn! Long-sleeved pants are preferred, and a polo shirt is ok - please be sun safe with sunscreen and a hat

Held at Waters Edge (Portside at Hamilton Wharf). Dress code is semi-formal.

Buses will leave Rydges Fortitude Valley from 5:30pm for a 6:00pm start and returning to Rydges from 9:00pm. If you miss the bus, you will need to make your own way to the function.

• Opening
  • 9.00am - Welcome - Sugar Cubed 2025 MC Craig Zonca
  • 9.15am - Glenn McGrath - Keynote speaker
• Session 1: Where is growth coming from?
  • 10.15am - What is the global story in relation to agricultural growth? - Yasmin Morgan: Manager – Futures, CSIRO
  • 10.45am - A view of the global sugar market - Oliver Chapman: Head of Structured Risk, Czarnikow Trading Singapore
• 11.15am: Morning tea
• Session 2: What are our opportunities to grow? What is happening in industry/value chain?
• 11.45am
  • Biofuels Global Drivers - Jonty Richardson: Principal, Consulting Services – Argus Media
  • Trading Australian sugar - Mark Hampson: CEO and Managing Director, QSL
  • The opportunities for cogeneration of electricity - Ash Salardini: Chief Executive Officer, Australian Sugar Manufacturers
  • Farming Systems – what is the challenge to growth?  - Deb Telford: District Manager, CANEGROWERS Innisfail
• 12.45pm: Facilitated Q & A
• 1.00pm: Lunch - visit the ASSCT trade display (onsite)
• 2.00pm: Intergenerational Wealth: how to prepare your family for the great wealth transfer - Alistair Milne: Senior Client Adviser, Morgans Private Wealth Management
• Session 3: What does the future look like from the farm?
• 2.20pm
  • Research Priorities - Donna Campagnolo: Innisfail grower
  • AgTech - Tim Neale: Managing Director Data Farming, UQ
  • Emerging Leader - Bessie Orr: Proserpine grower and CANEGROWERS Proserpine Director
  • Industry Resilience - Ben Spann: Rocky Point grower and CANEGROWERS Rocky Point Director
  • Representation - Jamie Dore: Tully grower and CANEGROWERS Tully Director
  • NSW Grower - Doug Moss: NSW grower, NSW and Clarence Cane Growers Executive member
• 2.50pm: Facilitated Q & A
• 3.50pm: Afternoon tea - visit the ASSCT trade display (onsite)
  • 4.20 pm - Warren Davies – The Unbreakable Farmer
  • 5.20 pm Be proud of our strong and resilient industry - Owen Menkens: Chair, CANEGROWERS
• CLOSING DRINKS - Join ASSCT Networking Event