Speaker Confirmation for the 8th International Macadamia Symposium
Speaker Confirmation for the 8th International Macadamia Symposium
The 8th International Macadamia Symposium is a worldwide grand event for macadamia industry with great industrial influence. In order to launch a successful symposium and improve it's quality, the Organizing Committee decides to make a standard for speaker confirmation.
A. Speaker Standard
Applicant speakers should meet the following standars:

1. Industry elites who master the latest information about varieties,technologie as well as development concept and trending.

2. Renowned experts or scholars who engage in or are related to macadamia industry for many years.

3. Practitioners who got more than 10 years paticipating in macadamia Seedling cultivation, planting and processing, or have profound knowledge and unique insight to macadamia seedling cultivation, planting and processing.

B. Speaker Confirmation
Speaker Confirmation has to follow the rules:

1. Speaker submits an application to the Organizer which include professions, career, experience, topic title and key points.

2. Speaker’s information will be reviewed by the panel of experts from the Organizing Committee of IMS 2018.

3. After the information has been approved by the panel of experts, the Organizing Committee will endorse it.

4. After endorsement, the organizer will send a confirmation to the speaker and include speaker’s topic tile, speaking time and other information into the agenda.

C. Requirements

1.Speech should be true and reliable. All mateirals and data which are quoted should be indicate the source. False data are FORBIDDEN.

2.Please avoid using the conference platform to promote your company and its products or services. Speech should be related to varieties, technology, marketing or other themes.

Organizing Committee of IMS
November 8, 2017
Keynote Speaker
Mystery guest
Leader of Yunnan Provincial Forestry Department
Leader of Lincang Govenrment
Zhai Fengying
Director of board of supervisors of Chinese Nutrition Society
Zhang Liaoyuan
Founder and CEO of Three squirrels
Michael Waring
INC vice-chairman
Zac Bard
World Avocado Organization
Invited Speaker
Chen Yuxiu
China/President of YMS
Jolyon Burnett
Australia/CEO of AMS
John Daniel Wilkie
Australia/Department of Agriculture of Queensland State
Werner Barnard
Golden Macadamias CEO
Wayne Hancock
PhD of Australia
Li Xiaobo
Director of Agricultural Technology of Yunnan Macadamia.ltd
Jeremy Bright
NSW Department of Primary Industry – Macadamia Development Officer
Kim J Wilson
Managing Director of Eureka Macadamia Management & Macadamia Consultancy International
Dr Ruth Huwer
Entomologist, NSW DPI
Cheng Hung Kay
Director of the board,International Nut&Dried Fruit Council(INC).
Catherine Nock
Research Fellow, Southern Cross Plant Science, Southern Cross University
Kirsty Langdon
PhD Candidate Southern Cross Plant Science Southern Cross University
Phillip Lee
Sole Proprietor, CompleteLee Nuts Consulting CompleteLee
Chen Haisheng
President of Guangxi South-Asia Tropical Agricultural Science Institute
He Xiyong
Director of Macadamia Research Center of Yunnan Institute of Tropical Crops
Lu Sen
Zhongyuan (Beijing) institute of soil improvement Technology
Xiong Zhi
Dean of School of Light industry and Food Engineering of Southwest Forestry University
Rohan Orford
Macadamia Technical Advisor For Mayo Macs PTY LTD South Africa
Dorran Bungay
Private agricultural energy engineering consultant
Gabina Sol Quintas
Deputy Director of Forest Regulation SEDEMA,Government of Veracruz,Mexico
Barry Christie
Operations Manager at SAMAC
H.S. Pannu
Principal of Sable Farming Company Ltd.
Kim Jones
Director of Cropwatch Independent Laboratories Cropwatch
Mohammad Mobashwer Alam
plant breeder and geneticist of QAAFI and the University of QueenslandQAAFI
João Paulo Leiva
Santo Egidio Farm General Manager
Pedro Piza
Director of QueenNut Macadamia, Director of ABM - Brazilian Macadamia Association
Ian McConachie
Researcher
Andrew Sheard
Technical Manager for Mayo Macs SA (Pty) Ltd
Hoang Hoe
Vice Chairman of Vietnam Macadamia Association
Tran Vinh
Deputy Director of Instutite, cum Director of Eakmat Coffee Research and Technology Transfer Institute
Femi Akinsanmi
Plant Pathologist – Disease Management The University of Queensland
Eddie Yeung
Laboratory Manager at Agromillora Australia
Hanna Toegel
Experimentalist and honours student
Myles Osborn
SAMAC Commercial Director
Dr. Cameon Ivarsson
瑞士NAPASOL AG公司
Alyssa Cho
University of Hawaii- Manoa
Gerda Fourie
South Africa's Ministry of Foresty, Agriculture and Fisheries
Jamie Zapp
NETFIM奈特菲姆公司
Liu Jin
Yunnan Institute for Tropical Crops
Ian Williams
Scotston Farm,South Africa.SAMAC Chairman
Liu Lei
Southern Cross University
Lynne Ziehlke
AMS澳大利亚坚果协会
Brad Howlett
New Zealand Institute for Plant & Food Research Limited
Bui Quoc Hoan
TBK Greenfood CEO and Founder
Chris Trump
Natural Farming Company
Grant Bramsen
Lujeri Tea Estates Ltd.
Leoni Kojetin
澳大利亚坚果协会
Wu Xueyun
Party Secretary of Agricultural Machine Institute in Yunnan Province
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Abstract Submission Deadline
Apr 30th, 2018
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Jun 30th, 2018
Registration Deadline
Sep 30th, 2018
Pre-tours check-in
Oct 14th, 2018
Delegates Check-In
Oct 16th, 2018
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