With tickets now on sale for AgriFutures evoke^AG. 2024, it seems timely to reflect on the buzz of evoke^AG. 2023 – the first since COVID put a stop to in-person events – and the importance of such face-to-face connection. 

Being in Adelaide and seeing producers, corporates and solution providers exploring new ideas highlighted the energy and vitality of the agriculture sector which continues to mature in Australia with great depth and diversity.

Bringing people together like this is particularly pertinent to us at AgriFutures grow^AG. because our mission is to foster connection in the agrifood tech space. 

When we first set out on this mission in 2018, we asked how we could best service this industry. It hasn’t always been easy for agri-innovators and entrepreneurs to connect with their contemporaries in Australia or overseas, so we developed grow^AG. to provide a one-stop platform to host the best of the best in Australian agritech.

As the agritech ecosystem has exploded in Australia, it’s been exciting for us to play an important role in bringing together the value chains in growth areas like plant protein and carbon.

In the spirit of this year’s evoke^AG. theme of ‘Down to Earth’, it’s the connection between people which creates the fertile ground for these ideas to come to life. Seeds of “big ideas” pop up all the time, but it is people that make them happen.

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Artificial intelligence was a popular talking point of this year’s event – and rightly so. Great leaps are being taken with this technology to help farmers continue to evolve the way they efficiently and sustainably produce food and fibre to sustain us into the future.

She found meeting new people through the platform had a snowball effect and presented further networking opportunities, on top of helping with the company’s capital raise. 

For many investors, the entrepreneur or team behind an invention is the most important factor they look for to invest in and Professor Baillie and Fern are two examples of the impact of grow^AG.; acting as a brokerage that hosts world-leading research, technologies and commercialisation opportunities in one easy-to-use location.  

It’s an exciting time for agritech. Collaboration is at the heart of pushing the industry forward and achieving our goals as a global food innovation system. 

We’ve recently expanded the scope of grow^AG. to include global organisations and research projects to help build stronger connections between the innovation happening in Australia and around the world, ensuring local producers can access innovations relevant to their needs. This will also help Australian innovations more readily find their place in global markets through stronger networks built on the platform. 

UK-based company Deep Planet, which licenced the Wine Nutrition app from Wine Australia, was one of the first organisations to list on our platform. They came to Australia for AgriFutures evoke^AG. in 2020 and identified an opportunity through grow^AG. to invest into a wider licence opportunity.  

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They are now integrating their IP into solutions around Australia and have listed another investment opportunity to help expand globally, highlighting the value of grow^AG. at all stages of a company’s growth. 

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While new innovations are key to moving the industry forward, it’s the connections that are made which will bring them ‘Down to Earth’ and make them a reality. 

Creating the opportunity for new connections is what makes grow^AG. such a valuable resource and key to why evoke^AG. is such an inspiring and energising event. I’ll be closely following the progress of these startups and innovators, and I can’t wait to see where they are this time next year.  

Key information:

evoke^AG. 2024 will be held on Tuesday, 20 February and Wednesday, 21 February 2024 at the Perth Convention and Exhibition Centre.

The week will commence with the evoke^AG. Welcome Event on the eve of evoke^AG. - Monday, 19 February and a number of sideline events hosted by evoke^AG. partners will take place throughout the week.

Early bird ticket prices are now on sale and available until Thursday, 31 August 2023 via the evoke^AG. ticketing platform.