Research to Resilience – Building a Drought-Ready Future at Unimelb

• • Thu, February 19 20268:00am AEDT
  • 6:00pm AEDT
• The University of Melbourne
  Dookie Campus
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Join us for a one-day immersive field tour of The University of Melbourne’s Dookie Campus, where commercial farming, teaching excellence, applied research and innovation come together in a real-world setting.

Set across a working farm enterprise, the tour will showcase how integrated research, emerging technologies and long-term trials are driving more resilient, productive and drought-ready farming systems. Delegates will see agricultural innovation in action — from agtech and automation to collaborative research supporting practical, on-farm outcomes.

Highlights include:

• Guided walking and driving tours of the Dookie Campus farm and facilities

• Agtech and automation in practice, including the Robotic Dairy

• Research trials and innovation supporting drought resilience

• Networking with researchers, students and industry

• Tour at the Agriculture Victoria Tatura Smart Farm

• Insights into the Future Drought Fund Long Term Trial research on survival signatures in perennial horticulture tree crops (apples, pears and stonefruit)

• Morning tea and lunch included

Agenda:

• 8:00am – Bus departs from Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre
• 10:30am – Welcome to Dookie Campus
• 11:30am – Walking and driving tours of campus highlights
• 1:00pm – Dookie Robotic Dairy with Lely
• 2:30pm – AgVic Tatura Smart Farm Tour
• 5:30pm – Bus arrives at Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre

Buy tickets through the Eventbrite link.