Program

Please note this is only a draft and may change

	Session	Title	Presenter
8:00	Arrival, Registration, Poster Setup
8:30		Welcome from APSIM Initiative Steering Committee Chair 2020	Gavin Ash, University of Southern Queensland
8:40	Industry’s Perspective	TBC
9:10	Whole Farm, Crop and Livestock Modelling	Challenges and opportunities for farm and livestock modelling – what’s in APSIM and what is on the way	Val Snow, AgResearch
9:35	Whole Farm, Crop and Livestock Modelling	Quantifying data aggregation effects of model inputs on simulate yield and irrigation water demand at regional scales	Jonathan Ojeda, University of Tasmania
9:50	Whole Farm, Crop and Livestock Modelling	Enhancing simulation of water stress in APSIM	Sotirios Archontoulis, Iowa State University
10:05	Whole Farm, Crop and Livestock Modelling	The response of N2O emissions to N fertiliser rates in Australian sugarcane systems	Naoya Takeda, Queensland University of Technology
10:20	Whole Farm, Crop and Livestock Modelling	Improve soil simulations for better crop modelling	Enli Wang, CSIRO
10:35		Morning Tea
11:00	Whole Farm, Crop and Livestock Modelling	Slurp with a variable leaf extinction coefficient better predicts the canopy radiation interception in silvopastoral systems simulation	Lucas Balcao, AgResearch; University of San Paolo
11:15	Whole Farm, Crop and Livestock Modelling	Building decision support logic for enhanced efficiency fertilisers using APSIM virtual trials	Kirsten Verburg, CSIRO
11:30	Whole Farm, Crop and Livestock Modelling	Exploring cultivar options for profitable canola production in the Western Australian grain belt	Chao Chen, CSIRO
11:45	Whole Farm, Crop and Livestock Modelling	Spatial and temporal distribution of frost and its use in minimising frost risk in chickpea in the northern grains region of Australia	Yash Chauhan, DAF
12:00		Lunch
13:00	Genotype, Environment, Management (GxExM)	On the nature of crop models (and modellers) needed to advance crop adaptation and improvement (GxExM)	Graeme Hammer, University of Queensland
13:20	Genotype, Environment, Management (GxExM)	Yield benefits of reduced transpiration in the Australian wheatbelt	Karine Chenu, University of Queensland
13:35	Genotype, Environment, Management (GxExM)	Sensitivity in yield potential and stability of APSIM-Sorghum to hypothetical variations in GxM	Lyle Thomas, University of Queensland
13:50	Genotype, Environment, Management (GxExM)	Simulating G × E × M interactions to determine the value of subsoil water	Julianne Lilley, CSIRO
14:05	Genotype, Environment, Management (GxExM)	Untangling genotype x management interactions in multi-environment on-farm experimentation	Daniel Rodriguez, University of Queensland
14:20	Genotype, Environment, Management (GxExM)	Exploring the impact of soil variability on the value of variable rate irrigation strategies using APSIM	Joanna Sharp, Plant and Food Research
14:35		Afternoon Tea
15:00	Cutting Edge Software and Tools	Lifecycle model development	Jeremy Whish, CSIRO
15:20	Cutting Edge Software and Tools	Decomposition of crop model uncertainty using APSIM	Ranju Chapagain, University of Tasmania
15:35	Cutting Edge Software and Tools	Methods for automatic multi-objective function parameterisation of crop models	Matt Harrison, University of Tasmania
15:50	Cutting Edge Software and Tools	A new R package for APSIM Next Generation and Classic (apsimx)	Fernando Miguez, Iowa State University
16:05	Cutting Edge Software and Tools	A new canopy photosynthesis module for quantifying yield impacts of enhancing photosynthesis	Alex Wu, CSIRO
16:20	Update on APSIM	Advances in APSIM Software	Dean Holzworth, CSIRO
16:40	Update on APSIM	PMF update	Hamish Brown, Plant and Food Research
16:55		Close Symposium	Steering Committee Chair for 2020
17:00	Close
17:30-20:30	Networking Event	Saint Lucy, University of Queensland