Plenary Session | New Technologies - Using remote detection to improve Weed Biosecurity
| Tuesday, September 11, 2018 |
| 8:30 AM - 10:20 AM |
| Grand Ballroom |
Speaker
Dr Ken Young
Senior Manager Crop Protection
Grains Research & Development Corporation
GRDC strategic direction in weed investments
8:30 AM - 8:40 AM
Mr David Heinjus
Managing Director
Rural Directions Pty Ltd
New Technologies and intro to GWAC symposium
8:40 AM - 8:50 AM
Dr Cheryl McCarthy
Research Fellow - Centre for Agricultural Engineering
University of Southern Queensland
Machine Vision Systems for Robotic Weed Sensing in Real World Commercial Environments
8:50 AM - 9:30 AM
Mr Mark Hamilton
Project Officer (Weeds)
NSW NPWS
Needle in a haystack – detecting hawkweeds using drones
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM
Dr Andrew McConnachie
Senior Research Scientist
NSW DPI, Biosecurity & Food Safety, Weed research Unit
Multispectral imagery and weed biocontrol: A useful pairing?
10:00 AM - 10:20 AM
