Digital technologies are reshaping agriculture — but adoption remains complex, uneven and deeply contextual.
At our Across the Tasman: Digital Ecosystems & Agritech Adoption breakfast AgriFutures evokeAG, we’re hosting a series of short, quick-fire presentations to surface real signals from across the agritech ecosystem.
Each speaker will share what’s working, where value is flowing — and where adoption is still hard.
Speaker spotlights 👏
▶️ Richard Beaumont – Agovor Limited
Richard, a seasoned horticulturist has spend the last 5 years building the Agovor alongside co-founder automation engineer Simon Carroll.
▶️ Fiona Turner, Bitwise Agronomy
Bitwise Agronomy was inspired by real-world farming challenges. As a grower herself, Fiona experienced firsthand the frustrations of manual forecasting and inconsistent data. Determined to solve these problems, she developed GreenView AI - an artificial intelligence system that counts and analyses fruit at superhuman speed to deliver high-fidelity forecasting.
▶️ Caroline Hope, Map of Ag
Caroline leads a team of Technical Client Managers at Map of Ag, delivering consultancy across a broad range of agricultural topics and managing client accounts to ensure robust, fit‑for‑purpose solutions.
▶️ Hamish Munro, Pairtree Intelligence
Pairtree simplifies the agtech choice for farmers, by enabling the fragmented data to be seen all in one spot. With 100+ agtech integrations from IoT sensors to apps and imagery, Pairtree powers compliance and productivity tools, through to AI models and new 'Integrated services'.
▶️ Anna Falkiner, Cropify
CEO and Co-founder of Cropify, a South Australian-based AgTech
company pioneering industry-leading, visual grain grading technology. Her expertise is built on a lifelong connection to the land, raised on a mixed farming enterprise of cropping and wool.
▶️ Andrew Skinner, More Than Machines
With 25+ years in technology and 15 in agriculture, Andrew bridges deep domain expertise with cutting-edge AI and data innovation.
▶️ Sam Pritchard, PIPA by People in Paddocks
An agritech platform built to turn safety, workforce and compliance requirements into daily farm practice. With a strong focus on adoption and inclusion, PIPA combines practical AI-driven insights with a clear pathway toward agentic AI capabilities.
These lightning insights will feed into a facilitated Cross-Tasman discussion on digital dexterity, data interoperability, capability gaps and adoption reality.
Hosted by Map of Ag, Farmers2Founders and AgriTech New Zealand.
💡 Follow along for post-event insights and what’s next for Across The Tasman!
Andrew Cooke Brendan O'Connell Ben McKenzie Megan Bryant Dr Christine Pitt Alice Faeth Joshua Soo Agrifood Futures
11 Février 2026 à 05h26
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