Last year's AMIC Conference provided members with a wealth of information as international speakers provided their insight into the challenges ahead. To find out more read on...
Over
400 participants met at the Sheraton Mirage on Queensland’s Gold Coast for
14 – 16 September for the AMIC 2005
Meat Industry Conference. It was a resounding success and finished with a
Black Tie Gala Dinner.
The event also became a focal point for a
range of other industry events and meetings during the week including:
National Meetings of the AMIC Export Sheep and Beef Councils, the National
Meat Processor Council and the Australian Processor Council (APC). The APC
also had an Inaugural Meeting with the Board of Directors of MLA preceded by
a dinner the previous evening; a valuable exercise in better understanding
each other’s objectives and expectations. Meetings of the
Safemeat Partnership, the Red Meat Advisory
Council (RMAC) and the Australian Meat Processor Council (AMPC) rounded out
what became known to some as “Meat Week”
for the processing and export sector.
Keynote speaker Dr
Pratini de Moraes, the President of the
Brazilian Beef Exporters Association (ABIEC) and a former Brazilian Minister
of Agriculture is an experienced agricultural diplomat and he extolled the
virtues of the WTO process. He also emphasized the need for beef exporting
countries like Australia and Brazil to continue to apply pressure on the
world stage if significant liberalization of beef export markets is to be
achieved. He also stressed that while competitors, Australia and Brazil also
had many issues of mutual interest that could benefit from a joint approach.
Brazil
currently exports beef to more than 140 countries and
the Brazilian herd size of 195 million brought home to the
audience the competitive potential of the Brazilian industry. It is
seven-fold the size of Australia’s herd, and likely to grow over the next
few years as Brazil’s health and hygiene status continues to improve as well
as its access into better quality export markets.
Peter Ritchie, former
Managing Director and Chairman of McDonalds
gave an excellent presentation
on the next
generation of leaders and the leadership style required to build a
successful business.
Steve Kay, Editor of
the US Cattle Buyers Weekly
gave a detailed rundown of the current BSE status of the US and their
efforts to regain entry to Japan and Korea.
Rob Vogel, former
Executive of the
US
Supermarket giant Wal-Mart spoke
on his experience in supermarkets in Brazil, Argentina,
Japan, Hong Kong, New Zealand and Australia.
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