Thank you for your interest in registering to attend the Crawford Fund for Food Security 2026 Annual Conference, "Emerging Voices Shaping Regional Integration for a Food Secure World.” 

The specially styled networking dinner featuring a keynote address from the Hon Julie Collins MP, Federal Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, will be held on Monday, 10 August.  

The packed one-day conference will be on Tuesday, 11 August, featuring around 15 presentations from across the globe, including keynote addresses from Dr Sandra Milach, Chief Scientist, CGIAR and Dr Stefan Schmitz, Executive Director, Crop Trust.

Both events will be held in the Great Hall, Parliament House, Canberra. 

Our event this year will be another hybrid event, with the opportunity to attend in person or online.

We encourage you to consider being a mentor for our conference scholars at this year’s conference. More detail on this is provided as you go through the registration process, including the need to be in Canberra for a Monday scholar session from 12-4.30pm. You are not needed after the conference finishes on Tuesday evening. 

To register your attendance in Canberra, please complete the following registration details.
To register for online attendance, please click here.

Help us support young Australians to our conference and scholar program. 

As part of the Fund’s efforts to encourage young people in their study or careers in international agricultural research, scholarships are again being offered to young Australians with a genuine interest in international agricultural development. To help us in our efforts, the Crawford Fund is offering delegates the opportunity to donate additional funds, above their registration fees, for this purpose.

In addition to attending the conference, the young and early career students and scientists attend our special ‘scholar days’ – a program of activities, engagement and mentoring involving some conference speakers, experienced international researchers, and returnees from Australia’s volunteer program. The idea is to assist them with guidance on possible career, volunteer and study pathways.

More information on the conference scholarship program is available on our website. Reports from the scholars who attended previous conferences and have gone on to volunteer or work in international agricultural research projects in developing countries or to further study in a related field are provided. 

You can read what our last group of conference scholars had to say here.

I would like to make a tax deductible donation to The Crawford Fund to support the conference scholars.