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Wednesday Webinar Series
To help strengthen the oilseed community and provide an opportunity for ongoing engagement, the AOF is conducting the Wednesday Webinar Series. These regular webinars will cover a range of topics which will be of interest to the broad membership and/or specific segments of membership. They are scheduled for lunchtimes on Wednesday and will run for between 30 and 60 minutes each.
Webinar Schedule
| Date | Time | Topic | Host / Speaker |
| Wednesday, 31 March | 1pm | Nicole provides an easy to understand update on the latest nutrition science related to vegetable oils and plant-based proteins as well we dispel common myths around fats and oil nutrition. | Host: AOF Nicole Senior, Professional Nutrition Services Zoom link |
| Wednesday, 7 April | 1pm |
Introduction to new MICoR Victor provides an overview of the Department of Agriculture’s key resource, outlining the specific oilseed import requirements stipulated by importing countries. Micor has recently undergone a significant upgrade to improve the way exporters can establish the import requirements for importing countries,and Victor will demonstrate the function of Micor. | Host: AOF Victor Zalakos, Department of Agriculture Zoom link |
| Tuesday, 20 April | 5pm |
Oil and Fat Analysis During this webinar, hosted by Oils & Fats International, we will discuss how both time domain NMR (TD-NMR) and benchtop NMR spectroscopy are used to measure oils and fats throughout the food chain; from harvest through to manufacturing of ingredients and the food products themselves. | Host: Oils and Fats International Dr Kevin Nott, Oxford Instruments Register for webinar |
| Wednesday, 21 April | 1pm | Nick and James will outline the growing trend for grain and oilseed customers to require certified sustainable inputs, and they will describe the Sustainable Grain Australia process that has been developed to effect ISCC Certification for Australia canola and canola oil. | Host: AOF James Saunders / Nick Goddard, Sustainable Grain Australia |
| Wednesday, 28 April | 5pm |
Benchtop NMR Benchtop NMR is a versatile and powerful tool for analytical chemistry. This webinar will cover the basic concepts of NMR and what is easily achievable with the X-Pulse broadband benchtop NMR system. By attending this webinar you will learn:
| Host: Oxford Instruments James Sagar, Oxford Instruments Register for webinar |
| Wednesday, 5 May | 1pm | 🎦 NZ Dairy Feed Market Stuart will provide an analysis of the drivers for the feed input into the NZ dairy herd and in doing so, draw out the opportunities and challenges to increase Australian canola meal in NZ dairy feed. | Host: AOF Stuart Davison, NZX |
🎦 Webinar recording available.
