{"id":7853,"date":"2020-09-17T10:51:10","date_gmt":"2020-09-17T00:51:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fionalake.com.au\/blog\/?p=7853"},"modified":"2020-09-17T11:35:19","modified_gmt":"2020-09-17T01:35:19","slug":"previous-events-drones-photography-agtech-workshops-conferences","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fionalake.com.au\/blog\/previous-events-drones-photography-agtech-workshops-conferences\/","title":{"rendered":"Previous events &#8211; drones, photography, agtech workshops &#038; conferences, commercial photography &#038; farm tours"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>This page lists some 2016-2018 trips away, which will give you some idea of events which may appear in future.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s quite a range, around Australia and overseas, including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Running workshops (drones, photography, social media)<\/li>\n<li>Speaking at conferences (drones, agtech, agriculture, rural women)<\/li>\n<li>Commercial photography work<\/li>\n<li>Exhibitions, book launches, award presentations &amp; ag tradeshows<\/li>\n<li>Research, magazine stories &amp; self-education\/training<\/li>\n<li>Farm tours<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you are interested in upcoming events (or 2019-2020), visit the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fionalake.com.au\/blog\/news\/businesshours\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Next Events page<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>2018:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/claridenglobal.com\/conference\/anz-smartfarms-au-2018\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8220;ANZ Smart Farms &amp; Ag Tech&#8221;<\/a> <\/strong>forum at the Sydney Convention Centre (Darling Harbour); 3-5 December (away 2 &#8211; 8 Dec). Presented on &#8216;Drones &#8211; sorting fact from fiction, plus predictions&#8217;; and on a panel session re &#8216;Thinking outside the box &#8211; to boost ag tech adoption&#8217;.<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;Introduction to Drones&#8221; Rural Drone Academy, full day training,<\/strong> Townsville, 10th Nov. A feast of useful content, all day, worth travelling to attend. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fionalake.com.au\/blog\/news\/introduction-to-drones-workshop\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Townsville drone workshop information.<\/a>\u00a0 An independently run event.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Commission photography<\/strong> for JBS Australia, southern Victoria; 29 October &#8211; 2 November.<\/li>\n<li>Far North Queensland, 2-5 Oct; <strong>commercial photography<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.interdrone.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">InterDrone<\/a> <\/strong>&#8211; Las Vegas. 5-7 September 2018 (dates away; 3 Sept to 17 Sept). I ran a workshop titled &#8216;Maximising still photography results&#8217; &#8211; based on 30 years of aerial photography experience &#8211; first via choppers then in recent years, also via drones. Plus on a panel discussing drone photography &amp; videography tips &amp; tricks. The first Australian to present at North America&#8217;s largest commercial drone conference, &amp; one of the few female presenters.<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/awia.org.au\/2017-conference\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Australian Women in Agriculture conference<\/a>,<\/strong> <strong>Shepparton (Vic)<\/strong>; 17-19 Aug (away 16 &#8211; 20 Aug). Presented a theory session on drones in agriculture, then a hands-on drone demonstration at Dookie Ag College.<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/static1.squarespace.com\/static\/5ac57f245ffd2085c9eb9aa7\/t\/5b12220daa4a991d9bb076a2\/1529371008801\/RAPAD+Aerodrone+Symposium+2018+-+flyer+%281%29.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">RAPAD Outback AeroDrone Symposium<\/a>,<\/strong> <strong>Barcaldine<\/strong> &#8211; 11-12 August (away 10-13 Aug); presented 2 sessions &#8211; an introduction to drones on farms &amp; cattle stations, and aerial photography.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Central Queensland,<\/strong> 1 August; <strong>Injune.<\/strong> Rural Drone Academy, full day ag drone training. Away 31 July to 3 August &#8211; &#8216;Putting drones to good use on farms and cattle stations&#8217;; plus commercial photography. For the Roma-based Maranoa Regional Council.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Cunnamulla, Quilpie, Thargomindah &amp; Morven (<\/strong>South Western Queensland), AgForce multi-topic workshops.\u00a0 17-20 July (dates away &#8211; 16 &#8211; 21 July). Ran rural social media sessions: &#8216;Putting social media to work for the bush&#8217;; plus answering drone queries.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Birdsville <\/strong>(Far SW Qld); <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bigredbash.com.au\/bigredbash\/tickets-pricing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">(during the Birdsville Big Red Bash<\/a>); 10 &#8211; 12 July (away 7 &#8211; 15 July)<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/farminstitute.org.au\/news-and-events\/digital-farmers-2018\/Digital-Farmers-2018\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8216;Digital Farmers: Bringing AgTech to Life 2018&#8217;<\/a> <\/strong>&#8211; 13-14 June; Sydney. Run by the Australian Farm Institute. Away 12-15 June.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com.au\/e\/basalt-bash-beauty-womens-event-tickets-44969527066\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>&#8216;Basalt Bash &amp; Beauty&#8217;,<\/strong><\/a> Mt Surprise (Far North Qld); 29-31 May (away 29th May &#8211; 31 May 2018). Workshops on using drones on cattle stations (&#8216;Drones, are they the future? and can they help?&#8217;) and effective use of social media (&#8216;Social media &#8211; the do&#8217;s &amp; dont&#8217;s&#8217;).\u00a0 Organised by AgForce &amp; the Northern Gulf Resource Management Group.<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8216;Your produce, my plate, our future&#8217; forum<\/strong>, Laura (Far North Qld);\u00a0 (15-16 May; away 14-17 May). Run\/organised\/supported by AgForce &amp; Cape York Natural Resource Management. Workshop on using drones on cattle stations.<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/beefaustralia.com.au\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Beef Australia<\/a>, Rockhampton (Qld)<\/strong>; 6th &#8211; 11th May (away: 5th &#8211; 12th May). As usual I was on a stand at Rockhampton&#8217;s Beef Week &#8211; but in 2018, rather than have my own stand in the Walter Pearce Pavilion, I was on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.quadrantaustralia.com\/paddock-to-plate-uk-ireland\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Quadrant Australia&#8217;s<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Gulf Country, Queensland<\/strong> attending 2 workshops run by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.northerngulf.com.au\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Northern Gulf Resource Management Group<\/a>; drones &amp; presentations; away 18th &#8211; 22nd April<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.agrifutures.com.au\/people-leadership\/rural-womens-award\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">AgriFutures Rural Women&#8217;s Award<\/a><\/strong> &#8211; Rural Drone Academy project, Queensland finalist interview &amp; winner announcement, 20th &#8211; 23rd March, Brisbane.<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/wofg2018\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Women on Farms Gathering<\/a>, <\/strong>(Victorian Rural Women&#8217;s Conference)<strong> Mornington Peninsula (Victoria);<\/strong> away 15th &#8211; 18th March 2018. Workshops on social media\/mobile phone photography, and an introduction to drones in agriculture.<\/li>\n<li><strong>USA<\/strong>; away from 20th February until 11th March.\u00a0 Attended the opening of &#8216;<strong>Whispering grass &#8211; stories from Australia&#8217;s outback cattle stations&#8217;<\/strong> &#8211; my exhibition in the Embassy of Australia in Washington D.C.; opened by Australia&#8217;s Ambassador to the US, Joe Hockey.\u00a0 There&#8217;s some info on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fionalake.com.au\/blog\/news\/whispering-grass-exhibition-australian-embassy-washington-d-c\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Washington exhibition blog post<\/a>. I also attended a DJI drone photography academy day in North Carolina plus the New York City Drone Film Festival and Drone Day.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>2017:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Victoria &amp; Southern NSW<\/strong> &#8211; farm photography plus 2 day TAFE drone course training; away 7-15 December.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Mareeba (Far North Queensland) <\/strong>&#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/1271228886322169\/?acontext=%7B%22action_history%22%3A%22[%7B%5C%22surface%5C%22%3A%5C%22page%5C%22%2C%5C%22mechanism%5C%22%3A%5C%22page_upcoming_events_card%5C%22%2C%5C%22extra_data%5C%22%3A[]%7D]%22%2C%22has_source%22%3Atrue%7D\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">National Agricultural Day &#8211; Farmer Meets Foodie forum &amp; Food Truck Feast,<\/a> 21 November (away 20-22 Nov). #AgDay presentation on making the most of social media; plus a panel session on social media for business.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Townsville (North Queensland)<\/strong> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/agforceqld.org.au\/index.php?tgtPage=events&amp;id=view,2587&amp;ref=calendar\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8216;Politics in the Pub&#8217; event run by Agforce <\/a>&#8211; forum at the Commonwealth Hotel in South Townsville, with North Queensland state election candidates in attendance. 16 November (office shut in the late afternoon, only).<\/li>\n<li><strong>Narrandera (Southern NSW)<\/strong> &#8211; at the <a href=\"https:\/\/womencultureland2017.wordpress.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NSW Rural Women&#8217;s Gathering<\/a>, &#8216;Women Culture Land &#8211; just add water&#8217;, 27-29 October (away 26 Oct to 1 Nov); ran 2 workshops: How to get the best photographs from mobile phones, and rural travel.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Townsville (North Queensland)<\/strong> &#8211; 24 October; &#8216;<a href=\"https:\/\/agforceqld.org.au\/index.php?tgtPage=events&amp;id=view,2577&amp;ref=calendar\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Managing risks: Securing the Future&#8217; live export forum;<\/a> run by AgForce in conjunction with ALEC (Australian Livestock Exporters&#8217; Council).\u00a0 Presentation: &#8216;best practice&#8217; live export story (&amp; traps to avoid).<\/li>\n<li><strong>Emerald (Central Queensland)<\/strong> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/qrrrwnonline.wildapricot.org\/Conference-2017\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Queensland Rural Regional &amp; Remote Women&#8217;s Network conference<\/a>, &#8216;Building vibrant communities, developing future gems&#8217;; 19th to 21st October (away 19-22 Oct); ran 2 unique workshops &#8211; How to get the best photographs from mobile phones, and rural travel.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Victoria &amp; Southern NSW <\/strong>&#8211; away 5-12 October (completing magazine stories)<\/li>\n<li><strong>USA<\/strong> &#8211; attended InterDrone &#8211; the largest drone conference in the world. Plus workshops on drone cinematography &amp; drone night flying. Away 30 Aug &#8211; 14 Sept.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Prairie (North Queensland) &#8211; <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/387090621492432\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kooroorinya Ladies Day <\/a>&#8211; 26th August (away 25-27 August); workshops on &#8216;Drones in Agriculture&#8217;, &#8216;Better Mobile Phone Photography&#8217; &amp; &#8216;Grants &amp; Scholarships for Rural Women&#8217;.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Charleville (Western Queensland)<\/strong> &#8211; 27 July (away 26-28 July); <a href=\"http:\/\/www.trc.qld.gov.au\/event\/managing-risks-securing-future\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8216;Managing risks: Securing the Future&#8217; forum;<\/a> run by Agforce. Workshops on drones in agriculture &amp; mobile phone photography.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Corner Country<\/strong> trip (north-eastern <strong>South Australia,<\/strong> north-western NSW &amp; <strong>far south-western Queensland)<\/strong> &#8211; 8 July to 23 July; for photography purposes (including an Outback Magazine story).\u00a0 Remote area &#8211; limited communication while away.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Malanda; Atherton Tablelands (Far North Queensland)<\/strong> &#8211; 21st June (away 20-22 June); <a href=\"http:\/\/www.trc.qld.gov.au\/event\/managing-risks-securing-future\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8216;Managing risks: Securing the Future&#8217; forum;<\/a> run by Agforce, the Northern Gulf Resource Management Group &amp; the Queensland Farmer&#8217;s Federation. Keynote speaker: Drones in Agriculture. Workshops: mobile phone photography &amp; how to use social media efficiently &amp; effectively.<\/li>\n<li><strong>South-east Queensland; Brisbane<\/strong> &#8211; 3rd June to 6th June; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sheflies.com.au\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8216;She Flies&#8217; <\/a>drone instructor training.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Far North Queensland<\/strong> &#8211; 9th to 12th May; tropical pasture field day on Olive Vale station, Laura &amp; corporate photography.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Victoria &amp; southern NSW<\/strong> &#8211; RM William&#8217;s Outback Magazine business story; away 13th April to 21st April.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Southern Gulf country (Qld)<\/strong>; RM William&#8217;s Outback Magazine station story. Away 3rd April to 10th April.<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/awia.org.au\/event\/awia-general-meeting-toowoomba-royal-show\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Australian Women in Agriculture (AWiA) event at the Toowoomba Show<\/a> &#8211;<\/strong> Speaking about the &#8216;Trial and Terror&#8217; involved in running an entrepreneurial rural business, triumphing over obstacles (even when such persistence borders on crazy), the compromises women make and changes I have seen in the bush. Away 31 March to 2 April.<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pg\/NorthernBeefProducersExpo\/about\/?ref=page_internal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Northern Beef Producers Expo<\/a>, Charters Towers<\/strong> &#8211; away on 3rd &amp; 4th of March.<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/ruralpressclub.com.au\/events\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Queensland Rural Press Club<\/a><\/strong> &#8211; monthly luncheon in Brisbane; 16th February (away 15-17 Feb).\u00a0 The February speaker was Simon Crean, talking about Australia&#8217;s place in the global livestock trade (and our live export industry).\u00a0 The annual Rural Media Awards were also presented &#8211; this year I was delighted to win the Rural Social Media category.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>2016:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rice.org.au\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Remote and Isolated Children&#8217;s Exercise (RICE)<\/a> <\/strong>40th anniversary dinner &#8211; Great to be invited to be the guest speaker at the 40th anniversary dinner, and take photographs of the children&#8217;s end-of-year activity day. (Away 8-12 December 2016). Loved visiting Whyalla, Port Augusta &amp; other towns around Spencer Gulf (South Australia).<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rice.org.au\/\"><strong>RICE<\/strong> <\/a>&#8211; full day &#8216;Photography with Purpose&#8217; workshop, at Mannahill, South Australia (Monday 31st October 2016).<\/li>\n<li><strong>NSW Rural Women&#8217;s Gathering, Broken Hill (NSW); &#8216;Rocks Rust Stars &amp; Dust&#8217;.<\/strong> 28-30 October 2016; presented 2 workshops &#8211; &#8220;Rural travel around the planet &#8211; without costing the earth&#8221; and &#8220;Make photography work for you&#8221;.<\/li>\n<li><strong>QRRRWN Conference, <\/strong>Roma (Qld).\u00a0 6-8 October conference days (away 5-9 October 2016).\u00a0 Presented 2 workshops &#8211; &#8220;Rural travel around the planet &#8211; without costing the earth&#8221; and &#8220;Make photography work for you&#8221;.<\/li>\n<li><strong>BIRDSVILLE<\/strong> &#8211; late August\/early September &amp; mid May 2016; taking photographs &amp; making short videos for the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.obeorganic.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">OBE Organic<\/a>, a unique organic beef producing business; and the Birdsville Roadhouse.<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.headon.com.au\/exhibitions\/head-landscape-prize-2016\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HEADON PHOTO FESTIVAL OPENING &amp; WORKSHOPS<\/a> <\/strong>29 April (away 29 April-3 May 2016).\u00a0 I entered this prestigious photography competition for the first time this year and one of my photographs was a finalist.\u00a0 It was included in the HeadOn exhibition in NSW Parliament House, from 2 May until 9 June, in the Fountain Court Gallery.<\/li>\n<li><strong>SYDNEY ROYAL EASTER SHOW<\/strong> (the show ran from 17 to 30 March 2016 &amp; I had a stand in the Home, Garden &amp; Lifestyle pavilion).<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/statements.qld.gov.au\/Statement\/2016\/2\/8\/finalists-named-for-prestigious-rural-womens-award\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">RIRDC RURAL WOMEN&#8217;S AWARD<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong> As a Queensland finalist in this year&#8217;s awards, I was in Brisbane 23-25 February 2016 for the interviews and announcement of the winner.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you are interested in attending an event or meeting in person &#8211; details of upcoming events (and 2019-2020) are found on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fionalake.com.au\/blog\/news\/businesshours\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8216;Next events&#8217; page<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This page lists some 2016-2018 trips away, which will give you some idea of events which may appear in future. 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