DISRUPTION in terms of the machinery landscape, as opposed to unruly attendees, will be the focus of the upcoming Tractor and Machinery Association (TMA) annual conference.
TMA, executive director, Gary Northover said while talking to dealers and members, a common thread emerged which inspired the focus of the upcoming conference.
“The challenge of dealing with change to the industry, attracting and retaining employees, interest rate variations and commodity price variations are just some examples,” he said.
“The advent of robotics, of things like augmented reality, three dimension parts printing, are all starting to impact our industry.
“We want to give people to opportunity to think about how we will deal with this.”
Mr Northover said the TMA has been running the annual conference since the associations inception, 70 years ago.
“Back then it was more of a meeting of the five wise men,” he said.
“But from there it has grown into an event encouraging networking across the industry.
“It provides a platform to share and communicate ideas which might be of interest to the broader membership.”
The TMA annual conference will be held in Sydney on July 17.
Among the conference speakers will be David Chuter from the Innovative Manufacturing CRC, Rabobank Agriculture Analyst Wes LeFroy and Jesse Reader, Agriculture Sector Specialist at Bosch.
Special guest, Kerry O’Keeffe, will speak at the conference dinner.
For further information or tickets please visit www.tma.asn.au
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