Keynote address:Tony Wood warns of different and challenging times ahead as those in the agricultural industry transisition to a new and renewable energy source

The Energy Program Director from the Melbourne-based Grattan Institute, Tony Wood (pictured), was the keynote speaker at the Wednesday, July 23, National Renewables in Agriculture Conference and Expo.The conference, the best-attended yet of the several already staged, was held in Bendigo's Capital Theatre.Nearly 400 people enjoyed the theatre's facilities and, particularly, the varied and powerful program laid out by event organiser, Karin Stark.Earlier conferences had been held in Queensland and New South Wales, but this was the first in Victoria, although one was recently staged in Albury, close to the Victorian border.