Ellinbank SmartFarm Visit: Discover dairy innovation in action

Ellinbank SmartFarm Visit: Discover dairy innovation in action

Ellinbank SmartFarmMelbourne, VIC
Thursday, Feb 19, 2026 from 10 am to 1 pm AEDT
Overview

Confirm your attendance at Victoria’s flagship dairy SmartFarm to see how cutting-edge research is shaping the future of farming.

Ellinbank SmartFarm Visit: Discover dairy innovation in action

This visit offers a unique opportunity to see how data, technology and science are driving on-farm improvements in productivity, sustainability and animal welfare.

You’ll gain first-hand insights into real-world research, including:

  • Low-emission and methane-reducing dairy systems
  • Precision feeding and sensor technologies
  • Soil, pasture and animal monitoring tools
  • Renewable energy and water management systems
  • Dairy waste technologies
  • Collaboration with industry to translate cutting-edge research into real-world impact.

Guests will have the unique opportunity to connect directly with leading research scientists, witness how cutting-edge innovations are trialled and scaled to transform the dairy sector, and explore pathways to validate their own technologies on-farm at Ellinbank.

Agenda:

8:30am - bus will depart from the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre (MCEC) and take attendees to the Ellinbank SmartFarm site - see below Bus Information
9:45am - 10:00am - arrival
10:00am - 10:15am - Welcome and introduction | Morning tea
10:15am - 12:30pm - Guided tour and presentations (details to follow)
12:30pm - 1:00pm - Lunch (catered).
1:00pm - bus will depart from the Ellinbank SmartFarm site and return attendees to the MCEC

Bus Information:

If you have reserved a ticket for the shuttle bus, see details for the pickup location:

  • Departing 8.30am from Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre - 1 Convention Centre Place, South Wharf - Refer to map
  • Bus contact: Carlos Lora, Agriculture Victoria Research, MB: +61407407489
  • In bus windscreen there will be signage “Ellinbank SmartFarm Tour”
  • Bus registration number: BS06EK

Please confirm any dietary requirements not listed on your submitted expression of interest.
Please confirm that you require a bus for transport to the Ellinbank SmartFarm, or whether
Please wear comfortable, close-toed walking shoes.
This is a photographed event.


Confirm your attendance at Victoria’s flagship dairy SmartFarm to see how cutting-edge research is shaping the future of farming.

Ellinbank SmartFarm Visit: Discover dairy innovation in action

This visit offers a unique opportunity to see how data, technology and science are driving on-farm improvements in productivity, sustainability and animal welfare.

You’ll gain first-hand insights into real-world research, including:

  • Low-emission and methane-reducing dairy systems
  • Precision feeding and sensor technologies
  • Soil, pasture and animal monitoring tools
  • Renewable energy and water management systems
  • Dairy waste technologies
  • Collaboration with industry to translate cutting-edge research into real-world impact.

Guests will have the unique opportunity to connect directly with leading research scientists, witness how cutting-edge innovations are trialled and scaled to transform the dairy sector, and explore pathways to validate their own technologies on-farm at Ellinbank.

Agenda:

8:30am - bus will depart from the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre (MCEC) and take attendees to the Ellinbank SmartFarm site - see below Bus Information
9:45am - 10:00am - arrival
10:00am - 10:15am - Welcome and introduction | Morning tea
10:15am - 12:30pm - Guided tour and presentations (details to follow)
12:30pm - 1:00pm - Lunch (catered).
1:00pm - bus will depart from the Ellinbank SmartFarm site and return attendees to the MCEC

Bus Information:

If you have reserved a ticket for the shuttle bus, see details for the pickup location:

  • Departing 8.30am from Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre - 1 Convention Centre Place, South Wharf - Refer to map
  • Bus contact: Carlos Lora, Agriculture Victoria Research, MB: +61407407489
  • In bus windscreen there will be signage “Ellinbank SmartFarm Tour”
  • Bus registration number: BS06EK

Please confirm any dietary requirements not listed on your submitted expression of interest.
Please confirm that you require a bus for transport to the Ellinbank SmartFarm, or whether
Please wear comfortable, close-toed walking shoes.
This is a photographed event.


Good to know

Highlights

  • 3 hours
  • In-person

Location

Ellinbank SmartFarm

1301 Hazeldean Rd

Ellinbank Melbourne, VIC 3821

How would you like to get there?

Map
Organised by
Report this event