2025 conference concludes

The 2025 Australian Cotton Research Conference was a wonderful opportunity to present, learn and network. We hope that the 180+ delegates (including over 80 speakers) enjoyed the event, and look forward to seeing you again in 2027.

These events would not occur without the hard work of both our Conference Committee and many other volunteers, and the AACS would like to express its gratitude to all who helped make the 2025 conference a success.

AACS winners at the 2024 Australian Cotton Conference

A huge congratulations to two AACS members who won their respective categories at the Australian Cotton Conference Awards Dinner on 8 August:

Dr Lisa Bird (NSW DPI) was awarded the Cotton Seed Distributors Researcher of the Year.
Lisa plays an essential role in the cotton industry’s surveillance for insecticide resistance, testing aphids, helicoverpa, mirids, mites, and thrips, with her results incorporated into cotton’s Insecticide Resistance Management Strategy (IRMS) each year.

Sharna Holman (DAF Queensland) was awarded the CRDC Chris Lehmann Young Cotton Achiever of the Year.
Sharna is the Biosecurity Tech Lead for CottonInfo, who is also currently completing a CRDC-supported PhD focusing on the pest status of cluster caterpillar in northern Australia.

See the Cotton Australia media release for official photographs.