David is a physicist and has worked in precision agriculture for more than 25 years. He has led more than 40 industry-funded R&D projects. In 2002 he established the University of New England's Precision Agriculture Research Group, in 2007 the internationally renowned UNE SMART Farm (www.une.edu.au/smartfarms) and more recently the Charles Sturt University Global Digital Farm (https://www.csu.edu.au/global-digital-farm).  A passionate advocate for rural and regional telecommunications, David recently completed reviews of telecommunications challenges and opportunities for a number of Australian agriculture sectors and is also an advisor on a number of sector-specific technical innovation groups and communities of interest. David is presently the Chief Scientist of Food Agility, an AU$150M+, 10 year Australian Cooperative Research Centre (CRC) focussed on transforming the agrifood sector using the power of data and digital. He holds Adjunct and Visiting Professor appointments with University of New England, Charles Sturt University and the University of Technology Sydney.