The Association of Australian Cotton Scientists aims to facilitate a biennial cotton research conference that provides an opportunity for the Australia’s cotton research and extension community to come together and present research results, network and discuss ideas. The purpose of this sponsorship was for second biannual Australian Cotton Research Conference, which was held in at the University of Southern Queensland’s Toowoomba campus in September 2015 . The three day event was themed “Science Securing Cotton’s Future” and was attended by over 230 delegates from across Australia as well as attendees from the USA and India, with presentations made by 137 people across a broad range of disciplines. The event focused on the presentation and discussion of scientific concepts, methodologies and results with a specific aim of enabling networking between researchers from a broad range of organisations and disciplines. The event also served to recognise achievement by teams and individuals in science and extension within the Australian cotton industry.