Program

Tuesday, May 18th

18:00 – 20.00 Registration/Poster set up


Wednesday, May 19th

8:00 Registration/Poster setup
9:00 Opening ceremony & Welcome

10:00 Keynote adress
Chairman: Dr. Rosa Teira, Director, ETS Agrarian Engineering, UdL & Departmernt of Environment and Soil Sciences, UdL

• Speaker 1: Dr. Pierre Gerber (FAO, Italy) - ” Livestock and the Environment - Adressing the Consequences of Livestock Sector’s Growth”

11:00 - 11.30 Coffee break

11:30 Session 1: “Global trade”
Chairman: Dr. Rothschild, Department of Animal Science, ISU

• Speaker 2: Dr. Jimmy Smith (World Bank) “Demand and trade of animal products in a globalised world”

• Speaker 3: Dr. Patti Kristjanson (International Livestock Research Institute, Kenya) “The global food system: issues in the developing world”

14:00 Lunch

15:30 Session 2: “Animal Biotechnology”
Chairman: Dr. Irina García-Ispierto, Department of Animal Production, UdL

• Speaker 4: Dr. Peter Bols (University of Antwerp, Belgium) “Biotechnology of reproduction in farm animals”

• Speaker 5: Dr. Jack Dekkers (Iowa State University, USA) “Animal genomics and genomics selection”

17:30 Coffee break
18:00- 19:30 Poster Session


Thursday, May 20th

09:00 - 11:00 Session 3: “Animal Health”
Chairman: Dr. Albert Vidal (Lleida Association of Veterinarians)

• Speaker 6: Dr. Montserrat Torremorell (University of Minnesota, USA) “Climate change and animal diseases”

• Speaker 7: Dr. Susan Lamont (Iowa State University, USA) “Genetics of disease resistance”

11:00- 11.30 Coffee break

11:30- 13:30 Session 4: “Nutrition and animal welfare”
Chairman: Dr. Joaquim Balcells, Department of Animal Production, UdL

• Speaker 8: Dr. Jaume Coma “Challenges facing the animal feed industry” (Vall Companys Group, Spain)

• Speaker 9: Dr. Anna Johnson (Iowa State University) “Standards for animal welfare management”

14:00 Lunch

15:30 Session 5: “Quality and safety”
Chairman: Dr. Joan Tibau. Director, Food Technology Centre, IRTA

• Speaker 10: Dr. Ramesh Kanwar (Iowa State University) “Environment control and wastewater treatment”

• Speaker 11: Dr. Olena Doran (Institute of Bio-sensing Technology, UK) “Biosensing technology for animal food quality and safety”

17:30 Coffee break and social time
18:00-19:30 Meeting with the speakers (several rooms)
21:00 Conference dinner

Friday, May 21st

09:30-11:30 Session 6: “Professional training”
Chairman: Dr. Daniel Babot, Director, Department of Animal Production, UdL

• Speaker 12: Dr. Maynard Hogberg (Past President, American Society of Animal Science) “Training animal scientists for the future”

Chairman: Dr Jaume Lloveras. Department of Crop and Forest Sciences, UdL
• Round Table discussion: “Training entrepreneurial leaders for the future”
Josep Maria Orteu (Argal)
Miquel Collell (Marco I Collell Consultants)
Gerardo Santoma (Nutreco)
Albert Vidal (Vall Companys)

11:30- 12.00 Coffee break
12.00 Closing ceremony
Poster awards, Recognitions, Certificates to attendees