Livestock Horizons

8.30 am

REGISTRATION

10.00 am

Powhiri

10.30 am

Morning tea/coffee

11.00am

OPENING SESSION

• OPENING REMARKS Dr Andrew West (CEO, AgResearch)


• WELCOME TO CHRISTCHURCH Mayor Bob Parker


• OPENING ADDRESS Hon Jim Anderton, Minister of Agriculture

• Rod Oram (Business Commentator, New Zealand): A trans-Tasman analysis of the economic and political context for future animal agriculture


• Dr Lindsay Allen (Center Director, Western Human Nutrition Research Center, USDA-ARS & Research Professor, UC Davis, USA): The role of animal source foods in achieving food security.

12.30pm

LUNCH

1.30 pm

PLENARY SESSION 1

DRIVERS OF CHANGE - DEMANDS

• Brian Sterling (OnTrace, Canada): Demands for traceability of animal source foods


• Dr Manny Noakes (CSIRO,Human Nutrition, Australia): - The role of animal source foods in the development of 'healthy' dietary recommendations


• Dr Clint Laurent (Global Demographics, New Zealand): The changing consumer markets for animal protein

3.30pm

Afternoon tea/coffee

4.00pm

PLENARY SESSION 2

DRIVERS OF CHANGE - CONSTRAINTS

• Professor David Blandford (USA): Emerging public concerns with animal agriculture


• Dr Morgan Williams (New Zealand): Environmental constraints to animal agriculture


• Dr Marcos Fava Neves (University of Sao Paulo, Brazil): Animal agriculture in the Southern Hemisphere - competition vs cooperation?

8.30am

PLENARY SESSION 3

CUTTING EDGE SCIENCE FOR FUTURE ANIMAL AGRICULTURE

• Professor Mike Goddard (Melbourne University, Australia): The post-genomic future for genetic selection of livestock


• Dr Karen Plaut (Professor and Chair Dept. of Animal Science, Michigan State University, USA): Mammary development and lactation - a vision for functional genomics

10.30am

Morning tea/coffee

11.00am

PLENARY SESSION 4

CUTTING EDGE SCIENCE FOR FUTURE ANIMAL AGRICULTURE

• Dr Jolon Dyer (AgResearch, New Zealand): Proteomic techniques for investigating the problem of photoyellowing in wool


• Dr Tim Doran (CSIRO Livestock Industries, Australia): Lessons from transgenic chickens


• Dr Nigel Johnson (CSIRO Textile and Fibre Technologies, Australia): Research for improved animal fibre products

1.00pm

LUNCH

2.00pm

POSTER-RELATED SESSION/WORKSHOP

6.30-7.30 pm

PRE-DINNER DRINKS

7.30 pm

CONFERENCE DINNER

8.30 am

PLENARY SESSION 5

INDUSTRY TRANSFORMATION - CASE STUDIES

• Barry Harris (Fonterra, New Zealand): "Fonterra's strategy for ongoing performance in global markets


• Dr John Penno (Synlait Group, New Zealand): The future direction of the Synlait Group, Canterbury's milk production company


• Jeremy Absolom, (Rissington Breedline Ltd, New Zealand): Rissington's on- farm 'plans' in response to changing market demands and scientific developments

10.30am

Morning tea/coffee

11.00am

PLENARY SESSION 6

INDUSTRY TRANSFORMATION - CASE STUDIES

• David Foote (CEO, Australian Country Choice): Adopting the 'Paddock to Plate' philosophy in the beef industry


• Peri Drysdale (Founder & Chief Executive, Snowy Peak, New Zealand): Snowy Peak's strategy for ongoing success in the garment industry


• Katrina Blomfield (Principal, Karori Merinos, Australia): Future directions for Karori merinos to continue to meet market demands

1.00pm

LUNCH

2.00pm

PANEL DISCUSSION - Chair: Kim Hill
Panel Members:
Shaun Coffey (IRL, New Zealand)
Chris Kelly (Landcorp, New Zealand
Dr Tim Mackle (DairyNZ, New Zealand)

3.30pm

CLOSING REMARKS Dr Alan Bell (Chief, CSIRO Livestock Industries)