2017 Poultrybeyond2023 Prelim Programme
2017 Poultrybeyond2023 Prelim Programme
2017 Poultrybeyond2023 Prelim Programme
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POULTRY BEYOND 2023
16 - 20 OCTOBER 2017
CONFERENCE PROGRAMME
(preliminary programme as at February 2017)
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Monday 16 October
Tuesday 17 October
7.30 am Buses start leaving for conference venue from Hotel St Moritz –
organised in groups based on lanyard colour.
Please refer to your lanyard colour and the notice board in the
lobby of the Hotel St Moritz.
SESSION 1
CHAIR: tba
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SESSION 2
CHAIR: tba
12.30 pm Lunch
SESSION 3
CHAIR: tba
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Workshops
3.20 pm WORKSHOPS
Wednesday 18 October
7.30 am Buses start leaving for conference venue from Hotel St Moritz –
organised in groups.
Please refer to your lanyard colour and the notice board in the
lobby of the Hotel St Moritz for transfer details
SESSION 4
CHAIR: tba
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SESSION 5
CHAIR: tba
10:30 am Has the full potential of current enzymes been realised and
what’s next?
12.30 pm Lunch
SESSION 6
CHAIR: tba
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Workshops
3.20 pm WORKSHOP
Thursday 19 October
7.30 am Buses start leaving for conference venue from Hotel St Moritz –
organised in groups based on lanyard colour.
Please refer to your lanyard colour and the notice board in the
lobby of the Hotel St Moritz.
SESSION 7
CHAIR: tbc
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SESSION 8
CHAIR: tbc
11.15 am Minimising protein; how far down the essential amino acid list do
we go?
12.45 pm Lunch
SESSION 9
CHAIR: tbc
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Workshops
2:30 pm Workshop
Friday 20 October
7.30 am Buses start leaving for conference venue from Hotel St Moritz –
organised in groups based on lanyard colour.
Please refer to your lanyard colour and the notice board in the
lobby of the Hotel St Moritz.
SESSION 10
CHAIR: tbc
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1.15 pm Lunch
GALA DINNER
5.00 pm Please meet in St. Moritz hotel lobby for walking to departure
point. (if mobility assistance is required, please see the conference
organisers on the day who will make transport arrangements – approx
7 minute downhill walk)
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Speakers:
Rick Kleyn
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Elaine Fitches, Ph.D. is a Research Fellow at Durham University, UK. Her dedicated
research focus lies in the field of applied entomology and more specifically, the
development of novel biopesticides (fusion proteins and RNA interference) for the
control of invertebrate pests. Growing involvement in the field of “insect
biotechnology”, investigating potential for the exploitation of insects as sustainable
sources of products for use in animal feed. Co-ordinator of “PROteINSECT”, an EU
funded programme that investigated the potential of insects as a source of protein
for animal feed.
After his MSc graduation at Wageningen University (Animal Husbandry), Marinus van
Krimpen worked as a nutritionist specialized in pigs and poultry for a feed company.
Since 1999, he is appointed as researcher in pig and poultry nutrition at Wageningen
Livestock Research. In 2008, he finished his PhD-project regarding the effect of
nutritional factors on reducing feather pecking behaviour in laying hens. Since 2010,
he is appointed as senior researcher in animal nutrition at the same institute. The
focus of his projects regards nutritional requirements of laying hens and broilers,
development of alternative protein sources, improving the phosphorus and nitrogen
efficacy of pigs and poultry, improving bird welfare, and stimulating immune
competence by nutrition.
A native of Virginia, Chris Ashwell attended Virginia Tech and Wake Forest University
where he obtained a PhD in Biochemistry. Prior to joining NC State University's
Prestage Department of Poultry Science in 2003, Dr. Ashwell spent time as a
postdoctoral fellow and staff scientist with USDA's Agricultural Research Service. The
major research focus of Dr Ashwell's laboratory is to identify the gene(s) underlying
traits of economic importance in poultry. These efforts include the use of resource
populations and the collection of relevant phenotypes to search for the causative
genome variants for specific traits which may be used to incorporate marker
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assisted selection into commercial operations. Other efforts include the use of
functional genomics to evaluate gene expression profiles. These approaches have
been used recently to evaluate the response of chickens to nutritional manipulation
in ovo, post hatch, and throughout the growth period. His nutrigenomics studies
have been some of the first to focus on nutritional and thus environmental impact of
poultry production from a genetic point of view. This work led to the investigation of
epigenetic effects of dietary manipulation on the chicken and its effect on DNA
methylation. The outcome of this research will provide a means to improve the
innate ability of poultry via nutritional conditioning or programming to utilize
environmentally important nutrients such as Nitrogen and Phosphorous, therefore
reducing their excretion and impact on the environment.
Aviagen, Edinburgh, UK
Santiago Avendaño is originally from Uruguay and joined Aviagen in 2003 after
graduating from Edinburgh University with a PhD in Quantitative Genetics and
Genome Analysis. He is Global Director of Genetics for the Aviagen Group being
responsible for the development, evaluation and implementation of new
technologies within Aviagen’s breeding programmes. Previously to joining Aviagen,
Santiago was a researcher and technical advisor in beef cattle and sheep breeding
in pasture based production systems.
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Doug Korver received a Ph.D. from the University of California, Davis. Doug’s
research program has a strong applied research focus; relevance to the poultry
industry remains an important consideration in his approach to research. In addition
to practical research on feedstuff quality and dietary supplement evaluation in
poultry diets, Doug’s work focuses on nutrition-immune function interactions and
bone biology in meat- and egg-type poultry. Doug currently teaches introductory
animal nutrition and poultry nutrition courses at the undergraduate level, and is a
co-instructor for graduate-level courses in advanced animal metabolism and
advanced feed science and technology. In 2016, he spent a 6-month sabbatical in
Colombia, working with a major broiler integrator.
Doug is married to Michelle; they have 2 children – Erin, 13 and Joel, 11.
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Dr Mercedes Vázquez-Añón
Dr. Mercedes Vázquez-Añón is the senior director of animal nutrition research and
facilities at Novus International. She received her B.S. in Agriculture Engineer and
Animal Science from Universidad Politécnica- Madrid, Spain in 1989, her M.S. from
Penn State University in 1992, and her Ph.D. in Nutritional Science from University of
Wisconsin-Madison in 1996. Dr. Vázquez-Añón joined Novus International in 1996 as
research manager where she developed the application of several Novus products
across species, became Fellow Scientist in 2006, director of animal nutrition research
in 2007, and in 2012 became responsible for global animal research and facilities.
Her research expertise encompass amino acid, trace mineral, antioxidant, enzymes,
and lipid nutrition and metabolism in ruminants and monogastrics, holds patents of
different technologies, has published more than 40 refereed scientific publications,
and numerous conferences proceedings. She is bilingual in English and Spanish.
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Dr Juha Apajalahti
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Loek de Lange !
After graduation from the Agricultural University in Wageningen in 1980, Loek started
working as animal nutritionist at Dutch feed companies being responsible for feed
formulation. Before joining Schothorst Feed Research (SFR) in 2013 he has been
manager Research and Development for a period of 12 years at an international
feed company De Heus from The Netherlands. At SFR he is senior consultant poultry
nutrition with as expert field’s intestinal health and feed processing technology.
R&D and business manager with broad base of experience coming from academia
and industry positions ranging from founding start-ups to leading R&D teams in large
corporations. Pioneered the use of high throughput molecular microbial ecology
methods to develop customized solutions direct-fed microbials for the livestock
industry.
Dr. Wideman began his career at Penn State University, where he rose to the rank of
Professor of Poultry Science while teaching graduate and undergraduate courses in
Physiology, and conducting research related to calcium metabolism and kidney
damage in laying hens.
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Professor Wideman published 18 review articles and book chapters, over 180
refereed journal articles, 100 technical or poultry industry articles, and he has four
U.S. patents. He has been an invited speaker at over 100 national and international
seminars and technical symposia.
Dr. Bill Dozier currently serves as a Professor at Auburn University in the Department of
Poultry Science. He received a B.S. in Animal and Dairy Science from Auburn
University, a M.S. in Animal Science from the University of Kentucky, and a Ph.D. in
Poultry Science from Auburn University. Dr. Dozier has been awarded for his
contribution in poultry research, such as the 2012 AFIA Poultry Nutrition Award, 2006
Poultry Science Hy-Line International Research Award, 2007 Federal Consortium
Southeast Region Excellence in Technology Transfer, 2007 Mid-South Area USDA-ARS
Early Career Scientist Award, and 2008 USDA-ARS Technology Transfer Award.
Currently, Dr. Dozier’s research program evaluates nutrition programs to improve
nutrient digestibility, the efficiency of growth, and subsequent meat yield of broiler
chickens.
Mike Kidd is a poultry science graduate from the University of Arkansas and was a
recipient of the Arkansas Feed Mill Scholarship. He has a master’s degree from the
University of Arkansas and a Ph.D. from North Carolina State University. He has been
a lab tech for Hudson Foods, a research director and research manager for Nutri-
Quest, has consulted in over 30 countries, and has more than 355 peer reviewed
manuscripts. He has served as president of the Poultry Science Association and
department head at the department of poultry science at Mississippi State University.
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Dr Peter Selle has been with the Poultry Research Foundation within The University of
Sydney since 2002. His interests include the phytate/phytase axis in poultry nutrition,
sorghum as a feed grain for chicken-meat production, synthetic amino acids and
low protein diets, and the bilateral bioavailability of starch and protein.
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Dr. Angel’s recent focus has also been on improvement in phosphorus nutrition
through optimizing calcium use Her research has had a direct measurable impact
on water and air quality and the environmental and economic sustainability of the
poultry industry.
Mingan is the CEO of the Poultry Cooperative Research Centre and a professor at
the University of New England. Mingan set up the Poultry CRC with a total funding
of $174 Million over fifteen years to address scientific and educational challenges
facing the Australian poultry industry. Mingan’s personal academic interests include
carbohydrate chemistry and nutrition, feed enzymes, energy evaluation and
nutrition x disease interaction in poultry. He has supervised more than 45
postgraduate students and published over 300 papers in journals and proceedings.
He is an active member of the scientific community, serving as editor, assistant editor
and on editorial boards of many journals.
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