Early bird fee extended for Recent Advances symposium

02-06-2009 | Home | News

The Australian conference: Recent Advances in Animal Nutrition will bring together animal nutrition experts to discuss issues that are of importance to the industry and are at the forefront of research and the development of new knowledge. The early bird fee has been extended till June 8th! The programme outline is listed below.

^{Sunday 12th July}
^{2.00 – 4.00pm}	^{Wine tasting tour – Whyworry wines}

^{Monday 13th July}
^8.00am	^Registration
^{8.30 am}	^{Official opening}
	^{Opening speaker, Professor Andrew Sinclair (Deakin University)}
	^{Session 1: Competing for Resources}
	^{Dr Geoff Allan (NSW Fisheries), Dr Ray King (RHK Consulting)}
^{10.30 am}	^{Morning tea}
^{11.00 am}	^{Dr Robert van Barneveld (Barneveld Nutrition), Dr Li Li (Kemira), Professor David Pethick (Murdoch University)}
^{12.30 pm}	^Lunch
^{1.30 pm}	^{Short communications}
^{3.00 pm}	^{Afternoon tea}
^{3.30 pm}	^{Session 2: Recent advances in improving and measuring efficiency}
	^{Professor Aaron Cowieson (AB Vista), Dr Gary Partridge (Danisco), Dr Mark Geier (SARDI)}
^{6.00pm – late}	^{Dinner: Booloominbah Collection}
	^{Guest speaker: Gordon Butland (International business consultant, formerly Rabobank International and President, Global Poultry Industries)}

^{Tuesday 14th July}
^{9.00 am}	^{Session 3: Managing for climate change}
	^{Dr Bob Hunter (CSIRO), Dr Roger Hegarty (NSW DPI), Professor David Cottle (UNE)}
^{10.30 am}	^{Morning tea}
^{11.00 am}	^{Session 4: Recent advances in livestock feeding management Dr Wendy Brown (UNE), Professor James Rowe (Sheep CRC), Dr Geoff Hinch (UNE)}
^{12.30 pm}	^Lunch
^{1.30 pm}	^{Dr Ian Godwin (UNE), Dr Matthew George (Nutrition Service Assoc), Dr Matthew Smith (Alltech), Dr Darryl Savage (UNE)}
^{3.30 pm}	^{Afternoon tea}
^{4.00 pm}	^{Short communications}
^{5.30pm – late}	^{Conference Dinner (Duval College)}
	^{Presentation of JL Corbett prize, Quotable Quotes, Tony Edwards award}

^{Wednesday 15th July}
^9am	^{Session 5: Significant breakthroughs and future constraints}
	^{Professor Hutton Oddy (UNE), Mr Tony Edwards (ACE Nutrition), Professor Mingan Choct (Poultry CRC)}
^11am	^{Morning tea}
	^{Close meeting and depart}

The conference will be held from Sunday 12 to Wednesday 15 July, 2009 at Duval College on the campus of the University of New England, Armidale, New South Wales, Australia.

Please visit the conference website for further information.