New VIV initiative in South East Asia

After the success of VIV Asia 2007, the markets for animal health and
nutrition expressed their wish to be able to meet key buyers of the industry
face-to-face on an annual basis.

VIV is meeting this demand by organising
a new and exclusive event for the top of the animal health & nutrition
industry in spring 2008: the VIV Animal Health & Nutrition (AHN) Tour
Asia.

At this tour, a select group of 25 suppliers can meet face-to-face
with both CEOs and opinion leaders as well as small and medium-sized buyers of
Asia’s most rapidly developing markets, Indonesia, the Philippines and
Malaysia.

Golf tournament
The VIV AHN tour kicks off with the a
golf tournament on March 8th in Bangkok, Thailand. For six days afterwards, the
tour will travel through the capitals of Malaysia, Indonesia and the
Philippines.

Each capital city will host a one and a half day event,
consisting of a half-day CEO conference and a full-day meet-your-suppliers expo
with technical conferences.

Ideas into action
Every event
starts with a late afternoon conference on the first day. VIV has invited three
keynote speakers to give a 20-minute speech at each CEO Conference. A fourth
keynote speaker will be invited by one of the participating companies. The
conference closes with a 30-minute forum discussion.

Delegates to this
CEO Conference will be top buyers, invited by both VIV and participants.
Attendance to the CEO Conference is on an invitation-only basis.

Keynote
speakers invited by VIV for the CEO conference are:

• Nigel Horrox, (veterinary
  issues) – Optimising bird productivity

• Darren Gedge, (food safety issues) –
  Maximising product safety

• Gordon Butland, (finance issues) – Optimising
  financial strength

Meet your suppliers

The second day of each
event consists of a tabletop expo and technical conferences, where interested
visitors can meet the top 25 suppliers of animal health and nutrition products.
Entrance to the meet-your-suppliers expo is free of charge.

More
information on the VIV Animal Health & Nutrition Tour can be found on VIV website