Conference programme
First IDF Dairy Farming Summit
Edinburgh June 2008
“Climate Change - the heat is on?”
24th June 2008, registration opens from 18:00
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Day One 25th June 2008
08:00 - Onwards Registration
08:55 Introduction
09.00 Opening and Welcome speech by IDF President Jim Begg and a representative from the Scottish Government
09.20 Setting the Scene by David Homer - Chairman UK-IDF / Ulf Wickbom - conference moderator
09.30 Snap shots from the global dairy industry
Netherlands film and Questions & Answers
Kees Gorter, dairy producer
Theun Vellinga, dairy scientist
Marc Jansen, dairy consumer representative
09.50 Climate change in an era of increasing food and energy poverty
Dr. John Gilliland, OBE - Chairman of the Rural Climate Change Forum, DEFRA, London; Chairman of Rural Generation Ltd and past President of the Ulster Farmers’ Union
10.15 Climatic changes - a threat for animal health?
Dr. Gideon K. Brückner - Deputy Director General World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE)
10:40 Coffee break
11.00 Livestock's long shadow - Environmental issues and options
Pierre Gerber - Livestock Policy Officer, Livestock information, sector analysis and policy branch (AGAL) FAO
11.20 Questions
11.30 Livestock and mitigation of climate change
Professor Maggie Gill – University of Aberdeen and also the Chief Scientific Adviser for Rural Affairs and the Environment, The Scottish Government
11.50 Questions
12:00 Snap shots from the global dairy industry
USA film and Questions & Answers
John Noble, dairy producer
Paul Martin, dairy expert
Kelly Hamilton, dairy consumer representative
Brazil film and Questions & Answers
Roberto Jank, dairy producer
Pedro Arcuri, dairy scientist
Marcelo Carvalho, dairy consumer representative
13:00 Lunch break
14:00 Snap shots from the global dairy industry
Egypt film and Questions & Answers
Walid El-Sherbiny, dairy producer
Rafik Riad, Ministry of Environmental Protection
Rehab Awadallah, dairy consumer representative
China film and Questions & Answers
Li Sheng Li, dairy scientist
Maria Mai, dairy producer representative
Yang Xiu Wen, dairy consumer representative
14.40 Projections of a changing climate
Roger Street - UKCIP (United Kingdom Climate Impacts Programme)
15.00 Questions
15.10 Economic perspectives on climate change
Torsten Hemme, IFCN (International Farm Comparison Network), Germany
15.30 Questions
15.40 Tea Break
16:10 Global warming and green house gas emissions - Panel and delegate interaction
Greenhouse gas emissions on dairy farms - Theun Vellinga, Wageningen, NL
Jamie Newbold, Aberystwyth University, UK
Pierre Gerber, FAO
Roger Street, UKCIP, UK
Kees Gorter, dairy producer, NL
Kelly Hamilton, dairy consumer representative, USA
17:15- Round up off day one session
17:30
19:00 Walk to evening reception at Edinburgh Castle
Day Two 26th June 2008
09:00 Energy Sources and Usage - Panel and delegate interaction
Energy sources and usage, Paul Martin, USA
David Ludington, Cornell University, USA
Marcelo Carvalho, dairy consumer representative, Brazil
John Gilliland, UK
John Noble, dairy producer, USA
10:45 Coffee break
11:15 Deforestation and Biodiversity - Panel and delegate interaction
Agroforestry and Dairy farming, Pedro Arcuri, Embrapa, Brazil
Biodiversity and dairy farming in New Zealand, Ted Coats, Dairy New Zealand
Tim Nelson, Tim Nelson & Associates, Australia
Roberto Jank, dairy producer, Brazil
Marc Jansen, dairy consumer representative, NL
13:00 Lunch break
14:00 Water Access and Usage - Panel and delegate interaction
Water usage on dairy farms, Stephen Coats, Dairy Australia
Walid El-Sherbiny, dairy producer, Egypt
Yang Xiu Wen, dairy consumer representative, China
Anna Hall, National Farmers Union, UK
15:30 Tea break
16:00 Pollution and Contamination - Panel and delegate interaction
China Dairy farming and threats on the environment from dairy farming, Li Sheng Li, Beijing AU, China
Contamination risks on dairy farms, Allan Burgess, Australian Dairy Farmers
Dave Chadwick, Institute of Grassland and Environmental Research, UK
Rehab Awadallah, dairy consumer representative, Egypt
17:15 Day two session ends
19:30 Drinks
20:00 Gala Dinner
Day Three 27th June 2008
Visit to Scotland Agriculture College, Crichton Royal research and demonstration farm
08.00 Leave hotel
10.30 Arrive at Easterbrook Hall - coffee, biscuits.
Introduction - Dave Roberts, Head of Dairy Research Centre, SAC
11.00 Leave Easterbrook hall to Farms in 2 groups
A To Acrehead
B To Crichton
11.15 Start of tours
Acrehead
Water Adrian Jones
Slurry/fertilizer Bob Rees
Conservation Davy McCracken
Crichton
Systems/Genetics GHC Mizeck Chagunda
Welfare interactions Marie Haskell
Farming in an NVZ Hugh McClymont
12.15 Group move to other farm
12.30 Start of second series of tour
13.30 Groups go back to Easterbrook - Final summing up of conference
14.15 Leave with packed lunches to eat on coach
16.45 Arrive back in Edinburgh
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