Conference Programme
Sunday 10 September 2017
10:00 Executive Meeting (Board Members only)
14:30 GRSE Working Group (Working Group Members only)
16:00 Ambassadors Meeting (Ambassadors only)
17:00 Ambassadors Reception (Invitation Only)
18:00 Chairman’s Welcome Reception at the Provinciaal Hof
Monday 11 September 2017
09:00 Official Conference Opening
09:30 Keynote Speaker: Peter Freedman, The Consumer Goods Forum, UK
‘A perspective on the forces at work in the global consumer industry and the role of sustainability’
10:15 Coffee
11:00 Conference Session: Improving production efficiencies
Speaker: Dr Aidan Leek, Nuffield Scholar, UK
‘Innovations in egg production – Feed: Insects for hens?’
Speaker: Dr Ian Rubinoff, Hy-Line International, UK
‘Innovations in egg production – Lighting’
12:00 Lunch
13:45 Conference Session: Avian health
Speaker: Eric Hubers, Ovoned, Netherlands
‘EU egg industry situation report’
Red Mite Focus
Speaker: Farhad Mozafar, Lohmann Tierzucht, Germany
‘Red Mite overview’
Speaker: Prof Olivier Sparagano, Coventry University, UK
‘The work of COREMI’
Speaker: Dr Monique Mul, Wageningen University Research, Netherlands
‘Red Mite solutions’
Question and Answer Session
15:20 Coffee
15:50 Leadership Lecture: John Bruton, Former Prime Minister of Ireland and EU Ambassador to the United States, Ireland
‘The future of Europe’
19:00 Gala Dinner at the Hendrik Pickery Hall, The Belfry.
Tuesday 12 September 2017
09:00 WEO Updates
09:45 Coffee
10:15 International Reviews Session
11:10 Coffee
11:30 International Reviews Session
12:30 Lunch
14:15 Sustainability Showcase
15:00 Showcase for Marketing Eggsellence
“Marketing to the next generation”
Young Egg Leaders (Group 2017-2018)
Presentations for the Golden Egg (Marketing) Award
Wednesday 13 September 2017
09:00 Conference Session: Avian Welfare
Speaker: Peter van Horne, Wageningen Economic Research, Netherlands
‘Analysis of layer housing systems’
‘Update on OIE Animal Welfare Guidelines’
Speaker: Dr Joy Mench, University of California-Davis, USA
‘Practical outcome based measures for layer housing’
10:30 Session ends
12:15 All Delegates’ Networking Day at the Halve Maan Brewery.
Thursday 14 September 2017
08:15 Economics Workshop (All welcome)
Speaker: Laurence Bonafos, European Commission, Belgium
‘Current egg production trends in the EU’
Speaker: Prof. Hans-Wilhem Windhorst, IEC Statistical Analyst, Germany
‘The US egg industry in transition: Insights of an outsider’
09:45 Conference Session: Future opportunities for eggs and the egg industry
Speaker: Dr Tia Rains, Egg Nutrition Center, USA
‘Egg Nutrition Research: taking the world by storm’
Speaker: Dr Fabien De Meester, DMF, Belgium
‘The future of egg processing’
10:45 Coffee
11:15 Conference Session
Speaker: Prof. Hans-Wilhelm Windhorst, IEC Statistical Analyst, Germany
‘The globalisation of egg and poultry meat production – Projection and perspectives’
11:35 Egg Processing Regional Reviews
A present-day analysis of the egg processing industry region by region.
12:05 2018 Global Leadership Conference Kyoto Promotion
12:20 Lunch
14:15 General Assembly
14:30 Conference Session: Business Analysis
Speaker: Tom Borowiecki, Canada
‘The ability of technology to shape our future’
15:30 Conference Closing and Awards Ceremony
16:20 Coffee
19:00 Informal Dinner and Band at Oud Sint Jan.