Below is a detailed account of the programmes to be held:

Monday, 3 April

Professor David Hughes from Imperial College London is to be the Keynote Speaker, speaking on Consumers and the plant protein mega-trend: Implications for the global egg industry.

Economics Session - "Driving efficiencies in egg production - Advances in layer nutrition"

• Professor Leo den Hartog, Wageningen University & Trouw Nutrition, Innovation in layer nutrition
• Steve Pritchard, Premier Nutrition, The impact of nutrition on bird behaviour.
• Paulien Rutten, Hendrix Genetics, How to feed and manage layers for long production cycles.

Egg Production - "Avian Influenza: Situation, prevention and sanitation"

• Dr Alejandro Thiermann, OIE, Avian Disease: Global situation report.
• Professor Ian Brown, Animal and Plant Health Agency, The current risk of AI.
• Chad Gregory, UEP, USA Avian Influenza situation update
• Dr Travis Schaal, Hy-Line International, A Culture of Biosecurity.

Customer focus session - "Egg Sales - Increasing volume and value"

• Prof Charles Spence, University of Oxford, Multi-sensory food packaging at the point of sale & beyond

Tuesday, 4 April

Egg Processing Session

• Randy Green, Watson Green, Impact of the Trump presidency on global trade
• Wilbert Hilkens, formerly ABN Amro, The EU in transition - The impact of Brexit on trade
• Anne Alonzo, American Egg Board, The promotion of eggs, egg products and ingredients; USA Case Study
• Professor Toni Wang, Iowa State University, Innovating egg products - Opportunities for infant formula
• Tim Lambert, Egg Farmers of Canada (EFC), International Egg Nutrition Consortium – Working for you

Egg Production - "Layer housing - A global issue"

• Kevin Lovell, SAPA, OIE global hen housing standards: Process and timelines
• Professor Joy Mench, University of California-Davis, Dealing with outcomes-based global standards
• Chad Gregory, UEP, Non cage egg production in the USA

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