WORLD HOLSTEIN FRIESIAN CONFERENCE 2008 TIMETEBLE

WORLD HOLSTEIN FRIESIAN CONFERENCE 2008
INEC CONFERENCE CENTRE, GLENEAGLE HOTEL,
KILLARNEY, CO. KERRY, IRELAND


DAY 1: Thursday, 9th October 2008

Session 1: Ireland, Irish Agriculture & Holstein Friesians.
Chairman: Matt Dempsey
09.00h Opening & Welcome
M. Meers - Secretary General WHFF
K Flaman - Chairman WHFF
Mervyn Eager - President IHFA
09.30h Ireland & Irish Agriculture
Michael Dowling (Chief Agr Advisor, AIB)
09.40h Holstein Friesian Breeding in Ireland Kevin Dillon (Chief Executive, IHFA)
10.00h Questions and Answers
10.30h - 11.00h Coffee Break

Session 2: Quality Data for Optimum Management.
Chairman: Egbert Feddersen
11.00h How to organise and get use of a database in an emerging herdbook Dr. Leoncio Diz (Argentina)
11.20h Data for Breeding Profitable Holstein Friesians
Dr. Brian Wickham (ICBF)
11.40h Integrated IT solutions in-between farm management systems and global Holsteins Breedings - Stefan Rensing (VIT German)
12.00h Questions and Answers
12.30h - 13.30h LUNCH

Session 3: New Tools for Genetic Progress.
Chairman: Matthew Shaffer
13.30h Automating Heat Detection
Dr. Edmond Harty (Dairymaster, Ireland)
13.50h To Sex or not to Sex, that is the Question!
Dr. Richard Williams (Cogent UK)
14.10h Geonomic Selection
Richard Spellman (LIC, New Zealand)14.30h
Questions and Answers
15.00h - 15.30h Coffee Break

Session 4: Working together the Breeder and the Scientist.
Chairman: John Meyer
15.30h Where Science and the Show Ring Meet Dr. Doreen Corridan (Irl)15.50h A Nutritional Solution to match the performance and profit potential of genetically improved Holsteins
Prof David Beever (UK & Keenan Scientific Advisory Board)
16.10h White Gold, Liquid Gold, It's the cow stupid.
Peter O'Connor (World PR Manager, Baileys Irl.)
16.30h Questions and Answers
17.00h Conference Ends

DAY 2: Friday, 10th October 2008

Session 5: A Holistic Approach to Improvement in Dairy Cow Fertility Chairman: Felipe Ruiz
09.00h Components & Auxilliary traits of dairy cow fertility: The Genetic View Prof Hermann Swalve, University of Halle, Germany
09.20h Improving fertility through management and genetics
Dr. Tom Lawlor, Director of Research, Holstein USA
09.40h Nutritional Management of High Genetic Cows
Dr. Finbar Mulligan (UCD)
10.00h Questions and Answers
10.30h - 11.00h Coffee Break

Session 6: The Holstein Friesian– maximising her potential.
Chairman: Liam Curran, Chairman IHFA.
11.00h Delivering Nutritional Solutions to Prevent Metabolic Disorders Martin Kavanagh MVB (Keenan Veterinary Director)11.20h Breeding Functional Cows Dr. Gordon Atkins (Canada)11.40h The role of the Pedigree Breeder Hank VanExel (USA)12.00h Questions and Answers
12.30h – 13.30h LUNCH & End of Conference


13.30h – 17.00h GENERAL ASSEMBLY