SESSION 1 – GLOBAL FEED SITUATION (INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVE)
Chairperson: Mr Loutjie Dunn
Global feed situation
Dr Colm Moran; Director European Regulatory Affairs, Alltech, Ireland
Sponsor: Alltech South Africa (Pty) Ltd
International commodity situation
Mr Johan Steyn; Managing Director, Cargill Middle East & Africa, South Africa
Sponsor: Cargill Incorporated
Future of technology on food production on a global scale
Mr Max Winders; VP International Sales, Zinpro Corporation, United States of America
Sponsor: Zinpro Corporation
Global Political / Economic playing field & influences
Mr Nan-Dirk Mulder; Senior Global Animal Protein Analyst, Rabobank International, Netherlands
Sponsor: AFMA
Global animal health situation
Dr Mike Modisane; President OIE, South Africa
Sponsor: AFMA
SESSION 2 – GLOBAL FEED SITUATION (AFRICAN PERSPECTIVE)
Chairperson: Dr Christél Coetzee
The African Feed Environment with special reference to Kenya and Tanzania
Mr Heiko Köster; Director, Feed First (Pty) Ltd, South Africa & Dr Hinner Köster; CEO, Kaonne Investments (Pty) Ltd, South Africa
Sponsor: Kaonne Investments (Pty) Ltd / Feed First (Pty) Ltd
Feed safety and risk assessment
Ms Angela Pellegrino Missaglia; Consultant, A&J Associados Ltda, Brazil
Sponsor: AFMA
Impact of technology on African food supply
Dr Kobie de Ronde; Chairperson: SANSOR-GMO Seed Standing Committee, Regulatory and Stewardship Manager – Seeds, Syngenta (Pty) Ltd
Sponsor: AFMA
SESSION 3 – ALTERNATIVE ANIMAL HEALTH STRATEGIES THROUGH NUTRITION
Chairperson: Ms Natasha Snyman
Nutritional strategies to improve gut health status in farm animals
Dr Ricardo Gonzalez Esquerra; Senior R&D Manager for LATAM & Africa, Novus International, Inc, Brazil
Sponsor: Novus Nutrition Products Africa
Advances in leveraging gut microbe host interactions for performance benefits
Ms Elizabeth Galbraith; Senior Group Manager, BioControl Technology, DuPont Nutrition and Health, United States of America
Sponsor: DuPont
Bioactive feed additives as alternatives to antimicrobial growth promoters: Cases of probiotic and phytogenic applications in broilers
Dr Konstantinos Mountzouris; Assistant Professor, Agricultural University of Athens, Greece
Sponsor: Biomin Animal Nutrition (Pty) Ltd, South Africa
SESSION 4 – SPECIALITY ADDITIVES & INGREDIENTS
Chairperson: Dr Leon Ekermans
Alternatives for vitamin E
Dr Theo van Kempen; Senior Reseacher Nutreco R&D, Nutreco, Netherlands
Sponsor: Trouw Nutrition South Africa (Pty) Ltd
Viability of synthetic tryptophan, valine and arginine as feed additives
Dr Malte Lohölter; Technical Manager, CJ Europe GmbH, Germany
Sponsor: The CJ Group
Monoglycerides, natural and novel feed additives effecting bacteria, Salmonella and fat envelope viruses in the Gastro Intestinal Tract (GIT) and bloodstream
Dr Helder Rodrigues Pinto; Technical Director, Framelco BV, Netherlands
Sponsor: Allied Nutrition (Pty) Ltd & Framelco BV
SESSION 4 – SPECIALITY ADDITIVES & INGREDIENTS (CONTINUED)
Chairperson: Mr Richardt Venter
Phytate as an antinutrient
Dr Peter H Selle; Adjunct Associate Professor & Dr Sonia Yun Liu; Lecturer in Poultry Nutrition, Poultry Research Foundation within the University of Sydney, Australia
Sponsor: DuPont/Chemuniqué / Poultry Research Foundation
Latest developments on soya protein products & local soybean meal quality
Dr Erhard Briedenhann; CEO, MIDS, South Africa
Sponsor: Protein Research Foundation
The nutritional value of animal by-products for use in poultry
Dr Leon Ekermans; Director, Bester Feed and Grain, South Africa
Sponsor: Bester Feed and Grain (Pty) Ltd
Amino acids: Towards precise nutrition in monogastric animals
Mr Etienne Corrent; Head of innovation and customer solutions, Ajinomoto Eurolysine S.A.S., France
Sponsor: Ajinomoto Eurolysine S.A.S
SESSION 5 – FEED PROCESSING & TECHNOLOGY
Chairperson: Ms Liesl Breytenbach
Latest feed processing technology
Mr Wim van Lanen; Feedmill Engineer, Nutreco, Netherlands
Sponsor: Trouw Nutrition South Africa (Pty) Ltd
Understanding the true value of raw materials using the latest technology
Mr Martin Smith; Regional Technical Director Middle East and Africa, Evonik Industries AG, Germany
Sponsor: Evonik Africa (Pty) Ltd
SESSION 6 – RUMINANT NUTRITION
Chairperson: Dr Francois van de Vyver
Challenging DCAD in transition cow nutrition
Prof Chrisjan Cruywagen; Stellenbosch University, South Africa
Sponsor: Allied Nutrition (Pty) Ltd and CelticSea Minerals
The effect of rumen dynamics on feed efficiency and profitability of dairy cows
Dr Sander Abrahamse; Specie Solution Manager Ruminants, Cargill, Netherlands
Sponsor: Cargill Premix and Nutrition SSA (Pty) Ltd
Protein nutrition of ruminants – into the future
Dr Charles Schwab; Professor Emiritus, Animal Sciences, University of New Hampshire, United States of America
Sponsor: Kemin Industries (Pty) Ltd South Africa
SESSION 7 – MONOGASTRIC NUTRITION (PIGS)
Chairperson: Mr Franscois Crots
Gut integrity – implications for health and performance
Prof Lance Baumgard; Professor of Nutr. Phys., Iowa State University, United States of America
Sponsor: Zinpro Corporation/Chemuniqué
Diet formulation and feed management to support today’s highly prolific sow
Dr Betsy Newton; Director – Swine Technical Services, Provimi, United States of America
Sponsor: Meadow Feeds South Africa
SESSION 8 – MONOGASTRIC NUTRITION (POULTRY)
Chairperson: Mr Johan du Plessis
A discussion on the relevance of Micro-Mineral Nutrition in broilers
Dr Ricardo Gonzalez Esquerra; Senior R&D Manager for LATAM & Africa, Novus International, Inc, Brazil
Sponsor: Novus Nutrition Products Africa
Alternative strategies to improve intestinal health by nutritional means to reduce the use of antibiotics
Mr Loek de Lange; Manager Poultry Team, Schothorst Feed Research, Netherlands
Sponsor: Schothorst Feed Research
The future of poultry nutrition: Achieving more with less
Dr Andreas Lemme; Regional Technical Director Europe, Evonik Industries AG, Germany
Sponsor: Evonik Africa (Pty) Ltd
Feeding the modern long laying hen, 2016 and beyond
Mr Robert Pottgueter; Dipl. Ing. Agrar – Nutritionist, Lohmann Tierzucht GmbH, Germany
Sponsor: EW Nutrition South Africa (Pty) Ltd