NIAA Annual Conference * March 26-29, 2012 * Denver, Colorado
Living in a World of Decreasing Resources & Increasing Regulation:
How to Advance Animal Agriculture
Living in a World of Decreasing Resources & Increading Regulation: How to Advance Animal Agriculture
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Agenda
Last Updated:   February 21, 2012
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**Denver is on Mountain Daylight Time. All times listed ared MDT.**
         
Monday Thursday
Tuesday Wednesday
• Session I: Opening General Session
• Session II: Species Committee Meetings
• Session III: Issues Council Meetings		 • Session IV: Issues Council Meetings
• Session V: Closing General Session
         
**Click on Committee/Council name for each complete agenda.**
         
Monday, March 26 [back to top]
  2:00 p.m. -   5:00 p.m. NIAA Board of Directors Meeting
  5:00 p.m. -   6:00 p.m. NIAA Committee Leaders Briefing
  5:00 p.m. -   6:00 p.m. NIAA New Director Orientation
       
Tuesday, March 27 [back to top]
  6:45 a.m. -   8:00 a.m. Continental Breakfast
  7:00 a.m. -   5:00 p.m. Registration Open
  8:00 a.m. -   9:30 a.m. Session I: Opening General Session [back to top]
    Introduction & Welcome
Mr. Jim Miller, Deputy Commissioner, Colorado Department of Agriculture
    Advancing Animal Agriculture with Scarce Resources:  An Economic Perspective
Dr. Terry Barr, Senior Director of Knowledge Exchange Division, CoBank
    Regulating Animal Agriculture:  Impacts on Producers and Animal Health Professionals
Dr. Anthony A. Frank, DVM, President, Colorado State University
  9:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. Break
  10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Session II: Species Committee Meetings [back to top]
    Bovine Committee
    Equine Committee
    Poultry Committee
    Small Ruminant Committee
    Swine Committee
  12:00 p.m. -   1:30 p.m. NIAA Annual Membership Business Meeting — Boxed Lunch Provided to NIAA Members — Ticket Required
  1:30 p.m. -   5:00 p.m. Session III: Issues Council Meetings [back to top]
    Animal Health Emergency Management Council
    Antibiotics Council
    Global Animal Health, Food Security & Trade Council
  5:30 p.m. -   7:30 p.m. NIAA Networking and Awards Reception
    Featured Speaker: Ms. Teresa Scanlan, Miss America 2011
         
Wednesday, March 28 [back to top]
  7:00 a.m. -   8:00 a.m. USAHA District-at-Large Meeting
  7:00 a.m. -   8:00 a.m. Continental Breakfast
  7:00 a.m. -   4:00 p.m. Registration Open
  8:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. Session IV: Issues Council Meetings [back to top]
    Animal Care Council
    Animal Identification & Information Systems Council
    Emerging Diseases Council
  9:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. Refreshments Available
  11:30 a.m. -   1:00 p.m. Lunch Break (on your own)
  1:00 p.m. -   4:30 p.m. Session V: Closing General Session [back to top]
    Making Safe, Affordable, Abundant Food a Global Reality
Mr. Brian Rittgers, Director of Global Management Development, Elanco
    Sustainability: Today and Beyond — What This Means on My Family's Farm
Ms. Marie Audet, Blue Spruce Farm, Inc., Bridport, VT
    Promoting and Defending Modern Agriculture in a Facebook Culture
Dr. Gary Sides, Pfizer Animal Health
    Advancing Animal Agriculture: A Western Colorado Rancher's Insights
Mr. Tom Kourlis, Sheep & Cattle Rancher, Past Colorado Commissioner of Agriculture
    Legal Threats to Animal Agriculture
Mr. Gary Baise, Illinois Farmer & Attorney, Olsson Frank & Weeda PC
  5:00 p.m. -  9:00 p.m. NIAA Board of Directors & Committee Leadership Meeting
     
Thursday, March 29 [back to top]
  7:30 a.m. -   4:30 p.m. Colorado Cattle Industry Tour (*Optional & Pre-registration Required*)

"If we try to live in our own world and make decisions based on a small amount of input, the decisions may come faster but the quality of output is not as good. I see NIAA as being essentially a forum where different groups involved in livestock production can come together to resolve issues that really take input and discussion from all segments of industry and NIAA is where that happens." — Jon Caspers, National Pork Producers Council, NIAA Member Since 2004
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