Welcome to Indiana and NIAA Annual Meeting
R. Scott Stuart, NIAA Chairman of the Board
Andy Miller, Indiana Agriculture Director
Moderator: Dr. Jerome
O. Geiger, Planning Committee Chair
8:15 - 9:00
Animals Past, Animals Future: The
development and direction of the animal
protection movement
Dr.
Wes Jamison, University of Florida
9:00
- 9:40
Animal
Care: Diverging ethical perspectives
Dr. Ray Stricklin,
University of Maryland
9:40 - 9:45
Introduction of
Secretary of Agriculture Ed Schafer R. Scott Stuart, NIAA Chairman of the Board
9:45 - 10:15
Remarks About U.S. Animal Agriculture Secretary Ed Schafer, U.S. Department of
Agriculture
10:15 - 10:30
Break
10:30 - 11:15
The US Political Arena: On the table, and on the
horizon
Steve Kopperud, Policy Directions, Inc.
11:15 - 12:10
Protecting Our Freedom to Operate: How do
we earn and maintain the social
license we need to protect our freedom to operate?
Charlie Arnot, CMA Consulting
Equine Industry:
Animal Welfare
2007-2008: A Kentucky perspective Dr. Robert Stout,
Kentucky Department of Agriculture Soring Dr. Rachel
Cezar, USDA/APHIS
Animal Care
1:55 - 2:20
Euthanasia
Dr. Gail C. Golab, American Veterinary Medical
Association
2:20 - 2:45
The Politics of Issues Like Lamb Taildocking Dr. Jeff Goodwin, Colorado
State University
2:45 - 3:00
Break
Looking in the Future
3:00 - 3:25
Poultry Industry United Egg Producers Mark Oldenkamp,
United Egg Producers
3:25 - 3:50
American Veal:
Excellence in agriculture Bryan Scott,
American Veal Association
3:50 - 4:15
The Pork Industry: Shaping our future
Sherrie Niekamp, National Pork
Board
4:15 - 4:35
Discussion Panel of Looking in the Future Speakers
European Union: Consumer driven animal
welfare and food safety Jostein Dragset,
European Commission, Health and Consumer
Protection Directorate-
General
8:45 - 9:30
Animal
Production Food Safety & Security
Andrew Gunther,
Whole Foods Market, Inc.
9:30 - 9:45
Break
9:45 - 10:15
Overview on a Comparison of SQF Program to
FDA, USDA, GMA-SAFE HACCP,
and PVP Richard LaCalamito, FoodLogiQ
10:15 - 11:00
Farm Animal Care and Auditing: A
10,000 foot view of the present Mike Simpson, Professional Animal Auditors
Certification Organization
Joint Session with
Emerging Diseases Committee
–
Updates on Avian Influenza
1:30 - 2:10
A
Global Perspective on Avian Influenza Dr. Patricia Wakenell,
University of California-Davis
2:15 - 2:30
Break
[Grand 1]
Presentations
2:30 - 3:00
An Overview of PAACO Animal Welfare Auditor
Training
Dr. Dave Hermes, American Association of
Avian Pathologists/Professional Animal
Auditors Certification Organization
3:00 - 3:30
Animal
Care Auditing:
What to expect (and demand) of a third party
auditor
Dr. James T. Barton,
Veterinary Consultant
Welcome and Statement of ID•INFO Workshop
Purpose
Glenn Fischer and Victor Velez, Animal Identification &
Information Systems Committee
Chair and Vice Chair
8:10 - 8:40
Keynote Address
Bruce Knight, U.S. Department of AgricultureUnder Secretary for Marketing and
Regulatory Programs
8:40 - 9:15
Comprehensive USDA Business Plan Review Neil Hammerschmidt, USDA/APHIS/VS
9:15 - 9:50
State Perspective of Business Plan: The
challenges and opportunities Moderator: Victor Velez,
California Department of Food & Agriculture Dr. Dave Fly, New Mexico Livestock Board Melissa Garrett, West Virginia Department of Agriculture John Heller, Colorado Department of Agriculture Kevin Kirk, Michigan Department of Agriculture Gary Wilson, Ohio Department
of Agriculture
9:50 - 10:10
Break
10:10 - 10:50
Industry Perspective of Business Plan:
The challenges and opportunities Moderator: Glenn Fischer,
Allflex USA, Inc. Linda Campbell, Goat Working Group Dr. Ashby Green, National Cattlemen's Beef
Association Adam Griffin, iDairy Kerry Thompson, American Horse Council Dr. Patrick
Webb, National Pork Board Dr. Cindy Wolf, University of Minnesota
10:50 - 11:30
Information Systems Perspective of
Business Plan: The challenges and
opportunities Moderator: Glenn
Smith, AgInfoLink USA Inc. Dr. Michael Coe, Global Animal Management Dr. Robert Fourdraine,
Wisconsin Livestock Identification Consortium Adam Griffin, National FAIR Mark Shaw, Micro Beef Technologies Ltd. Steven Smith,
DHI-Provo
11:30 - 12:30
COOL - Review and Implementation Bruce Knight, U.S. Department of Agriculture Under Secretary
for Marketing and
Regulatory Programs
How can livestock services providers
(i.e. veterinarians, ear tag companies,
etc.)
successfully implement the NAIS Business Plan Standards?
ii)
What challenges and opportunities are
present with integration of NAIS
Standards
into state and state-federal cooperative animal health programs?
iii)
Is
there common ground between the NAIS and
COOL that can be leveraged for
successful implementation of national disease traceability?
iv)
Are
the Key Outcomes and the timelines in
the NAIS Business Plan practical and
achievable in the current animal agriculture industry?
2:45 -
3:45
Follow-up Group Discussion of Key Workshop
Findings Through Panel of Group
Leaders
3:45 -
4:00
Closing Comments and White Paper Development
Process
Glenn Fischer and Victor Velez, Animal Identification &
Information Systems Committee
Chair and Vice Chair
