NIAA 2009 Annual Meeting
The Changing Face
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March 31-April 1
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Louisville, Kentucky

 

 
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Schedule of Events
Last Updated: July 09, 2009
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**Louisville is on Eastern Daylight Time.  All times listed are EDT.**

 
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday
 
Monday, March 30  
  7:30 a.m.  ̶  5:00 p.m.   Registration
      Sponsored By:  Kentucky Soybean Board
  12:00 p.m.  ̶  6:00 p.m.   National Assembly of State Animal Health Officials [Nunn]
  2:00 p.m.  ̶  5:00 p.m.   NIAA Board of Directors Meeting [Willis]
  5:00 p.m.  ̶  6:00 p.m.   NIAA Committee Leaders Meeting [Brown]
  5:00 p.m.  ̶  6:00 p.m.   NIAA New Director Orientation [Willis]
         
Tuesday, March 31  
  6:45 a.m.  ̶  8:30 a.m.   Continental Breakfast [Grand Ballroom A]
      Sponsored By:  Brownfield Ag News
  7:00 a.m.  ̶  7:30 a.m.   NIAA Membership Meeting [Combs Chandler]
      Sponsored By:  Penton Media
  7:00 a.m.  ̶  5:00 p.m.   Registration
      Sponsored By:  Kentucky Soybean Board
  7:00 a.m.  ̶  5:00 p.m.   Media/Speaker Preparation Room [Breathitt]
      Sponsored By:  Truffle Media
  8:00 a.m.  ̶  12:30 p.m.   Opening General Session [Grand Ballroom B]
      Sponsored By:  Brownfield Ag News, Global Animal Management, Intervet Schering-Plough Animal Health, PIC North America
        Moderator:  Dr. Leonard Bull, NIAA Chairman of the Board
  8:00 a.m.  ̶  8:15 a.m.       Annual Meeting Welcome
Dr. Leonard Bull, NIAA Chairman of the Board
  8:15 a.m.  ̶  8:45 a.m.       The Transformation of United States Livestock Agriculture
Dr. James MacDonald, Chief, Agricultural Structure and Productivity Branch, Economic Research Service, USDA
  8:45 a.m.  ̶  9:15 a.m.       The World's Changing Views of United States Animal Agriculture
Jon Caspers, Chairman of the Board, United States Meat Export Federation
  9:15 a.m.  ̶  9:45 a.m.       Food and Nutrition Policy:  Are they getting the right message?
Lisa Katic, R.D., President, KConsulting
  9:45 a.m.  ̶  10:00 a.m.       Break (Sponsored By:  Penton Media)
        Moderator:  Dr. Mark Engle, NIAA Executive Committee Member
  10:00 a.m.  ̶  10:30 a.m.       Meal Planning in the Supermarket Aisle:  What consumers are telling us
Frank Beurskens, Co-Founder and CEO, ShoptoCook™, Inc.
  10:30 a.m.  ̶  11:00 a.m.       Processing Changes:  Meeting the challenge of shifting consumer preferences
Dan Sutherland, Johnsonville Foods
  11:00 a.m.  ̶  11:30 a.m.       How Wall Street is Impacting Credit to Farmers
Bill Medley, Vice President, Market Segments, Farm Credit Services of Mid-America
  11:30 a.m.  ̶  12:00 p.m.       Equipping Animal Agriculture in a Changing World
Jerry Roell, Sales Branch Manager, John Deere Columbus
  12:00 p.m.  ̶  12:30 p.m.       Panel Discussion
  12:30 p.m.  ̶  1:30 p.m.   Lunch Available [Grand Ballroom A]
      Sponsored By:  DairyBusiness Communications and Feedstuffs Agribusiness Newspaper
  1:30 p.m.  ̶  5:00 p.m.   Section I:  Committee Seminars and Business Meetings
        Animal Care [Combs Chandler]
        Sponsored By:  American Veterinary Medical Association
  1:30 p.m.  ̶  1:40 p.m.         Introduction
Dr. Jerome Geiger and Dr. Gail Golab, Animal Care Chair and Vice Chair
  1:40 p.m.  ̶  3:00 p.m.       What Face is Currently Seen?  What Are the Stories on the Newspaper's Front Page or Television's Evening News?
  1:40 p.m.  ̶  2:00 p.m.         Update on Soring
Dr. Rachel Cezar, USDA/APHIS/Animal Care
  2:00 p.m.  ̶  2:20 p.m.         Recent Factors Impacting Equine Welfare
Essie Rogers and Ginny Grulke, Kentucky Horse Council
  2:20 p.m.  ̶  2:40 p.m.         Ballot Initiatives:  How do these things happen?
Dr. Gail Golab, American Veterinary Medical Association
  2:40 p.m.  ̶  3:00 p.m.         “Humane Officers”:  Who are they?  How are they
identified?  What are their rights and responsibilities?
Becky Reiter, Boone County and Kentucky Animal Control Boards
  3:00 p.m.  ̶  3:25 p.m.         Break (Sponsored By:  CattleNetwork, Livestock Marketing Association, National Livestock Producers Association)
  3:25 p.m.  ̶  4:30 p.m.       How We Shape the Face of Animal Care in American
Agriculture
  3:25 p.m.  ̶  4:00 p.m.         Shaping Public Opinion:  How the pork industry does it
Sherrie Niekamp, National Pork Board
  4:00 p.m.  ̶  4:30 p.m.         Shaping Public Opinion:  How the dairy industry does it
Dr. Jamie Jonker, National Milk Producers Federation
  4:30 p.m.  ̶  5:00 p.m.         Animal Care Business Meeting
        Animal Health Emergency Management [Clements]
        Sponsored By:  National Pork Board
  1:30 p.m.  ̶  2:10 p.m.         USDA/APHIS/VS/Emergency Management and Diagnostics Activities and Direction
Dr. Lee Myers, USDA/APHIS/VS/Emergency Management and Diagnostics
  2:10 p.m.  ̶  2:50 p.m.         Target Capabilities List Implementation/Animal Disease Emergencies Response
Joe Lombardo, FEMA, NPD
  2:50 p.m.  ̶  3:30 p.m.         Multi-State Partnership for Security in Agriculture
Dr. Leah Dorman, Ohio Department of Agriculture
  3:30 p.m.  ̶  4:10 p.m.         Southern Animal and Agriculture Disaster Response Alliance Activities and Direction
Dr. Ed Hall, Kentucky Department of Agriculture
  4:10 p.m.  ̶  4:50 p.m.         State Perspectives in CEM Response
Group Discussion Facilitated by Dr. Robert Stout, Kentucky Department of Agriculture
  4:50 p.m.  ̶  5:00 p.m.         Animal Health Emergency Management Business Meeting
        Cattle [Nunn]
        Sponsored By:  Dairy Farmers of America, Inc. and Tetracore, Inc.
  1:30 p.m.  ̶  1:45 p.m.         Welcome and Announcements:  Brief overview of changes in committee structure
Dr. Karen Jordan and Jon Johnson, Cattle Chair and Vice Chair
  1:45 p.m.  ̶  2:25 p.m.         Through the Looking Glass:  Trying for transparency with customers
Chris Sigurdon, Purdue University Communications Department
  2:25 p.m.  ̶  3:10 p.m.         American Farmers for the Advancement and Conservation of Technology:  How producers can and will make a difference
Liz Doornink, American Farmers for the Advancement and Conservation of Technology (AFACT)
  3:10 p.m.  ̶  3:20 p.m.         Break (Sponsored By:  CattleNetwork, Livestock Marketing Association, National Livestock Producers Association)
  3:20 p.m.  ̶  3:50 p.m.         New FDA Feed Regulations, Renderer Requirements, and Impact on Cattle Producers
Dr. David Meeker, National Renderers Association
  3:50 p.m.  ̶  4:30 p.m.         Update on Tuberculosis Listening Sessions and Future Direction of TB Program
Dr. Thomas J. Myers, USDA/APHIS/VS
  4:30 p.m.  ̶  5:00 p.m.         Cattle Business Meeting
        Swine [Willis]
        Sponsored By:  Boehringer Ingelheim
  1:30 p.m.  ̶  2:00 p.m.         Discussion of Swine Euthanasia Guidelines
Sherrie Niekamp, National Pork Board
  2:00 p.m.  ̶  2:30 p.m.         Surveillance of Swine Influenza in Pig and Human Populations
Dr. Liz Wagstrom, National Pork Board
  2:30 p.m.  ̶  3:00 p.m.         MRSA in Pigs and People
Dr. Liz Wagstrom, National Pork Board
  3:00 p.m.  ̶  3:20 p.m.         Break (Sponsored By:  CattleNetwork, Livestock Marketing Association, National Livestock Producers Association)
  3:20 p.m.  ̶  3:40 p.m.         Swine ID Plan Update
Dr. Patrick Webb, National Pork Board
  3:40 p.m.  ̶  4:00 p.m.         Pork Industry's Efforts in FAD Response Capabilities
Dr. Patrick Webb, National Pork Board
  4:00 p.m.  ̶  4:30 p.m.         USDA Swine Program Updates
Dr. Troy Bigelow, USDA/APHIS/VS
  4:30 p.m.  ̶  5:00 p.m.         Swine Business Meeting
  5:30 p.m.  ̶  7:00 p.m.   "Welcome to Kenucky" Awards Reception [Grand Ballroom C]
      Sponsored By:  Keeneland Thoroughbred Racing and Sales, Kentucky Corn Growers' Association, Kentucky Soybean Board
Wednesday, April 1  
  7:00 a.m.  ̶  8:30 a.m.   Continental Breakfast [Grand Ballroom A]
      Sponsored By:  DairyBusiness Communications and Truffle Media
  7:00 a.m.  ̶  5:00 p.m.   Registration
      Sponsored By:  Kentucky Soybean Board
  7:00 a.m.  ̶  5:00 p.m.   Media/Speaker Preparation Room [Breathitt]
      Sponsored By:  Truffle Media
  8:00 a.m.  ̶  11:30 a.m.   Section II:  Committee Seminars and Business Meetings
        Animal Health and International Trade
Sponsored By:  IDEXX Laboratories
Joint session with Animal Production Food Safety and Security
[Nunn]
  8:00 a.m.  ̶  8:15 a.m.         Welcome and Introductions
  8:15 a.m.  ̶  8:45 a.m.         Safe Meat Supply:  Past, present, future
Scott Goltry, American Meat Institute
  8:45 a.m.  ̶  9:15 a.m.         Traceability:  Industry threat or value-add?
Dr. Ronan Loftus, IdentiGEN North America
  9:15 a.m.  ̶  9:45 a.m.         Food Safety Challenges for Meat Exports Now and in the Future
Jon Caspers, United States Meat Export Federation
  9:45 a.m.  ̶  10:00 a.m.         Bio-Break (Sponsored By:  United States Animal Health Association)
  [Nunn]     10:00 a.m.  ̶  10:30 a.m.         Retailer Perspective on COOL, Food Safety and Consumer Demand for Meat Products
Bill Price, IGA Supermarkets
  10:30 a.m.  ̶  10:45 a.m.         Regionalization and Compartmentalization as Tools to Minimize Impacts of Disease
Dr. Thomas J. Myers, USDA/APHIS/VS
  10:45 a.m.  ̶  11:00 a.m.         Panel Discussion
  11:00 a.m.  ̶  11:30 a.m.         Animal Health and International Trade Business Meeting
        Animal Production Food Safety and Security
Sponsored By:  Pfizer Animal Health
Joint session with Animal Health and International Trade [Nunn]
  8:00 a.m.  ̶  8:15 a.m.         Welcome and Introductions
  8:15 a.m.  ̶  8:45 a.m.         Safe Meat Supply:  Past, present future
Scott Goltry, American Meat Institute
  8:45 a.m.  ̶  9:15 a.m.         Traceability:  Industry threat or value-added?
Dr. Ronan Loftus, IdentiGEN North America
  9:15 a.m.  ̶  9:45 a.m.         Food Safety Challenges for Meat Exports Now and in the Future
Jon Caspers, United States Meat Export Federation
  9:45 a.m.  ̶  10:00 a.m.         Bio-Break (Sponsored By:  United States Animal Health Association)
  10:00 a.m.  ̶  10:30 a.m.         Retailer Perspective on COOL, Food Safety and Consumer Demand for Meat Products
Bill Price, IGA Supermarkets
  10:30 a.m.  ̶  10:45 a.m.         Regionalization and Compartmentalization as Tools to Minimize Impacts of Disease
Dr. Thomas J. Myers, USDA/APHIS/VS
  10:45 a.m.  ̶  11:00 a.m.         Panel Discussion
  [Clements]  11:00 a.m.  ̶  11:30 a.m.         Animal Production Food Safety and Security Business Meeting
        Equine [Willis]
        Sponsored By:  Fort Dodge Animal Health
  8:00 a.m.  ̶  8:50 a.m.       Contagious Equine Metritis
  8:00 a.m.  ̶  8:30 a.m.          CEM Revisited:  A re-emergent problem for the equine industry species
Dr. Peter Timoney, University of Kentucky and Dr. Robert Stout, Kentucky Department of Agriculture
  8:30 a.m.  ̶  8:50 a.m.         Epidemiological Overview of CEM Outbreak
Dr. Barry Meade, USDA/APHIS/VS
  8:50 a.m.  ̶  9:00 a.m.         Equine Piroplasmosis:  National serosurvey update
Dr. Peter Timoney, University of Kentucky
  9:00 a.m.  ̶  9:30 a.m.         The Potential Threat of African Horse Sickness in the United States
Dr. Peter Timoney, University of Kentucky
  9:30 a.m.  ̶  9:45 a.m.         Introduction of the 2010 World Equestrian Games
Marilee Meyers, World Equestrian Games 2010 Foundation
  9:45 a.m.  ̶  10:45 a.m.       Equine Industry Welfare Initiatives
            NTRA Safety and Integrity Alliance
Peggy Hendershot
, National Thoroughbred Racing Association
            Equine Welfare and Safety at USEF
Beth Taylor, United States Equestrian Federation
            AAEP Welfare Initiatives
Sally Baker, American Association of Equine Practitioners,
            The Racing Medication and Testing Consortium:  An introduction
Hallie Roach, Racing Medication and Testing Consortium
  10:45 a.m.  ̶  11:00 a.m.         New Business
  11:00 a.m.  ̶  11:30 a.m.         Equine Business Meeting
        Sheep and Goat [Collins]
        Sponsored By:  United Producers, Inc.
  8:00 a.m.  ̶  8:05 a.m.         Introduction
Eileen Kuhlmann and Stephanie Sexton, Sheep and Goat Chair and Vice Chair
  8:05 a.m.  ̶  8:25 a.m.         Scrapie Update
Dr. Thomas J. Myers, USDA/APHIS/VS
  8:25 a.m.  ̶  9:05 a.m.         Update on Minor Species Drug Approval Efforts at FDA
Dr. Meg Oeller, FDA Center for Veterinary Medicine
  9:05 a.m.  ̶  9:35 a.m.         The Future of Research Funding:  How to proceed in the face of shrinking budgets
Dr. David Meeker, National Renderers Association
  9:35 a.m.  ̶  10:05 a.m.         Bringing Animal Agriculture Together
John Adams, Animal Agriculture Coalition
  10:05 a.m.  ̶  10:35 a.m.         Animal Agriculture in the United States:  Policy, trends, and implications
Kay Johnson-Smith, Animal Agriculture Alliance
  10:35 a.m.  ̶  11:30 a.m.         Sheep and Goat Business Meeting
  11:30 a.m.  ̶  1:30 p.m.   Lunch Break (on your own)
  1:30 p.m.  ̶  5:00 p.m.   Section III:  Committee Seminars and Business Meetings
        Animal Identification and Information Systems [Nunn]
        Sponsored By:  Wisconsin Livestock Identification Consortium
  1:30 p.m.  ̶  1:35 p.m.        

Welcome and Introduction
Glenn Fischer and Victor Velez, Animal Identification and Information Systems Chair and Vice Chair

  1:35 p.m.  ̶  3:00 p.m.       Animal Identification
  1:35 p.m.  ̶  2:05 p.m.         Animal ID on Capitol Hill
Chandler Goule, Staff Director, House Agriculture Committee
  2:05 p.m.  ̶  2:15 p.m.         ID•INFO Workshop 2008 Review and ID•INFO Expo 2009 Preview
Glenn Fischer, ALLFLEX USA, Inc.
  2:15 p.m.  ̶  3:00 p.m.         USDA ID Overview:  Convergence of NAIS, COOL, marketing and food safety in the new administration
Dr. John Wiemers, USDA/APHIS/VS
USDA Business Plan Update
Dr. John Wiemers, USDA/APHIS/VS
USDA Information Systems-Infrastructure Update
John Picanso, USDA/APHIS/VS
  3:00 p.m.  ̶  4:45 p.m.       Traceability and Current Equine CEM Issue Update
  3:00 p.m.  ̶  3:20 p.m.         Canadian Traceability Initiative:  Trace R&D 2009 Conference
Eric Aubin, Canadian Food Inspection Agency (Invited)
  3:20 p.m.  ̶  3:40 p.m.         CEM Update
Dr. Sue Billings, Kentucky Department of Agriculture
  3:40 p.m.  ̶  4:00 p.m         Animal ID Standards:  ASTM development of performance standards
Bryan Rickard, Kansas Board of Animal Health
  4:00 p.m.  ̶  4:45 p.m..         Evolution of Ultra High Frequency RFID Technologies
Panel Discussion:  Dan Ellsworth, Destron Fearing, Niels Fogt, Southfork Solutions, and Doran Junek, Eriginate
  4:45 p.m.  ̶  5:00 p.m.         New Business
  5:00 p.m.  ̶  5:30 p.m.         Animal Identification and Information Systems Business Meeting
        Emerging Diseases
Sponsored By:  CEVA Biomune and Global Animal Management
Joint session with Poultry
[Willis]
  1:30 p.m.  ̶  1:50 p.m.       Avian Influenza:  New perspectives
            Avian Influenza:  Current challenges with H5N1 and H9N2
Dr. Andrea M. Miles, International Avian Influenza Consultant
            Update on Avian Influenza in North America
Dr. Andrea M. Miles, International Avian Influenza Consultant
  1:50 p.m.  ̶  2:10 p.m.         Pro-Active Risk Assessments for Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza
Morgan Hennessey, University of Minnnesota
  2:15 p.m.  ̶  2:30 p.m.         Break (Sponsored By:  Penton Media)
  [Willis]       2:30 p.m.  ̶  3:00 p.m.         Update 'Avian Influenza'
Dr. Neville Clarke, National Center for Foreign and Zoonotic Disease Defense
  3:00 p.m.  ̶  4:00 p.m.         National Animal Health Laboratory Network (NAHLN) Update
Dr. Lanny Pace, Mississippi State University College of Veterinary Medicine
            National Animal Health Laboratory Network (NAHLN) Exercises Update
Dr. Rosemary Speers, National Animal Health Laboratory Network
  4:00 p.m.  ̶  5:00 p.m.         Emerging Diseases Business Meeting
        Poultry
Sponsored By:  Merial Ltd
Joint session with Emerging Diseases [Willis]
  1:30 p.m.  ̶  1:50 p.m.       Avian Influenza:  New perspectives
            Avian Influenza:  Current challenges with H5N1 and H9N2
Dr. Andrea M. Miles, International Avian Influenza Consultant
            Update on Avian Influenza in North America
Dr. Andrea M. Miles, International Avian Influenza Consultant
  1:50 p.m.  ̶  2:10 p.m.         Pro-Active Risk Assessments for Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza
Morgan Hennessey, University of Minnesota
  2:15 p.m.  ̶  2:30 p.m.         Break (Sponsored By:  Penton Media)
  [Clements]    2:30 p.m.  ̶  3:30 p.m.         Round Table Discussion on California Proposition 2 and the Far-Reaching Effects on the Poultry Industry
Dr. Gail Golab, American Veterinary Medical Association
Dr. Dave Harlan, Cargill, Inc.
Kay Johnson-Smith, Animal Agriculture Alliance
Dr. Andrea M. Miles, International Avian Influenza Consultant
  3:30 p.m.  ̶  4:00 p.m.         Poultry Business Meeting
  6:00 p.m.  ̶  9:00 p.m.   NIAA Board of Directors and Committee Leaders Meeting [Combs Chandler]
       
Thursday, April 2
  7:00 a.m.  ̶  8:00 a.m.   Continental Breakfast [Combs Chandler]
  7:00 a.m.  ̶  12:00 p.m.   Registration
      Sponsored By:  Kentucky Soybean Board
  7:00 a.m.  ̶  12:00 p.m.   Media/Speaker Preparation Room [Breathitt]
      Sponsored By:  Truffle Media
  8:00 a.m.  ̶  12:00 a.m.   Roadmap Roundtable Discussion [Combs Chandler]
      Sponsored By:  Brownfield Ag News
       

NIAA has undertaken an in-depth, strategic look at its format for program development and delivery for the future. This requires careful assessment of the issues for which NIAA is positioned to make a real difference, to help provide support for an economically sustainable future for animal agriculture and address important issues with respect to food production and consumers. This year NIAA is planning to launch its roadmap development with this Roadmap Roundtable Discussion. This By-Invitation-Only forum will provide an opportunity for key decision makers and leaders from the array of interests served by NIAA to come together to create consensus around critical issues which impact animal agriculture and the feed/food industry.  The purpose of this session is to begin establishment of a critical roadmap for the future. Anyone interested in observing the Roundtable is welcome to do so.

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