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BOWLING GREEN, KY—Two outstanding
experts, one on biofuels and the other on food-borne illnesses,
will open and close the Annual Meeting of the National Institute
for Animal Agriculture (NIAA) in Sacramento at the Hyatt Regency,
April 2-5.
“We are incredibly fortunate to have
the Co-founder and Chairman of the Board of Pacific Ethanol, Inc.,
Bill Jones as the keynote speaker of our Opening General Session,”
states Jim Fraley, chairman of the program planning committee.
The theme of this session is
BioFuels Energy: Animal Agriculture at the Crossroads.
Jones’ address will be “Corn, Cattle, and Carbon Credits – A
California Perspective.”
As in past years, the NIAA Annual
Meeting will close with a special symposium themed Impacts of
Animal Production Safety Practices on the Food Supply
and the keynote address for that session will be delivered by Dr.
Michael P. Doyle, Regents Professor and Director of the Center for
Food Safety at the University of Georgia. Dr. Doyle’s
presentation will be "Food-borne Illnesses and Antibiotic
Resistance Associated with Zoonotic Pathogens", according to Dr.
Leonard Bull, symposium program planning chair. Following the
symposium a special tour is scheduled for the University of
California – Davis Diagnostic Laboratory, more details forthcoming
on the NIAA website.
Both of these speakers bring
impressive credentials to the NIAA audience. Jones is well known
in his home state and in the biofuels industry. Before starting
the company he was elected California’s Secretary of State from
1994 to 2003. Prior to that he had served in the legislature for
12 years. He is a farmer, cattle rancher and a graduate of
Fresno State University.
Dr. Doyle is an active researcher in
the area of food safety and security and works closely with the
food industry on issues related to the microbiological safety of
foods. He is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Madison
where he received his B.S. degree in Bacteriology, and M.S. and
Ph.D. degrees in Food Microbiology. He serves on food safety
committees of many scientific organizations and has served as a
scientific advisor to many groups, including the World Health
Organization, the Institute of Medicine, the National Academy of
Science-National Research Council, the International Life Sciences
Institute-North America, the Food and Drug Administration, the
U.S. Department of Agriculture, the U.S. Department of Defense,
and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
An updated schedule of events and
speakers is listed on the NIAA website at
www.animalagriculture.org. “You can register for the meeting
online via PayPal, fax or mail a registration form with check or
credit card information to the NIAA office. Or you can register
onsite in Sacramento,” explains NIAA CEO Michele Vise-Brown.
Early bird registration discounts
available until March 16 and NIAA Member Discounts (Save up to
$125). A
block of rooms is reserved at The Hyatt Regency Sacramento, at the
special nightly rate of
$105.00 for single or double occupancy. Reservations can be made
by calling 800-233-1234. When making reservations, verify the
rate and advise the reservation department that you are with the
National Institute for Animal Agriculture (NIAA) Annual Meeting.
NIAA’s mission
is to provide forums for building consensus and advancing
solutions for animal agriculture and to provide continuing
education and communication linkages to animal agriculture
professionals. More information is available at
www.animalagriculture.org. |
