Main Conference Day - “Dairy Farm of Tomorrow – Innovations, Challenges, and Inspiration for the Next Generation"
8:30-9:10
Conference Opening
8:30-8:40
Welcome to Conference
8:40-8:50
Welcome Address
8:50-9:10
Polish Agriculture Representative
9:10-10:30
Session 1 – Inspiring the Next Generation
Chair: Anke Rolfes
9:10-9:30
Fifth generation dairy farmer, but why?
Eeva Harhala
Finland
9:30-9:50
Success is Planable: Mindset, Management and Practical Actions from My Farm
Fraederk Meppen
Germany
9:50-10:10
European Farm Policy on Generational Renewal
Thomas Duffy
Ireland
10:30-10:55
Coffee Break/Networking
10:55-12:20
Session 2 – Breeding for Climate Resilience
Chair: Nanna Hammershøj
10:55-11:15
Breeding for resilience in Holstein cows
Franziska Keßler
Germany
11:15-11:35
Complexities of genetic selection of heat tolerant cows
Maria Jesús Carabaño
INIA (National Institute for Research in Agriculture), Spain
11:35-11:55
Development of genetic evaluation for methane
Gerben de Jong
CRV, Netherlands
Heat tolerance
Dr Raffaella Finocchiaro
ANAFIBJ, Italy
13:40-15:00
Session 3 – Data-Driven Dairy Breeding
Chair: Melanie Harmitt
13:40-14:00
Different Goals, Common Ground: A Global Perspective on Dairy Breeding Objectives
Dr Donagh Berry
Teagasc, Ireland
14:00-14:20
CFIT - Cattle Feed InTake measured in commercial Holstein herds with 3D cameras
Jan Lassen
Viking Genetics, Denmark
14:20-14:40
Breeding for Lower Methane Emissions: A Data-Driven Approach”
Dr Raffaella Finocchiaro and Dr Marcin Pszczoła
ANAFIBJ, Italy; PFCB&DF, Poland
15:00-15:15
Coffee Break/Networking
15:15-17:00
Session 4 – The Future of Genetics
Chair: Dr László Bognár
15:15-15:35
Future of genomic selection utilising AI and dense DNA data
Prof Tomasz Suchocki
Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences, Poland
15:35-15:55
Beef on Dairy: Consequences for Herdbooks
Prof Martino Cassandro
ANAFIBJ, Italy
15:55-16:15
Interbull Centre and EU Reference Centre-Zootechnics in future European/Global cattle breeding
Toine Roozen
Interbull Centre and EU Reference Centre-Zootechnics, Sweden
16:15-16:35
Gene Editing and New Genomic Techniques (NGT)
Dr László Bognár
Holstein Hungary, Hungary
