Schedule
8:00 am
Registration, continental breakfast, and posters
Location: Great Hall
8:45 am
Welcome and opening comments
Location: Great Hall
9:00 am
Morning plenary session
“Whole milk dairy foods and cardio-metabolic health: The current scientific landscape”
Moises Torres Gonzalez, vice president of nutrition research at National Dairy Council
Location: Great Hall
10:00 am
On-going poster session
10:00 am-3:00 pm
Location: Great Hall
10:00 am
Priority area track sessions
Human nutrition – Location: Multicultural Greek Council Room
Three 15 min talks + Q/A focused on manufacturing innovations
5 min break
Three 15 min talks + Q/A focused on product and applications innovations
Soil and water – Location: Old Madison Room
Three 15 min talks + Q/A
5 min break
Three 10 min talks + 20 min panel Q/A
12:00 pm
Buffet lunch, networking, and posters
1:00 pm
Priority area track sessions
Animal health – Location: Multicultural Greek Council Room
Three 15 min talks + Q/A
5 min break
Three 15 min talks + Q/A
Farm business – Location: Old Madison Room
Two 20 min talks + Q/A focused on dairy farm economics
5 min break
Two 20 min talks + Q/A focused on new income streams
3:00 pm
Afternoon panel
“Greener Cattle Initiative: A three-pronged approach to mitigate enteric methane emissions from dairy cattle”
Francisco Peñagaricano, UW–Madison; Hilario Mantovani, UW–Madison; Lizzy French, USDA Dairy Forage Research Center
Location: Great Hall
4:00 pm
Flash talks, posters, and cocktail reception
Location: Great Hall
5:30 pm