Why Attend
“In 2050 the world will require 100% more food and 70% of this must come from efficiency improvements.” - International Feed Industry Federation
Following recent bans and restrictions on the use of antibiotic growth promotors in animal feed in both the E.U. and the U.S., a huge movement to find their alternatives has begun. With evidence emerging to support the beneficial effects of microbiome manipulation through prebiotics, probiotics, and other alternative strategies, it is more important than ever to form collaborations to explore how to translate research into commercially viable products, to promote health and improve feed efficiency of livestock animals.
“International feed tonnage has exceeded 1 billion metric tons for the second consecutive year, with a total of 1.07 billion metric tons of feed produced in 2017” - The 2018 Alltech Global Feed Survey
The Animal Microbiome Congress will bring together leading experts including veterinary researchers, animal producers, food retailers, feed and strain manufacturers and animal nutrition and pharmaceutical companies, to showcase unpublished and translatable research, changing consumer priorities, and evidence-based case studies from emerging biotech companies.
Who Will Be There
The Agenda
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The Speakers
Yemi Adesokan
Yemi Adesokan is Chief Scientific Officer and Co-Founder at Gnubiotics SA, a Lausanne, Switzerland biotech company pioneering the development of Human Milk Oligosacchrides (HMOs) for infants and adults as well as Animal Milk Oligosaccharides (AMOs) for companion animals. Yemi has been recognized for his innovative and pioneering work with awards such as the Boston Business Journal 40 under 40 award and the MIT Technology Review’s annual list of 35 top global innovators under the age of 35 TR35. Yemi has a PhD in Chemistry from the University of California, Irvine and completed a post-doctoral fellowship in Genetics with George Church at Harvard Medical School.
Greg Sunvold
With over 25 years of pet food industry experience and over 200 scientific publications, Dr. Greg Sunvold at Cool Springs International is responsible for implementing nutritional innovations in hundreds of pet food products. Additionally, Dr. Sunvold founded Microbiome Health, LLC, a company focused on applying innovative microbiome technologies into pet supplements.
Rod Mackie
Bruce Taillon
Mike Kogut
Jonathon Roepke
Professor Curtis Huttenhower
Talk to me about… your research
I am a Professor in Biostatistics at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and an Associate Member at the Broad Institute. I participated extensively in the NIH Human Microbiome Project and co-leads the "HMP2" Center for Characterizing the gut microbial ecosystem in IBD and the Human Microbiome Bioactives Resource. My lab focuses on computational methods for functional analysis of microbial communities. This includes systems biology reconstructions integrating metagenomic, metatranscriptomic, and other microbial community 'omics, the human microbiome in autoimmune disease such as IBD, and its potential as a biomarker and route for therapeutic intervention.
Talk to me about…something people may not know about you
I'm a happy kitty parent, most recently of two new kittens who (like human babies) have as yet to learn to sleep through the night. I wish I had as much energy as they do!
Brandon Reinbold
Ronald Tessman
Thomas Bissot
Graduated in Veterinary Medicine in 2003 at the University of Liège (Belgium), Thomas BISSOT first gained practical experience in a private clinic in Brussel followed by a small-animal internship at the Veterinary Faculty of Ghent. In 2005, he joined the ROYAL CANIN Research and Development Department as a Clinical Research Project Manager. His main scientific interests focused on small animal gastroenterology and obesity biology with the development of satiety protocols designed to decrease the feeling of hunger in dogs and cats in station and field conditions, as well as intensive care/convalescence nutrition support and nutrition management for reducing stress-related behavior in dogs and cats. From 2008 to 2015, Thomas was responsible for Scientific Communication across the East and South Region (Eastern Europe, Middle East, Russia, South Africa, South East Asia and French overseas departments) at ROYAL CANIN International Division. From 2016 to 2017, he also achieved an Executive MBA at the Montpellier Business School in France. Since July 2017, Thomas has been strengthening the LEIBER GmbH sales Team as a Global Key Account Manager for Pet Food. For this new assignment, he will take care of the international market leaders and opinion formers in the pet food industry in order to expedite the expansion of LEIBER yeast functionalities and extracts in the pet food segment around the World.
Julie Veryser
David Boyko
Bruce Johnson
Brian Oakley
I am a microbial ecologist interested in tackling important problems at the interface of basic and applied research. The revolution in high-throughput DNA sequencing has conclusively demonstrated the importance of microbial communities for life on earth. Microbial ecology cuts across many fields and I have applied the tools and techniques of microbial ecology to disciplines ranging from oceanography to human and animal health. My graduate training combined classical and microbial ecology but I only considered myself a microbiologist after working in the Microbiology Department of the University of Washington, the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, and the University of Warwick. Four years as a research microbiologist with the USDA Agricultural Research Service gave me first-hand knowledge of the poultry industry and a chance to apply the tools and techniques of microbial ecology to veterinary microbiology. Most of the current focus of my research is on the poultry microbiome and its relationships to food safety, infectious disease, and poultry nutrition. Our standard toolkit combines field work with classical microbiology, microscopy, quantitative PCR, high-throughput 16S rRNA sequencing, metagenomics, and associated bioinformatics. We are currently funded through several intramural mechanisms, extramural grants, and industry partnerships.
Tim McAllister
Dr. Tim McAllister grew up on his parents’ cow/calf farm in Innisfail, AB. He obtained a B.Sc. (Agr) and M.Sc. from the University of Alberta in Edmonton, and a Ph.D. (with distinction) in ruminant nutrition and microbiology from the University of Guelph, ON. He accepted an NSERC post-doctoral fellowship at the University of Calgary in 1991, and joined Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada in Lethbridge, AB in 1992. Dr. McAllister has been a research scientist in Rumen Microbiology, Feed and Nutrition since 1997. His research focuses on microbiology, nutrition and beef production and on food and environmental safety issues related to livestock production, strategies for mitigation of Escherichia coli O157:H7, prion inactivation within the environment, and more recently, studies of antimicrobial resistance in bacteria in feedlots. He also has extensive research experience in GHG emissions within animals from manure and the impact of manure handling procedures, such as composting, on emissions. Dr. McAllister has conducted research to examine microbiological and nutritional approaches for mitigating ruminal methanogenesis, and emission of nitrous oxide and methane during composting, using strategies including the use of plant extracts, methanogen inhibitors and dietary formulations to limit methane production. He is the author or co-author of over 520 peer-reviewed scientific papers and 60 reviews, as well as 800 abstracts and conference proceedings, and over 100 final reports for collaborative research projects. Dr. McAllister has been recognized internationally for his leadership role and significant contributions to agricultural research and innovation in the areas of ruminant nutrition/microbiology and molecular biology as they apply to animal health, environmental health and food quality for the benefit of the agricultural industry in Alberta, Canada, and beyond.
Cyril Gay
Kevin Kessler
Anthony Sabatelli
Charles Li
Jane Leedle
Jordon Gruber
Hannah Cunningham
Monika Weglarz
Lisanne Verschuren
Leluo Guan
Ava Firth
Ava is a veterinarian and board-certified specialist in veterinary emergency and critical care. Originally from Ohio, USA, she has held both private practice and university positions in the USA, Australia and the United Kingdom, specialising in small animal emergencies and lecturing internationally.
Her interest in critical care nutrition, particularly microenteral nutrition, led to her position as Director of Research and Development for Tonisity. She is responsible for designing and coordinating research and trials, as well as managing the product development pipeline and regulatory affairs.
Holly Ganz
Dari Brown
Anita Menconi
Andrew Skidmore
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DoubleTree by Hilton Kansas City - Overland Park, 10100 College Boulevard, Overland Park, KS 66210
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