Livestock Biotech Summit: Program

Crowne Plaza Downtown Kansas City, MO

Wednesday, September 19, 2012

All Day           Registration, Platinum & Gold Sponsor Tabletop Displays

9:00 am         Breakfast Provided-Salon D

10:00 am       Welcoming Remarks and Introductions-Starlight Ballroom

                                                Bob Marcusse (Kansas City Area Development Council)

10:15 am        Using Technology to Feed the World- Starlight Ballroom

                                                Keynote Address-Justin Chesnut (Elanco Animal Health)

11:00 am        BIO GE Animal Stewardship Program-Starlight Ballroom

                                                David Edwards (BIO)

                                                Jerry Pommer (Hematech)

12 noon          Lunch Provided-Salon D & Starlight Ballroom

1:00 pm          Breakout Session 1-Salons A, B, & C

Track A: Communicating Science to Lay Audiences

                                                Suzanne Turner (Turner Strategies)

                                                Karl Haro von Mogel (University of Wisconsin-Madison)

                                                Colleen Lerro (BIO)

                                    Track B: Financing the Future of Food, Fiber, and Pharmaceuticals

                                                Investment Panel:

                                                Moderator: Harriet Francis (University of Missouri-Columbia)

                                                Tony Simpson (Kansas Bioscience Authority)

                                                Joel Wiggins (Mid-America Angels Investments LLC)

                                                Steven St. Peter (Aratana Therapeutics)

                                    Track C: Animal Care and Use in Research

                                                Chris Newcomer (AAALAC)

                                                Carol Clarke (USDA/APHIS)

                                                Axel Wolff (NIH/OLAW)

3:00 pm          Break-Outside Salons A, B, & C

3:30 pm          Breakout Session 2-Salons A, B, & C

                                    Track A: (repeat Breakout Session 1)

                                    Track B2: Financing the Future of Food, Fiber, and Pharmaceuticals

                                                Economic Development Panel:

                                                Moderator: Mark Allen (University of Missouri-Kansas City)

                                                Jason Hall (State of Missouri Department of Economic Development)

                                                Mark Laurenzo (State of Iowa Economic Development Authority)

                                                Mel Ustad (South Dakota Governor's Office of Economic Development)

                                    Track C: (repeat Breakout Session 1)

6:00 pm          Welcome Reception-Starlight Ballroom

Thursday, September 20, 2012

All Day          Registration, Platinum & Gold Sponsor Tabletop Displays

7:30 am           Breakfast Provided-Salon D

8:30 am           The Future of Genomics in Animal Agriculture-Starlight Ballroom

                                                Mark Allan (Trans Ova Genetics)

                                                Graham Plastow (University of Alberta)

                                                Jerry Taylor (University of Missouri-Columbia)

10:00 am         Break-Salon D

10:15 am         Animal Biotechnology: Here and Now-Starlight Ballroom

                                             John Swart (Exemplar Genetics)

                                            Scott Fahrenkrug (Recombinetics)

                                            Zhongde Wang (BioDak)

                                            Yoshi Kuroiwa (Hematech)

12 noon           Lunch Provided-Salon D and Starlight Ballroom

1:00 pm           Frontiers in GE Animals-Starlight Ballroom

                                                Randy Prather (University of Missouri-Columbia)

                                                Irina Polejaeva (Utah State University)

                                                Mark Westhusin (Texas A&M University)

                                                Larisa Rudenko (FDA)

3:00pm           Break-Salon D

3:15pm           Healthy Animals, Humans Included-Starlight Ballroom

John Lowenthal (CSIRO)

Bob Rowland (Kansas State University)

Ed Robb (Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica Inc.)

5:30 pm       Gala Reception-Power & Light District, Kansas City

Friday, September 21, 2012

All Day         Registration, Platinum & Gold Sponsor Tabletop Displays

7:30 am          Breakfast Provided-Salon D

8:15 am          Sponsor Introductory Remarks

                                                Phil Goldberg (Shook, Hardy & Bacon)

8:30 am          Political Pitfalls for Animal Biotechnology-Starlight Ballroom

                                                Moderator: Cathleen Enright (BIO)

                                                Jim Murphy (retired, USTR)

                                                Jim Murray (University of California-Davis)                            

                                                Ron Stotish (AquaBounty Technologies)                            

10:15 am        Break-Salon D

10:30 am       Around the World in GE Animals-Starlight Ballroom

                                                Camilla Beech (Oxitec)

                                                Helen Sang (The Roslin Institute)

12 noon         Lunch Provided-Salon D and Starlight Ballroom

                        The Future of Agriculture

                                            Keynote Address-Jon Hagler (Missouri Director of Agriculture)

1:00 pm       The Food Animal Conversations on Technology & Science Coalition Meeting-Starlight Ballroom

                                           Mark Walton (FTRW)

                                           David Edwards (BIO)

3:00 pm           Travel Home