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Technical Forum • Animal Health and Welfare
Gérard Lévêque•Teguh Prajitno•Moustafa Radwan

As AI appears to be more endemic globally, global leadership is further needed to ensure consumer confidence in poultry meat. AI is a precompetitive issue and one for which sharing information is important around biosecurity practices, surveillance efforts, and intervention approaches. Although the risk for public health is low, proactive engagement is critical to ensuring consumer confidence in their food supply. Leveraging the roles of companies, associations, and governments, nationally and globally, is important as all collaborate to support poultry production and trade.

  • Gérard Lévêque (Global Manager Animal Health at Hendrix Genetics)

    Gérard Lévêque

    Global Manager Animal Health at Hendrix Genetics
  • Teguh Prajitno (Senior Vice-President at Japfa)

    Teguh Prajitno

    Senior Vice-President at Japfa
  • Moustafa Radwan (Technical Director of Cairo Poultry Company)

    Moustafa Radwan

    Technical Director of Cairo Poultry Company
Country Members' roundup
Coffee break
Technical Forum • Trade
Wasim Al Shaman

In this session, we will look at the role of a halal certification body, halal organizations and the issue of mutual recognition among global halal certifiers and organizations. We will also explore the main global halal standards and discuss why we don’t have a common global halal standard.
Finally, we will ask how IPC and its members can cooperate with halal certification bodies and play a role in the evolution of global halal standards.

  • Wasim Al Shaman (Chief Director of Halal Quality Control)

    Wasim Al Shaman

    Chief Director of Halal Quality Control
Lunch
Technical Forum • Sustainability
Verity Price

In this session, we look at the inaugural Australian Chicken Meat Industry Sustainability Framework. Published in 2024, it is a pivotal framework that showcases how far the industry has come in its journey to become one of Australia’s most environmentally sustainable, most cost-eective and most consumed land-based animal proteins. It also demonstrates how the sector will support Australian agriculture’s transition to a lower-carbon future and continue to strongly support Australia’s food security and economic resilience.

  • Verity Price (Deputy Chief Executive Officer at Australian Chicken Meat Federation)

    Verity Price

    Deputy Chief Executive Officer at Australian Chicken Meat Federation
Coffee break
IPC Business Session
Welcome cocktail
Communications Working Group
Workshop: Leveraging technology throughout the poultry value chain

An interactive discussion on how the poultry sector can make the most out of technology.

Special session • Consumption Trends
Nick Chiarelli

At the heart of the presentation will be provocations about how different the future of the poultry sector might look over the next ten years – and how this might differ from OECD-FAO projections.
Following a reflection on key trends in growth in the last ten year trends in consumption by region, speaker Nick Chiarelli from Ipsos Strategy3 will aim to create 3-4 alternate futures for the global poultry industry in 2035, using Ipsos Global Trends data, macro forces and signals of the future.

He will start with an initial kick off to understand the sector's view on the future in greater depth and any existing hypotheses held by participants. This will inform a rapid evidence review to validate or challenge these perspectives and dig in to key emerging developments that might influence them.

  • Nick Chiarelli (Practice Lead, Ipsos Trends & Foresight at Ipsos Strategy3)

    Nick Chiarelli

    Practice Lead, Ipsos Trends & Foresight at Ipsos Strategy3
Lunch
General Session • The Agri-food Ecosystem: Welcome & Opening
Ahmed El Bouari
  • Ahmed El Bouari (Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Rural Development at Government of Morocco)

    Ahmed El Bouari

    Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Rural Development at Government of Morocco
General Session • The Agri-food Ecosystem: Year in Review & Look Ahead
Ricardo João Santin
  • Ricardo João Santin (President at International Poultry Council)

    Ricardo João Santin

    President at International Poultry Council
General Session • The Agri-food Ecosystem: Essential poultry
Thanawat Tiensin•Tawfik El Achchabi
  • Thanawat Tiensin (Assistant Director-General / Director, Animal Production & Health Division of FAO)

    Thanawat Tiensin

    Assistant Director-General / Director, Animal Production & Health Division of FAO
  • Tawfik El Achchabi (Director of Production Chain Development at Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Rural Development)

    Tawfik El Achchabi

    Director of Production Chain Development at Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Rural Development
General Session • The Agri-food Ecosystem: Sponsored Presentation
Coffee break
General Session • The Agri-food Ecosystem: International shipping
Haden Slain

As we look at the agrifood ecosystem, Haden Slain will share her perspective on international shipping of refrigerated goods, using poultry as a comparison point to other goods such as produce, dairy or fish. She will look at some of the key supply chain challenges that producers/exporters can face from a shipping/logistics point of view, and most importantly, what the poultry sector can learn from similar sectors.

  • Haden Slain (President at Poseidon Forwarding Company, Inc.)

    Haden Slain

    President at Poseidon Forwarding Company, Inc.
General Session • The Agri-food Ecosystem: The story of avocados and technology
James Reed

Looking at the agrifood ecosystem at large, we're taking a look at what other food producing sectors are doing and what poultry can learn from others. James Reed will discuss how to leverage technology and innovation to foster growth across the agri-food ecosystem, based on his experience in avocado growing. Using tangible examples, James will help make complex concepts easier to understand to make the most out of technology in agriculture and food production.

  • James Reed (Chief Technology Officer at One Million Avocados)

    James Reed

    Chief Technology Officer at One Million Avocados
President's Dinner
General Session • Inclusive Growth: Trade
Roberto Azevedo

In this session, Roberto Azevêdo will share his insights on the current geopolitical context and its impact on international trade. Thanks to his expertise in the complex social, political, and regulatory environments, participants will gain a better understanding of the role of public-private collaboration to foster inclusive growth.

  • Roberto Azevedo (Founder of 9G Consulting)

    Roberto Azevedo

    Founder of 9G Consulting
General Session • Africa and the World: Africa's Promise
Youssef Alaoui•Jim Tozer

In this session, we bring together different perspectives to explore how the poultry sector can help deliver on Africa’s promise through cross-continental cooperation. We will explore how stakeholders can learn from each other and work together to help achieve food security and sustainable growth in the region. We will look at how effective and impactful partnerships can help foster growth in Africa and how the poultry sector can help shift the development of the agrifood sector to ‘agriculture as a business’.

  • Youssef Alaoui (President at Confederation of African Organizations for Poultry Development)

    Youssef Alaoui

    President at Confederation of African Organizations for Poultry Development
  • Jim Tozer (Managing Director of Kenchic)

    Jim Tozer

    Managing Director of Kenchic
Coffee break
General Session • Africa and the World: Animal Health in Africa
Montserrat Arroyo

In this session, Dr Arroyo will share her views on the future of animal health in Africa, the role of the poultry sector in addressing avian influenza and the importance of veterinary education to help protect the health of animals across the region. Last but not least, she will highlight how IPC and WOAH can work together to prevent the spread of animal diseases.

  • Montserrat Arroyo (Deputy Director General of World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH))

    Montserrat Arroyo

    Deputy Director General of World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH)
General Session • Africa and the World: Planning the Future
John Edusei
  • John Edusei (Vice-President at Confederation of African Organizations for Poultry Development (CADA))

    John Edusei

    Vice-President at Confederation of African Organizations for Poultry Development (CADA)
Lunch
General Session • Inclusive Growth: Training the Future
Paul Burke•Andrew Butare•Maureen Stickel

In this session, we will explore how the poultry sector can help empower people through access to training and skills development. We will explore how to leverage innovation to support and grow local employment while breaking barriers to skills development, and how access to education and training programs can help foster fair and equal opportunities for all.

  • Paul Burke (Executive Director, Professional Development & Marketing Operations of U.S. Soybean Export Council)

    Paul Burke

    Executive Director, Professional Development & Marketing Operations of U.S. Soybean Export Council
  • Andrew Butare (Chairman at Rwanda Poultry Industry Association)

    Andrew Butare

    Chairman at Rwanda Poultry Industry Association
  • Maureen Stickel (Director of International Program Development at WPF)

    Maureen Stickel

    Director of International Program Development at WPF
Coffee break
General Session • Inclusive Growth: The Moroccan Poultry Sector
Omar El Amrani El Mrini
  • Omar El Amrani El Mrini (Vice-President at FISA)

    Omar El Amrani El Mrini

    Vice-President at FISA
General Session • Inclusive Growth: Market Outlook
Nan-Dirk Mulder
  • Nan-Dirk Mulder (Rabobank)

    Nan-Dirk Mulder

    Rabobank
Next Event & Close
Technical Tour

Draft itinerary

1. Visit of the La Fonda processing plant and butchers

2. Visit of the ab Sahel slaughterhouse

3. Lunch and visit of the Avipole training facilities hosted by FISA and the US Grain Council