Frequently asked questions (FAQ’s)

Registration FAQs

  • Attendance to all plenary and concurrent sessions, daily catering (morning tea, lunch and afternoon tea), admission to exhibition, and welcome function.

    Conference dinner tickets ($110) and the Farm Tours ($50) can be purchased at the time of registration for an additional cost.

  • You can pay by credit card (MasterCard or Visa).

  • Shared registrations are not permitted.

  • Should you need to cancel your registration for any reason, you may transfer your registration to another person. Please notify the Conference Organisers in writing to arrange this.

    If you are unable to arrange a replacement, the following cancellation terms will apply:

    • On or before 17 October 2025 (close of Early Bird): A full refund will be issued, less an administration fee of NZD $100.00

    • From 18 October to 18 November 2025: A 50% refund will be provided

    • From 19 November 2025 onwards: No refunds will be issued

    All refunds are at the discretion of the Organising Committee and must be requested in writing.

    Please note that non-payment does not constitute cancellation.

    No compensation will be provided for any cancelled accommodation, airfares, or other related travel expenses associated with attending the Conference.

  • Yes, registrations are accepted onsite, however we encourage you to register early to receive valuable conference information, and it allows us to account for accurate numbers in catering.

  • You will receive an email (to the email address you provided) saying you are registered and a link back to your registration details.

General FAQs

  • Te Pae Christchurch Convention Centre
    188 Oxford Terrace, Christchurch Central City, Christchurch

  • There is no carpark located at Te Pae Christchurch. There are however secure parks are located in close proximity to the venue.

    Please refer to map.

  • The venue caters to allergen requirements. Upon registering, please specify your dietary needs in the special dietary requirements box. Additionally, the venue will make every effort to accommodate for non-allergy dietary requirements, though full catering cannot be ensured.

  • Yes, all accommodation requirements are to be booked by the delegates themselves.

  • Yes, free wifi is available within the venue.

  • Networking with other conference delegates is available through the conference app which will be open to all registered attendees approximately one week prior to the start of the conference. From the app you will have access to a list of registered attendees who have opted into the networking platform. The delegate list is searchable by a number of different criteria.

Conference FAQs

  • Previous events have had between 200 and 370 attendees (340 in Netherlands in 2016, 200 in US in 2019 and 370 in Austria in 2022) – with a large number of countries represented (there were representatives from 30 countries in the last one in Austria), but normally a big delegation of ‘locals’ particularly farmers.

    The audience will be made up of NZ dairy farmers, NZ dairy rural professionals (such as vets, agronomists, advisors, people working for commercial companies), as well as researchers from NZ and overseas working in precision dairy farming related topics.

  • Absolutely not. The topic is very relevant, front of mind for farmers and industry, and a lot of work is being done in this area, both in New Zealand and globally. Day 1 will consist of a field trip to see technologies in action on commercial farms. The other two days will be full conference days made up of plenary and concurrent sessions. Two concurrent sessions will primarily have a stronger focus on presentations showcasing the latest local and international research in precision dairy farming. Whereas the other concurrent session will mostly feature case studies, insights from farmers, startups, and rural professionals. Please keep an eye on our website as we develop the programme.

  • The conference will be a combination of keynote speakers from around the world, as well as presentations from researchers, technology developers and rural professionals shaping sessions on heat stress, adoption of technology, milk quality/animal health/calves, robotics and computer vision, feeding and pasture, animal behaviour and welfare, apps and decision support tools, environment and greenhouse gases, reproduction and genetics, milking and standards and data. We are also planning a panel featuring dairy farmers discussing on-farm adoption and innovation.

  • The Organising Committee is responsible for selecting abstracts to suit the conference program. The abstract will be included in the final conference proceedings (made available online).

    For this conference, a full paper submission is not a requirement, but authors will be offered the opportunity to submit a full manuscript for a special Frontiers in Animal Science (Precision Livestock Farming Section) Research Topic.

  • At this stage we are not planning to have a poster session.

  • Unfortunately, we provide no support for travel and registration of conference attendees. We suggest you make the best of the early bird registration fees once registrations open.