Programme
Please note: This is a draft programme and is subject to change as we continue to finalise session details and speaker confirmations.
Early Bird Registration
Now open!
Closes – 17 October 2025Wednesday 03 December
Optional farming tours
8.00am
Farm tours depart
5.00pm
Farm tours to return
6.00pm
Welcome Function / Social Function
Thursday 04 December
8.00am
Registration opens
9.00am
Mihi whakatau and welcome
9.45am
Professor Joao Dorea University Wisconsin Madison, United States
10.30am
Morning tea amongst the exhibitors
11.00am
Concurrent Session A
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12.30pm
Lunch amongst the exhibitors
1.30pm
Concurrent Session B
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3.00pm
Afternoon tea amongst the exhibitors
3.30pm
Dr Claudia Kamphuis Wageningen University, The Netherlands
4.00pm
Emerging Scientists Session and Award
4.30pm
Prof Mike Duke University of Waikato, New Zealand
5.10pm
Day two concludes
6.30pm
Conference Dinner
Friday 05 December
7.45am
Registration opens
8.30am
Welcome to Day Two
8.40am
Professor David Rose Harper Adams University, United Kingdom
9.20am
Dairy Farmer Panel Discussion
10.00am
Craig Piggott Founder and CEO, Halter, New Zealand
10.30am
Morning tea amongst the exhibitors
11.00am
Concurrent Session C
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12.30pm
Lunch amongst the exhibitors
1.30pm
Concurrent Session D
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3.00pm
Afternoon tea amongst the exhibitors
3.30pm
Dr Mark Fisher Kotare Bioethics, New Zealand
4.00pm
Dr Jenny Jago DairyNZ, New Zealand
4.30pm
Closing remarks / reflections / summary
4.45pm
Conference concludes
Please note: This is a draft programme and is subject to change as we continue to finalise session details and speaker confirmations.