World Dairy Summit

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Dublin, Ireland sounds like a wonderful place to visit in the fall. So why not register for the World Dairy Summit, September 29 – October 4, 2007? Early bird registration is closing soon – don’t miss out!

Over 100 speakers, 3 symposia running in parallel each day, and technical tours that include infant milk formula manufacture, food research, cattle breeding and dairy farms are on offer. Dairying – can it manage change?

All eyes will focus on the Dairy Leaders Forum involving CEO’s from a number of leading dairy companies worldwide for their words of wisdom on future market prospects. In the first part of the symposium, the views of dairy farmers from around the world (UK, US, DK, E. Europe, CN, IE, AU) will be aired during the course of a Dairy Farm Leaders Forum. The second half of the symposium will explore enterprise structure, role of genetics, impact of animal welfare and the dairy production research supports appropriate to meet the needs and increase the production efficiencies of future dairy farmers.

A panel of leading international speakers has been assembled to address key nutrition issues from a dairy product perspective under four themes:
1. Metabolic Syndrome and Dairy Products: focus on overweight and cardiovascular disease
2. Fats Revisited: Update on latest research based on epidemiological and physiological studies on certain key positive components
3. New insights into the health benefits of calcium
4. New insights into Probiotics and Prebiotics Functional Foods Forum