TIME | AGENDA ITEM | SPEAKER | LOCATION |
March 26th | Sunday | Festive Opening | |||
| 14:00 | Meeting Point Hotel – Transfer | Hotel – Shuttle | |
| 15:00 – 17.00 | Wine-tasting | Zeller’s Weinlounge | |
| 17:00 – 18:00 | Bus transfer | Shuttle | |
| 18:00 – 18:30 | Official Opening with shortspeeches | Dr. Christian Koch Dr. Michael Steele | TwentyOne | Kaiserslautern |
| 18:30 – 19:00 | Official speech – Computerized Agriculture | Prof. Dr.-Ing. Jörg Dörr Fraunhofer IESE | TwentyOne | Kaiserslautern |
| 19:00 – 22:30 | Dinner and social | TwentyOne | Kaiserslautern | |
| Bus transfer | Shuttle | ||
TIME | AGENDA ITEM | SPEAKER | LOCATION |
March 27th | Monday | Conference Day 1 | Health & Nutrition | |||
| SESSION 1: Calf Health | Fraunhofer IESE | ||
| 09:00 – 09:30 | Where do we go from here with diarrhea in dairy calves | Dr. Dave Renaud University of Guelph | Fraunhofer IESE |
| 09:30 – 10:00 | Epidemiology of colostrum production and post-harvest considerations | Dr. Sabine Mann Cornell University | Fraunhofer IESE |
| 10:00 – 10:30 | Poster Sessions | ||
| 10:30 – 11:00 | Coffee Break | Fraunhofer IESE | |
| 11:00 – 11:30 | Improved control of bovine respiratory disease by lung ultrasonography (qTUS) and rapid diagnostics (nBAL) | Dr. Bart Pardon Ghent University | Fraunhofer IESE |
| 11:30 – 12:00 | Panel Discussion | Fraunhofer IESE | |
| 12:00 – 13:00 | Lunch Break | Fraunhofer IESE | |
| SESSION 2: Calf Nutrition | Fraunhofer IESE | ||
| 13:00 – 13:30 | Acidosis in calves – A problem? | Dr. Christian Koch Hofgut Neumühle | Fraunhofer IESE |
| 13:30 – 14:00 | Calf growth, development and metabolism: The importance of colostrum and milk feeding | Dr. Harald Hammon Institute for Farm Animal Biology | Fraunhofer IESE |
14:00 – 14:15 | Coffee Break | Fraunhofer IESE | |
| 14:15 – 14:45 | New concepts in calf nutrition | Dr. Michael Steele University of Guelph | Fraunhofer IESE |
| 14:45 – 15:15 | Panel Discussion | Fraunhofer IESE | |
| 16:00 – 17:30 | Farm tour Hofgut Neumühle | Hofgut Neumühle | |
| 18:00 – 21:00 | Dinner and live Music at Hofgut Neumühle | Hofgut Neumühle | |
TIME | AGENDA ITEM | SPEAKER | LOCATION |
March 28th | Tuesday | Conference Day 2 | Social behaviour & Sustainability | |||
| SESSION 3: Behaviour and Housing | Fraunhofer IESE | ||
| 09:00 – 09:30 | Social housing for dairy calves: the interaction between environment, nutrition, and individualized management | Dr. Joao Costa University of Kentucky | Fraunhofer IESE |
| 09:30 – 10:00 | Addressing dairy calf behavioral needs to improve lifelong welfare | Dr. Emily Miller-Cushon University of Florida | Fraunhofer IESE |
| 10:00 – 10:30 | Poster Sessions | ||
| 10:30 – 11:00 | Coffee Break | Fraunhofer IESE | |
| 11:00 – 11:30 | Social aspects of calf welfare | Dr. Jennifer van Os University of Wisconsin-Madison | Fraunhofer IESE |
| 11:30 – 12:00 | Panel Discussion | Fraunhofer IESE | |
| 12:00 – 13:30 | Lunch | Fraunhofer IESE | |
| SESSION 4: Sustainability | Fraunhofer IESE | ||
| 13:30 – 14:00 | How to get the message across? Insights from the calf school. | Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Heuwieser Tierklinik Universität Berlin | Fraunhofer IESE |
| 14:00 – 14:30 | Moving toward socially sustainable calf rearing: Why should we take public expectations into consideration? | Dr. Caroline Ritter Atlantic Veterinary College | Fraunhofer IESE |
| 14:30 – 14:45 | Coffee Break | Fraunhofer IESE | |
| 14:45 – 15:15 | Dairy calves fit in the food ecosystem | Dr. Javier Martin-Tereso Trouw Nutrition | Fraunhofer IESE |
| 15:15 – 15:45 | Panel Discussion | Fraunhofer IESE | |
| 15:45 – 16:30 | Wrap-Up | Fraunhofer IESE | |
TIME | AGENDA ITEM | ||
March 29th | Wednesday (Optional) | |||
| 08:15 | Meeting Point Hotel – Transfer | ||
| 08:30 – 09:00 | Bus transfer | ||
| 09:00 – 11:00 | Farm tour at Diehl | Andreas und | |
| 11:00 – 11:30 | Bus transfer back to Kaiserslautern | ||
