Program

Day 1 – October 4

Kigali Convention Centre

Expo

10.00 – 17.00 hrs
Room MH 2-3-4

Leadership Conference

09.00 – 09.05

Introduction

Nigel Horrox President of WVPA

MH 1

Session 1:

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) by WVPA – A practical look at what is fact and what is fiction and what can be done to minimise its occurrence.

Chair persons: Nigel Horrox and Nduta Mbuthia, International Poultry Production

Time

Presentation

Speaker

Room

09.05 – 09.35

Edir N Silva, Brazil

Former president of WPSA who has worked in academia, diagnostics and industry

MH 1

09.35 – 10.05

Mohammad Rafiqul Islam

Principal Scientific Officer, Livestock Division Bangladesh Agricultural Research Council

MH 1

10.05 – 10.30

Discussion

MH1

10.30 – 11.00

Coffee break

Concourse

Session 2:

Zoonotic pathogens by WVPA – The current situation including Salmonella enteritidis and Campylobacter. Are we heading into an era of overreaction?

Chairpersons: Nigel Horrox and Nduta Mbuthia, International Poultry Production

11.00 – 11.35

Phil Hammond, UK

A poultry veterinary consultant and past winner of WVPA’s Young Veterinarian Award. Current president of British BVPA

MH 1

11.35 – 12.05

Hailu Kinde, USA

Professor Emeritus at the School of Veterinary Medicine, U of C, Davis Former Branch Chief at CAHFS, San Bernardino, USA

MH 1

12.05 – 12.30

Discussion

MH 1

12.30 – 13.30

Lunch

Auditorium Club

Session 3:

Marketing and trade opportunities for Africa

Chairperson: Kevin Lovell, South African Poultry Association

13.30 – 14.00

Time for Africa. Capturing the African investment opportunities from an international perspective

Nan-Dirk Mulder, Rabobank

MH 1

14.00 – 14.30

Potential of trade in between Africa and China

Ma Chuang, China

MH 1

14.30 – 15.00

Regionalization of the poultry value chain in Rwanda, Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania

Adriaan Vernooij, Wageningen University & Mackanzie Makasi, Netherlands-African Business Council (NABC), FBKP

MH 1

15.00 – 15.30

Coffee break

Concourse

Session 4: 

Optimal feed supply and feed production for Africa

Chairperson: Kevin Lovell, South African Poultry Association

15.30 – 16.00

The ups and downs of growing Soya in Rwanda

Jean Paul Ndagijimana, Country director, Clinton Foundation

MH 1

16.00 – 16.30

Dealing with fluctuations in commodity prices

Mr. RUGEMA Joshua, Development Bank of Rwanda (BRD)

MH 1

16.30 – 17.00

Regionalization of the poultry value chain in Rwanda, Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania

Mr. MUSABYIMANA Jean Baptiste, Development Bank of Rwanda (BRD)

MH 1

17.00 – 18.30

Grand Eve Network cocktail

Piazza Bar

WPSA hosted Conference

Development of the African Poultry Network (APN) and the role of WPSA

14.00 – 15.30

Panel discussion: From network to future ways of cooperation

Panel members: (tbc) Tona, Missohou, Onegbesan, Swatson, Rosa Costa, Kaudia, Mulder, Silva

AD12

15.45 – 17.00

General discussion and Closing

Panel members: (tbc) Tona, Missohou, Onegbesan, Swatson, Rosa Costa, Kaudia, Mulder, Silva

AD12

Technical seminars

13.00- 17.00

Technical best practices
Room AD10

Breeding & Hatching

13.00- 17.00

Technical best practices
Room AD11

Animal Health & Nutrition

13.00- 17.00

Technical best practices
Room AD12

Farm management

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