Program Outline
Monday 23 June 2008
2:00 pm Check-in registration opens at the Auditorium foyer of the Queensland Bioscience Precinct (see Venue and Travel page for more details)
6:00 - 8:00 pm Welcome reception, Emmanuel College, University of Queensland,
St Lucia Campus
Tuesday 24 June 2008
8:00 am Check-in registration continued (Queensland Bioscience Precinct)
8:30 - 11:00 Official Opening
Theme 1 Plenary. Post genomics - where to and how to apply genomic information in livestock systems
11:00 - 11:30 Morning tea
11:30 - 1:00 Concurrent sessions
1:00 - 2:00 Lunch
2:00 - 3:00 Poster session 1
3:00 - 3:40 Theme 2 Plenary. Specific Smart Technologies for Livestock Systems
3:40 - 4:10 Afternoon tea
4:10 - 5:40 Concurrent sessions
Evening Free - own arrangements
Wednesday 25 June 2008
8:30 - 9:50 Theme 3 Plenary. Transformational changes in livestock systems
9:50 - 10:30 Poster session 3
10:30 - 11:00 Morning tea
11:00 - 12:20 Theme 3 Plenary continued
12:30 - 1:30 Lunch
1:30- 3:30 Concurrent sessions
3:30 - 3:45 Afternoon tea
3:45 - 5:30 ASAP and NZSAP respective Biennial/Annual General Meetings
7:00 - 11:00 Ridley AgriProducts Conference Dinner - Legends Romm, The Gabba
Busses leave UQ 6:15, The Gabba 11:00
Thursday 26 June 2008
8:00 - full day Field Excursions - click for more details.
  • Dairy tour: Intensive, high production dairy farming systems for the sub-tropics.
  • Beef tour: Intensive tropical beef production.
6:00 pm Conference BBQ - Emmanuel College, University of Queensland, St Lucia
Friday 27 June 2008
8:30 - 10:35 Theme 4 Plenary. Reproductive performance and in utero effects on livestock performance
10:35 - 11:00 Morning tea
11:00 - 12:00 Poster session
12:00 - 1:00 Concurrent sessions
1:00 - 2:00 Lunch
2:00 - 3:20 Theme 5 Plenary. Animal welfare and animal production in Australasia: conflict or synergy from a global perspective
3:20 - 4:00 Close meeting and depart
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