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Poultry Industry Calendar of Events
2022
MAY 10-11 – British Pig & Poultry Fair, Stoneleigh UK, pigandpoultry.org.uk
MAY 15-17 – Poultry Information Exchange and Australasian Milling Conference (PIX/AMC), www.pixamc. com.au
MAY 31 - JUN 2 – VIV Europe 2022, Netherlands, viveurope.nl
NOV 6-10 – SIMA Paris, France, en.simaonline.com
NOV 8-10 – European Symposium on Poultry Genetics, Hannover Germany, www.espg2022.org
2023
SEP 4-8 – Congress of the World Veterinary Poultry Association, Verona Italy, www.wvpac2021.com
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Sam from Glenwarrie Eggs.
Engaging with members
OVER the past few years, we have been reduced to virtual meetings, emails and relying on phone calls to speak with our mem- bers.
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Egg Farmers of Australia’s chief executive officer Melinda Hashimoto and Kylie Jackson.
Bede Burke of Glenwarrie Eggs and Kylie Jackson from Egg Farmers of Australia.
And while these methods have allowed Egg Farm- ers of Australia to func- tion, there is nothing like being able to visit on-farm and engage with farmers in person.
In conjunction with a dinner meeting in January, EFA staff visited Tamworth and were able to view Bede and Narelle Burke’s farm.
ing the Poultry Informa- tion Exchange in May, and Egg Farmers of Australia will have its May monthly meeting in conjunction with the event.
South Australia for so long and to have this trip on the horizon is very exciting.
Not all farms have com- posting or use this in grain growing.
In June, we look forward to visiting the Australian Eggs team and a farm in NSW.
Animal Health Australia has meetings scheduled for September, and the end of the year will hopefully lead to strong egg sales into Christmas and January’s lunchbox season, as chil- dren return to school often with a boiled egg included in their lunchboxes.
It is great to see the vari- ation in size, organisation and functions – as they dif- fer between farms.
July brings the opportu- nity to meet with West- ern Australian farmers at the Sundowner event and in August, we will finally make it to South Australia for our Board meeting.
Towards the end of April, EFA staff visited Victoria to meet with the Victorian Farmers Federation and key representatives of the industry.
Thank you to all our members and stakeholders who have worked closely with us over the past couple of years.
We also look forward to meeting those attend-
We have tried to get to
by MELINDA HASHIMOTO CEO
Keynote speakers at PIX AMC 2022
* from P1
experience in agrifood tech, he has consulted for many major global and Australian compa- nies.
Australian businesses – Tony is an acknowledged expert in the very topical area of alternative pro- teins including cell, plant based, insects and others.
The conferences Tony has presented at include Feed Additives Asia in Bangkok May 2019 and he has been published in the Feeds Industry pub- lication Feedinfo News Service on several oc- casions.
ing the growing global population.
alternative protein tech- nologies to see the truth in this statement.
He appears regularly on radio in Australia and speaks at agrifood tech conferences worldwide, as well as blogging regularly on his website futuristforfood.com on the latest technologies affecting food.
This industry experi- ence combined with his food science and technol- ogy background, means Tony presents on a fac- tual basis without any ideological bias.
In this keynote ex- plore:
With over 30-years’ ex- perience in the chicken, beef, sheep and pork industries and having consulted for many com- panies in the animal agri- culture industry – includ- ing three years consulting for the KFC Global and
His strategic foresight expertise centres around his FutureCubed meth- odology and FutureMind Foresight sessions.
Tony’s trademark pres- entation showcases his unique view that “food is now technology.”
• Just how different the food industry is compared to 10 or even five years ago
He uses these to help companies understand how new technologies will affect them and how they can profit from this knowledge.
Tony is a passionate believer that agrifood technology offers mas- sive opportunities to solve the problems of sustainability and feed-
• Which new technolo- gies are fundamentally changing the industry
As Feedinfo head of event content Olym- pia Theocharous said: “Tony is an engaging and exuberant speaker who gave our audience something to think about regarding the fu- ture of our industry.”
This combination of skills and knowledge gives him a unique viewpoint on the future of food.
• How technology now dominates the food in- dustry in a way never seen before
He travels the world using his unique com- bination of scientific qualifications and busi- ness experience to con- vey how new technolo- gies will influence food industries.
Food truly is techxpo- nential.
This means that food technologies are ad- vancing exponentially, and you only have to look at the explosion in
• How to be prepared for the alternative fu- tures which could result
• Potential winners and losers in these al- ternative futures.
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