PRELIMINARY PROGRAM
   
June 23rd.
   
PLENARY SESSIONS
09:00 - 09:30
Welcome Reception
09:30 - 10:00
MILK BREAK
10:00 - 12:00 Dairy products' world trade. Where is the dairy industry heading to in the next years.
Ruben N. Núñez (FEPALE President); Thomas Suber (USDEC President); Philippe Jachnik (FIL President)
12:00 - 14:00
BREAK
14:00 - 14:45

Benefits of dairy products for the human health
Esteban Carmuega (Argentina)

14:45 -15:30 Innovations in the use of dairy whey
J. L. Maubois (INRA, France)
15:30 - 16:00 FEPALE Presentation
16:00 - 16:30
MILK BREAK
16:30 - 17:15 Dairy policies in selected countries. Considerations for the Hemisphere.
Graciela Gutman (Argentina)
17:15 -18:00 Milk payment on quality basis. Evolution and requirements of milk to be processed.
Oscar González (Foss Electric)

June 24th.
       
Room A
Room B
Room C
Area I
Area II
Area III y IV
PRIMARY PRODUCTION
DAIRY INDUSTRY
TRADING & MILK BENEFITS ON HEALTH
08:45 - 09:30
Manejo de la información de certificación de calidad para productores lecheros: impacto en los resultados de la empresa
Ximena Lange Parodi (3M, Ecuador)
09:30 - 10:30
Animal Health
José Naranjo (Panaftosa) and others Speaker to be confirmed
Packing
Jaime Martínez (España) (Buanlir)
Successful advertising campaigns
Robert Pettit (ADC, Australia) - Craig Plymesser (USA)
10:30- 11:00
MILK BREAK
11:00 - 11:45
Control of residues in milk
Margarita Domínguez (Chr. Hansen, Colombia)
Quality and food safety in dairy plants
Alejandro Castillo (Téxas A&M University, USA)
Organic dairy products
Katherine DiMatteo (OTA, USA)
11:45 - 12:30
Inmunology: A strategic mastitis and other bovine diseases' diagnosis tool.
Ariel Rivas (Cornell Univ. USA)
State-of-the-art in cheese manufacturing and maturity
César Perrone (Itepa)
An international overview of school milk programs
Michael Griffin (FAO)
12:30 - 14:15
BREAK
14:15 - 15:00
Genetic improvement of New Zealand dairy cattle
Nicolas López-Villalobos (Massey University, NZ)
Probiótics at the Dairy industry
Ulf Mortensen (Chr. Hansen, Dinamarca)
Milk as a functional food
15:00 - 15:30
National programs. Genetic evaluations of milk quality
Olga Ravagnolo (INIA, Uruguay)
Cleaner Production for Environmental Procedure Improvement of the Pymes
Ing. Carlos Saizar (LATU, Uruguay)
Relationship between the industry and supermarkets in Argentina. An experience to be considered
Jorge Secco (Centro de la Industria Lechera, CIL, Argentina)
15:30 - 16:00
Good dairy farmers' practice
Ronald Vargas (Dos Pinos, Costa Rica)
Flexible packing, the XXI century packing
Juan Grasset (Conapac, Uruguay)
New legislation on bioterrorism: The experiences of the first months
FDA (USA)
16:00 - 16:30
MILK BREAK
 
16:30 - 17:30
Milk production systems in temperate and tropical climates
Duarte Vilela (Embrapa, Brasil) - Juan Pedrana (Suc. Alfredo Williner, Argentina)

 

Development of new dairy products
Donna Berry

17:30 - 18:00

Biotechnological mastitis control. Field experiences
Enrique Rimbaud (University of Commercial Sciences, Nicaragua)
Dairy culture biogenerators of taste and scent for the standardization of home made cheese processes.
Belinda Vallejo-Cordoba y Aarón F. González-Córdova (CIAD, México)

June 25th.
   
PLENARY SESSIONS
09:00 - 10:30 The Pan-American integration (ALCA, TLCs) and the Doha
RoundJoaquín Arias (IICA)
Experiences of the FTA's in the United States

Jaime Castañeda (USDEC, USA)
Dairy sector in Central America / United States TLC

Fernando Ocampo (Comex, Costa Rica)
The impact of the "commercial liberalization" in the dairy sector in the case of the MERCOSUR, 10 years after

Alejandro Galetto (Sancor, Argentina)
10:30 - 11:00
MILK BREAK
11:00 - 12:00 Dairy products standards and certification
Duane Spomer (USA)
12:00 - 14:00
DESCANSO
14:00 - 15:00 Dairy industry coops and their future development
Christopher Peterson (USA)
15:00 - 16:00 Supermarket and processors globalization and concentration
Pablo Haberer, (Consultora Mc.Kinsey)
16:00
CLOSING