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The Conference was successfully held at the Gateway Hotel Conference Center, Ames, Iowa
Program
| November 3, Wednesday |
| 06:00 - 07:30 PM | Registration |
| 07:30 - 08:00 PM | Welcome remarks – Max Rothschild, Distinguished Professor, Iowa State University
Administrative welcome – Dan Robison Dean, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences |
| 08:00 - 08:45 PM | Keynote address, John Hickey, Chair of Animal Breeding at The Roslin Institute – A galaxy of possibilities: the role of genomics and other technologies in future animal improvement |
| 08:45 - 09:00 PM | Questions |
| 09:00 - 10:30 PM | Reception |
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| November 4, Thursday |
| 07:30 - 08:30 AM | Registration/continental breakfast |
| Session 1 – Chair: Jack Dekkers, Distinguished Professor, Iowa State University |
| 08:30 - 09:15am | Plenary 1 - Molly Jahn, Professor, University of Wisconsin - Big data, statistical inference and use of Artificial intelligence in future of animal genomics |
| 09:15 - 10:00 AM | Discussion 1 – Provocateurs: Dan Gianola, Distinguished Professor, University of Wisconsin, and - Benny Mote, Assistant Professor, University of Nebraska, and participants |
| 10:00 - 10:30 AM | Coffee break and Posters |
| Session 2 – Chair: Chris Tuggle, Professor, Iowa State University |
| 10:30 - 11:15 AM | Plenary 2 – Alison Van Eenennaam, Professor, University of California at Davis - Public acceptance of animal genomics and biotechnology |
| 11:15 AM - noon | Discussion 2 – Provocateurs: Graham Plastow, Professor and Director of Livestock Gentec, University of Alberta, and Elena Rice, Chief Scientific Officer and Head of R&D, Genus, and participants |
| Noon - 01:15 PM | Lunch break |
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| Session 3 – Chair: Kenneth J Stalder, Professor, Iowa State University |
| 01:15 - 01:30 PM | Welcome remarks: Dan Thomson, Chair, Department of Animal Science |
| 01:30 - 02:15 PM | Plenary 3 – Kate Krueger, Helikon Consulting - Alternative proteins and high-tech frontier food |
| 02:15 - 03:00 PM | Discussion 3 – Provocateurs: Hans Kelstrup, Chief Science Officer at Beta Hatch, and John Cole, the PEAK Sr. Vice President for Research and Development |
| 03:00 - 03:30 PM | Coffee break and Posters |
| Session 4 – Chair: Jennifer Bundy, Assistant Professor, Iowa State University |
| 03:30 - 04:15 PM | Plenary 4 – Appolinaire Djikeng, Professor and Director, Centre for Tropical Livestock Genetics and Health, - Alfred De Vries, Senior Program officer, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation - Future contributions of animal genetics and genomics in the developing world |
| 04:15 - 05:00 PM | Discussion 4 – Provocateurs: Cliff Lamb, Head of Department of Animal Science at Texas A&M University, and Kwan Suk Kim, Professor, Chungbuk National University, and participants |
| Session 5 – Chair: Dawn Koltes, Assistant Professor, Iowa State University |
| 05:00 - 05:30 PM | Mini futurist contributions from attendees (6 - 8 persons, 3 min each)
- Leslie Lyons, University of Missouri, "CATTACA".
- Josue Chinchilla Vargas, University of Wisconsin, "BreedinAid: The ultimate recipe book for successful livestock production".
- Stephanie McKay, University of Vermont, "The future for Animal Genetics: Pan-genomics, Pan-epigenomics and High-throughput Phenotyping".
- Jamie Alfieri, Texas A&M University, "Using MAGIC and PGCs to Select Animals for Space".
- Chris Tuggle, Iowa State University, "A Vision for Resources in Agricultural Genomics by 2030".
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| 05:30 PM | Closing Remarks – Max Rothschild, Iowa State University |
| 06:30 - 07:30 PM | Reception |
| 07:30 - 09:00 PM | Sue Lamont, Distinguished Professor, Iowa State University Remarks – Wendy Wintersteen, President, Iowa State University Dinner and dessert; Remarks from attendees |
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