Conference Programme - SA Large Herds Conference 2024

2024 PROGRAMME

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Time	Event / Topic	Venue / Speaker
15:00	REGISTRATION	Conference Centre
17:30	MEET & GREET: Opening of exhibitions	Outside, Patio Area

*Chair:*	Georgina Muller Neil Bisseker	OPENING ADRESSES
Time	Topic / Event	Venue / Speaker
08:30	Welcome and Opening prayer	Fanie Ferreira
09:00	Keynote Address	Vusi Thembekwayo
09:30	Energy in our economy? A broad perspective	JP Landman
10:00	TEA

*Chair:*	Neil Bisseker	ENERGY IN OUR INDUSTRY
10:20	Story of an agribusiness	Dave Osborne & Niel Bisseker
11:00	Insight into our unique secondary industry	Mark Davies
11:40	The Energy Crisis. A sustainable way forward	Chris Yelland
12:20	Q&A Session
12:30	LUNCH
Chair	Neil Bisseker	EFFECTIVE ENERGY HARVEST
13:30	Farm Video: Rory Bryden Off the grid in a pasture-based system	Sponsored by Chemuniqué
13:50	Managing pasture harvest under water constraints	Graeme Ward
14:30	Multi-species pastures and nitrogen Findings from Ireland	John Finn
15:10	Q&A Session
15:20	TEA
Chair	Neil Bisseker	CONSERVE ENERGY THROUGH NEW TECHNOLOGY
15:40	Tool to measure pastures; a panel from grass roots	Hosted by Basil Doonan
16:10	Fescue and cocksfoot species – the science and the practice	Sigrun Ammann
16:30	New advances in gene editing pasture species	Gilles Labarneix
16:50	Minerals and cow health	Jonathan Miles
17:10	New technology, a calculated approach	Georgina Muller
17:30	Q&A session
17:45	5 minute address gold sponsor
17:50	Happy Hour

*Chair:*	Neil Bisseker	HARNESSING ENERGY OF PEOPLE
Time	Topic / Event	Venue / Speaker
08:30	Overview of Day 1	Neil Bisseker
08:45	Cultivating good work relationships	Sanet Grobler Nyiko Ubisi
09:30	Good succession planning – the invisible elder	Lyn Sykes
10:10	Business structures for the generational shift	Steve Colenbrander
10:50	Q&A Session
11:00	TEA
*Chair:*	Neil Bisseker	MANAGING OUR SOCIAL LICENSE
11:30	Social responsibility of dairy farmers: Understanding our consumers	Marina (Nina) von Keyserlingk, PH.D.
12:10	The legal, disciplinary and reputational risks of social media	Emma Sadleir
12:50	Q&A Session
13:00	LUNCH
Chair	Neil Bisseker	SYSTEMS ENERGY FOCUS
14:00	Climate	Simon Gear
14:40	Breeding an efficient replacement system	Dr Stephen Hughes
15:20	Drivers of energy efficiency in grazed dairy systems	Dawn Dalley
16:00	Farm Video:Coenraad Basson Biogas energy in TMR system	Sponsored by Nedbank
16:20	Q&A Session
16:30	TEA
Chair	Neil Bisseker	FINAL SUMMARY
17:00	Making it happen in SA	Billy Tom
17:30	Closing summary	Jeff Every
19:30	CONFERENCE DINNER	Ron Rutland