Programme download available here
| 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|
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| 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|
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| 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|
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| 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|
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| 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|
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| 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|
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| 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 |