Mr Jim Begg - Dairy UK

Member of IDF Standing Committee on Dairy Policies and Economics

Brian Lindsay – UK-IDF

Chair of IDF Standing Committee on Environment

Dr Ed Komorowski – Dairy UK

Member of the IDF Science and Programme Coordination Committee (SPCC)

IDF World Dairy Summit 2010

The theme of this year's event is “Discover…Natural Inspiration” and the Summit will feature a number of conferences covering all the work areas that IDF is involved with, including: World Dairy Leaders Forum, Dairy Policies and Economics, Nutrition and Health, Dairy Farming, Environment, Analysis and Sampling, Marketing, Dairy Science and Technology, supported by Symposiums on Food Additives, Cheese Science and Bioactives. In addition, there is a Farmer's Dinner and a number of technical and social tours to complement the business meetings.

This is an excellent chance to establish new contacts, find out about the latest methods and practices that are being used around the world and find out more about the work of the IDF so please make the effort to attend what should be a very interesting and rewarding Summit .

WEBSITE: http://www.wds2010.com

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IDF World Dairy Summit 2009

This year's World Dairy Summit was held in Berlin from 20-24 September 2009.

Once again, this event featured a number of conferences spread over four days (21st-24th), including:

•  Dairy Policies and Economics
•  Nutrition and Health
•  Animal Health and Welfare
•  Animal Feeding and Breeding
•  Marketing and Communication
•  Dairy Science and Technology
•  Food Safety and Hygiene
•  Sustainability and Environment
•  Dairy Industry Economic Perspectives
•  Analysis and Sampling

There ws also the popular World Dairy Leaders Forum on September 21st, which presented a discussion by CEO's from the global dairy industry on key issues .

To view the Newsletters that were issued daily during the Summit, please click below:

Newsletter 1 - Monday 21 September

•  Dr Karl-Heinz Engel (Hochwald Group) explains hais views on future market developments
•  IDF General Assembly highlights
•  IDF Open Forum highlights
•  National Secretaries Forum

Newsletter 2 - Tuesday 22 September

•  The Global Dairy Market - an Australian view
•  Dr Josef Schwaiger explains about Nordmilch business strategy
•  IDF press conference
•  World Dairy Leaders Forum highlights
•  Economic highlights for the dairy sector
•  Celebrating excellence in dairy promotion

Newsletter 3 - Wednesday 23 September

•  Giving priority to animal welfare issues
•  Nutrient density: a new angle on calories
•  Animal Health and Welfare Conference highlights
•  Nutrition and Heath Conference highlights
•  Analysis of European dairy policy

Newsletter 4 - Thursday 24 September

•   Greenhouse gas emissions from animal food chains – development of a quantification model using the LCA approach
•   Milk as a sports recovery drink
•   Sustainable dairy production – reduction of emissions to air
•   Sustainable dairy production – wastewater treatment at farm and processing level
•   Potential role of animal breeding in reducing the environmental  impact of dairy systems
•   The effect of genetic improvement on emissions from dairy and other livestock systems
•   Steps to implement animal breeding for improved nutritional quality of bovine milk
•  The role of calcium in preventing obesity in children
•   IDF Award presented to Dr Walter Heeschen

Newsletter 5 - Thursday 24 September

•  Global Dairy Agenda for Action
•  Worldwide dairy industry signs Global declaration on Climate Change
•  OIE activities for the containment of antimicrobial resistance
•  Modern concepts of microbiological risk management, from a hazard-focused to a risk-focused approach
•   Reference Systems
•  New developments in alternative methods
•  State-of-the-Art Dairy Science and Technology
•   Highlights of the Gala Dinner

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