Agenda:
Thursday,
September 18 |
| 8:00-8:30 am |
Continental Breakfast and Registration |
| 8:30-8:45 am |
Welcome and Introductions
Neil Conklin, President, Farm Foundation
and
Greg Pompelli, Branch Chief, Animal Products, Grains, and Oilseeds, ERS |
| 8:45-9:45 am |
Keynote Address
- Doha Development Round: Implications for Meat
Andrew Burst, Director, Multilateral Negotiations and Agreements Division, Foreign Agricultural Service, USDA
|
| 9:45-10:00 am |
Break |
10:00 am-12:00 pm |
Session I: Forces Driving Global Meat Trade
Moderator: Keithly Jones, ERS
- Global Meat Demand and Supply: Where Is the Meat?
Merritt Cluff, Food and Agriculture Organization
- Influence of Regional Trade Agreements on Meat Trade
Greg Doud, National Cattlemen's Beef Association
- What's Inside the Country-of-Origin Labeling (COOL) Legislation?
Warren Preston, Agricultural Marketing Service, USDA
|
| 12:00-1:00 pm |
Lunch |
| 1:00-3:00 pm |
Session II: Cloning and the Implications for International Trade
Moderator: Michael McConnell, ERS
- Cloning Technology: Myths and Facts
Robert Wall, Agricultural Research Service, USDA
- Industry Perspective on Cloning Technology and the Cloning Industry
Leah Wilkenson, Viagen
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| 3:00-3:15 pm |
Break |
| 3:15-5:00 pm |
Session III: Animal Disease and Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) Restrictions
Moderator: Kenneth Mathews, Jr., ERS
- Impact of Animal Diseases on Meat Trade: The Case of BSE
Kristyn Stone, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA
- Consumer Responses to Animal Disease Outbreaks
Fred Kuchler, ERS
- Cattle Materials Prohibited in Animal Feed: Past and Future Effects on Trade
Clark Nardinelli, U.S. Food and Drug Administration
- Effects of Private Standards on Meat Trade
Michael Ollinger, ERS
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Friday,
September 19 |
| 8:00-8:30 am |
Continental Breakfast |
| 8:30-10:45 am |
Session IV: Feed Grain Implications for Animal and Meat Production
Moderator: David Harvey, ERS
- Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) and Livestock Feeding and Implications of GMOs in Meat Trade
Kimball Nill, U.S. Soybean Export Council
- Feed Grain Suppliers and Their Impacts on World Meat Trade
Edward Allen, ERS
- Implications of Ethanol Production on Meat Supply/Production: Evidence for Shifts in Livestock Feeding Centers
Vince Breneman, ERS
- International Trade in Distillers Grain: Global Demand for DDGs and U.S. Exports
Dan Keefe, U.S. Grains Council
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| 10:45-11:00 am |
Break |
| 10:45 am-12:00 pm |
Wrap-Up Panel: Lessons Learned
Richard Stillman, ERS |
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