IMS is the International Meat Secretariat. It brings together meat and livestock organisations throughout the world, in a single non-profit making association. It provides a forum for the exchange of ideas and experiences on the issues affecting the international meat and livestock sector.
REGISTER TODAY FOR PRE-ANUGA IMS WORLD PORK CONFERENCE
The Sixth IMS World Pork Conference will be held in Bonn on 6-7 October 2011. Against a backdrop of rising demand for the world’s most popular meat, pork industry representatives will gather to be briefed on the latest trends, and to assess the future prospects for production, consumption and international trade. The great advantage of this year’s Conference is that it will take place just prior to the bi-annual ANUGA trade fair in Cologne. The Maritim Hotel, which boasts top notch conference facilities, will house Conference delegates who can prolong their stay for the ANUGA.
The World Pork Conference offers participants the opportunity to meet colleagues from other countries, and also to exchange views with some of the leading government officials and regulators that are so important for the future of production and international trade in pork, such as the EU Commissioner for Energy, the Chief Veterinary Officer of Russia, the German State Secretary for Agriculture, and the President of the Terrestrial Animal Health Code Commission of the OIE.
How can production meet the growing demand for pork, where will growth be highest and what are the political factors influencing these trends ? Answers to these questions will be provided in Session 1, where speakers will include Günther Oettinger, EU Energy Commissioner, Christoph Guenther, Head of Business Development Animal Nutrition Europe, BASF SE; Richard Brown, Director of GIRA; Xianfu Zhu, President of Zhongpin Inc, and David Bosshart, CEO Gottlieb Duttweiler Institute
Session 2 will deal with the situation regarding animal welfare, animal health, climate change and sustainability in meat production. Speakers include Egbert Klokkers, Chairman of the Board of German Meat GmbH, , Alejandro Thiermann, President of the Terrestrial Animal Health Code Commission; Andrea Galvanelli, Head of Animal Welfare Unit, European Commission; Cai-Delf Harms, Shell Energy Deutschland GmbH; Henning Steinfeld, FAO; Jeroen Leffelaar, Managing Director, Rabobank International
Session 3 will be concerned with quality standards; how they can be assured, their alignment in international trade, their compatibility with consumer requirements. Speakers include Thomas Blaha, University of Veterinary Medicine Hanover, Florian Hoeneß, General Manager HoWe Wurstwaren KG, Sergey Dankvert, Head of the Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance (Rosselkhoznadzor), Russian Federation, Xia Yiqiang, Executive Vice President, Tianjin Baodi Agri&Tech (Group) Co., Ltd., China, Danita Rodibaugh, Chair Elect, US Meat Export Federation.
The Sixth World Pork Conference is being jointly organised by the IMS, VDF - the German Meat Association, and German Meat – the export organization of the
German meat industry.
Website:www.worldporkconference.com
IMS Meeting Calendar
>2011
8-9 June
IMS Regional Conference, Campo Grande, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil www.congressodacarne2011.com.br
12-14 July
Third IMS Economics Workshop, Calgary, Canada
6-7 October
Sixth IMS World Pork Conference, Bonn, Germany
12-14 October
Seventh IMS Marketing-Communications Workshop, London
12-14 October
IMS Human Nutrition and Health Committee Meeting, London
>2012
4-6 June 2012
Nineteenth IMS World Meat Congress, Paris, France