UGA poultry science department and Extension team will host the 2024 Georgia Precision Poultry Farming Conference virtually on May 1. The event is free for student participants. The conference will be recorded for sharing with registered participants.
Registration link: https://t.uga.edu/7S8
This year’s conference will be the fourth annual Georgia Precision Poultry Farming Conference. Our past three conferences had trained over 1100 attendees from 40+ countries.
Program agenda:
2024 Georgia Precision Poultry Farming Conference -virtual
May 1, 2024 – 09:00-16:00 US Eastern Time
Coordinator: Dr. Lilong Chai, UGA Poultry Science
Welcome & Updates
09:00 AM Welcome and Poultry Science Department Update
Dr.Todd Applegate, Department Head & Distinguished Professor, UGA Poultry Science
09:15 AM Welcome and Georgia Poultry Federation Update
Mr.Mike Giles, President, Georgia Poultry Federation
09:30 AM UGA Poultry Extension Update
Dr.Casey Ritz, Professor & Extension Coordinator, UGA Poultry Science
09:40 AM Monitoring & managing poultry welfare and behaviors with technology
Dr. Janice Siegford, Professor & Associate Chair, Michigan State University
10:25 AM Robots for monitoring poultry welfare on commercial farms
Dr. Theo Demmers, Senior Scientist, Royal Veterinary College, UK
11:00 AM Challenges and opportunities in precision poultry breeding
Dr. William Herring, Vice President for Research & Development, Cobb-Vantress
11:45 AM Audio sensors for monitoring poultry health and welfare
Mr. Tom Darbonne, CEO & Co-Founder, AudioT/Sound Principals
12:30 Break
Afternoon Technical Session
1:00 PM Modern poultry processing technologies
Dr.Brian Kiepper, Associate Professor, UGA Poultry Science
1:40 PM Monitoring broiler welfare with imaging technologies
Dr. Hao Gan, Assistant Professor, University of Tennessee
2:20 PM New approaches to managing animal carcasses during disease outbreaks
Mr.Gary Flory, Founder & Director of Operations, G.A. Flory Consulting
Panel Discussion
3:00 PM Implementation of Precision Poultry Technologies
Host: Dr. Doug Britton, Associate Division Chief, Georgia Tech Research Institute
Panelists: TBD
4:00 PM Conference Conclusion