Programme

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DAY 1
19th October

UECBV TECHNICAL MEETINGS COMMENCING AT 1pm

VENUE: BORD BIA OFFICES
140 PEMBROKE ROAD, BALLSBRIDGE, DUBLIN 4, EIRCODE: D04 NV34

EVENING MEAL VENUE: BORD BIA OFFICES

TIMES

 MEETING
1pm to 3:30pm Veterinary Group (VETWG)
3:30pm to 5:15pm Meat Industry Section (MIS)
1pm to 4pm Trade section: Import Working Group (IWG) & Export Working Group (EWG)
1pm to 4pm Livestock Section (LTS)
5:30pm to 7pm UECBV Steering Committee
7:30pm Evening Meal Venue: BORD BIA OFFICES
   

Note: Working language is English, no translation available

Attendance at UECBV technical meetings is strictly limited to direct UECBV members.

Numbers may be limited due to meeting room capacity

DAY 2
20th October
AGM / Conference Outline 
8:00am to 10am

INTERNAL UECBV AGM

  Attendance is for UECBV member organisations only. (Closed Session)
Registration / Coffee Break (10am to 10:30am)

Session 1:

10:30am to 11am

 Opening of Conference
  • Rose O’Donovan (Moderator)
  • Charlie McConalogue TD, Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine
  • John Murray, Director of Meat, Food & Beverages, Bord Bia

Session 2:

11am to 12:30pm

 Sustainable Nutrition
  • Dr. Patrick Wall, Professor of Public Health, UCD School of Public Health
  • Dr. Carrie Ruxton, Dietitian & health writer, Nutrition Communications
  • Eleanor Murphy Trends & Insight Specialist, Bord Bia
Lunch (12:30pm to 2pm)

Session 3:

2pm to 4pm

 The Future / Food Security
  • Food Security – Setting the Scene. Presentation by Rupert Claxton, GIRA 
  • Thia Hennessy
  • Michael Scannell, Deputy Director General, DG Agri
  • Sinead McPhillips, Secretary General, Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM)

Session 4:

4pm to 4:15pm

 Closing Address
  • Philip Carroll, Chairman – Meat Industry Ireland
Note: Simultaneous translation available for Sessions 1-4 in French and Spanish
 Conference Drinks Reception & Gala Dinner (7:30pm) (No translation available)

 

DAY 3
21st October

TOUR / VISIT

Conference delegates are invited to participate in a tour of Devenish lands at Dowth, an innovative research and agritech company located in Co Meath on Friday 21 October.

This beautiful farm is located on the banks of the river Boyne within the Brú na Bóinne UNESCO World Heritage Site – where cutting-edge research into sustainable agriculture for the future sits alongside Neolithic monuments, created by some of Ireland’s first farmers 5,500 years ago.

Devenish is an Irish farming and food company that focus on researching and creating more sustainable and economical food production systems. A great deal of research is conducted on finding carbon-neutral solutions to typical Irish farming systems. There is a major focus on small on-farm management techniques that can reduce or sequester emissions being released by farming practices.

Note: Working language is English, translation unavailable.

TO CONCLUDE IN DUBLIN AT APPROXIMATELY 2pm