October 9th, 2019

7:00 - 8:00 a.m.

Breakfast

8:00 a.m. - 9:15 a.m.

Morning Joint Session - Welcome, IPWA Updates, US-RSPE Updates

• Welcome - Ryan Bennett (Executive Director)
• IPWA Update - Kate Barger-Weathers, DVM (Chair, IPWA)
• US-RSPE Update - Leigh Ann Johnston (Chair, US-RSPE)

9:15 - 9:30 a.m.

Short Break

9:30 - 10:30 a.m.

Keynote

Community (Multi-Stakeholder) Perceptions and Attitudes about Animal Welfare and Sustainable Agriculture

• Speaker: Candace Croney, PhD (Director, Center for Animal Welfare Science, Purdue University)

10:30 - 10:50 a.m.

Coffee Break

10:50 - 12:00 p.m.

Breakout Program

IPWA Session: Focus on Innovation in Animal Welfare

In-ovo Gender Identification & Innovation

• Speaker: Alistair Filingham (Operations Manager, Hy-Line UK)

Electronic Monitoring & Innovation in Evaluation of Bird-based Outcomes

• Speaker: Colin Usher (Research Scientist, Georgia Tech University)

US-RSPE Session: Getting to Yes - How to work with external stakeholders and receive internal buy-in to drive change within your company

Tyson Foods Land Stewardship Commitment

• Speaker: Leigh Ann Johnston (Director, Sustainable Food Strategy, Tyson Foods)
• Speaker: Jenny Ahlen (Director, Supply Chain, EDF+Business, Environmental Defense Fund)

Central Nebraska Irrigation Project

• Speaker: Kristin Tupa (Sustainability Manager, Cargill Kitchen Solutions)
• Speaker: Hannah Birge (Director of Water & Agriculture Programs, The Nature Conservancy)

12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.

Lunch

1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.

Breakout Program

IPWA Session: Focus on Evolution in Animal Welfare Decisions & Understanding

Lighting, Enrichments & Poultry Behavior

• Speaker: Elizabeth Bobeck, PhD (Assistant Professor, Iowa State University)

Trends in Food Decisions - Focus on Policies in Food Service

• Speaker: Janet Helms, DVM (Sustainability Developer, IKEA Inter Group)

Trends in Food Decisions - Focus on Policies in Retail / Grocery

• Speaker: Jim Lanier (Sr. QA Manager, H.E.B. Grocery Company)

US-RSPE Session: Sustainability Reporting Trends

Trends in Sustainability Reporting and Corporate Sustainability Reports

• Speaker: Corporate Reports

Investors and Sustainability Reporting

• Speaker: Kurt Kuehn (SASB Standards Board Member and Former CFO at UPS)

Science Based Targets Initiative

• Speaker: JP Leous (Director of International Corporate Relations, World Resources Institute)

Supply Chain Greenhouse Gas Reduction

• Speaker: Food Retail Company - Invited

2:30 p.m. - 2:50 p.m.

Coffee Break

2:50 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Afternoon Joint Session

Egg & Poultry Supply Chain Commitments & Panel Discussion

• Overview of Egg/Poultry Supply Chain Commitments & Moderator
  Chad Gregory (President, United Egg Producers)
• Layer sector perspective for welfare & sustainability impacts
  Greg Herbruck (President, Herbruck's Poultry Ranch)
• Broiler sector perspective for welfare & sustainability impacts
  Will Dillard, DVM (Veterinarian, Peco Foods, Inc.)
• Food sector perspective for welfare & sustainability impacts
  Ernie Meier (Director of Quality, McDonald's Corporation)