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Estonian University of Life Sciences, Tartu

Wednesday, May 12th :
Monitoring animal health, environment, welfare & behaviour
Chair: Prof. Eugen Kokin, Estonian University of Life Sciences and leader BrightAnimal WP1

Thursday, May 13th : Identification, sensory data collection & integrated systems development for Precision Livestock Farming
Chair: Prof. Anthony Furness, technical director, AIM UK and leader, BrightAnimal WP2.

Wednesday, May 12th : Monitoring animal health, environment, welfare & behaviour
Chair: Prof. Eugen Kokin, Estonian University of Life Sciences and leader BrightAnimal WP1
 

9.00 – 9.15: Opening remarks and setting the scene: Heiner Lehr, Eugen Kokin
9.15 – 11.00: Keynote address – The virtuous bicycle: a delivery vehicle for improved farm animal welfare: Prof. John Webster, Bristol University, UK
11.00 – 11.20: Coffee break
11.20 – 13.00: Welfare Quality:Harry Blokhuis, Swedish University of Agriculture and co-ordinator, the Welfare Quality Consortium
13.00 – 14.00: Automatic monitoring of animal health, environment, behaviour and welfare: Jukka Ahokas and Matti Pastell, University of Helsinki, Finland
14.00 – 15.30: Lunch
15.30 – 16.00: Cattle health and welfare – aspects of precision livestock farming: Eugen Kokin
16.00 – 16.15: Coffee break
16.15 – 17.00: Animal welfare and PLF in Latvia: Latvia University of Agriculture (speaker to be confirmed)
17.00 – 18.30: Animal welfare and PLF in Lithuania: Violeta Juskiene, Institute of Animal Science at Lithuania Veterinary Academy
19.00: Dinner

(Speakers and timings accurate at time of publication but may be subject to change)
To register FREE for this workshop please email your name, name of organisation and contact details to andrewc@aimuk.org
 

Thursday, May 13th : Identification, sensory data collection & integrated systems development for Precision Livestock Farming
Chair: Prof. Anthony Furness, technical director, AIM UK and leader, BrightAnimal WP2

9.00 – 9.15: Opening remarks and welcome to the Biosystems Engineering Conference and BrightAnimal guests: Mait Klaassen, rector of the Estonian University of Life Sciences.
9.15 – 9.30: Opening remarks and welcome: Heiner Lehr and Anthony Furness
9.30 - 10.15: Keynote address: Real-time PLF monitoring tools for livestock: Prof. Daniel Berckmans, Leuven University, Belgium
10.15 - 10.45: Intelligent grazing management using wireless sensor materials: Frank Oudshoorn, Aarhus University, Denmark
10.45 - 11.15: Internet service access to PLF applications: Rudi deMol, Wageningen University, Holland
11.15 - 11.30: Coffee break
11.30 – 12.00: Principles and systems integration to ensure the application of best practice management in PLF: Thomas Banhazi, SARDI, University of Adelaide, Australia
12.00 – 12.30: Object-connected ICT in PLF – the BrightAnimal Identification, Sensory Data Capture and Integration Framework: Anthony Furness
12.30 – 13.00: questions & discussion
13.00 – 14.00: Practical and continuous measurement of feed intake, pig weight and environmental conditions: Thomas Banhazi
14.00 – 15.30: Lunch
15.30 – 17.00: Open forum, discussion and networking
19.00 : Dinner

(Speakers and timings accurate at time of publication but may be subject to change)
To register for this FREE workshop please email your name, name of organisation and contact details to andrewc@aimuk.org

On Friday, May 14th, (09.00 – 16.00) delegates will be welcome to participate in excursions organised by the EMU Institute of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Sciences. Excursions will include an experimental cowshed, a fishery, a sightseeing tour of Tartu and lunch.

For more information see: http://www.brightanimal.eu