Speakers

Tom Fishburne

Keynote Speaker
Marketoonist

Carol Hirschfeld

Head of Video/Audio & Content Partnerships
StuffNZ

Dr Jessica Agnew

Director, GAP Initiative
Virginia Tech

Cristina Anaid Alvarado Useche

Head of Dairy Insights
NZX Limited

Jhin Bagchi

Environmental Projects Lead
Dairy Australia

John Ballingall

Partner
Sense Partners Limited

Martin Bates

President, Global Relations & Marketing
Dairy Farmers of America

Sarah Bayliss

Packaging Innovation Manager
Fonterra

Katie Brown

President
National Dairy Council

Christian Bruun Kastrup

Chief Consultant
Danish Dairy Board

Assoc Prof Lucy Burkitt

Associate Professor, Soil Science
Massey University

Prof Catalina Castro Almeyra

Professor
Faculty of Communication, Universidad Austral

Dr Mark Chimes

Chief Veterinarian
MPO South Africa

Dr John Clements

Research Scientist
Fonterra Research & Development Centre

Valeria Csukasi

Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Uruguay

Dr Ruben de Vries

Manager, Innovation & Business Development
Qlip BV

Dr Sanne Dekker

Manager, Public Affairs
Friesland Campina

Dr Paul Edwards

Senior Scientist
DairyNZ

Stephan Hubertus Gay

Senior Agricultural Policy Analyst
OECD

Prof Elisa Giusti

Chief Growth & Strategy Officer
Fonterra

Colin Glass

Farmer
Independent

Dr Sarah Glyn-Jones

Director, Research & Development
Fonterra Research & Development Centre

Richard Hall

Chair
FoodBev Media

Hon Andrew Hoggard

Minister
New Zealand Government

Prof Joanne Hort

Fonterra Riddet Chair Sensory Science
Riddet Institute, Massey University

Prof Thom Huppertz

Research Fellow
FrieslandCampina

Dr Lora Iannotti

Lauren and Lee Fixel Distinguished Professor
Washington University

Dr George Joseph

Technical Manager
AsureQuality New Zealand

Christophe Lafougère

CEO
GIRA

Dr Sinead Leahy

Principal Scientist
AgEmissions Centre

Prof Joseph Liow

Dean and Wang Gungwu Professor in East Asian Affairs
National University of Singapore

Prof Nicolas Lopez-Villalobos

Professor of Dairy Cattle Breeding and Genetics
Massey University

Assoc Prof Daniela Martini

Associate Professor
University of Milan

Dr Katerina Mastovska

Deputy Executive Director & Chief Science Officer
AOAC International

Mike McIntyre

Head of Commodities
Jarden

Julian Mellentin

Director
New Nutrition Business

Eric Meyer

President
HighGround Dairy

Mark Neal

Head of Data Science and Modelling
DairyNZ

Becky Nyman

Chair
USDEC

Dr Luke Pembleton

Global Science Manager
Barenbrug

Jenny Reid

Senior Programme Manager International Standards
MPI

Charlotte Rutherford

Director of Sustainability
Fonterra

Dr Tadao Saito

Emeritus Professor
Tohoku University

Dr Toshihiro Sashihara

General Manager
Meiji Co Ltd

Dr Meenesh Shah

Chairman
National Dairy Development Board, India

Ramdan Sobahi Ramdan

Board Director
KPSBU Lembang

Dr Ignatius Szeto

Vice President
Yili Group

Moises Torres-Gonzalez

Vice President, Nutrition Research
Dairy Management Inc.

Josh Townsend

Country Direction, New Zealand
Halter

Simon Tucker

Group Director Global External Affairs
Fonterra

Koert Verkerk

Corporate Director Public Affairs
Friesland Campina

Joe Vernon

Farmer

Łukasz Wyrzykowski

Managing Director
IFCN GmbH

Cathy Zhang

Regulatory Manager
Fonterra