A technical program worthy of the macro event to kickstart the FDM Lohmann
On the occasion of the celebration of its 60th Aniversary and coinciding with its 57th Franchise Distributor’s Reunion, Lohmann Tierzucht is organizing an international macro event in Cancun from November 9th to 14th, gathering the main representatives of the global egg producing industry.
On Monday, November 11th, the technical program started with the participation of an international line up of world-renowned speakers that have debated with a large number of attendees about the past and present of the poultry business.
The event started with the participation of Mr. Juan Manuel Gutiérrez Martínez, president of the Board of Directors of the National Union of Mexican Poultry Producers, a leading figure among the Mexican poultry producers.
The 2019 FDM Lohmann event has had an enormous success, with more than 400 attendees that have traveled to Cancun-Mexico from 45 different countries. At this macro event, more than 25 languages have been heard with the presence of more than 100 companies.
“On behalf of the Lohmann Tierzucht macro event, we would like to show our appreciation for the excellent reception that this congress has had among the main representatives of the global egg producing industry. We would also like to thank our distributors, collaborators, and friends for making this project possible. The grand Lohmann Tierzucht family has celebrated its anniversary together and this is a success for all”.
On November 11th, the technical session followed the motto “Look into the past and experience the future with us”, with the participation of star speakers that showed us the past and future of the poultry business.
Mr. Juan Manuel Gutiérrez during his presentation in the opening ceremony of the event.
Prof. Dr. Dietmar Flock, debating with Dr. Matthias Schmutz on the past and future of the poultry business on the first day of the technical congress.
Dr. Romina Hellmich, Ph.D. student specialized in Reproductive Biotechnology at TU Munich, during her presentation titled “Gene Editing: Bright Future for Poultry Breeding?”.
Prof. Dr. Josef Kamphues, Professor and Director at the Animal Nutrition Institute at the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine of the University of Hannover.
Under the fantastic technical direction of Dr. Matthias Schmutz, the genetics session started with the participation of Prof. Dr. Dietmar Flock, responsible for R&D at Lohmann Tierzucht from 1969 to 1999, and Mrs. Romina Hellmich, Ph.D. student specialized in Reproductive Biotechnology at TU Munich.
Later on, the session on nutrition started with the moderation of Robert Pottgüter and the participation of Prof. Dr. Josef Kamphues, Professor and Director of the Animal Nutrition Institute at the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine of the University of Hannover and Dr. René P. Kwakkel, Associate Professor at the University of Alberta (UofA) in Edmonton, Canada.
The veterinary session took place under the technical moderation of Dr. Matthias Voss, featuring Dr. Egon Vileitz, veterinary consultant for Lohmann Group, and Prof. Klaus Osterrieder, Virology Professor and Coordinator at the Free University of Berlin, Germany, and Assistant Professor in Virology at the University of Cornell.
The finishing touch of this first day of technical conferences came with the presentation titled “From the past into the future: LOHMANN APPS – our way forward to new” with Mr. Javier Ramírez Villaescusa, Managing Director at Lohmann, and Sr. Farhad Mozafar, Coordinator of the Global Technical Services Team. We would like to share with you the photographs and interviews that have taken place during the first day through this link. See summary