| Sunday, October 3 2010 |
Sun - Mon -
Tue - Wed -
Thu - Fri |
| 0900 - 1200 | Workshop 1 Measurement techniques for methane emissions from livestock and livestock manure. |
| 0900 - 1200 | Workshop 2 Measurement techniques for nitrous oxide emissions from livestock manure. |
| 1400 - 1700 | Workshop 3 Modelling GHG emissions from animal agriculture considering the steps in modelling, farming systems, and the functional unit. |
| 1400 - 1700 | Workshop 4 Use of molecular procedures to define the microbial ecology of ruminal methanogenesis. |
| 1400 - 1700 | Workshop 5 Biogas technology use and greenhouse gas emissions. |
| 1900 - 2200 | Reception (Alpine Meadows Room) |
| Monday, October 4 2010 |
Sun - Mon -
Tue - Wed -
Thu - Fri |
| 0800 - 0830 | Welcoming Messages |
- Welcome by Conference Chair
- Opening by GGAA President
- Address by prominent Canadian politician
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| 0830 - 1200 | Session 1: Role of Livestock Production in GHG Issues - The Big Picture.
Session Chair: Dr. Richard Eckard, University of Melbourne, Australia |
| 0830 - 0910 | Invited
30 min talk + 10 min questions | (1.1) The significance of livestock as a contributor to global greenhouse gas emissions today and in the near future. [Frank O'Mara, Teagasc, Oak Park, Carlow, Ireland] |
| 0910 - 0950 | Invited
30 min talk + 10 min questions | (1.2) What place for livestock on a re-greening earth? [Henry Janzen, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada] |
| 0950 - 1100 | 70 min | Nutrition break and poster viewing. See Poster Presentations |
| 1100 - 1140 | Invited
30 min talk +10 min questions | (1.3) The potential of livestock-based offsets to reduce GHG emissions. [Katherine Baylis*, Nicholas Paulson and Payal Shaw,*University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, USA] |
| 1140 - 1200 | Presentations by platinum sponsors |
| 1200 - 1330 | 90 min | Lunch (included with registration) |
| 1330 - 1730 | Session 2. Nitrous Oxide and Methane Losses from Livestock Manure - Atmospheric Emissions and Biogas Capture.
Session Chair: Elizabeth Pattey, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada |
| 1330 - 1350 | Invited
15 min talk + 5 min questions | (2.1) Manure management: implications for greenhouse gas emissions. [Dave Chadwick*, Laura Cardenas, Tom Misselbrook, Rachel Thorman, Barbara Amon, Sven Sommer and David Fanguiero, *North Wyke Research, Devon, UK] |
| 1350 - 1405 | 12 min talk + 3 min questions | (2.2) Methane emissions from a southern High Plains dairy wastewater lagoon. [Richard W. Todd*, N. Andy Cole and Ken D. Casey, *USDA-ARS, Bushland, Texas, USA] |
| 1405 - 1425 | Invited
15 min talk + 5 min questions | (2.3) Direct and indirect strategies to mitigate nitrous oxide from land-applied manure. [Claudia Wagner-Riddle* and Andrew C. VanderZaag, *University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada] |
| 1425 - 1440 | 12 min talk + 3 min questions | (2.4) Greenhouse gas emissions from pig slurry during storage and after field application in northern Europe conditions. [Lena Rodhe*, Johnny Ascue, Mikael Pell and A. Nordberg, *JTI-Swedish Institute of Agricultural and Environmental Engineering, Uppsala, Sweden] |
| 1440 - 1455 | 12 min talk + 3 min questions | (2.5) Greenhouse gas emissions from swine manure under different stack heights. [Dong Hongmin*, Zhu Zhiping, Zhou Zhongkai and Chen Yongxin, *Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China] |
| 1455 - 1600 | 65 min | Nutrition break and poster viewing. See Poster Presentations |
| 1600 - 1620 | Invited
15 min talk + 5 min questions | (2.6) Ammonia and nitrous oxide interactions: Role of organic matter management. [Søren Petersen* and Sven G. Sommer**;
*University of Aarhus, Tjele, Denmark, **University of Southern Denmark, Odense M, Denmark] |
| 1620 - 1635 | 12 min talk + 3 min questions | (2.7) An effective mitigation technology for reducing nitrous oxide emissions from grazed grassland. [Hong J. Di* and Keith C. Cameron, *Lincoln University, Christchurch, New Zealand] |
| 1635 - 1655 | Invited
15 min talk + 5 min questions | (2.8) Is on-farm biogas the solution for reducing greenhouse gas emissions and for developing more sustainable livestock operations? [Daniel Massé*, Guylaine Talbot and Yan Gilbert, *Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Lennoxville, Québec, Canada] |
| 1655 - 1710 | 12 min talk + 3 min questions | (2.9) The effect of anaerobic digestion of pig slurry on greenhouse gas and ammonia emissions under winter conditions. [Werner Berg*, Elio Dinuccio and Paolo Balsari, *Leibniz-Institute for Agricultural Engineering Potsdam-Bornim (ATB), Potsdam, Germany] |
| 1710 - 1730 | Invited
15 min talk + 5 min questions | (2.10) A new concept of biogas systems for sustainable animal agriculture. [Osamu Hamamoto*, Junichi Takahashi and Kazutaka Umetsu, *Mitsui Engineering and Shipping Co. Ltd., Tokyo, Japan] |
| 1830 | Buses depart hotel for Western Barbeque (included with registration) |
| 2130 - 2200 | Buses depart for hotel |
| Tuesday, October 5 2010 |
Sun - Mon -
Tue - Wed -
Thu - Fri |
| 0800 - 1200 | Session 3: Measurement of GHG from Livestock Production.
Session Chair: J. Mark Powell, USDA-ARS, Madison, Wisconsin |
| 0800 - 0840 | Invited
30 min talk + 10 min questions | (3.1) Animal vs. measurement technique variability in enteric methane production - is the measurement resolution sufficient? [Harry Clark, AgResearch, Palmerston North, New Zealand] |
| 0840 - 0855 | 12 min talk + 3 min questions | (3.2) Validation of a short-term methane measurement as a predictor of daily methane production in sheep: development and proving of portable chambers for field testing. [John Goopy, R. Woodgate and R. S. Hegarty*, *Department of Primary Industries, Armidale, New South Wales, Australia] |
| 0855 - 0910 | 12 min talk +3 min questions | (3.3) Extending the collection length of breath samples for methane emission estimation using the SF6 tracer technique. [Cesar Pinares-Patino*, J. Gere, K. Williams, G. Molano, R. Graton, E. Sandoval and S. McLean, *AgResearch, Palmerston North, New Zealand] |
| 0910 - 0930 | Invited
15 min talk + 5 min questions | (3.4) Micrometeorological techniques for measuring of greenhouse gas emissions from ruminant animal production. [Lowry Harper*, Tom Flesch and John Wilson, *Lowry A. Harper Consulting Company, Watkinsville, Georgia, USA] |
| 0930 - 1040 | 70 min | Nutrition break and poster viewing See Poster Presentations |
| 1040 - 1100 | Invited
15 min talk + 5 min questions | (3.5) Recognizing the strength and weaknesses of chamber nitrous oxide measurements. [Philippe Rochette* and Normand Bertrand, *Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Ste.-Foy, Québec, Canada] |
| 1100 - 1115 | 12 min talk + 3 min questions | (3.6) Greenhouse gas emissions from Australian beef cattle feedlots. [Deli Chen*, Doug Rowell, Julian Hill, David W.T. Griffith, O. Tom Denmead and Sean M. McGinn, *University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia] |
| 1115 - 1130 | 12 min talk + 3 min questions | (3.7) A study of the variability in ammonia and greenhouse gas emissions from seven identical compartments of a mechanically ventilated pig house. [Nico Peiren*, Nele Van Ransbeeck, Peter Demeyer, Bart Sonck and Daniel De Brabander, *Institute for Agricultural and Fisheries Research, Melle, Belgium] |
| 1130 - 1145 | 12 min talk + 3 min questions | (3.8) Methane and nitrous oxide emissions from two dairy free stall barns with flush and scrape manure collection systems. [Larry D. Jacobson*, Brian P. Hetchler, Erin Cortus, Albert J. Heber and B. W. Bogan, *University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota, USA] |
| 1145 - 1315 | 90 min | Lunch (included with registration) |
| 1315 - 1700 | Session 4. Mitigation Strategies for Enteric Methane.
Session Chair: Michael Kreuzer, ETH Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland |
| 1315 - 1355 | Invited
30 min talk + 10 min questions | (4.1) Lowering methane emissions through improving feed use efficiency. [Garry Waghorn* and Roger Hegarty**, *Dairy NZ, Hamilton, New Zealand, **NSW Department of Primary Industries, Armidale, New South Wales, Australia] |
| 1355 - 1410 | 12 min talk + 3 min questions | (4.2) In field quantification of methane emissions from grazing Angus beef cows divergently selected for Residual Feed Intake Trait (RFI). [Fiona Jones*, Francis Phillips and Travis Naylor, *Department of Agriculture and Food, Bunbury, Western Australia, Australia] |
| 1410 - 1430 | Invited
15 min talk + 5 min questions | (4.3) Can we lower methane emissions without lowering animal production? [Chris Grainger* and Karen Beauchemin, *Warragul, Victoria, Australia] |
| 1430 - 1445 | 12 min talk + 3 min questions | (4.4) Effects of neutral detergent fiber (aNDF) digestibility of grass silage on enteric methane emissions from dairy cows. [T. Garmo*, S. K. Nes, K. Beauchemin, A. V. Chaves, O. M. Harstad, A. D. Iwaasa, S. J. Krizsan, T. A. McAllister, L. Norell, E. Thuen, D. Vedres and H. Volden, * Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Ås, Norway] |
| 1445 - 1500 | 12 min talk + 3 min questions | (4.5) Dietary nitrate supplementation reduces methane emission in beef cattle fed sugarcane-based diets. [R.B.A. Hulshof*, A. Berndt, J.J.A.A. Demarchi, W.J.J. Gerrits and H. B. Perdok, *Instituto de Zootecnia, Nova Odessa, Brazil] |
| 1500 - 1610 | 70 min | Nutrition break and poster viewing See Poster Presentations |
| 1610 - 1630 | Invited
15 min talk + 5 min questions | (4.6) Essential oils and opportunities to mitigate enteric methane emissions from ruminants. [Chaouki Benchaar, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Lennoxville, Québec, Canada] |
| 1630 - 1645 | 12 min talk + 3 min questions | (4.7) Effect of various spices on in vitro degradability, methane and fermentation profiles of different ruminant feeds. [Abdul Chaudhry* and M. M. H. Khan, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom] |
| 1645 - 1700 | 12 min talk + 3 min questions | (4.8) Limited suitability of dietary coconut oil to reduce enteric methane emissions from dairy cattle. [Marcus Hollmann* and David K. Beede, *Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA] |
| | Dinner on your own |
| Wednesday, October 6 2010 |
Sun - Mon -
Tue - Wed -
Thu - Fri |
| 0745 - 1700 | Receding Glaciers and Climate Change Tour (included with registration) | Conference delegates will have a chance to see first-hand the effects that climate change has had on the glaciers of the Rocky Mountains. You will be treated to a mountain picnic lunch and professional guides will be on hand to answer all your questions. Click here for Tour Highlights. |
| 1830 - 2200 | Reception and Banquet at Banff Park Lodge (included with registration) |
| Thursday, October 7 2010 |
Sun - Mon -
Tue - Wed -
Thu - Fri |
| 0800 - 1145 | Session 5. Microbial Ecology of Ruminal Methanogenesis.
Session Chair: Jamie Newbold, Aberystwyth University, Aberystwyth, Wales |
| 0800 - 0840 | Invited
30 min talk + 10 min questions | (5.1) Does the complexity of the rumen microbial ecology preclude methane mitigation? [Andre-Denis Wright* and Athol Klieve**, *University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont, **The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia] |
| 0840 - 0855 | 12 min talk + 3 min questions | (5.2) Effect of fibre- and starch-rich finishing diets on methanogenic Archaea diversity and activity in the rumen of feedlot bulls. [Milka Popova*, C. Martin, M. Eugene, M. M. Mialon, M. Doreau and D. P. Morgavi, *Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, Saint Genès Champanelle, France] |
| 0855 - 0910 | 12 min talk + 3 min questions | (5.3) Effects of C18 long chain fatty acids on rumen autochthonic microbial population. [Adam Cieslak*, Pawel Zmora, Tadeusz Michalowski, Krzysztof Wereszka, Emilia Pers-Kamczyc and Malgorzata Szumacher-Strabel, *Poznan University of Life Sciences, Poznan, Poland] |
| 0910 - 0950 | Invited
30 min talk + 10 min questions | (5.4) Exploring rumen methanogen genomes to identify targets for methane mitigation strategies. [Graeme Attwood* and Mark Morrison**, *AgResearch, Palmerston North, New Zealand, **CSIRO, St. Lucia, Queensland, Australia] |
| 0950 - 1100 | 70 min | Nutrition break and poster viewing See Poster Presentations |
| 1100 - 1115 | 12 min talk + 3 min questions | (5.5) Impact of an exogenous fibrolytic enzyme feed additive on the ruminal methanogenic community and methane production of dairy cows. [Mi Zhou, Ruby Chung, Karen Beauchemin, Lucia Holtshausen, Masahito Oba and Leluo Guan*, *University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada] |
| 1115 - 1130 | 12 min talk + 3 min questions | (5.6) Animal variation in methane production, expression of mcrA gene and microbial numbers in the rumen of goats fed alfalfa hay with or without oats. [L. Abecia*, E. Molina-Alcaide, A. I. Martin-Garcia, G. Martinez and David R. Yanez-Ruiz, *CSIC, Granada, Spain] |
| 1130 - 1145 | 12 min talk + 3 min questions | (5.7) Fungal secondary metabolites reduce rumen methane production in vitro and in vivo. [Diego P. Morgavi*, C. Martin and Hamid Boudra, *Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, Saint Genès Champanelle, France] |
| 1145 - 1315 | 90 min | Lunch (included with registration) |
| 1315 - 1630 | Session 6: Modelling Livestock GHG Emissions.
Session Chair: Odd Magne Harstad, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Ås, Norway |
| 1315 - 1355 | Invited
30 min talk + 10 min questions | (6.1) An assessment of whole farm models of greenhouse gas emissions as a means of improving national and global inventories. [Paul Crosson and David Kenny, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland] |
| 1355 - 1410 | 12 min talk + 3 min questions | (6.2) Comparison of the global warming potential of meat production using Life cycle Assessment: A review with reference to Australian research. [Stephen Geoffrey Wiedemann* and Elizabeth Naomi Zadow, *FSA Consulting, Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia] |
| 1410 - 1430 | Invited
15 min talk + 5 min questions | (6.3) Rumen stoichiometric models and their contribution and challenges in predicting enteric methane production. [Ermias Kebreab, University of California, Davis, California, USA] |
| 1430 - 1445 | 12 min talk + 3 min questions | (6.4) Impact of distillers grains moisture and inclusion level on greenhouse gas emissions in the corn-ethanol-livestock life cycle. [Virgil R. Bremer*, Adam J. Liska, Galen E. Erickson, Kenneth G. Cassman, Kathy J. Hanford and Terry J. Klopfenstein, *University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska, USA] |
| 1445 - 1600 | 75 min | Nutrition break and poster viewing See Poster Presentations |
| 1600 - 1620 | Invited
15 min talk + 5 min questions | (6.5) Benchmarking carbon footprints of dairy farms in 40 countries. [Torsten Hemme, IFCN Dairy, Kiel, Germany] |
| 1620 - 1635 | 10 min talk + 5 min questions | (6.6) Impacts of future climate scenarios on the balance between productivity and total greenhouse gas emissions from pasture-based dairy systems in SE Australia. [Brendan Cullen* and Richard Eckard, *University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia] |
| 1635 - 1715 | Session 7. Wrap up of GGAA2010.
Session chairs present significant highlights of talks and challenges (5 min each x 6 sessions = 30 min)
Closing remarks by conference chair |
| Friday, October 8 2010 |
Sun - Mon -
Tue - Wed -
Thu - Fri |
| 0900 - 1200 | Global Research Alliance (GRA Livestock) will hold an open session for GGAA delegates to participate in during the Friday morning session - agenda to be announced. This is an opportunity to get first-hand information on this global initiative. |
| 1200 - 1300 | Lunch |
| 1300 - 1740 | Workshop on Greenhouse Gases and Sustainable Animal Agriculture for developing countries.
Organized by: MAFF Japan, JIRCAS, Hokkaido University,
Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine |
