Conference Programme
4th – 5th November 2018
Sunday 4th November 2018
18:30 - 19:45 - Pre Conference Party
Kindly Sponsored by Aviagen
Caernarfon Suite Foyer
19:45 for 20:00 - Pre Conference Informal International Buffet
Entertainment – Red Hot Chilli Pipers
Monday 5th November 2018
EPIC 2018 Conference theme
“Preparing for Tomorrow Today”
Morning Session
09:00 - 09:10 - Conference Opening
Stephen Lister MRCVS EPIC Organising Committee Chairman
Crowshall Veterinary Services – Read Biog
09:10 - 09:30
Gary Ford – Conference Chairman
NFU Chief Poultry Adviser – Read Biog
09:30 - 10:00
Mr James Hook – PD Hook (Hatcheries) Ltd
Poultry Meat Industry Perspective – Read Biog
10:00 - 10:35 (including questions)
George Eustice MP
Minister of State at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA).
Invited and accepted subject to sudden Parliamentary Business – Read Biog
10: 35 - 11:10 (including questions)
Dr. David Drew MP
Shadow Farming Minister – Read Biog
11:10 - 11:45 - Morning Coffee
Kindly sponsored by MSD Animal Health
11:45 - 12:15 (including questions)
Minette Batters, President NFU
NFU perspective – Read Biog
12:15 - 12:45 (including questions)
Dale Burnett – Group CEO Noble Foods.
Egg industry perspective – Read Biog
12:45 - 14:15
Lunch
Afternoon Session
Kindly sponsored by ABN.
14:15 - 15:15PM
Young Guns
James Corbett – Ridgeway Foods Ltd
Thomas Wornham – Thomas Wornham and Son
Rebecca Tonks – St Ewe. Free Range Eggs
Brendan Duggan – Aviagen – Read Biog
10 minutes per presentation plus 5 minutes questions maximum after each speaker
15:15 - 15:45 (including questions)
Sir Peter Kendall – Chair, AHDB
Farming Industry Perspective – Read Biog
15:45 - 16:15 Afternoon Tea
Kindly sponsored by MSD Animal Health
16:15 - 16:45 (including questions)
Martin McCourt – EX CEO Dyson
Business Perspective – Read Biog
16.45 Conference Close
Evening Events
18:30 - Pre Banquet Drinks Reception
Kindly Sponsored by Cobb Europe
19:30 - Post Conference EPIC Formal Industry Banquet
After Banquet Guest Speaker
Gyles Brandreth
Performer, Writer and Broadcaster – Read Biog
Kindly sponsored by Elanco Animal Health
23:00 - 1:00 - Late Night Cabaret
Greg Valentine
Singer and DJ – Read Biog
In the Merlin Bar after the Banquet.
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