October 16, 2014
Four-day World Nutrition Forum opens in Germany today
A previous World Nutrition Forum event.
Over 800 nutrition experts from around the world meet today in Munich, Germany, for the sixth edition of the World Nutrition Forum.
The four-day event, to be held October 15-18 at the International Congress Center Munich, is organised and hosted by animal nutrition company Biomin. It is characterised by a large variety of independent speakers addressing the future of animal nutrition.
Previous editions of the event were held in the Austrian cities of Mayrhofen, Vienna and Salzburg. The 2012 edition was held in Singapore.
Today, the forum speakers include Michael Eder, Biomin; Jørgen Randers, BI Norwegian Business School, Norway; Marty Matlock, University of Arkansas, USA; and Didier Jans, Fefana/Fami-QS, Belgium. This is followed by breakout sessions for poultry, swine, ruminants and aquaculture.
On Friday, a mycotoxin session will be held featuring Franz Berthiller, BOKU, Austria; Bertrand Grenier, Purdue University, USA; James Pestka, Michigan State University, USA; and Siska Croubels, Ghent University, Belgium.
A session casting a look into the future will include the speakers Tim Jones, Future Agenda, UK; and Jason Clay of the World Wildlife Foundation, USA.
Biomin's Andreas Kern, Jan Vanbrabant and Erich Erber, Erber AG will also address the audience this day.
