Upcoming Educational Opportunities

In case you are wondering what’s going on in the world of dairy, here are the upcoming conferences with still-open registration:

Dairy Foods:

Domestic:

Sept. 18-20, 2012: New York State Association for Food Protection 89th Annual Conference, Doubletree Hotel, E. Syracuse, NY. For details contact: Janene Lucia, jgg3@cornell.edu; 607-255-2892.http://foodscience.cornell.edu/cals/foodsci/extension/nys-afp/workshops.cfm

Sept. 25-27, 2012 – Cultured Dairy Products Short Course, Food Science Building, University Park, for more information, please visit http://foodscience.psu.edu/events/culturedproducts

October 16-18, 2012: High temperature short time pasteurizer operators workshop, B82 Morrison Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY. For details, Steve Murphy, scm4@cornell.edu, 607-255-2893; Janene Lucia, jpp3@Cornell.edu; 607-255-2892

October 22-24, 2012 – Short Courses – The Science and Art of Cheese Making, Food Science Building, Curtin & Bigler Rds., University Park, Pa. 16802. For registration and additiona information click here

November 5, 2012 – Vat Pasteurizer Workshop, B82 Morrison Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY.  For details contact :  Janene Lucia, jgg3@cornell.edu; 607-255-2892, Rob Ralyea, rdr10@cornell.edu, 607-255-7643.

November 6-7, 2012 – Basic Cheese Making/Grading Workshop, B82 Morrison Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY.  For details contact: Janene Lucia, jgg3@cornell.edu; 607-255-2892, Rob Ralyea, rdr10@cornell.edu, 607-255-7643.

November 6-8, 2012 – Advanced Cheese Making Workshop, B82 Morrison Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY.  For Details contact:  Janene Lucia, jgg3@cornell.edu; 607-255-2892, Rob Ralyea, rdr10@cornell.edu, 607-255-7643.

Jan. 6-12, 2013 – Ice Cream Short Course, The Nittany Lion Inn, University Part, for more information please visit http://foodscience.psu.edu/events/ice-cream-short-course

Jan. 26-27, 2013 – Ice Cream 101: Introduction to Frozen Desserts, Food Science Building, University Park, for more information please visit http://foodscience.psu.edu/workshops/ice-cream-101

                                                                                                                                         

Dairy Production:

Domestic:

Sept. 17-19, 2012 – Emerging Transboundary Animal Diseases Workshop, Center for Food Security and Public Health, Ames, IA To register or submit abstracts for poster presentations, click here*

Sept 18-19, 2012: 73rd Minnesota Nutrition Conference*, Holiday Inn, Owatonna, MN. For additional information click here

Sept 25 – 28, 2012 – International Symposium on Alternatives to Antibiotics: Challenges and Solutions in Animal Production, Paris, France.  For more information click here

October 8-10, 2012 – 9th International Symposium on Milk Genomics and Human Health, Hof van Wageningen, The Netherlands, for more information click here

October 2-3, 2012 – Dairy Technology 101, Cal Poly Dairy Products Technology Center, San Luis Obispo, CA. For more information, click here

October 2- 6, 2012 – World Dairy Expo, Madison, WI for more information visit http://www.worlddairyexpo.com/

October 16-18, 2012: 74th Annual Cornell Nutrition Conference for Feed Manufacturers, for additional information click here

October 18-24, 2012 – 116th USAHA/55th AAVLD Annual Meeting*, Greensboro, NC, for more information visit http://www.usaha.org/

October 18, 2012 – Southwest Dairy Day, SW Regional Dairy Center, Stephenville, TX. For more information and registration, visit www.texasdairymatters.org

October 23-24, 2012 – Pacific Northwest Animal Nutrition Conference*, (pre-conference sponsored by Lallemand), Pasco, WA, Red Lion, contact John McNamara, mcnamara@wsu.edu; 509-335-4113 or Jill Habrich, jill.habrich@haysassnmgmt.com, 503-989-6893.

October 25-26, 2012 – California ARPAS Continuing Education Conference*, Harris Ranch Inn, Coalinga, CA, for more information, visit www.arpasca.net

                                            

International:

Sept 20 – 22, 2012 – American Association of Bovine Practitioners Annual Conference, Montreal, Canada, for more information visit http://www.aabp.org

Oct. 24-26, 2012- 1st Dairy Cattle Welfare Symposium, Delta Hotel & Conference Center in Guelph, Ont., Canada. For additional information http://www.dairycattlewelfaresymposium.ca/

                                                                                                                                                   

Also, if you’re curious about organic dairy farming or other extension-type webinars, check out the US Extension website: http://www.extension.org/pages/18624/organic-dairy-production-system-topics

Or, for more information about the viewpoints of the growing sector of local food consumers, check out the webinars on this webpage: http://www.ngfn.org/resources/ngfn-cluster-calls

                                                                                                                                                    

That’s it for September! Look for an e-mail update in early October.

Upcoming Dairy Events!

Looking for a conference or a short course in your field of interest or near your University? Check out the latest dairy-related events!

Jan 8-14, 2012
120th Penn State Ice Cream Short Course, University Park, Pennsylvania

Jan. 22-24, 2012
National Mastitis Council 51st Annual Meeting, St. Pete Beach, Florida

Jan 24-25, 2012
38th Annual Southern Dairy Conference, Embassy Suites, Atlanta Airport

Jan 28-29, 2012
Ice Cream 101: Introduction to Frozen Desserts, University Park, Pennsylvania

Jan 31 – Feb 1, 2012
Florida Ruminant Nutrition Symposium, Gainesville, FL

Feb. 5 – 10, 2012
11th International Colloquium on Paratuberculosis, Sydney, Australia

Feb 23 – 24, 2012
The 27th Annual Southwest Nutrition and Management Conference, Tempe Mission Palms Hotel & Conference Center, Tempe, Arizona

March 6 – 9, 2012
Western Canadian Dairy Seminar, Capri Hotel & Conference Centre, Red Deer, Alberta, Canada

March 7 – 8 2012
High Plains Dairy Conference, The Ambassador Hotel, Amarillo, Texas

March 20 – 21, 2012
Dairy Calf and Heifer Association Conference, Visalia, California


FAIR 2012 Graduate Student Opportunity

The FAIR 2012 Program Committee is seeking exceptional graduate students to play an active role in the FAIR 2012 conference as recorders during discussion sessions. Students must be nominated by October 1 to participate. This is an outstanding opportunity for graduate students and will provide them with insight into policy and the future priorities for animal science research. All travel expenses will be paid and there will be a career and professional development event at the USDA-ARS Beltsville Area Research Center immediately following the FAIR 2012 conference.

For nomination information and any other questions, please contact Heather White h.m.white@uconn.edu).