19 October 2023

12:00 - 12:50

Walk-in with lunch buffet

13:00 - 13:10

Welcome by Sipke Joost Hiemstra (CGN – Wageningen University & Research)

13:10 - 13:50

Louisa Zak (Topigs Norsvin) and Erik Mullaart (CRV) - Innovations in cryobiology and reproductive technologies – breeding industry perspectives

13:50 - 14:35

Julie Lamy, Esther Ellen, Pauline Jehannet, Berenice Bernal (WUR Animal Breeding and Genomics & CGN experts)- Agree or Disagree – statements and interaction

14:35 - 14:50

Break

14:55 - 15:25

Marta Villani (Veterinary Faculty – Utrecht University)- Post-zygotic aneuploidy in mammalian embryos: Getting it wrong from the beginning

15:25 - 16:10

Mike McGrew (University of Edinburgh) - Innovations using avian reproductive cells to cryopreserve poultry breeds

16:10 - 16:40

Henri Woelders (WUR Animal Breeding and Genomics & CGN) - Complex Systems – Emergent Opportunities

16:40 - 17:00

Closing remarks and farewell Henri Woelders by Roel Veerkamp (Head of Department, WUR Animal Breeding and Genomics)

17:00 - 18:00

Goodbye reception with drinks & bites