Monday 23 June 2025
08:30-11:00
Registration satellite opens
09:00-12:00
Satellite symposium 1
13:00-16:00
Title: Precision poultry nutrition: The path to sustainable and efficient production.
MECC - Conference Centre Level 0 - Room 0.8 Rome
Title: Poultry intestinal health from nutritional perspective
MECC - Conference Centre Level 0 - Room 0.1 London
15:30-17:00
Registration symposium opens
17:00-18:00
Opening Plenary
18:00-20:00
Welcome Reception (drinks & bites)
Tuesday 24 June 2025
08:30-10:00
Plenary session 1 - Environmental impact: challenges for poultry nutrition
Keynote 1
Ollie van Hal & Simon Oosting - Wageningen University (The Netherlands)
Poultry in circular food systems
Keynote 2
Athanasios Pappas – Agricultural University of Athens
Poultry, a perfect waste converter?
Keynote 3
Jeroen Degroote - Ghent University (Belgium)
The impact of heat stress as a challenge for poultry nutrition
10:00-10:45
Discussion groups
10:00-11:15
Coffee break
11:15-12:15
Oral presentation 1 - Environmental impact: challenges for poultry nutrition?
O1.1
Phytase, carbohydrase, protease, probiotics and their combinations can reduce carbon footprint of broiler chickens by 10-48% (Saad Gilani, Danisco Animal Nutrition & Health)
O1.2
Enhancing poultry nutrition sustainability: assessment of marine and terrestrial co-products for monocalcium and dicalcium phosphate production (Amelie Juanchich, Centre Mondial de l’Innovation Roullier)
O1.3
Impact of inorganic phosphorus removal on growth performance and bone mineralization in the finisher and withdraw diets of fast-growing broilers (Edith Crenn, ADM Animal Nutrition)
O1.4
Environmental Consequences of Using Alternative Protein Sources in Broiler Diets (Tom Vingerhoets, Wageningen University/HAS green academy)
O1.5
Environmental implications of low-protein diets in broiler production: a life cycle approach based on two different nitrogen emission models (Théophane de Rauglaudre, Université Laval)
O1.6
Different requirement standards and levels of crude protein impacting performance and sustainability of broiler production under commercial conditions (Behnam Saremi, CJ Europe GbmH)
11:15-12:15
Oral presentation 2 - (Novel) ingredients and processing
O2.1
Growth, feed efficiency, and carcass characteristics of fast-growing broilers fed with three feeding strategies using black soldier fly larvae (Bertrand Méda, INRAE, Université de Tours)
O2.2
Stimulation of fibre degradation and fermentation through wheat bran inclusions in broiler feed is particle size dependent: a mechanistic study (Paulien Vanderghinste, KU Leuven, Laboratory of Food Chemistry and Biochemistry)
O2.3
Olive bioactives from olive oil by-products for poultry feeds: a systematic review. (David Menoyo, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid)
O2.4
In Vitro Assessment of Digestion, Absorption and Fermentation Characteristics of Insect and Plant Protein Sources for Broilers (Elena Fako, Nutrition and Animal Microbiota EcoSystems lab)
O2.5
Enhancing unconventional protein utilization in poultry – a breakthrough with multi-component protease (Karthigan Manohar, Kemin Industries South Asia Pvt. Ltd)
O2.6
On using bacterial single cell proteins during starter and grower phases: implications on growth, welfare and metabolic traits of broiler chickens (Marco Zampiga, University of Bologna)
12:15-13:00
Plenary discussions 1
13:00-14:30
Lunch break & Poster sessions
14:30-16:00
Plenary session 2 - Novel Ingredients and Processing
Keynote 4
Sonia Liu - University of Sydney (Australia)
Facilitating the acceptance of low CP diets for poultry
Keynote 5
Kelley Wamsley - Mississippi State University (USA)
Harnessing feed and feed technology to optimize poultry production
Keynote 6
Ilaria Biasato - University of Turin (Italy)
Insects as poultry feed: the future or wishful thinking?
16:00-16:45
Discussion groups
16:00-17:15
Coffee break
17:15-18:00
Plenary discussions 2
18:00-19:15
Poster Drinks
21:00-23:00
Pint of Science
Wednesday 25 June 2025
08:30-10:00
Plenary session 3 - Requirements, Responses, and Recommendations
Keynote 7
Jaap van Milgen - INRAe (France)
From requirements to responses and recommendations: a modeling approach
Keynote 8
Gerard Santoma - FEDNA (Spain)
From nutrient requirements to practical specifications: how to deal with the gap?
Keynote 9
Doug Korver - University of Alberta (Canada)
NASEM 2025: The 'new' NRC nutrient requirements for poultry
10:00-10:45
Discussion groups
10:00-11:15
Coffee break
11:15-12:15
Oral presentations 3 - Requirements, responses and recommendations
O3.1
Dose -response to dietary protein during starter phase in fast- and slow-growing broilers (Eva Pampouille, Institut Technique de l’Aviculture)
O3.2
Determination of digestible calcium requirements of Ross 308 broilers by metaanalysis (Maëva Durand, Mixscience, Bruz)
O3.3
Long-Term Effect of the Initial Body Composition on Egg Production, Bone and Egg Quality of Brown Laying Hens. (Clara Alfonso-Carrillo, Trouw Nutrition R&D)
O3.4
Effects of dietary markers, TiO₂ and Cr₂O₃, on fermentation and microbiota in broilers: Ex Vivo and In Vivo insights (Ali Kiani, Alimetrics Ltd.)
O3.5
Machine learning-driven modeling of nutrient-response curves applied to a broiler chicken protein accretion dataset (Hamed Ahmadi, University of Hohenheim)
O3.6
Evaluating and implementing the net energy system for broiler chickens in diets with crude protein reduction (Rony Riveros, São Paulo State University)
11:15-12:15
Oral presentations 4 - Customized feeding strategies
O4.1
Determining the histidine requirements of broilers raised under normal or challenge conditions (Bart Matton, CJ Europe GmbH)
O4.2
Mapping nutrient sensing system and central nervous response mechanisms during feed intake in ducks (Marie Lasserre, UMR NuMeA INRAE UPPA)
O4.3
Evaluation of phosphorus requirements in laying hens between 73 to 94 weeks of age (Arya Rezaei Far, Wageningen Livestock Research)
O4.4
A study on feeding behaviour of broilers under different feeding regimens and effect of NSPase and feed retention time on digestion of barley diets (Muhammad Ahmad, Norwegian University of Life Sciences)
O4.5
Evaluating different early-life feeding strategies on broiler performance and meat quality (Rosa Franco Rosselló, Trouw Nutrition R&D)
12:15-13:00
Plenary discussions 3
13:00-14:30
Lunch break & Poster sessions
14:30-16:00
Plenary session 4 - Customized Feeding Strategies
Keynote 10
Nadia Everaert - Catholic University Leuven (Belgium)
Early-life nutrition's role in broiler gut health: enhancing maturation and microbiota colonization
Keynote 11
Jesse Heijmans & Masja Duijster - De Heus (Netherlands)
Broiler breeder nutrition: a step further in our understanding
Keynote 12
Bertrand Meda - INRAe (France)
Development of tools for implementing precision feeding strategies in broilers and layers
16:00-17:15
Discussion groups
16:00-17:15
Coffee break
17:15-18:00
Plenary discussions 4
18:00-19:00
Time to fresh up
19:00-00.00
Social Dinner
(shuttle schedule will be announced later).
Thursday 26 June 2025
09:00-11:00
Round Table - The future of …….. for poultry nutrition
Round table speakers
David Speller - Optifarm (United Kingdom)
Artificial Intelligence
Emily Leishman - Aarhus University (Denmark)
Big data
James Bentley - Hubbard (France)
Alternative breeds
Susanne Kreuzer-Redmer - Vienna University of Veterinary Medicine (Austria)
Nutri-omics
11:00-11:30
Coffee Break
11:30-12:30
Closing Ceremony & Farewell
12:30
Farewell lunch