Better Pork February 2017 21 FEATURED SPEAKERS Day 1 SOWS - Tuesday March 28 - A future vision of swine production • Mastering breeding in an era of new technology • Batch farrowing in a large system • The issue of pre-wean mortality • Revisiting the basics of breeding • Retrofit for loose housing • Human resources, training and building a team • Batch farrowing & processing management • What data do you collect and how do you use it? • Solutions to productivity challenges Nikolas Badminton Futurist Ron Plain University of Missouri Dawn McGrath Windwhistle Veterinary Services Hyatt Frobose JYGA Technologies Emma Allen-Vercoe University of Guelph Mark Estienne Virginia Tech Mike Tokach Kansas State University Bernard Tobin Synthesis Agrifood Network Topics Special thanks to our Premier Sponsors: For more information and to register, see the brochure enclosed with this issue of Better Pork Magazine or visit the London Swine Conference website at www.londonswineconference.ca. Zantingh Direct Inc. Reception Tuesday &Wednesday 4:30 pm 8:30 am Registration Day 2 WEAN TO FINISH - Wednesday March 29 - CFM de Lange lecture - Swine nutrition and technology • Answering tough questions: Building public trust in agriculture • Gut health and themicrobiome • Economics, grain and hog outlook • The impact of disease and stress • Reducing antimicrobials post weaning • Answering tough questions: Tips, techniques and strategies • Emerging diseases • Feed efficiency in swine - a review of recent research Founding Partners