The Dairy Innovation Hub will hold its annual Dairy Symposium on May 15 at the Memorial Union from 8:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Registrations are still being accepted.

Dairy Symposium features the Dairy Innovation Hub’s most advanced research from all participating campuses and is geared toward an academic audience and anyone looking for a deeper dive into research. Attendees will hear thought-provoking plenary sessions, research talks from each of the Hub’s four priority areas, shorter “flash talks” from students, and poster presentations from Hub-funded researchers. This is an in-person opportunity at the Memorial Union, and recordings will be available after the live event on the Hub’s YouTube channel.

Hub events are free and open to the public. Pre-registration is required.

Register for Dairy Symposium at: https://dairyinnovationhub.wisc.edu/dairy-symposium/.

AGENDA

• 8:00 am – Registration, posters, continental breakfast
• 8:45 am – Welcome and morning plenary session
  Moises Torres Gonzalez, VP, Nutrition Research at National Dairy Council – “Whole milk dairy foods and cardio-metabolic health: the current scientific landscape”
• 10:00 am – breakout sessions/posters
• 12:00 pm – Lunch/posters
• 1:00 pm – Breakout sessions/posters
• 3:00 pm – Afternoon panel session
  “Greener Cattle Initiative: a three-pronged approach to mitigate enteric methane emissions from dairy cattle.”
  • Francisco Peñagaricano, Animal and Dairy Sciences, UW–Madison
  • Hilario Mantovani, Animal and Dairy Sciences, UW–Madison
  • Lizzy French, USDA Dairy Forage Research Center
• 4:00 pm – Flash talks, posters, and cocktail reception
• 5:30 pm – Adjourn

To date, this unique initiative has funded more than 200 research and outreach projects across three campuses and four priority areas.

The Dairy Innovation Hub, funded through a $7.8 million per year investment by the state of Wisconsin, harnesses research and development across the UW–Madison, UW–Platteville and UW–River Falls campuses ensuring that Wisconsin’s $45.6 billion dairy community remains a global pacesetter in producing nutritious dairy products. This is all accomplished with a keen focus on economic, environmental, and social sustainability.

Questions? Contact Maria Woldt, program manager, maria.woldt@wisc.edu or (608) 265-4009.