Wen Jie, deputy director and researcher of the Institute of Animal Sciences of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, post-doctor of CORK University, Ireland (1994-1996). Chief scientist of the national broiler industry technical system, vice chairman of poultry branch of China Institute of animal husbandry and veterinary medicine, editor-in-chief of the “Chinese Journal of Animal and Veterinary Sciences”. He won the prize of Chinese Award for Outstanding Agricultural Talents, national agricultural advanced worker. Received 2 second prizes for the National Technological Invention Award (ranked first), cultivated 5 new broiler breeds (matching line) and obtained the National New Species Certificate; he formulated the "Chicken Feeding Standard" (NY/T33-2004) and "Chicken Meat Quality Classification"(GB/T19676-2005) and other national and industry standards; he has published 65 theses as the first author/corresponding author, and edited 2 books such as “Healthy Farming of Livestock and Poultry”.

Wei Xiaoming, male, Han nationality, born in October 1965, graduated from the Northwest Agricultural University in 1985 with a bachelor’s degree in animal husbandry. He worked as a lecturer at the Ningxia Agricultural College in the same year. In 1992, he began to engage in layer breeding industry. In 2006, he founded Ningxia Xiaoming Ecological Agriculture and Animal Husbandry Co., Ltd. as general manager. In June 2011, as one of the initiators he established Ningxia Xiaoming Agriculture and Animal Husbandry Co., Ltd. serving as chairman and general manager. He is currently the vice president of China Society of Forestry, Animal Husbandry and Fishery Economics （CSFAFE）; director of the Yinchuan Comprehensive Experimental Station of the National Layer Industry Technical System; executive director of China Animal Agriculture Association（CAAA）; vice president of National Poultry Industry Association CAAA, CHINA; and vice president of International Cooperation Committee of Animal Welfare（ICCAW）; member of the Qingtongxia Municipal Political Consultative Conference; leader of scientific and technological innovation team of “Layer Fine Breeding Production and Healthy Feeding Technology”, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region; advanced individual in China’s animal husbandry industry; won the Honor of “Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region Quality Award”, an individual Award in 2017.

Willem Heemskerk, poultry processing researcher of Meyn Food Processing Technology B.V, earned his MSc degree in Food Science at the Agricultural University of Wageningen (Netherlands) in 1987. In 1988 he was hired by MEYN as a food technologist, with a focus on food safety, animal welfare, process yield and product quality. That job brought him to poultry processing plants in Europe, Middle East, Africa, Asia, N-America, S-America and Australia. He has held several presentations during scientific meetings and for customers. A further present focus is on making relevant scientific publications useful for MEYN.
     He is a member of the World Poultry Science Association (WPSA) and a former member of the Board of WPSA Dutch Branch (2010-2016). In 2000 he joined the European Working Group 5 (on Quality of poultry meat). In 2018 Willem was appointed as secretary of WPSA’s Foundation for the Promotion of Poultry Science (FPPS).

Liu Shengwang: secondary researcher, doctoral tutor, deputy director of the Harbin Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, director of the poultry disease research department and principle scientist of the avian respiratory disease innovation team. Mainly engaged in poultry disease research, especially the study of avian respiratory infections mainly including infectious bronchitis, Newcastle disease and infectious laryngotracheitis. Two kinds of avian infectious bronchitis living vaccine and one infectious bronchitis antibody diagnostic kit have been launched to the market. He won two provincial and ministerial awards and four national invention patents and one national standard. He has already published more than 100 theses in international magazines and trained more than 10 doctoral students and more than 90 master students.

Chu Jianxin, senior logistics person, engaged in express delivery, express transportation, e-commerce logistics, once worked as the head of Jingdong logistics network planning and supply chain planning, collaborative person in charge of Cainiao network warehouse allocation planning and supply chain, currently worked as collaborative person in charge of NetEase Kaola warehouse allocation planning and supply chain.

Vincent Guyonnet is managing director of FFI Consulting Ltd.. A native of France, Vincent obtained the degree of Doctor in Veterinary Medicine in 1987 in Lyon, France and a Ph.D degree in Poultry Science from The University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA in 1991. He was accepted as a diplomate of the American College of Poultry Veterinarians (US board certification) in 1994.
     During his career, Vincent has worked closely with the Poultry sector, first from the Animal Health side with Pfizer Animal Health (now Zoetis) and then from the production and food processing side with Burnbrae Farms Ltd. Vincent has worked in the area of New Product Development, International Market Development and Quality Assurance for the largest integrated egg producer and processor (grading, breaking and further processing) in Canada. Concurrently, he has served as the scientific advisor for the International Egg Commission (London, UK), working with intergovernmental organizations (OIE, FAO, World Bank) on global issues such as animal welfare, greenhouse gas emissions, food safety, nutrition and food security and the overall sustainability of animal production.
     As part of FFI Consulting Ltd., Vincent is a consultant to the Poultry sector, with emphasis on egg production, market development and the role of eggs in human nutrition. His work also focuses on international development programs to assist poultry farmers to further contribute to the challenges of global food security and nutrition, taking him to countries like Kenya, Mozambique and Rwanda where egg consumption is extremely low.
     Vincent has authored 4 book chapters, several peer-reviewed scientific papers and is a regular guest speaker at international conferences. Vincent also enjoys teaching Poultry science and egg-related food science topics and has been a guest lecturer at the World Veterinary Education in Production Animal Health (WVEAPH), Jilin University, Beijing Agriculture University, China Agricultural University and the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (China).

Aidan Connolly is CEO of Cainthus, president of AgriTech Capital. He is the author of the recently launched strategic business planning book, “2-1-4-3.”
     Aidan Connolly graduated with a Master’s in International Marketing from the Smurfit School of Business, University College Dublin, Ireland. He previously worked with Alltech for more than 25 years, initially in Ireland, and then based in France, Brazil and the United States. He has travelled for business to over 100 countries including most recently extensively in China. From 2002 until 2008, Connolly held the position of Vice President of Alltech Europe, then to Washington DC as VP of Corporate Accounts. . As Chief Innovation Officer Connolly was responsible for the commercialization of Alltech’s global research in addition to continuing corporate account strategy within Alltech.
     His expertise is in branding, agriculture and international marketing. Connolly is an adjunct professor of marketing at University College Dublin and visiting professor at the China Agricultural University. He is a former member of the European FEFANA organization and the International Food and Agribusiness Management Association (IFAMA).
     Connolly is responsible for the highly anticipated Alltech Global Feed Survey, which is released annually. He has also led the implementation of the Pearse Lyons Accelerator, a late-stage, agri-tech accelerator run by Alltech and Dogpatch Labs, which received over 200 applications from more than 30 countries.

Curtis Shuey, BS, MBA. Curtis Shuey has cultivated over 28 years of experience in the animal health industry. Today he leads the International BioDevice and Automation commercial team for Zoetis. From 1990 to 1997, Curtis had various responsibilities with Solvay Animal Health ending with the position of International Business Manager focusing heavily on swine and poultry biologicals. From 1998 to 2011, Curtis supported Alpharma and the development of the medicated feed additive industry. Curtis was the General Manager for Alpharma’s Asia Pacific business from 2007 to 2011 overseeing the commercial and local manufacturing sites. In 2011, Pfizer purchased Alpharma and Curtis remained, leading the Asia Pacific Regional Marketing team for swine & poultry. In total, Curtis supported the Asia Pacific markets for 8.5 years before returning to the US to lead the BioDevice and Automation business for Zoetis.

Jason Cormick, Hatchery Specialist, Petersime NV. Jason Cormick has worked in the Poultry Production Industry for the last 29 years, working in over 50 Countries around the world in everything from Pedigree through to Broilers & Layers. Covering various areas such as Production, Quality Assurance, Animal Welfare & Project Management.
     Currently, Jason uses his acquired knowledge, to give training on poultry production as well as assisting operations in all climatic conditions improve their results beyond industry standards.

Guo Chunman has more than 15 years of management consulting experience. He is currently a senior partner of Hay Group, Principal of the Shenzhen Branch. He used to be the deputy general manager of South China district at Hay Group. Prior to that, he worked as an industry leader and consulting manager at Aonhewitt, another world-renowned human resources consulting company. Before entering the consulting industry, he served as an executive role in a number of well-known companies. Mr. Guo’s recent service customers include: Mengniu Group, Yashily Group, China Resources Group, China Resources Beverage, China Resources Sanjiu, China Resources Bank, China Resources Vanguard, China Resources Power, China Resources Cement, Guangdong Telecom, Shenzhen Power Supply Bureau, Guangzhou Metro, Yuexiu Group, Southern Newspaper, ITG Holding Group, Shenzhen International Holdings Limited, Jiangxi Telecom, Guangdong Tobacco, Shenzhen Post Bureau, Shenzhen Water Investment, Shenzhen Accord Medicine, Coolpad Group Limited, OPPO Mobile, Broad-Ocean Electric, Biolight Medical, Mindray, Esaote Medical, Haima Automobile, Gemdale Group, China Minsheng Bank, Keystone foods China, OFILM, Suntark Technology, Topband, Vision Group Power, Silverage Technology, etc. Mr. Guo has accumulated rich experience in leadership development, cadre evaluation and selection, quality model building, talent inventory, cultural construction, organizational management and control, process optimization, talent incentives, strategic clarification and decoding, strategic performance management. Mr. Guo focuses on process consulting to help companies solve problems while helping to change people’s ideas and behaviors.
     Mr. Guo holds an MBA degree and a bachelor’s degree in management.

Mr. Harold Zhou joined Cobb China in 2017 as Sales Director, responsible for sales of Grandparents and Parent stocks of the company. Cobb is the only broiler breeding company with direct investment in China. The company aims at providing high quality breeding stocks to the China market.
     Prior to Cobb, Mr. Zhou worked in various multi-national companies, focusing on Sales and technical services. His experience spans over poultry breeding, bio-products and animal health products. He has a solid understanding of China’s layer, color bird and broiler business.
     His educational background is veterinarian medicine (MS) from Agriculture University of Sichuan. He lives in Chengdu, Sichuan province.

Leng Hanbing, Veterinary Veterinary Officer, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs; General Manager, Technical Service Company of Dalian Sanyi Animal Medicine Co., Ltd..
     Mr. Leng joined the Sanyi Bioengineering Research Institute of Sanyi Group as office director in February 2005. In June 2010, he was in charge of the national technical training and guidance of the Group, focusing on the national micro-ecology national publicity and sales supervision and animal disease diagnostic. Since 2016, Mr. Leng has served as the general manager of the Group’s technical service company, set up the technical service organization structure of the group, recruited talents, introduced advanced management experience, stimulated the enthusiasm and creativity of technical lecturers, organized multi-phase training courses on core technology and product application, trained a large number of technical marketing talents which laid a solid foundation for the rapid growth of the Group’s sales.

Weng Yabiao, associate professor of Veterinary College of South China Agricultural University; clinical practice expert in animal parasitic disease prevention and control; principle researcher and development expert of national high-tech enterprise; technical director of Foshan Standard Biotechnology Co., Ltd.; and associate editor of Poultry and Poultry Disease Prevention Journal.
     He has lectured on many courses for postgraduate and undergraduate students. He is the editor of the Manual on Practical Deworming Techniques for Intensive Pig Farms. He also participated in the editing and publishing of "Avian Parasitology", "Avian Diseases", "Veterinary Parasitology", and "Small Animal Parasitology" and other textbooks or monographs, published more than 100 academic papers. Hosted or participated in 10 national-level projects and more than 10 provincial-level projects; innovatively proposed the "four plus one" deworming mode of intensive pig farms, achieved many technological breakthroughs in the field of coccidiosis immunity research, and obtained many scientific and technological achievements reward.

Dr. Zhinong Yan, Executive Director, Walmart Food Safety Collaboration Center; Food Microbiologist and Food Safety Expert; Vice Chair, the Global Food Safety Initiative’s (GFSI) China Steering Committee; Expert Advisor, Food Safety Committee of the China Chain-Store & Franchise Association (CCFA) and China Children’s Food Safety Program of CCTF.
     Dr. Zhinong Yan is the Executive Director of the Walmart Food Safety Collaboration Center (WFSCC). He leads a team that promotes the development of food safety in China through stakeholder collaboration in the three areas of food safety innovation, education and policy support.
     Dr. Yan has over 30 years of academic and industry experience in microbiology and food safety. His experience spans the entire food supply chain from farm to table. His expertise includes analysis and overall solution against the occurrence, contamination, traceability and control of foodborne risk factors during the stages of production, processing, retail and catering for grain, meat, fruits, vegetables, and snack foods; Dr. Yan has extensive experience in microbiological inspections, analysis, monitoring and control of food processing equipment during production and in the business environment; recent work focuses on the application of innovative technologies to improve food safety, promote food safety education, and research and exchange of policies and regulations. He has published over 30 research papers and book chapters.
     Dr. Yan was previous the Asia-Pacific Food Safety Director for Ecolab. Prior to this he also worked at a food processing equipment firm and a food safety consultancy. He has provided food safety services for over 150 food processing plants in more than 20 countries in North America, South America, Europe and Asia. He has designed and conducted over 200 training sessions on enterprise food hygiene and safety.
     Dr. Yan received his BSc. and MSc. in plant pathology from China Agricultural University in 1988 and 1994 respectively, and his PhD from Auburn University in 2000. He completed his postdoctoral research at the University of Georgia, and Michigan State University where he also served as an assistant professor in the Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition. He was formerly the Vice Chair of the International Association on Food Protection’s (IAFP) Food Hygiene and Sanitation Professional Development Group, as well as the founder and two-time Chairman of the North American Chinese Association for Food Protection. Dr. Yan is currently Vice Chair of the Global Food Safety Initiative’s (GFSI) China Steering Committee, Chairperson for AFP China, Vice President of China Animal Health and Food Safety Alliance, and Expert Advisor of Food Safety Committee of the China Chain-Store & Franchise Association (CCFA) and China Children Food Safety Program of China Children and Teenage Foundation(CCTF).

Dr. Zhan Zhenfeng graduated from China Agricultural University in 2008 with a degree in animal nutrition. He studied under Dr. Li Defa academician.
     In 2018, Dr. Zhan Zhenfeng joined Cargill as Poultry Tech-Application Manager of Cargill Premix & Nutrition, responsible for the development of new solutions for poultry application nutrition. At present, his main research is to help customers solve the eggshell quality and achieve the whole process of antibiotic poultry feeding.
     Prior to joining Cargill, Dr. Zhan Zhenfeng worked as a technical manager at DaChan Food (Asia) Limited, where he was responsible for the design and maintenance of livestock and poultry formulas including layers and broilers. He has extensive experience in product development and management, quality control of products and materials, and customer service.

Working Experience
     Position                                         Company
     1)Director                                      G&S Agriconsultant Co., Ltd
     2)Poultry Sector Industry analyst     Rabobank International
     3)CFO                                           The Anglo American group, Brazil
     4)CFO                                           The Coca-Cola Company, South Latin America

     Additional awards and achievements
     · An associate of the cost and management accounting (ACMA), UK
     · Initiated his contact with the animal protein industry in 1989 with Rabobank, through a debt/equity conversion investment in the fourth largest Brazilian poultry company Frangosul, transaction led by BancoFator
     · Together with Rabobank heavily involved with financial institutions during debt crisis in Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia and China. Led teams preparing long term plansand strategies that formed the basis for negotiations with creditors.
     · Assists banks and financial market analysts in Brasil and USA to better understand industry data and market dynamics.
     · Gives in depth strategic advisory to family owned integrations in Thailand and Brazil as well as a major Cooperative in Brasil
     · Has had a strategic role with large integrations in China and India.
     · Is a strategic advisor for a genetics company and equipment manufacturers of processing and hatchery equipment
     · Is called in regularly by Animal Health companies to participate in strategic reviews and often has articles published in the press.
     · Has often spoken at National Chicken Council conferences in the USA as well as to Professional associations worldwide.

Mr. Jacky Michard is a Poultry Expert of Hubbard. A graduate of La Salle Beauvais in 1991 with and engineering diploma in animal production from this top French agriculture school.
     Since then, he has 28 years experience and has been involved in different role in the poultry industry, mainly with technical support to customers at commercial level and with production of day old chick. 12 years in ISA layer breeding company, 5 years at Neovia animal nutrition company and now in Hubbard broiler breeding for the last 11 years.
     Mr. Michard has several competencies in poultry especially in management and nutrition of breeders, broilers and layers. He is an expert in animal nutrition (feed formulation), farm management, biosecurity, etc.
     Mr. Michard is currently in charge of the technical poultry nutritional support of Hubbard worldwide.

Kate Sande, M.S., Senior Manager – Innovation Product Registration and Toxicology, Regulatory Affairs, Ecolab.
     Kate Sande manages the regulatory R&D innovation project portfolio at Ecolab and develops global regulatory registration strategies for antimicrobial and cleaning products. Her team secures U.S. EPA and FDA registrations for products that eventually become registered around the globe. Kate’s regulatory experience includes securing FIFRA biocide active ingredient, inert, and product registrations; preparing and overseeing FDA GRAS determinations and Food Contact Notifications; evaluating global registration requirements for biocides and cleaning products; preparing human health risk assessments; and hazard communication. Kate received an M.S. in Environmental Health from the University of Washington and a B.S. in Process Engineering from the University of Minnesota.

In 2010, Liu Na studied for a doctorate in nutrition from Northeast Agricultural University.
     In 2003, she joined Shenzhen Jinxin Agricultural Feed Co., Ltd., and was in charge of the company’s technical quality control department. She served as the director of the technical department and the manager of the quality control department. She participated in the formulation and adjustment of the company’s formula and established the Jinxinnong plasma protein powder VBN, immunodiffusion method and aflatoxin. Qualitative and quantitative detection methods for vomiting toxin; obtaining intermediate certificate for microscopic examination, ISO9001, HACCP internal inspection certificate and company trainer certificate; quality identification of raw materials such as corn, fish meal, plasma protein powder, DDGS, corn protein powder in the feed field And in-depth research on feed production technology. And provide quality and technical training for many domestic feed and breeding groups.
     In 2011, she joined Ascor Chimici and was responsible for the technical work of the company’s additive line (and poultry line). During this period, she was mainly responsible for the technical services and in-house training of the domestic feed group and the group’s ranch, and cooperated with a number of domestic universities to carry out research projects in order to formulate a standardized assessment method for functional additives.

Shi Wanyu, Ph.D., professor, doctoral tutor, deputy dean of the College of Veterinary Medicine (College of Traditional Chinese Veterinary Medicine) of Hebei Agricultural University and head of the Department of Chinese Veterinary Medicine. He is currently the vice chairman of the Asian Traditional Veterinary and Chinese Veterinary Society; the vice chairman of the Chinese Association of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine, CAAV; the vice chairman of the Chinese Veterinary Medicine Branch of Chinese Veterinary Medical Association, CVMA; the supervisor of the Zhongguancun Chinese Veterinary Medicine Industry Technology Strategic Alliance; Secretary-General of the Institute of Veterinary Research in North China; President of the Chinese Veterinary Medicine Branch of the Hebei Provincial Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Society. He has traveled to Taiwan, South Korea, Japan, the United States, Canada, Spain, Germany, France, the Netherlands, Belgium and other countries and regions for academic exchanges and business research.
     He gave lectures on the "Chinese veterinary medicine" for veterinary undergraduate students, "Chinese veterinary basic theory" and "Chinese medicine feed additive" for the Chinese veterinary undergraduate students; he also gave lectures on "Chinese veterinary theory", "Veterinary Acupuncture", "Chinese medicine immunopharmacology" and "Chinese Medicine Additives" and other courses for the postgraduate students. Mainly engaged in veterinary Chinese medicine pharmacology and the development of new products for veterinary drugs. In recent years, more than 20 scientific research achievements have been obtained, and currently there are 5 research projects, including 2 National Natural Science Foundations, 1 National Science and Technology Support Project, and 1 Public Welfare Industry (Agriculture) Research Project of Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs. In recent years, more than 20 papers have been published in SCI journals such as Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, and more than 100 papers have been published in domestic core journals. His main works published include "Chinese Veterinary Manual (Third Edition)" (Deputy Editor-in-Chief), "Chinese-English Dictionary of Chinese Veterinary Dictionary" (Deputy Editor-in-Chief), "Chinese Veterinary Formulaology" (Deputy Editor-in-Chief), "Veterinary Clinical Diagnostics" (Deputy Editor), "Veterinary Chinese Medicine"(Deputy Editor), "Veterinary Manual" (Participation), "Chinese Veterinary Internal Medicine" (Participation), "Chinese Veterinary Medicine" (12th Five-Year Plan Textbook, Participation); etc.; he obtained 8 national invention patents, and cooperated with enterprises to develop 5 new veterinary drugs.