International Livestock Forum

8:00am – Welcome and Introductions

8:15am – Meat and Livestock Industry Updates

• Speaker: Mike Miller, CattleFax

9:00am – International Markets: Challenges & Opportunities

• Speaker: Dan Halstrom, USMEF

9:45am – Break

10:15am – Panel: Climate-Smart Agriculture – Where are we heading? 

• Moderator: Dr. Sara Place
• Panelists: TBD

11:15am – Intersection of Human and Animal Welfare

• Speaker: Dr. Catie Cramer

12:15pm – Lunch in the Hydro Common Space

1:15pm-3:00pm – Afternoon Breakout Sessions 

• Breakout 1 – AgNext: Research-Based Solutions in Livestock Sustainability (Confluence Theatre)
  • Speakers: CSU AgNext Faculty
• Breakout 2 – Market Access Session (Willow)
  • Speakers: Julie Mizak (CO Dept of Ag.), Justin Carter (CO Dept of Education), Catie Simpson-Beauchamp (ButcherBox)

3:00pm-3:30pm – Break

3:30pm-5:00pm – Afternoon Breakout Sessions

• Breakout 3 – Consumer Insights (Cottonwood)
  • Speaker: Bridget Wasser, Midan Marketing
• Breakout 4 – Small-Processor Panel (Cottonwood)
  • Speakers: Jeff Smith (Colorado Craft Beef), Jessica Bobitsky (Wheatridge Meat & Poultry Processing)\

5:00pm – Networking Social, featuring Western Daughters Butcher Shoppe at the CSU Spur 

Post-Conference Sessions:

ILF Student Fellows: Industry Tours

• Depart Denver, CO at 6:30am
• JBS Beef Processing (Greeley, CO)
• Five Rivers Cattle Feeding (Kersey, CO)
• Harper Feedlot (Ault, CO)
• Return to Denver, CO by 3:00pm