8:00 am Registration Session One – Setting the Scene Chairperson: Professor Gerry Boyle, Director, Teagasc.

9:00 am Opening of Conference Professor Gerry Boyle, Director, Teagasc.

9:10 am Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) the way forward. Martin Blake, Chief Veterinary Officer, Department of Agriculture Food and the Marine (DAFM).

9:30 am Why reducing antibiotic use is now an imperative. Professor Martin Cormican, NUI Galway.

10:05 am Antibiotic usage data – its value for the animal health sector. Caroline Garvan, DAFM.

10:25 am The environment and its role in the transmission and persistence of AMR. Dearbhaile Morris, NUI Galway; Fiona Walsh, NUI Maynooth; Kaye Burgess and Fiona Brennan, Teagasc.

10:45 am Tea/ Coffee

Session Two – Meeting Consumer Demands Chairperson: Dr Lisa O’Connor, Food Safety Authority of Ireland.

11:15 am Dairy farm system management without antibiotics – lessons from Scandinavia. Martin Kavanagh, Veterinary Consultant, Tipperary.

11:45 am Addressing antimicrobial usage in agriculture: considering citizen perspectives and consumer demands. Áine Regan and Sharon Sweeney, Teagasc; Claire McKernan, Tony Benson and Moira Dean, Queen’s University Belfast.

Tullamore Court Hotel | Wednesday, 27th November 2019

ONE HEALTH: Awareness to Action Antimicrobial and Anthelmintic Resistance Conference

Session Three – Panel discussion Chairperson: Tommy Heffernan, Irish Farmers Journal.

12:05 pm Farmer experiences at reducing antimicrobial use (AMU) on their farms. Panel Eamonn Sheehan, Dairy Farmer. Brian Doran, Beef Farmer. Ger Carey, Drystock Unit Manager, Gurteen Agricultural College. Roy Gallie, Pig Farmer.

12:45 pm LunchSession Four – Break-Out Concurrent Sessions 13:45 pm Six Parallel Sessions, arranged to facilitate discussion and interaction. Each presentation is repeated after 1 hour Attendees are requested to choose 2 sessions

15:45 pm Tea/ CoffeeSession Five – Take home messages and actions Chairperson: Professor Michael Diskin, Teagasc.

16:15 pm Take home messages and actions for veterinary profession and each enterprise David Graham, CEO, AHI.

16:45 pm Closing remarks Michael Creed, TD, Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine.

17:00 pm Conference Close

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Topics Selective Dry Cow Therapy

Responsible prescribing of Antimicrobials

Calf management and

health

Biosecurity, medicated feed –

Pigs & Poultry

Anthelmintic resistance (Cattle

and Sheep)

Lameness in Sheep

ConvenorGeorge

Ramsbottom (Teagasc)

Eoin Ryan (UCD)

Tom O’Dwyer (Teagasc)

Michael McKeon(Teagasc)

James O’Shaughnessy

(DAFM)

Michael Gottstein(Teagasc)

Expert Speaker (10 minute overview)

Finola McCoy(AHI)

David Tisdall (University of

Surrey)

Emer Kennedy (Teagasc) & Catherine

McAloon (UCD)

Carla Gomes (AHI) & Rob Doyle

(DAFM)

Orla Keane (Teagasc)

Joe Angell(Veterinary

Consultant, UK)

For further information and registration: www.teagasc.ie/amrconferencePre-registration is a prerequisite

For veterinary surgeons, attendance at this conference

qualifies for 6 CPD points