Previous Conferences

2012 Conference Program

Highlights from the 2012 Allen D. Leman Swine Conference include:

• Six (6) Pre-Conference Workshops with over 450 participants:
  o Productivity and Longevity of the Breeding Herd
  o PRRS CAP Session
  o Defining the Grow/Finish Productivity Optimum
  o Carlos Pijoan SDEC Symposium on Managing Filtered Farms
  o Crunching the Numbers: Basic Tools and Approaches for Analyzing Data
  o The Latest on Sow Housing

• Main Conference-over 750 participants representing 26 countries
• Three (3) Keynote Presentations and One (1) Distinguished Lecture
  o We Are Predictably Irrational-Dr. Terrance (Terry) Hurley with respondents Drs. Jim Lowe, Gordon Spronk and Lisa Tokach
  o What Would Dr. Leman do for PRRS-Dr. Julie Menard
  o A Critical Look at the Science Underlying Feed Efficiency-Dr. John Patience
  o The Nutritional Challenge of Feeding the World-Michael Swanson
• Sixteen (16) Breakout Sessions

If you are interested in purchasing a USB copy of the 2012 Allen D. Leman Swine Conference main conference proceedings, please contact our office.

We thank the following 2012 Allen D. Leman Swine Conference Sponsors:

Platinum
Bayer Animal Health
Pfizer Animal Health

Gold
Novartis Animal Health

Silver
Boehringer-Ingelheim Vetmedica, Inc.
National Pork Board
Newport Laboratories

Bronze
Merck Animal Health

Copper
AgStar Financial Services
Elanco Animal Health
GlobalVetLINK
IDEXX
Novus International, Inc.
PIC USA
USDA PRRS CAP

University of Minnesota Institutional Partners
College of Veterinary Medicine
University of Minnesota Extension
College of Food, Agriculture and Natural Resources Sciences
 

2011 Conference Program

Highlights from the 2011 Allen D. Leman Swine Conference include:

• Five (5) Pre-Conference Workshops with over 430 participants

• Bringing Value to Pork Production Systems: Obstacles and Opportunities
• PRRS CAP Workshop
• Defining the Grow/Finish Productivity Optimum
• Carlos Pijoan SDEC Symposium on Swine Dysentery
• Statistics for the 'Pig-headed'

• Main Conference-over 800 participants representing 26 countries

• Four (4) Keynote Presentations and One (1) Distinguished Lecture
  
  • Why We Make Mistakes presented by Author and Pulitzer Prize-winning Journalist Joseph Hallinan
  • The Outlook for the Swine Industry and its Relationship with the Global Economy-Dr. Brian Briggeman
  • Genes, Gametes and Gestation Outcomes: Essential Links in a Successful Breeding Management Program-Dr. George Foxcroft
  • What Should We Do About Flu?-Dr. Montserrat Torremorell
  • The Nutritional Challenge of Feeding the World-Dr. Allen Levine
• Eighteen (18) Breakout Sessions