Bruce Woodacre
Knowledge Management, UK

Bruce has vast academic and technical experiences with dairy, having been involved in animal nutrition since 1972.  Currently Bruce manages his own business, “Knowledge Management”, specializing in Independent Nutrition and Technology Transfer Consultancy.

Dr. Swamy Haladi
Alltech Inc., Canada

Dr. Haladi obtained his PhD in Animal and Poultry Science from the University of Guelph in 2003. For his PhD thesis he worked on “Effect of Fusarium mycotoxins on the performance, immunity and neurochemistry of poultry.

Dr. Trevor Smith
University of Guelph, Canada

Dr. Trevor Smith has been a faculty member at the University of Guelph since 1977. His current position is Professor in the Department of Animal and Poultry Science.  Research interests are monogastric nutrition and feed toxicology including the etiology and treatment of Fusarium mycotoxicoses and the
metabolic effects of feed-borne biogenic amines.

Dr. Bill Close
Close Consultancy

Dr. Close’s expertise spans all aspects of pig nutrition and production but in particular he has outstanding knowledge and understanding of the complex relationship that exists between proper nutrition and reaching the growth potential of pigs through all stages of production.

INRA, France

Dr. Isabelle Oswald is currently the Director of Research at INRA Toulouse where she is leading the “Immunomycotoxicology” research team. She has developed many tools to investigate the pig immune response by analysing the mechanism involved in immunosuppression caused by the ingestion of mycotoxins.