2019 PSA Symposia Program
The 2019 PSA Annual Meeting (July 15-18, 2019) will present eleven symposia, lectures and workshops of current interest to the international poultry industry and poultry science community. Below is the focus on a symposium taking place on:  Wednesday, July 17, 2019 at 1:00 PM
Symposium: Future of Data Analytics: Development and Application of Models and Decision Support Systems for Poultry Nutrition and Production

Chair: Peter R. Ferket, North Carolina State University
This symposium is part of the National Animal Nutrition Program (NANP)/NRSP-9 project with the objective to further the understanding and application of models and data analytic applications for decisions related to nutrition and sustainable animal production. The NRSP-9 project is an enabling partner for the National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine’s effort to update nutrient requirement reports and the next NRC publication for poultry will likely include a model to estimate nutrient requirements. This program will bring awareness of data analytics and nutrition modeling as a valuable tool to support sustainable livestock production by better documenting and understanding knowledge gaps, and standardization of data collection and quality. 
1:00 PM
Welcome; National Animal Nutrition Program/NRSP-9 Project Overview
Peter R. Ferket, North Carolina State University
1:05 PM
Concepts and development of growth and nutrient requirement models
Nilva Kazue Sakomura, UNESP; and Matheus Reis, UNESP
1:45PM
Application of nutritional models for estimating nutrient requirements
Rob Gous, University of KwaZulu-Natal
2:25 PM
Industry perspective on the application of nutritional models
Jennifer Ellis, University of Guelph
3:00 PM
Break
3:30 PM
Decision-making models for nutrition and poultry production
Edgar Oviedo-Rondón, North Carolina State University
4:10 PM
The future of data analytics and emerging technologies in protein production
Juan Predro Fernandez Sanin, Asimetrix
4:50 PM
Closing Remarks
Peter R. Ferket, North Carolina State University
Meeting rates will go up on June 1, 2019. If you have not yet registered to attend, make sure to register for the meeting before this date to save on registration rates. Visit the PSA Annual Meeting website for more information.
See the Other 2019 Symposia Announcements
Symposium Announcement #4