23-June (Tue) Day-2

Plenary session: 10:00 – 12:00 (Obihiro Civic Culture Hall)

  • Plenary 1: De-extinction: Jurassic Park revisited & reproduction in space
    Chair Ann Van Soom (Ghent University, Belgium)

    • Thomas Hildebrandt (Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research, Germany)De-extinction of the northern white rhinoceros
    • Andrew Pask (The University of Melbourne, Australia)Can we resurrect the Tasmanian tiger?
    • Teruhiko Wakayama (University of Yamanashi, Japan)Life beyond earth: Mammalian reproduction in space

“Tasting Hokkaido foods, wine and beer !” (Tokachi Plaza Garden) 18:30 – 21:00

24-June (Wed) Day-3

Plenary session: 8:30 – 10:30 (Obihiro Civic Culture Hall)

  • Plenary 2:State of ART in stem cell technologies for application in animal reproduction
    Chair Katsuhiko Hayashi (Osaka University, Japan)

    • Katsuhiko Hayashi (Osaka University, Japan)Recreation of germ line in a dish for animal reproduction
    • Jon M Oatley (Washington State University, USA)Direct germline gene editing for precision trait development in livestock
    • Zongliang (Carl) Jiang (University of Florida, USA)Blastoids for modeling early embryonic development: Application to domestic livestock

Free for the afternoon (Excursions & Activities)

25-June (Thu) Day-4

Plenary session: 8:30 – 10:30 (Obihiro Civic Culture Hall)

  • Plenary 3:The impact of epigenetics in animal production and reproduction
    Chair Marc-André Sirard (Université Laval, Canada)

    • Pascale Chavatte Palmer (French National Institute for Agriculture, Food, and Environment, France)Fetal programming and placental modulation of maternal environment in domestic animals
    • Hasan Khatib (University of Wisconsin–Madison, USA)What is mammalian transgenerational epigenetic inheritance?
    • George Liu (United States Department of Agriculture, USA)Harnessing male germline epigenomics for the genetic improvement in cattle

Gala Dinner (Hokkaido Hotel) 19:00 – 21:30

26-June (Fri) Day-5

Plenary session: 8:30 – 10:30(Obihiro Civic Culture Hall)

  • Plenary 4:Developments in application of assisted reproduction technologies to dairy cattle breeding
    Chair Pat Lonergan (University College Dublin, Ireland)

    • Stephen Butler (Agriculture and Food Development Authority, Ireland)'Beef-on-dairy': Current status, and harnessing Assisted Reproductive Technologies to improve performance and sustainability
    • Paul Fricke (University of Wisconsin–Madison, USA)Current use of assisted reproductive technologies in dairy cattle breeding in North America
    • Belen Rabaglino (Utrecht University, The Netherlands)Impact of ARTs on fetal and calf health

Plenary session: 16:30 – 18:30 (Hotel Nikko Northland-A/B)

  • Plenary 5:The cutting edge of reproductive technologies in wild and endangered animals
    Chair Pierre Comizzoli (Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute, USA)

    • Katie Edwards (Chester Zoo, United Kingdom)Non-invasive monitoring of reproduction in individuals and populations of wild vertebrates
    • Alexandre Silva (Federal Rural University of Semi-Árid, Brazil)Emerging assisted reproductive technologies in mammals and non-mammals
    • Pei-Chih Lee (Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute, USA)New preservation and biobanking strategies for wild and endangered species

Closing Ceremony: 18:30 – 19:00 (Hotel Nikko Northland-A/B)