2025 ACPV Workshop
April 6, 2025
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Current Perspectives on Poultry Welfare
Rooms must be booked before March 15th in order to secure your $189/night discounted room rate. Click the link above to make your reservation or call Marriot Reservations directly at
1(888)627-8417.
The Westin Calgary
320 4th Avenue SW
Calgary, AB T2P 2S6
We hope you will consider supporting the 2025 ACPV Workshop. Sponsors will receive exposure in messaging before the workshop, at the live portion of the workshop and on the ACPV learning management site.
Section 1: Foundational Concepts of Animal Welfare
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7:00 AM-8:00 AM
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Continental Breakfast
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8:00 AM-8:10 AM
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Introduction
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8:10 AM-8:45 AM
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Where did we come from and where are we now: Evolving animal welfare models
Kate Barger-Weathers, KB Welfare Consulting
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8:45 AM-9:15 AM
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Fostering better care for our animals: A Blueprint for an effective animal welfare program
Ken Opengart, 3 Birds Consulting
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9:15 AM-9:40 AM
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Animal welfare assessment: A comprehensive measurement approach to drive continuous improvement
Kathleen Long, Maple Leaf Foods
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9:40 AM-10:00AM
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Panel Q & A
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10:00 AM-10:20 AM
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Coffee Break
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Section 2: Technology Innovations to Drive Continuous Improvement in Animal Welfare Outcomes
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10:20 AM-10:40 AM
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Using technology to improve genetics and advance animal welfare outcomes
Tom Riek, PIC
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10:40 AM-11:00 AM
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Advancing on-farm health and welfare through advanced monitoring and machine learning
Ed Pajor, University of Calgary
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11:00 AM-11:20 AM
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OPTIFLOCK camera/computer system for the advancement of poultry welfare
Marian Dawkins, University of Oxford
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11:20 AM-11:40 AM
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Commercial applications of vision systems to monitor animal welfare outcomes in processing plans
Yolande Seddon, University of Saskatchewan
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11:40 AM-12:00 AM
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Panel Q & A
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12:00 PM-1:00 PM
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Lunch Break (On Your Own)
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Section 3: Customer, Consumer, and NGO Perspectives
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1:00 PM-1:30 PM
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Setting the stage: What do Canadian consumers expect and understand about animal welfare?
Mike Von Massow, University of Guelph
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1:30 PM-1:55 PM
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Engaging with interest groups: How can NGOs partner with the poultry supply chain to make meaningful improvements in animal welfare?
Darren Vanstone, OCATRA
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1:55 PM-2:20 PM
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National Farm Animal Care Council: Learnings from Canada’s multi-stakeholder approach to developing Codes of Practice for farmed animals
Jackie Wepruk, National Farm Animal Care Council
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2:20 PM-2:45 PM
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A customer perspective: What do supply chain customers expect from poultry suppliers to continuously improve animal welfare?
Angela Griffiths, A&W Canada
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2:45 PM-3:00 PM
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Panel Q & A
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3:00 PM-3:15 PM
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Coffee Break
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Section 4: Hot Topics in Animal Welfare
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3:15 PM-3:30 PM
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On farm hatching and technologies and adoption
Marco Volpé, Groupe Westco (Virtual)
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3:30 PM-3:45 PM
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In ovo-sexing technologies and adoption
Mike Petrik, McKinley Hatchery
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3:45 PM-4:00 PM
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Advances in humane endings
Jeff Hill, Livestock Welfare Strategies
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4:00 PM-4:15 PM
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Innovation in Poultry Lighting to Improve Welfare and Performance Outcomes of Practice for farmed animals
Karen Schwean-Lardner, University of Saskatchewan
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4:15 PM-4:30 PM
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Enrichments to promote species specific behaviors
Karen Schwean-Lardner, University of Saskatchewan
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4:30 PM-4:45 PM
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Panel Q & A
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2025 ACPV Workshop Sponsors
The following companies have already contributed to the 2025 ACPV Workshop.
Diamond
Huvepharma
Ceva
Platinum
Boehringer Ingelheim
Gold
Aviagen
Maple Leaf Foods Inc.
Silver
Center for Food Animal Wellbeing
Bronze
Jennie-O
Peco
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