Speakers
Meet our 2026 speakers
Keynote Speakers
Dr. József Popp
Member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, University Professor
Professor and researcher at Neumann János University. Regular member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (2025), formerly Vice-Dean and Head of Doctoral School at the University of Debrecen. Professor at two foreign universities (WSB University Poland and University of Johannesburg South Africa).
Irén Márta
Economist, Sustainability Expert
Managing Director of BCSDH. Works on accelerating the transition to a sustainable economy and promoting knowledge sharing and cooperation among Hungarian business, scientific and regulatory stakeholders.
Dr. Tamás Tóth
Research Professor, Dean
Dean of the Albert Kázmér Mosonmagyaróvár Campus at Széchenyi István University. President of the Hungarian Precision Animal Husbandry Association. His research focuses on animal nutrition, precision feeding and improving the quality of animal-derived food products.
Dr. Zoltán Pachinger
Feed Additive Expert, CEO of Agri-Coins Ltd.
Holds an MSc in agricultural science and a PhD in economic science from Pannon Agricultural University. For over 20 years he has represented globally recognized feed additive companies, and currently leads Agri-Coins Ltd., focusing on product development and innovation, particularly improving energy metabolization and antibiotic-free production.
Eric Le Gall
Senior Consultant in Poultry Nutrition, Schothorst Feed Research
Senior consultant in poultry nutrition at Schothorst Feed Research. Translates the research centre’s R&D outputs into practical field applications and delivers technical training programmes for nutritionists.
Jannes Doppenberg
Independent Pig Nutrition Consultant
After a long research-institute career, he advises feed companies and large integrations on piglet, grower and sow nutrition, mainly in Eastern Europe and China. His expertise covers feed formulation and nutritional programmes that improve technical results and reduce cost per piglet or kilogram of pork.
Dr. Vlado Vuković
Full Professor, External Specialist for Topigs Norsvin
For 36 years he has taught pig husbandry and animal selection at the Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje. Since 2008 he has supported Topigs Norsvin as an external specialist for pig breeding and AI semen technology across the Balkans and Central and Eastern Europe, focusing on practical genetic progress.
Dr. Heinrich Kleine Klausing
Nutritionist and Feed Specialist, Owner of Dr. KK Consulting
He combines a strong scientific background in animal nutrition with decades of leadership experience in the German and international feed industry, focusing on innovative feed-raw-material processing technologies that create added value in animal nutrition.
Rick van Emous
Senior Researcher Poultry, Wageningen Livestock Research
He leads major poultry projects in broiler breeders, broilers and layers. Author of more than 20 scientific papers and six book chapters, his research focuses on improving welfare and performance across poultry species.
Ronald Scholten
Owner, Dr.FERM KFT
He helps farmers, integrators and feed mills with innovative fermentation concepts that cut feed costs while improving animal health, welfare and environmental output.
Dr. Virág Bánovics-Ács
Assistant Professor, MATE Institute of Physiology and Animal Nutrition
Assistant professor at MATE, working at the intersection of livestock production, precision farming and data science. Her research uses automated feeding systems and behavioural data to understand individual animal performance and support precision-management strategies.
Jan Fledderus
Swine Nutrition Expert, Schothorst Feed Research
Product Manager Swine & Senior Consultant at Schothorst Feed Research. He coordinates pig feed research and supports the feed industry with feed ingredient evaluation and innovative nutritional strategies to improve pig performance and sustainability.
Dr. Menno Thomas
Owner and Managing Director, Zetadec B.V.
Owner and director of Zetadec B.V., a private research and consultancy organization helping feed manufacturers thrive. Adjunct assistant professor at Wageningen University & Research in feed technology. His research focuses on functional changes in feed raw materials, formulations and interactions with processing conditions to optimize practical feed manufacturing operations.
Alex Bach
Research Professor, University of Lleida
Research professor at the University of Lleida. He studies cattle physiology and metabolism to make dairy herd nutrition and management more sustainable. He has spoken at more than 150 international congresses and authored over 180 peer-reviewed publications and more than 20 books or book chapters. He has served as a scientific expert for the European Food Safety Authority and the European Research Council.
Dr. Marcin Andrzejewski
DVM, PhD, Owner of Panda Veterinary Service
Poultry and turkey health specialist with more than 28 years of clinical and consultancy experience. Through his Poland-based practice he supports poultry producers across Central and Eastern Europe, Central Asia and North Africa. His expertise includes turkey diseases, diagnostics, biosecurity and production optimization.
Dr. Szilvia Orosz
Honorary Associate Professor, MATE; Head of the Forage NIR Laboratory, ÁT Ltd.
Agricultural engineer and certified engineering educator with a PhD in Agricultural Sciences. She taught for over 15 years at the Department of Animal Nutrition of Szent István University and now leads the forage-focused NIR laboratory of ÁT Ltd. in Gödöllő, while working as a consultant with dairy farms across Hungary. She served as scientific director of the National Dairy Cattle Seminar Series for 10 years. Her research focuses on forage-base stability under climate change and the role of digestible fibre.
Bill Woodley
Ruminant Specialist, Woodley Dairy Direction
After 37 years with a major North American feed and nutrition company, he founded his own dairy consulting firm. A key focus is forage fibre quality: his Life Cycle of Fibre training platform follows fibre from the soil through the plant and the silo to the cow. He helps dairy operations uncover the bottlenecks holding back production.
Dr. Ildikó Tikász
Deputy Director and Scientific Advisor, Institute of Agricultural Economics (AKI)
Her areas of expertise include digitalisation and sustainable production in the livestock sector, as well as sustainable feedstock production, with a particular focus on protein crops. She currently manages the development of Hungary's Farm Sustainability Data Network (FSDN) and is Editor-in-Chief of Gazdálkodás, a Hungarian scientific journal of agricultural economics.
Sponsor Speakers
Péter Máté
Pig Industry Expert, MSD Animal Health
He and his team help pig producers raise high-quality pork in the most cost-effective, environmentally friendly way possible, while minimising antibiotic use.
Jetsabell Gutiérrez Vallejos
Poultry Product Manager, Phosphea
Holds a degree in Veterinary Medicine and Zootechnics from Peru and a master's in animal science from Agrocampus Ouest, France. She is Poultry Product Manager at Phosphea, contributing to global technical development of macromineral nutrition solutions for poultry.
Dr. Anouar Belaid
Senior Technical Service Manager – Ruminants, Kemin
Veterinarian and animal nutrition specialist with a PhD in Animal Production from the Autonomous University of Barcelona. After working as a practicing veterinarian, researcher and technical manager, he now supports Kemin's customers across Eastern Europe. His focus is animal nutrition, health and productivity, and the practical application of innovative feeding solutions.
Dr. Stepan Shipovskov
Feed Additive & Enzyme Expert, Kerry Group
Holds a PhD in Biochemistry and Biotechnology with over 15 years of experience in feed additive development and enzymology. At Kerry Group he drives the adoption of scientifically validated animal nutrition and health solutions, improving feed efficiency and advancing sustainable, antibiotic-free production systems.
Dr. Pedro Medel
Founder & CEO, Innovabiotics
Founder and former director of Imasde Agroalimentaria, a leading company testing feed additives for EU registration. After teaching animal nutrition at the Alfonso X el Sabio veterinary faculty, he is now founder and CEO of Innovabiotics, focusing on the research, production and distribution of animal nutrition specialties.
Szabolcs Tóth
Technical Service Manager – Monogastric Nutrition East EU, Kemin Europa
Technical Service Manager for monogastric nutrition in Eastern Europe at Kemin Europa since 2011. Previously he worked at Provimi Hungary as a poultry nutritionist in product management and sales, as a member of the global poultry project team. He graduated as an agricultural engineer from Pannon University, Keszthely, in 1999.
Dr. András Medveczki
Veterinary Service Manager, Ceva-Phylaxia
Veterinarian and renowned poultry health expert who has spent 25 years at Ceva-Phylaxia. He played a key role in introducing hatchery and in ovo vaccination systems across Hungary and several Central and Southeast European countries. His focus is translating vaccinology innovations into practical, economically sustainable solutions for poultry producers and veterinarians.
Erlanda Upton Augustsson
Marketing Director, Animine
MSc in Animal Nutrition, originally trained as a ruminant nutritionist. She has 26 years of experience in the feed additive and animal health industry, spanning enzymes, probiotics and mineral nutrition. At Animine she leads strategic communication and technical training, translating scientific evidence into practical solutions.
Meike Bouwhuis
Senior Scientific & Technical Support Manager, Animine
Holds a PhD in pig nutrition with over 10 years of animal nutrition research experience, specialising in trace mineral nutrition, gut health and monogastric production. At Animine she supports the scientific evaluation and practical application of precision mineral solutions.
Reinder Markerink
Manager of Fat Powders (Bypass), Schils
Agricultural business professional with extensive international experience in the feed and food industries. He has managed Schils' bypass fat powders business with global responsibility for nine years. Previously he was global sales manager for bypass proteins and feed co-products across Europe, and traded milk powders for the Asian food industry.
Marisabel Caballero
Category Manager for Monogastrics, Hamlet Protein
She combines over 25 years of industry experience with research on protein kinetics to develop nutritional solutions for critical periods such as early feeding and production transitions.
Dr. Ivan Eisner
Regional EMEA Technical Sales Manager for Silage and Ruminants, Novonesis
He has over 20 years of experience in dairy cow nutrition. His expertise includes forage quality, silage management, feed efficiency, and practical nutritional strategies that enhance dairy farm performance and profitability.
Marine Gauthier
Ruminant Technical Development and Equine Technical Support Manager, Lallemand
A French expert based in Barcelona since 2013, with an engineering degree in Animal Production. In Lallemand's Ruminant & Equine Technical Support team, she coordinates technical development and supports local teams, with a special focus on young ruminants and horses.
Richard Paratte, Ph.D.
Global Technical Innovation Manager – Ruminants, Vetagro
He holds a BSc in Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine and a PhD in Nutrition and Technologies of Farm Animals from the University of Milan. For over 20 years he has worked in ruminant nutrition with internationally established feed additive companies, and currently serves as Global Technical Innovation Manager – Ruminants at Vetagro.
Dr. Giuseppe Carcò
Head of the Formulation Department, Carra Mangimi
An animal nutritionist with a Ph.D. in Animal and Food Science from the University of Padua. A specialist in swine and ruminant feed formulation since 2018, he has been Head of the Formulation Department at Carra Mangimi SPA since 2025, leading formulation operations and technical product development.
Dr. Francesco Castellone
Technical Manager SN Monogastric, Evonik Animal Nutrition
He holds a Degree in Veterinary Medicine (DVM) and a Master Degree in Poultry Science (MSc) with over 15 years of experience in poultry gut health. At Evonik Animal Nutrition he supports the gut health portfolio, focusing on probiotics and organic acids, across Europe, the Middle East and Africa.
Fernando Bargo, PhD
Business & Innovation Manager, BioZyme Inc.
He earned his PhD in Animal Science from The Pennsylvania State University. Since 2018 he has served as Business & Innovation Manager at BioZyme Inc., and is also a professor at the Graduate School of Agriculture of the University of Buenos Aires. He previously held cattle nutrition and innovation roles at Elanco Animal Health LATAM and Lucta S.A., and is the author of 34 scientific publications.
