Conference Program 
Insects for Feed and Food
Conference Center at the University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn
ul. Dybowskiego 11


Conference Room
                                  19 June 2024, Wednesday
 
           900 – 1000    Registration of Conference participants
          1000 – 1015   Opening of the Conference
 
    1015 - 1200    Plenary session (1)        
                                                                               Lectures                             
 “Edible Insects from an Entomological Perspective” 
Assoc. Prof. Marcin Kadej, University of Wrocław
Department of Invertebrate Biology, Evolution and Conservation, Dean of the Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Wrocław
                
Insects as Food and Feed in Latin America: Advances and Perspectives"
Assoc. Prof. Karol Barragán-Fonseca DVM, PhD
 Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Director of Terrestrial Arthropod Research Center. Departamento De Producción Animal, Facultad De Medicina Veterinaria Zootecnia, La Universidad Nacional de Colombia
 
            1200 – 1230     coffee break
 
1230 - 1430 Plenary session (2)         
                                                       Conference Room  
                                                                             Lectures                                                        
”The Ento-Revolution: Edible Insects and the Future of Development”
 Remigiusz Gałęcki, DVM, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Veterinary Prevention and Feed Hygiene, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn 

“Lessons in Scaling the Insect Sector on a National Level, Benefiting from Public-Private Partnerships”
Marian Peters BSc, MBA
CEO of New Generation Nutrition B.V. (NGN), Wageningen, Holand
 
“Development of the Insect Sector in Poland”
Assoc. Prof. Tadeusz Bakuła, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn
Polish Association of Insect Breeders and Producers
   
1430 – 1600 lunch break
    Lunch will be served in the cafeteria at the Conference Center, ul. Dybowskiego 11
 
1600-1730    Thematic session (A)       
                                         Conference Room
                                                     Reports
A – Technologies in Insect Farming
             
1730-1830    Thematic session (B)     
                                           Conference Room
                                                   Reports                                        
B – Selected Aspects of Hermetia illucens and Tenebrio molitor Farming
 
1830-1850 Poster session – Hall at the Conference Center
 
1930 – Gala Dinner – Integration Meeting – Omega Hotel in Olsztyn
                                           20 June 2024, Thursday
 
                                 Conference Center at the University of Warmia and Mazury
ul. Dybowskiego 11
                                                               Conference Room
930 – 1145 Plenary session (3)                                                                
                                                              Lectures
“Insect Farming in European Union Regulations: What Are the Missing Pieces?"
 Francis Maugère
Political Adviser for Animal Feed - Insect Farming
Political Adviser in charge of insect farming issues at Eurogroup for Animals, a pan-European organization dedicated to animal protection
 
“Teaching and Training Veterinarians in Relation with Productive Insects”
 Nils Th. Grabowski, DVM, PhD
Head of Department at the Institute for Food Quality and Food Safety, University of Veterinary Medicine in Hannover, Germany
 
“A Beautiful Mourning” – Welfare in Insect Farming
Wojciech Zahaczewski MSc, PhD
Co-founder and Sales Director in OVAD Co. Ltd.                
 
1145-1230 coffee break
1230-1445    Thematic session (C)      
                                                                Conference Room
                                                            Reports
   Selected Sanitary and Veterinary Aspects of Insect Protein Production
 
 
1230-1445    Research Project Session (D)
                   Conference Center at the University of Warmia and Mazury
                                     Crimson Room
                                                             Reports
 Automated Mealworm (Tenebrio molitor) Farming System – Feeding Technology
 
1230-1445    Research Project Session (E)    
                             Conference Center at the University of Warmia and Mazury  
                                                           Blue Room
                                                            Reports
        Insect Protein-Based Food for Companion Animals
 
1445 – 1530 lunch break
    Lunch will be served in the cafeteria at the Conference Center, ul. Dybowskiego 11
 
 
1530 – 1700 Thematic session (F)
                         Conference Center at the University of Warmia and Mazury  
                                                                  Conference Room
                                                             Reports
Legal and Economic Aspects and Quality Control Systems in Insect Breeding and Farming
 
1700-1730 Discussion
                 Closing Remarks
                 End of the Conference
      

            Exhibition in the Hall at the Conference Center