Register today for Petfood Forum Asia 2012 and save more than 15%!
Online registration is now available, just US$275 through January 12, 2012. (After January 5, registration is US$325.) Registration includes a light breakfast, full buffet lunch and coffee break, plus conference sessions all day on February 16.
To register by email, mail or fax, download a registration form.
Petfood Forum Asia is held in conjunction with Victam Asia 2012. Registration for Victam is completely separate from Petfood Forum Asia registration; please visit the Victam Asia site for free registration to this trade show. For information on hotels and special travel packages, visit the Victam Asia site or the site for the Bangkok International Trade & Exhibition Centre.
All exhibits are part of Victam Asia; Petfood Forum Asia does not have its own exhibits. For information on exhibiting, please contact Victam or Steve Akins, +1.815.609.6444.
Petfood Forum Asia 2012 will take place February 16 at the Bangkok International Trade & Exhibition Centre (BITEC), Thailand's spacious venue just 10 minutes from downtown Bangkok and connected by the city's skytrain system.
Petfood Forum Asia 2012 will be held in conjunction with Victam Asia 2012, scheduled for February 15-17 also at BITEC. Victam is one of the largest agrifeed and petfood trade shows in the world and will feature many key suppliers to the petfood industry.
For hotels in Bangkok, Victam has arranged special rates and travel packages. Information on hotels in Bangkok is also available on the BITEC site.
Featured speaker:
David Whye Tye Ng, executive director and CEO of Pet Lovers Centre, will offer expertise gleaned from 16+ years of pet retailing in Asia. In 1995, he and his brother Whye Hoe took over their family's business in Singapore, started by their father and uncle in 1973, and grew it dramatically, adding stores, expanding to Malaysia and starting a new chain, Pet Safari. Today Pet Lovers Centre bills itself as the largest pet retail chain in Singapore and Malaysia. David will discuss selling and marketing petfood in Asia and share insights on pet-owning consumers in the markets his company serves.
Petfood Forum Asia 2012 will also bring you leading industry experts sharing their expertise and insights on:
- Update on global and Asia petfood markets—drivers of growth both globally and specifically in Asia, plus what the future holds. Speaker: Warangkana Anuwong, research analyst with Euromonitor International, Singapore.
- Trends in natural and organic ingredients and supplements—including regulatory issues such as import, export, label and health claims, as well as a look at the most popular animal supplements in the US, coming soon to Asia. Speaker: Greg Tilford, author, consultant and teacher in the field of veterinary botanical medicine/CEO of Animals’ Apawthecary Co. and Animal Essentials Inc., Montana, USA.
- Prebiotics, probiotics and synbiotics as functional foods for dogs—research on how these ingredients improve nutrient usage and gut health, plus how synbiotics (prebiotics + probiotics) provide added or synergistic effects. Speaker: Dr. K.B. Kore, Assistant Professor, Department of Animal Nutrition, College of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry, Navsari Agricultural University, India.
- Validation of extrusion temperature as a CCP in the petfood process—results of recent studies indicating the correlation of extrusion temperature and moisture with destruction of pathogenic organisms in an inoculated petfood recipe, serving as a critical control point in a HACCP program. Speaker: Galen Rokey, process manager for the Pet Food Applications Group, Wenger Manufacturing, Kansas, USA.
- Systemic approach to dog palatability: focus on Asian market—research conducted in Asia on olfaction, coating, moisture and kibble texture. Speaker: Laurence Callejon, dog platform manager, SPF, Elven, France.
- Mycotoxins in the Asian petfood industry—how to handle some of the challenges in detecting and controlling these fungal contaminants common to some petfood ingredients. Speaker: Robert W. Coppock, DVM, DABVT, president and CEO of Toxicologist and Associates Ltd. and adjunct professor at the University of Alberta and Concordia University College-Edmonton, Canada.
Petfood Forum Asia 2012 will take place February 16 in Rooms 222-223 of BITEC.
9:00-10:00 Registration and check in with coffee and light breakfast, Meeting Rooms Foyer
10:00-11:00 Pet retailing in Asia: consumer insights—David Whye Tye Ng, Pet Lovers Centre
11:00-11:40 Update on global and Asian petfood markets—Warangkana Anuwong, Euromonitor International
11:40-12:20 Trends in natural and organic ingredients and supplements—Greg Tilford, Animals’ Apawthecary Co. and Animal Essentials Inc.
12:20-13:45 Lunch buffet, Rooms 220-221
13:45-14:25 Validation of extrusion temperature as a CCP in the petfood process—Galen Rokey, Wenger Manufacturing
14:25-15:05 Systemic approach to dog palatability: focus on Asian market— Laurence Callejon, SPF
15:05-15:45 Coffee break, Meeting Rooms Foyer
15:45-16:25 Prebiotics, probiotics and synbiotics as functional foods for dogs—Dr. K.B. Kore, Navsari Agricultural University
16:25-17:05 Mycotoxins in the Asian petfood industry—Robert W. Coppock, DVM, DABVT, Toxicologist and Associates Ltd., University of Alberta and Concordia University College-Edmonton
After record flooding in Bangkok last fall, many dogs and cats living on the streets were left without food or care. Organizations that help care for these pets in good times and bad still need help feeding and relocating them. SCAD Bangkok (SCAD stands for Soi Cats and Dogs, with "Soi" being the Thai word for alley) can use donations of dry and wet cat food, plus wet dog food, as well as monetary donations. The Soi Dog Foundation also needs financial support and petfood donations.
As part of Petfood Forum Asia in Bangkok, we will be collecting donations and forwarding to these two organizations, or you can donate directly to them. Please consider helping out!