Global Dairy Congress 2025
Event Programme
The premier industry event devoted to marketing and brands, consumers and innovation, designed for industry leaders, innovators, suppliers, customers and advisers worldwide. The 18th annual Global Dairy Congress will feature two days of conference sessions focusing on the latest market developments, trends and opportunities and extensive time for informal networking and discussion.
Discover this years speakers
Tuesday
Wednesday
9:00 am
MARKET TRENDS AND OUTLOOK
Pathway to nutrition at all life stages
Ananda Roy, Senior Vice President – Thought Leadership Europe for Circana
9:15 am
MARKET TRENDS AND OUTLOOK
Key market and industry changes and impact
Tom Booijink, Senior Dairy Specialist Europe & Africa for Rabobank, Netherlands
9:30 am
MARKET TRENDS AND OUTLOOK
Panel discussion
Joined by Laurence Rycken, Director General of International Dairy Federation
10:00 am
DAIRY FOR ALL AGES
Nutrition for lifelong health and wellbeing
Peggy Diby, Global Head of Corporate Affairs - Nutrition for Nestlé, Switzerland
10:15 am
DAIRY FOR ALL AGES
Questions and discussion
10:30 am
NETWORKING BREAK
Refreshment and networking break
11:15 am
INDUSTRY LEADERSHIP
How dairy can help people and planet
Raquel Melo, Vice President - Innovation for Dairy Farmers of America
11:30 am
INDUSTRY LEADERSHIP
Innovating for a sustainable future
Dr Ignatius Man-Yau Szeto, Assistant President of Yili Group, China
11:45 am
INDUSTRY LEADERSHIP
Bolder innovation for a brighter future
Béatrice de Noray, Chief Growth Officer of Bel Group, France
0:00 pm
INDUSTRY LEADERSHIP
Questions and discussion
0:30 pm
INDUSTRY LEADERSHIP
Yili Group: sponsored panel on maternal health
Carolien van Loo, Managing Director of Yili Innovation Center Europe for Yili Group, China
Dr Ignatius Man-Yau Szeto, Assistant President of Yili Group, China
Jean-Christophe Kremer, Secretary General of the ISDI
0:50 pm
NETWORKING BREAK
Networking lunch
2:00 pm
INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Sponsor presentation: Transition to sustainable dairy
Lorenzo van Haelst, Managing Director - Benelux and France for Tetra Pak
2:10 pm
INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Bringing milk back
Francisco Camacho, Chief Executive Officer of Grupo Lala, Mexico
2:25 pm
INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Born by nature, perfected by science
Nguyen Quang Tri, Executive Marketing Director for Vinamilk, Vietnam
2:40 pm
INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
The future is functional
Richard Walton, Senior Adviser – Global Business and Industry Affairs for Meiji Holdings, Japan
2:55 pm
INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Questions and discussion
3:15 pm
NETWORKING BREAK
Refreshment and networking break
3:45 pm
CELL-BASED DAIRY
Protein prospects with precision fermentation
Stephen van Sint Fiet, Chief Executive Officer of Vivici, Netherlands
4:00 pm
CELL-BASED DAIRY
Consumer responsiveness to precision fermentation
Professor Sarah Kühl, Weihenstephan-Triesdorf University of Applied Sciences, Germany
4:15 pm
CELL-BASED DAIRY
Human breast milk equivalence using biotechnology
Sohail Gupta, Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer – UnReal Milk for Brown Foods, United States
4:25 pm
CELL-BASED DAIRY
Scaling up precision fermentation
Emily McIsaac, Co-founder and Chief Operating Officer of Daisy Lab, New Zealand
4:40 pm
CELL-BASED DAIRY
Questions and discussion
5:00 pm
WORLD DAIRY INNOVATION AWARDS
Dairy Vision
Jan Derck van Karnebeek, Chief Executive Officer of Royal FrieslandCampina, Netherlands
5:15 pm
WORLD DAIRY INNOVATION AWARDS
Presentation of 2025 World Dairy Innovation Awards
5:45 pm
WORLD DAIRY INNOVATION AWARDS
Cocktail and canapé reception
7:30 pm
WORLD DAIRY INNOVATION AWARDS
Close
Thursday
9:00 am
INNOVATION FOR ALL AGES
Future of dairy innovation
Jeremy Hill, Chief Science and Technology Officer for Fonterra, New Zealand
9:15 am
INNOVATION FOR ALL AGES
How M-ACTION Liquid Protein is redefining functional dairy in China
Dr Hongming Su, Senior Principal Nutrition Scientist – Research and Development for Mengniu, China
9:30 am
INNOVATION FOR ALL AGES
The probiotic strain to counter age
Dr Asuka Tada, Commercial and Science Communications Manager for Milei, Germany, part of Morinaga Milk Industry, Japan
9:45 am
INNOVATION FOR ALL AGES
Developing dairy for personalised nutrition
Dr Sandra Einerhand, Founder of Einerhand Science & Innovation, Netherlands
10:00 am
INNOVATION FOR ALL AGES
Questions and discussion
10:20 am
NETWORKING BREAK
Refreshment and networking break
11:05 am
INNOVATION FOR HEALTH AND LIFESTYLE
Reducing diabetes with dairy
Dr Anthony Hanley, Professor of Nutritional Sciences at University of Toronto, Canada
11:20 am
INNOVATION FOR HEALTH AND LIFESTYLE
Cooking with dairy for a healthier life
Ana Rute Neves, Senior Director - Science & Technology for Arla Foods, Denmark
11:35 am
INNOVATION FOR HEALTH AND LIFESTYLE
Hybrid dairy – promoting a new category
Katia Merten-Lantz, Partner at Food Law Science & Partners, Belgium
11:50 am
INNOVATION FOR HEALTH AND LIFESTYLE
Questions and discussion
0:10 pm
NETWORKING BREAK
Networking lunch around exhibitor stands
0:35 pm
FRIESLANDCAMPINA TOUR
Group departs for visit
Group departs on foot from the hotel to the designated coach pick-up point for coach transfer to FrieslandCampina Innovation Centre
2:00 pm
FRIESLANDCAMPINA TOUR
Visit FrieslandCampina Research and Innovation Centre
Welcome and introduction from Bram Dekkers, Director of Research & Development Royal FrieslandCampina, Netherlands, followed by tour of the Innovation Centre
4:00 pm
FRIESLANDCAMPINA TOUR
Coaches depart for Amsterdam
Returning to the designated coach drop-off point at 17.30