October 30th, Wednesday

• 8:00 AM Registration, Continental Breakfast & Exams given if requested

• 9:00 AM Welcome – CA ARPAS President, Luke Miller DVM, PAS

• 9:10 AM “California Methane Mitigation, Policies and Carbon Credits”

  • KC Gutenberger, CDFA - FFLDRS

  • Cathryn McCandles – OEFI, CDFA

  • Conor McCabe – UCD scholarship recipient

  • Sharissa Anderson – UCD scholarship recipient

• 10:45 Carbon/Methane talks Q&A

• 11:00 AM Break

• 11:20 AM Update on H5N1 and Biosecurity Recommendations -Natalie Ward, DVM, CDFA Veterinarian

• 12:00 PM Lunch

• 1:15 PM “Health and stress management in young calves” – Anne Laarman, PhD, University of Alberta

• 2:15 PM Scholarship recipient presentation Ashley Waymire

• 2:30 PM Break

• 2:45 PM “Precision Feeding Dairy Cow Pens with Machine Learning” – Padraig Lucey, DVM, PhD, PAS Elanco

• 3:45 PM Scholarship recipient presentations Madison Kindberg

• 4:15 PM National ARPAS Update

• 4:20 PM CA ARPAS Business Meeting

• 5:45 PM Intellectual Discussion Hour (Hosted by CA ARPAS)