AFIA活动有创纪录的与会者

美国饲料行业协会在德克萨斯州沃思堡举行的为期三天的购买和成分供应商会议（PISC）提供了一项教育和网络计划，拥有创纪录的702名与会者，打破了去年的652名与会者的记录。该活动是为动物食品行业的数百个饲料成分买家和卖家设计的。

“From the diverse lineup of speakers to the many opportunities for feed ingredient buyers and sellers to network and conduct their businesses at the conference and around town, PISC is truly where our members ‘get business done,’” says Veronica Rovelli, AFIA’s senior director of meetings and events. “This conference has grown exponentially over the past few years, and we believe it is because it provides a perfect venue for our members to foster and deepen relationships with their suppliers and clients.”

今年的教育计划介绍了几位专家，他们谈到了这样的主题，例如：通过学习管理数字化转型来为未来的成功做准备；对政治景观的看法；关于动物农业经济学的讨论；以及有关目的移动的动机主题演讲。

New this year, the Institute for Feed Education and Research, AFIA’s public charity, sponsored a lunchtime screening of the documentary, “Food Evolution,” which explores the challenges the world faces in feeding a growing population and the critical role that biotechnology plays in addressing them. Following the screening, one of the featured experts from the film, Alison Van Eenennaam, Ph.D., a cooperative extension specialist in animal genomics and biotechnology at the University of California, Davis, led a discussion on the important role of communicating science to consumer audiences.

“人们经常问我为什么我在那里谈论这部电影，我告诉他们我在乎，因为在农业行业的整个历史上，由于恐惧，误导性营销和公众，在农业行业的历史上有几个记录的案例失去了安全技术感知，”范·埃宁纳（Van Eenennaam）说。“作为一个科学界和农业行业，我们有责任更加发声，呼唤那些妖魔化我们的行业的人用小说代替事实。通过专注于围绕共享价值进行对话，我们可以通过更好的科学和创新来展示如何实现更大的环境可持续性。”

会议与会者还有机会与12名成员会面，作为PISC供应商展示的一部分，并参加其他网络活动，例如年度高尔夫锦标赛和体育粘土郊游。有关今年会议的更多信息，包括照片，请参见AFIA的Twitter wandle @feedfolks和Facebook页面。

明年的会议将于2019年5月13日至16日在佛罗里达州奥兰多举行。