Tuesday February 24, 2015, Technical Workshop (Forellenhof, Walsrode)

Time

Session/title

Speaker

8.30

Opening

Reinhard Reents

National Experiences with GMACE

Chairperson: Sophie Mattalia

08.45

Competitiveness of North American Young Bulls Based on GMACE on Other Country Scales

Van Doormaal, Kistemaker, Sullivan

09.00

Experiences with GMACE and Wallone Single Step genomic eval. system

F.G. Colinet

09.15

Correlations between GMACE and National GEBV in CZE

Zavadilova/Pesek

09.30

German Experience with GMACE Implementation and Publication

H. Täubert, S. Rensing

09.45

Open Discussion

10.15

Coffee Break

Progress report in genomic reliability task force

Chairperson: Gert Aamandt Pedersen

10.45

Progress report in genomic reliability task force

Bevin Harris

11.15

Reliability of ssGBLUP Breeding Values in Routine TD-MT-Model

Josef Pribyl

11.30

Open discussion

12.00

Lunch

International Genetic Correlations

Chairperson: Andrew Cromie

13.30

Across Country Genetic Correlations: From Estimation to Utilization

Hossein Jorjani

14.00

Across Country Genetic Correlations: Fine-Tuning of the Post Processing

R. Mrode, E .Mäntisaari, T. Lawlor

14.15

Open Discussion

14.30

Coffee Break

Selection bias

Chairperson: Enrico Santus

15.00

Lessons to be learnt from simulation studies on genomic pre-selection of young bulls

Vincent Ducrocq

15.30

Use of Pseudo-Records in the Dutch/Flemish Genetic Evaluation of Dairy Cattle

Herwin Eding

16.00

Effect of genomic preselection on the stability of EBV's from traditional BLUP procedures for production traits - a practical

Ulrik Sander Nielsen

16.30

Monitoring U.S. genetic evealuations for the influence of Genomic Pre-Selection

Paul VanRaden, J.R. Wright, T.J. Lawlor

17.00

Plenary discussion about selection bias implications

19.00

Dinner

Wednesday February 25, 2015, Industry Meeting (Niedersachsenhof, Verden)

07.45

Shuttle bus departure to Industry Meeting in Verden (Niedersachsenhof)

Use of new data on genetic anomalies in breeding programs

Chairperson: Andrew Cromie

09.00

Opening

Reinhard Reents

09.15

How to Consider Genetic Characteristics in Dairy Cattle Breeding?

Dierck Segelke

09.45

Identification and Management of Deleterious Mutations in Fleckvieh

Hubert Pausch

10.15

Open Discussion

10.30

Coffee Break

International Genotype exchange Platform (GENOEX), Parentage SNP Exchange Service (PSE)

Chairperson: Brian Van Doormal

11.00

Challenges of using SNPs for parentage confirmation and parentage determination in beef and dairy cattle: Nationwide perspective when genotyping commercial and pedigree animals

Matthew McClure

11.20

GENOEX PSE Service from the World Holstein Federation Perspective

Matthew Shaffer

11.40

Proposal for GENOEX PSE Business Rules

Hossein Jorjani

12.00

Open Discussion

12.30

Lunch

Industry uptake of national (GEBV) and international (GMACE) genomic evaluations

Chairperson: Daniel Abernathy

13.30

National Use of Interbull GMACE Results - Questionnaire Summary

Valentina Palucci

14.00

Eurogenomics: How International Collaboration Fostered an Efficient Use of Genomics for a Reliable Cattle Breeding

Clotilde Patry

14.30

Genomic Bulls in The Netherlands and Impact on the Population

Gerben de Jong

15.00

German Projects for Genomic Based Breeding Programs in Holstein

Hermann Swalve

15.30

Open Discussion