​The Hannah Dairy Research Foundation are pleased to have hosted their ​Third Next Generation Dairying Workshop, on the theme of  "...for a healthy environment". The Workshop focused on the "elephants in the room" in relation to both production and utilisation of milk and dairy products. A Bulletin Board session introduced by Prof Julie Fitzpatrick Chief Scientific Adviser for Scotland, spotlighted Scottish research initiatives, and a closing Plenary presented by Prof Sir Charles Godfray, University of Oxford, considered broader aspects of food sustainability with an emphasis on dairy.

This was a "blended" Workshop with live participation in Edinburgh complemented by an online audience of researchers, farmers, processors and others. The objective was to portray the latest research and evidence-based information in a format that is relevant to a broad cross-section of dairy sector end-users. All the presentations are now available to download as Proceedings, as is the Delegate List

Plenary Presentation

Professor Sir Charles Godfray is Director of the Oxford Martin School at the University of Oxford. The School takes a cross-disciplinary approach in various Programmes targeted at modern societal issues. The Plenary Presentation will address food sustainability with a focus on dairy, but also touch on various other aspects of the School's research.   

Meet our Key Speakers
Ashwin Moorthy is the Category Packaging Manager at Sainsbury’s, responsible for leading the packaging team in development and implementation of the packaging, materials and recycling strategy for Fresh & Grocery categories while delivering safe and legal compliance, innovation and meeting sustainability goals including a 50% plastic packaging reduction by 2025. His career in consumer goods packaging includes technical, innovation, business development and project management roles for various packaging businesses including Nampak, WestRock & Tetrapak for global food & beverage brands. More...
Jamie Newbold is Academic Director at SRUC. His research interests focus on the understanding and manipulation of gut ecosystems to improve animal productivity while reducing the environmental impact of animal husbandry. More...
Paolo Dessi (left), Xinmin Zhan (centre) and SM Ashekuzzaman (right) collaborate on various projects related to dairy processing sustainability with a focus on reducing waste and improving recycling. Their work is part of the larger environmental sustainability effort at the NUI Galway's Ryan Institute   More...
Please note that Peter Leonard will present in place of his collaborator Xinmin Zhan​
Michael Lee is Interim Vice Chancellor at Harper Adams University and President of the British Society of animal Science. He is an expert in sustainable livestock systems, defining their role in securing global food security at the same time as protecting environmental health. More...
Francis Kearney is Centre Manager of the VistaMilk SFI Research Centre, helping to develop state-of-the-art analytical techniques that are applied to largescale sensor datasets, delivered by advanced network and communication technologies. More...
This is the Third of the Next Generation Dairying series of Workshops.
​Proceedings of the 2018 and 2019 Workshops are available to read and download Open Access