Keynote Speaker: Dave Davies

XVIII International Silage Conference

24-26 July 2018

Bonn, Germany

Dave Davies | ISC 2018 | Bonn

Dave Davies

Silage Solutions Ltd., UK

Biography

Dave Davies was born on an upland dairy farm in the Welsh Marches, ruminant agriculture is in his heart. He graduated in 1988 with a BSc in Microbiology. He then went onto study for a PhD in aspects of Rumen Microbiology at the Former Grassland Research Institute at Hurley and gained his PhD in 1991. After this he worked at the Institute of Grassland and Environmental Research near Aberystwyth as a Silage Research Scientist. During his time at IGER he had a broad range of research interests from developing silage additives, ensiling alternative crops, how silage fermentation affects the efficiency of rumen fermentation, and feeding. In 2010 Dave left the institute and established Silage Solutions Ltd., a company that is involved in research and consultancy. Dave continues to be actively involved in research and collaborates with a number of research organisations in the UK and Europe. He also travels widely across Europe visiting and speaking to farmers and offering consultancy services. Together with Prof. Borreani, Dr. Davies will give a presentation on new technologies to monitor and improve silage quality from field to feed-out.


Meet our Keynote speakers

Enno Bahrs | ISC 2018 | Bonn
Enno Bahrs
University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart

"Economical evaluation of silages"

Giorgio Borreani | ISC 2018 | Bonn
Giorgio Borreani
University of Turin, Italy

"New technologies to monitor and improve silage quality from field to feed-out"

João Daniel | ISC 2018 | Bonn
João Daniel
State University of Maringa (UEM), Brazil

"Production and utilization of silages in tropical areas"

Dave Davies | ISC 2018 | Bonn
Dave Davies
Silage Solutions Ltd., UK

"New technologies to monitor and improve silage quality from field to feed-out"

Sasha Hafner | ISC 2018 | Bonn
Sasha Hafner
Aarhus University, Denmark

"Volatile organic compounds: sources, emission and mitigation"

Kenneth Kalscheur | ISC 2018 | Bonn
Kenneth Kalscheur
U.S. Dairy Forage Research Center, Madison, Wisconsin (USA)

 

Bärbel Kroschewski | ISC 2018 | Bonn
Bärbel Kroschewski
Humboldt University Berlin, Germany

"Statistics and experimental design in silage research"

Tim McAllister | ISC 2018 | Bonn
Tim McAllister
Lethbridge Research and Development Centre, Alberta, Canada

"Molecular techniques to develop additives and characterize the microbial ecology of silages"

Richard E. Muck | ISC 2018 | Bonn
Richard E. Muck
University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin (USA)

"The future of ensiling: Challenges and opportunities"

Thomas M. Pauly | ISC 2018 | Bonn
Thomas M. Pauly
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden

"Methodology of ensiling trials and effects of silage additives"

Jyoti Prakash Tamang | ISC 2018 | Bonn
Jyoti Prakash Tamang
Sikkim University, India

"Global fermented foods: Ethno-microbiology to next generation sequencing"

Karl Schedle | ISC 2018 | Bonn
Karl Schedle
University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna

"Fermentation of feed in monogastric animal nutrition"

J. Michael Wilkinson | ISC 2018 | Bonn
J. Michael Wilkinson
Nottingham University, UK

"The future of ensiling: Challenges and opportunities"

Ueli Wyss | ISC 2018 | Bonn
Ueli Wyss
Agroscope, Posieux, Switzerland

"Methodology of ensiling trials and effects of silage additives"