Document type: European project webinar announcement ClearFarm
Date and time: February 14, 2024 from 11 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. CET
Preview: After four years of research, the ClearFarm project is entering its final phase at a key moment for livestock production on the continent, in the midst of a mobilisation of different social and economic sectors in favour of a revision of the current European legislation on animal welfare.
Conviced of the need to put animal welfare and sustainability at the heart of policies regulating the production of food of animal-based food for human consumption, we are organizing an event which, in addition to presenting the results of our project, will bring together key players from different fields across Europe to reflect on the use of new technologies to improve animal welfare throughout the food chain.
Program in English (original): 11:00 - 11:10: Welcome - Xavier Manteca. ClearFarm project coordinator; Andrea Gavinelli. EC DG Sante
11:10 - 11:30: Science to put the focus on animal welfare - Claire Morgan-Davies - TechCare coordinator; Frank Tuyttens - aWISH coordinator; Anne Collin-Chenot - PPILOW coordinator
Experiences from other EU projects
11:30 - 13:00: Inside the ClearFarm platformThe ClearFarm research team
Discover how the ClearFarm digital platform works and how it was developed.
13:00 - 14:00: Lunch
14:00 - 16:30: Roundtable. Improving AW through precision livestock farming technologies
Challenges of developing innovative solutions to assess animal welfare in a comprehensive manner. Moderator: Andrea Bertaglio. With: Pol Llonch, ClearFarm Technical Coordinator; Miguel Ángel Higuera, Copa-Cogega; Andrea Gavinelli, EC DG Sante; Mar Maestre, ICF, and Inés Ajuda, Eurogroup for Animals.
