Global Dairy Congress 2025
Event Programme
The premier industry event devoted to marketing and brands, consumers and innovation, designed for industry leaders, innovators, suppliers, customers and advisers worldwide. The 18th annual Global Dairy Congress will feature two days of conference sessions focusing on the latest market developments, trends and opportunities and extensive time for informal networking and discussion.
Discover this years speakers
Tuesday
Wednesday
9:00 am
MARKET TRENDS AND OUTLOOK
Dairy functionality – pathway to nutrition at all life stages
Ananda Roy, International Senior Vice President – Strategic Growth for Circana
9:15 am
MARKET TRENDS AND OUTLOOK
Key market and industry changes and impact
Tom Booijink, Senior Dairy Specialist Europe & Africa for Rabobank, Netherlands
9:30 am
MARKET TRENDS AND OUTLOOK
Panel discussion
Joined by Laurence Rycken, Director General of International Dairy Federation
10:00 am
DAIRY FOR ALL AGES
Nutrition for lifelong health and wellbeing
Peggy Diby, Global Head of Corporate Affairs - Nutrition for Nestlé, Switzerland
10:15 am
DAIRY FOR ALL AGES
Questions and discussion
10:30 am
NETWORKING BREAK
Refreshment and networking break
11:15 am
INDUSTRY LEADERSHIP
How dairy can help people and planet
Speaker to be announced
11:30 am
INDUSTRY LEADERSHIP
Building valued brands
Dr Ignatius Man-Yau Szeto, Assistant President of Yili Group, China
11:45 am
INDUSTRY LEADERSHIP
Bolder innovation for a brighter future
Béatrice de Noray, Group Chief Growth Officer of Bel Group, France
0:00 pm
INDUSTRY LEADERSHIP
Questions and discussion
0:30 pm
INDUSTRY LEADERSHIP
Sponsored panel on maternal health
Speakers to be announced from Yili Group
0:50 pm
NETWORKING BREAK
Networking lunch around exhibitor stands
1:50 pm
INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Sponsor presentation: Transition to sustainable dairy
Lorenzo van Haelst, Managing Director of Tetra Pak, France
2:00 pm
INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Competing and innovating with a cross-category brand
Francisco Camacho, Chief Executive Officer of Grupo Lala, Mexico
2:15 pm
INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Born by nature, perfected by science
Nguyen Quang Tri, Executive Marketing Director for Vinamilk, Vietnam
2:30 pm
INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
The future is functional
Richard Walton, Senior Adviser – Research and Development for Meiji Holdings, Japan
2:45 pm
INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Questions and discussion
3:30 pm
NETWORKING BREAK
Refreshment and networking break
3:35 pm
CELL-BASED DAIRY
Protein prospects with precision fermentation
Stephen van Sint Fiet, Chief Executive Officer of Vivici, Netherlands
3:50 pm
CELL-BASED DAIRY
Consumer responsiveness to precision fermentation
Professor Sarah Kühl, Weihenstephan-Triesdorf University of Applied Sciences, Germany
4:05 pm
CELL-BASED DAIRY
Scope for lab grown whole cows’ milk
Sohail Gupta, Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer – UnReal Milk for Brown Foods, United States
4:15 pm
CELL-BASED DAIRY
Developing bio-active protein for bones
Speaker to be announced
4:30 pm
CELL-BASED DAIRY
Scaling up precision fermentation
Emily McIsaac, Co-founder of Daisy Lab, New Zealand
4:45 pm
CELL-BASED DAIRY
Panel discussion
5:15 pm
WORLD DAIRY INNOVATION AWARDS
Dairy Vision
Jan Derck van Karnebeek, Chief Executive Officer of Royal FrieslandCampina, Netherlands
5:15 pm
WORLD DAIRY INNOVATION AWARDS
Presentation of 2025 World Dairy Innovation Awards
5:45 pm
WORLD DAIRY INNOVATION AWARDS
Cocktail and canapé reception
7:45 pm
Close
Thursday
9:00 am
INNOVATION FOR ALL AGES
RTD protein for all life stages
Ben Wu, General Manager – Nutrition and Health for Mengniu, China
9:15 am
INNOVATION FOR ALL AGES
Probiotic strains to counter age and weight
Dr Asuka Tada, Commercial Manager for Milei, Germany, part of Morinaga Milk Industry, Japan
9:30 am
INNOVATION FOR ALL AGES
Children’s yogurt – just 3 ingredients
Speaker to be announced
9:45 am
INNOVATION FOR ALL AGES
Frozen snacking – poised for growth
Speaker to be announced
10:00 am
INNOVATION FOR ALL AGES
Questions and discussion
10:20 am
NETWORKING BREAK
Refreshment and networking break
11:00 am
INNOVATION FOR HEALTH AND LIFESTYLE
Reducing diabetes with dairy
Dr Anthony Hanley, Professor of Nutritional Sciences at University of Toronto, Canada
11:15 am
INNOVATION FOR HEALTH AND LIFESTYLE
Cottage cheese: the overlooked superfood
Speaker to be announced
11:30 am
INNOVATION FOR HEALTH AND LIFESTYLE
Barista milks and beverage meals
Speaker to be announced
11:45 am
INNOVATION FOR HEALTH AND LIFESTYLE
Hybrid dairy – promoting a new category
Katia Merten-Lantz, Partner at Food Law Science & Partners, Belgium
0:00 pm
INNOVATION FOR HEALTH AND LIFESTYLE
Questions and discussion
0:20 pm
NETWORKING BREAK
Networking lunch around exhibitor stands
0:45 pm
FRIESLANDCAMPINA TOUR
FrieslandCampina Research and Innovation Centre Tour
Coaches depart for Wageningen
2:00 pm
FRIESLANDCAMPINA TOUR
Visit FrieslandCampina Research and Innovation Centre
Including test production facility, with presentation and tasting session
4:00 pm
FRIESLANDCAMPINA TOUR
Coaches depart for Amsterdam
Returning to the hotel for 17.30