Faculty of Animal Science UGM held the 2nd INTERNATIONAL JOINT GRADUATE SEMINAR ON ANIMAL SCIENCE together with several international universities. This event was held online on Saturday, June 12, 2021. The speakers and participants of the seminar were academics from several countries, including Indonesia, Philippines, Malaysia, Thailand, and Denmark.
The Secretary-General of the Southeast Asia Network of Animal Science (SEANAS) as well as the Dean of the Faculty of Animal Science UGM, Prof. Dr. Ir. Ali Agus, DAA., DEA., IPU., ASEAN Eng., delivered the opening speech for this international seminar. Ali Agus in his speech conveyed the full support of the UGM Faculty of Animal Science for the seminar as well as welcoming all seminar participants from various international universities who attended. Dr. Alexander N. Morados as Director of Research and Innovation, Cammiguin Polyechnic State College, Philippines, Dr. Heny Akit as Head of the Department of Animal Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM), Malaysia, Dr. Elpidio Agbisit, Jr. as Dean of the College of Agriculture and Food Science, University of the Philippines Los Baños (UPLB), Philippines, Prof. Dr. Budi Guntoro as President of the Asian Tourism Academic Management Association (ATMA), and Dr. Weerapon Thongma as President of the Asian Agricultural Association of Colleges and Universities (AAACU) and President of Maejo University, Thailand also delivered a brief speech.
In this seminar there is a plenary session presented by Prof. Abdul Razak Alimon, Adjunct-Professor, Gadjah Mada University, Indonesia and Prof. Dr. Henning Otte Hansen from the University of Copenhagen, Denmark. The event was moderated by Dr. Muhsin Al Anas and continued with a discussion session between participants and resource persons. The materials and questions presented were related to animal feed and production and the livestock industry.
The core event of the 2nd International Joint Graduate Seminar on Animal Science was the presentation of papers which were divided into nine groups with the number of presenters from five to six people. Each presentation group was led by a moderator, a committee, and an advisor who is a lecturer at the UGM Faculty of Animal Science. Presenters came from Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, and the Philippines. Topics covered in the presentation include livestock nutrition, livestock production, livestock product technology, livestock socio-economics, tourism, agriculture and livestock business, livestock breeding, and livestock reproduction.