a)     Mr. Sudip Bandopadhyaya, Minister of State for Health & Family Welfare, Government of India, at the Inaugural Session, mentioned of the need to map India with the priorities and Issues in the areas where dairy development has not yet started.

b)      Ms. Cherie L Bayer, Director of Development American Jersey Cattle Association & National All-Jersey Inc at the Session 1 “Raising Milk Productivity: Shared the US Experience of history and development of American Jersey Cattle Association.

c)     There was a session by Mr. Cliff Fuller, Trade Commissioner New Zealand High Commission on “International perspective on raising milk productivity” discussed about the information related to New Zealand trade and enterprise scenario of milk production, cooperative structure, exports of milk products from New Zealand and benefits of using New Zealand genetics.

d)      Mr. M Srinivas Reddy, GM Blue star ltd. at the Session 3 “Technology as a Growth Catalyst for raising milk productivity” spoke about the issues related to the milk value chain in India and its impact on the quality of milk. He also shared information about the different cooling systems like IBT, bulk milk coolers, selection criterion of BMC and various benefits of maintaining the cold chain.

e)     The Conference had close to 150 participants from the industry who felt that the interaction had served as a useful platform for providing latest happenings in the Dairy Sector.