The 8th EAAP International Symposium on Energy and Protein Metabolism and Nutrition
Program
Sessions topics and keynote speakers
Pre-announcement of ISEP 2025
Rostock-Warnemünde, Germany
2025
Sept 15 – 18
SCHEDULE OF SCIENTIFIC SESSIONS AND SOCIAL EVENTS
Date / Time
Hall
7.00 – 9.00
9.00 – 10.30
11.00 – 12.30
13.30 – 16.00
16.00 – 17.45
18.00 – 19.30
19.00 – 22.00
Monday, 15.9.2025
BERNSTEIN
SEESTERN
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OPENING SESSION
Chairs: Pinotti / Metges
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SESSION 1:
Protein and energy metabolism in ruminants
Chairs: Hanigan / Hammon
SESSION 2:
Protein and energy metabolism in non-ruminants
Chairs: Zentek / Katsumata
SESSION 1 cont.:
Protein and energy metabolism in ruminants
Chairs: Steinhoff-Wagner / Larsen
SESSION 2 cont.:
Protein and energy metabolism in non-ruminants
Chairs: Fernández-Figares / Everaert
KURHAUS WARNEMÜNDE
Welcome Evening (registration)
Tuesday, 16.9.2025
BERNSTEIN
SEESTERN
HOTEL NEPTUN RESTAURANT
Breakfast with Professors (invited)
SESSION 1 cont.:
Protein and energy metabolism in ruminants
Chairs: Steinhoff-Wagner / Larsen
SESSION 5:
Feed processing and additives for sustainable and resilient production
Chairs: Harmon / Remus
SESSION 3:
Reducing environmental impact of livestock farming
Chairs: Oltjen / Hales
SESSION 5 cont.:
Feed processing and additives for sustainable and resilient production
Chairs: Ouellet / Vandaele
SESSION 7:
Taste, diet selection and behavior in livestock
Chairs: Kuhla / Bee
Wednesday, 17.9.2025
BERNSTEIN
SEESTERN
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SESSION 4:
Nutrient x gene interaction and epigenetics in farm animals
Chairs: Reyer / Swanson
SESSION 6:
Methods and technologies for research in the field of sustainable livestock farming
Chairs: Seifert / Gerrits
SESSION 6 cont.:
Methods and technologies for research in the field of sustainable livestock farming
Chairs: van Milgen / Gorka
SESSION 3 cont.:
Reducing environmental impact of livestock farming
Chairs: Daş / Kuhla
SESSION 9:
Fresh from the lab (late breaking abstracts)
Chairs: Räisänen / Sciascia
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KURHAUS WARNEMÜNDE – RESTAURANT WELLENRAUSCH & PAULO SCUTARRO
Awards
Social Dinner (registration)
Thursday, 18.9.2025
BERNSTEIN
SEESTERN
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SESSION 8:
Micronutrient nutrition and metabolism
Chairs: Wilkens / Nieto
SESSION 2 cont.:
Protein and energy metabolism in non-ruminants
Chairs: Fernández-Figares / van Milgen
CLOSING CEREMONY
Session
Name
Institution
Working title
Opening lecture
Ashild Krogdahl
Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU), Norway
Roles of Nutrients, Antinutrients, and Functional Ingredients in Health and Disease: Insights from Studies on Humans, Terrestrial Animals, and Fish
Protein and energy metabolism in ruminants
Mike Steele
University of Guelph, Canada
Protein and energy metabolism in early life of ruminants
Protein and energy metabolism in non-ruminants
Sam Millet
Flanders Research Institute for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (EV ILVO), Belgium
Optimizing Health and Performance in Newly Weaned Piglets: Finding the Ideal Balance of Amino Acids, Energy, and Protein
Reducing environmental impact
Ermias Kebreab
University of California, Davis, Department Animal Science, USA
Animal production, nutrition, circularity and LCA
Nutrient x gene interaction and epigenetics in farm animals
Maria Siwek
University of Technology and Life Sciences in Bydgoszcz, Poland
Livestock nutrition and epigenetics
Feed processing and additives for sustainable and resilient productivity
Marta Lourenço
Flanders Research Institute for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (EV ILVO), Belgium
Use of side streams and by-products as ingredients in livestock feed
Methods and technologies for research in the field of sustainable livestock farming
Martin Beaumont
French National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food and Environment (INRAE), France
From organoids to organ-on-chips: novel in vitro tools to study farm animal biology
Taste, diet selection and behavior in livestock
Cécile Ginane
French National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food and Environment (INRAE), France
Taste perception and feed selection in livestock
Micronutrient nutrition and metabolism
Michael Oster
Research Institute for Farm Animal Biology (FBN), Germany
Vit. D and mineral metabolism in monogastric species