The third annual American Egg Board and United Egg Producers Joint Annual Executive Conference begins on Tuesday, Oct. 14, in Colorado Springs, CO. Dynamic speakers and informative panels are scheduled for the AEB-UEP Joint General Session on Tuesday afternoon and Wednesday morning. See below for information to prepare for the meetings and activities:

Conference Schedule: Click here for the detailed Schedule of Events.

Dress Code: Dress is business casual for all meetings and events, including the Awards Banquet.

Meeting Assistance: Contact Kirsten Schutt.

Outstanding agenda slated for the Joint General Session

Tuesday, Oct. 14

1:00 – 1:10 p.m.: Welcome to Colorado – Deputy Commissioner Hollis Glenn, Colorado Department of Agriculture | Introduced by William Scebbi, Colorado
Egg Producers

1:10 – 1:30 p.m.: Opening Remarks – Emily Metz, AEB & Chad Gregory, UEP

1:30 – 2:00 p.m.: Sustainability Update – Dr. Mickey Rubin, American Egg Board

2:00 – 4:00 p.m.: HPAI: What We Know – Circular Health: A new way forward for address the current HPAI outbreak - Dr. Ilaria Capua; Recent HPAI Learnings from Colorado - JT Dean, Ted Greidanus & Hollis Glenn; HPAI Update, Indemnity, Vaccines & Dairy - Oscar Garrison

4:00 – 5:00 p.m.: Meant To Be Broken: Industry Leaders Panel – Jim Dean, Versova; Bob Krouse, MPS Egg Farms; Alex Simpson, Simpson's Eggs; Mike West, JS West |Moderated Emily Metz & Chad Gregory

6 p.m. – 9 p.m.: Annual Awards Banquet

Wednesday, Oct 16

8:00 – 8:05 a.m.: Opening Remarks

8:05 – 9:00 a.m.: "Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Turning Adversity to Advantage" Aron Ralston, Avid Outdoorsman & Author

9:00 – 9:40 a.m.: Insights & Trends in the Food Service Landscape – David Portalatin, Circana

9:40 – 10:15 a.m.: The Power of Innovation – Andrea Schwenk & Logan Soraci, Egglife Foods | Moderated by Nate Hedtke, AEB

10:15 – 10:40 a.m.: Rapidly Developing In-Ovo Sexing: Global Summary – Dr. Rudi Preisinger, Lohmann Tierzucht GmbH

10:40 – 11:10 a.m.: The Unscrambled Egg…Advocating for UEP Certified Cage-Free – Bader Rutter Agency

11:10 – 11:55 a.m.: Joint Town Hall Q&A

11:55 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.: Closing Remarks – Emily Metz, American Egg Board & Chad Gregory, United Egg Producers