Global line-up of speakers to address ASA annual conference

Speakers from the United States, Brussels, Switzerland, Holland, Britain and Ireland will make up an impressive panel at the Agricultural Science Association (ASA) annual conference which takes place at the Tower Hotel, Waterford, on Sep 13.

The conference on ‘National Steps to Global Impact’ will be addressed by Paul Finnerty, chief executive, ABP Food Group, Europe’s largest beef exporter with sales in excess of €2bn and 8,000 employees in Ireland, Britain and Europe.

He will be joined by Patrick Boyle, president and chief executive of the giant American Meat Institute, which represents 1,100 US meat companies with a turnover of €70bn.