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Trade Barriers & Risk Management |
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Patrick Hutchinson has spent a decade working in the agricultural industry in Australia and is well known for his comprehensive understanding of the red meat supply chain. Patrick has extensive experience in accreditation programs, from program design and communication to database management and logistical implementation As Manager, Livestock Standards and Information at Meat & Livestock Australia (MLA) he was responsible for the creation, development and implementation of one of the world’s largest on farm certification programs, Livestock Production Assurance (LPA). At last count over 200,000 properties were in the program after four years. He managed the upgrade of the National Vendor Declaration (NVD) program, which underpins the LPA program, with over 80,000 books of declarations across five species sold a year. He manages the ongoing review and development of the LPA QA program, including the development of optional modules for the program such as Environmental Stewardship and Animal Welfare. In 2002, Patrick was awarded the Young Achiever award from the Beef Improvement Association of Australia, recognising a person who will still be making a major contribution to the Australian beef industry in the next 20 years. In 1998 he won the Royal Agricultural Society Rural Achiever of the Year award. In his spare time Patrick is a partner in an agribusiness company that is involved in the breeding and selling of stud shorthorn cattle as well as an expanding trade cattle business. The company also has a small direct to consumer lamb business. [ Back to Top ] |
“Systems to Achieve
Better Animal
Patrick Hutchinson has spent a decade working in the agricultural industry in Australia and is well known for his comprehensive understanding of the red meat supply chain. Patrick has extensive experience in accreditation programs, from program design and communication to database management and logistical implementation
As Manager, Livestock Standards and Information at Meat & Livestock Australia (MLA) he was responsible for the creation, development and implementation of one of the world’s largest on farm certification programs, Livestock Production Assurance (LPA). At last count over 200,000 properties were in the program after four years. He managed the upgrade of the National Vendor Declaration (NVD) program, which underpins the LPA program, with over 80,000 books of declarations across five species sold a year. He manages the ongoing review and development of the LPA QA program, including the development of optional modules for the program such as Environmental Stewardship and Animal Welfare
In 2002, Patrick was awarded the Young Achiever award from the Beef Improvement Association of Australia, recognising a person who will still be making a major contribution to the Australian beef industry in the next 20 years. In 1998 he won the Royal Agricultural Society Rural Achiever of the Year award.
In his spare time Patrick is a partner in an agribusiness company that is involved in the breeding and selling of stud shorthorn cattle as well as an expanding trade cattle business. The company also has a small direct to consumer lamb business. PowerPoint Presentation |
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Lisa SCHOPPA PetSafe Product Development Manager Continental Airlines PO Box 4607, HQSMZ Houston, TX 77210 USA
Tel: +1 713-324-4987 Fax: +1 713-324-7744
As Continental Cargo’s Manager of Specialty Products, Lisa is responsible for product development and sales of Specialty products including Live Animals, Human Remains and Perishable and Temperature Sensitive Products, focusing primarily on the pharmaceutical industry. This year marks Lisa’s 25 year with Continental. Handling positions of increasing stature and responsibility. She joined Houston-based Continental Airlines in 1984. She began her career with Passenger Reservations and was eventually promoted to Global Reservations Training and Quality Assurance Manager for world-wide passenger reservations. In 1996, Lisa moved to the Cargo Division where she worked to develop the Cargo Customer Service Center into a world-class operation.
Lisa’s team was recognized by the Air
Transport Association for outstanding customer service by a call center,
and has remained at the top of that category. Shortly after arriving at
Cargo, she established the Live Animal Desk (now known as the PetSafe
Desk) in January 1997. She helped to launch the successful PetSafe
program in June 2000, and in 2003, she was asked to move to Cargo
Headquarters to manage specialty products where she continues to advance
Continental’s PetSafe product. [ Back to Top ] |
“The
Real Truth
As President of the AATA and the PetSafe Manager for Continental Airlines, Lisa will update attendees on the United State’s Department of Transportation’s Animal Incident Reporting rule.
Lisa’s goal will be to share with the audience the history of the information reported by U.S. Airlines since it’s inception in 2005. The rule requires that U.S. Airlines must report all injuries, deaths and loss of any warm or cold-blooded pet that occurs while the animal is traveling in the care, custody and control of a scheduled domestic passenger airline.
She will also evaluate the value of the information gleaned over these past 4 years vs. what the industry and activists groups were expecting when this rule came into affect. Lisa will also share some insight as to the future of Incident Reporting.
Continental Airlines is the world's fifth largest airline, carrying approximately 67 million passengers per year and more than 125,000 animal shipments. Continental consistently earns awards and critical acclaim for both its operation and its corporate culture. For the sixth consecutive year, FORTUNE magazine named Continental the No. 1 World's Most Admired Airline on its 2009 list of World's Most Admired Companies. The PetSafe program has been recognized by several industry groups, as well as the AATA and IPATA.
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Simon JACKSON Managing Director Dogtainers Australia Pty PO Box 1011 Eagle Farm Brisbane, QLD 4009 Australia
Tel: +61 7 3271 1155 Fax: +61 7 3271 4980
Simon Jackson heads Dogtainers – Australia’s leading Animal Pet Transport Specialist – which comprises 15 offices located throughout Australia. With 20 years logistics experience and an involvement in the pet industry in excess of 10 years (coupled with his teams depth & breadth of experience across Australia), he and his teams drive, is delivering a service focused on its customers. Dogtainers is an internationally renowned animal transport company specialising in Domestic and International transportation (both export & import) of family pets, livestock, rare & specialty animals and frozen semen. As an extension to the pet logistics business, Simon’s team runs a number of Animal & Pet Boarding Kennels & Catteries – to ensure that pets receive the highest level of care during their transit. With a strong passion for logistics, Simon also runs one of Australian’s leading airfreight livestock export companies – StockAir Pty Ltd. StockAir is a boutique company that specializes in the air travel of livestock to all countries throughout the world. They are market leaders. Their focus has been to make air transport of livestock (cattle, sheep, goats, pigs, horses, alpaca, camel etc) more attractive through efficient and more economical transport solutions. [ Back to Top ] |
“AQIS Upcoming Fee
Simon JACKSON Managing Director Dogtainers Australia Pty
Government involvement in the import / export process should be seen as a partnership and not a levy. It is the great challenge of every importer and exporter to ensure that we work with these agencies and within there guidelines. The challenge has always been to ensure that the commercial sector did not pay for the public sectors free ride, and vice versa. It has also been a challenge to ensure that industry was serviced efficiently and effectively. The upcoming fee increase imposed by AQIS will impact pet transport in and out of Australia.
Australia's AQIS is an interesting case study on effective/ineffective management of the import/export process for live animals and plant material - and issues such as Equine Influenza and FMD will be forever on the lips of many exporters/importers in every country around the world.
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