09:00 Registration & coffee
Countries presentations
10:00-10:30 Faroe Islands by Jens Ivan í Gerðinum
10:30-11:00 Iceland by Eyjólfur Bjarnason
11:00-11:30 The Norwegian Sheep Model by Borghild Hillestad
11:30-12:00 Greenland by Henrik Frederiksen
12:00-12:45 Lunch
12:45-13:15 Finland by Milla Alanco-Ollqvist
13:15-13:45 Swedish Sheep and Lamb Production by Annelie Carlsson
13:45-14:15 Denmark by Bente Østergaard
14:15-14:45 Coffee
14:45-15:30 Ancient Sheep of the North Europe: Genomic and Isotopic Insights Keynote by Juha Kantanen
15:30-16:30 Discussion
16:45 Bus leaves the hotel
17:00-18:30 Reception at Skeiva Pakkhús
18:30 End of day one
Sheep production, breeding, subsidies and climate calculators
09:00-09:15 Welcome by the Minister of Trade and Industry, Jacob Vestergaard
09:15-09:45 What Makes Finnsheep Highly Prolific? Insights from Functional Genomics by Kisun Pokharel
09:45-10:15 Icelandic Subsidy System for Sheep Farming by Eyjólfur Bjarnason
10:15-10:30 Coffee
10:30-11:00 Farm Business Development Programme by Mikaela Jarstedt
11:30-12:00 Greenland
12:00-13:00 Lunch
13:00-13:30 Denmark
13:30-14:00 Breeding for Performance and Profitability by Tom Idar Kvam
14:00-14:30 Meat production, legislations, challenges and solutions by Sigert Patursson
14:30-15:00 Diverse Sheep Meat Production Systems in Different Countries - What Are the Driving Factors? Examples from the Nordic Countries, the UK and France by Jóhannes Sveinbjørnsson
15:00-15:30 Coffee
15:30-16:00 Norwegian Subsidy System for Sheep Farming by Anders Schanche Rettedal
16:00-16:30 DIGI-Rangeland: A European network on new tech solutions and future perspectives on rangeland farming by Lise Grøva
16:30-17:30 Panel discussion, a representative from each country is in the panel
19:30 Conference dinner at the hotel
09:00 Bus leaves the Hotel
09:30-11:15 Visit the farm Torkilsheygsgarður and their wool textile workshop Navia. Faroese appetisers and shop
12:00-14:00 Visit the farm Varmakeldugarður. The farmers give a talk about their farm. Soup and coffee/tea and cakes
14:45-15:30 Visit the farm Dúvugarðar. The farmers give a talk about their farm. See the Faroese horse, and if we are lucky the farmer is butchering lambs, and we might get a chance to experience home slaughtering
16:20 Back at the hotel
Evening free
13:00 Bus leaves the Hotel
13:30-16:00 Sheep show at the vicinity of Sundalagið
16:00-17:00 Soup, sandwich and beverages
17:00-18:00 Prizes for the winning sheep are given
18:00- Socialising with the locals
19:00 Bus takes us back to the hotel. Those who want to stay longer at the event, will have to hire their own transport