Programme


Wednesday 21st October

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


Thursday 22nd October, Conference Day

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


Friday 23rd October

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


Saturday 24th October

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