Day Time Sessions
08/13 Morning : Integrated crop livestock systems: the fundamental concept
  9:00 - 9:30 Opening ceremony
  9:30 - 10:00

The ecology of integrated crop-livestock systems
Benjamin F. Tracy, PhD, University of Illinois, USA
  10:00 - 10:30
Integrated crop-livestock systems: facing hunger and assuring food security
Caterina Batello, MSc, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Italy
  10:30 - 11:00
Modelling integrated farm systems: a tool for developing more economically and environmentally sustainable farming systems
C. Alan Rotz, PhD, USDA, USA
  11:00 - 11:30 Coffee and posters
  11:30 - 12:30
Plenary discussion
  12:30 - 14:00
Lunch
08/13 Afternoon : Integrated crop livestock systems: the crop component
  14:00-14:30

Managing crops in integrated crop-livestock systems
Cláudio M. M. Macedo, PhD, Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária (Embrapa), Brazil
  14:30-15:00
Managing weed species in integrated crop-livestock systems
Adelino Pelissari, PhD, Universidade Federal do Paraná (UFPR), Brazil
  15:00-15:30
The importance of forage legumes in integrated crop-livestock systems: focus on soils
Alain Peeters, PhD, Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgium
  15:30-16:00
Coffee and posters
  16:00-17:00
Plenary discussion
  17:00 -17:30
Simpósio Regional
Policies oriented initiatives for the dissemination of Integrated crop-livestock systems
Secretaria de Política Agrícola MAPA, Brasília, Brazil
08/14 Morning : Integrated crop livestock systems: the soil component
  9:00 - 9:30

Soil physical aspects in integrated crop-livestock systems
Alan. J. Franzluebbers, PhD, Agricultural Research Service (USDA), USA
  9:30 – 10:00
Water dynamics in integrated crop-livestock systems
Vivien G. Allen, PhD, Texas Tech University, USA
  10:00 - 10:30
Carbon dynamics in integrated crop-livestock systems
Júlio César Salton, PhD, Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária (Embrapa), Brasil
  10:30 - 11:00
Coffee and posters
  11:00 - 11:30 Nytrogen Dynamics in integred crop-livestock systems
Michael Russelle, PhD, USDA – Agricultural Research Service, USA
  11:30 – 12:30
Plenary discussion
  12:30 – 14:00 Lunch
08/14 Afternoon : Integrated crop livestock systems: the animal component
  14:00-14:30

Calcium, phosphorus, potassium and other minerals dynamics in integrated crop-livestock systems
Ibanor Anghinoni, PhD, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Brasil
  14:30-15:00
The importance of forage quality in integrated crop-livestock systems: focus on animals’ nutrition
Martin Gierus, PhD, Christian Albrechts University Kiel, Germany
  15:00-15:30
Managing grazing animals in integrated crop-livestock systems
Paulo César de Faccio Carvalho, PhD, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Brasil
  15:30-16:30
Coffee and posters
  16:30-17:30 Plenary discussion
08/15 Morning : Integrated crop livestock systems in a world wide context
  9:00 - 9:30

Integrated crop-livestock systems in Cerrados
Cláudio M. M. Macedo, PhD, Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária (Embrapa), Brasil
  9:30 - 10:00
Integrated crop-livestock systems in the Subtropics
Anibal de Moraes, PhD, Universidade Federal do Paraná (UFRGS), Brasil
  10:00 - 10:30
Integrated crop-livestock systems in North America
Reuben Mark Sulc, PhD, Ohio State University, USA
  10:30 - 11:00
Coffee and posters
  11:00 - 12:00
Plenary discussion
  12:00 - 14:00 Lunch
08/15 Afternoon : Integrated crop livestock systems in a world wide context
  14:00-14:30

Integrated crop-livestock systems in Southern America
Roberto Diaz Rossello, PhD, Instituto Nacional de Investigación Agropecuaria (INIA), Uruguay
  14:30-15:00
Simpósio Regional
Experiences on crop-livestock systems for small holders in Paraná
Tangriani S. Assmann, CEFET, Brazil
 
15:00-15:30
Simpósio Regional
Economics of crop-livestock systems in Paraná: beef and dairy.
José R. Canziani & Vania Di Addario, UFPR, Brasil
 
15:30-16:00
Coffee and posters
  16:00-17:00
Plenary discussion
  17:00 -17:30 Closing ceremony