Full Name
Terrence O'Keefe
Job Title
Content Director
Company/Institution
WATT Global Media
Speaker Bio
Terrence O’Keefe began his association with the poultry industry in graduate school and has been working with and writing about poultry for 36 years. In his role as content director at WATT Global Media, O’Keefe leads a team of 24 reporters, editors and artists who cover the world’s poultry, animal feed and pet food industries. He has written for and edited publications covering the broiler, turkey and egg industries. Prior to joining WATT, he worked for broiler and turkey companies in variety of live production and processing roles including serving as manager for broiler and turkey slaughter and deboning plants. O’Keefe earned a bachelor’s degree in biology at the College of William & Mary, a master’s degree in poultry science at the Pennsylvania State University and an MBA at James Madison University.
Speaking At
Welcome and keynote: Prospects for the poultry industry post-COVID-19 — Greg Watt and Paul Aho, Ph.D.
Innovation presentations: Could a new test predict COVID-19 in meat processing workers — Joy Parr Drach; Remote sensing for crop uniformity and weight estimation — Claire Lewis; Precision technology to revolutionize protein production — Ramin Karimpour
Leveraging IoT, machine learning to predict flock performance — Evan Sadlon and Aditya Madhavan
Panel discussion: Trends will shape and disrupt the poultry supply chain in the next 10 years — Paul Aho, Ph.D., Paul Cuatrecasas, Richard Kottmeyer
Panel discussion: Technologies poised to disrupt the poultry supply chain — Scott Carter, Ph.D., David Speller, Gary McMurray
Applying audio analytics to detect respiratory disease in broilers — Tom Darbonne
Zoom chat: Technology challenges of cage-free egg production and egg food safety — Tony Wesner
Innovation presentations: Could a new test predict COVID-19 in meat processing workers — Joy Parr Drach; Remote sensing for crop uniformity and weight estimation — Claire Lewis; Precision technology to revolutionize protein production — Ramin Karimpour
Leveraging IoT, machine learning to predict flock performance — Evan Sadlon and Aditya Madhavan
Panel discussion: Trends will shape and disrupt the poultry supply chain in the next 10 years — Paul Aho, Ph.D., Paul Cuatrecasas, Richard Kottmeyer
Panel discussion: Technologies poised to disrupt the poultry supply chain — Scott Carter, Ph.D., David Speller, Gary McMurray
Applying audio analytics to detect respiratory disease in broilers — Tom Darbonne
Zoom chat: Technology challenges of cage-free egg production and egg food safety — Tony Wesner