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IDF hosts and co-organizes a variety of events for the global dairy sector. These include flagship events such as the idf world dairy summit, along with symposia, technical webinars and sessions held as part of the program of larger scientific and professional meetings. Participate in upcoming events or watch later on demand
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IDF Circularity in the Dairy Chain Symposium 2024

Watch on Demand Programme This year’s proposal is based on the topic of circularity in the dairy chain. This event aims to bring together key....

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IDF Professor Pavel Jelen Early Career Scientist Prize

IDF is pleased to announce the establishment of an award and prize for early-career scientists and/or technologists to recognize their work in the....

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IDF World Dairy Summit 2024

We invite you to join us at the IDF World Dairy Summit 2024. This year, the vibrant landscape of French dairy will play host to the global dairy....

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IDF REGIONAL DAIRY CONFERENCE – ASIA PACIFIC 2024 – Farmer Centric Innovations in Dairying

Embarking on an enriching journey, the conference commences with a grand inaugural ceremony, setting the stage for insightful deliberations that will....

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IDF/ISO Analytical Week 2024

The IDF/ISO Analytical Week is an annual event, organized under the aegis of the IDF and ISO TC 34/SC 5 on milk and milk products. The week provides....

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IDF Cheese Science & Technology Symposium 2024

We are excited to invite you to the IDF Cheese Science & Technology Symposium, which will take place in the beautiful city of Bergen, Norway,....

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IDF Nutrition and Health Symposium 2024

Registration is open for the IDF Nutrition and Health Symposium! This year’s symposium will take place May 15, online, and will be free for all....

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Women in Dairy: Inspire Inclusion

Join us on International Women’s Day for this one-hour webinar on how the dairy sector inspires the inclusion of women. For the third year in a....

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IDF UNEA6 Side Event on Sustainable Dairy Ecosystems

Watch the recording of the event here On 29 February IDF will host our official UNEA6 side event: Sustainable dairy ecosystems: food security,....

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IDF & EDA COP28 Side Event: How Animal Source Food Nourishes The World In Times of Climate Change

The International Dairy Federation (IDF) and the European Dairy Association (EDA) are pleased to announce our official COP28 side event “How....

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The IDF Milking Technologies Symposium – Online event

The IDF Milking Technologies Symposium will help us to understand and use the latest technologies in milking and to test equipment that can help us....

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IDF Dairy Innovation Awards 2023

Dairy actors around the world have been actively engaged over the years in improving the farming and processing of milk and dairy foods. The 2nd....

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IDF World Dairy Summit

We are excited to welcome you to the 2023 IDF World Dairy Summit to be held in Chicago, Illinois, USA, October 16-19, 2023. We are putting together....

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IDF Nutrition and Health Symposium 2023

The IDF is proud to announce its third annual IDF Nutrition & Health Symposium, building on the resounding success of last year's event, which drew....

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Global Marketing Trends Report – technical webinar

The IDF Webinar on Global Marketing Trends will be held on Wednesday 12 April 2023 from 11:30-13:00 Central European Time. The attendees of the....

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7th IDF Symposium on Science and Technology of Fermented Milk

Fermentation of milks is one of the oldest methods used to prolong the shelf life of milk and has been practised by humans for thousands of years.....

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IDF World Dairy Summit – New Delhi

The IDF World Dairy Summit is an annual meeting of the global dairy sector, bringing together approximately 1500 participants from all over the....

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8th IDF ParaTB Forum

The Colloquium organizing committee has once again invited the International Dairy Federation (IDF) to organize the 8th ParaTB....

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7th IDF ParaTB Virtual Forum 2021

The purpose of the meeting is to share experiences in the control of paratuberculosis at the regional or national level on a country to country....

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IDF Nutrition and Health Symposium 2022

Join us for the dairy sector's leading event on....

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IDF/ISO Analytical Week

The entire event will take place under the topic: “How standardisation (by IDF/ISO) mirrors in recent German legislation and dairy....

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IDF International Cheese Science and Technology Symposium-Day 2

Co-organized by FIL-IDF Canada and the Quebec STELA Dairy Research Centre of Université Laval, the 2021 completely virtual edition of the IDF....

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IDF International Cheese Science and Technology Symposium-Day 1

Co-organized by FIL-IDF Canada and the Quebec STELA Dairy Research Centre of Université Laval, the 2021 completely virtual edition of the IDF....

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IDF Global Dairy Conference 2021

IDF Global Dairy Conference, 13-15 October, Copenhagen. Don't miss the dairy event of the....

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World School Milk Day Webinar 2021

World School Milk Day, celebrated each year on the last Wednesday of September, falls this year on September 29. To celebrate the day, IDF has put....

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World School Milk Day

World School Milk Day is held all over the world on the last Wednesday of September every year to celebrate the benefits and success of school milk....

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Pathways to Dairy Net Zero

The global dairy community is coming together to accelerate climate action and help reduce the sector’s impact on the planet. This is a vibrant,....

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IDF International Cheese Science and Technology Symposium

Co-organized by FIL-IDF Canada and the Quebec STELA Dairy Research Centre of Université Laval, the 2021 completely virtual edition of the IDF....

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WORLD MILK DAY

Milk is an important part of a healthy balanced diet and World Milk Day provides the perfect opportunity to spread the word. IDF and its members work....

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7th IDF ParaTB Virtual Forum 2021

The purpose of the meeting is to share experiences in the control of paratuberculosis at the regional or national level on a country to country....

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IDF Nutrition Symposium

Join us for the dairy sector's leading event on....

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International School Meals Day

  International School Meals Day will be held on 11 March 2021. The theme for 2021 is ‘Eat for the health of it’, exploring affordable,....

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New dates: 8th IDF International Symposium on sheep, goat and other non-cow milk – Virtual Event

The Symposium will cover the latest scientific advances about milk originating from other ruminants than cows on the fields of human nutrition and....

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IDF World Dairy Summit 2020: CANCELLED due to the pandemic of Covid-19

  The IDF World Dairy Summit scheduled to be hosted in Cape Town, South Africa on September 28 to October 1st has been cancelled due to the....

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POSTPONEMENT of ICAR/IDF Workshop: Animal-based indicators to promote welfare in dairy cows

Flyer: ICAR & IDF Workshop on animal welfare indicators Venue: WTC-Expo in Leeuwarden, 8914 AT Leeuwarden in Room New York 2. More info....

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POSTPONED: IDF INTERNATIONAL CHEESE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY SYMPOSIUM

IDF International Cheese Science and Technology Symposium,June 1-5, 2020 – Fairmount Château Frontenac, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada....

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The IDF Dairy Farmers’ Roundtable 2019

  The International Dairy Federation Standing Committee on Farm Management together with the IDF Office is organizing a Dairy Farmers’....

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THE ROLE OF RUMINANTS IN SUSTAINABLE DIETS

  The Royal Academies for Science and the Arts of Belgium, Brussels. On June 21st, the Belgian Association of Meat Science and Technology....