Temple Grandin to address MBW Conference
Temple Grandin, the renowned American professor of animal science, will be the keynote speaker at the Meat Business Women Conference taking place in May this year.
Temple Grandin.
Based at Colorado State University, she is a leading consultant to the livestock industry on animal behaviour, abattoir design and animal welfare. Time Magazine has named Temple as one of the most influential people in the world and she was the subject of the Emmy and Golden Globe-winning semi-biographical film Temple Grandin. She has also been inducted into the National Women’s Hall of Fame.
From a young age, Temple has felt a special connection with animals. She was diagnosed with a form of autism that allows her to visualise the world through pictures and images the same way that animals do. She is one of the first individuals in the livestock industry to publicly share insights from her personal experience of autism.
Chair of Meat Business Women, Laura Ryan, commented: “After a successful conference in November our committee discussed who our dream keynote speaker would be for 2019 and there was one name – Temple Grandin. We reached out to her and are absolutely delighted that she has accepted our invitation and will be flying into London specifically to speak at our conference.”
The conference agenda will also include presentations from Tara McCarthy (CEO of Bord Bia), Teresa Exelby (HR director at Morrisons plc), Ursula Lavery (Technical and R&D director Europe at Moy Park) and Sophie Devonshire (CEO The Caffeine Partnership & Lead at Speed author).
The event takes place on Tuesday 14th May at Painters Hall in London from 10am – 4pm and tickets can be sourced at www.meatbusinesswomen.org.
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