Dairy Seminar

The 5th China International Dairy Development Summit Seminar is being held today and tomorrow in our hotel in Harbin. This event is sponsored by the National Dairy Engineering & Technical Research Center and the China Dairy Industry magazine. We were invited to attend the opening speeches. The person speaking (indicated by the arrow) is the host of the conference, Dr. Bao Jun, Professor and Vice President of Northeast Agricultural University. Dr. Guo is associated with this university. Secretary Allbee is at the other end of the head table.

There were about 35 people at this seminar, not counting the delegation from Vermont. As I was to gradually discover, nearly all of them were either PhD's or representatives of dairy industry companies much, much larger than anything in Vermont. They were an impressive group.

Roger was told only minutes in advance that he would be expected to speak. It was his best speech yet! I wish I had a recording of it. He closed with some memorable lines about sharing our love for the cows and our love for their products.

Following the opening speeches, we all gathered outside the hotel for a group photo.