DIAMOND EVENT PARTNER
As innovators in nutrition, health, and beauty, dsm-firmenich reinvents, manufactures, and combines vital nutrients, flavours, and fragrances for the world’s growing population to thrive. With our comprehensive range of solutions, with natural and renewable ingredients and renowned science and technology capabilities, we work to create what is essential for life, desirable for consumers, and more sustainable for the planet.
dsm-firmenich is a Swiss-Dutch company, listed on the Euronext Amsterdam, with operations in almost 60 countries and revenues of more than €12 billion. With a diverse, worldwide team of nearly 30,000 employees, we bring progress to life every day, everywhere, for billions of people.
dsm-firmenich is our most prolific corporate sponsor, showing their support for the 31st consecutive year, and the 6th consecutive year as our exclusive DIAMOND SPONSOR.
SPECIAL SPONSORS
The AgriFutures Chicken Meat Consortium – Nutrition, Gut Health and Environment is a multi-institutional and multi-national collaboration to grow the long-term prosperity of the Australian chicken meat industry from the nutritional strategy to optimise gut health, animal welfare, and sustainability outcomes. Involving 50 scientists, 19 early-mid career researchers, 14 PhD students, and eight international research institutions including some top scientists in the field, the Consortium will help pave the future for chicken meat production.
The Consortium is an initiative of the AgriFutures Chicken Meat Program. The scientific program is led by The University of Queensland, in partnership with The University of Sydney, Central Queensland University, Massey University, and the Queensland Department of Primary Industries. In addition, five global industry partners including Aviagen, DSM-Firmenich, Lallemand, Lucta, and Eurolysine (formally Metex Noovistago), as well as Poultry Research Foundation and World Poultry Science Association New Zealand Branch are supporting the Consortium.
The AgriFutures Chicken Meat Consortium – Nutrition, Gut Health and Environment is proud to support APSS 2026, for the third year running.
PLATINUM EVENT PARTNERS
Aviagen® stands at the forefront of poultry genetics, pioneering research, and innovation on a global scale. Our broiler breeder brands are among the most recognized and respected in the industry and each has a proven record of success in addition to a large and loyal global customer base.
Aviagen is supporting the conference for the 6th time, and for the 3rd consecutive year.
Phibro has consistently contributed to a healthy, affordable food supply by helping farmers responsibly care for their animals.
By keeping animals healthy, they keep food healthy – nourishing families and helping ensure a healthy world.
Today, they offer a range of products including those which are natural and sustainable, ultimately providing innovative solutions to support the health of livestock, aquaculture species and companion animals.
Phibro returns as a sponsor of APSS in 2026, marking their 8th time supporting the event and their first appearance since 2015. We are truly grateful for their renewed commitment to APSS.
GOLD EVENT PARTNERS
Since 1982, Jefo designs solutions to meet the needs of the animal industry, with a forerunner vision. Backed-up by our applied scientific curiosity, our passionate and creative team of animal scientists, veterinarians and Ph.Ds., bring real-life solutions to the table.
Jefo has been a sponsor of APSS for a total of 18 years, and continuously for the past 11.
As the world population continues to expand and the demand for protein soars, food producers are turning to Kemin for innovative solutions.
We believe raising healthy livestock and poultry is more important than ever before, and we are delivering products and services that help consumers achieve optimal nutrition, feed quality, gut health and pathogen control – all while maximizing the profitability of our customers.
Kemin has now been involved with the conference for a total of 23 years.
Australian Eggs is a member owned not-for-profit company providing marketing and research & development (R&D) services for the benefit of Australian egg farmers.
Working together with the egg industry and the Australian Government, Australian Eggs strives to deliver value to industry and the public by investing in programs that increase consumption and ensure industry sustainability.
All known Australian egg farmers are serviced by Australian Eggs, irrespective of their size, location or farming system.
Australian Eggs and previous egg industry not-for-profit companies have been part of APSS since the very beginning, with continued support every year from 1989 – 2026.
Feedworks Pty Ltd is a partnership aimed at supplying quality products and technologies to the agricultural associated industries in the Australian, New Zealand and Oceania regions.
Feedworks and their various partners have been avid supporters of the symposium for 30 consecutive years.
Elanco Animal Health is a global leader in animal health dedicated to innovating and delivering products and services to prevent and treat disease in farm animals and pets, creating value for farmers, pet owners, veterinarians, stakeholders, and society as a whole. With nearly 70 years of animal health heritage, we are committed to helping our customers improve the health of animals in their care, while also making a meaningful impact on our local and global communities.
Elanco operates the only private-sector R&D facility for food and companion animals in Australia. Elanco’s vision is “Food and Companionship Enriching Life”. Grounded by our corporate social responsibility framework, Elanco’s Healthy Purpose™, Elanco is committed to enhancing the well-being of animals, people and the planet.
For more information visit https://www.elanco.com.au or contact Elanco Australasia Pty Ltd on 1800 995 709.
Elanco have now sponsored APSS for a total of 28 years.
Huvepharma® is a fast-growing global pharmaceutical company with a focus on developing, manufacturing and marketing human health and animal health and nutrition products. These pillars are the basis of their company name, Huvepharma: Human and Veterinary Pharmaceuticals.
They have more than half a century of expertise in the fermentation and manufacturing of human and animal health and nutritional products. Their growth is both organic and through acquisitions. They have successfully integrated products, facilities and know-how from numerous prestigious brands across many of the industries they work in and continue to look for other strategic acquisitions to help them create a balanced product portfolio and achieve their goals.
We welcome Huvepharma as a sponsor for the very first time in 2026.
SILVER EVENT PARTNERS
Novus International, headquartered in St. Charles, Missouri, creates animal nutrition solutions for livestock, poultry and aquaculture. Novus operations include corporate offices, research and development laboratories and manufacturing facilities in more than 35 countries, as well as smaller offices with field staff in an additional 60 countries.
Novus has been a sponsor of APSS for the past 12 consecutive years, and a total of 26 years overall.
Orffa has a 50 year long history of being an innovative supplier of feed additives. We are the leading marketing and sales company of feed additives in Europe, our home base. Orffa develops, customizes, sources and offers a complete range of feed additives and concepts for the animal production industry. Spearhead products are Excential Energy Plus, the most cost-efficient nutritional feed emulsifier, and Excential Selenium 4000, the highest bioavailable organic selenium source.
Our products are not only designed to increase the cost-effectiveness of animal production, but we also aim to offer products improving sustainability and the quality of animal production, as well as the health and welfare of the animals and for the operators in the production sites.
Orffa is a sponsor of the Australian Poultry Science Symposium for the 5th time this year.
The AgriFutures Chicken Meat Program’s purpose is to invest levy funds in RD&E to increase knowledge and understanding that fosters an innovative, adaptive, and valuable chicken meat industry in Australia. The vision is to grow the long-term prosperity of the Australian chicken meat industry. Also, crucial to the Program are the activities that enable the Australian chicken meat industry to prosper including, providing training and capacity building opportunities and ensuring that the levy investment delivers value to industry participants.
AgriFutures, along with previous RIRDC bodies, have supported APSS every single year since the very first symposium in 1989.
BASF Animal Nutrition has been a pioneer from the beginning, for example, in vitamins and enzymes. The world’s appetite for animal protein is growing. But people want it to be grown more sustainably. Now, we are leading the way with more sustainable, successful, science-based solutions. Our products have proven to be efficient, effective and reliable in the lab, in the mill and in the field, promoting animal growth, vitality and well-being. With greater use of digital tools and technologies, we share our expertise and experience and work together to be more considerate of animals, people and the planet. That’s what we stand for at BASF Animal Nutrition: From feed to farm to fork to the future.
BASF has sponsored the Australian Poultry Science Symposium for a total of 19 years this year.
BRONZE EVENT PARTNERS
Lallemand Animal Nutrition – a global leader in the science of fermentation – and a primary producer of yeast and bacteria. Our passion is harnessing microorganisms to optimise animal well-being and performance, forage management, and the animal environment. We are partnering in microbial solutions for a changing world. Learn more at LallemandAnimalNutrition.com.
Lallemand has now been involved in the symposium for 8 consecutive years.
For more than a century, the people of Archer Daniels Midland Company (NYSE: ADM) have transformed crops into products that serve the vital needs of a growing world. Today, they’re one of the world’s largest agricultural processors and food ingredient providers, with approximately 40,000 employees serving customers in nearly 200 countries. With a global value chain that includes approximately 450 crop procurement locations, more than 330 food and feed ingredient manufacturing facilities, 62 innovation centers and the world’s premier crop transportation network, ADM connect the harvest to the home, making products for food, animal feed, industrial and energy uses.
We thank ADM for the huge support of APSS for a total of 26 years.
VTR BioTech is a biotechnology corporation founded in 1991. We has grown significantly over the last 33 years to become the leading enterprise in biological enzyme preparation industry and the largest biological enzyme preparation manufacturing enterprise in Asia.
VTR has supported the conference for 6 years now.
ITEM SPONSORS
dsm-firmenich is our most prolific corporate sponsor, showing their support for the 31st consecutive year, and the 6th consecutive year as our exclusive DIAMOND SPONSOR.
Feedworks and their various partners have been avid supporters of the symposium for 30 consecutive years.
Feedworks and their various partners have been avid supporters of the symposium for 30 consecutive years.
Evonik (formally Degussa) has sponsored APSS for the past 29 consecutive years, making them one of the top 5 supporters of the Symposium.
Alltech Lienert has now been involved in the conference for 26 years.
SOCIAL EVENT SPONSORS
Sunday Afternoon Informal Welcome Drinks
RCI has now sponsored APSS for the past 5 consecutive years and 11 years in total.
Monday Morning “Meet & Greet” Student/Industry Mentor Session
STILL AVAILABLE
Tuesday Night Symposium Dinner
Shandong Longchang Animal Health Product Co., Ltd is joining the symposium as a sponsor for the second time in 2026. We are so glad to have them on board again.
MEDIA PARTNERS
When:
3 Day Conference
Monday 9th – Wednesday 11th February, 2026
Symposium Dinner
Tuesday 10th February, 2026
Where:
3 Day Conference
University of Sydney Business School – Belinda Hutchinson Building (H70)
Symposium Dinner
Starship Sydney – Harbour Cruise
2026 Sponsors
