Poultry Tech Summit

How can we future-proof against poultry industry challenges? The 2024 Poultry Tech Summit webinar series will bring together technology experts to discuss the challenges poultry producers have identified as their most significant.

Webinar dates will be announced soon.

Poultry Tech Summit brings together inventors, researchers, entrepreneurs, poultry industry professionals and established technology providers to discuss challenges and solutions for all aspects of the poultry supply chain.

The Summit will return as an in-person event on November 3-6, 2025, at the Atlanta Airport Marriott in Atlanta, Georgia. NEW in 2025, Poultry Tech Summit will be held in collaboration with the US-RSPE annual conference.

Attendees can expect the same groundbreaking innovation and insightful presentations that made the previous events well-attended with deep dialogue on new prospective solutions and next-generation technologies.

Poultry Tech Summit focuses on the transition of innovative technologies from researchers and entrepreneurs into commercial applications for the benefit of the poultry industry. This event is the only one of its kind being offered to connect researchers and entrepreneurs with poultry sector technology experts, financiers, venture capitalists and producers looking for new projects and investments to fund.

Make plans to attend and take a look at the future of the industry.​

Highlights from Poultry Tech Summit 2023

The Summit was well-attended by a global audience with professionals from 18 countries representing a vast array of companies including Agrimesh Technologies, Alltech, Amick Farms, AudioT, Butterball, Cargill, Claxton Poultry, Herbruck’s Poultry Ranch, Perdue Foods, Pilgrim’s Pride, Smarte Automation, Texas Tech University, Versova and many others.

“Poultry Tech Summit is an important opportunity for industry leaders to strategize on overcoming the challenges in poultry production to improve poultry health and productivity in the coming years,” said Terrence O’Keefe, content director, WATT Global Media. “By attending, participants were able to learn about new technologies and to provide feedback that can help speed the development and implementation of these innovations to economically solve some of the poultry industry’s biggest challenges.”

The diverse agenda featured more than 20 innovation and technology presentations in the categories of data and artificial intelligence, life sciences, robotics and automation, and food safety.

Topics included chick vent sexing using AI to reduce labor, how precision farming can streamline poultry operations, virtual reality to revamp poultry processing’s workforce, how CRISPR helps producers find Salmonella serovars on the farm, using IoT data to drive economic value and performance on broiler sites, and much more.

The agenda also featured four in-depth panel discussions on technology and the future of HPAI control, plus the challenges and technical solutions for egg production, poultry processing and meat bird production. Additionally, attendees had abundant opportunities to network and exchange ideas throughout the Summit.

The global destination for new poultry innovations

Since its 2018 inception, the Poultry Tech Summit has facilitated and fast-tracked many pioneering ideas into adoption for the benefit of the poultry supply chain. Innovator success stories:

• Wayne-Sanderson Farms, TARGAN to expand partnership
• Diversified Agriculture partners with broiler chick sexing startup
• JBS, Tyson Foods invest in poultry worker wearables
• OpsSmart wins FDA Food Traceability Challenge
• AGCO purchases poultry welfare robotics developer Faromatics

Get Poultry Tech Summit event coverage, here.

Attend

Showcasing the next frontier for industry, technology and venture capital, this unique event presents new research of technologies with potential to be commercialized within a 5-year period. Ranging from artificial intelligence, robotics, blockchain, sensors, virtual reality, vaccines and more to improve outcomes for poultry companies in all aspects of production from farm through the processing plant.

Registration and agenda details will be announced June 2025. Registration for the Summit covers: 1-1/2 days of educational presentations, 2 evening cocktail receptions, breakfasts, lunch and multiple networking breaks. General attendee ticket prices range from $1,195-1,545. Reduce ticket prices will be available for US-RSPE annual conference attendees, students, faculty and presenting innovators.

Who should attend:

• Poultry company C-level executives
• Corporate leaders in QA/QC, R&D, IT and Engineering
• Live production and processing technology personnel
• Veterinarians, nutritionists
• Suppliers interested in funding or acquiring new tech
• Financiers, bankers and venture capitalists

Attendees are among the first to see groundbreaking innovation and next-generation technologies that offer prospective solutions to poultry supply chain challenges.

Sponsorship

Poultry Tech Summit 2025 sponsorship opportunities

Poultry Tech Summit is a global gathering where poultry professionals will learn about groundbreaking technologies and innovations while having the opportunity to meet with suppliers, customers and peers to advance business and exchange ideas.

Sponsorship opportunities at the Poultry Tech Summit take you beyond advertising and go further towards enhancing your company’s brand. Be among the first to sign up for sponsorship to maximize your exposure across multiple opportunities before, during and even after the event.

Become a Poultry Tech Summit 2025 sponsor to position your brand at the cutting-edge of innovation. The 2025 Sponsor Prospectus will be available January 2025.

Contact your WATT Agribusiness Sales Manager today to confirm your sponsorship.

Top 3 reasons to be a part of the Poultry Tech Summit:

1. Reach entrepreneurs, investors and innovators together at one time only
2. Build new relationships and share ideas with poultry executive and those with industry interests
3. Gain insights into new technologies on the horizon creating change and greater efficiencies in poultry production