| The Organising Committee is
happy to announce that 3 significant meetings and 2 satellite
meetings have joined forces with WPC2008.
The congress program will be complemented by the affiliated
meetings taking place during WPC2008. The
following meetings will run concurrently with the congress:
- 6th Asian-Pacific Poultry Health Conference (AP6)
- 4th International Ratite Science Symposium (4IRSS)
The following will also be held as WPC satellite meetings:
Affiliated meetings
6th Asian-Pacific Poultry Health Conference (AP6)
will be the forum for the main poultry diseases stream within
the XXIII World’s Poultry Conference. The theme will
be From Pasteur to Genomics: Past, Present and Future Control
of Poultry Disease. Sessions will be based around the most
economically important diseases of poultry and will include
major control success stories as well as challenges for sustainable
control and how researchers are addressing those challenges.
Highlights will be sessions on avian influenza, and control
of necrotic enteritis in broilers without reliance on antibiotics.
The conference committee and convenors welcome delegates to
participate in AP6.
4th International Ratite Science Symposium
The Ratite Science Symposium is an international scientific
conference dedicated to ratite species (ostriches, emus, rheas,
cassowaries and kiwis). The science areas covered include
reproduction, genetics, incubation, nutrition, growth and
development, health and welfare, and conservation. Each plenary
session will be presented by an invited keynote speaker highlighting
up-todate knowledge on captive-bred and wild ratite species
and challenges facing ratite science, the industry and governments.
Papers and posters on all aspects of ratite biology, farming
and conservation will also be presented. The Symposium is
planned to conclude with the industry workshops. The organisers
of the Symposium, Dr Irek Malecki (Chairman, Organising Committee)
and Dr Phil Glatz (Vice Chairman) cordially invite students,
researchers, farmers, the ratite industry and government agencies
to attend the event.
2008 Poultry Information Exchange (PIX2008).
The Poultry Information Exchange (PIX) is a major Australasian
poultry conference event attracting an audience of approximately
600 attendees. It is a technical conference aimed at the production
sector of the poultry industry. That is farmers, staff from
meat chicken, egg and breeder farms, hatcheries and processors
and people from the service industries. Our speakers are conscious
of the audience’s needs and will present information
in a simple non-scientific style. The PIX Association through
its linkage with the XXIII World’s Poultry Congress
2008 invites you to attend the 2008 Poultry Information Exchange.
Satellite meetings
Avian Immunology Research Group 2008 (AIRG 2008) at Sea World
Nara Resort, from June 24 to June 27, 2008, will be the 10th
biennial meeting of this series. It brings together an international
and dynamic group of researchers with a diversity of expertise,
who share the common aim of gaining a better understanding
of the immune system of birds and the role this plays in the
defence against pathogens. Usually alternating between Europe
and the USA, 2008 will see a break in the traditional migration.
The conference will cover many aspects of avian immunology
from genomics and immune regulation to manipulation of host-pathogen
interactions, with a particular focus on avian influenza.
8th International Marek’s Disease Symposium
6 to 9 July 2008
Townsville, Queensland, Australia
**At additional cost
Stud Breeders and Exhibitors Program
The Stud Breeders and Exhibitors Program will be on Thursday 3 July and Friday 4 July 2008, these programs will include a range of topics aimed at developing a new level of technology and understanding to those who are the custodians of our precious pure breed flocks. The programs will make available the expertise of world class scientists and technologists who have specialist knowledge and experience in pure breed poultry. For more information click here.
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