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December 2015

silva edir

Firstly, I would like to express my thanks and congratulations all Board Members, all WPSA Branch representatives, and all supporters, with special recognition to all of our sponsors who made WPSA’s worldwide activities possible during 2015. Our history of stimulating poultry production through research, education and organization are ever more real in the modern world. WPSA has helped promote equal opportunities, mainly in developing countries where poultry production is becoming the most important animal protein source. I am confident that our activities only add to this profile and help further progress in all areas and the challenges faced in maximizing the efficiency of the sector in terms of improving poultry production. I encourage each of you to keep supporting and attending WPSA functions in the future.

Following are conferences in which I recently participated as an invited keynote speaker, to deliver a speech in the opening ceremony, and/or to provide other lectures.

XXIV Latin America Poultry Congress (LAPC) in Ecuador, 2015: Dr. Francine Bradley and I attended the 2015 LAPC held in Guayaquil, Ecuador, from September 8-11, 2015. The scientific part of the event was organized in five simultaneous sessions. A quite huge exhibition (around 170 companies) ran alongside with an estimated 3,500 attendees. A breakfast meeting was held with the Latin American (LA) technical poultry associations on Wednesday (September 9th) sponsored by WATT Publishing Company, organized by its Editor Benjamin Ruiz. Further discussion will follow that meeting in an attempt to form a Latin American poultry technical association network of mutual interest to help each other. There is a proposal to work on a LA technical poultry network for the next LAPC with WPSA participation. The Latin American Poultry Association (ALA) booth was used to display WPSA material and as a meeting point. This allowed very good contact with the other Latin American technical poultry associations. The ext LAPC will be held in Guadalajara, Mexico in two years time.

The Potential for Poultry Production in Developing Countries, Antalya, Turkey, from 15-18 October 2015: This Congress in Antalya was well organized with around 200 attendees. Simultaneous translation to English/Russian/Turkish was provided for all presentations. Close to 50 posters were presented. The Russian branch was quite well represented by its President (Prof. Vladimir Fisinin), Secretary (Mrs Tatiana Vasilieva) and many members including Sergey Cherepanov. The Congress Venue was at The Spice Hotel, a five star resort with all-inclusive. It seems that more young professionals and students could be attending the Congress if it was organized in a lower cost venue. I delivered a speech in the opening ceremony, was a keynote speaker in two sessions, and I was a Chair in another one. Prof. Rüveyde does a great job of promoting WPSA in this part of the world. Prof. Servet Yalçin was the chair of the Scientific Committee and she also did a great job.

Local meetings: As the President of WPSA, I have been attending local meetings, chairing sessions and/or delivering speeches. One of these was the ‘XI Mercolab Poultry Seminar’ held in the heart of a Brazilian poultry producing area (Cascavel, PR), from 15-16 September 2015. Close to 400 individuals, 21 sponsors, and international speakers were in attendance. I had the opportunity of chairing this seminar and of making the closing remarks.

Actions in Africa: Invited by the WPSA branch president, Prof. Tona, I will be travelling to Lome, Togo, from December 2-5, 2015 to attend the official launch workshop of the Regional Centre of Poultry Science (Centre d’Excellence Regional sur les Sciences Aviaires - CERSA), a project supported by The World Bank. I will provide the opening address highlighting the importance of the poultry industry in the world, and also participating in a panel discussion with all actual and potential partners as well as those from the poultry industry on the ‘Industry Perspective for the Poultry Centers Needs’.

Final remarks: It has been a privilege and an honour for me, as the President of the WPSA, to participate in meetings, events, exhibitions and other activities, selecting TG applicants, making comments and following BM discussions by email. Although this takes up a great part of my time, it has been very stimulating.

Edir N. Silva, President

December 2015

mulder roelCouncil meeting at World’s Poultry Congress 2016: The WPSA Council Meeting has been planned for 8 September 2016 in Beijing, China. A number of important decisions will be made at that Council Meeting, Including:

  • Future World’s Poultry Congresses: Due to the changes in the Constitution there will be no voting on where the World‘s Poultry Congress will be held in 2024. WPC 2020 will be hosted by the French Branch in Paris. Potential hosts for WPC 2024 will be solicited prior to the Paris Congress, and the potential hosts that are accepted by the Board will be asked to make presentations to the Council and will be voted upon during the Paris Meeting.
  • Election Board members 2016-2020: At each World’s Poultry Congress Council Meeting, the officers who will form the WPSA Board for the coming 4 year period are elected. The election procedures are described in the Constitution. As part of this process for the Beijing WPC, a ‘Nominating Advisory Committee (NAC)’ has been formed by the current Board whose chairman is Dr. Avigdor Cahaner, Israel. The main task of the NAC is to come forward with a list of candidates for the WPSA board members who will be elected during the Council Meeting in Beijing. Those newly elected officers will serve WPSA for the period 2016-2020. In addition to the nominees that will be submitted by the NAC, branches and individual members can also make nominations by sending their nomination to the General Secretary . Deadline for submission is 31 December 2015.
  • International Poultry Hall of Fame: Branches have been informed about the procedures for the nomination of individuals for consideration for the International Poultry Hall of Fame. The deadline for submitting nominations for this honour to the Secretary General is 31 December 2015.
  • Scholarship awards: During the 25th World’s Poultry Congress, Scholarship Awards will be presented for respectively Research and Education. Branches have been informed as to how to proceed with nominations for these awards, and the deadline for submission to the secretary is 1 March 2016.

Additional information is available on www.wpsa.com,  and can also be obtained from the Secretary-General.

25 World’s Poultry Congresses: An exhibition is being prepared for the Beijing Congress with materials from each of the first 25 WPC’s (1921-2012). Anyone who has posters, photos, or other interesting materials that they would like to have exhibited may contact Roel Mulder () or Dorien Kleverwal ().

Website: we are currently working on a new WPSA website. This new site will be launched by the end of December 2015. The website address will not change (www.wpsa.com).

Promotion of WPSA: For general promotion of WPSA, WPS Journal and WPC 2016, WPSA will be present at the following meetings during 2016: IPPE, Atlanta, USA (26-28 January); VIV MEA, Abu Dhabi, UAE, (13-15 February); AGRA ME, Dubai, UAE (15-17 March); and, Victam Asia, Bangkok Thailand (29-31 March). The 5th Poultry Outlook Forum 2016 organized by the UAE branch has been planned for the 15 March 2016 and will be held in Dubai, UAE.

World’s Poultry Science Journal: All members are entitled to the online version of the Journal. On request the printed Journal will be sent. Members who would like to receive the printed Journal are requested to contact the WPSA office secretary, Dorien Kleverwal:

Cooperation with the organization on World Veterinary Education in Production Animal Health (WVEPAH): Some years ago, it was agreed to start a formal co-operation with the WVEPAH, a non-profit organization which now also organizes training courses on poultry (for 3 à 4 weeks) in several countries (www.wvepah.org). Activities are announced on our website and in the WPS Journal.

E-mail WPSA Newsletter: The newsletter has over 1500 subscribers and contains increasingly more information on Branch activities. Members and others interested in the work of WPSA are requested to subscribe personally through the WPSA website.

Roel Mulder, General Secretary

December 2015

bradley francineMid-September found me in Guayaquil, Ecuador. It was my pleasure to join our President, Dr. Edir Silva, for the Latin American Poultry Conference. What a vibrant and well-attended event. We staffed a booth and publicized WPSA. With Dr. Silva’s leadership and support from Watt Publishing, we organized a meeting of the leaders of poultry science associations in Latin America. It was a productive event with participants who really want to move things forward and see the benefits from WPSA Branches and poultry associations working together. My personal thanks go to Greg Watt and Benjamin Ruiz for their solid backing of this endeavour.

As our fiscal year comes to a close, I look forward to receiving dues from Branches that have yet to pay. There will be more expenses in 2016, as your international body works to foster attendance at the World’s Poultry Congress in Beijing. A significant sum has already been committed to aid with the excellent Student Programme that has been organized by the Host Committee.

May you ring out 2015 in good health and continuing enthusiasm for WPSA.

Dr Francine Bradley

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