The overall theme of the conference is ‘A Time for Change’.
The first day will focus on ‘Breeding Success’, with ‘Maximizing Return’ on the second day.

This conference will enable delegates to debate the issues and challenges associated with producing food from healthy animals that is healthy for consumers, economically sustainable and from systems that benefit the environment and encompasses good welfare and ethics. This conference draws together up-to-date knowledge and will thus be relevant to commercial and research scientists, those working in the agricultural and food industry, advisors, vets, farmers and policy makers.
This conference is held in conjuction with the British Society of Animal Science and the UK branch of the World's Poultry Science Association.

Annual meetings of the British Society of Animal Science (BSAS), the UK Branch of the World's Poultry Science Association (WPSA), AVTRW and ASF (BBSRC).

For the first time, the European College of Porcine Health Management (ECPHM) and the European Association of Porcine Health Management (EAPHM) are jointly organising the next European Symposium on Porcine Health Management (ESPHM), which will be the fourth in the series.

The largest event for the meat, poultry and seafood processing industries just got a lot bigger and even better.
AMI Expo is co-locating with the FMI 2012 Show, UFPA's United Fresh and the US Food Showcase, bringing together almost 1,200 exhibitors and 25,000 attendees in Dallas.
AMI Expo always delivers quality education, networking and innovative exhibits that draw the industry leaders you need to see. Now with our new partnership, AMI packer processors have yet another compelling reason to attend AMI Expo: thousands of their retail customers in one place!

This year’s Outlook conference is to be jointly hosted by BPEX, DairyCo and EBLEX.
The three divisions of the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB), representing pigs, dairy, and beef and sheep, respectively, will join forces for a programme highlighting economic and market information that affects them all, as well as having sector-specific forecasting sessions looking at the coming months.
To register to receive more booking information, please email outlook2012@ahdb.org.uk.

More than 60 technical seminars, over 3,200 delegates and more than a hundred speakers turned the last Expoaviga Forum into the forum of knowledge and debate for the Spanish stockbreeding sector. Almost a hundred companies and veterinary laboratories will be present.

‘Positioning Australian Pork: Different by choice’

EPP International will hold its next congress in Vilnius, the capital city of Lithuania.
The club invites pig farmers all over Europe in order to discuss 'Chances and Challenges of Pig Production in the Baltic Region'.
Production costs & efficiency, pig health and pig nutrition will also be addressed, as well as animal welfare, sustainability and public perceptions of the industry.

Organised by the National Pork Producers Council (NPPC)

These dates have been confirmed by the organisers.

The conference will have a technical component and a pledging component. Experts will present an analysis of the global FMD situation, the socio-economic impact of the disease, the progress achieved with existing regional FMD control initiatives and ‘state of the art’ overviews regarding vaccines, diagnostic methods and current research. This will be followed by presentation of the Global FMD Control Strategy, the tools and methods it will employ and the gaps and needs that should be addressed to achieve sustainable progress. The budget required to implement the strategy during the first five years will also be presented. Donors and representatives of FMD-free and FMD-affected countries and regions will have an opportunity to present their views. The conference is expected to attract over 400 participants, including Chief Veterinary Officers and Directors of Animal Production, representatives of regional organizations, donor agencies, nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) and industry and agricultural producer organizations. Ministers and other decision makers will also be invited, in particular for the pledging component of the Conference.

This will be the 73rd conference in the series.
The Minnesota Nutrition Conference provides a forum for feed industry professionals to update their knowledge of beef, dairy, poultry, swine and equine nutrition. Speakers from throughout North America bring the latest concepts in livestock feeding to the upper Midwest. Conference highlights include University of Minnesota Research Updates, and sessions on Ruminant and Non-ruminant nutrition as well as a session on Equine nutrition.
The location is to be announced.