Events 2011
First International Conference on Organic Food Quality and Health Research 18 -20 May, 2011 in Prague (CZECH REPUBLIC)
The Conference will focus on the State of the Art in Research on Organic Food Quality and Health in the following areas:
- Quality and safety of organic plant and animal products
- Impact of processing on organic quality and safety
- Standardization of novel methods
- Organic food authenticity
- Impact of organic food on animals
- Impact of organic food on humans
- Health concepts
5th International Conference on the Assessment of ,Animal Welfare at Farm and Group Level (WAFL),August 8-11th, 2011, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
WAFL 2011 will feature a combination of submitted research presentations and invited talks. Research papers must address topics specifically related to the use of scientifically robust methods to assess animal welfare at the group level in practical or commercial settings such as farms, slaughter plants, during transport, at animal markets, and in laboratories, animal shelters and zoos.
Topics may include but are not limited to:
- Development and validation of animal welfare assessment or audit protocols
- Development and validation of innovative/automated measures of animal welfare
- Practical implementation of welfare assessment or audit protocols
- Combinations of animal welfare indicators for comprehensive and efficient welfare assessment
- Integrating animal welfare assessment with assessment of environmental impact or food safety
- Assessing and improving compliance with animal welfare standards or guidelines
- Welfare assessment in zoos and laboratories .....MORE
The 8th International Symposium on the Nutrition of Herbivores (ISNH8)‘Herbivores in a changing World’, 6th – 9th September 2011, Aberystwyth, Wales UK
Animal agriculture is at a crossroads; competing pressures for land with alternative
forms of land use, the need to both mitigate against and adapt to the effects
of climate change combined with the need to meet societies demand for safe
nutritious food produced at low costs. This symposium presents a unique
opportunity for scientists and other stakeholders to work together to shape
the future of herbivore production.....More
IFOAM INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE “Organic Agriculture and Agro-Ecotourism in the Mediterranean”, 16-18 September 2011 Zakynthos, Greece and 6th GENERAL ASSEMBLY, 17 September 2011 Zakynthos, Greece
3rd ISOFAR Scientific Conference in the frame of the
17th IFOAM Organic World Congress in Gyeonggi Paldang, Republic of Korea
28 September - 1 October 2011
The tentative programme of the Third Scientific Conference of ISOFAR
from 28 September to 1 October 2011
in Korea is now available as pdf.
In September 2011 (28.9 - 1.10) the International Society of Organic Agriculture Research (ISOFAR) will carry out the 3rd Scientific Conference at the IFOAM Organic World Congress (OWC) in Korea.....More
