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Welcome Message2011,TAIWAN9th Asia Pacific Poultry ConferenceDear Colleagues:The 9th Asia Pacific Poultry Conference will be held in Taipei, Taiwan. The four-day event builds on theexcitement generated by rapid advances in poultry research and its potential benefits to food safety,environmental friendly breeding, animal welfare and the international poultry industry. More than 500 topinternational scientists and researchers from around the world are expected to attend.The symposium comes at a key time for the international poultry industry, which is under unprecedentedpressure caused by record high feed prices and disease challenges. It provides an important forum forreviewing the latest advances in poultry research, how recent breakthroughs could affect poultry industry,and in-depth discussion and exchange of information on sustainable poultry production in the modern Era.This major event will showcase the latest developments in the fields, including research on nutrition andfeed additives, environment and poultry production, marketing and product safety, genetics, breeding andreproduction, poultry health, and water fowl.Taipei is the capital of Taiwan. From the world's tallest building to the biggest collection of Chinese art,Taipei is a city mixing the modern and tradition, with a generous dash of energy and friendly smiles. Taipeihas dozens of world-class restaurants where the best regional Chinese cuisine could be sampled; and forthe gourmand, there are plenty night markets serving up scrumptious evening snacks in an environment ofchaotic excitement and fun. Our Local Committee has set for itself the objective of providing theappropriate resources so that all participants will be enriched scientifically and culturally.We are very sure that you will have a most enjoyable time in Taipei, combining business with pleasure andwe look forward to meeting you in March 2011 in this vibrant city and welcoming you to the 9th APPC, theforemost poultry conference in the Asia Pacific region.President of WPSA AsiaPacific FederationBao-Ji Chen, Ph.D.,Senior Vice President ofWPSA Asia Pacific Federation,President of WPSATaiwan Branch
The World's Poultry ScienceAssociation-Taiwan BranchFounded at the 18th World Poultry Congress in 1988, the World's Poultry ScienceAssociation (WPSA) Taiwan Branch is the 10th country joining the WPSA afterIndia, Israel, USA, Japan, Germany, UK, Australia, Netherland and Spain. We have153 individual and 21 group members working in poultry science and relatedprofessions in industry, academia, and government.The mission of the WPSA Taiwan Branch is to advance knowledge andunderstanding of all aspects of poultry science and the poultry industry. Weregularly hold international conferences on various aspects of poultry productionand poultry science, and we also play a major role in establishing communicationamong research scientists, educators, and those working in the many diversesectors of the industry. The Taiwan Branch is one of the activist members in theWPSA.The Asia Pacific Federation ofWPSA BranchesBeginning in 1912, the World's Poultry Science Association (WPSA) has grown overto become the major international association of people concerned with poultryscience and its application in the poultry industry. There are now more than 7600members in 79 branches scattered across the globe. Branches in Europecollectively form a European Federation and 15 branches in Asia, Oceania and thePacific collectively form the Asia Pacific Federation (APF).Member branches of the APF are Australia, Bangladesh, China, India, Indonesia,Japan, Korea Republic, Malaysia, New Zealand, Pakistan, Philippines, Sri Lanka,Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam.The objectives of the APF are consistent with the objectives of WPSA, which are insummary to promote the advancement of knowledge in all aspects of poultryproduction and to disseminate this knowledge to people involved in the manydiverse sectors of the global poultry industry.The APF has recently developed two working groups dealing with specific sectorsof the poultry industry which assume great importance to the region: WorkingGroup 1 on Small Scale family Poultry Farming and Working Group 2 onWaterfowl.The Asia Pacific region is huge, covering approximately one third of the earth'sland mass and containing over 60% of the world's human population. Already theregion is responsible for 62% of global egg output and 36% of global poultry meatoutput. More than 90% of the commercial waterfowl are found here. The region isa rising star in the global poultry industry.
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