Dear Friends, Colleagues and Guests

Dear Friends, colleagues and guests,

On behalf of the Croatian Branch of WPSA we are honoured to invite you to participate in theXV. European Poultry Conference to be held in Dubrovnik, Croatia on September 17-21, 2018.

We welcome and encourage all of you to attend in order to present a valuable overview of update information in all fields of poultry science and production. In order to make the Conference more attractive, invited experts from different research fields and regions in the world will share their knowledge and expertise.

The organising committee has organised a packed programme of social events that hopefully will leave you with good memories of your visit to Dubrovnik. I hope you can take this opportunity to spend a few days with us in this beautiful part of the World, and perhaps have the possibility to extend your stay to visit other regions of Croatia.

See you in Dubrovnik!

Prof. Dr Estella Prukner-Radovcic,

President Croatian Branch of WPSA

COMMITTEES

Chairperson of the Conference:Prof.Dr. Estella Prukner-Radovčić

Chairperson of the Scientific Committee: Prof.Dr. Helga Medic

Secretary General: Assist. Prof. Danijela Horvatek Tomić

Treasurer: MSc. RadmilaRagužĐurić

Marketing and Communication: Prof.Dr. Zlatko Janječić

Prof.Dr.HrvojeMazija

Dr. Ivan Križek

OrganizingCommittee

Prof. Dr. RüveydeAkbay (Turkey)

Prof. Dr. WernerBessei (Germany)

MSc. Radmila Raguž Đurić (Croatia)

Prof. Dr. AchilleFranchini (Italy)

Prof. Dr. Zlatko Janječić (Croatia)

Dr. Ivan Križek (Croatia)

Prof. Dr. Hrvoje Mazija (Croatia)

Prof. Dr. Helga Medić (Croatia)

Prof. Dr. EstellaPrukner-Radovčić (Croatia), president

Dr. GhassanAntoineSayegh (Libanon)

Prof. Dr. BirgerSvihus (Norway)

Assist. Prof. Danijela Horvatek Tomić(Croatia)

Scientificcommittee

Assist. Prof. Dalibor Bedeković (Croatia)

Dr. Valentina Ferrante(Italy)

Prof. Dr. Michael Grashorn (Germany)

Prof. Dr. HafezMohamedHafez (Germany)

Prof. Dr. Zlatko Janječić(Croatia)

Assist. Prof. Zlata Kralik(Croatia)

Prof. Dr. Helga Medić (Croatia), president

Prof. Dr. Adele Meluzzi (Italy)

Assoc. Prof. MassimilianoPetracci(Italy)

Prof. Dr. Estella Prukner-Radovčić (Croatia)

Dr. SannaSteenfeldt(Denmark)

Dr. GianitsaSossidou(Greece)

Dr. SteffenWeigend(Germany)

Dr. Shlomo Yahav (Israel)

Prof. Dr. ServetYalcin(Turkey)

Prof. Dr. Đurđica Žutinić (Croatia)

MAIN TOPICS

- Economics and Marketing

- Nutrition

- Breading and Genetics

- Reproduction and incubation

- Egg and Meat quality

- Safety of poultry products

- Diseases

- Welfare and behaviour

- Education and Technology transfer

- Other species

INSTRUCTIONS FOR PARTICIPANTS

• Location

Conference venue will be the ValamarLacromaHotel. Other Valamar hotels are located in closest vicinity to the conference venue, not more than 3 to 5 minutes’ walk (3 to 5*hotels).

• Languages

The official language of the EPC will be English.

• Registration

On line registration form, as well as more information about registration can be found on the official EPC 2018 web site,

Registration fees:

Registration type / Early / Regular / Late
up to 30.4.2018 / 1.5. – 31.7.2018 / 1.8.-10.9.2018
WPSA Member / 550,00 EUR / 600,00 EUR / 700,00 EUR
WPSA non Member / 650,00 EUR / 700,00 EUR / 750,00 EUR
Student / 250,00 EUR / 300,00 EUR / 310,00 EUR
Accompanying person / 200,00 EUR / 250,00 EUR / 250,00 EUR

Registration fee (Member, Non-Member and Student) includes:

*Access to all sessions, poster and exhibition area

*Welcome reception

*Buffet lunch and coffee breaks

*Conference bag including programme/abstracts and other associated materials, name badge

*Certificate of attendance

Accompanying person registration fee includes:

*Welcome reception

*Buffet lunch and coffee breaks

*Name badge

We encourage you to register before 30th of April 2018 and take advantage of early bird rates.

• Call for papers

Abstractsubmissionsstartingwith : 1st October 2017

• Accommodation

Since September is still high season in Dubrovnik, we encourage you to make your hotel reservations as soon as possible.

Hotels can be booked at the time of registering for the Conference through the online registration form. Use the advantage of special group discounted prices provided for conference participants.

Hotels can be booked at the time of registering for the Conference through the online registration form. Use the advantage of special group discounted prices provided for conference participants.

• Exhibit promotion

As a supporter of the EPC2018 you will have a great opportunity to promote your company to a wide range of decision makers within the poultry industry, as well as to leading poultry scientists.