October 31, 2013

VIV Europe 2014 to feature poultry-theme programmes
 

As part of its major focus on poultry in May 2014, international animal agribusiness expo, VIV Europe, will be planning a list of technical programmes for its Netherlands conference, with the aid of two global associations in the avian sector.

VIV Europe 2014 will return to the city of Utrecht, the Netherlands, during May 20-22, 2014. Organisers have revealed that world associations will support poultry-oriented themes for conferences in its show-time agenda.

"On the Tuesday of the event, there will be a conference on international poultry production that is being arranged for us by the World's Poultry Science Association," said exhibition manager, Ruwan Berculo. "It will include highly topical remarks about sustainable intensification versus organic produce as well as reviewing the latest production practices.

"I am also pleased to announce that our VIV Animal Health Summit for executives in the chain from feed to meat and eggs will consist of a plenary conference by the World Veterinary Poultry Association, the organisation for poultry veterinarians," Berculo added. "It plans a morning session of seminars by exhibitors on specific health issues in poultry, and the WVPA afternoon plenary conference with the title 'Emerging Avian Health Threats'".

According to Berculo, VIV Europe 2014 will feature a Poultry Master Class series of workshops presented by exhibitors in an interactive environment. There will also be a MeatTech segment dedicated to poultry meat processing, packaging, labelling and marketing.