CONGRESS INFORMATION

Theme

Animal Agriculture and the role of small holder farmers in a global economy

1. Program outline

Opening remark by Prof. In K. Han (Former President of AAAP)

a) Plenary session

• Future research needs to meet the challenges of livestock development (Dr. Carlos Sere–Director General of International Livestock Research Institute)

• Sufficiency Economy: An Approach for Smallholder Agricultural Development to Enhance Peace and Stability (Dr. Charan Chantalakhana – Senior Scientist, Former Vice Director of CGIAR)

• Frame work of the code of Good Sanitary – Agricultural Practice for small holder farms in developing countries (Dr. Shozo Wantanabe - Former President of AAAP)

• Livestock sector development for poverty reduction–an economic and policy perspective (Dr. Joachim Otte - Senior Officer FAO Rome)

• The implications of declining availability of resource inputs for agriculture in a changing and warming world – The integrate production need to of food, feed and energy for human survival in a changing and warming world (Drs. R. A. Leng and T.R. Preston – Senior Scientists MEKARN, SIDA/ SAREC)

• Animal biodiversity as preventing buffer to emerging diseases ((Dr. Jean Charles Maillard – Senior Scientist CIRAD)

• Animal Production development in the process of agricultural transformation in Vietnam (Dr. Le Viet Ly – Senior Scientist AHAV)

b) Concurrent session (Oral and Poster presentation)

• Ruminant production (Nutrition and Feeding, Genetic and Breeding etc…)

• Pig production (Nutrition and Feeding, Genetic and Breeding etc…)

• Poultry production (Nutrition and Feeding, Genetic and Breeding etc…)

• Aquaculture (Nutrition and Feeding, Genetic and Breeding etc…)

• Human resources development (Education, Training and Extension)

• Animal species conservation and utilization

• Animal behavior and welfare

• Animal environment and waste management

• Animal products and processing

• Animal production systems

• Reproduction and physiology

• Animal health care and animal food safety

c) Satellite symposium

• Recent advances in Animal Nutrition – Coordinator: Prof. Jong Kyu Ha

• Avian Influenza – Sponsored by FAO Hanoi

• Piglet nutrition and diseases – Sponsored by Taiwan

• Biotechnology and animal production – Sponsored by host country.

d)Exhibition

Animal production exhibition during the congress: 20 leading international and national units.

e)Tour

• Technical tours: Ba Vi tour (Ruminant) and Hai Duong tour (Monogastrics)

• Ladies and accompanying person (Tourist tours)

+ City tour (1 day)

+ Ha Long Bay tour (1 day)

+ Hoa Lu – Ninh Binh (1 day)

+ Shopping tour in Hanoi (half day)

+ Vietnamese Cuisine Cooking tour (half day)

• Post congress tours

+ Hanoi – Hoi An – Hue (2nights/3 days)

+ Hanoi – Saigon – CuChi – Mekong (2nights/3 days)

2. Registration fee: (USD)

• The delegate and student registration fee includes:

+ Participation in the scientific program

+ Proceeding

+ Welcome reception

+ Session break refreshments

+ Technical tour

+ Farewell party

• The accompanying person registration fee includes:

+ Welcome reception

+ Technical tour

+ Farewell party

• Transferring registration fee in USD:

Account name: Animal Husbandry Association of Vietnam

Account No.: 0011372112418

Bank name: Bank for Foreign Trade of Vietnam – Operation center

Swift: BFTV VNVX 001

Address: 198 Tran Quang Khai, Hoan kiem, Hanoi, Vietnam

3. Accommodation

The Organizing Committee of the AAAP 2008 is pleased to offer a large selected centrally located and close to the congress venue. As rooms will be first - come, first - served basis, once the room blocks at these hotels have been be unable to secure further rooms with the hotels at the special rate quoted early hotel reservation is highly recommended.

• Intercontinental Hanoi Westlake:

Deadline reservation in Intl Hanoi Westlake is: August 1^st, 2008

Please contact to: Hoang Nhu Ngoc (Mr.)

Senior Business Development Manager

INTERCONTINENTAL HANOI WESTLAKE

Address: 1A Nghi Tam, Tay Ho District, Hanoi, Vietnam

Tel: +84 4 270 8888 (ext: 7041) * Mob: +84 988 016 958

Direct: +84 4 270 7041 * Fax: +84 4 270 7120

Email:nhu_ngoc_hoang@interconti.com

Web site: www.intercontinental.com/hanoi

• Sofitel Plaza Hanoi

• CWD hotel:

• 37 Hung Vuong guest house:

4. The Excellent Presentation Award

• Purpose:

To encourage young scientists (graduated students) who presented excellent quality papers

• Criteria for Qualification of the Awardees

1) Excellent quality of the paper with high priority and probable impact on the livestock production in the home country.

2) Presentation skill with well arranged and convincing speech and good preparation of slides or posters.

3) Country of origin of the presenters: Developing countries

4) Presentation category: oral and poster presentations

5) Age rule: definition of “young scientist”

Age younger than 40 can be considered as young, but younger than 35 is preferable. Position of the candidate in a home university must be lower than lecturer or equivalent position in a research institute. The position comes before age.

• Prize

Cash prize of 300$ US per each awardee with a certificate signed by the President of AAAP

• Members

Chairperson: Liang Chou Hsia (Taiwan)

Members: Chairperson will decide in consultation with Organizing Committee.

5. Announcement and website

6. Contact of 13^th AAAP Congress Secretariat

Animal Husbandry Association of Vietnam

13^th AAAP Animal Science Congress Secretariat

Address : A1 - Phuongmai - Dongda - Hanoi - Vietnam

Tel: 84.4. 8687708 * Tel/Fax: 84.4.8691511

Email: ahassociation06@vnn.vn
            vn.aaap2008@gmail.com

Website: www.aaap2008.org.vn

ORGANIZATION

1.AAAP officials (2006 – 2008)

2. 13^th AAAP Animal Science Congress (Hanoi, Vietnam, 2008)