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21st Latin American Congress on Poultry Farming 2009
21st Latin American Congress on Poultry Farming 2009

21st Latin American Congress on Poultry Farming 2009

October 6, 2009 to October 9, 2009
La Habana - Cuba
General Info

With great pleasure we have received on August 2006 the approval of the Official Delegates of the ALA (Latin American Poultry Association), granting La Havana, capitol city of our Republic, the honour to be the next venue for the XXI Latin American Poultry Congress, to be held on October 2009, under the motto “Food Safety: Guarantee of future”.

 

 

General Program

 
 
 

Day: October 3, 2009

Hour Activities Place
All day Participants’ Reception Airports & Hotels
9:00 am - 5:00 pm Assembling of "Avimundo 2009" Exhibition Fair PABEXPO

Day: October 4, 2009

Hour Activities Place
9:00 am - 5:00 pm Assembling of "Avimundo 2009" Exhibition Fair PABEXPO

Day: October 5, 2009

Hour Activities Place
9:00 am - 4:30 pm Participants’ Registration & Accreditation Havana Internacional Conference Center & PABEXPO

Day: October 6, 2009

Hour Activities Place
9:00 am - 4:30 pm Participants’ Resgistration & Accreditation Havana Internacional Conference Center & PABEXPO
7:00 pm Congreso Oficial Opening and "Avimundo 2009" Exhibition Fair PABEXPO
8:00 am - 11:00 p.m Welcome Cocktail  

Day: October 7, 2009

Hour Activities Place
9:00 am - 12:00 m Scientific and Business Sessions Havana Internacional Conference Center
10:00 am - 7:00 pm "Avimundo 2009" Exhibition Fair PABEXPO
8:00 pm Cuban Night  

Day: October 8, 2009

Hour Activities Place
9:00 am - 12:00 m Scientific and Business Sessions Havana Internacional Conference Center
10:00 am - 7:00 pm "Avimundo 2009" Exhibition Fair PABEXPO
9:00 pm Activity of acknowledgement for lesding Businessmen and Professionals of the field (With invitation) ***  
Night Participants’ Free Night  

Day: October 9, 2009

Hour Activities Place
9:00 am - 12:00 m Scientific and Business Sessions Havana Internacional Conference Center
10:00 am - 7:00 pm "Avimundo 2009" Exhibition Fair PABEXPO
9:00 pm Oficial Closing Dinner ***  

Day: October 10, 2009

Hour Activities Place
9:00 am - 5:00 pm Dismantling of "Avimundo 2009" Exhibition Fair PABEXPO

 

 
 
 
International workshop

Veterinary medicine and zootechny studies challenges in presence of vertiginous development in poultry production. Its commitment with Food Security.

Date: October 5, 2009.
Place: Havana International Conference Center

Headed to: University students and professors from veterinary medicine and zootechnic studies.

Organizer institutions:
  • Instituto de Investigaciones Avícolas (IIA-Cuba)
  • Instituto de Ciencia Animal (ICA – Cuba)
  • Universidad Agraria de La Habana (UNAH – Cuba)
  • Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA – Argentina)
  • Universidad de Mar del Plata (Argentina)
  • Universidad Autónoma de México (UNAM – México)

Fees: 40.00 CUC, including:
  • Workshop memories
  • Coffee break
  • Lunch
  • Participation certificate


PARTICIPATION LIMITS
Minimum limit: 150
Maximum limit: 400

Official language: Spanish

Objectives:

1.To call students and professors from high studying centers attention about de importance of poultry production and its future guaranty of supporting food security sovereignty in countries of the region.
2. To establish and entailment between the studies of veterinary medicine and zootechny to poultry production, as a guaranty of supplying valious human resources for a constant developing production.
3. To promote update in those subjects which are most important to current poultry nowadays to analyze sustainability in an accelerate growing production.

Thematics:

1. Development perspectives of poultry production in Latin America.
2. Round Table
Models in high education from active teaching methods.
Creativity within the university classroom. Theoretical studies and practicing entailment.
Programming and evaluation by competent in veterinary medicine and zootechny Faculties.
New technologies applied to veterinary medicine and zootechny studies.
Academicals post graduated studies in poultry branch. University programs for academicals interchange  among teaching staff. (habitations, visiting teachers, special cathedras, post doctor studies)
3. Models of poultry production: Family or back yard poultry and industrial poultry. Sustainability.
Projects creation on sustaining production in poultry. Experiences as model.
Family poultry and its role in food security.
4. Strategies for economic control and impact of Avian Flu in developing countries.
5. Round table:
Functions and responsibilities of poultry staff. Economic - administrative aspects.
Human resources management.
Poultry commitments with environmental conservation and its role in biodiversity.