3rd EAAP Regional Meeting 2025
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Abstract submission deadline: December 20, 2024
The EAAP regional meeting aims to highlight key animal science discoveries and novel approaches, related to specific regional topics, which could be directly or potentially applied to management and practice. The meeting will be held on 24th – 26h April 2024 at the Agriculture Research Institute (Cyprus). The meeting will have interesting animal science sessions including one plenary session.
Private research consultant, Scotland
Challenges for animal production in the changing world
Research Institute for Farm Animal Biology (FBN), Germany
Current and future directions in livestock genetic improvement: advancing resilience and sustainability through genotype-to-phenotype research
University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna, Austria
Nutrigenomics – chances and challenges in animal production
Agricultural Research Organization (ARO), Volcani Center, Israel
Applications of data science, digital tools and precision farming in changing-world’s animal production
Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland
Animal welfare – does it pay off?
Weihenstephan-Triesdorf University of Applied Sciences, Germany
Public perception of livestock production
Chief of the International Scientific Board
University of Agriculture in Krakow – Poland
International Scientific Board
Isabel Casasus – European Federation of Animal Science (EAAP) – Spain
Andrea Rosati – European Federation of Animal Science (EAAP) – Italy
Joanna Makulska – Head of the Organizing Committee – University of Agriculture in Krakow – Poland
Marcin Pszczoła – Poznan University of Life Sciences – Poland
Tomasz Szwaczkowski – Poznan University of Life Sciences – Poland
Justyna Batkowska – University of Life Sciences in Lublin – Poland
Radovan Kasarda – Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra – Slovakia
Ludmila Zavadilová – Institute of Animal Science, Prague – Czech Republic
Klaus Wimmers – Leibniz Institute for Farm Animal Biology (FBN) – Germany
Johann Sölkner – University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna – Austria
István Nagy – Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences – Hungary
Denis Kučević – University of Belgrade – Serbia
Muhamed Brka – University of Sarajevo – Bosnia and Herzegovina
Mariana Petkova – Agricultural University Plovdiv – Bulgaria
Mauro Spanghero – University of Udine – Italy
Organizing Committee
Joanna Makulska – University of Agriculture in Krakow – Poland
Zygmunt Maciej Kowalski – University of Agriculture in Krakow – Poland
Andrea Rosati – European Federation for Animal Science (EAAP) – Italy
Anna Wójcik – President of the Polish Society of Animal Production – Poland
Tomasz Szwaczkowski – President of the Committee on Animal Sciences and Aquaculture of the Polish Academy of Sciences – Poland
Andrzej Sechman – Vice-Rector of the University of Agriculture in Krakow – Poland
Sylwester Świątkiewicz – Vice-Director of the National Research Institute of Animal Production in Balice – Poland
Justyna Batkowska – University of Life Sciences in Lublin – Poland
Dominika Kułaj – University of Agriculture in Krakow – Poland
Federico Liguori – European Federation for Animal Science (EAAP) – Italy
Aurelia Mucha – National Research Institute of Animal Production in Balice – Poland
Joanna Płużańska – Polish Society of Animal Production – Poland
Joanna Pokorska – University of Agriculture in Krakow – Poland
Marcin Pszczoła – Poznan University of Life Sciences – Poland
Tomasz Schwarz – University of Agriculture in Krakow – Poland
Grzegorz Żak – National Research Institute of Animal Production in Balice – Poland
The Congress Center of the University of Agriculture in Krakow is a modern facility located in the heart of the university campus. Designed to host conferences, seminars, and academic events, the center is equipped with state-of-the-art technology and versatile spaces that can accommodate a wide range of activities. The architecture of the center, characterized by clean lines and sustainable materials, reflects the university’s commitment to innovation and sustainability. Due to its strategic location and excellent infrastructure, the Congress Center is a key venue for academic and professional gatherings.
You can easily find hotels and accommodations in the heart of Nicosia, as well as near the Agricultural Research Institute campus where the conference will be held. Enjoy convenient options for combining both business and leisure days in this vibrant city.
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Chris Knight is a private research consultant based in Ayr, Scotland. Historically, Ayr was the home of the Hannah Research Institute where Chris spent 27 years as a lactation researcher. In 2006 the Institute was closed as part of a large governmental reorganisation, and a year later Chris became Professor of Production Animal Physiology in the University of Copenhagen, Denmark. There he spent nine happy years working with students eager to learn about physiology (including heading-up an Erasmus Mundus MSc Programme, Food of Life) and researching various lactation-related topics. These included water-transport through the mammary cell, interactions between pathological and physiological inflammatory responses in the mammary gland and the final establishment of copious milk secretion (lactogenesis stage three) in animals and humans. He then became focused on welfare physiology in dairy animals and was heavily involved in the development of what became known as Precision Livestock Farming, although he prefers the acronym CALM Farming (Computing Assisted Livestock Management). In 2016 with EU COST funding in place and the invitation to become Editor in Chief of the Journal of Dairy Research he returned to Scotland. His consultancy interests focus on research dissemination and funding but he also retains several research collaborations.
Director, Research Institute for Farm Animal Biology (FBN)
Professor, Animal Breeding and Farm Animal Husbandry, University of Rostock
Prof. Dr. Klaus Wimmers is an expert in the physiological, genetic, and epigenetic foundations underlying trait expression and differentiation, particularly in relation to animal welfare and resource efficiency. As Director of FBN and Professor at the University of Rostock, he leads a team focused on these themes and actively participates in FAANG (Functional Annotation of Animal Genomes) initiatives, contributing to genome annotation efforts in pigs and chickens.
Susanne Kreuzer-Redmer’s research focuses on the interaction between genetics, nutrition, and immunity in farm animals. A key area of her work is investigating the role of microRNAs as post-transcriptional gene regulators, as well as their potential as biomarkers—specifically circulating microRNAs in blood—to identify and monitor pathological conditions in animals.
In addition, she develops cell culture models for various species, including chickens, pigs, cattle, and horses, to explore the immunomodulatory effects of dietary components such as probiotics and functional feed additives. Dr. Kreuzer-Redmer also contributes to animal nutrition research at the European level, serving as Vice President of the Commission on Animal Nutrition of the European Federation of Animal Science (EAAP).
Ilan Halachmi is Senior Research Scientist, Head of the Lab For Precision livestock farming (PLF) at Volcani Institute.
Ilan grew up on a happy four-generation family farm, cultivating livestock and varied seasonal arable farming. The farm is still active in the family. Ilan had a mechanical engineering BSc study at the Technion Haifa, an MSc in BGU, and PhD in Wageningen, Netherlands.
Selected International EU research projects: 2020 EU Horizon – ‘TechCare’; ‘Sm@RT’, EU-FACCE- ‘FreeWalk’; ‘OptiBarn’ Optimized animal-specific barn climatization facing temperature rise and increased climate variability. EU-FP7: ‘EU-PLF- Bright Farm by Precision Livestock Farming. ‘Bio-business.. EU-FP6. Optiscore – creation of animal condition scoring protocols using new electronic sensors.
