Autumn 2002 Newsletter : WPSA UK Branch Annual Meeting

25-26 March 2003

The Annual Meeting and AGM are important events in the life of the Association. Past experience suggests that, providing a superb mixture of scientific, social and business activities, next spring’s events should really not be missed.

Return to the University of York
After two successful years on the attractive and convenient campus of the University of York, the 2003 Annual Meeting will be held here once again, alongside that of BSAS. Easy access by road and rail from most parts of the country makes this an excellent choice of venue. The extensive modern facilities offer the opportunity for a highly integrated event with the major benefit of everybody being on one site. Having both excellent conference facilities and good quality accommodation, York offers sufficient space for WPSA and BSAS to meet both together and separately over the two days and one night of the Meeting

Programme
The programme will show a change of emphasis this year, the mini-symposium being replaced by four keynote speakers, each a leader in his field and each introducing one of the four main Conference sessions. These sessions will deal with four relevant and important poultry science topics.  The Tuesday afternoon session will be followed, as usual, at 5pm by the Robert Fraser Gordon Memorial Lecture and Reception which precedes the Branch Annual Dinner in the evening. This year’s Gordon Memorial Lecturer will be Professor Grahame Bulfield, Director of Roslin Institute, whose topic will be announced later.

Papers and Posters
Members are now invited to submit papers and/or posters for consideration by the Programme Committee. These may be on any topic relating to poultry science. Details for submission of papers and posters, the preparation of abstracts, and an example paper, appear here.

WPSA UK Branch Annual General Meeting
The Branch AGM will be held at approx 9am on Wednesday 26 March 2003. I know that this is a bit early for some people, but I would encourage all members to come along and contribute to the way in which your Branch is run. This year we need to elect a new Treasurer, as Dr Paul Hocking has moved on to fill the post of President, and two new members of Council to replace Prof Geoff Mead, who has reached the end of his term of office, and one other vacancy. This Newsletter provides an opportunity for us to thank them for their hard work on our behalf over the years. Details of the existing Council and the procedure for elections is set out below.