Satellites (Interbull)

INTERBULL MEETING (21-24 August 2009, Barcelona, Spain)

Contact: João W. Dürr

Joao.Durr@hgen.slu.se

      The International Bull Evaluation Service (Interbull) is a sub-committee of the International Committee for Animal Recording (ICAR) and, as a non-profit organization, responsible for promoting the development and execution of international genetic evaluations for cattle.

It achieves this through coordinating international communication and research efforts, and providing a number of services to participating countries through the activities of the Interbull Centre in Uppsala, Sweden.

In 2009, Interbull will have its traditional annual meeting from 21 to 24 of August, in association with the 60th Annual Meeting of the European Federation of Animal Science (EAAP) in Barcelona.

Two meeting venues, located in proximity, will be used:

       · Casaramona/CaixaForum (August, 21 to 23), and
       · Fira de Barcelona (August, 24).

Detailed event information also is available in the Interbull website: http://www.interbull.org/events/

EAAP Cattle Commission and Interbull organize together the session S4 in the 60th EAAP Annual Meeting with the title: “Impact of global market on cattle breeding programs and practices”. The session will be chaired by Prof. Georg Thaller and Prof. Jarmo Juga. The invited speaker of the session is Dr. Paul VanRaden, with the title “Future animal improvement programs applied to global populations.”

PROGRAMME

August 21, Friday

Venue: Casaramona-CaixaForum, Av. Marqués de Comillas 6-8, Barcelona

07.30–18.00	Registration of participants and delivery of documentation
08.00–10.00	Interbull Technical Committee (Aula 2, Level 1)
08.00–12:00	Interbeef Working Group (Aula 1, Level 1))
10.00–10.30	Coffee break
10.30–13.00	Steering Committee (Aula 2, Level 1)
13.00–14.00	Snack-lunch served in the room
14.00–16.00	Steering Committee (Aula 2, Level 1)
16.00–16.30	Coffee break
16.30–18.00	Interbull Business Meeting (Aula 1, Level 1)

August 22, Saturday

Venue: Casaramona-CaixaForum, Av. Marqués de Comillas 6-8, Barcelona

08.00–18.00	Registration of participants and delivery of documentation
08.30–10.00	Interbull Open Meeting: Session 1 (Auditorium, Level 0)
10.00–11.00	Coffee break
11.00–12.30	Interbull Open Meeting: Session 2 (Auditorium, Level 0)
12.30–14.00	Buffet lunch
14.00–15.30	Interbull Open Meeting: Session 3 (Auditorium, Level 0)
15.30–16.15	Coffee break
16.15–18.00	Interbull Open Meeting: Session 4 (Auditorium, Level 0)
19.30–20.00	Transportation to restaurant
20.00–23.00	Interbull Dinner: Restaurant “El Cangrejo Loco”, Moll de Gregal 29-30, Port Olimpic, Barcelona.

August 23, Sunday

Venue: Casaramona-CaixaForum, Av. Marqués de Comillas 6-8, Barcelona

07.30–13.00	Registration of participants and delivery of documentation
08.00–10.30	Interbull Open Meeting: Session 5 (Auditorium, Level 0)
10.30–11.00	Coffee break
11.00–13.00	Interbull Open Meeting: Session 6 (Auditorium, Level 0)
13.00–14.00	Buffet lunch
14.00–15.30	Interbull Business Meeting (Aula 2, Level 1)
15.30–16.00	Coffee break
16.00–18.30	Steering Committee (Aula 2, Level 1)

August 24, Monday

The Interbull meeting joins the 60th Annual Meeting of the EAAP

Venue: Fira de Barcelona, Palau de Congressos No. 5, Av. Reina Maria Cristina 11, Barcelona

08.00–18.30	Registration of participants and delivery of documentation
08.30–10.15	Joint Session Interbull-EAAP Session 4 on Impact of global market on cattle breeding programs and practices (Level 2, Room 6A)
10.15–10.45	Coffee break
10.45–12.30	Joint Session Interbull-EAAP Session 4 continuation (Level 2, Room 6A)
12.30–14.00	Buffet lunch
14.00–16.00	Interbull Technical Committee (Level 2, Room 2)