PSA Annual Meeting 2018

Symposia and Workshops

Tentative Schedule

Monday, July 23rd

8:30 am — Opening Session

8:45 am — WPSA Lecture: The State and Future of the Poultry Industry to Meet Future Global Needs

10:30 am — Student Competition Oral Presentations

12:00 pm — National Extension Luncheon

12:00 pm — Student Hatchery Luncheon and Business Meeting

12:00 pm — Editorial Board Luncheon

1:00 pm — Scientific Sessions

1:00 pm — Student Competition Oral Presentations

1:00 pm — Informal Nutrition Symposium: Maintaining Production Efficiency in the Face of Changing Consumer Demands

5:00 pm — Welcome Reception

Tuesday, July 24th

8:00 am — Student Competition Oral Presentations

8:00 am — Symposium: Success in the Antibiotic-Free Era Starts in the Breeders and Hatchery

12:00 pm — WPSA-USA and WPSA-Canada Luncheon

12:00 pm — American Poultry Historical Society Luncheon

12:00 pm — Asian Colleague Luncheon (Reservations required)

1:00 pm — Scientific Sessions

1:00 pm — Symposium: Addressing Issues Facing the Poultry Industry

1:00 pm — Symposium: Current and Future Directions for Next-Generation Sequencing of Poultry Microbiomes

4:00 pm — Student Competition Poster Judging

5:00 pm — Poster & Exhibitor Reception

Wednesday, July 25th

7:00 am — PSA Business Meeting

9:00 am — Scientific Sessions

12:00 pm — Student Ambassador Luncheon

12:00 pm — Latin American Colleague Luncheon (Reservations required)

1:00 pm — Scientific Sessions

1:00 pm — Symposium: Amino Acids and Low- Protein Diets: Benefits for Performance, Meat Quality, Environment, Health and Welfare of Poultry Birds

1:00 pm — Symposium: Novel Applications of Light Applied to Poultry Production: Influencing Growth, Behavior, and Biosecurity

3:00 pm — Ice Cream Break

6:00 pm — PSA BBQ-Sunset Station

Thursday, July 26th

8:00 am — Symposium: Alternative Poultry Production Practices: What are the impacts on Management, Animal Health, Product Quality, and Food Safety?

8:00 am — Symposium: From the Indigestible Fraction to the Global Feed Enzyme Approach

12:00 pm — Past Presidents’ Lunch

1:00 pm — Scientific Sessions

1:00 pm — National Outreach Workshop: The future of agriculture-serving audiences of all sizes through integration of research and outlook

1:00 pm —Symposium: Informing the Future Using the Poultry of the Past

5:30 pm — Awards Celebration