9th International Conference on the Welfare of Animals at Farm Level (WAFL)
30, Aug 2024 – 31, Aug 2024 (All day event)
Welcome to the 9th International Conference on the Welfare of Animals at Farm Level (WAFL) in Florence on August 30th and 31st, 2024. This marks the first in-person WAFL since Wageningen in 2017, and follows the successful online WAFL conference in 2021. We are delighted to collaborate with the Health and Welfare Commission of the European Federation of Animal Science (EAAP) in organising WAFL 2024, which will feature two full days of single sessions and poster presentations. This will offer a unique and focused experience for attendees, as well as the opportunity to engage in a Delegate Forum discussing the future of Animal Welfare Science and WAFL. You can continue your intellectual journey into the evening at the conference dinner on Friday 30th August against the captivating backdrop of Florence.
Following WAFL, you can extend your experience of Florence at the 75th EAAP Annual Meeting (1st – 5th September) with numerous scientific sessions dedicated to farm animal health and welfare. Several of these will be organised in collaboration with other relevant study commissions including Precision Livestock Farming, Genetics, Nutrition and Livestock Farming Systems to leverage the presence of animal scientists from other disciplines. We look forward to your participation in this milestone event!
Themes
- Humans in the loop – role of sociology in improving farm animal welfare
- New welfare indicators – with a focus on the positive!
- It’s all in the mind – cognition and the welfare of farm animals
- The future of animal welfare: policy and science
- Welfare of farm animals at end of life (culling/euthanasia, transport and slaughter)
- Suppress, substitute and soothe suffering – application of the 3S’s to improve farm animal welfare
- New frontiers in the assessment of animal welfare on-farm
- Free communications
WAFL 2024 Organisers
- Laura Boyle (Chair)
- Keelin O’Driscoll (Co-Chair)
- Amy Quinn (Co-Chair)
WAFL 2024 Scientific Committee
- Keelin O’Driscoll (Chair)
- Laura Boyle (Co-Chair)
- Maria Hotzel
- Gabriella Olmos Antillon
- Oceane Schmitt
- Jen Yun-Chou
- Siobhan Mullan
- Gareth Arnott
- Mona Giersberg
- Miroslav Kjosevski
- Jan Tind Sorensen (WAFL 1999)
- Christoph Winckler (WAFL 2005)
- Frank Tuyttens (WAFL 2008)
- Tina Widowski (WAFL 2011)
- Isabelle Veissier (WAFL 2014)
- Hans Spoolder (WAFL 2017)
Venue
Albani Hotel, Via Fiume, 12 – 50123 Firenze
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