ISO Agricultural Biotechnology Community: Registration and ISO technical advisory group membership is required. Send e-mail with contact information and background to Denise Williams (Denise.Williams@aocs.org) to join and register.

ISMB 2020 is going virtual! For ISMB 2020, we will be taking the conference 100% online using a virtual platform. This platform will enable us to deliver all of the great scientific content that you would have enjoyed while attending the conference in Montreal. ISMB brings together scientists from computer science, molecular biology, mathematics, statistics and related fields, and provides an intense multidisciplinary forum for disseminating the latest developments in bioinformatics/computational biology in a virtual environment. The conference will foster fresh dialogues, collaboration, and learning opportunities.

The 2020 ASAS-CSAS-WSASAS Annual Meeting and Trade show will be moving to a virtual meeting during the current COVID-19 restrictions.

- Invited Symposia Speakers: All Symposia will be conducted live online. They will also be recorded to allow people to view after the meeting.

- 12-Minute Talks: These will be prerecorded as voice over PowerPoint which will be uploaded ahead of time and released on the day they are scheduled to be presented with question and answer capabilities.

- Poster Presentations: This will be done as a single slide, voice over PowerPoint with a 3-minute presentation, released on the day it is scheduled for presentation with question and answer capabilities.

- Daily virtual social events, attendee "hang-outs"

In response to the expanding global population, worldwide climate changes, and dramatic plant and animal genome research occurring in Asia Pacific, the organizers of the Plant and Animal Genome Conference are planning a short version of PAG to be held in Shenzhen, China in 2020.

The Conference will be hosted by the University of Lleida. It will be an excellent opportunity to bring together outstanding scientists, policy makers, professionals and students from interdisciplinary animal genetics fields to share the latest developments, meet old friends and form new partnerships.

Sessions:

Improving genetic merit for enhanced efficiency and preserve the biodiversity; Current and emerging health issues for goat production; Goat production systems of the future; Optimization of feeding and nutrition; Environment, climate change and goats; Recent research and current advances in goat products; Market and societal avenues.

Round tables:

Transferring genomic technologies to breeding and commercial farms; The future of goat skin and fibre production; Gender considerations in goat farming and processing; Best practices for national goat associations; An update on the control / eradication of epizootic diseases.

Workshops:

Agro-tourism and goat farming – sustainability of rural areas; Post anthelmintic era: how to implement the concept of integrated control to gastrointestinal parasites? Models and tools for development and transfer of appropriate technology to small and resource-limited farms.

This is the premier conference for researchers and professionals involved in genetic improvement of livestock. Delegates from around the world gather every four years to attend the scientific program and to network with colleagues. This 11th WCGALP builds on previous successful congresses in Madrid (Spain, 1974 and 1982), Lincoln (USA, 1986), Edinburgh (UK, 1990), Guelph (Canada, 1994), Armidale (Australia, 1998), Montpellier (France, 2002), Belo Horizonte (Brazil, 2006), Leipzig (Germany, 2010) and Vancouver (Canada, 2014).

Will be held in conjunction with the International Committee of Animal Recording (ICAR) annual conference, and the Interbull Annual Conference.