9th International Conference on Goats, Queretaro, Mexico, August 31 - September 5, 2008
The program for the 9th International Conference on Goats was recently announced.
Click here for a copy of the program in English!
Click here for a copy of the program in Spanish!
Preliminary proceedings for the conference are also available.
Please help sponsor a young professional, click here.
To visit the 9th ICG website, click here.
Last updated - June 30, 2008
Dear Friends and Colleagues,
We are looking forward to the Ninth International Conference on Goats to be held in Queretaro, Mexico, August 31 - September 4, 2008, and we believe you can help us make this a great success! This quadrennial conference will gather goat production scientists and practitioners from all over the world. It is the premier event for sharing the latest research on goats, and the International Goat Association along with many others is sponsoring this event.
One of IGA’s goals is to make it possible for more young professionals, especially women professionals, who are interested in goat production and research to be involved in this conference. In most of the world, goats are cared for by women and are an extremely important source of food and income for the poor. However research and development on goats is still lagging perhaps exactly because they tend to be the domain of the poor and marginalized.
We need your help in sponsoring some young professionals who cannot afford to participate in this conference on their own. The average cost for sponsoring a young professional’s participation is $1,500 USD [one thousand and five hundred dollars] to cover airfare, food and accommodation. To read more or to help sponsor a young professional, click here.
Conference Information
To visit the official 9th ICG conference website, click here or go to http://www.igamexico.com.
Objective:
The main goal of the 9th International Conference is to disseminate the knowledge of cutting edge technology and science for the benefit of sustainable goat production. For this purpose, people dedicated to the field of academy, research and production activities will gather to share experiences and to study ways of improving the goat production industry. The outcome of this exchange will surely impact the goat industry for the benefit of humankind.Topics:
The central conference theme will be “Sustainable Goat Production: Challenges and Opportunities of Small and Large Enterprises.” Some actual topics that will be covered are sustainability, food safety, production and product quality assurance and organic goat products. The importance of the central theme takes into consideration the modernization of the goat industry, under a sustainability scheme, in which scientists, producer associations and government and non-governmental entities have interacted with the result of improved goat production and social development.Date:
The Conference date has been set from August 31 to September 5, 2008. The following week is the celebration of Mexican National Day and conference participants will have opportunities to enjoy many cultural events before and after the Conference.Venue:
The 9th International Conference on Goats, will be held in the city of Queretaro, Mexico. The city of Queretaro is strategically selected for its proximity to Mexico City and other important goat producing states of Mexico. It is also important because of its tradition in goat meat and milk production, processing and consumption.Organizers:
Executive Committee members are Jorge Kawas (Chair), Francisco Gurria (Vice Chair), Jose Ortega (Treasurer), Ernesto Maldonado, Andres Ducoing, Jorge Olmos, and Hector Andrade. Session chairs and co-chairs have been identified and will be contacted by organizers. Scientific committee members will include session chairs and others and will be contacted by the organizers as well.Program:
Mexican organizers are planning concurrent goat shows and goat product exhibitions during the conference. They will be held at the Exhibition Center and transportation will be provided.For information and inquiries, you can contact Executive Committee members:
Chairman - Jorge Kawas(jkawas@mnademexico.com),
Vice-Chairman - Francisco Gurria (fgurriat@hotmail.com),
Treasurer - Jose Ortega (josdt@hotmail.com),
Facilities - Ernesto Maldonado (emaldonadog@queretaro.gob.me),
Secretary - Andres Ducoing (ducoing@servidor.unam.mx),
Secretary - Jorge Olmos (cabras1@hotmail.com),
Social Program - Hector Andrade (andrade55@yahoo.com),
For a complete list of Committee Members, click here.For suggestions to the Conference, you can contact IGA’s representatives to the Conference:
Juan Capote (jcapote@icia.es),
Fidel Pariacote (fpariaco@reacciun.ve),
Jean-Marie Luginbuhl (Jean-Marie_Luginbuhl@ncsu.edu)The Conference website is: www.igamexico.com
I encourage that you actively participate in the preparation of the Conference and plan early to attend the Conference.
Chris Lu
President, International Goat Association
