A. Attendance
Upon invitation of the Hungarian Association for Buiatrics, the 25th Jubilee Congress of the World Association for Buiatrics was held in Budapest, Hungary, from July 6 to 11, 2008.
1844 delegates, 107 invited delegates, 43 retired colleagues, 50 young scientists receiving WAB scholarships, 199 undergraduate students, 94 colleagues with daily tickets and 217 exhibitors all together 2554 persons and 104 accompanying guests from 72 countries participated in the scientific and social programmes.
B. Scientific programme
Thirty-one keynote lectures, 408 oral and 823 poster communications were presented on most topics related with buiatrics sciences. Eight free workshops, five industry symposiums and 7 optional workshops were also organised.
The proceedings with the keynote lectures, oral and poster abstracts, the IX. Middle-European Buiatrics Proceedings, Reproductive workshops presentations (Factors affecting reproduction in the cow ed. by O Szenci and Cs. Á. Bajcsy) and the CD-rom (with oral and poster presentations) can be ordered from the organising committee:
Information: Dr Ottó Szenci, President of the Organizing Committee
Address: István út 2, H-1078 Budapest, Hungary
Postal address: PO Box 2, H-1400 Budapest, Hungary
Phone : +36-29-521301
Mobile: +36-30-9624092
Fax : +36-29-521303
E-mail: szenci.otto@aotk.szie.hu
C. General Assembly of the World Association for Buiatrics (WAB)
During the joint meeting of the committee members and national representatives (presidents and secretaries or correspondents) of the WAB the following countries were pled by their representatives: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Check Republic, Chile, China, Denmark, Egypt, Finland, Germany, Hungary, India, Iran, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Moldova, Morocco, New Zealand, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Switzerland, The Netherlands, United Kingdom, USA, Uruguay.
During the Committee Meetings and the General Assembly, the following developments were discussed and approved.:
C.1.a. Statement of account from October 1, 2006 to July 1, 2008 (in Euros)
| -) Balance on October 1, 2006: |
10,740.27 |
| -) Receipts: |
10,705,62 |
| . bank interest |
370,97 |
| . contribution of the 24th WBC, Nice |
(after 1249 delegates) 10,434,65
|
| -) Expenses: |
9073,85 |
| -) Balance on: |
12,372,04 |
C.1.b. Statement of account from October 1, 2006 to July 1, 2008 (in Euros)
The Organising committee of the 23rd World Buiatrics Congress, Hanover, Germany together with the German Association for Buiatrics donated the Secretariat of the World Association for Buiatrics (WAB) with 40,000 EUR in 2006 in order to support the young scientists to take part in the World Buiatrics Congresses (20,000 EUR), to improve the website of the WAB (10,000 EUR), and to support the work of the secretariat of the WAB (10,000 EUR).
| -) Balance on October 1, 2006: |
37,829,13 |
| -) Receipts: |
1,820,64 |
| -) Expenses: |
13,474,18 |
| -) Balance on July 1, 2008: |
26,175,59 |
C.2. Thanks to the sponsor of the WAB secretariat
Prof. Henner Scholz (The Organising committee of the 23rd World Buiatrics Congress, Hanover, Germany) and Prof. Winfried Hofmann (German Association for Buiatrics) were acknowledged for their financial support to the WAB secretariat. This year 50 scholarships were provided to young scientists from all over the world.
C.3. Application of new groups and new contact members to the WAB
- Canadian Association of Bovine Veterinarians (Canada)
- Moroccan Buiatrics Association (Morocco)
- Moldavian Association for Buiatrics (Moldavia)
- Serbian Buiatric Association (Serbia)
- Ukrainian Association for Buiatrics (Ukraine)
have been accepted as affiliated groups to the WAB.
- Dr. Piret Kalmus, Estonia
- Dr. Ali Rezakhani, Iran
- Dr. Fereydon Rezazadeh, Iran
- Dr. Muneer S. Al-Badrany, Iraq
- Dr. Musaad Al-dubaib, Saudi Arabia
- Dr. Abdulsalam A. Bakhsh, Saudi Arabia
have been accepted as contact members to the WAB.
Affiliated groups are invited to inform the WAB Secretariat about any changes in the names and/or the addresses of their contact members.
C.4. Venue of the 27th Congress of the World Association for Buiatrics in 2012
The 27th Congress of the World Association for Buiatrics will be organised in Lisbon (Portugal) between June 4 and 8 in 2012. The organising committee has already started to make arrangements for the 27th WBC in Lisbon.
C.5. Venue of the 28th Congress of the World Association for Buiatrics in 2014
Two applications prepared by the Australian Association of Cattle Veterinarians and the Swiss Association for Ruminant Medicine have been submitted and Cairns (Australia) was accepted by the Committee as the official organising candidate for the 28th Congress of the World Association for Buiatrics in 2014.
C.6. Venue of the 29th Congress of the World Association for Buiatrics in 2016
The candidatures and candidacy files must be sent in 15 samples to the WAB Secretariat before April 1, 2010.
The candidacy files must contain detailed information on:
- organising committee, scientific committee, potential major sponsors
- geographical localisation
- local infrastructure for conferences, accommodations and social activities
- scientific programme (invited and free presentations, satellite symposia, joint meetings, professional visits and other potential proposals)
- social programme
- marketing for the promotion of the congress
- proceedings, CD-rom and simultaneous translation
- balance of the finances including the fees to the WAB (please contact the WAB secretariat for more details)
- any other topic of potential interest for the selection of this venue.
The final decision will be taken by the WAB committee in November, 2010 in Santiago de Chile (Chile).
C.7. New WAB committee for 2008-2012
The WAB general assembly has nominated:
As President: Dr. W. Baumgartner (Austria)
As Vice-Presidents: Drs. R. Ugarte (Uruguay) and B. Rheinberger (Australia)
As Secretary General: Dr. O. Szenci (Hungary)
As Members: Drs D. Black (UK), E. Bouchard (Canada), J. Cannas da Silva (Portugal), A. El-Sebaie (Egypt), M. Garcia, (Brazil), A. Gentile (Italy), N. Jessen (Denmark), T. Lam (The Netherlands), K. Müller (Germany), T. Nakao (Japan), L. Poo (Chile), G. Riddel (USA)
As Observers: B. Han (China), D. Kim (South Korea), A.S. Nanda (India)
The WAB general assembly has also nominated:
As Honorary Members: Drs R. Eddy (UK) and H.R. Han (South Korea)
D. Next (26th) Congress of the World Association for Buiatrics
Site: Santiago de Chile, Chile
Date: November 14 - 18, 2010
Information: Dr Luis Poo, President of the Organizing Committee
Address: Los Cardenales 1576
Phone: +56 64 243180
Mobile: +56 9 98733102
Fax: +56-64-232327
E-Mail: buiatria@telsur.cl
Website: www.buiatriachile.cl - www.wbc2010.cl
E. Scholarship for young scientist
WAB is pleased to announce that the second WAB Scholarship will be awarded at the 26th WBC in Santiago de Chile in November 2010. The scholarship will provide a free congress fee for the young scientist. By offering this scholarship WAB wishes to contribute to the development of young scientists from all over the world. Selection criteria will be based on an accepted scientific abstract for oral presentation where the young scientist is the first author.
F. 2008 Merial Gustave Rosenberger Memorial Award (GRMA)
The winner of the 2008 Merial Gustave Rosenberger Memorial Award (Euros 12.500) is Dr. Nimer Mohammad Khraim, a 28-year-old Palestinian Veterinarian from the An-Najah National University in Naplus, West Bank.
Awarded every two years, the Merial Gustav Rosenberger Memorial Prize takes the shape of a further education grant attributed to a young and promising veterinarian from an emerging country identified as being able to make an important contribution to research in bovine medicine in a Faculty in Western Europe and subsequently to share this knowledge with his peers in his country of origin. This opportunity is made possible thanks to the combined action of the Fund and sponsorship by Merial which is used to cover tuition and living expenses during the training period. Dr Khraim will be following a 2-year PhD course at the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Hannover.
G. Further information
Any further information may be obtained from the WAB Secretariat, c/o
Dr O. Szenci
Szent István University
Faculty of Veterinary Science
P.O. Box 2
H-1400 Budapest, Hungary
Phone: +36-29-521301
Mobile: +36-30-9624092
Fax : +36-29-521303
E-Mail: szenci.otto@aotk.szie.hu
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