2018 Annual Meeting

Schedule of Events

The 12th World Conference on Animal Production (WCAP) will be held July 5-8 at the Westin Bayshore. The conference will kick off with a Keynote on the evening of July 5th followed by a opening reception. The conference will be broken into 6 sessions, with a morning and afternoon session each day from July 6-8. The conference closing will be combined with the Opening Session at the ASAS-CSAS Annual Meeting and Trade Show at the Vancouver Convention Centre at 5:30 PM on Sunday, July 8, 2018.
The 2018 ASAS-CSAS Annual Meeting & Trade Show will be held July 8-12 at the Vancouver Convention Centre. The meeting will kick off with the Opening Session at 5:30 PM on the evening of Sunday, July 8, 2018. There will be a pre-conference symposium, ASN-ASAS Symposium: Future of date analytics in nutrition: Knowledge gaps, data collection and quality, and the role of supporting tools for sustainable development, from 8:30 AM to 4:00 PM on July 8th.

Notice to Attendees

Use of cameras, video cameras, and cell phones (for calls or as cameras) is prohibited during oral and poster presentations to minimize disruption and unauthorized dissemination of data. Anyone found in violation of this policy will be asked to leave the session.

Location

The 12th World Conference on Animal Production (WCAP) will be held at the Westin Bayshore, 1601 Bayshore Drive, Vancouver.
The 2018 ASAS-CSAS Annual Meeting & Trade Show will be held in the West Building of the Vancouver Convention Centre at 1055 Canada Place, Vancouver.

Program Format

Session I (Friday, 8:30 AM - 12:30 PM)
Session II (Friday, 2:00 PM - 5:30 PM)
Session III (Saturday, 8:30 AM - 12:30 PM)
Session IV (Saturday, 1:30 PM - 5:45 PM)
Session V (Sunday, 8:00 AM - 11:45 AM)
Session VI (Sunday, 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM)

Session I - CSAS Competition and ASAS PhD I Competion (Monday, 7:00 AM - 9:15 AM)
Session II - ASAS PhD II Competition (Monday, 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM)
Session III (Monday, 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM)
Session IV (Monday, 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM)
Session V-A - ASAS MS I Competition (Tuesday, 7:00 AM - 9:15 AM)
Session V-B (Tuesday, 7:15 AM - 8:15 AM)
Session VI (Tuesday, 8:15 AM - 9:15 AM)
Session VII-A - ASAS MS II Competition (Tuesday, 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM)
Session VII-B (Tuesday, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM)
Session VIII (Tuesday, 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM)
Session IX ( Tuesday, 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM)
Session X (Tuesday, 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM)
Session XI (Tuesday, 7:30 PM - 8:30 PM)
Session XII - ASAS Undergraduate Competition and General submissions (Wednesday, 7:15 AM - 8:15 AM)
Session XIII (Wednesday, 8:15 AM - 9:15 AM)
Session XIV (Wednesday, 9:15 AM - 10:15 AM)
Session XV (Wednesday, 10:15 AM - 11:15 AM)
Session XVI (Wednesday, 11:15 AM - 12:15 PM)
Session XVII (Wednesday, 12:15 PM - 1:15 PM)

Presentation Information

Session Rooms will be equipped with a computer, projector and screen for electronic presentations that are pre-loaded before their sessions.
Onsite Upload will be in room 103/104 for the ASAS-CSAS Annual Meeting & Trade Show. All presentations must be uploaded prior to the session start. Presentations cannot be loaded directly onto the computer in the session room.
There will not be an onsite upload room for WCAP, all presentations must be uploaded in advance of the June 29, 2018 date.
Upload Room Hours are:

Transportation in Vancouver

Located a short ride from downtown, the Vancouver International Airport has several transportation options. Visit http://www.yvr.ca/en/passengers/transportation for full details.