Registration for 2026 membership &/or the 42nd Scientific Symposium, to be held on the 3 and 4 March 2026, at the CSIR in Pretoria

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Category	Early Bird	From 1 Feb
Symposium and membership 2026	R3 400	R3 800
Symposium only	R3 200	R3 700
Membership 2026 only	R500	R500
Student symposium and membership 2026	R500	R600
Student symposium only	R400	R450
Student membership 2026 only	R150	R150
Braai 2026	R500	R500

The South African Branch of the World’s Poultry Science Association’s

42nd  Scientific Symposium

CSIR Conference Centre, Pretoria – Tuesday 3 March & Wednesday 4 March 2026

Theme: Innovate, Integrate, Elevate: Advancing Poultry Science Together

3 March 2026 – Day 1

08:15 – 09:30	Registration
Session 1	Chairperson – Johan du Plessis – Quantum Foods
09:30 – 09:40	Welcome – South African Branch of WPSA
09:40 – 10:10	Gary Arnold – Astral Foods – Setting the scene
10:10 – 10:50	Mike Kogut – Host Defenses Strategies, LLC – The fundamental role of gut inflammation in regulating poultry physiology
10:50 – 11:25	Tea Break  & Viewing Posters
Session 2	Chairperson – Nicky Tyler – Leading Edge Poultry Software
11:25 – 12:05	JT Pope – House of Raeford – Beyond least cost formulation – formulating for broiler performance, yield, and profitability
12:05 – 12:40	Heiko Koster – Feedhub – Application of recent developments in soya quality research and the implication on local and imported soyabean meal trade
12:40 – 13:50	Lunch  & Viewing Posters
Session 3	Chairperson – Peter Plumstead – Chemunique
13:50 – 14:25	Adam Sacranie – A Sacranie & Associates Ltd – Broiler breeders – ensuring good male development in rear and then enhancing reproductive performance
14:25 – 15:10	Mike Bedford – AB Vista – Understanding fibre in poultry and implications for successful additive strategies
15:10 – 15:45	Tea & Viewing Posters
Session 4	Chairperson – Gay Boomgaard  – Meadow Feeds
15:45 – 16:25	Konstantinos Mountzouris – Agricultural University of Athens – Phytogenics as dynamic dietary components for effective homeostasis modulation enabling sustainable poultry production
16:25 – 17:00	Gilson Gomes – Kemin – Invisible losses: understanding digestibility pitfalls of protein sources
17:00 – 17:30	Posters Session
17:30	WPSA Braai – Social Function

4 March 2026 – Day 2

08:00 – 09:00	Registration / Coffee
Session 5	Chairperson – Mariana Ciacciariello – University of KwaZulu- Natal
09:00 – 09:05	Welcome – South African Branch of WPSA
09:05 – 09:45	Mike Kogut Host Defenses Strategies, LLC – The impact of feed additives on the ecosystem and productivity of chickens
09:45 – 10:25	Leon Marchal – IFF –  Navigating the ever-shrinking undigested nutrient fraction in modern poultry nutrition
10:25 – 10:40	Student Presentation: Dean Backhouse – University of Pretoria – Response of broiler chickens offered choices of feeds varying in calcium and phosphorus concentrations
10:40 – 11:20	Tea & Viewing Posters
Session 6	Chairperson – Christine Jansen van Rensburg – University of Stellenbosch
11:20 – 11:50	Mercedes Vasquez-Añon – Novus International – Recent advances in mineral research and applications in poultry production
11:50 – 12:20	Hilde van Meirhaeghe – Vetworks – Vaccination challenges and developments
12:20 – 12:50	JT Pope – House of Raeford – The impact of feed manufacturing on broiler nutrition
12:50 – 13:15	WPSA SA AGM & poster award session
13:15 – 14:00	Light Lunch
Session 7	Chairperson – Gerhard Pretorius – Astral Foods
14:00 – 14:35	Adam Sacranie – Adam Sacranie and Associates Ltd.   Broiler Breeder Nutrition
14:35 – 15:10	Paul Coquelin – Nano Laboratories – Post biotics supplementation: effects on zootechnical performance metrices and intestinal structure of poultry
15:10 – 15:45	Rob Serwata – Rokinutrition – Better feeds, better farms – practical nutrition in action
15:45 – 16:00	Closing – Roné Vermeulen – Feed Hub

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