Animal
Identification to be Highlighted During
National Conference and Trade Show
BOWLING
GREEN, Ky. – The National Institute for Animal Agriculture (NIAA) has
announced ID/INFO EXPO 2004, a
conference and trade show devoted to the subject of animal identification
and information systems.
ID/INFO EXPO 2004 is scheduled for May 18-20, 2004, in Chicago, Ill.
This event follows a similar national gathering facilitated by NIAA
in 2002 and will focus largely on the U.S. Animal Identification Plan that
has been proposed by a team of industry representatives and government
officials working on a national system for animal identification in the
United States.
Agriculture
Secretary Ann M. Veneman's recent call for immediate implementation of a
national animal tracking system (prompted by the diagnosis of bovine
spongiform encephalopathy, or BSE, in Washington state) provides further
impetus for this event, which was already being planned by NIAA officials
prior to her remarks on Dec. 30, 2003.
The
preliminary schedule of events has a pre-conference seminar scheduled for
May 18 for newcomers to the topic and a technology seminar also on that
day. General
sessions, seminars, and breakout discussion groups are scheduled for May
19 and 20.
The trade show, showcasing a variety of animal identification
manufacturers and information systems service providers, will open the
evening of May 18 and run through the morning of May 20.
Topics
will include premises identification, group/lot ID, ID distribution, ID
devices/methods, governance, security, confidentiality, and many more.
Program
and registration information will be published in February.
Individuals wanting to be sure they are included on the mailing
list are encouraged to go to www.animalagriculture.org,
click on the ID/INFO EXPO logo
and fill out an online information request form.
NIAA's
mission is to provide forums for building consensus and advancing
solutions for animal agriculture and to provide continuing education and
communication linkages for animal agriculture professionals.
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