Conference

WIAS Annual Conference 2025

Organised by Wageningen Institute of Animal Sciences (WIAS)
Date

Tue 4 March 2025

Duration 1 day
Venue Reehorst, Ede
Price EUR 100.00

Each year WIAS organizes the WIAS annual conference for the WIAS community.
This year it will take place on Tuesday 4 March 2025 in the Reehorst, Ede. This
meeting welcomes WIAS PhD candidates, postdocs, staff and support staff of WIAS affiliated chair groups and offers an excellent opportunities to hear the latest scientific developments in WIAS and to network.

Programme

Keynote Speakers
We are pleased to announce that Prof. Dr Iain Couzin, Director of the Department of Collective Behavior at Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior and Professor at the University of Konstanzce will give a lecture.

Parallel sessions and poster sessions
During 3 parallel sessions we will highlight research done by WIAS researchers. A
poster session is held after the lunch break, but posters will be visible throughout
the whole day.

Abstract submission

We ask all PhD candidates attending this conference to submit an abstract for an
oral or poster presentation during the conference. Postdocs and junior tenure
trackers are strongly encouraged to also submit abstracts. Please indicate on the
abstract form if you prefer an oral or poster presentation and indicate which theme corresponds to your research. The selection committees will select speakers for the oral presentations. Submit your abstract by following the format in the attached file and send it to WIAS (wias@wur.nl) before 24 January 2025.

Selected speakers will be informed before 10 February 2025.

Venue

ReeHorst
Bennekomseweg 24
6717 LM Ede

Registration and fees

Registration is open. Please register here!
The registration deadline is 4 February 2025. The registration fee for all participants is €100 for the full day including lunch, dinner and evening programme.

Cancellation conditions
Due to high costs for catering, and to avoid food waste, we employ a strict cancellation policy:

  • Cancellation free of charge up to 4 February 2025.
  • In case of cancellation after 4 February 2025, but prior to the conference day, the whole fee will be charged.
  • In case of no-show/no cancellation you will be charged the registration fee plus an additional administration fee of €50.