September 12-14, 2012
Hamburg, Germany

Building on the first IFOAM conference in the US in 2006, farmers and scientists will once again have the opportunity to exchange information and build new partnerships at the 2nd IFOAM International Organic Animal Husbandry. Although organic livestock production has made significant advances over the last few decades, navigating complex regulatory frameworks and dealing with other challenges facing the sector, organic livestock systems will benefit from an exchange at the international level.

This conference will concentrate on health and food safety in organic livestock production systems, marketing trends, innovation in organic livestock production systems and livestock breeding strategies. Key figures from around the world will present the diversity of organic livestock systems, including opportunities and challenges on the horizon. Topics will relate to a wide range of livestock species: cattle, poultry, pigs, small ruminants, fish, bees, rabbits, horses and others.

The conference will be held in Hamburg, one of the most exciting cities of northern Europe (1.7 million inhabitants), at the Bio-Center of the University of Hamburg: Biozentrum Klein Flottbek, Ohnhorststr. 18,D-22609 Hamburg, Germany.
 September is the best month to visit the city, accomodation in every price category is available (see for instance http://www.hrs.de for information on accomodation).

Interested parties should submit an abstract of their papers by January 31, 2012. Abstracts should be submitted as MS Word files to events@ifoam.org and must not exceed of 300 words. Authors of selected abstracts will be contacted by March 31, 2012 and will be asked to submit their full papers by June 30, 2012.