2026 Program
The 2026 Annual Meeting's Keynote Speaker will be Dr. John Glisson, with the Lasher-Eckroade History Lecture being headed by Dr. Rudolf Hein.
Keynote Speaker
US Poultry Research - past, present and future
Dr. John Glisson
Tuesday, July 28, 2026
8:30 AM - 9:15 AM
Lasher-Eckroade History Lecture
History of the Egg Drop Syndrome 1976
Dr. Rudolf Hein
Wednesday, July 29, 2026
3:45 PM - 4:15 PM
Dr. Rudolf Hein currently serves a consultant for poultry-molecular vaccine development. He helped develop several poultry vaccines: e.g. ND clone 30, Broad spectrum Inact IIBDV, ND Clone C2, Reo 2177, IBDV 89/03, Inact EDS 76, and the introduction of rHVT/ND.
He has a BS in General Microbiology/Immunology from HBO in Groningen, Netherlands and a MS in Applied Biology from Hatfield College.