Schedule at a Glance
2026 Annual Meeting Events
Tuesday, July 28, 2026
Opening Session
8:00 AM - 8:30 AM
Keynote Address
Recent Research Funding in Poultry Health
Dr. John Glisson, University of Georgia
8:30 AM - 9:15 AM
Emerging Professionals Symposium
Chaired by the Membership Committee
3:45 PM - 5:45 PM
Committee Meetings*
1:30 PM - 2:30 PM
Iris - Financial Engagement Committee
Hibiscus - Tumor Virus Committee
Fuchsia/Gardenia - Epidemiology Committee
Narcissus/Orange Blossom - Animal Welfare Committee
Azalia/Begonia - Membership Committee
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Iris - Education Committee
Hibiscus - Enteric Diseases Committee
Fuscia/Gardenia - Therapeutics, Biologics, and Bioprotection Committee
Narcissus/Orange Blossom - Respiratory Diseases Committee
Edelweiss - External Relations Committee
Veranda - Externship Committee
*If your committee is not listed, then they are meeting virtually prior to the 2026 AAAP Annual Meeting. Click Here to view all virtual committee meeting dates/times.
Poster Session and Welcome Reception
5:45 PM - 7:00 PM
Wednesday, July 29, 2026
AAAP Symposium
Current aMPV status in the US and Lessons learnt on diagnostics, and vaccination strategies
Chaired by the Respiratory Diseases/Education Committees
7:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Women’s Network Lunch
Speak to Influence - Public speaking workshop
Mary Cheyne, Heart First Communications
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Tickets are required for this event*
Reed Rumsey Basic Research
Comparative Genomics and Virulence Assessment of Nonpathogenic Avibacterium paragallinarum Isolates Obtained from Healthy Commercial Layer Chickens
Mostafa Shelkamy, Iowa State University
1:45 PM - 2:00 PM
Reed Rumsey Applied Research
Association of Genomic Characteristics With Virulence of Novel Avian Pathogenic E. coli Serotypes Using Sequencing and Three Animal Challenge Models
Klao Runcharoon, University of Georgia
2:15 PM - 2:30 PM
Rimler Graduate Student Award for Excellence in Poultry Diseases Research
Serovar-specific transmission patterns of Salmonella across broiler-production stages
Carlos David Ayala-Velastegui, University of Georgia
3:15 PM - 3:30 PM
Lasher-Eckroade History Lecture
History of the Egg Drop Syndrome 1976
Dr. Rudolf Hein, Consultant for Poultry-Molecular Vaccine Development
3:15 PM - 3:45 PM
Thursday, July 30, 2026
Business Meeting
10:30 AM - 11:45 AM
Awards Luncheon Sponsored by Zoetis
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM
Tickets are required for this event*
Phibro Poultry Graduate Student Travel Grant
(Formerly known as the Avian Biosciences Travel Scholarship)
Antibiotic resistance and genetic characterization of Mycoplasma synoviae strains from recent outbreaks in the United States
Michael Rose Davis, University of Georgia
5:15 PM - 5:30 PM