Speaker's Presentation

Dr. Tej Bahadur Rijal

Chief Livestock officer

Department of Livestock Services Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development Government of Nepal (Government policies and priorities for Nepalese Poultry Sector)

Dr. Swoyam Prakash Shrestha

Animal Health Researcher

Nepal Agricultural Research Council (NARC) (Poultry health and production research in Nepal)

Dr. Subir Singh

Poultry Consultant

Nepal Poultry Federation Technological advancements and commercial horizon of Nepalese Poultry Industries)

Dr. Khadak Singh Bisht

South Asia Animal Disease Specialist

Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (Operationalizing the One Health approach)

Dr. Dibesh Karmacharya

Chief Executive Officer

BIOVAC Nepal Pvt. Ltd.

Chairperson/ Executive Director

CMDN, (Understanding Newcastle Disease in Nepal- building vaccine research, Development and manufacturing facility in a developing country)

Shailendra Bajracharya

GIS expert

CMDN (Poultry Value-chain mapping)

Arrogya Gyawali

Research Associate

CMDN (Antibiotic resistance profiling of salmonella enterica isolated from commercial poultry of Chitwan, Nepal)

Prof Venugopal Nair (OBE)

Pirbright Institute

United Kingdom (Global control of avian diseases: Challenges and opportunities)

Prof. Joanne Meers

Director of Research

University of Queensland Australia (Newcastle disease vaccination results in increased income and chicken meat consumption in village households: a study in Myanmar)

Dr Mary Young

Senior Technical Manager

Kyeema Foundation Australia (Challenges to sustainable Newcastle disease control in village poultry)

Prof. Ursula Hofle Hansen

Professor

University of Castilla- La Mancha (UCLM) (Newcastle Disease in Wild Birds – and Associated Risks for Poultry Health)

Dr. Pawan Dulal

Postdoctoral Researcher/p> University of Oxford UK (Thermo stability of vaccine and final product formulation)