International Conference on Insects Feed the World in Wuhan China a Huge Success!

Group Photo of those in attendance at the Insects Feed the World (IFW) Conference in Wuhan, China 15-18 May 2018.

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Overview:
What can I say other than my colleagues at Huagzhong Agricultural University did a magnificent job organizing this conference.  It should be noted that four sites have been proposed for the 2020 IFW: 1) Mexico, 2) USA, 3) Canada, and 4) South Africa.

Great seeing friends/colleagues- just not enough  time to catch up: Alex, Moritz, Longyu, Jibin, and many more!
 
Sponsorship: 
A number of industry groups provided support for the conference. It was great to see so much dedication to the event. 



















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Results:
40 countries
278 participants
104 platform presentations
17 keynote presentations
61 posters

What was most amazing is that roughly 60-70% of the material presented was on the BSF!

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Symposia Topics Included:
•Feed production systems
•Farming insects
•Ethno-entomology
•Marketing and economics
•Feed production systems
•Farming insects
•Environmental impact
•Consumer attitudes
•Insect diseases
•Insects as diets
•Processing organic side streams
•Ethics, food safety, legislation, and policy
•Nutrition & conservation
•Round table (associations)
•Joint action (white paper) discussion

Entertainment:
There was great entertainment during the dinner session. What a great cultural experience with music, song, food, and drink!

​​Future Meetings:
There are a number of meetings coming up- if you have time, try to attend one or more of them.

Author

Jeffery K. Tomberlin, PhD, Exhausted from travel
Director, EVO Conversion Systems
Twitter: @FliesFacility