Committees

IFTBC International Organizing and Continuing Committee

 

Dr German Spangenberg FTSE PSM (Chair)

Distinguished Professor

Qingdao Agricultural University

Emeritus Professor

La Trobe University, Australia

Qingdao, Shandong

P.R. China

 

Dr Iain Donnison

Professor and Head

Institute of Biological, Environmental and Rural

Sciences (IBERS)

Aberystwyth University

UK

 

 

Dr Liana Jank

Forage Breeder

Embrapa Beef Cattle

Campo Grande, Mato Grosso do Sul

Brazil

 

Dr Chris S Jones

Program Leader, Feed and Forage Development

International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)

Nairobi

Kenya

 

Dr Esteban Rios

Associate Professor, Agronomy Department

Plant Breeding Graduate Program Director

University of Florida

Gainesville, Florida

USA

 

Dr Kevin F Smith

Professor, Pasture Science

Faculty of Veterinary and Agricultural Sciences

University of Melbourne

Melbourne, Victoria

Australia

 

Dr Bruno Studer

Professor, Molecular Plant Breeding

Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH Zürich)

Zürich

Switzerland

 

Dr Zengyu Wang (Co-Chair)

Professor and Dean

College of Grassland Science

Qingdao Agricultural University

Qingdao, Shandong

P.R. China

Important Dates

Conference Dates

12 – 16 October 2026

Registration

Early: before 31st December 2025

Normal: before 31st July 2026

Abstract Submission

31st July 2026