IAAS World Congress 2016

 

International Association of Students in Agricultural and Related Sciences (IAAS) 59th World Congress will be held at Institut Pertanian Bogor (IPB – Bogor Agricultural university) on 23-30 July 2016. The theme of the International Congress will be “Plan Your Future”, the serial program then will be continued to carried out at Padjadjaran University (Unpad), Universitas Gadjah Mada (UGM), University of Diponegoro (UNDIP), and will be terminated at  University of Brawijaya (UB) on 13 August 2016. The International Association of students in Agricultural and related Sciences (IAAS) is an international non-profit and non-governmental student society headquartered in Leuven, Belgium. Its committees are spread in universities in over 40 countries worldwide

 

This event is the largest IAAS Annual Work Program. In the 2016, Indonesia was given the honor to host the 59th IAAS World Congress, that includes its the General Assembly Meeting; Industry, Farm, and Cultural Visit; Village Concept Project; Excursion and City Tours; and the International Symposium on Creative Agriculture (IYSCA).

 

One of the serial program of the 59th IAAS World Congress  which will be opened for public in IPB will be  IYSCA. It is will be the international competition for students of both Indonesia and abroad to channelize their ideas to promote the Indonesian agriculture. The theme of the current IYSCA is "Creative Agriculture" with subthemes “Creative Applied Agriculture, Creative Agribusiness and Creative Agricultural Education and Social Project.

 

Speakers to be invited for the IYSCA scientific meeting among others will be Lucie Wassink (Counsellor of the Ministry of Agriculture of the Embassy of the Netherlands), Thom Wright (Agricultural Attaache of USDA), Helianti Hilman (Founder of Javara Indigenous Indonesia), Bruce Blakeman (Vice-President of Corporate Affairs of Cargill Asia Pacific), Dr. Lala M. Kolopaking (faculty member of IPB) and Ron Hartman (Director of IFAD Indonesia). IYSCA will be held on 27 July 2016, at the Auditorium of Andi Hakim Nasution of Institut Pertanian Bogor.

 

Online registration for IYSCA member is opened up to 27 June 2016. Further detail on IAAS World Congress and IYSCA is accessible through IAAS IPB official website at  www.iaasipb.org. (Wied)