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Incubation and Fertility Research Group
Sub-committee No. 6 ( "Physiological Aspects of Incubation" ) of the European Federation of Branches of the World's Poultry Science Association met on the 15th May 1975 at the Poultry Research Centre at Roslin, Midlothian, Scotland. Mr Harry Lundy, who was Head of the Environmental Physiology section at Roslin, organised a highly successful scientific programme which attracted a large audience. During the meeting a number of people expressed an interest in forming an informal Incubation Research Group. The first meeting of this group took place on 15 and 16 July 1976 at the University of Bath, and in April 1978, a meeting was held in conjunction with the British Ornithological Union at Royal Holloway College, London. The Group held another meeting in 1978 at the Wildfowl Trust at Martin Mere. In 1980 the Group met at the University of Bath, and at this meeting the Incubation Research Group became more formal; it was agreed to hold annual meetings, which have been held ever since (almost). Occasionally, there have also been joint meetings with other organisations: with the Immunology Society in 1976, with the Society of Applied Biology in 1982, and in 1983 with the British Veterinary Poultry Association.

The Group has remained active with well-attended meetings, its longevity may be due to the informal atmosphere of its meetings and the wide range of topics covered. Nowadays, the meetings are truly international attended by incubationists from all continents and participants from research, commerce, industry and the academic world. The name of the group was the Incubation Research Group (IRG) up to 1995 when it was decided to expand the remit of the group to include fertility and the name was changed to the Incubation and Fertility Research Group (IFRG). In 1998, an association was made with the World's Poultry Science Association when the IFRG adopted the European Branches' Working Group 6 - Reproduction.

The Chairs of Working Group 6  (Reproduction) have  been,

Each annual meeting has had a local organiser. Meeting year, location and organiser are listed here. 1975: Poultry Research Centre, Edinburgh (organiser: Harry Lundy)

1976: University of Bath (organisers: Ron Board/Steve Tullett)

1977: University of Edinburgh (organiser: Ken Laughlin)

1978: Royal Holloway College, London (''organiser: ?")

1978: Wildfowl Trust, Martin Mere, Lancashire (organiser: Janet Kear)

1980: University of Bath (organiser: Nick French) pdf of abstracts (original)

1981: Poultry Research Centre, Edinburgh (organiser: Steve Tullett)

1982: Royal Veterinary College, London (organisers: Colin Dawes/Mick Hooper)

1983: University of Bath (organiser: Ron Board)

1984: Tarporley, Cheshire (organiser: Nick French).

1985: Wildfowl Trust, Slimbridge, Gloucestershire (organiser: Michael Ounsted)

1986: London Zoo (organiser: Peter Olney)

1987: University of Reading (organiser: Charles Deeming)

1988: Game Conservancy (organiser: John Beer)

1990: Harper Adams Agricultural College, Shropshire (organiser: Brian Hodgetts)

1991: Wildfowl Trust, Slimbridge (organisers: Geoff Proffitt and Charles Deeming)

1992: Birkbeck College, London (organiser: Glenn Baggott)

1993: Scottish Agricultural College, Ayr (organisers: Brian Speake, Ray Noble & Nick Sparks)

1994: University of Warwick (organiser: Charles Deeming)

1995: University of Warwick (organiser: Charles Deeming)

1996: University of Warwick (organiser: Nick French).

1997: Scottish Agricultural College (organiser: Nick Sparks, Brian Speake and Ray Noble)

1998: University of Warwick (organiser: Glenn Baggott)

1999: Vinci Conference Center, Tours, France (''organiser: Jean-Pierre Brillard")

2000 : St Edmund's Hall, University of Oxford, UK (organiser: Charles Deeming)

2001 : St Edmund's Hall, University of Oxford, UK (organiser: Charles Deeming)

2002 : St Edmund's Hall, University of Oxford, UK (organiser: Charles Deeming)

2003 : University of Lincoln, Lincoln, UK (organiser: Charles Deeming)

2004 : University of Lincoln, Lincoln, UK (organiser: Charles Deeming)

2005 : University of Lincoln, Lincoln, UK (organiser: Charles Deeming) 30th anniversary meeting

2006 : University of Lincoln, Lincoln, UK (organiser: Charles Deeming).

2007 : Surgeon’s Hall, Edinburgh, UK (organiser: Victoria Hurst) in association with WPSA 29th Poultry Science Symposium BIOLOGY OF BREEDING POULTRY

2008 : Moorfield’s Hospital, London, UK (organiser: Victoria Hurst)

2009 : University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK (organiser: Victoria Hurst)

2010 : Vinci Conference Centre, Tours, France (organiser: Nick French) in association with the 13th European Poultry Conference.

2011 : Ede, The Netherlands (organiser: Nick French)