2026 AAAP conference to feature nearly 265 oral presentations, posters over 3 days

Nearly 800 poultry health professionals from more than 25 countries will gather in Orlando, Florida, from July 28 to 30 for the 2026 conference of the American Association of Avian Pathologists (AAAP).

Hundreds more are expected to register to access nearly 30 recorded online presentations, available for viewing starting August 10, 2026, and to purchase through December 15, 2026.

“The AAAP Annual Meeting offers attendees multiple opportunities to network with top minds in the industry, all while expanding your knowledge in poultry health, welfare and food safety,” says Suzanne McComb, DVM, executive vice president of AAAP.

The 3-day AAAP conference will feature approximately 265 oral presentations and posters focused on various topics, including vaccinology, immunology, bacteriology, diagnostics, enteric health, epidemiology, virology, case reports and more. The full program is currently posted on AAAP’s Annual Meeting website.

Featured speakers

The AAAP conference’s keynote speaker will be John Glisson, PhD, retired Professor Emeritus at the University of Georgia, who will discuss “Recent Research Funding in Poultry Health.”

“Research funding history for both public and private funding sources was collected for the years available. Specifically, only research related to poultry health, welfare, or food safety was included. Funding tended to follow several contemporary topics considered particularly important, with some research topics receiving multiple grants and often extending over multiple years and utilizing a large proportion of all available funding. Topics considered less important were funded less frequently and inconsistently,” Glisson says.

“Particular topics tend to remain near the top of priority lists for multiple years, likely influencing the continued consistent funding of these topics. This practice contributes to the difficulty researchers encounter when attempting to acquire funding for topics that are not listed near the top of research priority lists.”

Rudolf Hein, MS, currently a consultant on poultry-molecular vaccine development, will lecture on “History of the Egg Drop Syndrome 1976 (EDS76).” He will delve into how Egg Drop Syndrome was recognized in Europe between 1975 and 1976 and how it is now present worldwide in most countries.

Mary Cheyne, Heart First Communications, will speak at the Women’s Network Lunch. Her talk, “Speak to Influence — Public speaking workshop,” will help attendees understand the three most common speaking mistakes that professionals make and what to do instead to have listeners leaning in and wanting more.

Respiratory diseases/education symposium

Separate from the main scientific program, the AAAP conference will host a 4 and a half-hour morning symposium, “Current aMPV status in the US and Lessons learnt on diagnostics, and vaccination strategies,” featuring five oral presentations on Avian Metapneumovirus, the challenges faced in diagnostics and vaccination, and unexpected findings.

The AAAP conference will be held at the Hilton Orlando Lake Buena Vista Hotel.  For more information on the conference, click here. To register for the Annual Meeting, click here.

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