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University of Veterinary Medicine and Pharmacy in Košice
Department of Hygiene, Technology and Food Safety
Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development of the Slovak Republic
EFSA National Focal Point on Technical and Scientific Matters
State Veterinary and Food Administration of the Slovak Republic
Slovak Meat Processors Association
Slovak Society for Agriculture, Forestry, Food and Veterinary Sciences at SAS in Bratislava

cordially invite you to the international scientific conference

HYGIENA ALIMENTORUM XLIV

Meat and meat products – current problems and trends in production and marketing

under the auspices of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development of the Slovak Republic, which will be held May 15 – May 17, 2024 in Hotel Patria**** – Štrbské Pleso, Slovak republic

Conference topics

The main focus of the international scientific conference is the presentation of current knowledge on the health safety and quality of meat and meat products in terms of production as well as sales of these commodities. Current knowledge on the health safety and quality of other food commodities is also welcome and can be presented in the poster section.

Chairman and Committee of the Conference

CHAIRMAN OF THE INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE

CHAIRMAN OF THE INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE

ORGANISING BOARD

Co-orgnisers

		UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE AND PHARMACY IN KOŠICE, DEPARTMENT OF HYGIENE, TECHNOLOGY AND FOOD SAFETY http://www.uvlf.sk
		MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE SLOVAK REPUBLIC https://www.mpsr.sk
		EFSA NATIONAL FOCAL POINT ON TECHNICAL AND SCIENTIFIC MATTERS http://www.mpsr.sk
		STATE VETERINARY AND FOOD ADMINISTRATION OF THE SLOVAK REPUBLIC https://www.svps.sk
		SLOVAK MEAT PROCESSORS ASSOCIATION https://www.slovmaso.sk/
		SLOVAK SOCIETY FOR AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY, FOOD AND VETERINARY SCIENCES AT SAS IN BRATISLAVA https://ife.sk

Programme

The conference programme will be available no later than May 7, 2024.

Conference fee

Conference fee for active and passive participants of 180 EUR covers expenses for organization and technical support, renting of conference places and audiovisual technique, publishing of reviewed electronic proceedings (on USB), translation of conference materials, simultaneous translation of lectures (only May 16), diet and the ticket for a social evening.

Conference fee for company presentation of 380 EUR includes the above mentioned organization costs for one person. Each additional person thereafter is subjected to registration as active or passive participant and pay the conference fee of 180 EUR. Each person, who will participate in the conference under the fee for company presentation must submit individual an online registration form.

We would like to remind you that the event will be photographed.

Notice

The organization of the conference is subjected to restrictions for mass events according to the current valid Decree of the Public Health Office of the Slovak Republic (https://korona.gov.sk/).

The organizers reserve the right to change the conference organization from a presence form to online depending on current epidemiological situation. All registered participants will be individually contacted by the members of the organizing board about such a possible change.

Details of the participation fee payment

IBAN: SK42 8180 0000 0070 0007 2225
Variable symbol (VS): 121100
BIC: SPSRSKBA
Account name: Own Revenues of University of Veterinary Medicine and Pharmacy in Košice
Payee Bank: State Treasury, Radlinského 32, 810 05 Bratislava, Slovak Republic
Account owner: University of Veterinary Medicine and Pharmacy in Košice, Komenského 73, 041 81 Košice, Slovak Republic
ID: 00397474

The conference fee is to be covered until April 30, 2024. We are not VAT payers.

Confirmation of payment of the registration fee must be submitted during the registration. In the payment note, enter surnames of the participants. In exceptional circumstances, the fee can be paid at registration. The payment at registration must be notified by email hygiena.alimentorum@uvlf.sk until April 30, 2024.

If you are interested in attending the Hygiena Alimentorum conference, please fill out AFFIRMATION FORM until April 16, 2024.

Personal Data Protection
Detailed conference programme will be sent to registered participants until May 7, 2024.

Deadlines

We kindly ask those interested in attending the conference to fill in the AFFIRMATION FORM NO LATER THAN April 16, 2024.

Contributions should be sent by e-mail hygiena.alimentorum@uvlf.sk at the latest April 25, 2024.

Detailed conference programme will be sent to registered participants until May 7, 2024.

Posters should be submitted in PPT or PDF format by email to hygiena.alimentorum@uvlf.sk no later than May 7, 2024.

Conference will be held May 15 – May 17, 2024 in Hotel Patria **** – Štrbské Pleso, Slovak Republic.

If you have any questions, please contact the conference organizing committee.

Sponsors and exhibitors

General partner of the conference

Main partners of the conference

Medial partners of the conference

Guidelines for active participants

Active participants of the HYGIENA ALIMENTORUM conference should choose the form of their participation: oral presentation (lecture) or the poster presentation. The output of the conference will be an electronic peer-reviewed proceedings with ISBN, which will contain contributions of active participants, lectures and poster papers. The proceedings will be published on a USB drive and distributed to all registered participants of the conference.

Manuscripts of lectures or poster contributions to the electronic proceedings must be prepared according to the following guidelines:

1. Manuscripts in English language write in text editor Microsoft Word, font Times New Roman 12, margins 2.5 cm, A4 format, 1.5 line spacing; pages not numbered.
2. Title of manuscript: align text to centre, capital, bold.
3. The names of authors: without degrees, align text to centre, bold, write the omission of one line.
4. Author’s address: align text to centre, italics. Footnote the affiliations of authors from different departments using superscript letters.
5. Abstract: align text to the edges; write after the omission of one line.
6. Key words: max. 5.
7. Subheadings of paragraph, images, charts, tables: align text left, all signs large, bold.
8. Paragraphs: align text to the edges, followed a typical structure for scientific papers (introduction, materials and methods, results and disscusion, acknowledgement, references and contact address).
9. Figures and tables placed in the text, title above the table and under the figure.

For the preparation of the paper, it is also possible to use the template, which is placed on the conference website. Manuscripts of the lectures or posters will be reviewed and those which do not meet these guidelines will be returned to the author for revision.The organizers reserve the right to select a reject of the contributions. Selected manuscripts will be published in the scientific journal Folia Veterinaria or profesional journal Maso. Contributions should be sent by e-mail hygiena.alimentorum@uvlf.sk at the latest April 25, 2024.

GUIDELINES FOR POSTERS
Active participants, who choose to participate with a poster paper, in addition to publishing their paper in the electronic proceedings, also present their contribution at the conference in the form of a poster, on a multimedia touch screen. The poster presentation should be prepared in PowerPoint, and must include at least a title with the authors’ names, the department and contact e-mail address. The size requirements for the poster are: width – 60 cm and height – 80 cm. Conference participants with a poster are expected to be present at the mutimedia screen during the poster session (according to the conference programme). Posters should be submitted in PPT or PDF format by email to hygiena.alimentorum@uvlf.sk no later than May 7, 2024.

GUIDELINES FOR LECTURES
Time for plenary lecture is 25 minutes and for lecture 15 minutes in Slovak, Czech or English language. The time for the oral presentation is strictly reserved for a set amount of time according to the program. Please bring presentations on your USB stick. A member of the organizing board will ensure downloading of your presentation and setup of audio visual equipment before each block of lectures.

TEMPLATES:
Template – Word 97 – 2003
Template – Word 2016

Accommodation and boarding

Accommodation is arranged and paid by participant. In Hotel Patria **** – Štrbské Pleso make a reservation using a note „hygiena alimentorum“.

Price of accommodation (1 night) in Hotel Patria **** – Štrbské Pleso:
Standard rooms:
Standard Double room (one person) – 95,00 €
Standard Double room – 110,00 €
Apartment Comfort – 172,00 €
LUX rooms:
Lux Double room (one person) – 125,00 €
Lux Double room – 140,00 €
Lux Apartment – 190,00 €
Extra Bed Lux – 50,00 €
(there are no single rooms in the hotel, the price is for one person accommodated in a double room)
Local tax – 3,50 €/person/day not included in the price of accommodation

Hotel Patria**** – Štrbské Pleso
+421 52 7848999
recepcia@hotelpatria.sk
https://www.hotelpatria.sk

Other Hotels:
  Hotel FIS
  Hotel Panorama resort
  Ubytovňa SHB Štrbské Pleso-Vysoké Tatry
  Hotel Crocus

Proceedings of previous conferences

Hygiena Alimentorum – XLIII Peer-reviewed proceedings of lectures and poster presentations
Hygiena Alimentorum – XLIII Peer-reviewed collection of abstracts
Hygiena Alimentorum – XLII Peer-reviewed collection of papers
Hygiena Alimentorum – XLII Peer-reviewed collection of abstracts
Hygiena Alimentorum – XLI Peer-reviewed collection of papers
Hygiena Alimentorum – XLI Peer-reviewed collection of abstracts