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 so the name was changed to the Incubation and Fertility Research Group (IFRG). In 1998, an association was made between the World's Poultry Science Association when the IFRG adopted the European Branches' Working Group 6 - Reproduction.
In 2023 the name of WG 6 changed to Incubation and Fertility
The Chairs of Working Group 6 – Incubation and Fertility have been:
- 1998-2009
- Dr Glenn Baggott
- 2009-2012
- Dr Nick French
- 2012-2020
- Marleen Boerjan
- 2020-
- Ampay Nangsuay
Each annual meeting has had a local organizer. Meeting dates, locations and organizers are given below.
Year | Location | Organizer |
1998 | University of Warwick, UK 15-16 September |
Glenn Baggott |
1999 | Vinci Conference Centre, Tours, France 21 September |
Jean-Pierre Brillard |
2000 | St Edmund's Hall, University of Oxford, UK 11-12 September |
Charles Deeming |
2001 | St Edmund's Hall, University of Oxford, UK 17-18 September |
Charles Deeming |
2002 | St Edmund's Hall, University of Oxford, UK 12-13 September |
Charles Deeming |
2003 | University of Lincoln, Lincoln, UK 4-5 September |
Charles Deeming |
2004 | University of Lincoln, Lincoln, UK 6-7 September |
Charles Deeming |
2005 | University of Lincoln, Lincoln, UK 6-7 September |
Charles Deeming |
2006 | University of Lincoln, Lincoln, UK 7-8 September |
Charles Deeming |
2007 | University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK 24-25 July |
Victoria Maltby |
2008 | Moorfields Hospital, London, UK 3-4 September |
Victoria Maltby |
2009 | University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK 7-8 July |
Victoria Hurst |
2010 | Tours, France 23 August |
Nick French |
2011 | Ede, The Netherlands 30-31 August |
Nick French |
2012 | Pisa, Italy 13-15 June |
Margherita Marzoni and Annelisse Castillo |
2013 | Gottingen, Germany 30 September - 1 October |
Marleen Boerjan |
2014 | Lunteren, The Netherlands 29-30 September |
Marleen Boerjan |
2015 | Berlin, Germany 1-4 September 2015 Combined with Working Group 12 |
Marleen Boerjan (WG 6) Shlomo Yahav (WG12) |
2016 |
Brugge, Belgium |
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2017 | Wageningen, The Netherlands 30 August - 1 September 2017 Combined with Working Group 12 |
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2018 | Edinburgh, Scotland 4-5 October 2018 |
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2019 | Tours, France 28-30 August 2019 Combined with Working Group 12 |
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2021 |
Leiden, The Netherlands (Virtual meeting) |
Further details of Working Group 6 can be obtained from the website www.ifrg.be or by contacting the current Chairman:
Mrs Ampai Nangsuay (Thailand)
E-mail: