WAFL conference 2024
The International Conference on Welfare Assessment at Farm Level (WAFL) is held every 3 years. The focus of the conference is to bring researchers and other stakeholders interested in practical welfare assessment on farms and in groups. The 8 th edition of the conference back in 2021 only took place online, due to the impact of the pandemic. As there is no existing organisation behind the conference organisation, it always depends on volunteers to come forth to host the next meeting. It was unfortunate that there was no new volunteer since 2021. But thanks to the good will and passion of the previous organisers, Dr Keelin O’Driscoll, Dr Laura Boyle and Dr Amy Quinn from Teagasc, the 9 th WAFL conference took place in Florence, Italy on 30-31 August 2024 with the help of the European Federation of Animal Science (EAAP). https://wafl2024.eaap.org/ This year the main theme is “The Future of Farm Animal Welfare Science”, with sub themes of “New frontiers in the assessment of animal welfa
