Meet us Virtually at the 4th International Online Conference on Animals (IOCAN2026), 17–19 March 2026

We are delighted to announce the 4th International Online Conference on Animals (IOCAN2026), organized by MDPI’s open access journal Animals (ISSN: 2076-2615; Impact Factor: 2.7). This year's conference will be held online from 17 to 19 March 2026.

Conference Chairs:

• Prof. Dr. Clive J. C. Phillips, Estonian University of Life Sciences, Estonia;
• Prof. Dr. Colin G. Scanes, University of Wisconsin Milwaukee, USA;
• Prof. Dr. Michael Hässig, University of Zürich, Switzerland.

Topics of Interest:

1. Sustainable Animal Welfare, Ethics and Human – Animal Interactions;
2. One Health: Improve Disease Manifestation and Management in Animals, Humans, and the Environment;
3. Sustainable Animal Nutrition;
4. Animal Genetics and Genomics;
5. Environmental Challenges to Animals and Precision Livestock Farming;
6. Animal Physiology, Reproduction, and Sustainable Animal Production;
7. Aquatic Animals.

Important Dates:
Abstract Submission Deadline: 6 November 2025;
Abstract Acceptance Notification: 4 December 2025;
Registration Deadline: 13 March 2026.

Guide for Authors
To submit your abstract, please follow this link: https://sciforum.net/user/submission/create/1472.

To register for this event, please follow this link: https://sciforum.net/event/IOCAN2026?section=#registration.

For details regarding the submission of abstracts, posters and slides, please refer to the “Instructions for Authors” section:  https://sciforum.net/event/IOCAN2026?section=#instructions.

For publication opportunities, please follow this link: https://sciforum.net/event/IOCAN2026?section=#Publication_Opportunity.

For any enquiries regarding this event, please contact iocan2026@mdpi.com.

We look forward to seeing you at the 4th International Online Conference on Animals.