4th USPLF Abstract Submission Information

Conference Topics for Abstract Submission

Measuring, Modeling, and Managing of Dynamic Responses

Focus: Understanding animals and supporting precision management

  • Real-time animal health, welfare, behavior, and growth monitoring
  • Advanced modeling techniques in PLF
  • Emerging technologies for disease detection and health management
  • Precision animal environment and nutrition management
  • Precision phenotyping for genetics and breeding

Impact of PLF on Sustainability

Focus: Broader impacts of PLF

  • Social sustainability
  • Economics of PLF systems
  • Consumer and farmer perceptions of PLF
  • Ethics in PLF
  • Challenges and opportunities for PLF

Application and Management

Focus: Practical implementation of PLF technologies

  • Animal identification, tracking, and biosecurity
  • Robotic and automated systems for animal production
  • Engineering innovations for animal housing and environmental control
  • PLF solutions for management decision-making
  • Precision processing technologies and post-harvest applications
  • PLF startups, commercialization, and technology transfer

Sensors and Sensing in PLF

Focus: Hardware and sensing technologies

  • Wearable sensing technologies
  • Vision-based sensing technologies
  • Acoustic sensing technologies
  • Emerging and multimodal sensing technologies

Data Management and Algorithm Development

Focus: Data acquisition, analytics, and computational methods

  • Artificial intelligence (AI) solutions for animal monitoring and management
  • Internet of Things (IoT) applications for data management
  • Analysis of multi-type data (e.g., images, videos, sounds, etc.)
  • Data security

Important Dates

  • Abstract Submission OPENS:
    August 15, 2026
  • Abstract Submission CLOSES:
    October 15, 2026

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