The Eighth International Symposium on Animal Mortality Management is an in-person symposium in Stevens Point, Wisconsin on June 29 - July 2, 2026.

Our symposium topics include:

• Food of animal origin containment, depopulation, disposal, and decontamination (3-D) in response to disease and emergency events;

• Carcass management in response to routine mortalities, accidental deaths, natural disasters, and disease outbreaks;

• Wildlife carcass management from disease events, accidents, natural and man-made disasters, and beaching;

• New and emerging technologies for euthanasia, carcass treatment, and disinfection;

• Research to inform public policy on carcass disposal and the direction of future research and resource;

• Federal and state agency response and training experience;

• Carcass treatment (management) options;

• Health and biosecurity risk;

• Final product use, disposition, and ultimate disposal;

• Agricultural Systems Management of multifaceted aspects of carcass transport, processing, disposition, and resultant feedbacks;

• International Issues: religious and societal considerations, regulatory constraints, health education programs, cross-border movement controls, acceptability of depopulation methods;

• Health and Environmental risks related to disposal;

• Food production systems and contaminated protein; and

• Regulatory trends in disposal.

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All organization’s product/service/contact will be included in the permanent symposium Sponsor directory which will be posted online on the symposium website for worldwide access.

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Interested in becoming an exhibitor or sponsor?  Contact Richard Goforth or Rob Michitsch