Monte Nevado Fatty Pig International Conference

Monte Nevado Group is a family-owned company based in Carbonero el Mayor (Segovia, Spain) and dedicated for five generations to the production of serrano, mangalica and iberian ham. The company sells over half a million hams in more than 40 countries, with national facilities in Segovia, La Rioja and Salamanca. Specialized in long-term high-quality fatty ham, Monte Nevado was responsible for recovery of the mangalica breed in Hungary, which was in critical danger of extinction in 1990. The company currently owns three farms in Hungary that guarantee the maintenance of such breed,

Monte Nevado is a company devoted to research and development initiatives. For this reason, it has carried out more than 30 R&D projects in recent years and published several scientific papers and books related to the world of dry-cured ham.

- Atlas Monte Nevado de Anatomía del Jamón Serrano

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- Tempore Glandis, La Montanera.

Objective of the award:

The aim of this initiative is to support and promote basic and applied research connected to ancient pig breeds. In this call, we will particularly consider research focused on genetic breeds preservation, fatty pig reputation, nutrition and any other contribution that is susceptible to improve the sensorial evaluation of the final product.

Required documentation.

The following documentation must be sent before August 15th:

- Contact details of the applicants: full name, postal and email address, phone number. 

- The abstract PDF version of the poster (see general instructions below and the attached template) may be sent to the following email address: idi@montenevado.com.

Instructions for manuscripts:

The text will be written in English and given in the format given in the attached template, with special attention to figures and tables.

The Abstract will be structured as follows: Introduction, Objectives, Methodology, Results, Conclusions, and References (if its needed).

The maximum length of the manuscript will be 500 words.

Awards:

Best poster award: 1.000 €

Deadline:

Only abstract submitted until August 15th, 2026, will be accepted. 

Communication of the awarded manuscript:

The communication will be made during the 8th Fatty Pig International Conference, which will take place on October 22 to 24, 2026, at Jeju National University, Jeju Island, South Korea.

Other remarks to be considered:

1.- Call acceptance

Participants of this call are supposed to agree with the current terms and reject legal action against the committee of reviewers. And query about the contest rules will be sent to idi@montenevado.com.

2.- Claims

No claims upon the selection of the awarded applicants will be accepted.

Manuscript template:

MANUSCRIPT TITLE (ARIAL BOLD 14, CENTERED)

Author1 A.1, Author2 A.2, Author3 A.2, Author4 A.2 (Arial Bold size 11, Centered)

1Institution/Center/Department. Postal Address (Arial size 11 left justified)

2Institution/Center/Department. Postal Address (Arial size 11 left justified)

email@contact.es (Arial size 11 left justified)

Please write the abstract of your communication in Arial 10 font, justified, single-spaced 6. The abstract should contain the introduction, objectives, methodology, results, conclusions, and if applicable, bibliography, and acknowledgements. It will have a maximum length of 500 words (not including title, authors, and affiliation). It should be saved with the name of the first author (Surname_FirstName.doc).

Abstracts should be sent before August 15th, 2026, as an e-mail attachment to “idi@montenevado.com"