Meetings within Laboratory Animal Science and Alternatives

Norecopa maintains an up-to-date Webinars and Meetings Calendar within Laboratory Animal Science and Alternatives.
Meetings are also advertised in Norecopa's newsletters which are published in English 7-8 times a year.

Norecopa maintains an overview of countries where its staff have held presentations (either physically or online). For purely technical reasons South Korea and Iran are not displayed in this overview.

Norecopa arranges international consensus meetings on the application of the 3Rs to specific areas of research involving animals. Four such meetings have been arranged. The full scientific programme, with downloadable abstracts and presentations, as well as consensus statements and other resources produced by the participants or speakers, can be downloaded from the links below.

We have made an overview of the presentations held at Norecopa's meetings, all for free downloading.

Harmonisation of the Care and Use of Fish in Research (May 2005)
The meeting attracted 100 participants from 10 countries.

Harmonisation of the Care and Use of Animals in Field Research (May 2008)
There were 50 participants from 5 countries at this meeting.

Harmonisation of the Care and Use of Fish in Research (September 2009)
There were 61 participants from 7 countries at this meeting.

Norecopa arranged the fourth international consensus meeting in September 2012:
Harmonisation of the Care and Use of Agricultural Animals in Research
There were 47 participants from 12 countries at this meeting.

Norecopa arranged the fifth international consensus meeting in October 2017:
Harmonisation of the Care and Use of Wild and Domestic Mammals and Birds in Field Research
There were 31 participants from 4 countries at this meeting.

Norecopa has also been involved in three meetings arranged by the RSPCA and AHVLA (now called the APHA) in the UK. The reports from the first two meetings have been published in Animal Technology and Welfare, published by the Institute of Animal Technology, and are provided here with permission:

• Report of an RSPCA/AHVLA meeting on the welfare of agricultural animals in research: cattle, goats, pigs and sheep (2013)
• Report of the second RSPCA/AHVLA meeting on the welfare of agricultural animals in research: cattle, pigs, sheep and poultry (2014)
• RSPCA/APHA meeting on the welfare of wild animals used in regulated procedures (2015)

A World Congress on Alternatives and Animal Use in the Life Sciences has been held approximately every 3 years since 1993. Norecopa's staff have attended 10 of the first 12 Congresses.

FELASA Congresses are held every 3 years, and Scand-LAS symposia are held annually except for years with a FELASA congress.

The IAT's website contains a calendar showing meetings

Nature Careers Events Calendar

An informal guide to arranging a scientific meeting

Guidance on hosting an institutional workshop on the 3Rs