Norecopa's Annual Meetings
Norecopa's 17th Annual Meeting, 4 June 2024
This was a hybrid meeting from Scandic Ørnen in Bergen, as in 2023.
Programme:
0930 - 1000: Coffee and registration for participants in Bergen
1000 - 1100: Norecopa's Annual Meeting (in Norwegian)
1100 - 1130: Norecopas 3R Prize - the Prize Committee's conclusions (in Norwegian) and the Prizewinner's presentation
1130 - 1215: Free lunch for participants in Bergen
1215 - 1245: Are 3R Centres making a difference? (Elliot Lilley, NC3Rs, UK) (video recording)
1245 - 1315: Achieving a good Culture of Care (Barney Reed, RSPCA, UK)
1315 - 1330: A new Nordic Zebrafish Network and course series (Lars Bräutigam, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm) - the Network's preliminary homepage
1330 - 1400: Working together to prevent 'severe suffering' (Barney Reed, RSPCA, UK)
1400 - 1415: Coffee break
1415 - 1515: Diversity matters - the risk of standardisation (Natasha Karp, Astrazeneca, UK)
Details of the agenda of the Annual Meeting have been posted on the Norwegian version of this page.
Minutes from the meeting (in Norwegian)
Norecopa's 16th Annual Meeting, 12 June 2023
Norecopa's annual meeting in 2023 was held on 12 June. It was a physical meeting from Scandic Ørnen in Bergen, with streaming of the presentations.
Most, but not all, of the content was in Norwegian: click here for the full programme.
A poster with the programme can be downloaded here. The Norwegian-language programme for the annual meeting can be read here.
Norecopa's annual 3R Prize was awarded at the meeting.
Minutes from the meeting (in Norwegian)
Norecopa's 15th Annual Meeting, 1 June 2022
This was a virtual event, held in Norwegian, followed by the award of Norecopa's 3R-prize.
Voting cards for members who could not participate
Agenda with the Election Committee's proposal for new Board members
Norecopa's Action Plan for 2021-2025
Accounts for 2021 and the Board's budget proposal for 2022
The Board's Annual Report for 2021 (Norwegian and English versions)
Minutes from the meeting (in Norwegian)
Norecopa's 14th Annual Meeting, 8 June 2021
Norecopa's Annual Meeting in 2021 was a virtual event, held in Norwegian (more information here), followed by the award of Norecopa's 3R Prize.
A voting card was available for members who could not participate on the day.
Agenda (in Norwegian)
Accounts for 2020 and budget proposal for 2021
Annual Report for 2020
Activity Plan for 2021-25 (proposal - approved version)
Minutes from the meeting (in Norwegian)
Norecopa's 13th Annual Meeting, June 2020
Due to the Corona pandemic, Norecopa's Annual Meeting in 2020 was cancelled. It was replaced by electronic voting. Norecopa's members received all relevant papers on 13 May, with a voting card which was to be returned by 12 June and counted on 15 June:
Agenda (in Norwegian)
Annual Report for 2019
Programmes for earlier annual meetings:
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
Much of Norecopa's information about the annual meetings, including the minutes, is only available on the Norwegian version of this page.
Norecopa was founded on 10 October 2007 and has arranged annual meetings since June 2008, with many English-speaking guest speakers. The scientific presentations are available below as pdf files, together with presentations from Norecopa's 10th Anniversary celebrations:
- Norecopas analyse av bruken av forsøksdyr i 2018-2021: Er Norge på rett kurs? (Adrian Smith)
- Design and analysis of fish experiments (Gareth Difford): see separate webpage
- Endepunkter i fiskeforsøk (Linda Andersen & Aurora Brønstad)
- Anestesi av fisk: god praksis (Aurora Brønstad)
- Norske kurs i forsøksdyrlære: hva finnes? (Aurora Brønstad)
- Hvordan sikrer vi oss gode søknader om fiskeforsøk? (How do we ensure good applications for experiments on fish?) (More information in Norwegian) (Gunvor Knudsen, Norwegian Food Safety Authority)
- Animal-free testing and humans-on-a-chip: How far have we come? (Leopold Koenig, TissUse GMBH, Berlin)
- Nordic 3R-Centres: What can we offer? (Tom Bengtsen, Denmark's 3R-Center)
- Wildlife research: Exploring ethical tensions between conservation, animal welfare and One Health (John Linnell, NINA)
- Prize-winning 3R activity in Norway (Gøril Eide Flaten, University of Tromsø)
- Have the 3Rs made any difference? (Elliot Lilley, RSPCA)
- The PREPARE guidelines for planning animal research and testing by Adrian Smith, Norecopa
- Assessing welfare: how, why and when? by Dr. Elliot Lilley, RSPCA Science Group, UK
- How to assess welfare in genetically altered animals? by Anne Zintzsch, Animal Welfare Officer, Max-Delbruck-Center for Molecular Medicine, Berlin
- A brief history of the fish embryo toxicity (FET) test by Dr. Adam Lillicrap, NIVA
- Putting tags and transmitters in birds: are our guidelines flights of fantasy? by Professor Rory Wilson, Swansea University
- How to construct a proper literature search when planning an experiment by Information Specialist Alice Tillema, Radboud University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
- Detection and alleviation of pain in fish by Dr. Lynne Sneddon, Liverpool University, UK
- Pain management after surgery: are we good enough? by Professor Eddie Clutton, Edinburgh University, UK
- Humans on a microchip: how far have we come? by Dr. Reyk Horland, Technische Universität, Berlin
- Fish and fish robots: how can they help to understand each other? by Professor Maarja Kruusmaa, Tallinn University of Technology
- Technology and 3Rs in wildlife research: state of the art by Dr. John Linnell, Norwegian Institute of Nature Research (NINA)
- Which animals feel pain? by Janicke Nordgreen, Norwegian University of Life Sciences
- Can we be sure the animal is anaesthetised? by Professor Eddie Clutton, University of Edinburgh
- Are our methods of killing animals humane? by Dr. Huw Golledge, University of Newcastle
- Beastly Bliss: Animal Pleasure and its Significance by Dr. Jonathan Balcombe, Humane Society University, Washington D.C.
- Animal testing in toxicology: does it work? by Professor Thomas Hartung, CAAT (Center for Alternatives to Animal Testing)
- Opportunities for replacing animals in toxicity testing by Professor Thomas Hartung, CAAT (Center for Alternatives to Animal Testing)
- Advice on how to run a Centre for the 3Rs by Mark Prescott, NC3Rs
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