Norecopa's Secretary Adrian Smith served on the Scientific Committee of the 13th World Congress on Alternatives and Animal Use in the Life Sciences, which took place outside Rio de Janeiro from 31 August to 4 September.

Adrian Smith had to cancel his physical attendance at the Congress at relatively short notice due to illness, and delivered his presentations as video recordings. Using the money saved on travel and accommodation, Norecopa then donated $1,250 to the Congress to enable early career researchers in the vicinity of Rio, who could not afford the full registration fee, to purchase day attendance tickets at $50 each.

He was also first author of two oral presentations and second author of a third. These presentations (and video recordings of two of them) can be downloaded here:

• The Path to Better Science: Practical advice on implementing the 3Rs and related principles in animal research (Adrian Smith, Elisabeth Pagels & Øyvind Wærenskjold) (pdf) (video)
•  3R alternatives in the education and training of lab animal personnel (Adrian Smith) (pdf) (video)
• Overview about recent European 3R activities with a focus on 3R Centres and the EU Cost Action IMPROVE (Jeffrey Bajramovic, Adrian Smith, Anna Olsson, Arti Ahluwalia & Winfried Neuhaus) (pdf)

The complete programme of the Congress is available here.

The next World Congress will be in Seoul, on 15-19 August 2027.

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