Webinars and Meetings Calendar
N.B. For information about courses in laboratory animal science, click also here.
Past meetings:
- A complete list of links to past webinars and meetings can be accessed here. Many of these links will eventually die out, but they still give a useful overview of speakers and organisers, and it is often possible to contact them for more information.
- Many of these were recorded and can be accessed here.
Do you know of a meeting that should be on this Calendar? Please let us know!
Resources related to the COVID-19 pandemic
Toxicology meetings calendar
Global collection of recorded webinars on testing and regulatory toxicology from Taiwan Alternatives to Animal Testing (TAAT)
Home Office L/E1, PIL AB and PIL C Live Webinars, Pre-recorded Webinars, Face-to-face and Online Courses arranged by The Learning Curve
Webinars on demand from FELASA
Webinars on demand from Charles River
Webinars on demand from ABSA International (Association for Biosafety and Biosecurity)
Webinars on demand from Data Sciences International
Webinars on demand from Ellegaard Göttingen Minipigs
Webinars on demand from AALAS
Recorded webinars on behavioural research from Noldus
Webinars about research integrity from UKRIO (special section on animal research ethics)
GV-SOLAS meetings calendar
IAT events calendar
LAVA meetings and events
NC3Rs events calendar
ECLAM events calendar
For more references, see the bottom of this page.
July 2026
- 16th International Congress on the Biology of Fish, Vancouver, 12-16 July 2026
- 37th AAAS Conference, Adelaide, 13-17 July 2026
- Use and validation of rodent surgical simulators: From surgical training to standardized competence assessment, webinar (Diego Celdran-Bonafonte), 17 July 2026
- ESLAV-ECLAM Summer School on Anaesthesia and Analgesia, Prague, 20-23 July 2026
- Temporary Workers in Laboratories: OSHA Requirements and Best Practices, ABSA webinar, 21 July 2026
- Preregistration of animal studies: all you need to know, webinar (Julia Menon), 22 July 2026
- Managing Animal Colonies: From Efficiency to Effectiveness, SAALAS webinar (Marna Naude, Eleni Amaniti & Sr Irene Sarage), 22 July 2026
- From cage to camera: How to film inside an animal research lab, UAR webinar, 23 July 2026
- Zebrafish Genetics and Development Course, Woods Hole, 23 July - 6 August 2026
- FSBI Symposium: Breaking Siloes in Fish Biology, Southampton, 27-31 July 2026
- How lay perspectives enhance CARE, webinar (Mike Addelman), 29 July 2026
August 2026
- Biosafety in the Open Lab: Strategies for Shared Accountability, online ABSA event, 6 August 2026
- Biosafety and Biosecurity Training Course, Fort Collins, 10-14 August 2026
- Rehoming, webinar (Linda Horan & Michael Wilkinson), 12 August 2026
- Scoresheets as a powerful tool for welfare and science, webinar (Maike Heimann), 14 August 2026
- Sex Differences in Preclinical Study Design, webinar (Fernando Gonzalez Urquin & Natasha Karp), 20 August 2026
- Meta-Science Summer School, Frankfurt am Main, 23-28 August 2026
- The Science of Peer Review, webinar (David Moher), 25 August 2026
- Alternative non-animal methods in biomedical research, Kuopio, 25-26 August 2026
- Advice on how to search for alternatives, SAALAS webinar (Adrian Smith), registration, 26 August 2026
- Companion Animals in Research and Connections to the 3Rs, webinar (Henrik Rönnberg), 26 August 2026
- Vivarium Animal Training Utilizing Applied Behavioral Analysis Techniques, AALAE webinar (Autumn Sorrels & Kylie Thurman), 26 August 2026
- ANZLAA Conference, Brisbane, 27-28 August 2026
- Environmental control and Enrichment in breeding and experimental groups, animal welfare and good science, online event, 28 August 2026
- Organ-on-Chip Summer School, Tübingen, 30 August - 4 September 2026
September 2026
- Recognition of pain, suffering and distress, online course, 1-3 September 2026
- Communicating Research Using Animals, LERU workshop, Paris, 2-4 September 2026
- Species-Specific Laboratory Animal Science Course: Poultry and other birds, Utrecht, 7-18 September 2026
- Animals in Scientific Research: When and where? IX National Conference of PolLASA, Warsaw, 7-9 September 2026
- Genetics for Laboratory Animal Research, hybrid course, 8, 15 & 22 September 2026
- Laboratory skills, hybrid course, 9 & 16 September 2026
- EUROTOX congress, Vienna, 13-16 September 2026
- Advanced anaesthesia for surgical or prolonged procedures, online, 14-16 September 2026
- New Approaches in Science Workshop (details and registration), Pretoria, 15-16 September 2026
- TT2026: 20th Transgenic Technology Meeting, Leiden, 15-18 September 2026
- Practical Laboratory Skills, Harwell, 16 September 2026
- Practical ethics for CAREs, webinar (Penny Hawkins), 16 September 2026
- Insects and the 3Rs: progress and challenges for research, FC3R webinar (in French), 17 September 2026
- 10th Annual Meeting of AWRN (Animal Welfare Research Network), Chester, 17-18 September 2026
- Promoting optimum 3R implementation and culture of care through effective communication between animal facilities and research teams, webinar (Aoife Milford), 18 September 2026
- 9th IC-3Rs Symposium, Jette, 18 September 2026
- 5th ACURET International Workshop/Conference: Enhancing Laboratory Animal Welfare: Pushing the boundaries to build capacity for Responsible Research in Africa, we must succeed, Mbarara, 20-26 September 2026
- Continuous Home-Cage Monitoring (HCM): Minimizing stress to optimize animal welfare assessment, EALAS webinar, 21 September 2026
- Establishing a culture of care in research animal facilities, hybrid course, 23 September and 1, 8 & 15 October 2026
- Cell Culture Days, Graz, 23-24 September 2026
- New Approach Methodologies in Research and Drug Development, Stockholm, 24 September 2026
- Tillit til dyrevelferd i fiskeoppdrett – kva kan vi stole på?, Trondheim, 24 September 2026
- IACUC Training Workshop, Cincinnati, 25 September 2026
- Advanced animal husbandry, care and enrichment practices, hybrid course, 25 September, 12 & 26 October and 13 & 27 November 2026
- Fun with Ferrets, AALAE webinar, 30 September 2026
- Multidisciplinary approaches for human relevant modelling, Training School, Pisa, 30 September - 1 October 2026
- Final Conference of the COST Action IMPROVE, Pisa, 30 September - 2 October 2026
October 2026
- Maintenance of skills for the use of live animals for scientific purposes #1: update on European and French regulations in animal research (Rodents), Paris, 1 October 2026
- 3rd European Zebrafish Husbandry Association Meeting (EZHAM), Naples, 1-3 October 2026
- Mouse Genetics and Colony Management for Researchers, Harwell, 5-7 October 2026
- Reconstructing the Neurovascular Unit in HUman Brain Organoids for Next-Generation Preclinical Stroke Models, webinar (Egor Dzyubenko), 6 October 2026
- Responsible Aquatic Animal Research (RAqAR): Critical, Challenging & Creative Thinking, online, 6-9 October 2026
- IACUC Training Workshop: Non-Compliance And How to Deal With It, online event, 8 October 2026
- LIVe2026: Lung in Vitro Event, Archamps, 8-9 October 2026
- 39th ECNP Congress, Munich, 10-13 October 2026
- 69th ABSA Biosafety and Biosecurity Conference, Mobile, 10-14 October 2026
- Experimental Design and statistics, online course, 10, 17 & 23 September and 1 October 2026
- Laboratory Skills for Animal Technicians, Harwell, 14 October 2026
- Animal Technology: The Road Ahead, Reading, 15 October 2026
- Annual Meeting of Swedish Animal Welfare Bodies, Gothenburg, 15 October 2026
- Refining surgical procedures through a progressive approach to training and mentoring, webinar (Lucy Whitfield), 16 October 2026
- Nordic-Baltic Symposium on Animal Studies: Present Challenges and Future Endeavours, Lund, 16 October 2026
- Hands-on course in transgenesis and mutagenesis in zebrafish, Porto, 19-23 October 2026
- Humane Slaughter Association (HSA) conference, Newcastle, 20-21 October 2026
- ANZCCART Conference, Sydney, 21-23 October 2026
- 3Rs and Best Practice in Marine Mammal Research, online event, 22 October 2026
- Anaesthesia and analgesia for fish in research, webinar (Lynne Sneddon & Sylvia Dimitriadou), 22 October 2026
- Epistemic challenges in animal testing law—who decides what?, webinar (Klaus Gärditz), 22 October 2026
- Animal ethics in animal research – through the lens of animal welfare, webinar (Helena Röcklinsberg), 22 October 2026
- 77th AALAS National Meeting, Houston, 25-29 October 2026
- Mouse Necropsy and Tissue Processing, Harwell, 26-27 October 2026
- Annual FIN3R Symposium, Kuopio, 28-29 October 2026
- Replacing Rodents with Microfluidics: Human Vasculature-on-Chip for Cardiovascular Research, webinar (Tomasz Navarra), connection details to follow, 29 October 2026
- Where are we heading with New Approach Methodologies?, webinar (Hanna Vuorenpää), connection details to follow, 29 October 2026
November 2026
- 3rd European Zebrafish Husbandry Association Meeting, Naples, 1-3 November 2026
- 13th Annual 3Rs Symposium (CAAT), online, 2, 4, 10 & 11 November 2026
- Basiskursus i træning af forsøgsdyr, Copenhagen, 3-5 November 2026
- Best Practices in Laboratory Management, Harwell, 4 November 2026
- From Concept to Practice: Defining Animal Discomfort as a Foundation for Refinement in Livestock Research and Sustainable Production, webinar (Guilherme Franchi), 5 November 2026
- Refinement of commonly used metabolic tolerance tests to improve animal welfare, webinar (Jens Lund), 5 November 2026
- Practical approaches and challenges for microbiological monitoring of rodents and zebrafish, Milan, 5-6 November 2026
- 1st International Online Conference on Fishes, 5-6 November 2026
- Advanced Zebrafish Husbandry Course, Stockholm, 9-11 November 2026
- René Remie Rodent Surgery Training Course (3 days), 9-11 November 2026
- René Remie Rodent Surgery Training Course (5 Days), 9-13 November 2026
- ASC-Derived Lung Organoids for Respiratory Infection Research, webinar (Anna Löwa), 12 November 2026
- Engineering human heart tissue for functional diagnosis, drug testing, and therapy, webinar (Lisa Nolte), 12 November 2026
- HMA / EMA multistakeholder AI and Data forum: Build trustworthy AI on strong data foundations, Amsterdam/online, 12-13 November 2026
- Data-Science-Driven Monitoring of Animal Welfare and Severity Assessment, webinar (Steven Talbot), 13 November 2025
- Seminar series on "Understanding and Improving Animal Experiments", 13 November 2026
- CLAST course in necropsy skills, 16 November 2026
- 63rd LASA Annual Conference, Scotland, 16-18 November 2026
- Animal Pain (PhD course), Billund, 16-20 November 2026
- Practical Laboratory Skills, Harwell, 18 November 2026
- Meeting for Swedish Animal Technicians, online, 18 November 2026
- LASA Annual Meeting, Scotland, 16-18 November 2026
- Forsøksdyrkomitéens møte med dyrevelferdsenhetene, Oslo, 19 November 2026
- Animal testing and alternative methods in toxicological research, webinar (Peter Kramer), 19 November 2026
- Implementation of the 3R in Regulation, webinar (Michael Oelgeschläger), 19 November 2026
- Nordic Zebrafish Meeting, Copenhagen, 19-20 November 2026
- Non-Human Primate specific Laboratory Animal Science Course, Göttingen, 23-27 November 2026 (online preparation 21 October - 18 November)
- 4th Annual Meeting of the Competence Network NRW, Vaals, 25-27 November 2026
- More Alike Than We Think? - Psychological Stress across Professions in a Laboratory Setting, webinar (Sonja Rumpel), 26 November 2026
- AI as an Alternative to Animal Testing – Is It really an “Ethical” Alternative?, webinar (Fabio Sciascia, M. A.), 26 November 2026
- Mouse necropsy, Harwell, 30 November 2026
December 2026
- Modeling the Glioblastoma-Hijacked Brain: Replace the Mouse, Not the Biology, webinar (Phillip Koch), 3 December 2026
- In Silico Trials and credibility assessment of computational physiological models, webinar (Phillip Rostalski), 3 December 2026
- International Symposium on Medical AI (ISMAI 2026), Florence, 3-4 December 2026
- Alternatives to surgery: Moving away from surgical routes at Cancer Research UK Manchester Institute, EALAS webinar, 7 December 2026
- Bridging animal studies and regulatory approval: the role of systematic reviews in advancing replacement and refinement, webinar (Benjamin Ineichen), 10 December 2026
- The 3Hs Initiative: 'Handling, Housing and Habituation’, webinar (Megan Jackson), 10 December 2026
- 3R implementation for laboratory fish, webinar (Jean-Philippe Mocho), 11 December 2026
2027
January
February
- EUSAAT Congress, Linz, 17-19 February 2027
March
- Leading Excellence in Biomedical Research: A Leadership Development Program, Buguggiate, 1-3 March 2027
April
- Human Specific Research Conference, Newcastle, 21-22 April 2027
May
- Annual CALAS Symposium, Montreal QC, 12-19 May 2027
June
- 17th FELASA congress: Innovation, Ethics, and the 3Rs in a Changing World, Cologne, 5-10 June 2027
July
August
- 14th World Congress on Alternatives and Animal Use in the Life Sciences (WC14), Seoul, 15-19 August 2027
- AquaNor, Trondheim, 24-27 August 2027
September
- 40th ECNP Congress, Barcelona, 25-28 September 2027
October
- 78th AALAS National Meeting, Charlotte, 17-21 October 2027
November
- EARA Conference, Lisbon, 4-5 November 2027
December
2028
- Scand-LAS, Norway
- 78th AALAS National Meeting, Phoenix, 5-9 November 2028
2029
- 79th AALAS National Meeting, Kansas City, 21-25 October 2029
2030
- 80th AALAS National Meeting, Philadelphia, 3-7 November 2030
2031
- 81st AALAS National Meeting, Salt Lake City, 12-16 October 2031
Further reading
- Guidance on preparing a presentation for a meeting
- Boosting the signal in scientific talks
- The 11-step guide to running effective meetings
- Ten tips for productive online meetings
- Advice for attending your first meeting (from the Physiological Society)
- An informal guide to arranging a scientific meeting (written in 2003 and reflecting the technology available at that time, it contains some general advice which is still relevant)
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