Webinars and Meetings Calendar

N.B. For information about courses in laboratory animal science, click here.

The Covid-19 pandemic resulted in an enormous increase in the number of webinars and online meetings. Many of these are recorded and can be accessed 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 organisers and locations of relevant webinars and meetings within laboratory animal science, and it is often possible to contact the organisers for more information.

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.

August 2025

• Course in Fish Diseases part II, Copenhagen, 25-29 August 2025
• Laboratories and 1st Responders: Coordination, Planning and Emergency Response, ABSA webinar, 27 August & 3 September 2025
• 13th World Congress on Alternatives and Animal Use in the Life Sciences (WC13), Rio de Janeiro, 31 August - 4 September 2025

September 2025

• Necropsy skills, hybrid event, start 2 September 2025
• 3Rs from the perspective of a commercial breeder, webinar (Ditte Olsen & Peter Gade), 2 September 2025
• Minimise the use of mice in preclinical research by choosing the right mouse model, webinar (Ditte Olsen & Peter Gade), 2 September 2025
• The TEATIME journey - Shaping the future of lab animal monitoring, Helsinki & online, 2-3 September 2025
• International Congress on Peer Review and Scientific Publication, Chicago, 3-5 September 2025
• The Replacement Checklist, webinar (Juliet Dukes), 4 September 2025
• The Art of Reproducible Experimental Surgery in Rodents, EALAS webinar (Thomas Svava Nielsen), 8 September 2025
• Advanced Laboratory Animal Science Course, Porto, 8-19 September 2025
• Zebrafish Health, webinar (Marcus Crim & J-P Mocho), 9 September 2025
• A team approach to reducng lab animal suffering: one procedure at a time, webinar (Penny Hawkins), 10 September 2025
• NAMs in ecotoxicology, webinar, 10 September 2025
• 12th Annual 3Rs Symposium: Building Lasting Foundations: Shaping the Future of 3Rs in Research, virtual event, 10-11 & 17-18 September 2025
• 1st UK Zebrafish Meeting, Exmouth & Exeter, 10-12 September 2025
• Minimising animal suffering with refined humane endpoints and early interventions, webinar (Penny Hawkins, Stuart Ainsworth, Mark Blee, Klas Abelson, Helen Murphy, Claire Gibson & Alice Nowak), 11 & 16 September 2025
• 59th EUROTOX congress, Athens, 14-17 September 2025
• 8th IC-3Rs Symposium: Tools in Action: Driving Better 3Rs Science, Brussels, 15 September 2025
• The Design of Animal Experiments, workshop, Helsinki, 15-16 September 2025
• Online rodent anaesthesia workshop, 15-16 September 2025
• Workshop on Cancer Research: Biological and Molecular Basis, Porto, 15-18 September 2025
• EUROoCS Organ-on-Chip Summer School, Tübingen, 15-19 September 2025
• Beyond tradition - Research and the shift towards responsible, animal-free innovations, Symposium, Leiden, 16 September 2025
• Introducing the Sex Inclusive Research Framework (SIRF), webinar, 18 September 2025
• Next Gen3Ration Research (Centro 3R meeting), Genova, 18-19 September 2025
• European Primate Veterinarians 23rd Scientific Seminar, Strasbourg, 18-19 September 2025
• The legal significance of surplus animals, webinar (Tobias Wagenknecht), 19 September 2025
• Responsible Research in Action - A multi-stakeholder unconference to improve research culture and practice, Berlin, 22-24 September 2025
• Patient Discovery Project, EARA webinar, 23 September 2025
• Dosing in Animal Models of Neuroscience, online event, 23 September 2025
• Animal Welfare from a Practical Perspective, Charles River/Statens Seruminstitutt seminar, Copenhagen, 23 September 2025
• European Congress of Toxicologic Pathology (2nd Joint ESTP/BSTP Congress), Manchester, 23-26 September 2025
• Introductory Statistics for Biomedical Sciences, Porto, 23 September - 1 October 2025
• Towards sustainable immunotoxicology: an animal-free culture medium model for TD and TI antibody response assay, webinar (Martina Iulini), 24 September 2025
• LASA Large Animal Research Network (LARN) meeting, 24-25 September 2025
• Talking in schools about animal research, UAR webinar, 25 September 2025
• Artificial intelligence in safety assessment: Perspectives for the future, webinar, 25 September 2025
• Advanced animal husbandry, care and enrichment practices, hybrid event, start 26 September 2025
• UK Home Office Training Course for Wildlife Researchers, Edinburgh, 29 September 2025 (start)

October 2025

• Introduction to a Statistical Analysis Training Course, webinar (Katrine Gore & Nikki Osborne), 1 October 2025
• Organ-on-a-chip MasterClass, Utrecht, 1-3 October 2025
• 3R-Symposium NRW: Neurosciences in the light of 3R-principle, Münster, 2 October 2025
• Introduction to Python and Machine Learning for the Biosciences, online, 6-9 October 2025
• 32nd RSPCA/UFAW Rodent Welfare Group Meeting, Edinburgh, 7 October 2025
• ZonMW workshop: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Preclinical Studies, Nijmegen, 7 October 2025
• How to Increase Animal Welfare, Reproducibility and Translatability in Your Animal Studies (Tine Rudolph, Charles River and University of Copenhagen seminar), Copenhagen, 7 October 2025
• Novel Fluorescence-Based Methods to Determine Infarct and Scar Size in Murine Models of Reperfused Myocardial Infarction, webinar (Christin Elster & Ashley Duplessis), 7 October 2025
• AAALAC Global Virtual Conference, online event, 7-8 October 2025
• NAMS in DevTox Testing: Moving the Needle Forward to Regulatory Use, Washington D.C./online, 7-8 October 2025
• Introductory Course in Laboratory Animal Science, Porto, 7-23 October 2025
• From restraint to cooperation: The role of clicker training in laboratory minipig procedures, webinar (Kathrine Schiøler), 8 October 2025
• Teaching the 3Rs: Train the trainers, Porto/online, 8-10 October 2025
• Norecopa's 18th Birthday, Oslo, 10 October 2025 (details to follow)
• 38th ECNP congress, Amsterdam, 11-14 October 2025
• 3Rs in Wild Terrestrial Mammal Research, online, 14 October 2025
• Botulinum neurotoxin testing, webinar (Kathrin Herrmann), 14 October 2025
• Colony Management, zebrafish webinar (TBC), 14 October 2025
• Behind the Breakthroughs: Supporting the People in Laboratory Animal Science, webinar (Bert Mohr), 15 October 2025
• Why do we disagree so much about when animal experimentation is ethically acceptable?, webinar (Andreas Messer), 16 October 2025
• TPI.tv and BATI, ZonMW webinar, 16 October 2025
• Breeding genetically modified animals - when does animal testing require approval?, webinar (Klaus F. Gärditz), 16 October 2025
• Ethical and scientific aspects of managing old-age rodents, webinar (Esther Mahabir-Brenner), 17 October 2025
• Responsible Aquatic Animal Research: Critical, Challenging and Creative Thinking, online course, 20-23 October 2025
• Interpretation of Animal Stress Responses, Aarhus, 20-23 October 2025
• Hands-on course in transgenesis and mutagenesis in zebrafish, Porto, 20-24 October 2025
• The Replacement Debate: Science, Limitations, and Public Trust, (for UK Establishment Licence Holders), London, 21 October 2025
• Animal Welfare Beyond the Farm Gate: Latest developments in humane slaughter and transport of animals, Birmingham/online, 21-22 October 2025
• Practical approaches and challenges for microbiological monitoring of rodents and zebrafish, Milan, 22-23 October 2025
• NAM life cycle using the example of the DNT IVB for regulatory application, webinar (Ellen Fritsche), 23 October 2025
• Development of an in vitro embryonic implantation model, webinar (Marta Barenys Espadaler), 23 October 2025
• Young TPI Conference: Connecting the Dots, Amsterdam, 23-24 October 2025
• Laboratory skills, hybrid event, start 24 October 2025
• 68th ABSA Annual Biosafety and Biosecurity Hybrid Conference, Raleigh, 24-29 October 2025
• Mastering NAMs Literature Searches, webinar (Rob Wright), 29 October 2025

November 2025

• Zebrafish Welfare, webinar (Lynne Sneddon & Ana Valentim), 4 November 2025
• Refinement of rodent models of high severity - challenges and possibilities, webinar (Klas Abelson), 4 November 2025
• Animal-Free Cell Culture: Replacing Fetal Bovine Serum, webinar (Kathryn Herrmann), 4 November 2025
• Experimental Design and Analysis of Data from Animal Experiments, Porto, 5-7 November 2025
• Refinement, replacement and reduction of fish tests for testing of chemicals, webinar (Stefan Scholz), 6 November 2025
• Fish as experimental animals, webinar (Svante Winberg), 6 November 2025
• 20th Annual EPAA Conference; From RoadMap to RoadTrip: The role of stakeholders in supporting the Commission RoadMap, Brussels, 5-6 November 2025
• EARA Conference: shaping the future of animal research communication, Berlin, 6-7 November 2025
• Hands-On Lab Training: In vitro Lung Models 2025, Geneva, 6-7 November 2025
• Understanding and improving animal experiments, webinar, 7 November 2025
• 76th AALAS National Meeting, Long Beach, 9-13 November 2025
• Advanced Zebrafish Husbandry Course, Stockholm, 10-12 November 2025
• Nordic Zebrafish Meeting, Stockholm, 12-14 November 2025 (registration form)
• Introduction to Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Animal Studies, online workshop, 10-12 November 2025
• Danish 3R Center's 3R Symposium, Copenhagen, 12-13 November 2025
• The transition to a society without animal experiments – a dialogue on direction and choices (Ncad meeting, details to follow), Utrecht, 13 November 2025
• Replacement in neuroscience workshop, webinar, 13 November 2025
• Bioprinting of organ models for biomedical research, webinar (Jens Kurreck), 13 November 2025
• Basic considerations on models, methods and the 3Rs, webinar (Stefan Hippenstiel), 13 November 2025
• UKRN train-the-trainer workshop: Experimental design for open and reproducible research, online, 13 November 2025
• Search4NAMs/3Ranker & iNOVA Hub, ZonMW webinar, 13 November 2025
• Toward a Bigger Reach with the 3Rs, webinar (Johan Lauwereyns), 14 November 2025
• LASA conference, West Midlands, 18-19 November 2025
• 18th SECAL Congress, Bilbao, 18-21 November 2025
• 49th AFSTAL Conference: Animals and Machines, Nantes, 19-21 November 2025
• Fostering collaboration: AWERB and scientist united, UAR webinar, 20 November 2025
• Humanely ending the life of laboratory rodents, webinar (Petra Seebeck), 20 November 2025
• Closing animal welfare gaps - It's time for analgesia in chicken embryos, webinar (Christine Baumgartner), 20 November 2025
• 49th AFSTAL congress, Nantes, 19-21 November 2025
• 3rd Annual Meeting of the 3R-Competence Network North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW), Kasteel Bloemendal in Vaals, 26-28 November 2025
• Innovative approaches to 3R in education & training: The role of video and virtual reality, webinar (Lisa Ernst), 27 November 2025
• Replacement methods when investigating the gastro-intestinal tract, webinar (Jörg Aschenbach), 27 November 2025

December 2025

• IPAM Annual Meeting and General Assembly of ecopa, Bologna, 2 December 2025
• Studying metabolism using organ-on-chip technology, webinar (Madalene Cipriano), 2 December 2025
• SGV meeting, Zurich, 2-3 December
• Novel human in vitro models for neuromuscular research and therapeutic development, webinar (Ines Lahmann), 4 December 2025
• Human stem cell-based models in neurotoxicology and neuroinfectiology, webinar (Bettina Seeger), 4 December 2025
• New Approach Methodologies for Toxicology, Utrecht, 8-12 December 2025
• Round Table with Journal Editors, zebrafish webinar (TBC), 9 December 2025
• Ethical justification of animal experimentation, webinar (Julia Dietrich), 11 December 2025
• Advancing toxicological testing in chemical industry: what works, what hinders and what's next, webinar (Robert Landsiedel), 11 December 2025
• NAM Navigator & RE-Place, ZonMW webinar, 11 December 2025
• Ethical and Practical Aspects of the Transition to New Approach Methodologies (NAMs), webinar (Aurélie Thomas), 12 December 2025

2026

January 2026

• 5th Italian Zebrafish Meeting, Trento, 14-16 January 2026
• PeerLogic & VHP4Safety, ZonMW webinar, 15 January 2026
• Can trained behavior serve as indicator of animal welfare?, webinar (Jennifer Mein), 16 January 2026

February 2026

• AALAE Enrichment/Behavior Management Symposium, online event, 9-11 February 2026
• VitalTissue & FCS-/BME-free Database, ZonMW webinar, 12 February 2026
• Farm Animal Models for Biomedical Research; Sheep and Pig Surgical Models in Trauma and Transplantation, webinar (Rene H Tolba), 16 February 2026
  
  

March 2026

• EMRD & Suppo3Rt, ZonMW webinar, 12 March 2026
• Careful breeding planning of mice colonies, webinar (Kurt Reifenberg), 20 March 2026
• The 3R Länd Conference 2026, Tübingen, 24-26 March 2026

April 2026

• Laboratory Animal Management Association (LAMA) Annual Meeting, San Antonio, 13-16 April 2026
• Establishing a new animal model for aging research: An animal welfare point of view, webinar (Beate Hoppe), 17 April 2026
• German Biotech Days, Leipzig, 21-22 April 2026
• 5th Austrian 3R Days, Vienna, 28-30 April 2026

May 2026

• The setup of preclinical imaging studies to foster animal welfare and science, webinar (Aage Kristian Olsen Alstrup), 22 May 2026
• 56th Scand-LAS Symposium, Copenhagen, 26-29 May 2026

June 2026

• 2nd CELAS-ESLAV-ECLAM Congress, Budapest, 3-5 June 2026
• Annual CALAS Symposium, Toronto ON, 3-10 June 2026
• Openness in Animal Research Conference, West Midlands, 9-10 June 2026
• Swiss 3Rs Day: 3Rs in Immunology and Infectious Disease, Basel, 11 June 2026
• Summer Immersion on Innovative Approaches in Science, Baltimore, 15-18 June 2026
• Practical guidance on how to include sex as a biological variable in study design and analysis, webinar (Ivana Jaric), 19 June 2026
• 23rd International ESTIV congress, Maastricht, 29 June - 2 July 2026

July 2026

• FENS Forum, Barcelona, 4-8 July
• Use and validation of rodent surgical simulators: From surgical training to standardized competence assessment, webinar (Diego Celdran-Bonafonte), 17 July 2026
  
  

August 2026

• Scoresheets as a powerful tool for welfare and science, webinar (Maike Heimann), 14 August 2026
  
  

September 2026

• Title to be announced, webinar (Aoife Milford), 17 September 2026

October 2026

• Refining surgical procedures through a progressive approach to training and mentoring, webinar (Lucy Whitfield), 16 October 2026
• 77th AALAS National Meeting, Houston, 25-29 October 2026
   

November 2026

• Data-Science-Driven Monitoring of Animal Welfare and Severity Assessment, webinar (Steven Talbot), 13 November 2025

December 2026

• 3R implementation for laboratory fish, webinar (Jean-Philippe Mocho), 11 December 2026
  
  

2027

• EUSAAT Congress, Linz, 17-19 February 2027
• Scand-LAS, Norway
• Annual CALAS Symposium, Montreal QC, 12-19 May 2027
• 17th FELASA congress: Innovation, Ethics, and the 3Rs in a Changing World, Cologne, 5-10 June 2027
• 14th World Congress on Alternatives and Animal Use in the Life Sciences (WC14), venue and dates to be announced
• 78th AALAS National Meeting, Charlotte, 17-21 October 2027

2028

• 78th AALAS National Meeting, Phoenix, 5-9 November 2028

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)