Webinars and Meetings Calendar

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

The Covid-19 pandemic has resulted in an enormous increase in the number of webinars and online meetings. Many of these were recorded and can be accessed here.

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
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 Ellegaard Göttingen Minipigs
Webinars on demand from AALAS
Recorded webinars on behavioural research from Noldus

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.

January 2023

• How to study behavior in vertebrates with focus on fish and rodents, Uppsala/online, 30 January - 3 February 2023
• Systematic Reviews to Reduce Animal Experimentation, webinar (Merel Ritskes-Hoitinga), 31 January 2023
• Inaugural Scientific Conference of the Society for Alternatives to Animal Testing in Sri Lanka, Colombo, 31 January - 1 February 2023

February 2023

• Managing a Gnotobiotic Rodents Facility: tools and challenges, FGB online course, 2 February 2023
• Selecting Immunodeficient Mice for Oncology and Immuno-oncology Research, webinar (Jutta Davidson), 3 February 2023
• How to conduct systematic reviews, webinar, 5 February 2023
• ARS04. Biocontainment Facility Design: Systematic Biorisk Management from Ideas to Operation, Baltimore, 6 February 2023
• Confronting Animal Methods Bias in Scientific Publishing, webinar (Catharine E. Krebs), 6 February 2003
• ARS05. Life Science Facility Effluent, Carcass, and Solid Waste Decontamination Technologies, Baltimore, 6 February 2023
• Den gode ansøgning, Copenhagen, 6 February 2023
• Safety Assessment of Cosmetics in the EU, Brussels, 6-11 February 2023
• An introduction to the systematic review process, webinar, 7 February 2023
• The Swedish 3Rs Project Grants, webinar, 7 February 2023
• Randomisation in genetically altered mouse studies - it is possible, webinar (Michelle Stewart), 8 February 2023
• Identifying, Recording, and Managing Problem Behaviors in Nonhuman Primates, AALAS webinar (Mollie Bloomsmith), 8 February 2023
• All in the family: the ignored world of substrains of inbred mice, webinar (Fernando Benavides), 15 February 2023
• Measuring chronic stress in animal studies: Advances and applications in laboratory research, environmental conservation and agriculture, webinar (Jerrold Meyer), 17 February 2023
• Focus on fish, online event, 23 February 2023
• Beyond the 3Rs: why Academia must zero in on human-relevant Replacement methods, webinar (Kathrin Herrmann), 23 February 2023
• Introduction to systematic reviews, webinar, 24 February 2023
• Workshop: Reducing severity, 3RCC/RSPCA online event, 27 February 2023
• The multifaced universe of alternative methods in the day-to-day experimental work, Buguggiate, 28 February - 1 March 2023
• Optimising the design and running of studies, Workshop, 1^st edition, Milan, 28 February 2023

March 2023

• Optimising the design and running of studies, Workshop, 2^nd edition, Teramo, 2 March 2023
• Course in Anaesthesia, Analgesia and Surgery (Mice and Rats), Stockholm, 7-9 & 15-16 March 2023
• Meeting the Requirements of the US Animal Welfare Act, AWIC online workshop, 8 March 2023
• Good Surgical Practice and pitfalls in rodent microsurgery, webinar (René Remie), 10 March 2023
• Infectious diseases of laboratory animals, online course, 14-23 March 2023
• The Ferret (Mustela putorius furo): A (F)Unusual Carnivore Lab Animal, AALAS webinar, 15 March 2023
• Is mindset awareness helpful within research cultures?, webinar (Nikki Osborne), 15 March 2023
• PREPARE for fish research, webinar (Adrian Smith), 17 March 2023
• "Ich bin stocknüchtern!" - Fasting vs. Restriktive Fütterung und Futterentzug bei kleinen Nagern, webinar (Judith Kirchner-Musmann), 17 March 2023
• 62nd Society of Toxicology (SOT) Meeting, Nashville, 19-23 March 2023
• RRSSC Rodent Inhalation and Injectable Anaesthesia Workshop, Almere, 21 March 2023
• IAT Congress, UK, 21-23 March 2023
• Collaboration, Personal Power and Trust: Imperatives of Effective Leadership, ESLAV/SVM/ECLAM meeting, Lidingö, 22-23 March 2023
• Cleansing and decontamination, online course, 23 March 2023
• Humane Intervention Points: Refining Endpoint Terminology to Incorporate Non-euthanasia Intervention Options to Improve Animal Welfare and Experimental Outcomes, webinar (Wendy O. Williams), 24 March 2023
• FRAME Training School on Experimental Design, Bergen, Norway, 27-29 March 2023 (registration deadline: 8 February)
• Assessing and Alleviating Pain and Distress in Laboratory Animals, online course, 28-30 March 2023
• Introduction to the role of the Named Veterinary Surgeon, Birmingham, 28-29 March 2023
• Clicker training as a refinement for mice, webinar (Nadine Baumgart), 31 March 2023

April 2023

• CeLAT course in Operant Training of Laboratory Animals, Copenhagen, 11-13 April 2023
• "It takes a village" - the shared responsibility in an establishment for the reliability and relevance of animal experiments, webinar (Nuno Franco), 13 April 2023
• What does ASPA require from the named veterinary surgeon? A workshop for NVSs, Birmingham, 17 April 2023
• 39th LAMA/ATA Annual Conference, Clearwater, 17-20 April 2023
• 3D Cell Culture 2023, London, 25-26 April 2023
• Anaesthesia workshop (Paul Flecknell), virtual event, 25-27 April 2023
• 3Rs Sharing Conference, Somerset NJ, 26 April 2023
• 53rd Scand-LAS Symposium, Uppsala, 25-28 April 2023
• 33rd Annual SETAC Europe meeting, Dublin/online, 30 April - 4 May 2023

May 2023

• Meeting the Requirements of the US Animal Welfare Act, AWIC online workshop, 3 May 2023
• CCAC National Symposium, Montréal, 4-5 May 2023
• Optimizing Animal Model Selection for Human Translation: The Animal Model Quality Assessment, webinar (Alan Olzinski), 5 May 2023
• Annual CALAS Symposium, Montréal, 6-9 May 2023
• The digital biomarker journet in preclinical research: opportunities, barriers and future developments, webinar (Stefano Gaburro), 12 May 2023
• What you should know about your rodent facility, Online course, 17-18 May 2023
• 10th Annual 3Rs Symposium "The 3Rs in Action", online, 17-19 May 2023
• JRC Summer School on Non-Animal Approaches in Science, Ispra, 23-26 May 2023
• The culture of care within the Directive 2010/63/EU, webinar (Susanna Louhimies), 26 May 2023 (to be confirmed)
• 1st CELASC Conference (Central-East European Laboratory Animal Science Conference), Prague, 30 May - 1 June 2023

June 2023

• 47th AFSTAL Congress, Bordeaux, 7-9 June 2023
• Introduction to the role of the Named Veterinary Surgeon, location to be announced, 13-14 June 2023
• The principles of rigorous and reproducible animal research, webinar (Hanno Würbel), 16 June 2023
• Recent Advances in Animal Welfare Science IX: Virtual UFAW Conference, online, 20-21 June 2023
• 3rd International Student Symposium on Animal Behaviour and Cognition, Mexico City/online, 21-23 June 2023
• ESLAV-ECLAM Annual Meeting, Tallinn, 26-27 June 2023
• ESLAV-ECLAM Summer School, Tallinn, 28-30 June 2023

July 2023

• Maternaler-, prä- und perinataler Stress: Der Vogel als exzellentes Modell zur Untersuchung von Langzeitfolgen, webinar (Barbara Tzschentke), 15 July 2023

August 2023

• ISAE 2023 (56th Congress of the International Society for Applied Ethology), Tallinn, 1-5 August 2023
• Biosafety and Biosecurity Training Course, Fort Collins, 7-11 August 2023
• ANZCCART conference, Adelaide, 8-10 August 2023
• WC12 - 3Rs over the Edge: Regulatory Acceptance and Next-Gen Education, Niagara Falls, 27-31 August 2023

September 2023

• 60th Annual Meeting of GV-SOLAS and 21st Advanced Training Course of the IGTP, Mainz, 6-8 September 2023
• Introduction to the role of the Named Veterinary Surgeon, location to be announced, 11-12 September 2023
• Centro 3R IV Annual Meeting: The role of 3Rs in the age of One Health: where we are and where we’re going, Milan, 13-15 September 2023
• AFLAS Congress, Jeju Island, South Korea, 13-15 September 2023
• Monitoring von Stress und Wohlergehen bei Labortieren, webinar (Neele Meyer), 22 September 2023
• Veterinary Ethics Conference, Vienna, 27-29 September 2023

October 2023

• 3Rs and Harm-Benefit-Analysis in animal research, webinar (Matthias Eggel), 20 October 2023
• 74th AALAS National Meeting, Salt Lake City, 22-26 October 2023

November 2023

• Danish 3R-Center's Annual Symposium, Copenhagen, 6-7 November 2023
• Mice learning in social interaction and consequences for welfare and data quality, webinar (Benjamin Lang), 17 November 2023

December 2023

• How to improve dialogue facilitation between caretakers, AWB, scientists and the public across animal research, webinar (Beth Greenhough), 15 December 2023

2024

• Scand-LAS, Finland
• Annual CALAS Symposium, Saskatoon, dates to be fixed
• 75th AALAS National Meeting, Nashville, 3-7 November 2024

2025

• Annual CALAS Symposium, Richmond BC, 3-6 May 2025
• 16th FELASA congress, Athens, 2-5 June 2025

2026

• Scand-LAS, Denmark
• Annual CALAS Symposium, Richmond BC, 6-9 June 2026

2027

• Scand-LAS, Norway
• Annual CALAS Symposium, Montreal, dates to be fixed

2028

• 17th FELASA congress

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)