Webinars and Meetings Calendar

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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 are recorded and available on demand. A list of recorded webinars and presentations 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).

Resources related to the COVID-19 pandemic
Toxicology meetings calendar
Webinars on demand from Charles River
Webinars on demand from Ellegaard Göttingen Minipigs
Free recorded webinars for AALAS members
Recorded webinars on behavioural research from Noldus
For more references, see the bottom of this page.

September 2021

• The Three Rs and Animal Use in Science (MOOC Re-run), 13 September - 20 October 2021

October 2021

• Improving Reproducibility, for advanced life science researchers, online course, 11-21 October 2021
• Using microfluidics to eliminate surgical embryo transfer in mice, webinar (Virginia Pensabene & Sarah Hart-Johnson), 16 October 2021
• 72nd AALAS National Meeting, Kansas City, 16-21 October 2021
• Introduction to Adverse Outcome Pathways (AOPs), webinar (Anna Beronius), 18 October 2021
• Advances in Animal Models and Cutting-Edge Research in Alternatives, Hyderabad, 18-19 November 2021
• Preclinical Models Imaging Workshop, 18-22 October 2021
• Invertebrate Animal Sentience, webinar, 20 October 2021
• Strategier för att fasa ut djurförsöken, webinar, 20 October 2021
• EU REACH Regulation, EU Cosmetic Regulation, and new animal tests on cosmetic ingredients, webinar, 21 October 2021
• Replacing basement membrane extracts (BMEs): An introduction, webinar session 1 of 4; 21 October 2021
• Lab Manager Quality and Compliance Digital Summit, 21-22 October 2021
• Annual Conference of the American Association of Fish Veterinarians (AAFV), virtual event, 21-22 October 2021
• Mouse immunity: options and opportunities in translational research, webinar (Cory Brayton), 22 October 2021
• ABSA 64th Annual Biosafety and Biosecurity Conference, Raleigh, 22-27 October 2021
• Challenges and Opportunities for Overcoming Dog Use in Agro-chemical Evaluation and Registration, webinar, 25 October 2021
• Anaesthesia, analgesia and surgery (mice and rats), hybrid event (Stockholm), 25-29 October 2021
• Better animal research through Open Science, Online symposium from Utrecht University, 26 October 2021
• Refinements in Minipig Inhalation Toxicology, webinar, 26 October 2021
• EPAA Annual Meeting, virtual conference, 27 October 2021
• Invertebrate Animal Sentience, webinar, 20 October 2021
• CCAC National Workshop, 28 October 2021

November 2021

• Statistical Analysis for In Vivo Scientists, online course, 1-3 November 2021
• Scand-LAS symposium, Tallinn, 2-4 November 2021
• Advances in Cell and Tissue Culture (ACTC 2021), virtual conference, 3 November (& 30 June 2021)
• Basement Membrane Extracts and replacements from a research perspective, webinar session 2 of 4; 4 November 2021
• In Vitro Lung Models, Hamburg, 8-9 November 2021
• Environmental monitoring for rodent health surveillance, webinar (Kerith Luchins & Megan LaFollette), 9 November 2021
• Assessing and Alleviating Pain and Distress in Laboratory Animals, distance learning course, 9-11 November 2021
• Best practice in pre-clinical animal research: Navigating the guidelines and principles, online meeting, 10 November 2021
• Cognition, Welfare, and the Problem of Interspecies Comparisons, panel discussion, 10 November 2021
• Annual RepRefRed 3R Days, 10-12 November 2021
• 36th Annual Meeting of the BSTP: Pathology of mice with human immune systems (HIS mice), virtual event, 10-12 November 2021
• Sex bias in preclinical research, why it exists and how to drive change, webinar (Natasha Karp), 12 November 2021
• Responsible Animal Research: Critical, Challenging and Creative Thinking, online course, 15-18 November 2021
• 2nd Annual Aquatic Life Conference, virtual event, 15-18 November 2021
• Denmark's 3R-Center's Annual 3R Symposium, Copenhagen, 16-17 November 2021
• Annual LASA Conference, online, 16-18 & 23-25 November 2021
• AnimalFACS, practical workshop on facial expressions, 17 November (& 6 December) 2021
• Assessing the genotoxic potential of gene therapy products in vitro, webinar, 17 November 2021
• XVI SECAL Congress, Lleida, 17-19 November 2021
• Basement Membrane Extracts and replacements for clinical application areas, webinar session 3 of 4; 18 November 2021
• SGV online meeting, 19 & 26 November and 3 & 10 December 2021
• Systematic reviews and meta-analyses in animal research - an introduction, distance learning, 23-24 November 2021
• LUSH Prize conference, online event, 24-25 November 2021
• What analgesic dose should I use and why?, webinar (Paul Flecknell), 26 November 2021
• Fish and Amphibian Research at the University of Bern, online meeting, 29-30 November 2021
• 46th AFSTAL Congress, Marseille, 30 November - 2 December 2021

December 2021

• Introduction to microbiological monitoring in rodents facilities, FGB online course, 1 December 2021
• ESLAV-ECLAM virtual meeting, 1-2 December 2021
• The future of Basement Membrane Extracts and their replacements: a panel discussion, webinar session 4 of 4; 2 December 2021
• AnimalFACS, practical workshop on facial expressions, 6 December (& 17 November) 2021
• Systems engineering of microphysiological systems: Towards regulatory acceptance, online conference, 9 December 2021
  
• Social media and animal research: engaging, not just educating, webinar (Wendy Jarrett), 10 December 2021
  
  

2022

January 2022

• 2nd Next Generation Organ-on-Chip and Organoids workshop, Geneva, 26-27 January 2022
  
  

February 2022

• Laboratory Animal Sciences 2022 (LabRoots virtual conference), 10 February 2022
• 3rd Italian Zebrafish Meeting (ZFIM), February 2022 (dates to be announced)

March 2022

• Meeting the Requirements of the US Animal Welfare Act, Beltsville, 9-10 March 2022
• Fish anaesthesia - Time to re-convene (LASA and FVS meeting), Edinburgh, March 2022 (date to be announced)

May 2022

• Minipig Research Forum, Dalmose, 18-22 May 2022
• 7th World Congress on Research Integrity, Cape Town, 29 May - 1 June 2022
• Microphysiological systems, hybrid conference, 30 May - 3 June 2022

June 2022

• 15th FELASA congress: Communication in Animal Research, Marseille, 13-16 June 2022
• LIVe2022 (Lung In Vitro event), Nice, 13-14 June 2022
• Annual CALAS Symposium, Toronto, 25-28 June 2022

September 2022

• Aquaculture Europe 22 (with a session on 3Rs in Aquaculture research), Rimini, 27-30 September 2022

October 2022

• 73rd AALAS National Meeting, Louisville, 23-27 October 2022

November 2022

• 21st International Congress of the European Society of Toxicology In Vitro (ESTIV), Barcelona, 21-25 November 2022

2023

• Scand-LAS, Uppsala
• Annual CALAS Symposium, Toronto, 6-9 May 2023
• WC12 - 3Rs over the Edge: Regulatory Acceptance and Next-Gen Education, Niagara Falls, 23-27 August 2023
• 74th AALAS National Meeting, Salt Lake City, 22-26 October 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

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)