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2023 Conference Programme

Take a look below at the programme so far for 2023!

Time
Session Title
Speaker
Sponsor
08:45 - 09:00
Opening address
Christine Middlemiss
09:00 - 10:00
Animal voice: empowering vets through animal welfare science and law
Caroline Allen
Break (30 minutes)
10:30 - 11:30
High pathogenicity avian influenza in the UK: will it ever end?
Ashley Banyard
Break (30 minutes)
12:00 - 13:00
𝘉𝘳𝘶𝘤𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘢 𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘴 in the UK: What are the public health risks and how can we minimise them?
Ian Wright
Lunch (60 minutes)
14:00 - 15:00
The role and activities of the APHA’s International and National Brucellosis Reference Laboratory
John McGiven
Break (30 minutes)
15:30 - 16:30
BSE: they think it’s all over, it just isn’t yet (surveillance continues)
Aidan Dryden
Break (30 minutes)
17:00 - 18:00
Will someone find me out? Navigating the imposter phenomenon
Katie Ford
Time
Session Title
Speaker
Sponsor
09:25 - 09:30
Welcome back
Andrew Carrington
09:30 - 11:30
TB Policy updates from England, Scotland and Wales, followed by Q&A
David Harris, Michael Park, Ricardo de la Rua-Domenech
Break (30 minutes)
12:00 - 13:00
Use of pathogen genomics to understand disease transmission
Richard Ellis
Lunch (60 minutes)
14:00 - 15:00
Delivery of a cattle tuberculosis vaccine and companion skin test (DIVA)
Adrian McGoldrick
Break (30 minutes)
15:30 - 16:30
Speeding up confirmation of TB in cattle using PCR testing
Jason Sawyer, Simon Marshall
Break (30 minutes)
17:00 - 18:00
Maintaining trust in our OV system
Sue Quinney
Time
Session Title
Speaker
Sponsor
08:55 - 09:00
Welcome back
Andrew Carrington
09:00 - 10:00
The work of OVs at the BCP
Carlos Gracia
Break (30 minutes)
10:30 - 11:30
A short update on GB import control policy
Scott Reaney
Break (30 minutes)
12:00 - 13:00
From farm to fork: the journey of an export product as seen through the eyes of an export OV
Ioana Dobre
Lunch (60 minutes)
14:00 - 15:00
Reflections on being a public sector veterinarian in the UK
Neil Smith
Break (30 minutes)
15:30 - 16:30
From paper to digital ID for horses: what this means for the future
Jan Rogers
Break (30 minutes)
17:00 - 18:00
AHCs: tales (or tails!) from the trenches
Gideon Smit, Hanne Mohan, Mary-Anne Frank

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