Animal Innovation Forum
Join us at the first UK forum bringing together industry, academia and other stakeholders in
animal health at the RVC’s historic campus.
2024 Programme
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2024 Speakers
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Our speakers
Donal Murphy
Deputy CEO and Head of International and Regulatory Affairs - NOAH
Helen Roberts
Senior Policy Advisor, Department for Environment, Rural Affairs and Agriculture - DEFRA
Dr Grace O’Gorman
Head of External Affairs - UK Agri-Tech Centre
Chris Lyons
Innovation Lead Agriculture - Agriculture and Food, Innovate UKOur preliminary programme
Lunch and 1:1 Partnering Meetings
Interactive Workshops 1
Coffee Break
Interactive Workshops 2
Workshop by Argenta
Keynote Welcome Address
Welcome Reception
Registration Open
1:1 Partnering Meetings
Day Two Commencement
Chair: Dawn Howard (NOAH)
Panellists:
Prof Bryan Charleston (Pirbright Institute)
Dr Helen Roberts (DEFRA)
Muna Anjum, (Animal and Plant Health Agency)
Steve Nanchen (Elanco Animal Health)
Paul Dick (Paul Dick and Associates)
Pitch Session I - Start Ups
Chair: Scott Roberts (Royal Veterinary College)
Lunch and 1:1 Partnering Meetings
Pitch Session II - Academics
Panellists include:
Veterinary Medicines Directorate (name tbc)
Donal Murphy (NOAH)
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) (name tbc)
Chris Lyons (Innovate UK)
Grace O'Gorman (UK Agri-Tech Centre)
Coffee Break
1:1 Partnering Meetings
Main Theatre
Refreshments served on arrival
Host welcome -Animal Innovation at the RVC
Prof Stuart Reid CBE (President and Principal, Royal Veterinary College)
RVC academic innovation showcase
Chair: Jo Bailey, (Royal Veterinary College)
A series of talks and conversations highlighting academic innovation in livestock and companion animal health from the Royal Veterinary College. https://www.rvc.ac.uk/research
Lunch and networking
Innovation Focus Tours
Unique insight and tours to delegates of RVC facilities and centres to include:
Centre for Vaccinology and Regenerative Medicine.
Tour lead Professor Dirk Werling (Royal Veterinary College)
Centre for Translational Research and Clinical Imaging (TRACI)
Tour lead: Dr Victoria Watts (Queen Mother Hospital for Animals)
Structure and Motion Laboratory
Tour lead: Professor Richard Bomphrey (Royal Veterinary College)
Epidemiology, modelling the value of pharmacological interventions to farmers
Workshop leads: Professor Javier Guitian (Royal Veterinary College) and Dr Pablo Alarcon Lopez (Royal Veterinary College)
Dr Siobhan Abeyesinghe (Associate Professor in Animal Behaviour and Welfare Science, Royal Veterinary College)
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