Preliminary Programme
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Wednesday, September 11, 2024
Royal Veterinary College, London NW1
10:00 am – 5:30 pm: Registration Desk Open, Exhibitor Hall Open
11:00 – 12:30 pm: Lunch and 1:1 Partnering Meetings
12:30 pm – 2:30 pm: Interactive Workshops 1
2:30 pm – 3:00 pm: Coffee Break
3:00 pm – 5:00 pm: Interactive Workshops 2
Workshop by Argenta
5:00 pm – 6:00pm: Keynote welcome address
6:00 pm – 8:00 pm: Welcome Reception
Thursday, September 12, 2024
Royal Veterinary College, London NW1
8:30 am – 5:00 pm: Registration Desk Open, Exhibitor Hall Open,
8:30 am – 10:00 am: 1:1 Partnering Meetings
10:00 am – 10:15 am: Day Two Commencement
10:15 am – 11:30 am: Panel Discussion – Emerging Diseases and the Importance of Early Disease Detection
Chair: Dawn Howard (Chief Executive, NOAH)
Panellists:
Prof Bryan Charleston (Director and CEO, Pirbright Institute)
Dr Helen Roberts (Non-livestock disease policy, risk and science advisor, DEFRA and Chair of Human Animal Infections and Risk Surveillance Group (HAIRS))
Muna Anjum (Bacterial Characterisation Workgroup Leader; Antimicrobial Research Lead, Chair of Academic Board at Animal and Plant Health Agency)
Steve Nanchen (Senior Director, Head External Innovation, Elanco Animal Health)
Paul Dick (President, Paul Dick and Associates)
11:30 am – 12:30 pm: Pitch Session I – Start Ups
Chair: Scott Roberts (Reader in Translational Skeletal Research, Royal Veterinary College)
12:30 pm – 1:30 pm: Lunch and 1:1 Partnering Meetings
1:30 pm – 2:30 pm: Pitch Session II – Academics
2:30 pm – 3:45 pm: Panel Discussion – Policies and Regulations that Encourage Innovation
Panellists include:
Veterinary Medicines Directorate (name tbc)
Donal Murphy (Deputy CEO and Head of International and Regulatory Affairs, NOAH)
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) (name tbc)
Chris Lyons (Innovation Lead Agriculture Agriculture and Food Innovate UK)
Grace O’Gorman (Head of External Affairs, UK Agri-Tech Centre)
3:45 pm – 4:00 pm: Coffee Break
4:00 pm – 5:00 pm: 1:1 Partnering Meetings
5:00 pm – 5:15 pm: Closing and Presentation of Awards
Friday, September 13, 2024
Sponsored by RVC
RVC Hawkshead Campus
Day 3 of the conference provides a unique opportunity to visit the RVC’s Hertfordshire campus to explore cutting edge facilities and hear about our world leading research into animal health and innovation.
9:00 am – 9:30 am: Depart RVC London – transport arranged
10:30 am: Arrive Hawkshead campus
10:30 am – 10:45 am: Refreshments served on arrival
10:45 am – 11:15 am: Host welcome –Animal Innovation at the RVC
Prof Stuart Reid CBE (President and Principal, Royal Veterinary College)
11:30 am – 12:45 pm: RVC academic innovation showcase
Chair: Jo Bailey (Head of Knowledge Exchange and Commercialisation, 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
12:45 pm – 1:30 pm: Lunch and networking
1:30 pm – 3:00 pm: 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 (Professor of Molecular Immunology, Royal Veterinary College)
Centre for Translational Research and Clinical Imaging (TRACI)
Tour lead: Dr Victoria Watts (Senior Veterinary Research and Clinical Radiographer, Queen Mother Hospital for Animals)
Structure and Motion Laboratory
Tour lead: Professor Richard Bomphrey (Professor of Comparative Biomechanics, Royal Veterinary College)
Epidemiology, modelling the value of pharmacological interventions to farmers
Workshop leads: Professor Javier Guitian (Professor of Veterinary Public Health, Royal Veterinary College) and Dr Pablo Alarcon Lopez (Senior Lecturer in Animal Health Economics, Veterinary Epidemiology, Economics and Public Health Group, Royal Veterinary College)
3:00 pm – 3:45 pm: Closing session – Keynote discussion: Animal welfare in animal innovation (RVC)
Dr Siobhan Abeyesinghe (Associate Professor in Animal Behaviour and Welfare Science, Royal Veterinary College)
4:00 pm: Return transport to London