BVZS Conference 2019
Dates: Friday, 1st November 2019 - Sunday, 3rd November 2019
BVZS CONFERENCE 2019 REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN! The form is at the base of this page.
Dates: 1-3 November, 2019
Venue: Manchester Conference Centre M1 3BB
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CALL FOR PAPERS AND POSTER PRESENTATIONS
Due to the huge success of the second 3-day meeting at Conference Aston, Birmingham in 2018, with over 220 delegates attending, the British Veterinary Zoological Society will be holding its third annual 3-day conference in November 2019. We received great feedback about holding the conference at a dedicated conference centre and delegates preferred the separate lecture streams, so in 2019 we will be continuing with this plan. Separate lecture streams will be offered, with Friday being a full day of zoo health and wildlife/exotic pet nursing. Saturday will be half a day of zoo health and half a day of exotic pet health, and the second stream will be a full day of wildlife presentations. Sunday will be a full day of exotic pet health presentations, and the second stream will be aimed at students and recent graduates with presentations on dealing with common cases seen in exotics in general practice and also a session by Carolyne Crowe on not only coping, but thriving, with the first few years in practice.
Talk and poster submissions are welcome on all aspects of nursing, exotic pet, wildlife and zoo animal health. Please submit abstracts along with the title. The deadline for all speakers/poster submissions was Sunday 30th June 2019.
We look forward to welcoming you at the conference which will include:
· Separate lecture streams over the three-day conference.
Presentations by guest speakers for all streams. Those already confirmed include:
- Invertebrate presentation by guest speaker Steven Trim, director of Venomtech Ltd.
- Carolyne Crowe from VDS Training to provide an interactive session and discuss important topics such as leadership development, conflict, communication and developing confidence and an assertive approach.
- Presentation on pet poultry by Victoria Roberts.
- Presentation on amphibians by Mark Naguib.
- Presentation by Matt Brash on Zoo Expert Committee (ZEC), Zoo Licensing Act (ZLA) and Zoo inspections.
- Presentation by Romain Pizzi.
VIC SIMPSON LEGACY FUND: generous funding to present wildlife research findings at the conference
Discounted on-site conference accommodation at The Pendulum Hotel, Manchester Conference Centre, M1 3BB.
To Book Hotel Rooms at the Pendulum Hotel please ring 0161 955 8000 quoting BVZS which will allow you to book a Standard Double for £99.00 per night or a City Double for £89.00 per night Includes free Wi-Fi and Single Breakfast. Click here for the Breakfast Menu as it shows availability for Vegans, Vegetarians, and gluten intolerants.
Booking forms for the Ibis hotels are below:
Ibis Portland Street Ibis Princess Street Ibis budget Pollard Street
All rooms will be released for general sale between 8-6 weeks prior to the conference.
Evening social events including a dinner at Bouzouki By Night. This will be a fun evening with a Meze banquet being served and live music. There will be Greek dancing and then a disco. The restaurant is 1-2-minute walk from the conference centre.
Keynote speakers for Wildlife stream to be announced later.
For the nursing stream please send to Donna Brown
For exotic pets please send to Sarah Pellett
For wildlife please send to Liz Mullineaux
For zoo health please send to Natalie Wissink
The Meetings Committee will be reviewing submitted talk/poster abstracts, and speakers will be informed if their talk has been selected for the programme by Monday 8th July 2019. Biographies for accepted talks and posters will be due in by Monday 29th July 2019. Please click on Biography and abstract guidelines, Speaker guidelines and Poster guidelines. Abstract template is here, biography template is here.
REGISTRATION
Please read the form carefully in order to fill in the correct information. ONE form per person, please. Please address queries to the Administrator.
