IFAH-Europe Conference 2016 on “Animal health matters: Will the legislation deliver?”

Event Details

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Schedule
15 June 2016: Pre-conference cocktail and dinner for participants (19.00 to 22.00).
16 June 2016: Conference from (8.30 to 17.00), followed by drinks.

Venue
Renaissance Brussels Hotel, Rue du Parnasse 19, 1050 Brussels.

Contents and added value
The IFAH-Europe’s conference will explore and debate the overall availability of veterinary medicines in the EU, the contribution of innovation to this, and what this means for the health and welfare of animals, and a sustainable and safe food supply. It will provide an opportunity for the European animal health industry to discuss these topics in light of the progress of the proposed EU legislative packages on veterinary medicines and medicated feed with key EU decision-makers, national regulators, opinion leaders, other animal health professionals and different interested parties.

Topics:
‘Animal health matters: Why legislation should deliver’

Why animal health matters: a session covering case studies and a panel discussion on the following aspects:

  • zoonoses,
  • viruses,
  • climate change and animal health (vector-borne diseases),
  • the animal health industry as part of the solution,
  • Commission’s animal health policy.

Will the legislation deliver: a session explaining and discussing the following points:

  • the review of the veterinary medicines and medicated feed legislation,
  • the Slovak Presidency’s agenda,
  • DG SANTE’s perspective on the legislative reviews,
  • the animal health industry’s views.

Confirmed speakers include:

  • Vytenis Andriukaitis, European Health and Food Safety Commissioner (keynote speaker).
  • Andrea Ammon, Acting Director, European Center for Disease Prevention and Control.
  • Bernard Van Goethem, DG SANTE Director for Crisis Management in Food, Animals and Plants.
  • Stefano Soro, DG SANTE Head of Unit for Animal Nutrition and Veterinary Medicines.
  • Guy Hendricks, Managing Director of Avia-GIS
  • Cathy Smith, Moderator.

Hotel accommodation
The conference will be held at Renaissance Brussels Hotel. Should you need a room you can check rate and availability by following this link: Book your group rate for IFAH Europe

If you wish to obtain further details, please contact my colleague Myriam Alcain, Communications Manager, at m.alcain@ifahsec.org or +32 2 543 7564 (telephone).

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