Scientific Conference 2027

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1st EUP AH&W Scientific Conference on Animal Health & Welfare

1. Introduction

We look forward to welcoming attendees to our first Scientific Conference on Animal Health & Welfare to be held in Milan, Italy, Italy’s second-largest city and the vibrant capital of Lombardy, with architectural highlights such as the world-famous Gothic Milan Cathedral. The conference will be co-hosted by the university of Milano. It will take place from the 19th January to the 22nd January 2027.

The Conference will be a key forum for researchers both internal and external to EUP AH&W, across the diverse animal health and welfare arena to discuss issues, share experiences, and present innovative solutions.

2. Conference content

We invite researchers to submit abstracts in the following areas:

  • Surveillance and monitoring systems for animal health and welfare.
  • Risk assessment and alert communication in animal health and welfare.
  • Diagnostic approaches for animal health surveillance.
  • Methods for monitoring animal welfare.
  • Prevention of infectious diseases on farms and during transport.
  • Interventions and treatments, against infectious diseases.
  • Vaccines, adjuvants and immune-modulators.
  • Advancing animal welfare on farm, during transport and at the end of life.
  • Integrated approach on animal health and welfare including socio-economic aspects.

All submissions will be considered by an expert panel, and a range of oral and poster presentation opportunities are available to both established and early career researchers. The conference will feature high level keynote speakers.

Call for abstracts

Abstracts are welcome for any work relevant to Animal Health and Animal Welfare.

Both members and non-members of the European Partnership on Animal Health and Welfare (EUP AH&W) are invited to submit an abstract for this scientific conference. Oral presentations and posters will be selected from the abstracts received. Following the submission deadline, abstracts will be reviewed by the session organisers, and authors will be informed of the outcome in due course.

Submission of an abstract indicates the author's intention and commitment to attend the event.

Guidelines for abstracts:

  • Abstract in British English
  • New scientific results on Animal Health and Welfare
  • Only one abstract per presenting author is allowed
  • Text in Calibri 11, not more than 2000 characters (around 250 words)
  • The link for abstract submission will be provided soon here

Deadlines:

  • Deadline for abstract submission: August 31, 2026
  • Feedback to the submitted abstracts can be expected around mid October, 2026
  • Updated information on the scientific conference will be provided on our website and through our external newsletter.Subscribe to our Newsletter

Scientific Programme

Both internal and external researchers to EUP AH&W will present the most recent research findings from across the diverse animal health and welfare arena, and discuss issues, share experiences and present innovative solutions. Several keynote speakers will address critical issues around animal health and welfare topics, sharing their experience and introducing topics linked to them.

Round table discussions will address the linkage between animal health, animal welfare and One Health from a scientific perspective. Representatives of various stakeholder groups will highlight the role of society and industry in advancing animal health and animal welfare, and contributing to sustainable solutions.

The Agenda will be shared very soon.

Satellite meeting

The upcoming EUP AH&W Scientific Conference in Milan will be preceded by a targeted satellite meeting focusing on the role of Artificial Intelligence (AI) within animal health and welfare research and its practical application on-farm and in veterinary settings.

This satellite meeting will connect relevant expertise, including invited speakers and panellists, to share and discuss AI research across these three session topics in alignment with the EUP AH&W priority areas:

  • Disease Surveillance and Predicting Outbreaks
  • Animal Health and Welfare Monitoring
  • Vaccine Development and Anti-Microbial Resistance Research

Registration:

The registration for the main conference and the satellite meeting will open soon. The registration link will be provided here.

Please take note: the number of seats in the venue are limited. If necessary, we will open a waiting list.

Registration deadlines

DeadlinesEarly birdRegularOn site *
(no daily tickets)
Participants31.10.20269.01.202719.-22.01.2027
PhD / students31.10.20269.01.202719.-22.01.2027

* subject to seats availability

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