Euroceph 2012 Meeting
CephRes-ONLUS - April 2012 Events
Preliminary Agenda
1. Meeting of Technical Experts to develop
Guidelines on Care and Welfare of Cephalopods in Research
April 19 - 23, Vico Equense (Napoli, Italy)
Thurday, 19th April
Arrival (buffet lunch, served between 13:00-14:30)
15:00 Registration, opens
15:30 Opening remarks (Welcome and introduction of the community to Laboratory Science Organizations and Ethical Committees)
Invited Lecture: The biology, behaviour and exceptionalities of cephalopods (L. Dickel, France)
The care and management of cephalopods in the laboratory”: Boyle 1991 revisited (21 years after) A short summary of the state of art of knowledge about Care and Welfare on Cephalopods (speaker TBA)
Invited Lecture: The challenges of writing guidelines for cephalopods (P. Andrews, UK)
European Technical Expert Meeting: overview and panel activities (speaker TBA)
European Technical Expert Meeting: Session I
dinner
Friday 20th April
9:00 - 13:00 European Technical Expert Meeting: Session II
lunch
14:30-19:30 European Technical Expert Meeting: Session III
Poster Session, includes buffet dinner
Saturday 21th April
9:00 - 13:00 European Technical Expert Meeting: Session IV
lunch
14:30 Developing Guidelines for Cephalopods: who are we and where are we?
15:15 The Directive in practice: What you need to do before 1st January 2013 (J. Smith, UK)
Interactive session on the Project/Ethical review process (coordinated by J. Smith, P. Andrews and others TBA)
dinner
Sunday 22th April
Invited Lecture: An update on the Directive and its national transposition from an EC perspective (D. Anderson, UK)
Invited Lecture: The UK approach to regulating cephalopod research under Directive 2010/63/EU: A personal perspective (N. Dennison, UK)
Guidelines for Cephalopods: Who are the stakeholders and when they will be involved? (P. Andrews)
The role of international and national professional organization in development of guidelines and regulation of the Directive (speakers TBA)
lunch
14:30 Invited Lecture: Farm-the food animal initiative: animal welfare research in the real world (T. Kristiansen, Norway)
European Technical Expert Meeting, Session V
Ask welfare experts
dinner
Monday 23th April
9:00 Panel Roundtable discussion
Brief report on outcomes from the European Technical Expert Meeting
Identification of areas of research required to address specific issues related to the care and welfare of cephalopods in relation to the Directive
Recommendations and strategies to approach associated skateholders and final assessment of cephalopod Guidelines
Agreement to identify a steering working group
lunch
2. Meeting for an: European Proposal of a Consortium for genome sequencing of Octopus vulgaris
April 23 - 25, Vico Equense (Napoli, Italy)
More details will be announced
The two meetings are open for registration to cephalopods experts and other participants
To attend to the meeting, please
register