Preliminary Program Schedule
13-15 June, 2024, Hotel Scandic Park Helsinki Hotel, Helsinki, Finland
***Last updated 9 April 2024 - Subject to Change***
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Preliminary Program Schedule
13-15 June, 2024, Hotel Scandic Park Helsinki Hotel, Helsinki, Finland
***Last updated 9 April 2024 - Subject to Change***
Thursday 13 June
Arrival and Registration. The hotel check-in time is 15.00pm.
14.00 – 14.45 Welcome Talk; IPFD and the Finnish Kennel Club. 10 Years of the International Partnership for Dogs – Information, Collaboration, Action – Achievements! The Finnish Kennel Club’s Year of Health – 2024 (Aimée Llewellyn-Zaidi, IPFD and Kirsi Sainio, FKC)
14.45 – 16.00 Poster session
16.30 Special Talk Session; Humans' complex, diverse, and evolving relationships with dogs. Impacts on their health and welfare, and ours. (Dr. Brenda Bonnett)
17.00 – 18.30 Welcome reception
18.30 - Explore Helsinki, free time, & get-together
Friday 14 June
Note: All attendees come together for each the four Friday morning Plenary Sessions before joining smaller breakout session groups for their chosen Theme after lunch.
8.30 – 9.00 Keynote Talk: Jo Gale / Mars Petcare: End Pet Homelessness
9.00 – 9.40 1st plenary session - Supply and Demand: Dogs Trust (Claire Calder); Centre for Companion Animal Welfare, Denmark (Peter Sandøe); Experiences from Germany (Peter Friedrich, VDH)
9.40 – 10.15 2nd plenary session - Breeding for Health and Well-being: Innate Health in Dogs (Dan O’Neill); Harmonization of Genetic Testing for Dogs – progress and challenges (Aimee Llewellyn-Zaidi); Moderator: Becky Murphy
10.15 – 10.45 Coffee & conversation
10.45 – 11.40 3rd plenary session – Big Data: MyBreedData, and frequency of mutations (Jonas Donner); VetCompass (Dan O’Neill); Collecting data - Opportunities and challenges of national databases (Joanna Ilska); Moderator: Jerold S Bell
11.40 – 12.30 4th plenary session – Does the Colour Matter? Defining Breed vs Variety: Why history matters: the story of closed breed registers in pedigree dogs (Alison Skipper); Crossbreeding and open stud books from a practical and organizational point of view (Helena Skarp & Sofia Malm); Experiences on crossbreeding – breed club and breeder perspective (Paula Horne)
12.30 – 13.45 Lunch
Breakout Sessions by Individual Themes - Theme Leaders: Bill Lambert, Kirsi Sainio, Kari Ekenstedt, Heidi Parker
13.45 – 14.45 Breakout session 1
15.00 – 16.00 Breakout session 2
16.00 – 16.30 Coffee & conversation
16.30 – 17.30 Breakout session 3
19.00 – 22.00 Gala Dinner – Hosted by the Finnish Kennel Club
Saturday 15 June
Note: All attendees come together for the Saturday morning presentations and Plenary Sharing/Summary Sessions.
8.30 – 9.00 Choose Health Initiative – Laureline Malineau and Charlotte Venet, Royal Canin
9.00 – 9.30 Agria Breed Profiles – Annika Forsberg, Agria Insurance
9.30 – 10.00 Coffee & conversation
10.00 – 10.45 Plenary sharing session; summing up and action plans (15 min for each theme)
11.00 – 11.45 Plenary sharing session and summary; convergence across themes
11.45 – 12.00 Closing Remarks, Thank You – Pekka Olson, Chair International Partnership for Dogs
12.00 – 13.30 Lunch
Delegates Depart
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