The International Dog Health Workshops (IDHWs) are the signature event of the IPFD. These generally biennial events bring together decision-leaders from international stakeholder groups including kennel clubs, other cynological organizations, breed clubs, academia, veterinary organizations, welfare groups, and regulatory bodies as well as individual breeders, judges, and others. The 1st International Dog Health Workshop (IDHW) was organized by the Swedish Kennel Club (SKK) and held in June 2012 in Stockholm. The 2nd IDHW was co-hosted by IPFD and the German Kennel Club (VDH) and held in Dortmund, Germany in February 2015. The 3rd IDHW was co-hosted by IPFD and French Kennel Club (SCC) in Paris in Spring 2017. The 4th IDHW was co-hosted by the Kennel Club in Windsor, UK in 2019. IPFD is responsible for the International Dog Health Workshops and partners with other organizations who manage meeting logistics.
 

IPFD Virtual Meetings

Since 2019 we have been watching global developments with cautious optimism that we’ll soon be in a position to determine a date/location/format for the next in-person IDHW. In the meantime, we have been developing online meeting events to keep important collaborations going. Based on recent discussions with key stakeholders in canine genetic testing, three topics have been identified as being important to current conversations: Standardizing Genetic Reports, Validation, and Genetic Diversity. Specific challenges have been identified for each of these topics, and short online meetings will be held taking each challenge in turn to agree on goals and outcomes, and - as a community - to undertake post-workshops actions to implement necessary actions. Specialty forums (which house materials and resources) for the Virtual meetings are available to meeting participants only. Selected workshop materials have been made available after the events - see links below.  Please contact Aimee Llewellyn for further information on IPFD's Virtual Meetings.

Moving from information and collaboration to action: report from the 4th international dog health workshop, Windsor in May 2019
Camilla L. Pegram, Brenda N. Bonnett, Helena Skarp, Gareth Arnott, Hannah James, Åke Hedhammar, Gregoire Leroy, Aimée Llewellyn-Zaidi, Ian J. Seath & Dan G. O'Neill