Improving animal welfare with automatic monitoring
Industry and researchers will discuss the latest work on automatic monitoring of animal welfare at the AWRN Conference on 3-4 September in Birmingham.
The BBSRC funded Animal Welfare Research Network (AWRN) works to promote animal welfare research in the UK and to support researchers working in this field.
Their 2018 annual conference will focus on Automatic Monitoring of Animal Welfare, with the aim of improving links between researchers and industry, and providing information on funding opportunities. The second day of the meeting will consider animal sentience and the implications for policy, research and industry.
A highlight of the conference will be the plenary presentations by Marian Stamp Dawkins (University of Oxford), a renowned expert in animal welfare research, and Tomas Norton (University of Leuven) whose work spans precision livestock farming and bio-environmental control.
KTN’s Callum Harvey, (Knowledge Transfer Manager, AgriFood) will be talking about funding opportunities, with particular reference to programmes of relevance to the automatic monitoring of animal welfare. In addition to his expertise in the funding arena, Callum has a background in animal health and production and is¬†responsible for KTN‚Äôs co-ordination of the BBSRC Animal Health Research Club.
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Present your innovation
There are opportunities to present a talk, make an elevator pitch (very short talks on key challenges for welfare), or host a trade fair style stall to present an innovation in the field and / or a breakout group.
For further information on abstract submission please click here. Abstract submission is open until Friday 13th July 2018.
For details of opportunity to present innovations in automatic monitoring of animal welfare by hosting a stall please click here.
Further information
The Third Annual Meeting of the AWRN will be held at the Birmingham Hilton Metropole Hotel, the NEC Birmingham, Pendigo Way, Birmingham, B40 1PP on 3rd – 4th September 2018.
The event is only open to members of the AWRN, however membership is free and they welcome applications from both researchers and stakeholders.
Please note that registration is not yet open for this two-day event.
You can find out more about the conference here.