AWSEL/BM 2025 Study Day
17th September 2025:
Meeting objectives – Provision of training to ECAWBM residents in experimental design, data analysis, and research integrity, with a focus in animal behaviour and welfare; outlining procedures related to residency, credentialing, and examinations to ECAWBM residents and supervisors.
Chairs of the Study Day: Ángela G. Martínez (BM) & Manuel M. Sant’Ana (AWSEL)
Venue: Helsinki University, Finland
Fabianinkatu 33, 4th floor, Small festive hall (Pieni juhlasali in Finnish).
Organizing committee:
James Hunt, Chair of AWSEL
Sarah Heath, Chair of BM
Ángela Martinez, Chair of BM Education Subcommittee
Manuel Magalhães Sant’Ana, Chair of AWSEL Education Subcommittee
Elein Trujillo, AWSEL Training Officer
Isabel Luño, BM Training Officer
Ludovica Pierantoni, ECAWBM Vice-President
Peter Thornton, ECAWBM President
Prior reading: Why is veterinary evidence poor, and how can it be improved?
| Time | Topics | Speakers | |
| 08:30–08:45 | Registration | ||
| 08:45–09:00 | Opening | Manuel Magalhães-Sant’Ana | |
| PLENARY SESSION: BM and AWSEL | |||
| 09:00–09:45 | Experimental design in veterinary research: challenges and pitfalls | Nuno H. Franco | |
| 09:45–10:30 | Ethical conduct in animal research | Manuel Magalhães Sant’Ana | |
| 10:30–11:00 | Coffee break | ||
| 11:00–11:45 | The do’s and don’ts in veterinary research | Nuno H. Franco | |
| 11:45–12:30 | Publishing Animal Behaviour & Welfare Research | Manuel Magalhães Sant’Ana | |
| 12:30–14:00 | Lunch | ||
| BREAKOUT SCIENTIFIC SESSION 2: BM and AWSEL residents’ parallel meetings | |||
| 14:00–16:00 | Behaviour Research Case Discussion Moderators: Sarah Heath, Isabel Luño and Ángela González Martínez |
Welfare Science, Ethics and Law Research Case Discussion Moderators: Elien Truillo, Manuel Magalhães-Sant’Ana, Nuno H. Franco |
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| 16:00–16:20 | Coffee break | ||
| BREAKOUT SUB-SPECIALITIES SESSION: BM and AWSEL residents’ parallel meetings | |||
| 16:20–17:20 | UPDATES from the Chairs of the 3 Subcommittees (BM) | UPDATES from the Chairs of the 3 Subcommittees (AWSEL) | |
| 17:20–17:30 | Closing remarks | Ángela González Martinez | |