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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-GB link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>How times change…..there is a facebook page for SCAB this year! I encourage a good Stirling turn out as presenters and audience.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/464312086967712/">https://www.facebook.com/events/464312086967712/</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Below you will see details of the UFAW symposium (I am the UFAW University representative and they kindly fund our BERG meetings).<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext'> Stephen Wickens [mailto:wickens@ufaw.org.uk] <br><b>Sent:</b> 27 February 2013 13:33<br><b>To:</b> 'Stephen Wickens'<br><b>Subject:</b> Update: UFAW International Animal Welfare Symposium, Barcelona 4th-5th July 2013 - full list of contributors now online<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoHeader><b><span style='font-size:24.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:#0070C0;letter-spacing:-1.3pt'>Science in the Service of Animal Welfare: Priorities around the world<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoHeader><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:black'>UFAW International Animal Welfare Science Symposium, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoHeader><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:black'>4-5<sup>th</sup> July 2013<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><h1 style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:#0070C0'><o:p> </o:p></span></h1><h1 style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:#0070C0'>Background and Aims of the Symposium<o:p></o:p></span></h1><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Around the world the importance of science in elucidating and tackling animal welfare problems is increasingly recognised, but priorities, concerns and approaches vary between nations and cultures. The aim of this international symposium is to provide a forum for all those active or interested in animal welfare science and its application around the world, to meet and discuss current topics in this field and international variation in priorities, concerns and approaches to animal welfare science. As such, this symposium forms part of UFAW’s regular on-going programme of meetings.</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:windowtext'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#4F81BD'>Speakers will include:</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#4F81BD'> <b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:14.2pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-7.1pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:windowtext'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Braithwaite V </span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>(Pennsylvania State University, USA)</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:windowtext'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:14.2pt;text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>The validity of parameters currently taken to be indicators of sentience<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:14.2pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-7.1pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Nicol CJ </span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>(University of Bristol, UK)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:14.2pt;text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>At what point is a chicken's welfare good enough? And is ‘good enough’, good enough?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:14.2pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-7.1pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Perera BVP</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> (National Wildlife Training Centre, Sri Lanka)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:14.2pt;text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>The welfare of free-living elephants as their habitat shrinks<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:14.2pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-7.1pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Winckler C</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> (University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences, Austria)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:14.2pt;text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Progress in, the present state of, and challenges for on-farm animal welfare assessments in Europe<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>A full list of speakers and the 70+ posters that will be presented can be found by visiting the UFAW website or clicking here: <a href="http://www.ufaw.org.uk/conf.html">http://www.ufaw.org.uk/conf.html</a>. The meeting will also feature a session on <b>‘Building international links in animal welfare science’</b>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoHeader><span style='font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:3.7pt;text-align:justify'><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#0070C0'>Registration Details <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:3.7pt;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>The registration fee for the Symposium includes attendance for the two days, lunch and refreshments and a drinks reception on the evening of the 4th July. A limited number of subsidised places have also been made available for students and veterinary nurses; these will be allocated on a first-come-first-served basis. <u>To qualify for the reduced <b>early registration rate</b> you must register <b>before the 22<sup>nd</sup> March.</b></u> (<i>NB. Places at the drinks reception are limited, due to the capacity of the venue, and will be allocated on registering for the symposium. Delegates who register after the venue’s capacity is reached will not, unfortunately, be able to attend this event.)<o:p></o:p></i></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:3.7pt;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Further information about the symposium, including details of the venue and different accommodation on the UAB site can be found on the UFAW website – </span><a href="http://www.ufaw.org.uk"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#4F81BD'>www.ufaw.org.uk</span></a><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:windowtext'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:3.7pt;text-align:justify'><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#4F81BD'>Background to UFAW<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:3.6pt;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>UFAW, the International Animal Welfare Science Society, is an independent, scientific and educational animal welfare charity. The organization promotes high standards of welfare for farm, companion, laboratory and captive wild animals and those with which we interact in the wild.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:3.95pt;text-align:justify'><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#0070C0'>Any questions about the Symposium should be directed to:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:3.95pt;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify'><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Dr Stephen Wickens, UFAW Barcelona 2013, Universities Federation for Animal Welfare, The Old School, Brewhouse Hill, Wheathampstead, Hertfordshire AL4 8AN, UK. Email: <a href="mailto:wickens@ufaw.org.uk">wickens@ufaw.org.uk</a>. Tel: +44 (0)1582 831818; Fax: +44 (0)1582 831414</span></b><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:windowtext'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><i>The Universities Federation for Animal Welfare (UFAW) is an independent registered UK charity that works to develop and promote improvements in the welfare of all animals through scientific and educational activity worldwide. </i><span style='font-size:8.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:8.0pt'>Registered Charity No 207996 (Registered in England) and Company Limited by Guarantee No 579991</span> <span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><DIV align=left><HR>
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