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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#4F81BD">Recent advances in animal welfare science VII<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">UFAW Animal Welfare Conference</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK 1<sup>st</sup> July 2020</span><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">The field of animal welfare is a cross-disciplinary area of study that seeks to offer guidance and find solutions to the challenges raised
by our caring for and interactions with both kept and wild animals. As part of its on-going commitment to improving animal welfare through increased scientific understanding of animals’ needs and how these can be met, UFAW is holding the seventh of its series
of one day conferences on ‘Recent advances in animal welfare science’ on 1st July 2020.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">This regular meeting, which this year is being held in Birmingham, aims to provide a forum at which the broad and growing international
community of scientists, veterinary surgeons and others concerned with animal welfare can come together to share knowledge and practice, discuss advances and exchange views.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#4F81BD">Call for papers:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">We would like to hear from anyone interested in making a contribution to the conference on the subject of recent advances in applied ethology,
veterinary and physiological science and the other disciplines that inform our understanding of animals and their welfare.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">We hope that this meeting will feature talks and poster presentations from both established animal welfare scientists and others and from
those at the beginning of their research careers. Submissions should feature the title of the proposed contribution, the preferred nature of the contribution – talk or poster, the name and full contact details of all contributors and an abstract. The abstract
must be in English and should be no longer than 400 words. Further details about formatting and submission can be found here. Time allocated to talks at the meeting is likely to be in region of 20 minutes, which includes time for questions.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">The deadline for submission of abstracts is
<b><u>Friday 29th November 2019</u></b>. Please send a copy of the abstract by email to Stephen Wickens @
<b><i><a href="mailto:wickens@ufaw.org.uk">wickens@ufaw.org.uk</a></i></b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Conference timetable<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">• Deadline for submission of abstracts – 29th November 2019<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">• Notification of decision of judging panel on submitted abstracts – by 14th February 2020<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">• Deadline to accept offer to contribute to the conference – 13th March 2020<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">• Deadline for receipt of amendments to accepted abstracts – 15th May 2020<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">• Start of conference - 1st July 2020 at 9.00am. Finishes at 5.30pm.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#4F81BD">Other details:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">As part of UFAW’s commitment to providing a forum for the exchange of ideas and to ensure that the meeting is accessible to widest range
of those with an interest in animal welfare, the registration fee to attend this conference is kept low as is possible, this time at
<b>£63</b>.</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#4F81BD">
</span><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Note: This price includes refreshments, including on arrival, and lunch.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Further details on the conference, including a registration form, formatting of abstracts and booking accommodation in Birmingham can be
found on the UFAW website: </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#5B9BD5"><a href="http://www.ufaw.org.uk/bham20"><b><span style="color:#5B9BD5">www.ufaw.org.uk/bham20</span></b></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#4F81BD">Contact details:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Stephen Wickens, Bham 2020, UFAW, The Old School, Brewhouse Hill, Wheathampstead, Hertfordshire, AL4 8AN, UK.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Tel: +44 (0)1582 831818; Fax: +44 (0)1582 831414; Website:
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#4F81BD"><a href="http://www.ufaw.org.uk/"><span style="color:#4F81BD">www.ufaw.org.uk</span></a>;</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> Email:
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#4F81BD"><a href="mailto:wickens@ufaw.org.uk">wickens@ufaw.org.uk</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:4.5pt;background:white"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">For further information about UFAW awards, scholarships, meetings and other news follow us on:
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b><i><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#4F81BD">About UFAW:<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><i><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">The Universities Federation for Animal Welfare (UFAW), the international animal welfare science society, is a UK registered scientific
and educational charity that brings together the animal welfare science community, educators, veterinarians and all concerned about animal welfare worldwide in order to achieve advances in the well-being of farm, companion, laboratory and captive wild animals,
and for those animals with which we interact in the wild.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><i><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Registered Charity No 207996 (Registered in England) and Company Limited by Guarantee No 579991
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