The main theme of the congress is Animal lives worth living.
The pre-planned scientific sessions are:
- Prenatal and postnatal effects,
- Fish behaviour and welfare,
- Behaviour and genetics,
- Behaviour and nutrition,
- Cognition and welfare,
- Social environment,
- Environmental enrichment,
- Human-animal interactions,
- Addressing future trends in animal production
- Free communications
Workshop 1: Visualizing and analysis of individual-level data within large group systems
Workshop 2: Future trends in the prevention of damaging behaviour
Workshop 3: Novel indicators of fish welfare
Workshop 4: Engaging students in learning about production animal welfare assessment
Workshop 5: Managing the dairy cow around the time of calving – can we do better?
Workshop 6: Animal training – efficacy and welfare