Friday August, 30
| 08:00 – 08:45 |
Welcome and registration |
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09:00 – 10:30 Scientific schedule start |
1 – New frontiers in the assessment of animal welfare on-farm |
| 10:30 – 11:10 |
Coffee + posters (Group A) |
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11:10 – 12:40 |
2 – Humans in the loop – role of sociology in improving farm animal welfare |
| 12:40 – 14:00 |
Lunch |
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14:00 – 15:30 |
3 – Welfare of farm animals at end of life (culling/euthanasia, transport and slaughter) |
| 15:30 – 16:20 |
Coffee + posters (Group A) |
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16:20 – 18:00 |
4 – New welfare indicators – with a focus on the positive! |
| 18:00 – 18:45 | Conference discussion: The future of WAFL |
| 20:00 – 23:30 |
Social Dinner at La Pavoniere, Viale della Catena, 2, Florence (be sure you registered for it!)
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Saturday August, 31
9:00 – 10:35 | 5 – The future of animal welfare: policy and science |
| 10:35 – 11:15 | Coffee + posters (Group B) |
11:15 – 12:45 | 6 – It’s all in the mind – cognition and the welfare of farm animals |
| 12:45 – 14:00 | Lunch |
14:10 – 15:15 | 7 – Suppress, substitute and soothe suffering – application of the 3S’s to improve farm animal welfare |
| 15:15 – 16:20 | Coffee + posters (Group B) |
16:20 – 18:00 | 8 – Free communications in farm animal welfare |
| 18:00 – 18:30 | Conference close |