Cutting Red Tape ~ Improving Animal Welfare

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Register Now!Cancellations received on or before October 1, 2016 will receive a full refund less $20 processing fee.  If you cancel after October 1, 2016 or  are a "no show," no refund will be granted, and if you selected to “Pay by Check” you will be responsible for the full payment.   NJABR reserves the right to deny registration for any reason.

On October 21, 2016, the New Jersey Association for Biomedical Research (NJABR) is pleased to offer its 23rd Annual IACUC Conference - the region's premier training conference for Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee members, lab animal veterinarians, animal welfare compliance specialists and lab animal research team members.

This year's conference will focus on opportunities to improve laboratory animal welfare, while reducing regulatory burdens, cutting red tape and creating efficiencies within institutions.   

IACUC 23 will include keynote presentations and a plenary session featuring noted experts in the field, including William S. Stokes, ACLAM, DACAW, BCES, FATS, Assistant Director, Animal Welfare Operations, USDA, APHIS; Bill Greer, CPIA, RLAT, Assistant Vice President for Research, University of Michigan; as well as representatives from OLAW and AAALAC.  Highlighting the morning plenary session will be a panel discussion featuring NJABR member institution representatives.

The conference will also offer a selection of afternoon workshops led by plenary session speakers and other leading professionals in the laboratory animal welfare field.

Link to Sponsorship and Vendor Registration Site 

Program Agenda

7:30 AM – 8:30 AM

Registration and Breakfast

8:00 AM

NJABR Annual Membership Meeting (open to all attendees)

8:30 AM

Opening Remarks

8:35 AM

A View from Inside the Cage

John Bradfield, DVM, PhD, ACLAM

Senior Director, AAALAC International

 8:55 AM

 Regulatory Burdens: Regulations v. Self-imposed

Bill Greer, CPIA, RLAT

 Assistant Vice President, Animal Program Compliance Oversight

University of Michigan

 9:40 AM

Networking Break and Vendor Browsing

9:50 AM

The Devil Really is in all the Details: Specifying Lack of Detail in IACUC Applications

NJABR member panel featuring:

Kevin D. Beck, PhD - VA New Jersey Health Care System

Lauren M.A. Danridge, LSSS, SSGB, CPIA - Rutgers University

Pamela Straeter, RLATG - Princeton University

10:50 AM

Regulatory Insights with the USDA

William S. Stokes, DVM, DACLAM, DACAW, BCES, FATS

 Assistant Director, Animal Welfare Operations, USDA, APHIS, Animal Care

 11:20 AM

Networking Break and Vendor Browsing

11:30 AM

Hot Topics in Regulatory Compliance

Brent Morse, DVM

Animal Welfare Program Specialist, NIH, OLAW

12:00 PM-1:00 PM

Lunch

 1:10 PM–4:15 PM

Breakout workshops

Session 1: 1:10 – 2:05

 Session 2: 2:10 – 3:05

Session 3: 3:10 – 4:05

Workshop Options

Ask the Regulators

Making Facility Inspections More Efficient

IACUC Compliance

Institutionally-induced Regulatory Burdens: An AAALAC Perspective

Lab Animal Re-homing and Adoption

Legal Update: Issues Affecting Industries Using Animals

New IACUC Member Training

Tools to Help Quantify the Success of an Institution's Program Oversight

4:15 PM – 5:00 PM

Ask the Experts Panel Discussion

Registration Options and Fees

 

NJABR Member Institution Rate	$365
Member Group Rate (4 Registrations)	$1340
SUBR Member Institution Rate	$385
SUBR Member Group Rate	$1440
Non-Member Institution Rate	$425
Non-Member Institution Group Rate	$1580

Register Now!Cancellations received on or before October 1, 2016 will receive a full refund less $20 processing fee.  If you cancel after October 1, 2016 or  are a "no show," no refund will be granted, and if you selected to “Pay by Check” you will be responsible for the full payment.   NJABR reserves the right to deny registration for any reason.