Ninth Annual Meeting of the AWRN
Date: 10/09/2025
Engineers' House, Bristol, UK
Main Meeting 10th and 11th September 2025
The Ninth Annual Meeting of the AWRN will take place on 10th and 11th September 2025 at Engineers’ House in Bristol, UK.
In addition, the day before the meeting there will be an afternoon dedicated to Early Career Researchers at the same venue, this will be on Tuesday 9th September.
Theme of meeting
The theme of the meeting is “New Frontiers in Animal Welfare Science“, focusing both on novel research in animal welfare science and new areas which can be explored.
In addition there will be a highlighted topic of “Wild Animal Welfare”. This section of the meeting is being co-organised by Wild Animal Initiative. We will have some fantastic plenary talks from Maria Diez Leon (Royal Veterinary College) and Liz Mullineaux (President of BVA) on their work on Wild Animal Welfare. We will also have a plenary from Dan O’Neill (Royal Veterinary College) discussing extreme body conformations in dogs.
The agenda for the meeting can be found here: Final Annual Meeting Agenda
Why attend?
This is not just an academic conference though, our aim will be to bring together a mix of researchers and stakeholders and to offer opportunities to meet and network as well as listening to talks. We plan interactive breakout sessions, stalls to introduce technology that can be used for animal welfare and a drinks reception to enable collaborations to be formed.
Abstract Submission
Abstract submission has closed for the meeting.
Meeting Location and Date
The meeting is being held at Engineers’ House, Bristol, UK on Wednesday 10th and Thursday 11th September 2025. This is a Grade II listed venue situated near the Clifton Suspension bridge, the postcode for the venue is BS8 3NB. They offer free parking for cars and storage for bikes and are served by regular buses from the city centre and train station.
Registration
Tickets cost £100 for students and £150 for standard tickets. This includes lunches and refreshments on both days, access to all sessions and a drinks event on Wednesday. Tickets for the Early Career Afternoon on 9th September cost just £10. Note that refunds are at the discretion of the organisers and will only be issued in exceptional circumstances, no refunds will be offered after Friday 22nd August.
The meeting is now fully booked. If you want to attend then you can join a waiting list here: Link to Waiting List
