GENERAL MEETING INFORMATION

In the following, please find interesting and useful information on the International Conference on Diseases of Zoo and Wild Animals 2012 and the conference venue. Information are listed in alphabetical order of the according topic.


ABSTRACT SUBMISSION
If you would like to actively participate in the conference by an oral or poster contribution, we are looking forward to receive your abstract. The abstract of each contribution should briefly outline the purpose of the study, details of important findings and principal conclusions. Abstracts must follow the guidelines of manuscript preparation otherwise they will be sent back or even rejected!
All abstracts received by 27th of February 2012 will be reviewed by the conference scientific committee. The scientific committee reserves the right to select the abstracts relevant to the sessions and topics and to decide on the final form of the presentation (oral or poster presentation).
Once the review process is completed, authors will receive an e-mail informing them whether their paper has been accepted, and whether it has been selected for a poster or for an oral presentation.
Contributions, either oral or poster, must be presented by a conference participant. If none of  the authors is attending the conference, the contribution will not be accepted.

Please note that submitted abstracts must be in British English. Further information, e.g. on the types of manuscripts and the maximum length of manuscripts can be found here.


ABSTRACT SUBMISSION DEADLINE 
27th February 2012


ABSTRACT SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
Submitted abstracts must follow the guidelines of manuscript preparation. Otherwise they will be sent back or even rejected.
Download "Guidelines for manuscript preparation"
Download "Manuscript sample"


AIM OF THE CONFERENCE
The goal of this conference is to bring together wildlife scientists and veterinarians from all over the world interested in diseases of free-ranging and captive animals, and to present the latest advances and stimulate future research in this topic. To this aim, the selected plenary talks and workshops will cover a diverse range of fascinating topics such as infectious diseases, surgery, handling and treatment methods and conservation, among many others.


CANCELLATION POLICY
In case of cancellations, refund of registration fees will be as follow:
- For cancellations made before 31st March 2012: 100% refund
  minus 60 Euro handling fee
- For cancellations made between 1st April and 17th April 2012: 50%   refund
- No refunds will be possible for cancellations made after 17th April 2012


CLIMATE
Italy has a largely temperate climate with regional variations. However, the best time to visit Italy is in spring (April - June). Remember, the conference takes place in May, so expect mild day temperatures around 23 to 25 °C (73.4 to 77 °F) and lots of sunshine!
A climate diagram for Verona (Italy) can be found on http://www.climatedata.eu/


CONFERENCE LANGUAGE
English
Please note that submitted abstracts must be in British English.


CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS
Copies of the Conference Proceedings will be available at the conference desk for 50 € per copy.
If you are not planning or will not be able to attend our conference, but are interested in purchasing the Conference Proceedings, please let us know by sending an e-mail to 2012@zoovet-conference.org.


CONSULATES
see EMBASSIES AND CONSULATES further below


CONTACT
Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research (IZW)
PO Box 601103
10252 Berlin
Germany
Phone: (+49) 30-5168108
Fax: (+49) 30-5126104
E-mail: 2012@zoovet-conference.org
Conference website: www.zoovet-conference.org


CURRENCY
The unit of currency in Italy is the Euro (€). You can convert other currencies to Euro at any bank during your visit to Italy, but of course, you can also use credit or debit cards or traveller cheques.
A currency calculator can be found on http://www.x-rates.com/calculator.html.


EAZWV MEMBERSHIP INFORMATION
If you are already a member of the European Association of Zoo and Wildlife Veterinarians (EAZWV) since 2011 (or earlier), you can benefit from our special conference and workshop fees.
If you are not a member yet, please find our special offer for conference participants who wants to become a member here and general membership information on the EAZWV website http://www.eazwv.org.


ELECTRICITY
Voltage: 220 volts at a frequency of 50 Hertz (as in the rest of Europe). For comparison, in the US, it is 110 volts at a frequency of 60 Hertz. All sockets follow European standards and are different to the sockets in the US. To use American-type plugs, a 220-volt transformer should be used together with an adapter plug. Regardless of voltage, if your appliance has flat prongs, you will need a plug adapter as Italian sockets are designed for round prongs.
Further information can be found on http://www.summerinitaly.com and http://goitaly.about.com.


EMBASSIES AND CONSULATES
An overview of foreign embassies and consulates in Italy can be found on http://embassy.goabroad.com/embassies-in/italy#.


INVITATION LETTER
If you require an invitation letter to apply for a visa, please send an e-mail to: 2012@zoovet-conference.org.
Please keep in mind to apply for your visa well in advance as visa processing time in the embassies may take a while!


NEWSLETTER
If you would like to receive our next e-mail conference newsletters, please
send an e-mail with "Zoovet e-mail conference newsletter 2012" in the subject line and your name to 2012@zoovet-conference.org.


OPENING HOURS  IN ITALY
Detailed information on opening hours in Italy can be found on the website http://www.justitaly.org/italy/italy-hours.asp.


ORGANISING COMMITTEE
Cesare Avesani, William Magnone, Camillo Sandri, Maria Ordinario, Christian Wenker, Alex Greenwood, Claudia Szentiks, Mirjam Grobbel, Anke Schumann, Steven Seet, Dagmar Boras, Heribert Hofer


PRESENTATIONS AT THE CONFERENCE
There will be three different forms of presentations at the conference:
- Plenary talks (information on this year's plenary talks can be found here)
- Oral contributions
- Poster contributions

Oral presentations will consist of 12 min followed by 3 min of discussion and will be allocated to plenary sessions.
Posters must have portrait format and should not exceed 84 cm (width) x 120 cm (height).
 

REGISTRATION (ONLINE)
Online registration is open! Please register at
http://www.bayceer.uni-bayreuth.de/zoovet2012/.


REGISTRATION DESK
The registration desk will open on Wednesday, 16th May 2012, at 15:00.


RUDOLF IPPEN YOUNG SCIENTIST AWARD
This Award will honour a young scientist whose scientific output, particularly the papers published in the past 12 months, document the beginning of a promising career in wildlife veterinary science, conservation medicine, or zoo animal medicine.
Candidates can apply by themselves or can be proposed by somebody else. Deadline for applications is the 31st March 2012.
For further information please see here.


SPONSORSHIP AND SPONSORS
Information on sponsorship and our sponsors can be found here.


VENUE
The conference will be held at the Parco Natura Viva (Bussolengo/Verona, Italy) and at the Parc Hotel (Castelnuovo del Garda, Italy).


 VISA
If you require a visa in order to enter Italy and if your require an invitation letter to apply for a visa please send an e-mail to: 2012@zoovet-conference.org.
Please keep in mind to apply for your visa well in advance as visa processing time in the embassies may take a while!


WORKSHOPS
The following five workshops will be offered at the conference:

Anaesthesia - basics
Anaesthesia - advanced
Avian endoscopy
Lemur medicine
Toxic plants


Please note that workshop fees are not included in the registration fee. Information on the costs can be found here.

Since the number of participants is limited, we recommend you to register for the conference and workshops as early as possible.

All workshops will be held on Wednesday, 16th May 2012 at the Parco Natura Viva. More information can be found here.

  

 

 


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