Event details, registration and poster submission information:

• Date and Time:  17th December, 9:30– 16:00

• Location: The University of Exeter

The sixth annual GW4 3Rs Symposium is to be held at the University of Exeter and is being hosted by the GW4 Alliance and the University of Exeter.

This event is free to attend and is aimed at all those engaged in research (both animal research and those working with potential replacement technologies) as well as animal technicians. The Symposium is designed to showcase the latest 3Rs research and welfare initiatives taking place across GW4 and beyond.

The event has been kindly sponsored by Agenda Life Sciences, Tecniplast, IDEXX Bioanalytics, Sychem, Datesand, Bionomous, Miltenyi Biotec, VetTech, IPS, SCANBUR, Aston Pharma, Janvier Labs, Inotiv. More sponsors to be announced shortly.

Registration: Please register to attend via Microsoft Forms.

*The GW4 Alliance will provide buses for GW4 researchers travelling from Bath, Bristol and Cardiff (*subject to sufficient interest).

Agenda: An agenda is available to view here.

Posters: The Symposium offers an excellent opportunity for you to submit a poster, to present your own advances in the 3Rs, during the poster session. There are two categories for the poster competition; one for researchers and one for technicians, with the opportunity to win a poster prize in each of the two categories (subject to a minimum of five poster submissions per category). Please complete the registration form and indicate your interest in submitting a 3Rs poster by Friday 22nd November.

Poster and Flash Talk: Likewise, if you are interested in doing a flash presentation (3-5 minutes depending on agenda timings) as well as submitting a poster please indicate in the registration form.

Attendance only: If you wish to attend without submitting a poster abstract, then please also complete the registration form by 5pm on Wednesday 20th November. Please note, spaces are limited and will be allocated on a first-come, first-served basis. Priority will be given to those presenting posters.

We look forward to seeing you in Exeter on 17th December.