- President - Heiko Nathues (ECPHM)
- Vice President - Raphaël Guatteo (ECBHM)
- CEO - Julie Rosser (ECVS)
- Director of Education - Mark Bowen (ECEIM)
A program meticulously crafted to address a diverse range of pertinent topics:
Tuesday 6th October 08:30 - 18:00
- Why Leadership is the Critical Infrastructure of the Veterinary Future
- AI as an Educational Partner
- Investing in Specialisation in China
- Numbers Across the EBVS Map: what can they tell us?
- The European Perspective: a Panel Discussion
- From Vision to Reality: Creating a Practice You Love
- Europe’s Veterinary Workforce: Training, Supporting and Sustaining the Profession
- Updates from the WOAH Ad hoc Working Group on Day 1 Competences
- Residency Quality Assurance
- Residency Training in Distributed Teaching Models
- Virtual Interns
- Investing in Our Educators
- Successful Summer Schools
Wednesday 7th October 08:30 - 17:00
- Veterinary continuing education: return of the investment?
- Taking a systems-based approach to veterinary suicide prevention
- European Veterinary Students’ Perspectives: Expectations vs Reality in Veterinary Education
- AI & Tech in Veterinary Medicine: A boon for the Profession or the Animals?
- Digital Onboarding: Teams, students & clients
- Modernizing for Your Clients: IT & AI
- Securing the Pipeline: Investing in Career Development and Mentorship through EU funded "VET-PASS" Project
- Specialisation in Primary Care: Paradox or Necessity?
- Specialists: Special List or Value List?
- Beyond the Lecturer: Peer Learning in Veterinary Nurse Education
- Client Perceptions of Referrals
WORKSHOPS & ROUNDTABLES:
- Is Your Communication as Precise as Your Scalpel?
- Contextualised Care
- Competence Assessment: what's working, what's not
- Quality Assurance in post graduate training
- Wellbeing
- Investing in our Resources: how Colleges can help each other
- How to Talk to the Press (back by popular demand)
- Day One Competences
Gala Dinner 6th October
Restaurant Wesele on Market Square (additional fee) 20:00
Tuesday, 06 October 2026
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08:30 | OPENING & KEYNOTE SESSION I: Why Invest in our Future?
- including Josh Hartzell– Why Leadership is the Critical Infrastructure of the Veterinary Future
- 13:30 - 18:00 | KEYNOTE SESSION II: Investing in Our Profession
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Robert Trujanovic – From Vision to Reality: Creating a Practice You Love.
- Nancy De Briyne – Europe’s Veterinary Workforce: Training, Supporting and Sustaining the Profession.
- Petra Winter – Updates from the WOAH Ad hoc Working Group on Day 1 Competences
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WELLBEING WORKSHOP
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WORKSHOP II: Investing in Our Voice
- Topic: How to Talk to the Press.
- Facilitator: Ford Leland
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Gala Dinner in Krakow Old Town
Wednesday, 07 October 2026
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08:30 – 10:00 | KEYNOTE SESSION III: Investing In Systems
- Theme: Technology, training, and the future of veterinary capacity.
- Morning WORKSHOP: Investing in our Ourselves: Ethical business do's & don'ts
- 10:30 – 12:00 | SESSION: Investing in Our Value
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- including: Securing the Pipeline: Investing in Career Development and Mentorship through EU funded "VET-PASS" Project
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13:15 – 15:45 | SESSION: Investing in Each Other
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including: Workplace Based Assessment
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Afternoon WORKSHOP: Contextualized Care
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16:00 – 17:00 | Concluding Remarks & Closing of the Meeting
Venue:
Qubus Hotel Krakow - Nadwiślańska 6, 30-527 Kraków, Poland
Book your hotel rooms here: https://booking.profitroom.com/pl/qubushotelkrakow/details/offer/920638?codes=EBVS2026&no-cache=1¤cy=PLN
Or use code EBVS2026
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Pre-congress day rate |
€ 220.00 |
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Registration Fees - early rate until 31 July |
€ 270.00 |
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Registration Fees - late rate |
€ 320.00 |
Gala Dinner ticket €70.00
