The Themes of the Congress

Final Program (pdf format)

The Congress will be organized around five themes:

1. Replacement and Reduction Alternatives
   Chairs or Organizing Committee: Dr. Jose Castell (SPAIN) and Dr. June Bradlaw (USA)
2. Policy and Ethics
   Chair or Organizing Committee: Dr. Jon Richmond (UK)
3. Refinement and Reduction Alternatives
   Chairs or Organizing Committee: Dr. David Morton (UK)
4. Education and Information Resources
   Chairs or Organizing Committee: Dr. Barbara Grune (GERMANY) and Dr. Nicole Duffee (USA)
5. Test Development, Validation and Implementation
   Chairs or Organizing Committee: Dr. William Stokes (USA) and Dr. Julia Fentem (UK)

Structure of the Scientific Program

The Language of the Congress will be English. There will not be any simultaneous translation.

Scientific sessions will be held from the morning of Monday, August 12 until lunch time on Thursday, August 15.

There will be two plenary lectures each day on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, and one on Thursday. There will be seven parallel sessions on the five themes (thirty-five different sessions in all) of the Congress from Monday to Thursday. Workshops and point-counterpoint sessions will take place each day immediately after lunch on Monday to Wednesday. Posters will be on display throughout the Congress.

The congress schedule provides full details of all sessions.

Submitted Contributions

All registered participants will be entitled to offer one poster presentation. Abstracts should be submitted as early as possible, and must be produced in accordance with the guidelines provided below. Abstracts will be reviewed for their relevance to the aim and themes of the Congress.

All the abstracts will be edited to ensure a common format, and will be published in the conference program book and on the web. The book will be distributed when participants register at the hotel.

Some of the participants who submit abstracts may be invited to make platform presentations or to make comments during workshops.

Instructions for preparing and submitting of the abstracts.

Audiovisual Aids

All the lecture theaters will be provided with an overhead projector, a slide projector and facilities for showing Powerpoint presentations. The Theme E lecture room will also have facilities for showing videos.