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Aquatic Veterinary Meetings & Conferences

To have a meeting listed on this page, please contact the WAVMA Administrator.

 

Attendees should check with the organizers of any meeting to ensure veterinary Continuing Education & Professional Development (CEPD) credit is provided. 

Visit WAVMA Conferences for more detailed information on WAVMA stand-alone Conferences.

 

2018 Meetings

** Meetings and Conferences with WAVMA-organized CEPD Sessions, or WAVMA representative attendance.

** February 19-22, 2018:  Aquaculture America 2018 -- Las Vegas, NV (USA) - For information on RACE-approved WAVMA organized veterinary continuing education, click here. 

April 9-13, 2018: 43rd Eastern Fish Health Workshop -- Chattanooga, TN (USA)

** July 13-17, 2018: AVMA Convention -- Denver, CO (USA) - To see the schedule for 17 hours of aquatic veterinary lectures, click here

** July 16-27, 2018: 67th International Veterinary Student Association Congress, Krakow (Poland)

August 4-5, 2018: Wet Vet Weekend - Incorporating Aquatic Veterinary Medicine in your Practice -- Aptos, CA, (USA) - 15.5 hrs of RACE approved CE for vets, vet techs & students.  

August 12-17, 2018: Health and Colony Management of Laboratory Fish Course -- MDI Biological Laboratory, Salisbury Cove, Maine (USA)

** September 2-6, 2018: 8th International Symposium on Aquatic Animal Health -- Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island (Canada)  
      RACE Approved CEPD Sessions:

Evaluation of Diagnostic Sensitivity & Specificity (September 2, 9:00 am - 4:30 pm)
      Phlebotomy and Blood Analysis for Fish & Invertebrates (September 2, 1:00 - 4:30 pm)
      Uses of Virtual Microscopy in Diagnostic Fish Pathology (September 2, 1:00 - 4:30 pm)
      Practical Bivalve Shellfish Disease Detection & Necropsy (September 2, 1:00 - 4:30 pm)
      AAFV History & Status of Fish Medicine in N. America Session (September 3, 9:30 am - 5:15 pm)
      WAVMA Aquatic Veterinary Medicine Session (September 4, 9:30 am - 5:15 pm)
 

** September 25-28, 2018: World Small Animal Veterinary Association -- Singapore - For the WAVMA interactive wetlab and lecture veterinary continuing education schedule, click here.

October 16-19, 2018: 6th Mediterranean Conference on Marine Turtles, Porec (Croatia)

November 2-4, 2018: Humane Endings Symposium (American Veterinay Medical Association), Westin O’Hare, Rosemont, Illinois (USA)

** November 8-12, 2018: 2018 WAVMA Conference, AGM and Biosecurity Workshop -- St. Kitts (West Indies)

- Abstracts for General Session presentations must be submitted ASAP. Speakers receive discounted registration.   To view the tentative daily schedule, click here.

 - Register early for the lowest General Sessions rates, and to ensure a place in the wetlabs or biosecurity workshop (filed on first-come, first-served basis). Reserve your discounted hotel room as they are filling fast.

November 19-20, 2018: 2nd Nordic RAS Workshop - Health & Welfare of Fish in RAS (Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Oslo, Norway)

November 21-23, 2018: Gill Health Symposium for Marine Fish (hosted by University of Sydney, Singapore)