ICAM Coalition Virtual Conference 2023

ICAM-2023-Conf-LOGO

Virtual Conference: 19 to 23 June, 11:00 – 13:00 UTC

Registration is now open. You must register using the link below to participate in the conference. View the daily conference schedule and speakers below or download the full agenda.

Conference Agenda & Schedule

11:00 UTC

  • Elly Hiby
    Welcome

11:10 UTC

  • John D. Boone & Tyler Flockhart
    Species distribution models for dog and cat management

11:30 UTC

  • Helen Fielding
    The Goa DogPop project – a multisite randomised controlled trial measuring the impacts of sterilisation on free-roaming dog populations

11:45 UTC

  • Tuntikorn Rungpatana – Dr Oob
    Bangkok CNVR planning, monitoring and evaluation

12:05 UTC

  • Andrew Yoak
    StreetDogSim: Using computer modeling to help plan free-roaming dog interventions

12:25 UTC

  • Conrad Freuling
    High-Resolution Settlement Layer (HRSL) to estimate dog populations and derive vaccination coverage after parenteral and oral rabies vaccination – an example from Namibia

12:45 UTC

  • Terence Scott
    Holistic and scientific: Making data-driven approaches accessible to anyone

11:00 UTC

  • Paul Marvel
    Welcome

11:05 UTC

  • Audrey Delsink
    A one health approach through “Healthy Pets, Healthier Community” program in low-income communities of South Africa

11:25 UTC

  • Zain Shaheen
    Barriers to humane dog population management and impact on human health in Jordan

11:40 UTC

  • Abdul-Jalil Mohammadzai – Dr Mo
    Title TBC

13:00 UTC

  • Tessa Baker
    Long-term subsidized veterinary service provision in Indigenous communities in Northern Canada: A One Health approach to service delivery and program evaluation

12:20 UTC

  • Jessica Hoopes
    Beyond dog management: One Health considerations in the changing landscape of parasite treatment and prophylaxis in Australian Indigenous community dog health and management programs

12:40 UTC

  • Kavosa Mudoga
    Dog population findings from the AU-IBAR 2021-2022 survey to determine the ‘institutional preparedness of African countries to eliminate rabies by 2030’

11:00 UTC

  • Pankaj KC
    Welcome

11:05 UTC

  • Pankaj KC
    Paws for progress: The importance of dog population management in sustainable development

11:25 UTC

  • Anita Socol & Manuela Rowlings
    Collaboration between different dog population management actors as key to a successful program

11:40 UTC

  • Silja Schiller-Moumtzidis
    Government leadership in population management: Case study Zero Stray Pawject

12:00 UTC

  • Liat Morgan
    The Israeli governmental Dog Population Management (DPM) program as a solution for a western country

12:20 UTC

  • Liran Pitman
    The regulator’s predicament: Using public consultation as a tool towards developing a national policy for managing free-roaming cats in Israel

12:40 UTC

  • Agnès Dufau
    TNR Programs in Spain – national and local outlook: Overview of the newly adopted Law on the Protection of the Rights and Welfare of Animals and the specific example of the city of Cordoba

11:00 UTC

  • Tamara Kartal
    Welcome

11:05 UTC

  • Alex Rothlisberger
    The importance of access to care in dog and cat management programs

11:20 UTC

  • Ruth De Vere
    Educating communities is only half the battle

11:40 UTC

  • Michelle Tuma
    Increasing access to veterinary care in Canada’s North through telehealth and community animal health worker programs

12:00 UTC

  • Alanna Collicutt
    Introduction to managing dogs in First Nations workshop

12:20 UTC

  • Dr. Vrushti Mawani & Dr. Piyush Patel
    Integrated Animal Birth Control programs: Engaging communities to reduce human-dog conflict in urban India

12:40 UTC

  • Annelieke Laninga (Anna)
    Community adoption – Striking a balance between human and animal welfare

11:00 UTC

  • Elly  Hiby
    Welcome

11:05 UTC

  • Battersea, Dogs Trust Worldwide, FOUR PAWS, ICatCare
    Resources for shelters in a “one-stop” presentation

11:45 UTC

  • Ana-Maria Constantinescu
    Changing attitudes and behaviours towards shelter dogs through our soccer adoption campaign in Romania

11:55 UTC

  • Valerie Benka
    A “spay shot” is on the path to transform access to sterilization

12:15 UTC

  • Abi Collinson
    “It’s just one piece of the puzzle…”: Practitioner perspectives regarding the role of sterilisation in dog population management

12:30 UTC

  • Matt Backhouse
    The dog and cat meat trade: Implications for rabies control and population management

12:50 UTC

  • Elly Hiby
    Closing: Creating impact, efficiency and sustainability in dog and cat population management

Featured speakers

These are just a few of the experienced experts who will be speaking at the conference, representing dog and cat population management authorities, implementers, policymakers and researchers from across the globe. Hope to e-see you there!