BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:World Veterinary Association | October 04 2009- November 03 2009 PRODID:-//strange bird labs//Drupal iCal API//EN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120522T121917Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20091003T214700Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20020203 UID:http://www.worldvet.org/node/5326 URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.worldvet.org/node/5326 SUMMARY:World Animal Day DESCRIPTION:

World Animal Day on October 4\, 2009
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END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120522T121917Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20091006T223400Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20020203 UID:http://www.worldvet.org/node/5316 URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.worldvet.org/node/5316 SUMMARY:Budapest hosts the 11th International Companion Animal Welfare Conference DESCRIPTION:

Veterinarians\, animal welfare organisations\, campaigners and interested individuals from around the world have the opportunity to come together at this year’s International Companion Animal Welfare Conference (ICAWC) which will be taking place in Budapest from 7th to 9th October 2009.

Run by Dogs Trust - the UK’s largest dog welfare charity\, ICAWC is the leading conference of its kind. It is held in a different European city each year and provides a platform where delegates working in the field of animal welfare can network\, exchange knowledge and gain support from their international contemporaries.

END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120522T121917Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20091012T080700Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20020203 UID:http://www.worldvet.org/node/5282 URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.worldvet.org/node/5282 SUMMARY:Evolving veterinary education for a safer world DESCRIPTION:

This worldwide conference will take place at the Maison de la Chimie in Paris on 12\, 13 and 14 October 2009.

The meeting will be an opportunity for deans or directors of veterinary training institutions and key national veterinary education policy makers from all over the world to exchange views on priorities for the content of academic courses\, the main purpose being to reach consensus in order to recommend an updated veterinary curriculum to the international community.

This should ensure that future graduates are increasingly able to work in an international environment\, applying international standards for disease surveillance\, veterinary public health\, food safety and animal welfare. The conference will also provide a forum for discussing the involvement of national veterinary statutory bodies in the harmonisation of accreditation procedures for veterinary faculties\, which would help foster recognition of the importance of veterinary activities for society as a whole at global level.

This worldwide conference will take place at the Maison de la Chimie in Paris on 12\, 13 and 14 October 2009.
The meeting will be an opportunity for deans or directors of veterinary training institutions and key national veterinary education policy makers from all over the world to exchange views on priorities for the content of academic courses\, the main purpose being to reach consensus in order to recommend an updated veterinary curriculum to the international community. This should ensure that future graduates are increasingly able to work in an international environment\, applying international standards for disease surveillance\, veterinary public health\, food safety and animal welfare. The conference will also provide a forum for discussing the involvement of national veterinary statutory bodies in the harmonisation of accreditation procedures for veterinary faculties\, which would help foster recognition of the importance of veterinary activities for society as a whole at global level.

END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120522T121917Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20091013T203300Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20020203 UID:http://www.worldvet.org/node/5199 URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.worldvet.org/node/5199 SUMMARY:World Health Summit DESCRIPTION:

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The World Health Summit will be the forum to bring together an international array of eminent researchers\, physicians\, and representatives of government\, industry\, and health care systems. What is today common in other sectors such as the economy and in the field of technology is lacking for medical practice\, research\, and health care systems. As a global forum\, the World Health Summit will address those health related issues which challenge us as physicians\, scientists\, political leaders and those employed in the health care industry. We need cogent and timely responses to the urgent questions arising from world-wide demographic trends\, the financing of medical progress and innovation\, the understanding of the potentials of medical research and health economy\, and to emerging medical issues. Among these are health-related consequences of climate change.
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END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120522T121917Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20091015T204200Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20020203 UID:http://www.worldvet.org/node/5322 URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.worldvet.org/node/5322 SUMMARY:World Food Day\, 16 October 2009 DESCRIPTION:

Achieving Food Security in Times of Crisis
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At a time when the global economic crisis dominates the news\, the world needs to be reminded that not everyone works in offices and factories. The crisis is stalking the small-scale farms and rural areas of the world\, where 70 percent of the world's hungry live and work.

With an estimated increase of 105 million hungry people in 2009\, there are now 1.02 billion malnourished people in the world\, meaning that almost one sixth of all humanity is suffering from hunger.

Both public and private investments are needed\, more specifically through targeted public investment to encourage and facilitate private investment\, especially by farmers themselves.

On the occasion of World Food Week and World Food Day 2009\, let us reflect on those numbers and the human suffering behind them. Crisis or no crisis\, we have the know-how to do something about hunger. We also have the ability to find money to solve problems when we consider them important. Let us work together to make sure hunger is recognized as a critical problem\, and solve it. The World Summit on Food Security proposed by FAO for November 2009 could be fundamental for eradicating hunger.