Global Animal Health Conference: Developing Global Animal Health Products to Support Food Security and Sustainability
Oct 17 2013 8:30AM - Oct 18 2013 3:30PM | Sheraton Crystal City
1800 Jefferson Davis Highway
Arlington, VA 22202-3515
Overview
Veterinary medicinal products play a key role in promoting animal health. This 3rd Conference on Global Animal Health provides a platform to discuss methods of maximizing the development and use of animal health products to support food security and sustainability. Presentations from academia, industry, nonprofit and international organizations as well as Government Officials will reflect the global challenges of animal health product development and share opportunities for global regulatory convergence to ensure access safe and effective medicines.
Co-sponsored by International Federation for Animal Health
Featured Topics
- Harmonizing regulatory requirements to reduce cost and development times
- Promoting adoption of appropriate, harmonized requirements by emerging markets – globalized standards
- Ensuring quality products are available at the point of need
- Global regulatory convergence
- International Cooperation on Harmonisation of Technical Requirements for Registration of Veterinary Medicinal Products (VICH) Outreach Forum
- World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) Medicines Focal Points and Proficiency of Veterinary Services (PVS) Scheme
- How to move towards simultaneous global product distribution through coordinated national or regional assessment
- Presentations from developing markets to understand their status, needs and challenges
- Regulatory requirements
- Securing the supply chain for authorized medicines
- Challenges for consumers acceptance of animal health products
Who Should Attend
This conference is designed for key regulators and non-regulators who have influence on decision making in other regions, as well as individuals working in the pharmaceutical industry, academia, regulatory and governmental agencies worldwide and those interested in gaining a better understanding of animal health products for the continuation of global health security and sustainability.
Learning Objectives
At the conclusion of this conference, participants should be able to:
- Describe the current environment for a global approach to product development, authorization and availability to end users
- Explain how key players can better interact to promote animal health food security and sustainability at a global level
- Discuss how stakeholders in developed and less developed markets can work together to promote standards, for global product development
Special Offers
Group Discounts Available! Register 3 and Get the 4th FREE!
Hotel & Travel
Sheraton Crystal City
A limited number of rooms are available at the reduced rate shown below (DIA rate is guaranteed until October 3, 2013, or until room block is filled). Attendees can follow this link to make their hotel reservations, or by calling +1.212.532.1660 or in the USA at 1.800.221.3531. If making your hotel reservation by phone, please select option 1 for “Hotel Reservations,” inform the phone agent that it is a DIA event, and provide them with the date and title of the meeting. Please Note: In order to receive the reduced room rate, hotel reservations must be made as noted above and not directly with the hotel.
Standard Room Rate $199
Hotel Address: 1800 Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, VA 22202
The most convenient airport is Ronald Reagan National Airport. Attendees should make both airline and hotel reservations as early as possible.
Contact Information
Continuing Education
Drug Information Association has been accredited as an Authorized Provider by the International Association for Continuing Education and Training (IACET), 1760 Old Meadow Road, Suite 500, McLean, VA 22102.
As an IACET Authorized Provider, Drug Information Association offers CEUs for its programs that qualify under the ANSI/IACET Standard. Drug Information Association is authorized by IACET to offer 1.3 CEUs for this program. Participants must attend the entire program in order to be able to receive an IACET statement of credit. No partial credit will be awarded.
CERTIFICATE PROGRAM
This program is part of DIA’s Certificate Program and is awarded the following:
• Regulatory Affairs Certificate Program: X Elective Units
For more information go to www.diahome.org/certificateprograms
| Name |
Credit Type |
Max Credits |
CEU |
| Global Animal Health Conference |
IACET |
13.00 |
1.300 |
Disclosure Policy:
It is DIA policy that anyone in a position to control the content of a continuing education activity must disclose to the program audience (1) any real or apparent conflict(s) of interest related to the content of their presentation and/or the educational activity, and (2) discussions of unlabeled or unapproved uses of drugs or medical devices. Disclosure statements will be included in the course materials.
Statement of Credit:
If you would like to receive a statement of credit, you must attend the program and tutorial(s), if applicable, sign-in at the DIA registration desk each day of the program, and complete the on-line credit request process through DIA’s My Transcript. To access My Transcript, please go to www.diahome.org, select “Login to My DIA” and you will be prompted for your user ID and password. Select “My Transcript” (left side bar) and “Credit Request” to process your credit request. Participants will be able to download a statement of credit upon successful submission of the credit request. My Transcript will be available for credit requests on Friday, November 1, 2013.
To view DIA’s grievance policy, please visit the CE page on the DIA website at www.diahome.org/CE
Registration Fees
Member
- Member Government
- $595.00
- Member Standard
- $1340.00
- Member Standard (As of 09/27/2013)
- $1490.00
Non-Member
- Charitable Nonprofit/Academia Member
- $745.00
- NonMember Government
- $770.00
- NonMember Standard
- $1665.00
- Charitable Nonprofit/Academia Nonmember
- $920.00
Group Discounts
Register three individuals from the same company and receive complimentary registration for a fourth! All four individuals must register and prepay at the same time – no exceptions. DIA will apply the value of the lowest applicable fee to this complimentary registration; it does NOT include fees for optional events or DIA membership. You may substitute group participants of the same membership status at any time; however, administrative fees may be incurred.
Group registration is not available online and does not apply to the already-discounted fees for government or charitable nonprofit/academia. To take advantage of this offer, please print a registration form for EACH of the four registrants from your company. Include the names of all four group registrants on each of the forms and return them together to DIA.
Register Online
CANCELLATION POLICY: All cancellations must be received in writing two weeks before
the start of the event. Administrative fee that will be withheld from refund amount:
- Member or Nonmember = $200
- Government or Academia or Nonprofit (Member or Nonmember) = $100
- Tutorial (if applicable) = $50
Cancellations must be in writing and be received two weeks before the start of the event. Registrants who do not cancel two weeks before the start of the event and do not attend the event will be responsible for the full registration fee. Registrants are responsible for cancelling their own hotel and airline reservations. DIA reserves the right to alter the venue, if necessary. If an event is cancelled, DIA is not responsible for any airfare, hotel or other costs incurred by registrants.
Unless otherwise disclosed, the statements made by speakers represent their own opinions and not necessarily those of the organization they represent, or that of the Drug Information Association. Speakers, agenda and CE information are subject to change without notice. Recording of any DIA educational material in any type of media is prohibited without prior written consent from DIA.
Participants with Disabilities:
Reasonable accommodations will be made available to persons with disabilities who attend an educational activity. Contact the DIA office in writing at least 15 days prior to event to indicate your needs.