12th VETERINARY FORUM ON COMPANION ANIMAL MEDICINE

 

Dear Colleagues,

HCAVS (Hellenic Companion Animal Veterinary Society) is hosting FORUM12 in Companion Animal Medicine. Our annual congress for 2023 is focused in Canine and Feline Geriatrics and it will take place in Thessaloniki, Greece, at Porto Palace Hotel, 1 to 2April, 2023. Pre-congress labs will take place in March 31, 2023.

HCAVS is from 2015 a full member of World Small Animal Veterinary Association (WSAVA). Our mission is to provide high level postgraduate continuing education to Greek veterinarians of Companion Animal Medicine and our annual congress is an outstanding continuing education event.

The scientific program of our FORUM12, consists of a big number of lectures from national and international invited speakers both from universities and private practices.They will cover the most common aspects of companion animal geriatric medicine and surgery. Oral and poster communications are an integral part of our congress and will also be available.

Interpretation in Greek language will be provided for lectures of international speakers.

 

ORGANISING COMMITTEE

Chair	Members
Dr. George Mantziaras	Dr. Efstratios - Erricos Tsipianitis   Dr. Venizelos Leventogiannis

SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE

Chair	Members
Prof. Serafim Papadimitriou	Col. Stefanos Kladakis   Dr. Alexandros Konstantinidis   Ass. Prof.Christos Koutinas   Prof. Lysimachos Papazoglou   Dr. Thaleia Stathopoulou

PRECONGRESS SEMINARS – Friday, March 31, 2023

(in Greek language ONLY)

FINAL SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM

FINAL SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM

INVITED SPEAKERS

Prof. Guillaume Chanoit
DEDV PhD DECVS DACVS FHEA FRCVS, Head of Small Animal Surgery, VetAgroSup, Department of Small Animal Surgery, Veterinary School of Lyon, France

Dr. Marios Charalambous
DVM, PhD, Dipl.ACVIM, Dipl ECVN, FHEA, MRCVS, ABVS American & EBVS® European recognised specialist in Veterinary Neurology, Clinic for Small Animals, Department of Neurology, University of Veterinary Medicine, Hannover, Germany

Dr. Nick Dervisis
DVM, PhD, DACVIM (Oncology), Medical Oncology, Associate Professor, Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences, Associate Professor, Faculty of Health Sciences, Virginia Tech, USA

Dr. Nikolaos Diakakis
DVM, MSc, PhD, MRCVS, Professor, Companion Animal Clinic, School of Veterinary Medicine, AUTH, Thessaloniki, Greece

Prof. Jonathan Elliot
MA Vet MB PhD Cert SAC Dip ECVPT FHEA MRCVS, EBVS® European Specialist in Veterinary Pharmacology and Toxicology, Royal Veterinary College, London, UK

Dr. Stamatina Giannikaki
DVM, MSc, DipECVO, MRCVS, EBVS® European Specialist in Veterinary Ophthalmology, Athens, Greece

Panagiotis Gkorezis
Associate Professor in Management, School of Economics, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece

Prof. Toni Glaus
DVM, Dipl. ACVIM Dipl. ECVIM-CA (Cardiology), Division of Cardiology, Clinic for Small Animal Internal Medicine, VetSuisse Faculty, University of Zurich, Switzerland

Dr. Aarti Kathrani
BVetMed (Hons), PhD, DACVIM, DACVN, FHEA, MRCVS, Senior Lecturer in Small Animal Internal Medicine, Royal Veterinary College, London, UK

Dr. Dan G. Ohad
DVM, PhD, Dip ACVIM (Cardiology), Dip. ECVIM-CA (Cardiology), Koret School of Veterinary Medicine, Israel

Dr. Thaleia Stathopoulou
DVM, Dipl. ECVAA, EBVS® European Specialist in Veterinary Anesthesia and Analgesia, Royal Veterinary College, London, UK

Dr. Panagiota Tyrnenopoulou
Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Clinic of Surgery (Equine Medicine & Surgery), University of Thessaly, Greece

ACCOMMODATION

Superior Room for 1 or 2 persons

Cost per night, incl. breakfast and taxes (check in Friday March 31, 2023 – check out Sunday, April 2, 2023):

• until Nov30, 2022 : 125€
• Dec 1, 2022 – Feb 28, 2023 : 145€
• from March 1, 2023: based on availability

Please use the following link to make your room reservation

https://portopalace.reserve-online.net/?checkin=2023-04-01&rooms=1&nights=1&adults=1&bkcode=FORUM+12

 

REGISTRATION FOR INTERNATIONAL DELEGATES

Until 10.03.2023	100€
From 11.03.2023 and On site	130€

Registration includes:
Free entrance to lecture halls and commercial exhibition, congress bag and e-proceedings, e-certificate of attendance, 4 coffee breaks and 2 light lunch breaks

 

REGISTRATION

ONLINE REGISTRATION

 

CANCELLATION POLICY

Delegates who want to cancel their registration should send an email to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.  until Feb 10, 2023 and they will receive 50% refund.
Cancellations received from Feb 11, 2023 are not entitled to refund.