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Dear colleagues, 

We are very pleased to invite you on behalf of the Society for Animal Laboratory Science, the Interest Group of Animal Technologists and Research Technicians (GV-IGTP) and the local Organizing Committee, to the 61^st Annual Meeting of the Society for Animal Laboratory Science to be held in Würzburg from September 11th to 13th, 2024. 

For more than 600 years the City of Würzburg is home of the Julius-Maximilians-Universität, one of the oldest universities in Bavaria. The JMU offers manifold faculties, with a key focus on human medicine research. In recent years, the Würzburg Initiative 3R (WI3R) has led to significant developments for preclinical research in this area. Technologies such as “organoids”, biofabrication or in vitro tissue models show how animal experiments and 3R models go hand in hand. 

Another Würzburg feature are its baroque and rococo style buildings such as the Residenz (World Heritages Site), Marienburg fortress and countless vine taverns and cellars invite to look, browse, and enjoy. 

The continuously increasing number of attendees at the meetings of the GV and IGPT show today’s importance of laboratory animal sciences. The implementation of animal welfare and the improvement of the housing conditions of laboratory animals is an important goal for researchers, animal facility managers and caretakers. A continuous exchange enables us to achieve and enhance the positive development.  

The Congress Centrum is located in the center of Würzburg and exclusively reserved for our meeting. In the foyer and next to the main auditorium roundabout 1.500 square meters are available for the exhibition. This is where our partners from industry will present their products, well known and brand new. Two more lecture rooms are located on the first floor, as well as multiple smaller rooms, which are set to be used for workshops.  

The assigned organizer in 2024, is the INTERCOM Dresden GmbH, which will take care of your questions and wishes in the familiar professional way. In addition, we, the local committee, will be happy to answer your questions and are open for any input. 

We are looking forward to welcoming you in September 2024 at the first live GV meeting in Würzburg. 

 Dr. Heike Wagner                             Dr. Andrea Ewald 

Conference presidents