Registration is now open for AWEN's 3rd Annual Three "I's" Conference on IACUC-IBC-IRB Harmonization:
Investigation, Institutional Committees & Innovation

The AWEN Group continues its collaboration with the Massachusetts Society for Medical Research with the 3rd annual "Three I's" conference on IACUCs, IBCs and IRBs. to be held on September 25-26, 2008 in Waltham, MA.

How can IACUCs, IBCs and IRBs fulfill their responsibilities while
dealing with advances in technology and evolving best practices in research? The 3rd annual Three "I's" conference will examine this question in detail. Learn from the experts and your peers in 1½ days of presentations, case studies and hands-on exercises.

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Registration for AWEN's Fall 2008 Online Continuing Education is now open.
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SAVE THE DATE for ATOP VI
Assessment and Treatment of Animal Pain and Distress 2009

BEYOND BUPRENORPHINE:
21st Century Pain Medicine for Laboratory Animal Veterinarians

February 9-10, 2009 at the Mission Palms Hotel & Resort in Tempe, Arizona

Designed specifically for laboratory animal veterinarians, this interactive, retreat-style conference on pain medicine will provide a solid set of tools for preventing and treating pain in animal subjects, allowing participants to feel well-grounded and forge support networks to guide their practices.

Look for details and registration information this fall, but

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The AWEN Group sponsors three to four national/international professional development conferences each year on current and emerging topics relating to the conduct of research and regulatory compliance for the life sciences. AWEN's acclaimed Assessment and Treatment of Pain and Distress in Animals (ATOP) conference series has been held annually since 2004. Its groundbreaking June 2006 conference on harmonization of IACUCs, IBCs and IRBs, offered with the Massachusetts Society for Medical Research, has become an annual event to develop the dialogue on common ground areas between these three vital institutional committees. And AWEN's new "Three D's" conference series -- Development, Disaster and Design -- will address continuing education in the areas of animal care and use program development, disaster planning for life science research, and vivarium design.

AWEN conferences and training help fulfill the training requirements specified in the recently-revised USDA/APHIS/AC Policy#15, which states that research facilities are required to ensure that members are provided training and instruction to ensure they are qualified to assess the facilities animal programs and procedures, as well as the facility itself.

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