The scientific meeting covers several topics of :

(1) Captive and Free-ranging (zoo & wildlife) Management & Diseases;

(2) Conservation: Environment and Health;

(3) Non Human Primate Medicine and Pathology;

(4) Basic Principles in Education on Wildlife Medicine and Conservation (infectious disease, pest control, welfare, nutrition, reproduction, diagnostics, etc.); and

(5) Zoo/ Wild Animal Pathological Cases.

This topics will be accommodated in a range of different session-types:

•  Plenary Sessions. There will be one keynote speaker and 2-3 plenary speakers per day.

• General Sessions. These include oral presentations, each of 20 minutes (including questions), which wherever possible will be grouped together by themes. Oral presentations not assigned on submission or by invitation of meeting organizer(s) to a specific scientific topics meeting, will be allocated to a Poster Session.

• Poster Sessions. Poster Sessions will take place during the meeting. Opportunities to view and present posters will be extensive, and posters are regarded as equivalent to (if not better than) oral presentations.

• Other Sessions. Upon request to the Scientific Committee, further sessions may be accommodated such as Workshops, Roundtable Discussions, and Video/DVD Sessions.