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Day 2 of the Science for Animal Welfare Centenary Conference done!

Today's highlights:
- Opened with the UFAW (now Science for Animal Welfare) Medal presentation
- Symposium 2
- Thoughtful & collaborative panel discussion

One more day to go!

#SCIFAW100
June 24, 2026 at 6:30 PM
janirecas.bsky.social
Already at #SciFAW100 for the centenary conference.

Thanks to Dr Robert Kirk’s excellent talk, I’ve just discovered I may suffer from zoophil-psychosis: a passion for animals!

#AnimalWelfare #WildAnimalWelfare
Talk by Robert Kirk
June 23, 2026 at 9:34 AM
harfeld.bsky.social
Talking to (mainly) ethologists/biologists about the history of animal welfare, focusing on C. W. Hume's early thoughts on fruitful doubt as both moral and scientific necessity. At Science for Animal Welfare Centenary Conference in London
#SCIFAW100 #senatehouse #universityoflondon
June 23, 2026 at 1:46 PM
wildanimals.bsky.social
At @scifaw.bsky.social ?

Don't miss @janirecas.bsky.social's talk at 10:30 this morning — Associations between judgement bias and other indicators of affective state: a way to advance wild animal welfare science?

#SciFAW100
June 24, 2026 at 11:45 AM
scifaw.bsky.social
🗓️ Today’s the day.

We’re excited to welcome you to the Science for Animal Welfare Centenary Conference 2026.

If you’re attending, tag us and use #SCIFAW100 so we can follow along.

Find key information on our conference webpage: scienceforanimalwelfare2026.org

#SCIFAW100
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June 23, 2026 at 7:30 AM
wildanimals.bsky.social
We're at @scifaw.bsky.social in London this week! Stay tuned for highlights from the conference.

And if you're here, come say hi! And don't miss our talk — Weds @ 10:30 🗓️ ⏰️

@janirecas.bsky.social
@shannonwrites.bsky.social
@meekl.bsky.social
#SciFAW100
June 22, 2026 at 3:45 PM
drdoox.bsky.social
I'm here in this fabulous building in a v hot London for #SciFAW100 and looking forward to some cracking #science and #ethics. (Also 1st time I've been here since I submitted my PhD 25 yrs ago - A QUARTER OF A CENTURY AGO!!.) @scifaw.bsky.social 🧪🐁🐠🐄🐈🐑🐦🦎
June 23, 2026 at 8:20 AM
wildanimals.bsky.social
#SciFAW100! Be sure to check out our poster on wild animal welfare science as you peruse posters and sip drinks this evening — @meekl.bsky.social and @janirecas.bsky.social will be around to chat. 🍸️ 📈

@scifaw.bsky.social
June 23, 2026 at 4:55 PM
cjaw.bsky.social
#SciFAW100 Huw Golledge kicks off the conference, in London dealing with the centinary of the university federation of animal welfare - which is now Science for Animal Welfare.

#welfare #sciart
A sketch of Huw Golledge from Science for Animal Welfare kicking off the UFAW conference
June 23, 2026 at 8:19 AM
scifaw.bsky.social
Thank you!

What an incredible three days celebrating 100 years of progress in animal welfare science.

We hope you enjoyed your time at the conference last week and we look forward to sharing more highlights in the coming days.

#SCIFAW100
June 29, 2026 at 3:01 PM
scifaw.bsky.social
New name, clearer purpose. Looking ahead with confidence, we’re excited for our conference tomorrow and the conversations that can help improve animals’ lives.

🔗 Head to our conference webpage for everything you need to know: scienceforanimalwelfare2026.org

#SCIFAW100
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June 22, 2026 at 8:00 AM
drdoox.bsky.social
Huge variety of thought provoking talks from 1st day at #SciFAW100! Blind spots, moral and legal disengagement, the concept of "fruitful doubt", the type of love and care required in #AnimalWelfare thru to using #science to inform policy, and create both behavioural and system change. Day 2 begins!
June 24, 2026 at 8:17 AM
affect-evo.bsky.social
Last week, Dr. Colline Poirier (WG3 Lead) represented AFFECT EVO at the #SciFAW100 Centenary Conference! 🎉

She presented on a central topic for our Action: validity criteria for indicators of individual affective states.

#AFFECTEVO #COSTAction #SciFAW100 #AnimalWelfare
Colline Poirier UFAW 2026
June 29, 2026 at 4:53 PM
drdoox.bsky.social
Sophia Hepple starting strong with messages about blind spots in how we treat animals. Giving the *implementation* and *enforcement* of ASPA a thorough shredding gives us an important example of how we can be legally and morally disengaged from our responsibilities for animals in our care #SciFAW100
June 23, 2026 at 9:17 AM
drdoox.bsky.social
Poster is up, and I'm presenting it tomorrow (Weds). In the meantime, go have a read, take a copy of @replanimalres.bsky.social #ReplacementChecklist and follow the QR code to more guidance on #Replacement, the 1st and ultimate goal of the #3Rs.
#AnimalWelfare begins with #Replacement #SciFAW100
June 23, 2026 at 10:37 AM
scifaw.bsky.social
#SCIFAW100 opened with our history, founder Major Charles Hume, and closed with a symposium on Assessing Animal Welfare, questioning how rigorous our own science really is. A century of realism over sentimentality.

Access the recordings: https://ow.ly/TlB050Zjwaj
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July 6, 2026 at 10:00 AM
scifaw.bsky.social
Good morning and welcome to our final day!

🌟 It's been an incredible week of science, conversation and celebration.

🔗 Full programme details: www.scienceforanimalwelfare2026.org/programme

Thank you for being part of our centenary conference.

#SCIFAW100
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June 25, 2026 at 7:30 AM
scifaw.bsky.social
Good morning, day two!

Today brings the UFAW (now Science for Animal Welfare) Medal Lecture, Symposium 2 on research reproducibility, and our Networking Reception this evening.

Check today's programme here: https://ow.ly/PXZ050ZcfpZ

We are looking forward to another great day.

#SCIFAW100
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June 24, 2026 at 7:30 AM
scifaw.bsky.social
What a first day!

- We opened our centenary conference with Symposium 1
- Huge congratulations to Dr Heather Browning, joint recipient of this year's Early Career Researcher Award
- Closing the day with drinks & conversation

Roll on day 2!
🔗 https://ow.ly/n4i150ZcfRa

#SCIFAW100
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June 23, 2026 at 5:30 PM
ethicalseafood.bsky.social
We’re looking forward to contributing to this important discussion as Science for Animal Welfare marks 100 years of advancing animal welfare science.

🔗 Register today to be part of the conversation: buff.ly/WTA2nG6

#SciFAW100 #AnimalWelfareScience #AquaticAnimalWelfare #Aquaculture
June 17, 2026 at 6:07 AM
scifaw.bsky.social
We are excited to start sharing some of the speakers taking part in the UFAW Centenary Conference 2026.

Among them are two of this year's UFAW award recipients.

We look forward to sharing more speakers and programme highlights in the coming weeks.

🔗 https://ow.ly/305Q50YYZCP

#SciFAW100
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May 18, 2026 at 10:00 AM
scifaw.bsky.social
📆 One month to go until the UFAW Centenary conference 2026!

We are looking forward to welcoming delegates and speakers this June.

🔗 Take a look at the programme: www.scienceforanimalwelfare2026.org/programme

#SciFAW100 #UFAWCentenary
Tall cream building, "one month to go, 23 June" for the UFAW Centenary conference 2026.
May 23, 2026 at 10:00 AM
drdoox.bsky.social
Tricky to pick a recurrent theme from Day 2 of #SciFAW100. From failures in transparency to improve #animalwelfate, social licence and public perception, benchmarking across jurisdictions, ethical review, and reproducibility in #Science.
Complexity, maybz?
Last day today!
🧪🐁🐠🐄🐈🐦🦎
June 25, 2026 at 8:20 AM
scifaw.bsky.social
Introducing the UFAW conference symposia!

🕰️ Symposium 1: Animal Welfare Science: Past, Present and Future

🔬 Symposium 2: Is There a Reproducibility Crisis in Animal Welfare Science?

🐾 Symposium 3: Assessing Animal Welfare

🔗 scienceforanimalwelfare2026.org/registration

#SCIFAW100
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May 27, 2026 at 9:00 AM
scifaw.bsky.social
Science isn’t static - and neither are we. Our work always looks into the future of what’s possible.

With two weeks to go, our centenary conference is the perfect place to shape the next century of our work.

Use #SCIFAW100 and let us know if you're attending!

🔗 scienceforanimalwelfare2026.org
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June 5, 2026 at 10:00 AM