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| Participant Materials (Login Required): Attendee List, Presentations |
Pre-Conference Events Wednesday October 4th
| Pre-Conference Events Wednesday October 4th | |
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| Registration Sign-in/Continental Breakfast for Fundamentals Course | 7:30 AM - 8:00AM Meeting Room 408 |
Fundamentals of Planning and Design of Animal Research Facilities
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8:00AM - 4:30PM Meeting Room 408 |
| Speaker Orientation Meeting & Dinner | 5:45PM - 7:30PM Meeting Room 406 |
| Hosted Welcome Reception (Guests Welcome) | 7:30PM - 8:30PM Salon C Foyer 4th FL |
Thursday, October 5th
| Thursday, October 5th | |
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| Registration Sign-in/Continental Breakfast | 8:00AM - 8:30AM Salon C Foyer 4th FL |
| Exhibit Booths Open | 8:00AM - 5:45PM Salons DE 4th FL |
| Plenary Sessions | 8:30AM - 9:30AM |
| Conference Overview and Welcome | 8:30AM - 8:40AM Salon C Ballroom |
Developing a CRO in an academic institution: Opportunities, successes, and lessons learned
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8:45AM - 9:10AM Salon C Ballroom |
Digital innovations driving vivarium productivity, quality, and cost savings
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9:10AM - 9:35AM Salon C Ballroom |
| Refreshment Break | 9:35AM - 9:55AM |
| Plenary Sessions | 9:55AM - 10:50AM |
ABSL3 Facilities: Five years of lessons learned on design and operations
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9:55AM - 10:20AM Salon C Ballroom |
Thermoneutrality considerations for animal studies, building design, and operations
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10:25AM - 10:50AM Salon C Ballroom |
| Refreshment Break | 10:55AM - 11:10AM |
| Concurrent Sessions (Pre-selection is not required.) | 11:10AM - 12:05PM |
Forum A: Animal research facilities design, construction, and commissioning case studies
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Room 406 (left side foyer) |
Forum B: Creating BSL3/ABSL3 space in existing facilities: Requirements, strategies, and solutions
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Room 408 (left side foyer) |
| Hosted Lunch | 12:05PM - 1:05PM |
| Concurrent Sessions (Pre-selection is not required.) | 1:10PM - 2:05PM |
Forum D: Upper-story animal research facilities in leased buildings: Challenges and benefits
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Room 406 (left side foyer) |
Forum E: Future-facing vivarium design strategies and features for improved operational efficiency
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Room 408 (left side foyer) |
| Refreshment Break | 2:05PM - 2:20PM |
| Concurrent Sessions (Pre-selection is not required.) | 2:20PM - 3:15PM |
Forum C: Resolving "extrinsic" environmental factors contributing to the reproducibility crisis in animal research
Presented at this time only. |
Room 406 (left side foyer) |
Forum H: Advanced vivarium automation: Solutions for reproducibility, welfare, logistics, staffing
Presented at this time only. |
Room 408 (left side foyer) |
| Refreshment Break | 3:15PM - 3:45PM |
| Plenary Sessions | 3:45PM - 4:40PM |
Repurposing high containment animal facilities: Large animal BSL-3Ag (FMDV) to avian BSL-2
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3:45PM - 4:10PM Salon C Ballroom |
Princeton’s master plan for the future of research, animal models, and vivarium investments
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4:15PM - 4:45PM Salon C Ballroom |
| Reception | 4:45PM - 5:45PM |
| Reception Hosted by Strobic Air (Guests Welcome) | 4:45PM - 5:45PM Salons DE 4th FL |
Friday, October 6th
| Friday, October 6th | |
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| Breakfast Hosted by Avidity Science | 7:15AM - 8:00AM Salons DE 4th FL |
| Concurrent Sessions (Pre-selection is not required.) | 8:05AM - 9:00AM |
Forum F: Understanding the math and mechanics of thermal treatment: A practical discussion
Presented at this time only. |
Room 406 (left side foyer) |
Forum J: Veterinary diagnostics labs: Efficient operating models and design concepts from the latest facilities
Presented at this time only. |
Room 408 (left side foyer) |
| Refreshment Break | 9:00AM - 9:15AM |
| Plenary Sessions | 9:15AM - 10:10AM |
From rodent facility to state-of-the art BSL2/3 NHP vivarium: “Total retrofit” solutions
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9:150M - 9:40AM Salon C Ballroom |
New criteria for cagewash equipment ratios nets efficiency gains and resource savings
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9:45AM - 10:10AM Salon C Ballroom |
| Refreshment Break | 10:10AM - 10:35AM |
| Concurrent Sessions (Pre-selection is not required.) | 10:35AM - 11:30AM |
Forum I: Lower cost, healthier, more sustainable vivaria leveraging demand-control ventilation
Presented at this time only. |
Room 406 (left side foyer) |
Forum K: Decision-making criteria for disposable IVCs: Space, science, sustainability, speed drivers
Presented at this time only. |
Room 408 (left side foyer) |
| Refreshment Break | 11:30AM - 11:45AM |
| Concurrent Sessions (Pre-selection is not required.) | 11:45AM - 12:40PM |
Forum A: Animal research facilities design, construction, and commissioning case studies
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Room 406 (left side foyer) |
Forum D: Upper-story animal research facilities in leased buildings: Challenges and benefits
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Room 408 (left side foyer) |
| Hosted Lunch | 12:40PM - 1:40PM |
| Concurrent Sessions (Pre-selection is not required.) | 1:45PM - 2:40PM |
Forum B: Creating BSL3/ABSL3 space in existing facilities: Requirements, strategies, and solutions
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Room 406 (left side foyer) |
Forum E: Future-facing vivarium design strategies and features for improved operational efficiency
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Room 408 (left side foyer) |
| Refreshment Break | 2:40PM - 2:55PM |
| Concluding Session | 2:55PM - 3:40PM |
Town Hall Knowledge Roundup
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2:55PM - 3:40PM Salon C Ballroom |
| Conference Adjourns | 3:40PM |