AVI is pleased to bring together speakers with a wide range of professional experience each year, including clinical practice, academic research, industry, and diagnostics. 

We look forward to seeing many attendees in-person at this year's Talbot Veterinary Informatics Symposium at the Virginia-Maryland School of Veterinary Medicine. The event will also be live streamed online.

Saturday & Sunday, September 14-15, 2024

Blacksburg, VA, USA & online

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Agenda

Light breakfast and snacks will be offered both days.

Lunch will be served on Saturday, courtesy of the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine Dean's Office.

Attendees may register to earn RACE-approved medical CE credits.


SAT, SEPTEMBER 14


7:30am Registration & Light Breakfast

8:00am - 8:15am | 12pm GMT | 1pm London | 10pm Melbourne, AUS

Opening remarks   General 

Julie Green, DVM & VMCVM Dean M. Daniel Givens, DVM


8:15am - 8:50am | 12:15pm GMT | 1:15pm London | 10:15pm Melbourne, AUS

Communicating informatics to non-informaticists   General 

Amanda Moore, DVM-PhD Dual Degree Student & Michael Martin, DVM, MPH


9:00am - 9:50am  | 1pm GMT | 2pm London | 11pm Melbourne, AUS

High-resolution analysis of pet health risks from pet insurance population health data   Insurance 

Nathan Bollig, DVM, MS & Stacey Neff, MS


10 - 10:30am Break


10:30am - 11:20am | 2:30pm GMT | 3:30pm London | Sun 12:30am Melbourne, AUS 

Monitoring and predicting Lyme disease trends among pet dogs to inform public health   One Health 

Janice O'Brien, DVM, MPH, PhD Student


11:30am - 12:00pm | 3:30pm GMT | 4:30pm London | Sun 1:30am Melbourne, AUS

AVI Board Q&A   General 

Nathan Bollig, President; Brian Hur, President-Elect; Anne Kimmerlein, Immediate Past President; Dennis Ballance, Treasurer; Pamela Okerholm, Secretary; Sonnya Dennis, Talbot Education Committee Chair; Jonathan Lustgarten, Outreach Committee Chair; Wayde Shipman, Interoperability Chair; Julie Green, Al Hahn Award Committee Chair


12 - 1pm Lunch graciously provided by the VAMDCVM Dean's Office


1:00pm - SAVSNET European One Health lectures   One Health    AI    Abx 

| 5pm GMT | 6pm London | Sun 3am Melbourne, AUS

Leveraging AI in veterinary informatics – the Liverpool experience with applications to disease surveillance, antimicrobial resistance, pharmacovigilance, and veterinary education. 

Peter-John Noble, BVM&S, PhD


Unravelling HPCIA prescription trends in veterinary healthcare: An LLM approach towards antimicrobial stewardship surveillance in the UK 

Sean Farrell, PhD Student


2:00pm - 2:50pm | 6pm GMT | 7pm London | Sun 4am Melbourne, AUS| 6pm GMT | 7pm London | Sun 4am Melbourne, AUS

Data-driven and Precision-based Medicine Powered by AI-based Smart Farming   Large Animal    AI 

Shumin Li, DVM, MS


3:00 - 3:30pm Break

3:30pm - 4:20pm | 7:30pm GMT | 8:30pm London | Sun 5:30am Melbourne, AUS

Introducing an Open Source Diagnostic Lab Integration Solution  Data/IT 

Dennis Ballance, DVM, CSPO & Eli Larson, DVM, MS


4:30pm - 5:00pm | 8:30pm GMT | 9:30pm London | Sun 6:30am Melbourne, AUS

Allen W Hahn Lifetime Achievement Award in Veterinary Informatics Presentation   General 

Julie Green, DVM, Committee Chair


5:15pm - 7:30pm Evening social


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SUN, SEPTEMBER 15


7:30am Registration & Light Breakfast

8:00am - 8:50am | 12pm GMT | 1pm London | 10pm Melbourne, AUS 

Morning Short Talks

A never-ending story: trials and tribulations of veterinary database construction   Data/IT 

Katie Krothapalli, DVM, MBA


Identifying risk factors for parasites and disease from bioinformatics analysis of animal health data   One Health   

Casey Hansen, PhD


Clinical validation of automated encoding of medical concepts related to antimicrobial resistance  Abx 

Nadia Saklou, DVM, PhD


9:00am - 9:50am | 1pm GMT | 2pm London | 11pm Melbourne, AUS

The Future of Veterinary Research: Navigating Literature and Writing with AI and Digital Tools   Research   AI  

Candice Chu, DVM, PhD, DACVP (Clin Path)


10 - 10:30am Break


10:30am - 11:20am | 2:30pm GMT | 3:30pm London | Sun 12:30am Melbourne, AUS 

Harnessing Big Data in the Animal Welfare Industry  Welfare 

Clinton Ross Mauck; Jyothi Robertson, DVM, DABVP


11:30am - 12:20pm | 3:30pm GMT | 4:30pm London | Sun 1:30am Melbourne, AUS

Expanding the workforce in veterinary informatics: a multidisciplinary approach   General 

Nadia Saklou, DVM, PhD


12:20pm - 12:30pm | 4:20pm GMT | 5:20pm London | Sun 2:20am Melbourne, AUS

Closing Remarks 

Nathan Bollig, DVM, MS, AVI President


Member Mingle Reception

Join us Saturday evening immediately following the lectures for an in-person member meetup at The Inn at Virginia Tech. Light appetizers will be serviced and drinks will be available. AVI will shuttle from the conference to the Inn and carpooling is also an option.

Thank you to our generous event sponsor the Virginia Veterinary Medical Association!


Location, Travel & Accomodations

Live Stream Details

Registered attendees will receive a link via email prior to the event to access our Zoom live stream.

Lectures will be recorded and posted to our on-demand education platform powered by VetBloom at a later date.



Registration Fees

 Ticket Type

 Deadline  Member Price  Non-Member Price

 Early Bird 

 In-person

May 15

 $50  $100

 Regular

 In-person

Sep 3

Extended!

 $100  $150

 Full Price

 In-person

Sep 15

 $150  $200

 Students

 In-person + virtual

Sep 15

  Free  Please sign up for a free AVI student membership to access this discount
 Virtual-only

Sep 15

 $25  $50
 RACE-CE add-on

Sep 15

 Free

 $50


Please note: canceling a paid registration will automatically generate a credit on your member account. Please contact Dr. Dennis Ballance at treasurer@avinformatics.org if you would like a refund to your original form of payment.



Sponsors

Thank you for your interest in becoming a 2024 sponsor of the Association for Veterinary Informatics. Donations may be made online in any amount via our online form. Please direct questions to sponsorship@avinformatics.org.


 

Thank you to our 2024 Talbot Symposium & Member Mingle sponsors for your generous support!

 Symposium Sponsors:  

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Dr. Craig Carter

Dr. Sonnya Dennis

Dr. Jon Lustgarten    




 Member Mingle Sponsors:  
          
          




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