programme - Royal Canin

WELCOME TO
THE SOUTH OF FRANCE
Today, being a veterinarian is increasingly complex; being a
“good” vet is not just about scientific knowledge alone, a host of
other skills are required, including communication, finance, human
resources, and even marketing, what we call ‘practice management’.
Royal Canin has therefore organized a ‘Vet Symposium’, so that
colleagues from all over the world can meet and share their
experiences, both scientific and managerial. This meeting will take
place in Montpellier in February 2015 and more than 400 delegates
from 50 countries are expected to attend.
Finally, we very much hope that you will enjoy the social aspects of
this two-day meeting, and that together we will share our knowledge
and experience for the benefit of cats and dogs.
The organizing team
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VISIT OUR CAMPUS!
Visit the factory and discover how we ensure quality and food safety
thanks to the unique tools and procedures used in our in-house tests.
In the Laboratory, you will discover several examples where nutritional
precision is used to develop diets that ensure a maximal health benefit
for dogs and cats.
Royal Canin Research & Development is housed on our “Campus”.
In our kennel & cattery, you can meet our 24 breeds of dogs and 13 breeds
of cats and discover why Royal Canin’s diets are so palatable.
Important notices:
To visit the factory, you must wear
sensible shoes, open-toed shoes and
heels are not allowed, and you must
wear trousers (skirts dresses are not
allowed).
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All jewellery (watches, rings, necklaces,
earrings, and visible piercings) must be
removed before entering the factory.
Thank you for your understanding.
PROGRAMME
TUESDAY 12TH
WEDNESDAY 13TH
PLENARY SESSION
3:00 pm › 4:00 pm
Welcome drink at the Corum (Congress Center of Montpellier) - Registration to the workshops
4:00 am › 4:10 am
Opening of The Vet Symposium
4:10 pm › 4:55 pm
Quench the stench - Demystifying chronic diarrhea in dogs and cats
› Stan Marks
4:55 pm › 5:25 pm
Food responsive diarrhoea in the dog- what’s new?
› Karin Allenspach
5:25 pm › 5:45 pm
Short break
5:45 pm › 6:10 pm
Create success - Improve the customer experience in your practice!
› Antje Blaettner
PASTEUR AUDITORIUM
Practice
Management topics
PASTEUR AUDITORIUM
Scientific
topics
6:10 pm › 6:40 pm
How to boost digestive health in puppies?
› Claire Mariani & Hanna Mila
6:40 pm › 7:00 pm
Each speaker will introduce his or her topic for Wednesday
From 8:00 pm
Scientific
topics
PASTEUR AUDITORIUM
Dinner (please check information at your hotel)
Conferences in English
/ Simultaneous translation into Spanish and French in the Pasteur auditorium.
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TUESDAY 12TH
WEDNESDAY 13TH
PLENARY SESSION
Scientific topics
PASTEUR AUDITORIUM
WORKSHOPS
Practice Management topics
EINSTEIN AUDITORIUM
8:30 am › 9:15 am
IBD
› Iwan Burgener
Strategies to secure the owner´s
compliance in long-term diseases
› Antje Blaettner
9:15 am › 10:00 am
Diarrhoea in German Shepherd Dogs:
what’s all the fuss about?
› Karin Allenspach
7 tips to maximize
the economic value of my practice
› Pere Mercader
10:00 am › 10:45 am
Current concepts in the vomiting dog and cat:
a practical clinical approach
› Stan Marks
Survival economics for veterinarians:
ideas for facing tough times
› Pere Mercader
11:30 am › 12:15 pm
Canine and feline EPI
› Olivier Dossin
The added value of selling diets in a vet practice
› Philippe Baralon
12:15 pm › 1:45 pm
SULLY 2
Informal
interactive session
around canine
GI disorders
› Olivier Dossin
SULLY 1
SHOWROOM
Business cases
about petfood prices
› Philippe Baralon
Gastrointestinal
disorders and
infectious diseases
in dogs and cats
› Xavier Roura
Interactive
session
› Iwan Burgener
Motivating staff
to modify
their behaviour
› Mark Moran
Lunch (buffet)
1:45 pm › 2:30 pm
Does canine pancreatitis exist?
› Xavier Roura
Developing services around nutrition
› Philippe Baralon
2:30 pm › 3:15 pm
Diagnostic of liver disease in the dog
› Iwan Burgener
Using your clinic’s data to improve compliance
to veterinary recommendations
› Mark Moran
3:15 pm › 4:00 pm
Case-Based
Studies on Refractory
Diarrhea in Dogs
and Cats
› Stan Marks
Evidence
based medicine
in GI disorders
› Rachel Dean
Get the owner
«on track» - set up
and use a successful
consultation strategy?
› Antje Blaettner
Break
4:00 pm › 4:45 pm
Yellow cat, a nightmare for the clinicians!
› Xavier Roura
4:45 pm › 5:30 pm
Constipation in dogs and cats:
a practical approach
› Olivier Dossin
7:30 pm › 00:00 pm
SULLY 3
Practice Management topics
Break
10:45 am › 11:30 am
5:30 pm › 5:45 pm
Scientific topics
Learning from the best / Lessons from other
businesses to transform your clinic
› Mark Moran
How I treat the
difficult cases
of chronic GI diseaseinteractive
session
› Karin Allenspach
Take home messages
(question / answer interactive session)
› Philippe Baralon, Antje Blattner &
Mark Moran
Closure of the Vet Symposium
Gala Dinner at the Corum Montpellier
Conferences in English
Simultaneous translation into Spanish and French in both auditoriums
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How to develop
a GI service:
economic analysis
of 3 alternative models
› Pere Mercader
Registration required for workshops
Guided
Showroom
visits
(45 min.
sessions)
SPEAKERS
SPEAKERS
FOR THE PRACTICE
MANAGEMENT STREAM
SPEAKERS
FOR THE SCIENTIFIC STREAM
Karin ALLENSPACH
Iwan BURGENER
Rachel DEAN
Olivier DOSSIN
Philippe BARALON
Antje BLAETTNER
Claire MARIANI
Stan MARKS
Hanna MILA
Xavier ROURA
Pere MERCADER
MARK MORAN
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SPEAKERS
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FOR THE PRACTICE
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SPEAKERS
FOR THE SCIENTIFIC STREAM
KARIN ALLENSPACH
Karin ALLENSPACH
Iwan BURGENER
DVM, Dip. ECVIM-CA
Rachel DEAN
Olivier DOSSIN
Philippe BARALON
Antje BLAETTNER
Karin Allenspach received her veterinary degree from the University of Zurich. She did an internship in small
animal emergency medicine and critical care at Tufts University and a residency in small animal internal
medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. She was awarded a PhD in veterinary immunology from the
University of Bern, Switzerland, for her work on canine chronic enteropathies. She is a Board certified Internist
and currently appointed as Professor in Small Animal Medicine at the Royal Veterinary College, London.
Claire MARIANI
Stan MARKS
Hanna MILA
Xavier ROURA
Pere MERCADER
MARK MORAN
SPEAKERS
SPEAKERS
FOR THE PRACTICE
MANAGEMENT STREAM
SPEAKERS
FOR THE SCIENTIFIC STREAM
IWAN BURGENER
Karin ALLENSPACH
Iwan BURGENER
DVM, Dr. habil, PhD, Dipl. ACVIM, Dipl. ECVIM-CA
Rachel DEAN
Olivier DOSSIN
Philippe BARALON
Antje BLAETTNER
Iwan Burgener graduated from the University of Bern, Switzerland, and received his doctoral degree for a
thesis in Neuroimmunology. After a rotating internship at the University of Bern, he completed a residency
in small animal internal medicine at the University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA. He received his PhD in
gastroenterology and also got the Venia docendi (Dr. habil) for small animal internal medicine. He was Professor
at the University of Leipzig, Germany (2011-2014), and is currently Professor and Division Head for small
animal internal medicine at the University of Utrecht, the Netherlands. He is a Diplomate of the European and
the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine in the subspecialty of small animal internal medicine.
His research interests focus on canine chronic enteropathies and hepatopathies with a special interest in
the interaction of the immune system, the microbiome and the lipidome. He is currently the president of the
European Society of Comparative Gastroenterology.
Claire MARIANI
Stan MARKS
Hanna MILA
Xavier ROURA
Pere MERCADER
MARK MORAN
SPEAKERS
SPEAKERS
FOR THE PRACTICE
MANAGEMENT STREAM
SPEAKERS
FOR THE SCIENTIFIC STREAM
RACHEL DEAN
Karin ALLENSPACH
Iwan BURGENER
BVMS PhD DSAM(fel) MRCVS
Rachel DEAN
Olivier DOSSIN
Philippe BARALON
Antje BLAETTNER
Rachel graduated from the University of Glasgow and worked in mixed and small animal general practice before
taking the post of the Fort Dodge feline fellow at the feline center at the University of Bristol. Rachel holds
the RCVS diploma in feline medicine and is a recognized RCVS specialist in this field. She completed a PhD
on the epidemiology of feline injection site sarcomas in the United Kingdom at the Animal Health Trust/Royal
Veterinary College in 2009. Rachel is currently a Clinical Associate Professor in Feline Medicine at the School
of Veterinary Medicine and Science, Nottingham where she directs the Centre of Evidence-based Veterinary
Medicine. Rachel has just completed an MSc in Evidence-based Healthcare at the University of Oxford and is
passionate about establishing practical ways of enabling decision makers to use EVM to improve care.
Claire MARIANI
Stan MARKS
Hanna MILA
Xavier ROURA
Pere MERCADER
MARK MORAN
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SPEAKERS
FOR THE PRACTICE
MANAGEMENT STREAM
SPEAKERS
FOR THE SCIENTIFIC STREAM
OLIVIER DOSSIN
Karin ALLENSPACH
Iwan BURGENER
DVM, Dip. ECVIM-CA
Rachel DEAN
Olivier DOSSIN
Philippe BARALON
Antje BLAETTNER
Olivier Dossin received his veterinary medicine degree from the Veterinary School of Toulouse in southern
France. He earned a master’s of science from the Faculte de Medecine Paris VII University and a PhD in
pharmacology at Toulouse III University. He is a Diplomate of the European College of Veterinary Internal
Medicine since 2003. From 2007 to 2010, Olivier was Assistant professor at the University of Illinois (USA). His
close interactions with practitioners through his continuing education teaching provided invaluable feedback
for his own teaching and research. Olivier has signed more than 40 papers in international magazines.
His research has focused on canine inflammatory bowel disease diagnosis and management, helicobacter
infection and its role in gastritis in dogs, and liver enzyme pharmacokinetics.
Today, Olivier Dossin is Associate Professor (with tenure) in Small Animal Internal Medicine at the Veterinary
School of Toulouse (France).
Claire MARIANI
Stan MARKS
Hanna MILA
Xavier ROURA
Pere MERCADER
MARK MORAN
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FOR THE PRACTICE
MANAGEMENT STREAM
SPEAKERS
FOR THE SCIENTIFIC STREAM
CLAIRE MARIANI
Karin ALLENSPACH
Iwan BURGENER
Rachel DEAN
DVM, PhD
Olivier DOSSIN
Philippe BARALON
Antje BLAETTNER
Claire graduated from the French Vet School of Lyon and did her PhD about the microbiota of cheese in Human
food. After being in charge of food safety at the French Technical Institute of Milk and Milk products, she joined
Royal Canin in 2009 where she is in charge of research in dentistry and microbiology.
Claire MARIANI
Stan MARKS
Hanna MILA
Xavier ROURA
Pere MERCADER
MARK MORAN
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FOR THE PRACTICE
MANAGEMENT STREAM
SPEAKERS
FOR THE SCIENTIFIC STREAM
STAN MARKS
Karin ALLENSPACH
BVSc, PhD, Dipl. ACVIM (Internal Medicine, Oncology), Dipl. ACVN
Iwan BURGENER
Rachel DEAN
Olivier DOSSIN
Philippe BARALON
Antje BLAETTNER
Dr. Stan Marks graduated from the University of Pretoria, South Africa, and completed an internship at the
University of Missouri, Columbia. He then completed residencies in small animal internal medicine and
oncology at the University of Florida and the University of California, Davis, respectively. Dr. Marks received
his PhD degree in Nutrition from the University of California, Davis, where he is currently a Professor in the
Department of Medicine and Epidemiology. Dr. Marks is a Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary
Internal Medicine (ACVIM) in the subspecialties of internal medicine and oncology, and a Diplomate of the
American College of Veterinary Nutrition (ACVN). His research interests focus on the dietary modulation of the
intestinal microbiome and esophageal disorders. Dr. Marks has received numerous faculty teaching awards
over the years and has published extensively in the areas of canine and feline gastroenterology.
Claire MARIANI
Stan MARKS
Hanna MILA
Xavier ROURA
Pere MERCADER
MARK MORAN
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SPEAKERS
FOR THE PRACTICE
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SPEAKERS
FOR THE SCIENTIFIC STREAM
HANNA MILA
Karin ALLENSPACH
Iwan BURGENER
Rachel DEAN
DVM, PhD
Olivier DOSSIN
Philippe BARALON
Antje BLAETTNER
Hanna Mila graduated from Wrocław Veterinary Faculty in Poland in 2009, where she worked during two years
at the Clinic of Small Animal Reproduction. In 2012, she joined the Reproduction Unit at the Veterinary School of
Toulouse in France. In September 2015, she received her PhD degree with the work on determinants of survival
in puppies. Today, Hanna Mila is starting a residency program at the European College of Animal Reproduction.
Her research interests focus on canine neonatology and pediatrics, and particularly the influence of the fetal
growth and growth during the first weeks of life on health, as well as the influence of the colostrum and milk
quality and intake on health in infants.
Claire MARIANI
Stan MARKS
Hanna MILA
Xavier ROURA
Pere MERCADER
MARK MORAN
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SPEAKERS
FOR THE PRACTICE
MANAGEMENT STREAM
SPEAKERS
FOR THE SCIENTIFIC STREAM
XAVIER ROURA
Karin ALLENSPACH
Iwan BURGENER
DVM, Dip. ECVIM, PhD
Rachel DEAN
Olivier DOSSIN
Philippe BARALON
Antje BLAETTNER
Dr. Roura is a veterinarian of the Hospital Clínic Veterinari at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (Spain).
Dr. Roura received his DVM from UAB (Spain) in 1989. From 1990 to 1991 he did an internship at the Hospital
Clínic Veterinari at the UAB (Spain). He received his PhD from UAB (Spain) in 1999 with the work “Diagnosis
of Canine Leishmaniasis with Polymerase Chain Reaction”. He became Diplomate in the European College of
Veterinary Internal Medicine with specialty the Companion Animals in 2004. From 1992 until present he has
been working as a clinical instructor at the Hospital Clínic Veterinari at the UAB (Spain). Dr Roura has been
veterinary visitant of the Veterinary College of Ohio State (1993), North Carolina State (1997, 2001 and 2004)
and Animal Medical Centre of New York (2007). He has several conferences, scientific publications and book
chapters in the areas of infectious diseases (vector-borne diseases) and internal medicine.
Claire MARIANI
Stan MARKS
Hanna MILA
Xavier ROURA
Pere MERCADER
MARK MORAN
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FOR THE PRACTICE
MANAGEMENT STREAM
SPEAKERS
FOR THE SCIENTIFIC STREAM
PHILIPPE BARALON
Karin ALLENSPACH
Iwan BURGENER
Rachel DEAN
DVM, MBA
Olivier DOSSIN
Philippe BARALON
Antje BLAETTNER
A graduate of Veterinary Medicine and Business Administration, Philippe founded his own consulting group
‘Phylum’ in 1990. Since then, he is a consultant in vet practice management, specializing in strategy, marketing
and finance.
Claire MARIANI
Stan MARKS
Hanna MILA
Xavier ROURA
Pere MERCADER
MARK MORAN
SPEAKERS
SPEAKERS
FOR THE PRACTICE
MANAGEMENT STREAM
SPEAKERS
FOR THE SCIENTIFIC STREAM
ANTJE BLAETTNER
Karin ALLENSPACH
Iwan BURGENER
Rachel DEAN
DVM
Olivier DOSSIN
Philippe BARALON
Antje BLAETTNER
Graduated from Veterinary Medicine in 1988, Antje has more than 25 years of experience as a small animal
practitioner. As the founder of Vetkom, a company dedicated to educating vets and nurses on practice
management, she has given lectures, seminars and workshops in over 16 countries worldwide.
Additionally Antje is the editor of a German vet nurse journal.
Claire MARIANI
Stan MARKS
Hanna MILA
Xavier ROURA
Pere MERCADER
MARK MORAN
SPEAKERS
SPEAKERS
FOR THE PRACTICE
MANAGEMENT STREAM
SPEAKERS
FOR THE SCIENTIFIC STREAM
PERE MERCADER
DVM, MBA
Karin ALLENSPACHPractice
Iwanmanagement
BURGENER consultant,
Rachel
DEAN
Olivier
DOSSIN
Philippe
author
and researcher,
Pere
has lectured in more
than BARALON
25 countries. Antje BLAETTNER
His company (Veterinary Management Studies, VMS) analyses economic data of more than 600 Spanish
clinics and he is a founding member of the board of the Spanish veterinary practice management association
(AGESVET).
Claire MARIANI
Stan MARKS
Hanna MILA
Xavier ROURA
Pere MERCADER
MARK MORAN
SPEAKERS
SPEAKERS
FOR THE PRACTICE
MANAGEMENT STREAM
SPEAKERS
FOR THE SCIENTIFIC STREAM
MARK MORAN
Karin ALLENSPACH
Iwan BURGENER
Rachel DEAN
MBA
Olivier DOSSIN
Philippe BARALON
Antje BLAETTNER
Mark Moran has been a consultant to the veterinary profession for the last 14 years, providing mentoring and
support for partners and practice managers. He has a special interest in helping practices to improve their
patient’s compliance with veterinary recommendations.
Claire MARIANI
Stan MARKS
Hanna MILA
Xavier ROURA
Pere MERCADER
MARK MORAN
Paris
Montpellier
650 av. de la petite Camargue - 30470 Aimargues
Tel : +33 4 66 73 03 00
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